BOROUGH EXPENDITURE.

Thames Advertiser, Volume VIII, Issue 2171, 12 October 1875, Page 3

BOROUGH EXPENDITURE.

. TothoEditor oMlio Thames Adybuiis'bii. . Sib,—As tlio Town Hall question will likely come before the Borough,Xlouucil at their.next meeting, I.thiuk'it is important that thoy sliould consider tho opinions ■of tho ratepayers, -and as .tho broad-sheet is tho best, medium through which they ; may bo informed, I crhvo a -small space to express my own nnd that ,0? many others on-this topic. Were wo in a position, or had funds at our- disposal; for,such a purpose, then the projectwould bo laudablej but;with such a monument' as tho Bright Smile folly , before us, wo should bo very . careful of our.reßOurccs, arid not, as a public body, enter into, liabilities that would so. overwhelm ua with debt, The present respectable over-' ; ] draft, amounting to over, a rates, should satisfy tho. mostextravaganfc , r '. member of that bpdy> /We are.id Wejiands •.> of the b'nhk. too : muoh already, and until.' - wo 1 h'avo' : some .'endowments,:' or o.lhei' 1 tangible means to enable us to borrow; ■iritinoy in ,tho best markets wo should con- H ' sider our position,, and. not act fools for a short- time wielding, a: brief ; autK^ityy-^f ; - We want many things of more import tance to us than a Town Hall,' let not ' the Council show its very littleness by • apeing the importance aiid belongings of . older and richer boroughs. . Wo have a' Mayor, Town Clerk, Collector, arid Foreman of Works! These , worthies should satisfy us for years to come. ■ We liavo . already paid too dear for our: whistle, and let those who built up the' wliite elephant still keep it or'make us a present of it if they Had its maintenance too cosily for T them. Sir, we cannot afford to buy a, ■ Town Hall, no matter what percentage ' ;■ anyone may receive out of tho proceeds; —Yours, &c., Lessohs in Everything,