THE BIG PUMP.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3143, 15 March 1879, Page 3

THE BIG PUMP.

(To the Editor of the Evening Star.)

Sib,—Much has been laid and written about the Big Pump, and my name has frequently been referred to in the communications that have been published from time to time. My views upon this question have undergone no alteration. I believe the mines on the flat will never be efficiently worked while the securities are in the hands of the County, as any expenditure of money would simply go to increase the value of the County securities. The securities were handed over to the County for one purpose only, viz., the development of the mines at deep levels, and if one shilling of money (whether it i« raised by mortgage or otherwise) in connection wiih those securities is spent for any other purpose, then there will be a breach of trust and a moral fraud will be committed. Ido not think the County authorities have evinced very conciliatory or even a just spirit in connection with this matter. The threat to gue and sell is just simple nonsense. No set of men who have the interests of the district at heart would talk in that manner. The Chairman especially has exhibited an overbearing spirit that no number of gentlemen could tolerate. Let the cost of the Pump to the County be ascertained; let the expenditure upon mining be estimated ; let the revenue derived from pumping operations by the County be (as near as possible) got at; let a balance be struck; let the County get their money and hand over the securities. This is the only way out of our present difficulty, as I feel assured that with the securities placed as they are at present money will never be got to work the mines as they should be worked. Let the County appoint an auditor; let the associated companies appoint another; if they cannot agree let the two auditors appoint an arbitrator, and let the decision be final. Certainly the present position can only result in ruin to the whole community, and this is a time when every man should put his shoulder to the wheel, sink all personal considerations, and do his best for the good of the whole.—l am, &c, W. Bowe. Grahamstown, March 15, 79.

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