Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1896.

Manawatu Herald, 23 June 1896, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1896.

A Road to the Beach. ♦ Once again we urge on our Borough Council to take action to seek the co-operation of the Manawatu County Council in securing the formation of a good road to the beach. We are not clear bow the last proposals fell through though we know they did, but that is no reason why fresh steps should not be ta'ren. The present time appears more impor tant than it has ever been why a road should be secured, as we may confidently look forward to the land at the Heads being let as promised by the Commissioner of Crown Lands. We are of the opinion that the County Council would very favourably entertain the matter were they assured of its importance. We do not suggest that the Borough should pay for any road-making in the County, but they should promise to make their road good up to the boundary on the condition that the County made it as far as they could, which we believe would be as far as the fishermen's cottages. The sooner a move is made in this direction the better. The opening up of the beach by the formation of a little township on the Harbour Reserve will be of very great benefit to the inhabitants of a very large district, and the more conveniences there are for reaching it the better. If all goes well the doming summer should witness a number of small cottages occupied at our health resort, and a good road would mean the reduction of the cost of living to those staying there. We hope also to see Mr Howan'a new steamer weekly, if not oftener, carrying up-country excursionists from the wharf to the beach, so that what has hitherto bean an occasflional holiday resort will be a much frequented place. The road will not be very expensive to make, its formation would only cost a trifle, and the claying would not be expensive as about half-way along the line of road there is a good clay pit. The metalling, at first sight, would look a tough job, but with gravel from the Gorge discharged on the Lady's mile, it would not cost more than some six shillings a yard on the road. The greatest difficulty that has yet arisen hag been the want of some sufficiently energetic public man who would find out all the facts of the ease and who could reduce them into a compact shape and lay them before the two public bodies. Oar Mayor is a man who could do this, if he would, and if his Councillors asked him we have no doubt he would, and we trust he will be asked without further loss of time.