WADESTOWN AFFAIRS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 206, 26 May 1920, Page 7

WADESTOWN AFFAIRS

DEPUTATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

A deputation from the Wadestown Municipal Electors' Association and the School Committee waited on the City Council last evening in respect to several matters concerning! the welfare and progress of iihat suburb. Mr. S. George Nathan 6tated that the deputation-a numerous one—was present to enter an emphatic protest at tho council's neglect in attending to Wade Street West, which was the chief approach to t)he school. The matter had been brought before the council for a number of years past, and promises had been made, but not carried out. What the council should remember was that it saved the children a walk of a mile and a half round the main road, where the traffic was heavy. Ho also complained of tihe state pf the roads. In one road at the top of Queen's Park the gutters were 24 inches deep, and ho had been oalled out on several occasions to help get cars out of the hole. Wado Street East was also in a bad way.

Mr. A. Parlane, on behalf of the School Committee, also spoke of the condition of tho approach to the school. The street was so steep th»it metal would not stay on, and after rain it was washed off and left a greasy clay surface, on which the children could not keep their feet. It was only a small work—the cutting of a new track—and he understood that the owner of the -land near was prepared to meet the council liberally,- and he hoped to seß a gang of men on tihe work next week. He also complained of tho stale of parts of the main road. Seeing" the small number of works carried out in Wadestown, ho urged upon the council the necessity of proceeding at once with these works. Councillor Forsyth asked whether this work was not almost an impossible task, and could they advise the council's officers how the work could be done at a ■reasonable cost. Mr. Parlane was of opinion that tho work could be done, by rejrrading the track. The Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke) said that the inference tlhat councillors had not the interest of the people of Wadestown at heart was not borne out by the council's records. As to access to tho 6Chool, there was a report coming before the council that night bearing on tho question, anil probably as soon as they came to a settlement amongst themselves something might bo done. Ho also said that if the deputation could get tho City Council a littio more cement there would not bo so much delay. Mr. Natihan: No cement is needed at Wadestown. Tho Mayor said that cement was needell for somo of tho works Mr. Nathan had mentioned. If tho people of Wadestown imagined they were not setting a fair deal they only had to send along their r'epresentations,_and siidh matters would receive the earnest'attention of tho council.