FIREWOOD CREEK ROAD AND DISTRICT.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2912, 14 March 1891, Page 2

FIREWOOD CREEK ROAD AND DISTRICT.

TO I lIH KUITOH. Sin,—As the parnia-.ipli in your issue of the otll in>t. is calculated to create a Wloi g impression, nod h-ptfnl to tlie above din; tiict, nI.- > niis'eadiog ti the travelling public, will you allow me space lo say, that your informant could not have earefi I!y considered the statement made re the timber bii iges oil these roads. There is one sap plank broken through on those bridges erected some four or live years back by the Government, otherwise these series of budges all through to Waitettin.i are in good order and sound repair. Over Unity pipe culverts, with connecting works otherwise than timber culverts, and nine new bridges of the best timber and construction were erected last year, with the exception of three temporary and one culvert, situate in the meadows close to Nganiawahia, for which tenders are and will shortly be called for. This road to the Waingaro Springs, from the Nganiawahia end, is equal to any track south of Auckland. Your informant no doubt meant to refer to the remainder of the ponga culverts not at present replaced by pipes or timber. Any of these streams are of small volume, and may bo stepped across, and are no impediment to traffic. To the credit of the late engineer in charge, Mr Fianl; Kdgecumbe, be it said, in forming tho six-foot trnclc, erection of bridges and culverts for temporary use over the eleven miles of road to the Huntly junction, he did wonders with the limited means at his disposal. With fair expenditure of Government funds on this road and branches from tho income now derived from the sale and lease of large areas of Crown land", now being taken up and settled on, the district west of the Waipa nnd Waikato Rivers to tho West Coast and To Akau rim will be second to none in the county of Raglan.—Voura truly, Veritas.