BROOKLYN'S NEEDS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 182, 27 April 1908, Page 9

BROOKLYN'S NEEDS.

'-I I I - A PETITION. 'Bro(jkl^/js r one ; :6f''tti9 : populous qf , newest • 3ubi)rbs; and • its 'resi-. donts, have'always been strenuous : in advocating such, works''as will 1 mako: for the inn' iprovoment '6f : thi: ; district; •'" "VVith_ theexception.:pf> 'Island Bay it >W thb' first of, the: elevated tO', the City tramway' systoiiij l ' •anc^'; , sbmd;;-nipiitjjs ago it. ; was 'provided, witli'.'a water, supply.' system ; sccond to ]nono' in the City. i But, Brooklyn ,is,' not"satisfied at. tho-rata of its municipal progress, and in .proof' thereof. we' qwjfaj;the' full, text of. tv' ; petition. that ..was presented ■'for.'- signatures in the; porchos' of the churche?'. ;«nd will be placed ,in the local stores for tho aame purpose -this week :— ■'% . . .!.. "TO/THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL,LORS OF THE CITY: OF WELLINGTON/ "THIS PETITION HUMBLY SHOWETH:— • ' " That, the Brooklyn diitrict ■is without a proper system of drainage.,/.'AYheieforp, we, the undersigned '-residcuts of Brooklyn, and district ■ car-. • •• nestly request., your Oounoil to, immedi-.'' ;. ately proceed with, tl(p construction., of ' the: drainage system already sanctioned' by the: ratepayers.- ~: ~ \ - "As you . arc aware, :vory. few of our ; streets , havo. concrete channelling, and/ ■ in-the absence of sanitary.drainage a ' ' very unhealthy: state' of . things, obtains."Tins portion of the City js'uiidoubt- ■ edly a healthy one, but it has, descr-' Vedly.or/undeservedly, become noted; for-.; • j tho; mimbcr lof' 'fever case 3 within' its ..borders. . . . • : ' " Thero can bp no question that this ■ 1 undos.iiablo. state, of things, has como- ■! about as*. a ;: direct,result, of insanitary drainage. " • . ; ■ "it will be within the recollection of . tho' Council 1 that- our school had to be closed during a . period of last year on ' , account of..- the . outbreak.' of . sickness' ;. among .the:;school children.' J . .■'..f. :'.yj.'he population of tho district ,is-in- v'i : creasing 'at; a ' rapid rate,' and Brooklyn •..•.'.on •"cco'mt.of-its'accessibility' from the , • City is destined to beconie a vory largo ! suburb, and, in this circumstance it need • hardly be pointed out that the lack of ■efficient drainago is "a menace, not' only '• ; -.to 1 the district', itself, but also ,to < tho • City,' and that; with, our:population continually increasing, tho otic'stion of drain-'' . ago becomes'.all the more acute. " The petitioners'therefore'ask that you , .vill doiil tilth, tho subject matter of this petition ivith : tho utmost dispatch." ;, It may be montioricd in this regard that ft his'meeting'.at Brooklyn on, Friday even-, ■3 n «f-v¥".- k-'v W. Aitkeu. made a strong point in rcforencp to: tho, drainago of Brooklyn. He emphasised ,tho danger that would bxist wcro ~an. outbreak of disoaso to occur Vmler present conditions. He would favour it being made an urgent work. In reply to a question, Mr. Aitken said that tho drain-' ago of Brooklyn would mean a loan, and tho residents would have to pay a rate to cover the iiitorost on that loan. Thoy wore now paying a sanitation rato for a vory poor service, but it would be better to., pay a littlo more and'have a proper. system of drainage. ' " " " ,