MR. D. ANDERSON AND THE CITY COUNCIL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4429, 31 May 1875, Page 3

MR. D. ANDERSON AND THE CITY COUNCIL.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE NEW ZEALAND TIMES. Slit, Having been most unfairly misrepresented in the columns of the Post of the 28th inst., will yon do me the favor to publish the following correspondence, •which will speak for itself ; “ Wellington. 27th April, ,1875. “To the Public Works Committee, Municipal Council—We, the undersigned ratepayers living in or adjacent to Nairn-street, desire to bring to the notice *f the Council the very bad state of that streetdrains running along the centra of it. largo stones lying loose and others fixed in, the paths not formed or gravelled, the drains at either side filled up with rubbish and gorse growing thereon, thereby diverting the rain water from its proper channel to the centre of the road. For years back this street has been persistently neglected. Wo therefore hope that the Council will give the necessary instructions to have the street put in a proper state prior to the winter rains leaving the road utterly impassable.—Signed by D. Anderson, E. Port, J. Blundell, H. Gibson, and in all twenty-seven ratepayers.” To which I received the following reply : "City Council Office, Wellington, 80th April, 1875, “To Messrs. D. Anderson and others who signed a petition regarding repairs required to Nairn-street. —Gentlemen,—l am directed to inform you that the City Surveyor has been instructed to make such temporary repairs as will make the street passable during the winter.—Signed, W. Hester, Town Clerk. On the 25th May, I addressed the following letter to the City Surveyor;— „ , " Wellington, 25th May, 1875. “To the City Surveyor.- Sir, —I enclose copy of a letter which X received from the Town Clerk in reply to a complaint made by various residents in Nairnstreet. regarding the bad state of that road. Since then I observe that you have gravelled the sidewalks in Willis-strect to Councillor Dransfleld's gate on one side and Mr. Palmer's on the other; again, in Thompson-sheet, a drain has been cleared out to the depth of a two-aero jiaddock owned by the City Surveyor ; while to Nairn-street, which lies Immediately between those two improvements, nothing whatever has been done. Should this continue, I shall, at the next meeting of the City Council, send a copy of this letter to them, and beg for their further interference in this matter.—Signed, D. Anderson.” Now, I ask, where in the above letter have X accused the Surveyor with employing Corporation laborers on his own private property, to which I never made the slightest allusion? The drain that was made in Thompson-street, I maintain, should have been made at the expense of the Corporation instead of that of any private party. However, I shall at the next meeting of the Council bring the case again before them and see whether, as regards Nairn-street, the City Surveyor will carry out their Instructions or not. —J am, &e., L>, Andkusox. Wellington, 29th May.