CRAIGIE AVENUE.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12913, 2 March 1906, Page 4

CRAIGIE AVENUE.

W». ::>.. >-orry that <itn np-<i if ;hc :r;t-'.'.i; c uf iho Tim.-nn I',-. ii.ti-:!) t Vrancil. I-i.o-a'.r. 'ir.'vs car,-cd air v.ii*"<f < c;-! >"ii a* ! to Mi Mahay's a,tt:tu.> 1< «.■;?<■]*; the j.;;»tiii ii;g of Craigie Avenue. thov.cb »e fancy i trw.t 'he construction <>!' which. <ur t-or- ! itf»p«nd«-jjt complain* must be attributed 1t(» basty reading tin the part of dtmie of • "If public rather than to -our repoiter'K ; "MiCTKuy of the discussion at tie Council 1 inciting. We bare referred to tbe re- ]•• 'it. ar.d it does not app+a.r to us 1-o . ■■< i'Oi<.-i in any way villi Mr Mallow's ■>-ti st-i.-.tmeot of Tbe <;ase. bn* as be has ',:r: sti 1 .jetted to tbe imtiotyaiu-e of b;rvjiifr : > "ii:;:tide ne aj-e v-fj-y - a -cd "f» afford bim the -opportunity <>l ~' r.c iiimMclf with ibe ptiWic. It : ■> vt:■;*:• peculwr tjj.it either Mr Mahonr '-.' -r.y -.ijjtr dtizet: sli-tild be >r .r;-.-r::ni>-Tn in-wards tbe jJariiinp: <>f tbf ■A-citie. -a-bicb. m. far a»- it ban hits *k-cided.!y imju-ox-cd tbe ]drturcKqise - :in<-e- <:•: tbe Wet,t Kelt. - Such •o:nametitM- ; tiro of she ylTeet?. tbrnigb it may pov-wbly : in .-.CL'-inpanjed by a modicum of itx.-on- ! in tbe ivint+r to the shade : •-:-- Ijy ibe Tj-ees. mwl be weVime in :tv€ryo.e with the slig-htect- appreciation ; "-■; tbe lieaotiful. and the Mayor** jgifl biip ; v,iv] vhuAW arotiH-d the gratitude of tbf resident* of Timarn. particularly in ibe i graced by the avenue •which will ■ jHipehr-e his; name. Into Mr M.aliony> rfc-i'. 'bj£.ctit»n to the worl; -vrbich is now < s< 'ir.g -hi along the West Belt, we ntx-d ; cot enter at- present. If the Ooun.cil ever i ficmally decided ujion what is practically ! the oonstrnctifn of a separate street on ! e;ic-i «d* of the trees, there should «er- ': tainly be some record of the decision, but ! if :he w.rk is retjuired. and can be done ; nr;w wj-.bout prejudice to more argent ! rtrwt construction in other parts of the j boroogb. it may just as well be finished; , off fouhwith. T>< our mind, however, j it- seeir.s rather a, pity that there should

] be any seed to flank ihe trees with fwtj j-aOis sad separate streets. The avenuei* t filing what used to be the belts of ihe ! city <>i Christ church simply occupy the j crowds <•.£ the streets, and the only path ;is between the rows of trees. That in ! <-en-ainly a mm* economical arrangement j tJrm to have a street "on each side, and j "<•» •as It seems to produce a more picturesque ] effect. Tbe appearance of the avenue | would }'•; depreciated by too close contact with .-irtiiicial woiks like footpaths and j kerbing and channelling, and the 'one path dowa tbe centre of ihe trees provides all j the accommodation required for pedestrians! | in tine weather when alone it can "be used j with comfort. Economy and taste both j pv : .r.i towards simplicity and the avoid- | 3cce of all adjacent footpaths which are j »o: strictly necessary.