MAIN SOUTH-ROAD.

Evening Star, Issue 4201, 14 August 1876, Page 4

MAIN SOUTH-ROAD.

To the Editor, , - Sir,-—Permit me through 1 your- valuable paper to call the attention of the authorities (Whoever rthey may be) to the disgraceful state of the Main South road at Hillside, ■ The pedestrian Wending; his weary Way to : his home in that distridv or-Caversham, noj: only experiences the discomfort of wading ' np tb the ankles inrbudi. but is also sub r • 1 jeoted to ' the danger of. being, precipitated ■ J dhwn .the .face off ah unprotected bank, in : seineplaces:’about 25ft or 30ft high. Ths ! other night, I wgs coming along the road, : and while- endeavoring to escape the mud ..and keep my feet dry, ■ it .being pitch dark *nd not .-a. single lamp "to light my path, I was nnfortunate. enough to slip down th<j aforesaid bank. • At l that particular place it . was Abt very high ; had it been otherwise Tf 'migirt haye been your painful duty to re-j dord a serious accident—such; an accident as ; I fed £>ure;will yet o6cux ; to some luckless individual if something is not done to vent it. I .think the inhabitants of Hillside, Caversham, and the surrounding neighborhood! should move in. this matter, and have a strong fence erected and a few lamps placed ; at intervals. I think,’ moteoyer, that thd traffic is sufficient to warrant 'the construe- 1 tipn:6f an or gravel footpath, on ohe or both sides of the road. By doing so. I ain ; CiuA they, will add considerably to their own comfort and safety, as also to that 0f those, whomay require to- visit them.—-I : Am, &c., L. B. T. . Dunedin, August 12.