MILSON'S LINE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9742, 6 March 1914, Page 2

MILSON'S LINE.

fo'O THK EDITOR.)

Sir,—l wis,;i to <iraw liie attention oi ilip kairanga County Council to the roilen condition oi three culvertc on *\ii lsoi 1s l. iK' In 'tween my residence and Kounuary J load. For months past hole.-, have been broken in the planking oi those bridges or planks liave rotten through. 'J iit* ooles iiavo been patched 1 from time to time till it is hard to tel! which is patch and which is the original planking. What concerns me moist ir the lact that a serious accident will surely occur ii this work is not attended to promptly, a id the county will haw to satisfy heavy damages where a few new planks would make the bridges sale. I don t know who is responsible for this state ol afi'airs, but I do know that the conditon of those culverts, situated as they are on one of the main trallio roads ol the county, is a standing disgrace t . i] lo council and a ihenaeo to allnvho I.a\ oto risk their lives in crossing them. -ts a ratepayer, and as one wl: i use.; this road constantly, I think it only .j"*t to ask thai this urgent work be .attended to immediately. The cost will not i,c great, hut the improvement nil! '»«• much appreriatefl by all who use the road.-—1 am. etc. jnsjini' LINKLATivR. Allison s J>11!o.