THE LOAN PROPOSALS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2689, 20 December 1909, Page 5

THE LOAN PROPOSALS.

[To the Editob.] Sir, —As there are two sides to every question, and the bright aspect of the loan proposals has been presented by Mr. Lysnar and his followers, I beg leaVe in the valuable columns of your paper to state a few of the points at issue, from another First, the amalgamtaion of thf loam proposals is bad as}it 'compels me to vote against the whole loan proposals, some of which I am in sympathy with, so as to prevent some of the schemes which are unsatisfactory from being brought into force. There is an absolutely misleading statement in regard to the pressure to be obtained from the reservoir on Kaiti HillIt is stated that at an elevation of 2ooft above sea level, a pressure of 1501 b per square inch will be available. Any school boy will tell you that it will only give a pressure of 103 Jib per square inch. To get a pressure of 1501 b per square inch, the tank will have to be 345 ft above sea level, which would no doubt bring it into the geological formation which Dr. Bell warns us to keen clear of.

In regard to sewerage, capital has been made of the statement by Mr. Arundel—viz., that he could instal an efficient connection for £3, which is contrary to fact, as the cheapest twogallon flushing cistern, flushing pipe, and pan and seat cost £6 7s 6d. Re {pipes at Is per foot, is also contrary to fact, as first-grade pipes cost lOd per length, f.o.b. Auckland tacked on to that is freight wharfage, and cartage and insurance, breakage. Then there is 3in concrete bed in which the pipes will be bedded, cement, joint and labor. Then excavation for the pipes, on the basis of 1 in 40, and the average house Isoft depth from the sewer to w.c. would give a fall of sft of earth excavation. Then there also must be erected a vent pipe to be carried u<p over the eaves of building. Surely, Mr Editor, these bold statements which have been circulated are of unreliable character.

Then there is tramway line, which is purely speculative, and if in the light of experience gained in Wanganui, which is a much larger city, and the travelling public greater, and yet> with all the advantages in Wanganui they have a deficit of £SOO per annum, and as we have to labor under greater difficulties, we could safely say, on our first year’s transaction we would have a deficit of £IOOO.

Re electrical plant, I also notice no provision has been made for a duplicate plant. So the scheme as -put before us would have to be perpetual motion, as the machinery would have to run 24 hours a day and 365 days a year, year in and year out 2 without a break or stop. If an accident occurred. and having no duplicate plant, what is the upsnot, say, for instance, in the case of a paper being run by electrical power. They would have to stop publishing till the trouble was rectified; or in case of where the power is used in manufacture the whole of the business would have to be disorganised till the trouble was set right. Surely this is a great oversight on the .part of our Mayor. There is a lot, Sir, in these proposals which need much more consideration than has been given them, and I will certainly object to swallow the lot as a whole. —I am, etc., W. S. BLACK.