THE CITY PAVING.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 575, 13 November 1871, Page 3

THE CITY PAVING.

To the Kditor of the EVENING S?TAR.

,*- it:,- I do not endorse tlie whole of your I,iiidii'i. article of Saturday, yet, that, true as- ',. ;ii ,■ paying is preferalile to the white stone „„,, i. • ,r used, a very short time will testify. \\ i-! rij I "do hope that some sensible tii : . i- wiil bring this subject before the C'i-n ;1 »t no early date," " that we may see wh -• !>re li O'-o idea men." The sophistry ustu ■■■.' i • pi.t J lie tax of a stone-paving upon (lie occupiers and owners of houses v.here it is to b_ done would be amusing were it not that they wili have to pay for it. The fact that it is a tax, the amount of which, if properly understood, would rai<o a storm of no small dimensions. It will to some properties (which will receive little or no benefit) be equal to one-fifth of the annual rental. When 1 find persons almost rabid on this one so-called improvement, and at the same time so apathetic to all other sanitary measures, which would to a certainty be to the benefit of all, I am very sceptical as to the purity of their motives, but not of their assurance. I find them ready to form gas companies, water companies, _c., but that which is of far more importance to all who value decency, health, and comfort, they are (for all practical purposes) totally indifferent and careless. " They cannot see it will pay them." —I am, &c, Obsebvek.