A SUGGESTION.
TO THE EDITOR OP THE STAR. Sir, —lt seems to me that the present system of rating settlers for keeping roads in repair is rather an unsatisfactory one. For, unless all land-owners can see something spent by the various Boards on the roads that benefit them individually, there will always be a Jot of grumbling. Now, why should ifc not be possible to adopt the American system of road making which, as I understood it, was as follows :—Evsry person who owns property in the State has to work two days a year on his road, that is, either fronting his property or such ns shall be selected by the Road Supervisors ; failing to work himself he shall either pay two (2) dollars a day or send a team to work for him. In the State of Oregon this system worked splendidly, as it was in the interest of every settler 10 keep his own road in good repair. All main bridges were made and kept in order by the State. I believe that the majority of settlers would sooner do their share towards keeping their own particular road in good repair than by paying heavy rates to a Road Board and getting very little for them. I am, etc., C. H. Coote Wavertree, September 25, 1895.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 76, 26 September 1895, Page 2
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219A SUGGESTION. Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 76, 26 September 1895, Page 2
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