PRINCES STREET WIDENING.

Evening Star, Issue 3815, 17 May 1875, Page 3

PRINCES STREET WIDENING.

To the Editor.

. Sib,—Would you tUlow me, through your columns, to state that, in my humble opinion, the sincere thanks atul support of the ratepayers are due to those gentlemen who are so stoutly resisting the proposed expenditure of such an immense sum of money, the bulk of which goes to line the pockets of a few at the expense of the many. The rates we are compelled to pay at present are heavy enough in all conscience.—l am, &c., One of the Small Fbt. Dunedin, May 17.

To the Editor. • * —Before deciding whether Princes street is to be widened, plight ©ne not to consider the amount of traffic in it as compared with (say) Leadenhall street, or Bold street, Liverpool ? there is more traffic in Leadenhall street in one *P re than in Princes street in a month. All things being equal, the widening of the street would be an advantage, but lefeu ne vaut pas la chandelle. The street is wide enough if the drivers of carts, drays, or cabs would not insist on each, having the crown of the causeway to himself. If foot-passengers would take the same hint, and observe the rules of the road, one need never be inconvenienced or cause inconvenience to one's neighbor in getting along the most crowded street here. It is not needed on the score of health, as there is plenty of wind blowing. The money would be better invested in drainage of the town. Dunedin will not much longer be able to boast of its healthiness, unless the Health Officei or the Inspector of Nuisances is stricter in seeing that the laws of health are better observed.—l am, &c.. Common Sense.

Dunedin, May 17.

To the Editor.

Sir, —I would advise the City Council to borrow half a million of money before they attempt to pay any individual compensation for damage to his property through altering or widening the street m which it is situated. If particular persons are paid for altering o.r widening a particular street, then the Council Is m duty bound to pay compensation to every man in George street and King street for damage done to their properties some years ago by cutting down an/ filling up streets, which necessitated bouses being raised or lowered at great expense to their owners, and to the suspeimom of the businesses of the occupiers. £kM? ToA *ouU

Some years ago, when a certain street was altered, X was a tenant, and had a heavy stock •fgooda, which I was compelled, through the street being filledfup ho high in front of my door that people could uot enter it, to sell at a

ruinous sacrifice. But I got no compensation. However, it is never too late to do what is right. The present disposition of the Council is hopeful, and if they will but borrow the aforesaid half-million, there is a chance of my getting JUSTICE. Dunedin, May 15. To the Editor. Sib, —I tm°t the meeting to be held this evening will carry a resolution calling upon the members of the present Town Council to resign the trust they have so shamefully (in some cases, I believe, through want of foresight) abused. The wisest course the Council can now adopt is to arrange ,that the award shall to set aside by mutual consent the Corporation paying all costs The Manse street tenant will surely not object, seeing that the arbitrators have awarded them so much less than they asked—in some cases over half. If they do object then the assertion that has been made about a gigantic job being perpetrated on the citizens seems justified, and it is a good reason that the citizens should have the opportunity of electing new men to cany out their views in the matter, —I am, &c., A Ratepayer, Dunedin, May 17.