CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2638, 2 July 1887, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

(To the Editor.)

Silt,-What a "We don't want to fight, but by jingo if we' do get," some otthese Alfredton Biding people \m, if one:mußf judge from the representative members-sent from time to timeto the County Council, and withal' most'unreasonable. Are they 'to expect forsooth, that they should have a. voice in the' administration ;of afifairs within their own riding, when matters are so economically worked i for them,by so syinpatJutk and .eoniidtratt a Council, jockeyed by bo able and infallible a County Engineer. That a Gouhoillov should presume to acquaiut his; district of the short comings-Imean the infallMity-ol the Council or Engineer, or both, it matters.not, is aa offence that Met not \bo tolerated in' these, the dark ages. ■■" Councillors, or a Councillor, must understand some of the uses of the gag, under pains and penalties, when ho is admitted to tkwdtr,, and should never question the' rujhjgs -pf infallibility. '' The Chairman's riojing' 1 is—never divulge outside, jjiit "the matter can be discussed ad lib at the Council table, and the gag can be applied at any time. The people J have already referred to are a fighting, race, and have fought in the ,past,to some : purpose. .Would the -£2600 loorji dishonesty- have terminated with} put a fight apl a protracted one £ Wpld the;MajiawaJridgfi;M#ljei ' saddled p»Jhe;*ight horse withoui a 1 fight? No/arid'it took>grambiing and growling enough to effect this. Ratepayers in this'part of the county are at one as JiJ" the utility' of the

Wairarapa North ComJpiystemi' / Iri! i : Bhort.they do:not believe"in it.;' I| understand ■[ that about nine tenths;?? have signed 'a.'petition. in tavor'ofhav-" ing the Eketahuna-Tihui road declare'd" & district one"; Tins must show gross": irigratitude, coming as it does from a" ■■fciiy othe.p part) of the '• County, 'Have, thelatter/news' from the: Couris| and if such be : thfc" Engineer," Biif^ure This" ; sS's^enti^#k : Midly fe;^'lp:/Engineer saysj^t,:tna ; ; attention "bestowed is, gtate;6|' , i|hft i iciad. The road beteihßßLwe;had a right to: &';iuoa-.Jan ;; 'unusuaily- dry waspii" aiidlte'bnsfi falling two years ago,": The Engineer -will hardly- to credit" to himself'.'for.' either of these .two,. .causes.'" The. County Engineer,';'in' oomplajning of pome remnks by: Cr ; 'Sinitli,'iß ■repbyted to bawftid. >• 'that.'' ; ■ "Cr Smith'reiterated a 'ataMment'made'-'. bj;:;^"-^^!!;"^!^*' 1 County "Engineer „.,may" : bes r in order in complaining of.; i; > fail'tb. Beo.;wHat either lie or theV, Council lias- to do' with ; me"<ir ; ■with a : ny' ! remar| I find myself ea®:up6nt6,inale; "If .stoma remark wa?. made by nie I rdnst,have been] speak-' ing from the Engineer's over estimate;: :audeariyintljefinanoialyear r whefeag.: Viejs epeakiug'from actual, expendi-iv tore, with all data beforo him.. How-: over : he admits'£B2 to my fairlygood for :> tair'splitting, was too near to;'be remind the Engineer that Sy charge.

was one of extravagance against' the Council, and tlia) the attemptto makd it a personal matter is. uncalled for. ; My accusations against the County system as carriedon in l have always- intended to be general, and not personal, I shall not enter into the merits of the collapsed cuU vert discussiou in the Council, not; knowing the preoise charge, but tHia: muohl'cansay/that Iwasa witness to all Cr Smith .said, at the meeting" referred to, and ;I hea|Jfc\ stronger language from him thatfroiat is heard generally in -the'district. As to the' imbedded culveifc on the road, and which-has lain; there,;:>yell; it is bo; 16'figl'canuot •remember. 1 --'- This Ido know,.that these' same oulverts—six,' of them—were - applied for by the -Engineer was a member ofthe Council; wh'o' strongly Council, and ihysolf as CouTOor thiat: they wore positively necessary, > Nowhe iudignaivtly affirms that this par-" ■ticular oolvert >ir not required, .and' that- k ought : to-know. What he; ought \p have said is that .the culvert is absolutely • required, amhthat tlw water cannot get away'' except by .flooding tlio tpadr- If- the disousßlon althVlaai Cpunoil'meeting shows one .thingmore it is simply ■.ihls,-:that; the 'Engineer cannot effithe maintenance ofallso called County roads." This is esactly-sWhat the of tho North WahmpaCounty "system have, maintained; it bo expected: that a resident'of-nMasterfcon cau sowell aud efficiently isapevintend "a road; some thirty or forty, miles away, as * bpdj.of:rden;l:;mayßay on the spot!; the.work is loft aud musi'hi) left, to the honesty of the roadmen.- '..■•■'

v '.:■;.; lam&c. . Cms. MACQuuars. Alfredton,..27tb. June, 1887.