THE APPROACHES TO THE BEAUMONT BRIDGE.
{To the Editor.) Now that the Beaumont Bridge is so near completed, I should like to ask through your columns why the Government have not prepared the road to it on both sides. I noticed lately that a party of men have been employed building up the approciches close to the bridge, but nothing has been done to makfe the road passable for traffic on ( the east bank of the river from the bridge to ■fche existing road, and a large swamp intervenes, which will give teamsters all their work to cross. It is certainly an injustice to the proprietor of the bridge not to complete the approaches by the time the bridge is ready for use, as the loss of a month's traffic in the wool season would be a considerable item. Very little has yet been done to the iip-country roads this season, and it is anything but creditable to the Government to totally neglect keeping the goldfields roads in at least a passable state in ths summer months. A little supervision of the men they have already employed would be a great benefit, as in places, though tools are to be seen lying by the roadside, the men are conspicuous by their absence. — I am, &c, Teamsteb.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TT18741125.2.11.1
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 411, 25 November 1874, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
216THE APPROACHES TO THE BEAUMONT BRIDGE. Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 411, 25 November 1874, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in