ASPHALTING.
TO THE EDITOR, Sib,—Now that the "daft" clays are over in Oamaru, and the Commonwealth has got a fair start, perhaps you may find room in your -valuable paper for 'a few remarks on tough matters; and, first, in regard to the the Eailway Department on tje footpaths at the new railway station. I have never observed anything like ii, inasmuch as with my iron shod heel I can make it into sand, This is the more surprising as money is no object to the present Government. How different is the asphalting that is executed by our borough engineer, In that asphalt my (ron shod heels came off second best. In my strolling about, taking stock of What is going on in the little village, I am pleased to see that there will shortly ha an asphalt path in Humbor street, direct from the new station to the Mercantile offices in Tyne street, For in honest truth, that is the goal of our country cousins when coming into (own. I have been much amused in observing, since the new railway station was opened, the amount of money spent on property because' now in the vicinity of the railway station, I question if some of these "speculators will'not be had over their recklessness,—l am, etc.,
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North Otago Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 9779, 12 January 1901, Page 3
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