WHY?

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1696, 12 March 1913, Page 5

WHY?

} . Sir,—l'wish far brin? under, the..notice lot .the bodies concerned, an'act'of ; jr.vid- ■ iouf) discrimination : with. regard to, street |formati,oni Many streets were very-nicely ■tarred (biit not feathered) over three jlVeeks ago,' and that, part of Feathorston ;Ktreet- behind the Government Buildings (beyond. Whitmore Street) has not yet been 'dug up or the surfacc disturbed in anv .The anti-Reform journals will 'doubtless quote the authority of the ;"Mangawhaka Settler"-to prove that this corrupt .Ministerial administrajtion. but I am satisfied (after due innuiry) that it is. simply an oversight on 'tlie' Dart of the three bodies constituted ■;to-plough up Wellington streets. In or;der to. give absolutely fair piny "to those concerned in the coinoetition, I crave the use of your columns to hereby notify the City .-Engineer, th« .Telephone Engineer, and the Gas Company's engineer tlmt such ,a nice.smooth stretch of street exists. The carnival committee could arrange a lucrative competition to guess the last engineer ;to havo a manwith fl pick 011 the spot. Tossibly Tim Dominion might enter the Tanks' of advanced journalism by offering ia prize of .-£lO for any authenticated in'stance, where a formed road has remained undisturbed for a longer neriod, ,within the confines of Greater Wellington. 1 , A more pertinent inquiry is why monpy :was wasted in tarring this piece of street if there is no intention of laying pipes in 'it-at once—l am, etc., : ASTOUNDED.