MIRAMAR AFFAIR.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1434, 8 May 1912, Page 4

MIRAMAR AFFAIR.

'Sir,— Having Hsloned lo the pros and cons on matters relnting lo the ndvanceini'iit of this borough. [ would iusi like to state a. few ideas which have occurred to me on the -amp subject. \niv, in common sen-o. do van noi liiinl; thai in such a thinly-populated district, where the residents are necessarily cramped ior funds for improvements that the iir-t Ki-cal (iiic.-tion to. consider is •'encoiira??-mc-nt. of settlement in the borough"? Would not this be be-t ncliicvcd by doing nwnv with that proliibilive 2d. seel ion and'emtpon system. which Mirolv is a nonr w.iv of inviliii',' visitors, who. 1 ton-ider. should bo ailracicd rather than di-conr-aged. By this means, many peoiilc, who have already tried, say. Day'- IJ-iv and Dvall liny, would come hero and form a practical comparison, which would he. IViiouralil'.'. I vcnliiip In predict, to our delightful liltle resort, imd no doubt lie the means of gaining many new residents. In this matter I entirety agree with Mr. Grigg. Xcw, to speak of tree planting versus road-making. I cannot say that in this I acrree in li'ito manner with that same genlis-man. On She face of it, Mr. Oi-icn'i argument. i.e.. road-making end lighting lii -t. would appear Hie more practical arrangement of the (wo. but as ;t lamp-nosl. con be brought lo full maturity in half a day, a tree n.<|uiriu~ m'-.ny ;>r- i,; arrive at (he -rune condition, and -iiice evidently, funds, do not permit of the simultaneous carrying out of tlie two, it

is i|iiile plain I hat such a valuable policy as tree planting cannot-bo wi-ely relegated to the dim fuli-.re. 1 for one in my lifetime should like to s;ce some of the beautifying results. I contend that if the above, insiders were attended to, also ft little thought given (0 (lie improvement of (he recic.-i----tiou grounds, Hie residents would follow a, a matter of course, and llius the burden of iiiiiince would fall more lightly on the individual, Thankini! yon for permitting me. to air niv opinions, I am, etc., S.MA 1,1, I'liOI'l! IKTI'KSS.