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Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2240, 12 July 1870, Page 4

channels of the town would be more effcc' tnally swept and looked after, if they were also done by contract. I think the time lias now arrived when the Corporation should have the absolute control over the main line of streets. The necessity for this roust ho palpable to anyone observing the disgraceful filthy condition in which the principal streets of the town now are, and under the present Municipal arrangements, the Corporation have no power to order the removal of the heaps of mud that are scattered from one end of the City to the other. A work of the greatest importance, in which immediate action should be takon, is that of a system of drainage throughout the City. It must be the opinion of every rightthinking man that if the sanitary condition of the Town be not speedily looked into, we may expect a fearful outbreak of disease amongst us during the ensuing summer. Although this is not what may be termed a reproductive work, T think the advantages to >be gained, and the evils to be averted, sufficient inducements to borrow money for this pnrpose. It is now about six months since our Engineer was instructed by the Council to prepare plans for a system of surface drainage in some parts of the City, and it does not reflect much credit on that gentleman that he has not prepared and laid before the Council any such plans up to this time. Ido not hesitate to say that since we have availed ourselves of the whole of his services, the amount of work done has not come up to my expectation. 1 should, therefore, be in fa vour of advertising for the services, by tender, of a good practical' Engineer, to prepare Slans for such drainage ; and also for teners.for the execution of the works lo be carried out under the superintendence) of such Engineer, With regard to thc’public lighting of the City, 1 confess I would rather see it done by means of gas than kerosene, and should ho Inclined to continue a contract with the lessee of the Gas Works for a period of from one to three years, at a reduced rate of eharge ; compelling him to put tno works in a better state of repair, and to extend the main lino of pipes in such places as may be necessary to supply a good light to all parts of the town, If no attempt is made to cany outjthese improvements, I should certainly advocate the building of new works byjtbe Corporation at a cost not exceeding L 20,000, or otherwise encouraging a new company by giving them the public lighting of the streets lor a term of years, if they were prepared to supply good gas at say L 7 or L 8 per lamp per annum. The thanks of the ratepayers are due to those members of the Council who opposed the motion of the Gas Committe to purchase the present works for L 22,00(), as from a letter lately received |from Mr A. K. Smith, of Melbourne, it appears they would not be cheap at LIO,OOO, and that it would cost an equal amount to put them in good order, and then they would not he so efficient as new works costing LIB,OOO. With*regard to the Dunedin Water Supply, I should he glad to see negotiations entered into and successfully carried out for the purchase by the Corporation of the Works now existing, as I consider the present system subjects the public to a most oppressive tax. It will he seen by the above that I do not deal in generalities, 1 state clearly and concisely the various reforms that it is my wish to effect if I should be elected to the office of Mayor, and I have no fear of my motives being misconstrued by the public of Dunedin. They are well aware that in offering myself as ajeandipate for their suffrages, I lim neither an ambitious nor covetous oflico seeker, and I can merely assure them, in conclusion, that should they elect me to the honorable position of Mayor, I should work mainly in their service, and have not the slightest wish or intention to appropriate for my own pecuniary benefit any stipend that may be voted for the office. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, T. M. WILKINSON.

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