, 1890-12-17

lA1O WILL dAOpL Ii uIIIC1ulIACllIS.
9Th Crown Member (RlchteY) said the main
point of view was what cln be had, anil what
not had of course he should like to see as
much as possible done for Fredcriksted in this
line but when we now hear that the adopting
of these amendments will put off what we might
have had, and for an indefinite time, he would
say we should rather now take what we can
get, and not give it up for an uncertainty.
We have no money, and we see no possibility
of getting money of our own; but then we
should SO much rather take what we can get
now. Little has been done for Frederiksted,
compared with Christiansted still, we cannot
get more now. This is his point of view.
End Member for Frederiksted's Country
District (BlacE1cood): The honorable 5th
Crown Member seems to- say better to take
what they mind to give US, because we can't
get more; but he (Blackwood) don't agree with
that. We should not be forced to take what is
impractical and almost useless for our require
ments. He is not inclined to go in for un-
necessary waste; but the measure We want will
be one of profit and benefit, and simply what
is necessary and due to the people. AS already
noticed the wharf which the Government has,
just had built will endanger sugars in bags
when placed there for shipping possibly
sugar-hogsheads might not suffer so much, but
the expectations in that form are becoming less
frequent then again we have already now but
very little working space and scarcely room
for two lighters to haul alongside; but this
will become less if the Government, as it
would seem from the letter just read, persists
in putting on a crane, which in itself will be
useless. He must repeat that if the Govern
ment had brought in their Bill before COM
mencing the wharf, as they did, and before COM
pleting it, there would have been an oppoEtuni-
ty Of convincing them that it would not
onsu,ar Our horo rnoriraTnaDts NOW muph loss.
in future, and the waste of money would have
been avoided, We would have got a better
wharf. Whether the money should be granfei
now, was a r matter of consideration and doubt,
if we were not under some sort of obligation by
the Law. West End is now actually the chief
port of st. Croix the place is noticed abroad
foreigners come from abroad and they look
about it creates a very bad and poor impress
sion to have things in the way they are. 'Ho
would appeal to the Members feeling of love for
this little island, justly styled the Flower,of the
Antilles, and would impress upon them tho
pressing necessity of doing something's to keep,
the island apace with other places We must
try in some way to- attract and accommodates
foreign commerce amt cap it2l md if-Mel4-,.
bers think and reflect ON this, he was sure they :
would all vote for the proposal, which is not
extravagant, not needless, but requisite for the
wants of West End.
Ord Member tor FrederIksted's Country
District (HeacitD said, he. neithef could agree
with the 5th Crown Member in SO far as he
would advise us to take what we can get if
we were to follow that advice we would for
instance get a crane on the concrete wharf
Just given us but it would be useless and un-
practical. The honorable 5th Crown Member
seems to be representing Government......
CRichteT Not at all 80. Z. and he seems to tell
US take the fine concrete wharf and tho
fine crane offered you, or you will get no more;
but what we want is something that can be.
used if you are to give, why give what is of
no use ? He did not know if Government had
accepted the wharf as completed and good ;
but the money spent on it will not benefit the
community. Now the wharf proposed in the
amendment is what we want but the Council
is told, don't vote for it, for you will get no, 9
more than what is already given. And as re-
CARDS Governments communication, if it be 90
as stated there, that the colony is in SUCK
deplorable financial position, he would ask whose
fault is it that such is the case? When we
look back at the past years and We re
member the depressed state of affairs into
Which the colony had been placed, and at the,
same time remember that the colony has not
withstanding had to pay the same rates and
amounts of taxes, without deriving CARLY real
benefits where SO much needed, no expense in
CURED for the benefit of taxpayers, it could not
be said that the depressed state of the public
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