A WASTED CITY ASSET.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 654, 3 November 1909, Page 8

A WASTED CITY ASSET.

Sit,—How much longer are ■ the. residents round.about Adelaide Road to be inflicted with that disgraceful- bare patch formerly occupied by. the horse tram stables? What is the City Ckracfl. going to do with it? .Better turn it into a. children s recreation ground or. a miniature park .than, leave'it as it is. It is quite' apparent that; the neighbourhood is ; losing tone and population through - this dismal. site, •' Witness themnmber of shops "to let" all round. Why, even the. Chinese nave given- up their shops—a sure, sign 'of decay of a neighbourhood, because wherever there is. nothing done to a large urea of land people go away from it. Many of the. private houses are in bad repair, because the landlords cannot, get "permanent The aspect is too dismal tor anyone to live near. Let private people own or lease thit land and you will 'see what .a difference will bo made. The City Council have,gone to the 'trouble of making and footpath's through the property, which.not a.man,; horse, or. dog makes the slightest u£e of. As far. as-1, know, the only revenue produced from it\was-that paid by,a circus two years ago, and'ihey were, on-it four days.—l'am, etc., •' . '• ' ' 'v. ;. ;.:V STBFPLE.V' ::