The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1882. BOROUGH ENTERPRISE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1125, 14 July 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1882. BOROUGH ENTERPRISE.

-|/-r- » Is our issue of yesterday a correspon-Eniiui"-—expressed ; in .very! stvong&rms his opinion of the apathy which is now prevalent in Masterton. j

. ay uuuut we writer ot the letter re- ' ferred to would, if Masterton had been attacked from outside in similar,.tefras, have been extremely indignant, but as ••one,: of -.the family" oh'■ a-'domestic question he felt himself justified in speaking. his mind. A year ago; we , pointed out that thego-aheadrik* which once made Masterton spoken-of'as' the 'most promising inland town., in the North-Island was a tiling of ;fhe' past.' Palmerston has decidedly' taken the ',place: of this town as -the'favorite of' fortune, and for no earthly reason that we can see, Masterton has accepted a second place as a matter; of •'course, ! At the time we referred to..W'e pointed but that the bulk of our streets, as contrasted with b\ir buildings, were simply disgraceful. Of course they seryevery. well iii- Summer, •but at ; this season 'of' the' .year,a ramble through them is suggestive of endless, mud and perpetual nits... The Borough' staff collapses uuderlhe' accumulation ' of ilfch, and even ; a rolid-isci-aper is un- ■ obtainable. The-simple- fact is that Masterton cannot..be"made the town it oughtto be without a loan for streetmaking and street-widening. The present plan of doing "a'bit at a time is too.slow, and as far as we can judge, anything.but economical! ;A year ago ■we ought-: to have affirmed a ten thousand loan. We are in quite as good a position to borrow that sum'as Palmerston, and. we can offer equally good security.. The. expenditure'would The.enterprise of Talmerston in raising, a' -loan of this .amount has enhanced its credit in the North' Island. People have, faith in its.future!-. Its burgesses 'have confi:denco in their ti)wn, and it is they who really strike'•the'key note. We feaf : thatthe'publicmenoiMastertohhave - become ja little too -conservative/ant' I thougha few years ago ■ ■_■;'. ■■.v 3 V:-.-p';--'-f-:o:: J -:-■ ■ $;??}-?»■■;

counsels prevailed there was amount of wastn and extravagance, |jC ■(; • wa l^ : S ui " op»»on,?m6ie thalfcornl '' whichgftas ;Puaed]iianto mft&ip f fluirsgWe suld pfc|ie. refbseii \ * tlTe #s *|KBop|g]i|to loliider $ whethef the time hftS r 'nofc'avrive| when '", a launching-out policy might notld- ' place the present stagnation, and. . whether not do J . bt'making •. .little,.'.. :,,.,,.,»,,,''.-,,;',,;,;;;