TO BRIDGE THE MAKAKAHI.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 194, 11 May 1908, Page 3

TO BRIDGE THE MAKAKAHI.

Some' idea of the troubles of settlors in tho back country districts - (writes our • Wairarapa correspondent)! is " givon in "the. following nunierousty-signed petition to the Hon. "W. Hail-.Tones, Minister for Public Works:— : >" We the undersigned settlors - and residents of the district would humbly draw your attention to the fact / that'- great inconvenience : r.nd. loss are sustained by the' settlers who have occasion to use ! the road known as the Mount Bruce Road by reason of tho Makakahi'. River mot, being • bridged.,' ' The Makakahi River rises. very,:, rapidly and. blocks traffic; suppliers to,; factories': not 'being able to deliver, their,;milk,! and business men being unable x to deliver supplies. The road'is a short cut from Mastertoii to Eketaliuna. iA' grant ■ of £250 was -placed on. the Estimates in 1905 for 1 the erection of abridge,- but .this sum is not nearly sufficient for, the pui-pose. Mr. Dawson, however, estimates the'cost'to be about double that amount'for a suspension bridge. 1 Thosettlers on the-Mount Bruce Road are paying. heavy special rates for the formation and metalling of 'the. road,, tho'rate' being borne by a feSy. ratepayers' at Mount Bruce, as a! large forest reserve abuts on the road. Under the circumstances, your petitioners earnestly /ask that;the Department-will recommend a further. sum of money to be placed on the' Estimates sufficient to erect a suitable bridse.'" ' : .Vv?s,' . ,