CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1773, 29 August 1884, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

——« To the Editor, Sir,—l notice in your issue of today's date addresses from three gentlemen aspiring to municipal honors, Firstly I will notice that of Mr E. M. Galloway, and I may say that 1 am very glad to see him come out at last, Every one that knows him knows that he carries out any undertaking he takes in hand with untiring energy and .zeal, In his address he says he will take- care not to burden the burgesses with more rates, or something to that effect. This is well, so far as it goes, but in my opinion the time has arrived when the Council will have to bestir itself and see that we get drainage for the town, and that quickly. They may order the cleansing of back yards and all that sort of thing, but until a good system of drainage is initiated, it will be of very little use. It will, in all probability, cost some iIOjOOO to carry out these works properly, but carried out they must be, and that ere long, The result will be that the ratepayer will have to pay eighteenpence where he now pays a shilling, and Mr Galloway will not be able to. shut his eyes to this fact. (Uf course lam presuming he is already elected, but of this there is but little doubt,) The question of a loan for water has been discussed several times by the Council though I think we can do without this for the present unless it is for fire purposes, and this water question I think the Council should step in and take in hand, and compel every owner of pro- i perty to drive pipes upon the Abys- , smian principle, so that the water used would without doubt be pure and wholesome. If you want to germinate ' disease, allow the people to continue ' drinking their drainage by using the ' water from open wells or surface flow. If job wish to' give them health, encourage or compel them louse water running seven or eight feet below the ■

e surface flow, and a better water supply ™ ;. than this you cannot get. I have gone > to some length in reviewing the ads dress of Mr Galloway, but I could not i, help digressing to point out to him e what I believe to be real necessities, ut Messrs Bacon and Muir only go so far s as to say that they will do their best if d elected, and I bolieve they will,-On the i- whole Ido not think the burgesses can e do better than elect these three gentle: - ) men, They will not only get hew e blood, but they will get men of known • e ability and integrity. Whoever else y opposes them, I shall vote for them, r I am, (fee, ■' a Burgess. ■ -t 0 ■- ■ '.. """ ' """J!