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Dunstan Times, Issue 560, 10 January 1873, Page 2

New that the Municipal Council are in possession of Mr. D. L. .Simpson’s report as to tho practicability and cost, of a bridge across the Molyueux at Clyde wo hope ihat the matter will not be permitted to lapse, and the expense the town has been put to in making the survey wasted. The cost of the structure, 4.800/ as stated by Mr Simps -n is bjr no means large for a work of such magnitude, and more especially when its uses will be so valuable to the town and district There should benodifhculty in raising the money, were proper means and the necessary energy resorted to, and the whole sum, say even 5.500/. for bridge and approaches could with a little trouble be obtained. Wo have the best of security to offer—there are the Town rates, while tho bridge UI sell could be held as collateral security Besides the convenience of the bridge, it would also form a profitable investment, a« the tolls for traffic i would bring in a considerable income at rates far below what is charged by the punts, which at the best are a very unsafe means of crossing deep and rapid rivers, and we feel couvin- | CPf l that no teamster laden with a valuable cargo vr< arid risk the chance of a punt when a bridge v a g accessible ! A bridge at Clyde would* form the connecting link between this, the I Teviot and Tuapeka, and so on to Dunedin, the - only road hv which traffic can be insured all ihrmgh the winter, and which ultimately will !, 0 the most used at all seasons as pa-sing through a thickly occupied country .where both mining and agriculture flourishes.