THE INANGAHUA SUSPENSION BRIDGE.

Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 22, 30 May 1877, Page 3

THE INANGAHUA SUSPENSION BRIDGE.

[:ot:i3 zdvoi' i.:,x rciirCA tim^ .] 818, — If lam rightly iufonned, at the last Bitting of the Ocal J'eranucj C,a ••.!, a resolution was passo! nfEruiiu* tie desirability of oreetin;; a ;iow -n'id;;e o.i the site of the present one. Now, sir, howem 1 desirablo a bridjjo ni^y be for yubfic accoiaodatiou, ami the ncccsi'iiy of the river being Riiauued atsonj noiut is admitted. I fail to see, wu;r, the experiment of gpanuio;; siiould be tried afc the wideafc point nraiable, more particularly when it is the avowed intention of the powevs that be to accomplish tin's gigantic undertakia^ o" ca,;ineeviu* skill in one span. Now, notwithstanding the at!mitted genius of our local BviiuneU to <J4rry the pvojocfc to a snccessful issue. As a ratepayer, I cannot cuter into the spit it of the thing at all. It seems to me imprimis that a now br'd-*9 is no!. re» quired, nad secondly if 'it were, that is not the sight for it. V>at a\mi from my indiridual opinion of the m ilie?, on t!te score of <r;)Ji;^lity, I may with so;ao degree of right, }>oint out lo mv fellow ratepajern that their poc!ccta will su.Tor -considerably for t'lo next few yea s to come, it they quleth stib.nit to i'-.e wholosale system of gobbing a;> anticipated revenues, «s con template.! in this instance. A new bridge, AFcss.b, tho free sudindependent electors, aid annual ten p^r 4j«ifc ratepayers, free bleeders, me.-iis a jtrifle l!k« £000. A mere baga'elle, not fJTOTidcd for, I'iou^'r in ;ho cstimr'.ies «.'." ]3ut t'ru of cou /so u-o jbare that ray elastic ieve,ne '.r/oduciug clem nt, gold dary, to t arel oi; i;i ad» dition to w!iic'i wo eujjy the very d'"stinguisueil ;'rifi!e,;o of yoiitiofl"":i* yoi&v rejireseiitntivfs, to o->ligj us by Jerjing flpoci'.l v.tla. lo )i<jui(la(e ilie co3i of any si;iiiLvi' triflps, ;ioi o. 1 Prwfse pvoridod for, whici priTilo^o of course joa nill ex« . ccise ; *o lliaf n*> uu'.^.eagpjtaess ma/ il;'i«»e to liiai 1 iue efi^ciir* ftdmiul'iU'alion of your nffairs, and cT^ryLliiiig be allowed <to trarel as sjnoofcli l / /« a well -behaved saTFifij r.iac'»*ii^. 270.v, si, hwl\; ,o f,t- c'.^'cis^JJJt 1 ;^ inlievaiiti'iglit.-.af a Ei'jtiVio; 1 , . blir.H.cjn* dudo by oTcr'ujj t-'ie o;>i ilua, t'a:i a3 times are hard, monoj swi-ce, pipe? aofc over aud abore e;tr.!. negociaWa, tu-J prospects gloomy, generally it 1j noi desirable to fi tnnce for tlie purposes of a new bridge on the one span syslem, n;ad more especially for \\% frcctidi on the site of the old one. But, Mr Edi'or, po.mifc ?ao to gugftssl the speedy repui k - of Llie old one, m a means to m cud, and that end tli©' Lusb.na^ins of Comiy Revenue. £100 do tlic latter effectively, resu!t« ing iy a c!car saving to tho County of £iOO. -— ■ lam^iiV^c, ECo.N"o:ri.JT.