THE MUNICIPAL OUTLOOK.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 92, 21 April 1915, Page 8

THE MUNICIPAL OUTLOOK.

MR KIRKWOOD ON MR WILSON.‘ [LU fun Eniron, a"r'nA'rlrm:o Pear.) .511‘, «Mr \\‘ll.>Ull cries "enough" on tho -Midge aluestion‘. L was well unclll‘ ML: )H)l.llLl (10 so \\ 11011 .L bL'ill‘l.«t.'u out to dead \\ltll the iuutter. his one L|t.‘.:ll'u now is to scuttle -.n\u_y li'()l1l the .-muge and sldetruek it by nitimllluclllg, UL/1101‘ un‘xttei'-s. .LTL'¢l\'lna"‘ :L.1(J.\.l use otlrgcsscs very ClCill‘l§' Just nncre Ml.‘ ‘uiisini suululs in relation to 10-u'il proposulrs, 1. am (_[Ull.L‘ ugl'L~«.--able to’ meet your L-orl'espo‘uueut’s keen \\‘_ishes, out bel'o'l'e doing so would iiluke one ‘point snowing now" extrenlely- inconsistent 110 lb‘. 1-Io <:ni(les me witli wanting to expend .I.‘;}‘-.)1.)U oh‘ _Bl'ou'cl\\'uy, betweefiv the In‘ldg__v;e and the J£a’s't lload ‘(l{.eg:'ill Street), in liaving it treated w'ith'tul'. [ll 3 low’ hues earlier he states‘: “'l. have neser for one moment f2llil.Cl‘C'.l from my idea of 21 lovely turrecl road tho, -full width of Broadway from the Upunake .lio;1¢l. to’ PllO 1’€‘111l~’1'°1"4’ ltoud.” Now, if the pieea n'9.m UlO bridge to Regan Street _wo‘ul.d ms» ' £25000, what would be the cost of dim’ lug the wol'k,l'i"onl the Upunuke lioucl to the l’enlbl'ol{e ltoucl? l*‘Ln'thel' it must not be l’ol'gotten tllnt this “lovely” road would not be at all eoinpl-late in Mr Wilson’-s i(le’:1 if’ the full width bridge was not included, in fact, without the bi'id'ge, it would not be “lovely” at all. The bridge would "not cost less that £SOOO, and the I"oa'd based on Mr Wils(ill’s 'esti|na'te relatively to the £3OOO he_ inéiitioiietl, would not "cost less tllun £lioj,ooo,’lnu'k'mg 21 ‘total of £15,000_ ‘so here vie have u gel‘ltleii‘lull eoiidieiniiihg me 'i"m'_ mlvomitiaig an expenditure ‘of .‘lI7:"J00M while he ‘;‘\—‘<sul«.le elieeilully expeiixl £15,000. Mr Wilson, ‘on In'uJl'iei'p.il‘ nmtters, you are the biggest joke ilillv b'tl'utl'ol'<l! I I'uuy,say just by lhe way, that I never at any time naive(::lted the expenditure of _£3ooo tetwcon the bridge and Regan Street, or for that matter on any part-of lsro:l\lway. Your col'l'espondent is :il\;,;|‘,\' and eoiisequenltly makes very rash statements. If 311' Wilson thinks he can trip me up on the £3OOO expe'u:iture, 1 nm willing to I'etu'l"xl’ to it. Your eorrespoluleiit states that as M:l_vor_. ’l have been “a ghostly l7ziEluro,” not a Slll,<‘sle thing I have (long has been :1 success; also tliut I aim “incompetent and pul'tial.” Mr Wilson would like to believe all th:-so things as the wish is father to the thought. Tliere is one thing 1 .',lnl truly thaniklul for, ‘z':n.d that is that while xl li-.lv‘e held the oifliee of I\lavol', l on e2n'thqu:lke 11:1,»; not shaken the town down, otlierwise I feel sure tlvut‘ Mr Wilson would lnwe used his best emlouvloiu-s to have me tried for man» Sll‘l‘llg‘l.llJol'. As lot‘ the new l"e1'bio;_; ‘lznul c-luuinelling, this,wol'k I'equi-'-=s no (lol'eli<:e;' its utility speaks for it‘~ sc-'|'l", not\vitl‘ista.lndiug ‘an 'oceai-s‘ion.~.l‘ cleiiiiihg liln_v be fieeessziijv. As for r:‘xisi’ng the ire of the ’l'-.\tepzl_y'el's hv wzintingto iiuipose fni't‘hel' I".lt'es, this is n'ew_s t'ol‘ne, ':lnd_ candidly I can my lioliete ‘tl'l'-.'l't Ml‘ Wilson dl‘eal'l'lt ‘ill The rl'l'ninél‘g‘e seheime he eolldemlns iwnis‘ :1 good sielieiiie, and it is sirnpljr your (-ol*i'os']soilclent’s igiioifitiice on the 2114'}.ter tl'm‘t ]e'h(ls him to zlnadv‘el~se 'r-ou-_(.-lusion.‘ i \Vith it growi‘ng town it is impossible to ea’l'l'y out it (.ll'£Liii'il‘;z,e_ iselienm‘ tlfust ’ would eiubraee the whole l;o1'o1i;;h, with'o ut a large expo'mlitul'e. It is necessuil'y_ (or fit. lonst (l(?.\"ll'El,il)l‘G) to (11-ain lirst the umst,q'o'ligeste'(l I')z\i't‘s. Snniiiiilig up Mi‘ i\‘V‘llSf)il.il’.‘s' lettol','l think I ain filin\_\’ll(‘|l”l state that lllsfstiltcnléllts luwe no foundntionin fact, and apal't from his own ‘:lssel’tions, he has not in any way :l(l\':1HlCC'(l arguments to back up his , statements. In conclusion, I would advise Mr Wils<)il not to make "any .~.tutmn<mts in ‘print that cannot I be sul)sl;ullt‘i’ute(l. I am, sir, ' 0 ’_W. I’. KIRKWOOD.