LIGHT IN THE ALBERT PARK.
' An admirable' proposal to erect a few m lamps in the Albert Park, in view of the '' '• , approaching Exhibition season, has' joit ' been set aside by the City Council, To th ' ordinary citizen the wonder is that the M ; : was not lighted long ago, and now that the : ' matter has been forced before the Counul ; • : by the preparations for the Exhibition, it ij ' ' the more marvellous to hear that the city'"' 1 fathers find their exchequer in such m straits that there is nothing, left - : 1 for this little public conveniences the proposal came before the Cotmi ' cil in connection with the special W lighting which is to be carried on in Prima* • street, around the Exhibition block, while , the Exhibition is open. The Council has; already widened the footpaths in Princes- .' street, and on the suggestion of the top ; , clerk, the Gas Company some time ago sub- ■'* nutted an offer to specially light the whole'' vicinity of the Exhibition with 16 additional lamps for £9 per month. The offer was'ac- '.- cepted, and there will therefore be a sufficiency of light around the Exhibition. llitp in addition to the lighting of the exterior of >' ; the Exhibition, the Gas Company offered to •' . light the Albert Park with 11 large lamps, '.' - the terms of the tender being £25 per month. : - ' Much might be said in ■' km of making the park attractive as :':. a promenade during the currencj* : ' ' of the Exhibition, and it was with this idea ;. that the 11 large lamps were suggested. The ..; cost, however, staggered the city councillors,'. and even the mode, ate suggestion from' the /< Exhibition Executive, that" lamps (probably, :; four lamps in all) might be placed at the top of the steep footpaths, was thrown out on account of want of funds. The, Council •' had already spent £100 in connection, with' -- the laying out of the Exhibition Grounds,' . and then members were alarmed at the id* ,' that once the four lamps were erected it ' might bo necessary to keep them lighted | after the Exhibition had become a thing of ■':■■ the past. In all likelihood the fear is well- : • founded. The four lights would make tin' •< park a safe thoroughfare at night, and they .;;' would do something to clear the park of the f. evil reputation which its present unlighfed $k condition has brought upon it. It is to be V hoped the Exhibition Executive will go..> further into the matter, and that the lamps will be lighted before the Exhibition opens, ft' so that citizens and visitors may fairly expect® to walk without fear of molestation'through £\ the park at any hour of the evening. ;||
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 10902, 5 November 1898, Page 4
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