The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1910. HOROWHENUA COUNTY PROBLEMS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 June 1910, Page 2

The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1910. HOROWHENUA COUNTY PROBLEMS.

Not every town jukl not every county has tihe same oppii'rtunitie.s I'ur mutual that. Levin an:! the llwowhenua County possess. The .•■onnty, \\'ith its offices S'ituat'.vl in the cenire o'f Levin, and the town (laii'kcd on all .",i;!c,s by Mie r::ads of a single county, 'have all the ooridiOMMis that -sh.oii 1:1 make for mutual profit and economical cii-uperation. Of late we have been sorry to see a suspicion of flcenbity creeping into the discussions regarding for inutiNil oontribii.tioiis »iul endeavours. Tu the light of some previous discussions, it .slianld be clause for satisfaction to the inhabitants of the whole of this neigliboui'hood that in. the latest discussions 'there has been a spirit of sweet reasonableness characterising tbu discussions of the .Uo-rough Counf oil and the County Council regarding the question of road nniiitenN «uce. An imponiaiiit item in this connection .is the proposal to acquire a stone-criisher for the ensuring of a supply of first-class metal for the county and town roads. There can bo no insuperable difficulties to prevent the arrangement of iterms of contribution between thetwo 'bod'jes, so in the best intemsts of town and country it is to be hoped that a settlement of the problem will be arrived at speediily. In a district as well provided with gravel as this one is the condition of tine various roads is deplorable; but the reason is not difficult of ascertainment. The cause is the present impracticability of separating, the gravel from itlie earth that is so fipeely mixed M'ith it. If the stonecrusher becomes established in thi.s d'istinict, a.nd iif the worst parts of It'lle road are covered once or twice with clean crushed metal, (the resulting imp roveinents to the highways will be almost inestimable. In the beet 'interests of the county

nnd the borough it is to*be 'hoped that a scale of contribuifcions- satisfactory 'to both sides will ibe agreed upcMi. without delay. A chance remark, obviously passed half by way of a joke, has boom too long allowed to tincture the discussions of other councillors with an acerbity not conducive to speedy settlements.