BOROUGH DRAINAGE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8036, 25 January 1906, Page 2

BOROUGH DRAINAGE.

TO Till; hiutoh. Sir,--li'your rep.rtol' the Borough Council meeliii" is correct, and I see no reason lo doubt its accuracy, then the Inspector (not engineer) accuses me of a falsehood in my letter lo Ihe Council, for he says : " " Further, no notice had been served by him on' Mr Berry lo connect his private house, Mr Berry having done thai of his own l'i will prior lo notice being prepared." Now this being a direct 'contradiction of wind 1 had wrillen, 1 can only publish the notice which he says he"never gave. This reads as follows : -

"Xew Plymouth. September I'Sili li««. I>. Berry, Sir,- \\ ill you please fix a proper watercloset at your residence in SI. Aiihvn Street, and cause the same In lie connected Io Ihe liorough sewer liy means "f proper drains, ele., in accordance with the Borough by-laws - Vours r.-iit.lifullj-, (Signed) A'. H. h'ondalh Sanitary Inspector."

i HiMlln-liisju.s-li.i-) l'iirl)u-r siiih>> ilial | lie did not remember having over stated in Mr Berry Mint■ " his business promises . would be the last (o conned." In re lily Id ilils, 1 ivilente „|,.i[ | . Si ,i,| j„ my lellcr-lhal he s;,i,l || m | ..;, Wlls certainly one oft lie lasl places thai rei|iiiiv<l doing." mid added, -if a) a !I," , and after I received the n01i,.,. o 'n .Fsimiarv Sill 1 met mid reminded him ' id' this e.mveMiiliiiii. Ho did v.ol deny il.lmt stnl.'(l thai the Council had now changed their plans and were having the connections made street hy street, whether n mailer of urgency" or not! J'Voiii Ihe above it will he seen that I hnve heeu exceptionally treated. From the. Public Buildings down Devon •Sired to Brougham Steed, all the premises either drain direct info the river or into a pip,, which discharges near mine, lint nearer the i tre of the town, including, 1 believe, nil Iho conveniences at the Borough oliiees, while mine has to he removed at any cost. The ]ileas for this work not being done are various. There is no money |oi> the purpose: lliey cannot get deep enough, or some other so-called reason • I'"|.«-liy ili.'n saddle ratepayers with ""necessary work and expen,.. while neglecting iheir nun. T|,,. drainaw (and coii-,e.|iicnl necessary alteration* cost me from t'ji) to Hill, but I merely iiienliou this ioa-k how workmen, witii porhap* their own collage, anil earning li'om In. 1,..",0s per week, arc going to expend Iron t'o to t0i1,,,, this work, It :» ha I enough c,„. those j u business, iih 1,01.1.1 of Ihe hunks could fell, „„j the working man will hayo to get out, ol Ihe llorough. as inauv are ,|„i n „ liegrellinglhal. J could n'„| make |.],js shorter, and asking you to kindly insert ' il as a mailer „|' interest to ratepayers', : - -1 am, oie,, I"). Bkiikv. (The notice of September I'Ntli referred to by »lr Berry lias been shown to ' —Ed.]