The Reason Why.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2810, 30 January 1888, Page 2

The Reason Why.

[To the Editor.! Sir.—l have heard a good dial; about Mr Eenall's:.generosity in coiiM', nection with his water supply schoraf of late, and, looking at the thing in a superficial fashion, I was led to believe that there might be something in what wits said by the man in the street. Being of an inquiring turn of mind, I was not, however, satisfied until I hid - unearthed the reason why,, and now that I know : it, my only wonder is that • ' it has not been shown up by members of the Borough Council long ago. Here it is. Mr Kenall, as everybody ■ knows, erected his mill on the banks of a stream which in coarse, of time was found to carry an; insufficient supply of water to drive all his machinery. He then cut a channel between the Waipoua and. a small tributary of the stream in question, and thus obtained all the power - required, Unfortunately for himself, the course of tlio stream not' lie entirely. within -his' -owiif property, and any one oivnen of land, through which it flows, coulif at any time compel him to close the channel by means of which he tappejk the Waipoua. While Masterton but few inhabitants, nobody car Mrmuch whether the stream was big <»' little ;'biit : with the gradual increas® / of population, and the sub-division <h\ land affected, the risk pi a, protest Ol being raised has gradually and Mr Eenall does not at present know at what moment he might be ; served with a notice to shut off the extra supply. Naturally the question arose in his mind : '"How can'l avoid such an injury to my property ?" and che found the answer in the scheme, which he has partly carried out, to lead the water through the streets. I maintain that if the water is worth £2OO to the. Borough, it is worth i ■ £2OOO to Mr Eenall, and his generosity is therefore, after all, nothing but' pure selfishness. Let him prove me A wrong if he can. Yours, etc.. ; . Ignotus. '