CORRESPONDENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10587, 17 October 1910, Page 1

CORRESPONDENCE.

BOROUGH STREETS. I To the Editor- [ Sn, —I was ierv much surprised, to [notice by jour repoit of tlie Borough [(Jouncil's meeting that the Works Com jmfj&iee recornfnendect the'expenditure of [-£11 v to„ asphalt a right-of-way" to a "gieeri, 'when' laterjajers line [ to'stump up half 'the'cost if asplnlting |.is afelipd for on "a public street Anv- [ one x with a little money maj suldle | himserF w till ".i" section rn' this "tow n but srt that anyone with . i section is'.i fit arid proper peison to he l.i member of a bowling chib Am lion [such .in expenditure is nun an anted [and viiuist'fi.iblo in the finances lof the Borough, and. the soonei oui and Count awaken to i , sense of then responsibility to the riatepa>ers the sooner will this and similar giants that fna\ be asked tor ibi wealth} clubs be lefused SuieK 'the inteiests of latepajers and lent I p'ajers and residents geneialh who have to slush 'tluough muddi stieets during the winter is of moie linpoitance to a Council than bow lei = who Van I an asphalt path for' summei use onh. Judging b\ join repent the Council seemed" to envelop itsell m ve.r'j deiise cloud in the considei ition oi the dust nuis.lncc ind c\ en in tins the} jiec imc befuddled between titc planting and lairing One (it\ gi ind liithoi, who thought the tilling Ms tern a new-fangled "notion, suggisicd wilting to Sidney possibl\ to find out whethei tlie t,n- stuck to the in id oi -the load held 1 to the t.u II lie w isn't so dreadiull} behind the times ho w( uld have known th v£ piogiessive 'limaiu had adopted the taL'iing methe d, md r thc asphalted sheets ire a credit to that boiough As to Councilloi M'Adam's suggestion to plint ttees to keep clown dust, it is not woithv of his (namesake, the immoital Macadam the ffoundei of good toads Plenty of tiees ! are planted in the streets of Cambridge, Noith Island, and-tlroie is also plontv of dust ' Again I emphasise the asseition'thal the Council has not light to make footpaths to grounds in out-oi-tbe-w.n, obscuie places Hid the club l s propeity faced a public sticot, tbeie might h.ue been some excuse, but as it is, not a ratepavei in tlie town who i<* not a metnbei ol the club I benefits bl (ho expenditure 1 ask the ICouncillois U this js not . mo --late ot iffnus m i town wheie the i.it'ipiveis hive to personally pu so much tow,aids c.ui\ing out new works "When n'ext the Council is stneken with wi outburst of generosity it! its present and rutin e impecuniosrtv I"trust,it will foi get wealthy elubs-and lememher SQJJTJH, OAMARU