CORRESPONDENCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 233, 1 October 1880, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

To the Editor op thb " Evening. Maii,;"; Sir,— ln my opinion the resolution of the Council at their late meeting, condemnatory! of the action of one of their members rela-j tive to the state of the water supplied to the; city from the reservoir in Brook Street Valley, is as much : overdrawn by statingj that the Councillor's remarks "are entirely! without foundation " as ever anything said by that member could be called exaggerated; And why ? For this reaaon : that come few days before the charge was made, the water drawn fresh from our tap, for dinner ,> was totally unfitted for drinking, being colored greenish yellovr, and having an unpleasant smell. As a water-driokor for many years, I have ahva3's been of opinion that; pure water should be perfectly free from color, taste, or smell ; this was not the case on the occasion I refer to, as some ten orj twelve had to leave the dinner table on that day without their usual cooling draught. Inj part vindication of the member's remarks &i to the unclean state of the reservoir, I have' deemed it only my duty to send you this, 1 which, you may insert or otherwise as you think the merits of the case demand. : I am, Sir, Yours, &c, , ; Thomas Scott. . ! Trafalgar-street South, - ( Sep. 29, 1880. !

TO THE EDITOB OP THE " EVENING. MAI!/.") Sir,— l quite agree with your remarks that 1 the members of the City Council' took up an! extraordinary position when they constituted; themselves their own judges, and I ad-j mire the way in which they cut the Gor-i dian knot. by saying to this effect : " Allj men, or women either, who »ay not as we say are liars." There is, however, one piece of evidence which baß;evidently:misled,.ybu (aB I suppose it.waßintendedtp do),; and.iasj it was given, as would appear f rora, the ical-i cv atipp, after due consideration by the City! Surveyor, it might mislead othfrrsr^Eej

Surveyor says that: the fungus, if covering the whole surface and two inches thick, , would represent, 40 cubic yards. Auyoue who has ever seen such fungus knows that the thickness is represented by thread-like pendants about the thickness of a spider's web, millions of which would be required to represent, in cross-section one square . inch. At all events lam quite sure that you could easily hold a piece representing a surface of one square yard by two inches thick in the hollow of your hand.— l am, &c, . HA.L. Nelson, Oct. 1, 1880. . . „■