CORRESPONDENCE

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 235, 5 September 1873, Page 5

CORRESPONDENCE

To the Editor of the Mount Ida Chronicle.) .Naseby, 3rd September, 1873. Sir, —Amidst the vnrious unfavorable reports which arc in circulation respecting the public works now in course of construct ion in this district, it is satisfactory to find that at least, one of the contracts is being pushed forward with energy and vigor : I allude to that of Michael i/iiion.

I visited this work u few days since, for the -purpose ol" ascertaining how matters were j proceeding. I found live" miles of the race I completed, and completed in an excellent and workmanlike tuauner ; in fact, I doubt if a better piece of race cutting is to be met with in the Province. 1 s oke with Mr. Dillon, who tohl met..at he had over fifty nun 'em- : ployed, and the present rate of progress was one mile per week. The ground he informed rac, hid turned out more rocky, and presented more natural difficulties than either himself or the Engineer hud anticipated. He feels sanguine, nevertheless, of .completing his conI tract m a few weeks. *

<L difficulty of another character has lately

luVieiv—the ioeal tradesmen huvi.ig iuv-reuoe-i.l. , their ."cliarge for provisions like ~thirty per cent. With fifty men emplojui such an increase in the cost of p ovision* ean- ! not fail to tell seriously against, the contr-ic- | tor's pocket. ...*... Tuere can be ! no doubt that, the whole of the contracts hare i been token at too low a figure, and hence is to be attributed the failure an } delay fhnt have occurred on other contracts ..Dillon fi.ids the same thing to li<s cost, bia expressed himself' satisfied after paying expanses that he may succeed in securing for himself ordinary wages i- return even if -brained utterly insufficient as a remuneration for mnn»y expend-'d, nr.d i'V Mm ability an-1 energy brought to hear on the work.—l am &c, Straggle n. [Our correspondent is or opinion that Mr. P<-arce's ■ on tracts on the lino, of rare, do not progress as they should, do We agree with our correspondent in his opinion, but as the Provincial Engineer is in the district, prepared to deal with the nutter, we have thought it advisable Io keep out some siatementa, which, in any case, wy should bar llv |>e j'is-ifitfiliii iiHHivinL; without.more detailed . information.— blu. AI i'.C]

(To tke Editor of the Mous'V Ida CitaoNiciE.) Sir, —Will you allow mo- space in your ■ •olusnns to enter a protest against- tiie enormously high charges for admission to most of our lueal entertainments. Notwithstanding he fact of having " crowded hniHes" wnen ■some of the-members of "the Uppor Ten" rai*e the curtain for the amusement of the public, I still say the charges of three and two shillings are exorbitant. Now I don't think .it will be dispute ! for a moment that relaxation and amusv-mjnt ,-.re require:! by everyone among us. There are-many of our poorer neighbors who, in spre of siU their eiforfrs, hfive fai'ed to keep ciear of debt. Su h will rind if- impossible to give nearly, a-day's earnings for a double ticket—and, to my mind, it savors of extreme sellishnrss for one' port-on of the community to enjoy all the iun, while the other portions are, for powerful reasons, excluded. The charge of two shillings and one is ample and sufficient, and would still' meet the requirements oi those who think it, necessary to adhere to the conventionalities of society i :i the way of front and' back seats.—l aui,.&:.;., -. NOBODT.