The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY MONDAY, MAY 30. 1910. FOXTON WATER SUPPLY.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 30 May 1910, Page 2

The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY MONDAY, MAY 30. 1910. FOXTON WATER SUPPLY.

Ax opinion prevails in .so.no qiu'irters tlniL Fox ton people will hesitate ,'i while before Ihey .sanction the tentative proposal of their local body to have :i water .supply provided from the !.e\,in high .pressure system. This expression of opinion is being uttered l>y some Levin residents who s'iy they are basing U ui)on .some previous failures by Fnxton burgesses to .seize finances of betterment Unit have been phovd in. Uiciir way. Time will si 1 <.-iv what Foxton will do witi'h her latest opportunity, out to n.s the proposal .seems s-i advantageous a nn.efor the Fox ton community that we ore prepared to prophesy p'mw that Foxtonians will .seize upon it with both hands, so to speak. \vhi>>) the opportunity unives. The only cause likely to prevent the scheme for joint use of the Levin mains being given effect to is a possibility of the Levin burgesses becoming doubtful as to the capacity of these mains to meet the double drain throughiut mi extended period in which much increased populations will congregate in each town. The official figurns published in the Chronicle of Friday last .should result in the position being made cle.ir, and it .seems to n.s that there is little or no likelihood of the present system falling short of the requirements for mia.ny a year to come. One matter has been made abundantly clear— and that is the fact that the Ohau river will be capable of supplying 'for all time the needs of both these centres of population. If there is to he any insufficiency experienced, it will come about in consequence of the limitations of the pipes which which now carry the water. Possibly it would be n good thing if this borough made a stipulationi th-at at the end of the term of twentyone years the whole ma.'tter must come up for review. Conditions by that time are sure to be materially altered from what they .now are. Jt might even be thought advisable to include in the agreementaproviso that whenever the draw-off to supply Foxton reaches ia quantity sufficient to cause concern to this borough it

should become incumbent upon both

l>oroughs to bear a portion of the ciosfc of putting down iau extra, main. To include such a provision in the contemplated .agreement might, however, jeopardise- the aceoptanee o.f ilie whole scheme; and, all things considered, we are inclined to ad-vi-e the ae.iWitie.s Co lei tha'l metier lie unset! led in the lap of time.