MARSLAND HILL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 85, 19 July 1910, Page 2

MARSLAND HILL.

PLANS FOR IMPROVEMENT. Only one design has been submitted, to the Beautifying Association for lm- \ proving Marsland Hill. This is the plan I designed by Mr. Button, instructor inj the art classes of the Technical School.! He has gone very fully into the matter,! and his design is one that commends it-: self to the committee in charge. Thej main features of the design are e-a-j trance gates at both Brougham street, and Robe street; a gradually ascending broad path from Brougham street to the top of the hill, the path reaching the| summit near the shattered pines, wnich' at present are not attractive features.. Other paths are designed to give a morej rapid ascent to the face of the hill by j the Maori war monument, and there is another one from the Robe street gate \ along the west boundary, joining the present carriage drive near the summit.-' Here the artist allows for ornamental beds. On the flat top of the hill Mr. J Hutton has planned winding paths, a flower-bed with a sundial in the centre, and a fountain, but, of course, the lat-! ter has already been decided on by thei Patriotic Fund Committee. Along the] brow of the hill overlooking the town' he proposes to place a balustrade of con-. crete. All the paths are to be eight j feet wide, and the grade on the main; sweep from Robe street will be aoout one in fourteen, giving an easy ascent for the elderly people and for the infants in their carts. The committee has' asked Mr. W. W. Smith and Mr. Hutton to meet on the ground and peg off the scheme. Such portions of it as come, within the Beautifying Association's' limited means will probably be -put-'ii, hand very shortly, and Mii remainder, undertaken, &% more funds become avail-, able! The advantages of having, a definite plan on which to push the work to com-, pletion are many. The Mayor, as president of the Association, has certainly! taken the right course in this respect, i We would suggest that Mr. Hutton's plan should be placed on view in some ' prominent show window so that the public may obtain an idea of the proposals. They will then be more ready, perhaps, to 'support the Association in ' a work that must conduce to the greater attractiveness of the town. Marsland jjHill should be a beauty spot; at present it is not—and very much so.