CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1977, 29 April 1885, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE MASTERTON PARK TRUST.

(To the Editor). Sir.—l was sorry that I waa unable to attend the meeting held in the' Temperance hall last evening, as I should have been glad of the opportunity of replying to the attack made by Mr Reese on the administration of the Park Trust, As Chairman of the Trust I accept the respo'risibility'of "Thegross job" which Mr Reese undertook to expose.' This gross job was "the private letting of a l ''fender fpr flm"Park pval. 'I 'believe' in the principle pf public tenders qujte as' riiuch'as Mrßteje .does,,' and~jr'wj}ej} was. made, I agreed to allow the principle to be departed frpin, it was simply" because the interns, of the public demanded that, in this particular instance, 'an' exoellont rule should be departed fponi, The Park Trustees' took professional advice, the best obtainable, and came to the conclusion that to seoure a perfect oval, it would bo necessary to seleofc a man.of special experience and capacity to level it. They were well aware that by putting it up to tender they might save twenty, or perhaps thirty pounds, in' the work, but iigain'sf this" was the risk of the work being-badly "done! ! There were P!W)hets wlio solemnly 1 ivaf'hedus pat we'eouw i4"iji|l|e'al'gbod'''jo.b l ()f the jvp|k.' |.yeii W fjfik grass would iiot grpw'uri jLhe'oval'after'l,l 'wai made.'' Fajlure'waV djnn'ed'iiito' pur jiaii" lyellj'wi} 'succeeded ■! js the Jfe'ssts Hpgg, Ree§e, aii.4 wlfp,'"jt' , i| want tlje public to accept a HPf pilhlip ha)), wliiclnyill jjp )§\}t frge to lopal pratprs, In l|e|i pf p y Ijealtfliy reprgatipn grpunf} fpr Hie peppje. T|ie pya} speaks for itself, Even Mr Re§se gannpt say the work is badly done, so he oalis it a gross job, If Mr Reese and his friends will do a gross job for the people of Masterton of a similar charaoter, they will have some reason to regard themselves as public benefactors. If, instead pf standing by •while a good work is flpco!'np|(sj|ed'ij.nd hp]es in it two years after it is complstpd, they perform some substantial work "for tljp people of Masterton they would do more for the town than they can accomplish by talk, lam proud of the work, which, in ionjuncjipn with others, 1 havo been able 't6 acbpncpli'sli I'ri' tjfd'park, When I see cricketeraj ; '«>§mbers of friendly-societies' and'the 'boys ;> of Masterton so eager to make use of'tlib oval that they do not give' the new grass' a fair pijane'e) | ata auite satiilied jbhat the eif'prts\of's|[ess'r?HPgg, 'Rpe'se',' »n|'Gii'(|'wbod'ti) pHsli |ack'' instead' of fpr'war,gV will' not -'be' endbrsea by' the popple pfliasteiipn.' "' ""' ''• ' fain &c, ft, pAJ-'TpN, Piiainnan of Masteripp Par| 'j-'rust.