, 1884-12-20

neighbour, particularly at a time when SUI
gar prices gre very low, that is a very
great grievances; and with regard to His
Excellency's other remarks about the error
being corrected next allotment, which will
be in FIVE years. time, surely that is a long
time to wait and to suffer under the griev-
ance and under the advantage, which IS
thus being taken of the parties aggrleved.
When the roads are assessed III the proper
ton of 5 to /, and more repairs being done
on the road than on the Centre Line for
instance, it is rather hard.
LIST Member for Frederiksted's Country
District (Latimer) would not allow all the
remarks of the last Speaker to pass, as it
! might be construed as though he agreed
entirely. He had made the two roads in
question for the last Is years, and he must
say he considered the present proportion
fair; he would rather have 5 feet of work
on the one than l on the other; and why
IN ore repairs are required this year on the
one is because the other was better repair
ed last year. The Centre Line is the high
road between the two towns; everybody
travels on it whenever vessels are here s
Of the carting takes place on it. Hence
he could not agree i'll this respect with
the views of the honorable End Mem
Der for Frederiksted's Country District
DuU WuSu t1C oilIlO HOllO SbblC
Member stated that the North Side Es-
tates are overtaxed, he fully agreed with
him there is IA great mistake here, and
the ex ira road work on the Centre Line
should have been put on WeStend Quarter
not on North Side.
end Member for FrederikSted'S Country
District (Hevitt) said he had been Road
Inspector for many years, and to hlm 1t
beyond Il doubt that more repairs are
being exacted Oh the other roads thrown
over on uncOnccrned parties than on the
Centre Line, Notwithstanding that the
Centre Line was very badly repaired, III
fact not repaired at all, last year, which
had also been proved by discussions here Ill
the Council. The very foundation Of the
two roads differs; that by Wheel of For
tune and Concordia being tar worse than
OIL. the Centre Main Road.
- LIST Member for FrederikSteO's Country
District (Latimer) said his first remarks
had "allusion 10 the stony Ground road and
not to the Main Centre Line.
3rl Member for ChriStianStcd'S Country
District (Ncithropp) would beg to say, that
when the Road commission decided on the
assignment OF Road work, he as Chairman
Of the Commission was under the impress
sion that C0ncordia road was Il main road;
it was afterwards he found out that
it il a by-road. This is however
a thing that must DO altered again,
and it will be done next time the
: allotment is made. He agreed with His
Excellency that the proportion of five feet
10 one tuot on the TWO roads is too high
and this too must BE- altered.
End Member for FrpderiksteGS Country
District (Hepitt) would, before the Inter
pellation liz closed, beg to say that he
could not at all consider the reply of His
Excellency to The Interpolation as a salts
factory one.
The Interpolation was closed.
The Order of Day was Herewith exl aust
ed, but the Chairman gave the word to
End Memb er for Christiansted (Lemming)
W ho said, that rs he had seen in the st.
Croix Avis a publication calling III petit
tons for appointment as Controller in
Christiansted, he thought it but right on
behalf of the Council and as Chairman of
f,the last B udget Committee to call the at
tentiOn OF the Government TO several items
that had TRANSFERRED in the Committee and
the Council, in connection with situations
/. of the class to which this one belongs. 1t
had, namely, been admitted and promised,
that it would be good in regard to differ
emit positions without Royal appointment
that the salary Of such posts should begin
with a sum below what is the highest
amount allowed, and that the higher
amounts be obtained gradually after GER
tain intervals of service. 1t will be remem-
bered that this was particularly admitted in
reference to the situations as Clerk under
AIo q H.