BOROUGH SANITARY, BY-LAWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 28 September 1917, Page 4

BOROUGH SANITARY, BY-LAWS.

V To the Editor. Sir, —Your article in Tuesday's issue re sanitary by-laws, plumbing and drainage in Taihape, came as a great surprise to me and being the pro» | prietor of the oldest established plumbing business in the town, I cannot very well let your article pass without comment. I do not know where you gleaned the information, that leads you to speak in such drastic terms of the way in which plumbing is done and drainage connections, are made, or whether you refer to any special work; but speaking formyself, I positively deny the correctness of your statements, and, further, I will guarantee that all plumb--ing and drainage connections carried out by me are in accordance with the by-laws now in force or ' may be in force, and moreover, they are equal to any works of the kind done in any of the cities. I challenge you, Mr... Editor, to pull any of my work to pieces. Hence, you will understand, Sir, why I take umbrage a,t the way," you have expressed yourself, and, in ft fairness to the qualified tradesmen I j employ, I must ask you to produce facts to prove your aspersions. The Taihape by-laws now in force are a. facsimile of most of the large city by«~ laws, and I must say that any sanitary work that is carried out in accordance with them will be a good job and satisfactory to all parties, con-., eerned. Trusting, Sir, you will' give • publicity to the above and also in some measure repair the injury done in connection with Taihape plumbing work. —I am, • etc., %■ ■

G. WRI6HTSON y Main Trunk Plumbing Works, Taihape.

(The above letter is quite justifiable, as our article referred in a general way to sanitary matters, but it must be undersood that we were blaming the by-laws rather than plumbers, first, because we did not even dream that such work would be allow able under any proper by-laws, and, secondly because we have never been able to get a copy of any by-laws or ?ven to see a copy, although: we have - made requests in that connection on several occasions. Mr WrlgKtsoh will ' now understand our attitude was against, regulations and not against men. Mr Wrightson asks some very-' natural and pertinent "questions, and*j we will answer them. Our tioh is, too frequently, within ourview and under our hose; and if Cr. Wrightson, not Mr 'WrigktsOn,' plumber? will honour us with ■ a visit, and will bring as many other councillorsas he can get to accompany him, we' will furnish him with all the information that he can possibly want to* prove- conclusively that "'anything we said was more than warranted and deserved, and he will admit that wedid an important public duty. We did refer to specific works, and hot having any knowledge of Mr Wrightson's work we are bound to accept his assurance that hi* work is all in accordance with the by-laws. We do not propose to accept our-correspondent's challenge to pull his work to pieces—we would rather not. We cannot accept Mr Wrightson's challenge, but we trust that, in the interests of the- , health of, this community, he will accept ours which is to come along, see our source of information and be convinced.—Editor "T.D.T.")