BOROUGH WORKS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1077, 18 October 1883, Page 2

BOROUGH WORKS.

To the Editor. Sir,—Will you ailpw met 6 announce to the public throu'ghyour columns the" latest’’ improvements ; the Ashburton Borough: 5 fis ' tioing. This morning - I ! noticed the asphalto contractor pulling up’a piece of footpath at Messrs Friedlander Bros’, store, which T'loarnt was put down by that firm free, of coat.to the Borough, but, being tlirCa inches to 6 high, the two particular, but most mali-ious, .Councillors have influenced the Council so 'much as to order this piece of uncalled for work to be taken up, just to put the same down again at the Borough’s expense. Now, :Sirj, all/Councillors, while candidates, promise to cut the expenditure down. Do you call t his ■' saving or wasting,public money ? I think if those’ Councillors will devote part of their time iii. doing actual work and save expenditure to the Council, instead of carrying but their spiteful feelings, they will certainly be more thought of, and at the time of ’their re-election have occasion to canvass for votes day and night. In fact, where is the - consistency of Cf Sf Hill, who, when the question was first brought up, was directly opposed to it, and now has changed like a weather-cock, and after his re-election was the first to bring tip the matter. After wasting so much valuable money will the Council have enough left to shingle the footpath in question, or will Messrs Friedlauder Bros, put down cocoa matting h In conclusion, again I beg Wxlraw the electors’ attention to the enormous waste of money there has been going on lately in spoiling good roads to Alford Forest and footpaths to Trovorton.—l am, etc. A Ratepayer.