NEW RIVER DISTRICT.

Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 676, 19 May 1870, Page 4

NEW RIVER DISTRICT.

— —^ ; , : (srom our ow^ oorrespone: ent. ) . ■••■"•'•'- v> ( -- -- '• -•■•-- '^fxs. ' The road from.Marsden to NemonaVas thrown open* itothe public yest^ay.; contractor has completed a splendid piece of work, and great credit is due to him <fbr ife-i lit is ; td be .hoped; !that>there 1 : wUl be no vexatious delay in paying ' the stipulated for the. contract, for it doed ' : ribt redound ; t6 -tKe- I <iifedit->6f- : the County to keep men out of their just earnings. It now becomes a matter ?qf sdhie importance, 'how' -road'is 't6 be used, in case of even a slight flood in the ,New ßiver... itt will certamly.^e thetduty of theCouncii'to' e^6ct ; a britfg<ey ltbwever rude the construction may be. Far better that, than have at some future time to deplore the lo3s cf some valuable life. . If this is done, then one portion of a road will be completed that will be found to be of inestimable value, when continued on to its destination, Greenstone. The road from Marsden to Cock-a-Bulla is in course of completion. It r "hds T .let |v ijhiee different sections, tile contractors for which are making good headway. The sum granted by the Council for the construction of this road will fall short of what it will really cost, so that it will become the duty of the : representatives' of the! idiscrictrltpjsee tliaEt the deficiency is provided during the pre- : sent session. The Road Board acted . wisely, in caUin^fpr, tenders ,fqr?the whole \ length of tlie "road, instead' of spending ; the grant in making a part of it, which: would have , been of no use whatever.! is bb'mpleted it will be of the greatest service in connecting the onej from Cock-a-Bulla to Clifton, and as this i 3 the nearest place to Lake Brunner, it will a starting-point for^ a road "th«re: frcSi^qSk-a^BullafiV ,«ill ; be 4 necessaryHo catryVrd'aiiHo : the junction of Liverpool Bill's and German Gully. This will enable goods to be packed at a, r nominal. sum tp places.. that t are now outi :of reach' 6t *an' Ordinary- day's work. ! This is a very extensive district, and! would no doubt have a much larger popu- 1 laticm if there were roads and bridges, so! that provisions could be N takep..intq the remote parts'. \ 3?fie menjcdmplaih bitteVly of the apathy shown by vtlie Government in .not opening up the country. They sayV 'much truth, that the district has been' opened up entirely by private enterprise, and that thousands have been spent in doing so. Look at the splendid communication that now exists between Greyraouth and Mavsden — all done by priV!ate\enterprise !i Surely after that, it is not too much to expect that the Government will exert itself and open up the country far and widel > Roads' aife> wanted to] open up the Lake Brunner country. a,nd the, further- extremity of the New 'River 1 disorict^a'rid to cdidnect Greenstone; These are th» main arteries, and if they are. judiciously carried out, .must-.inate-ria'lly^teAa 7 to- deve'ldpe l( the ' KnjdW 'resources' of the most important district on the 'Coas t as. .regards rpining. As facilitiei 'fdr tr'avetling'in6fease, t s6 does general prosperity advance. Roads make the necessaries jpf! life) cheaper,- and [ijien become more settled ; Besides, who is there that can limit the result of opening up , he wy country? ;Lopk at the! many splendid terraces that have never yet been tried ; but independent of what may follow, the present requirements: ;ar& ) sufficient •to warrant an exertion beingjmade to do justiqe tp .this district by making, roads thSt :l must benefit all 'p^rti&s:: ! - J .lf-the County Council really wish to advance their own prosperity —for the more miners there are the better — then let the Cock-a-bulla road be continued up to the junction of Liverpool Bill's and German Gully, the road from Clifton be continued to Lake Brunner, and the one at Nemona continued till it reaches Greenstone. ; These are the works urgeutlys required, '* and' to' ' delay them will' iio'lPonly retard ! present prosperity, but seriously injure the general welfare of .the county;