VOGELTOWN.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 22, 21 October 1907, Page 10

VOGELTOWN.

CITY COTJNLIL CHARGED WITH NEGLECT. Residents of the clovntcd suburb of Vogel town, neighbour to Brooklyn, are said to b< ' exercised in their minds about the verj unsatisfactory state of affairs existing in the suburb at present, on account of what thoj ' term "the shameful neglect on'the part of the City council." A resident of the district in the course of a conversation with a roprc 1 sentative of The Dominion, gave the cas< from the Vogeltown point of view, to the fol ; lowing effect. LIGHT, BUT NOT DRAINAGE. According to our informant, the lightiiif of the district is the only point upon whicl residents can congratulate themselves or those responsiblq. The principal residents have is in connection with the sanitary arrangements, which aro. said tc be of a lamentably primitive fashion. Souk i time ago a deputation waited upon tho Citj Council with reference to the question pi ■ sanitation, and an understanding was conn ! to to tho effect that some improvement woulc be carried out immediately. The improvemani is still being waited for, but not withoul some show of impatience, as the weeks ge . slowly by. The excessive amount of sickness i in the district of late months has been attributed to the deficient system of drain * ago, and anxiety is felt by some of the residents that matters will not be remediec beforo tho hot weather comes along. Water supply is another question of moment, and here again tho warm dry weathei may.inconvenience- tho hundred or so'houses in Vogeltown which-are at present dependeni solely upon their tanks for water, • notwithstanding the fact that mains are laid tc within a short distance of the suburb. This question, it is claimed, should receive the ■ attention of the City Council. i ' BUILDING BY-LAWS. ■ Another matter, of moment is the yiolatior of the building by-laws, which stipulate foi . a 30ft frontage for every house erected. II | is alleged that a building has been erectec behind two other buildings, approached 'qnlj by a right-of-way, and in contravention of the ■ by-law. The, principle at stake is a serioiii i one for the district, and property-holders an . perturbed, and are anxious to put a stoj , to the crowding of houses in their district . The roads of Yogeltown are devoid of foot . paths, and are in a generally dilapidate • state. As a sample of the City Council': i knowledge of the ristrict, it is pointed oui that sums of £10 'and £5 have been placee on the estimates of late years for the purposi of gravelling roads which, up to the present have not even been-formed. The necessity for regrading E. W. Mill* . Road (which runs along the crest of the'nil with Nowtown and Island Bay on one sido and Brooklyn and Happy Valley on the other, was advocated by our informant, who'claim! that the unnatural' grade of the road is a block on tho progress of the district; At the present time 'farters charge- sixpence pci 100 ft for timber carted over the hill. There aro various other matters of local importance to tho district, but the forogoinc aro the most pressing, and the ones for whicE residents intend agitating. -, '■',■"