EXPENSIVE TRAMWAY EXTENSION.
. Sir,—l am surprised'- to. see that the Bstimated'cost. of. i; .extending* • the , tramway, from the '. Bank of " New'' Zealand- cofher to the;; Post: OffiM. is ; >£<i(lOO.; This; is'_ an eriormbvis : cost' for ! the :';ven- ..'short piece : of| : :work:'.tb . be rdone. . i: thoroughly .:be; lieve the work could bo done • for.. ; a suar%:'''o'f/t^;";m'oney'.'',by-.:'any:.Mntractr. : ■ing;firm, in this' city, and as a ratepayer :I. prqtest :against the .squandering of pub : :lic;'mbney : -by..the' City .'. Council.••-> The public works -■ which; have, recently been carried', out would-' not have cost half sis • much': money:.had they, -been done by' contract, notably Anderson's; I'ark and 3?uppa Street Park."- These:!.two'works. are ; ,glaring';instinces being- squa'ri-;, dered.lt. v is 'no.;, wonder :that : the - rate-, payers' of . Wellington have :'to ;suffer/.'and : that'people 1 have, to ;pay.high i rents'., Owners'; ot /property-''are.'-weighed'. down; .with an - en'ormous. s burderi,'i principally ' due ; to . mismanagement/. The City ; Councillors seem v to -pat. each'' other; on-, the :back and . stand . idfy. by ..to osee. ithe' people's . money thrown away :; Another .• i grieyahoe;of!,theratepayers;and property owners', is that the majority "of the. stafi - employed .Conncil. dre' impoUte ,when':applied : to for any information, or,/details' on ,pnblic ;busihess.--rl am, etc., '- 1 ■">■; : ' ■' :
ANTI-SQUANDERER. Wellington, January 21.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 725, 26 January 1910, Page 5
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197EXPENSIVE TRAMWAY EXTENSION. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 725, 26 January 1910, Page 5
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