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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 91, 1 September 1877, Page 3

y ";■■■;-■■' .-id' the'editoe. 7 7 ■■Sib, — Perhaps you are aware that niy property is situated on the main road from Foxton* to Palmerston, and wjllj JnaturaMyTj conclude thstviE /have j every facility for traffic, considering I have both road and railway. Such/ should be the case, but owing tb a gross iieglect.of sPme <Me, lam completely deprived of a road since my neighbor i ; fenced m Ms land, and just left a.few feet between fence and railway. A short time ;ago. I gotja dray which landed m Foxton, and went down to bring it up -with the horse. All went well until I came to the narrow place above--7 mentioned; when I got completely stuck, - and was forced to .go home and get four of my men to^arry italong. .7 Since then . I have been compelled to paytherailwa'y iauthorities for r cairying7another Vehicle, which I . could easily have brought up with* one of my horses. T sent, to Fpxton one night fpr-the doctor , and had to station a man at that spot m order to get his horse safely past, as Iconsider the place most dangerous for nighttratelling, especially Jor a stranger. Can nothing he done to remove this state of things,- either by ouVmuch,' "talked of County Council or the Govern- • 'merit, -who 5 - re'afly should hive^sfeen to; the matter long ago* as I know their at-'' .te^gn has been .drawn to it by the >'^Hig^jtof-->Bpard, who, I. am hlfofmed, '. r have^i^jurisdiction oyer this road. .Can 5; ' ypu'fafdrm me who W apply :'_<£' as 'l^ain quite jtired of the annoyance .and loss arising 5 _rom neglect, which* mhst attach to someone m [authority?-— Yours, &C.7. .•"'" J ".'A. G. Simpson.: Oroua, Aug. 30th, 1877. 7 \ .>