THE GARRICK WATER SCHEME.

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 134, 4 June 1872, Page 6

THE GARRICK WATER SCHEME.

To the E litor of the Cromwell A rolls. ■Sir,—The statement that appeared in last Tuesday’s Argus,—that Mr Wilson wishes it to he known that the information contained in a paragraph in your previous issue, with regard to the fall of the Garrick Water Race, was not obtained from him, —calls for the following explanation from me:— 1 gave your reporter the details of the amount of fall the race possessed as laid out, as those details were given to me by Mr Wilson himself on the day his survey was completed. He levelled and chained from Uull'er’s Saddle to the Royal Standard Saddle, —a distance of (i miles and L’,‘l chains : these were the limits assigned him. He found that after allowing Oft. of fall to the mile, he had 3ft. per mile to spare, or Rift, altogether, after dropping the water over the Standard Saddle. Ido not remember that I mentioned 3oft. as the amount of surplus fall, but stated roundly from Oil ft. to 30ft, knowing we had more than enough for our purpose. Whilst on this subject, I may remark that the ground along the line of race appears as favourable as any on the Garrick Range generally. There are a few points of abrupt rock here and there along the line which may present aspects of difficulty to some people, but which arc iusmnificant when compared with the difficulties the capital of the Company is able to surmount. As the winter has now set in, the directors deem it imprudent to proceed any further with the undertaking until the spring ; when tenders will l)o called for sections of live, ten, or twenty chains, as now laid off; and we trust the public will give us the support that a scheme so beneficial to all of us justly deserves. I am, &c., Cromwell, June 1. James Tavlor.