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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 952, 17 December 1881, Page 2

At the next meeting of tha Maaterton Borough Cuiinoil. a resolution in favor of introducing j>ub into th«J town will be moved by Or Vile. Believing that the time has arrived for lighting the town, we shall give ihe movement nnr cordial support. The point on which there is likely to be much diversity of opinion will probably bo an tn whether the Council should establish »aswntka or whether a private company jlnuild he subsidized to supply them. 'ln very many instances boroughs have enciiiira«(B(l companies to start outerprise? of this character, and, after n.year or two. rinding that they charged high and made 100 good a thing out of Ihe eiiiiimnnity, thoy have had to buy them out. at a considerable oremmm If a company were started in Maslei'ton, the CoiHcil would probably find it necessary to take the business over in the courao of a few years, and would huve to pay some thousands of pounds more than if it took the responsibility on its own shoulders from the commencement. It is decidedly, iu our opinion, more economical for the Borough to supply the town direct, and have nothing to do with .a company. In establishing gasworks, the Council will take no leap in the darlf/ilie cost of plant and laying down pipes mid mains can be calculated to a fraction, the working expenses are easily obtainable, and the revenue may be estima'cd with sufficient accuracy, A subcommittee consisting of two or three eiiod business men cuid carry the whole thing through will) a certainty aa to results. The only objection that can be raised tu tho'Bnruu'iih ; ooiiuoil taking the work on its own shoulders is a contingency of a •;i3 iate being levied over the wJiolo borough. It is, of course, hait.ly fair ihut residents in ihe suburbs should be taxed In any apureeiible extent for supplying gas 10 ihe cemro of population, This, however, is a difficulty which may bo easily adjusted. The cost of gasworks would btj iibmU 115,000, and this money may 'tie burrowed nt 6 per cent. ; intei'st. A rale might have to be levied | in tint extent of l ! :jfiO per annum, and, of " this mini, the suburbs mieht have to pay 1100 or .1-11)0. Sh'itiltl this prove .to ho the case, it would be very easy to adjust s ace mum with the oiitlyitjo parts of the horiiiiult liy !>iv,ni{ Ilium a hiruer slice of • the "eiietiil expeiidiini eon mads-. We do not suppose ic a urnim-nt ihat residents in tie I'm ii i scf desire to have «a3 at tho expanse of incr friends in ihe country, and would he ijaite willing to protect their mtercs 8; nor dp we uatuino that residents in ihe country will object ton much-needed improvement in the lowu, provided that ihey aie treated in an eipiitihlc manner.