The Daily News SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3. A SPLENDID WORK.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 240, 3 October 1908, Page 2

The Daily News SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3. A SPLENDID WORK.

Xlie Mayor (Mr. Tisch) is doing a splenaid work for Now Plymouth in improving uiul beautiiving -tin; foreshore, ami is deserving of every credit for the zeal he has inauirestcd and is manifesting in this connection. With characteristic ab.-ence of ostentation, lie lias set quietly to work, and in a month or two has quite transformed the appearance of the greater part of tins magaiUeeiit foreshore with which Nature has in lrr uiuniliccnce endowed the town. The stretch of beach from the station to t!io Bayly road, opened last week and handed over to the Seaside improvement Committee, is only part of the general scheme. The idea is to continae the walk from the station to the lliw. river, and even past thai point, and to connect, if possible, with the pa til popularly known as the "lovers' walk/'— leading from the Te Jlenui bridge u> the Botanical reserve at the rear of the cemetery. This means a distance of over four miles. The Borough I'oihkil, with commendable foresight, has practically finished the improving of ihe Te lienui cemetery walk, and a particuI larly good job the workmen have made lof it. We had the pleasure or viewing I the work yesterday for the lirst ti/ne, aid were surprised that such a charming walk existed in the borough. T'ie lower part, with the rippling stream on the one side- and the beautilul bush growth everywhere, is a sight the attractiveness of which must appeal to even the prosaic mind. All that is wanted is the erection of a f-ew senis at different points and the planting 01 Dees ami. shrubs along the lirst part of the route. On the Te lienui beach itself considerable work has been done by the prison gang, who must have already constructed a quarter of a mile of a nine-foot track from the railway bridge townwards. The gang have been at work fffl-'just 011 a month (out of which must be deducted live days for wet weather), so that the result is to lie regarded as highly satisfactory, and j shows that convict labor is not always! dear labor at whatever its cost. The scheme is to continue the work right 1 to the overhead bridge near the station, levelling the land at Woolcombe Terrace, filling-iu the gap in the road at the bottom oi Wainianu street which now makes traffic along this part of the road impossible, cutting into tho railway property at a point a few chains away from the goods-shed, using the disused rubble line a* a walk, and fencing it oil" from the railway tracks proper. It is also proposed to beautify the open spaces, such,, for instance, }»«> Mount Bryou, near where the batlii igshed is located, with native trees, etc. Already much has been done m this respect. Now that the sanction of the Itailway Department has been obtained, it is proposed to construct a footbridge under the Te lienui railway bridge, using the piles and girders as supports. This work will not be difficult, "but it means money. And this brings us to our point. All this beautifying work costs money. With the hundred pounds odd the Mayor, as anyone who has had the pleasure of using the paths knows, has done wonders. I'e i g now at the end of his resources. The work cannot be gone on with without further contributions. The prison gang costs £ll 10s a month. Considering there are eight of them, all picked for their ability at roadwork, the cost is Exceedingly small, and constlitufces a very good investment. The money has to come 'by way of public subscription, and it ig for subscriptions towards .this useiul an'd beneficent work that we wish to make an appeal. Another hundred pounds is needed right away, and we feel sure that our citizens, who must now see what all this work means for the town and what has been done with the funds already subscribed, will not be unwilling to dip their hands in their pockets and assist the fund to the hist of their ability. Donations may be forwarded to this oHicc. where we have opened a suUcription-list, and will i>e acknowledged in due course.