CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1468, 28 August 1883, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

op fire Brigade.

(TOTHB EDITOR.) . ■'■] , ;Siß,—l notice that not only the ; "S"4: papers of Masterton,' .but: the public, .. '■"■f; generally,, are. 1 taking a very great .^ v interest in County' .Council matters, '''.'..:•■• '■"',. land gra^( : and'rjnjiny- other things I ; : could montion, while'the most impor- '! taut of all is left out in the cold, and ' :.-',. scarcely recognised by. anyone, except. . when their houses'arid;property, are in '..'.-■: flames. I refer' .toylhe. Fire Brigade; "<' ■.' • Tlns'is the most important body in the. '- ,'■'■ i"' town aiid thould be supported iii a sub-:' ; '■. stantial' manner; 1 but thisl'l am sorry i,': ■ to say, is hot % case.; What are our. i.! • : , Borough Councillors .thinking of that :'■ '",'., they do not make a movo in the right .:: direction, jby obtaining at least two, '. ! ' ; , horses and'dra^ta^b.the Borough i •' work, have, these horses- stabled close ". ; to the Brigade station; Bo that' wheua., ''%',' fire occurk thoy could',We',quickly . : .-■• I hitched to the.'.erigines; arid driven-.to ■''.■■ the place; required.; Mit is, the . I'. Brigade, yrhioh 'ta-'aot numerically ..' strong, hayeto dragthe engines Kaps'quartor of. V.mile,and by the '...': time they reach the-scene of conflagra- ;■ tion, are pretty well pumped out, and •' not fit to go to work as they should do, ■■ ' this of course would bo obviated bythe. /. ■! ; " useofborßes, and/the; Council would be able to Borough! work : more economically if they kept their own | teams. Cr; Csiselberg may say (i Mine is a brick building, and T have tanks '.■■ erectedj'and am. nofci afraid of that;' going." 'Or Gtipfrtir might say " Ihave ■ ';.' i a'icreek close to and a goq<t ,i -.. rj)ad'({)-to take . CraLiowei;' ■■• ■■&■[ Heron, and Chamberlain live'^du't--of tjje town, sq there-'#little :$# for them. Cr Feist adjacent to bis place, Cr Perry an Abys. sinjan well opposite his residence, . Cr' Price no. doubt in pretty well insured, and close to His Worship the Mayor,

bo ought ndf iio-beifrMd,. while'Or Chinehea, whohas: 'W.orksop.Lako in front of his residence,.,is,pretty well safe. But the Councillors should look' a liitlp further than their own'doors; ftnilwouidvsnggeat that;;,for jih.e.good of'the town", they iryahclget the assistance of the Insurance Companies interested, and nmko a substantial annualtjrant to the Brigade, for;with> out'something of the kind is done Jam afraid : the Brigade, instead ■of goiug aliead as it should.do, will go' further and further behind. .Tr'triwt, sir, that the Council,'lußiinmcc-Coin|in".ie.vand the public generally, will all eo-'.i|iurat« and pl.a.co-the.Rrigade in <IW position' in which it should stand; as the first and most important, institution iu'thn Borough. ' t shall have other •matters of public importance to touch upon bjr-and-by, in the meantimo I bog to myself■','../., * \ i; -- ■ ' no:ii---.' " .BniiOESS.. Masterton, August 27fh'.