CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1143, 4 August 1882, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

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.ly. i TO the;KDITOH,'-','; ■ .-:r;j{. Sir,-In jour. ieaue of yeitaday;'.',: hoticed'yb'ur leader upoir: Muhi^j'jm piovemenia. I «»reft Vl Villi you that" i loan js inevitable, streets-arid, roajii are disg'raoe'fiii; an:- how' they a're'to b( made and impcoveij cial ppsitiou jiß a inyptery» wjhioh-: if-re vealed would perhaps save us Prom the inevitable, ,; But,' Sir; it'is- H fact i thai our municipal overdraft is gradually in'creasing,'audthere' is' no hbpe" dfa'sdbaidy, and therefore it ia pkuuly.Been that iiedessary roads and'dfhor \wrkswill" Ji'dt be gone on with in tHo and next winter mil Bee us in, asJafl, teniiidh worse plight than this wiiiier. buch being the case, ,a loan would heip ub out of ihe diftiouliy in such a manner ithat ratepayers 4 wquW (Scarcely feel' ; the [ buraeh, and (jet iudre'tlian" 'equivalent returns. I think there ,is another more aeriooi matter than 1 ' evbrt bid r'oads'and that.is no, or at all-events,•• bad draiuaKei Now,, it is .said iliatthefo'nrß" about IB miles of roads in. JJastertoii reauire making," \yhicli will probably coßt an average 1 ?!: £320 ta l railt£ which meaW £SOOO urtteeaboiits.' 1 W&Hvant ijn of seven iniles of main drains,, for the convenience of hou*eh"li]ei9 aiid [the health of the community, at a oufit u^,f to 1400 a mile, say £3oo{Sr You require, aleu at least £IOQO with subsidies from ratepayers for street widening, and to carry out these • worJjß! you [Teijuiro vali engineer at £250 a' 'year 'for 4' years', which means another ; IPO,/' in all £IO,OOO. You will see thai J would purpose taking four years to expend these ltfonevs Now, yi'Ur.readerS: m>| doubt will/stand, somewhat 'aghast at siioli ft proposal as the borrowing of £IO,OOO, hut; Sir,; that is no reason why,, they consider they advantages ; i«iid! ?disad}iiniages tfioy shonlil,,not agr.ee ;to,;»it,f : ■ The interest upon', ijiiai. loan" winild be £7OO a ypar,;' ftnd M'• iirinoipal : 'of' £3OO for sinking fund would mean a special rate of Is m the £. -file ordinary rjite'cfiuldlbVTeduced'to' Gd,' ihos'siviog sufficient for our rateable value prorobly by the time these works are completed ,will be fiOper cent, higher; if bo,, all the more' ordinary iate for expotidita'te; aiid r t'he liatilitvrin^y■ bp redaced to 9d. To pro-, vide interest and sinking fund on Joiim it has been said that those who lwvedioir roads oppose iasprfjpusition of !h\s kind, that iB, a borrowing proposal.. but,this ijvonld seem to .me ,to be/both Unfair aiid;Uiikirid,they lia.vin? received the rates of their neighbors who have no roads, should not deny them .$e priyileis which they. enjoy, of having one also. Then, as Sthere'is more serious .mutter' of drainage, .twhioli! sootier or later must be looked after, and this cannot be done by subscriptions. Water for tire brigade purposes oan be got out of ordinary cost, and for household purposes the Abyssinian wells will supply them'-wyth .as /pure water as any reservqir Trio qosi is (rifling and'no house should be without; plfi}./1 am-aiire, sir; that'Cfluncill/irs will shortly Bee that same auoh proposals 88 these ;must meet their 5 approval and'tlie views of the ratepayers. I am, &C.', 1 Proposer,