OUR STREETS, PATHS AND LAMPS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 July 1910, Page 4

OUR STREETS, PATHS AND LAMPS.

To the Editor. ; 'Wo luiv-e had a ratlner bad visitation of \v<vt weather, and our streets lmve been most unpltMis.)nt to walk upon. 11l a country town this is to lie expected—up to a certain point. lint I, witli ntsitiy others, are surprised alt the way in which onr streets and paths arc patched and improved (?) In some places the work <lone has made the. streets and 'paths wow. Von need <ro no further than the lost Oilier corner. A fortnight ago lit was necessary--to set from the centre ot the road between the Hyko and 1 A). - ;to walk round a muddy hollow. Then the man with a dray comes iilong jukl down goes a load of metal of all sizes, which is roughly spread, and. now that this spot lias been liaised by the metal, the muddy paltch

is in the middle of the road. 1 A lew weeks ago some of the fotpaths were levelled, and when this was done the outer half was raised with a covering of material to make better walking. The inside halt ol the paths were thus left lower itlwin the Ilealf near the gutter, and (luring the late rains pedestrians bad to he (tareful lest they splashed into the slush provided by the Council. Some of the corners of the stredts 'are in a deplorable condition, because no metal lias been dropped tliere, while the road lias received a few loads close by. And where the metal has been dumped the road at either end is worse than ever. There is ivo system in the mending of our streets.

Thou as to the now broom which sweeps so clean, h it not a s'ense-le-s proceeding to sweep tho mud in rolls from the re.utre to the side of the streets and not cieam it away until next or following days? There has been more curses itlian blessings over this, for ladies especially have "put their foot in it" over their boot tops night after night. On Sunday many came out of church and were iniule to say unpleasant things as Ithey stepped into tho roadside slush. To make matter worse, in tho bystreets the lamps are not lighted at night. To-night at 7 o'clock it was pitch dark and as the wads were dirty it was impossible to pick one's way. The mud in the outskirts cannot be helped, but this bungling on the part of the Council amis to our discomfort. Any person who konws how a road should be Tiiritiilled oan only look upon what iis being done in the borough of Levin as the' crudest of work and not creditable to a town of its size.,—l ■am. otc. OBSERVER.