THE NEW FERRY PROPOSAL FOR DEVONPORT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 40, 16 February 1905, Page 2

THE NEW FERRY PROPOSAL FOR DEVONPORT.

. (Tβ the Editor.) bir,—ln yetu- issn of p b port HoS, t6 ,/ dia tMi Ifevon - port Hotel would,have to pay £105 if my proposal for a new Kγ -ervice thmks this would be excessive. He did not mention that this also included a large boardinghouSe on the same bro= perty, which is included and valued as a whole at £4290 unimproved value, and that tiie boardinghouse and hotel are of finding accommodation for 75 persons including servants, who undet my proposal wotild pay about oi ' ? er annum » or 2/6 per month, tn f Uk itt thei ' *e%A or hotel bill for the ferry servic^whieh is one shjlhng and fx«irpeiice week 1 " 111 the Present for a ticket for a man. Let the proprietors of any boardinghouse in Devonport calculate the amount each boarder would have to pay, afid I venture to state that m no case will it be found that the amount Under the new proposal would be excessive. ,

Regarding the cost of new ferry hoatSj I am informed on good authority that suitable boats tan be biiilt for about £7000 that will do the trip between Devonport and Aiiekland in twelve minutes, and by running four or more boats an hour the traffic could be much more readily handled than at present.

Mr Alison said tke proposal had been received with such ridicule on the part of the pedple of Devbnport that it was not worth discussion. Let mc remind him tha(; he made similar statements •about the Hating on Unimproved Values Act, yet the people have made that Act law in his borough, and this proposal is based on the same principle, namely, that where an increased value is given to property by the expenditure of public funds, the owner of the property shall pay. for the benefit he receives.— 1 anii etc., : F. M. KING.