LIGHT WANTED (TO THE EDITOR)

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1150, 5 April 1872, Page 2

LIGHT WANTED (TO THE EDITOR)

:.- ; SiKrr-;'' I want to know." thdiuseofvjthe ugly black : iron posts .that have'ibeen lying; oh the wharf for some months 'past, and over which il'brbkeniy' shins l ' the other night, "conf6Knd"tlieni'! ; In ! , despaiu If address j;myself sto you, hoping for a solution of the mystery. I learnt from one portly 'citize'ni thaCpey were screw-piles, and belonged to Brogden. By another— a lean onef — I was told that it was ' the intention ; of Tour ' worthy and liberal, Mayor., to , encourage local, lpanu-:: factures by presenting a bust' of Himself and the Town Clerk in plaster of Paris to the town, and that these posts had been imported- as- supporters for -the statuary by a gratifie.di j Borough 1{ Council. Mr. G-^ — , an eminent 'merchant, says they are intended. to land goods;^up.on.^ Mr^ S— — , a radical, says they are '"ajob, sir;! ; placed .there to • get broken,; so that ■ that feUow M-^4-- may get .paid jqr reparing'them."' ' Mr S. has certainly some grounds for His' belief, 'for the posts inqxiestion are gradually breaking up-from exposure to the air. 1 " Lastly, l 'Mr S-^— , a . man' 6f : nb riiiha,-told me they were for— gas lamps ! 'Sir/Tcaff'coritral-myself no longer. Can>yoasgive)Mny explanation ? Screw-piles they may be— l am no engineer, and therefore canpot say— but lampposts J and fpr, : gas, t66 s !- they certainly' are not. Who ever, heard of a Borough ligiitiug up a' town, wiihiri' six montfis of gas being supplied. ■ Why it is only!:' six or seven months since they begari|to^vtalk of doing itM' ! l, remember something or Other in "corinectioh with giasvbjßing, resolviedV by the Council, ',' at ; ;least Tseven mbntlis ago ; probably they resolved never to'.p'ayfor it. -v „..:'-: .. : , .■/;' [ r It, is true tliat .winter is :pn us, the sfere^ts are . darky V, the : wharf ■ dangerous, the Post- Office 'unKghted, &c; but that is no reason why the town. should be lit. All that 'could 1 b^expedted bf an energetic body of coiinqillprs: (whose personal' comfort was not at stake) has certainly been done — the ; Town HalLhaa been lit up. It is clear these posts are not lamp-posts. What are' they? Can you 'induce the Council to throw a' little light on thp subject ? „ , „.:•■ x .• ; " ; - : '' : 'I : amy'&c^"'' : ':: '> ..■■■••' - -• ; . i ' nJ?!!I PAUi'PRr. ■