CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1171, 6 September 1882, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE BOROUGH LOAN. TO THR EWTOE.' Sir,—Have not those ratepayers who voted for Ors Perry, Chamberlain,.and, Price sot a, right to expect them to : give their reasons for opposing the loan.' We. hear plenty from the other side in favor of ii. If they can see that'll is likely to'" he detrimental to the interest of the Borough or the ratepayers why don't they Bpeak oat like honorable men and say bo, and in what way, and notj allow ratepayers to suppose they are bpposin'g fit*« out of any selfish motive, 1 think 0*: : Caselberg was moved by a rather selfish' i spirit wheu he said that he could not 'see' ! i how the centre of the town" would get i their share of the loan unless they got a < new itnm fire engine. I suppose Or i

, -,. v ' IIJ Oaflelborg;■ thinks; tbat /whatever.'loan >is : > 'prebur'eijr BtmVolit must be spent, wlilim 3; a cliaui-pf js;stpr.e; The bottom part:uf t Qußen|fDixb)i, 'and - Obapel-streeta and j. thoseWortfafree6 connecting: Queen and Dixon : Btieetß'are'not near enough to his j He does not consider thai tho outside Btteets have.been ;: atarved for years to make Queen-dtreet [ perfect, but now when it is thuusjht advisf able to raise¥l6ahlo~makethe necessary J streets he wants to get a share fdr-'aii 3 utmecessary. purpose. Two hand' fire' ■'" "engine's"areqdiieaufficienrforMasteitni r at present if they are properly managed; If in a few years the lown'o'siproperly supplied with water no engine will be 1 ¥ e ?Wyi',«»nly a Kond.hose company or ' tw °i »"d 'hen; the engine would;be nosed of for perhaps about half of what it cost, borne of these pet-notions of , o i ou , n ° , ? ,o ,are likely to prove the worst. .. stumbling Weeks in'foe way of raising the s'; : - .' i vys' -if . ,I'ara,&o,, .' ; ; ''' '-• i- I r-hti J.J-O.JL!