GREY COUNTY ROADS.

Grey River Argus, 1 July 1925, Page 8

GREY COUNTY ROADS.

(To the Editor.) Sir,—l would like to draw the attention of the Grey County Council to the, state of the road leading to the railway station and the mine in Blackball. It js a perfect sea of mud about three chains from the mine, and, as the result of wheel ruts, one cannot see how to avoid going over one’s boottops in the quagmire. If the Council only hoard the forked lightning expressions which are generated among the miners at half-past five o’clock in the dark mornings, they might take some remedial measures. As Blackball’s present representative resides in Greymouth, it is incumbent on Blackball to secure a resident representative. There are fully three hundred persons daily using the road m question. As it is only about sixteen feet wide, it would not cost much to repair it with broken metal. Our roadman drives a horse and cart over it, taking ashes from the mine to another part of the town, but he of course rides over it. In any ease he has to obey orders. It would be as well if the Council sent up Tom Colton to give the necessary orders. When roadman here, he kept this road in good order. Would the Council deposit at the local Post Office a copy of the Ratepayers’ Roll, so that we may be able to ascertain who are entitled to vote on the question of flic water supply.' I am etc., RATEPAY lilt. Blackball, .Tune 28. .