, 1889-07-13

maintenance etc. In the repairs of the
streets, it is difficult to see whether the
Work pays It's expenses or not. AS regards
the complaints of the miserable state of
the streets here, he would say that while in
st. Thomas the amount for repairing
cleaning and lighting streets is S14 to
$4,000 a year, here we have spent only
$40 III both towns for the same purpose ;
hence it is not so much to be wondered at
that the streets here are not in so very
good order. 1t is proposed this year to
add $400 for Christiansted, which are in.
tended for use TO provide the prisoners
with 3 horses and 3 carts more to carry
gravel tOthe repairing Ofthe streets andthe
dirt from the town. The streets in Chris.
tiansted are not easy to keep in order
owing to their situation, particularly after
such heavy washes of rain as we have
had Of late.
Bird Member for Christiansted( StGkemGnn)
said We could by no means compare our
streets with those of st. Thomas. Kings
Street here might be pretty fair but go
in any Of the other streets and you will
find that they are really in a miserably
bad state this is chiefly. arising from the
fact that small holes, which if attended to
at once could easily be remedied, are
nliON Cl " ICIudlI GNU SIOW lAO" ObR w
wOrS", whereby we get IA big and an expen-
sly b.. To remedy such defects the prise.
uers should be used, and have always
been used. Our streets have always been
in "A good state, until some late years in
which they have been neglected and even
il prisoners were used, now us. before, to
cut grass etc, there could be nothing to
prevent their working on the streets,
when not employed for grass cutting;
but the thing Of il is that strict control
must be- kept us TO how the prisoners are
employed. OF the S9jl.l7 revenue ia
l887-SS from the Prison Department only
a small pdrt WAS derived from cutting of
grass for sale.
The GOrerROr would again beg to refer
to The Reports which are yearly given the
Council AZ to the work done by prisoners
and the value thereof.
Bird Member for ChriStiausted (StakenGRn)
said it is u general complaint, the bad
state of the streets here, and 1t would
perhaps be better in preference to put all
the prisoners on the street repairs and
get the streets in proper order, rather
than employing the prisoners for other
remunerattvr works and then taking the
money from elsewhere to pay for the
streets
2nd Member for ChriStianSted' Lemming)
did not know if he had understood His
ExcclIenCy that 40 repairs Oh the streets
would be done by the prisoners. But the
streets here in BaSSin are MS bad as they
never before have been, and they need
heavy work. Formerly, the streets were nj
ways in good order, and the work was
chiefly, If not exclusively done, by the
prisoners with assistance now and then
of some maS0nS. But Of late, nothing
or next to nothing has been done to
keep the streets in any way in order;
he did not know under whom tho
matter belonged, whether under "a Com
mission, the P~OlicemaSter, or, rs has been
said at times, under other Officials But any
how it is certain, that of late it has at
times been impossible for house owners to
get out Of their houses on account of the
condition of the streets, particularly after
heavy rains; and it has been attended
with danger to drive at day time even; he
mentioned u case with himself and his own
dwelling where the difficulties, owing to
the deep rutS and holes in the street and
the water courses, are very great, III fact
it has been dangerous. Sometimes some
little filling up il done, but it is soon car
ried away again and is useless. One parti-
cular street was in u very miserable state,
it remained 50 a long time, and not until a
very high lady had attempted to pass there
was any attention paid to it.
The Governor: The prisoners are being
employed in the best possible manner to