To the Editor of the Hawke's Bay Times.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume III, Issue 142, 2 October 1863, Page 3

To the Editor of the Hawke's Bay Times.

Sir, —At low water on the 29th instant, a portion of the inner harbor was dry, say from Milton-road in a direct line to Wag-horn-street. To any one who could have seen the harbor on this occasion the advisability of continuing Milton-road right across would have been at once apparent. Supposing the bottom to be hard, a cart weightily laden might have crossed. The extreme rise of tide in the harbor is not very considerable. I should like the Superintendent and Mr. Weber to have seen what I witnessed, as I feel almost sure that Mr. W. would have told the former the expense necessary to effect the continuation referred to, and His Honor would have put on the estimates for next year the amount required for the necessary work. Since I and John Bull have been acquainted, I have found him to be a marvellously queer fellow. He spends a lot of money to connect two uninhabited islands, viz., Gough and Maori islands. He makes punts of white pine, the most perishable wood in New Zealand. He builds breastworks of lin. timber ! and ho makes a bridge to 'prevent the completion of a work which a few punts of shingle would have perfected ! Should an urgent —a really essential work, that would save the public hundreds of pounds, be needed, he says he has no money ! and yet he pays his solicitor .£l5O a year or more for doing nothing ! he pays a man for destroying dogs so much, but no dogs ever get killed, and he does a thousand other very surprising things that I have not time to name nor you to print. One of the most populous parts of Napier is Barrack hill. A large number of men live up there, as you may possibly recollect. These people eat a good deal, and are otherwise large consumers of heavy goods. For instance, a few lbs. of coals find their way up that hill in the course of a year. My friend John knows all this ; he sees it every day, and says it’s all right, as the carts have only to go about H miles round, which only raises the carriage about 100 per cent. He says it's good for trade / Now, seriously, sir, don’t you think that this important matter should be at once seen to. Is is cheap ? is it rational ? is it desirable ? is there, in short, one single reason why the present absurd route to the Barracks—Car-lyle-street, Milton-road, &c., &c.—should be continued ? It cannot be economical. For

pi’uaence saKO, It;t the Superhitenderii, at once begin this most important work, and I am sure that, if even against orders, the public will give him a lift over the stile of Illegality. Napier, Sept. 30th, 18G3.