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best we could with the time worn appliances
but they broke down of themselves and when
we were to get something else instead, it was
but reasonable to expect and to claim, that we
should have been given something proper and
useful; had this bill Of the. Government been
brought i'll as it ought to, and the Government
had first heard the opinion of those mostly
interested, there would have been hopes Of
something more adequate having been come
at. But now the wharf has been brought be-
fore the attention of the Government anG the
Minister, we ought on this occasion" to be
given q wharf that could answer the require
ments for some years yet. He failed to see
any just reason on the part of the Government
to oppose the measure, which after all is but
one Of very confined limits.
3rd Member for Frederiksted's Country
District (Helcjtt) said, the honorable End
Member for Frederiksted's Country District
~(Blackwood) had given such clear statements
that no Member could fail to see that improve
ed wharf accommodations in West End are
needed and badly needed hence, he believed
no Members will hesitate in voting for the
amendment, by which we have a chance of
getting Some improvement. He felt sorry to
hear the contents of Governments letter as.
jus read. He had really thought that the
government would have taken into consldera-
ton the Just expectations and claims OF the
people Of West End and would have met
the dlendment proposed by the honorable
Mem Or, who has taken great pains to elabo-
cate 4o statements he has offered the Council
to-day. he must say he had not expected
that from Government. On the other hand,
if the Government had done as it should in
regard to this Money Bill, .matters would not
have been as they are now if the bill had
been brought in before the Government had
had the wharf begun and almost completed,
instead of asking the Council for a grant for
a plan which the Government had already
carried into execution, then Members Of the
Council would have had an opportunity Of
stating their views as to what was required
and what was practicable. After a private
party had suffered a. considerable loss by the
breaking in Of the public wharf, it should
ave been the first thing to build u wharf
where the same risk would not be imminent;
he was not going to-day to enter upon any
criticism Of the wharf which the Government
has had built in West End from public mo-
ney, but of no use to the public he would
only say, better that wharf had not been
built the money is uselessly spent, and many
persons prefer .ehe cold wharf. But now,
what is wanted is a proper landing wharf;
tina this is required, was acknowledged by
the Governor in this Council it is admitted
that the present landing wharf is not StrOng,
il unable to b r any weight of consequence.
Now, it is a very hard case, that when somo-
thing better can be, had for the small sum
comparatively of $4,000 to $4,000 an amount
not much IN excess of the annual revenue from
the Wharf, that that measure should not be
accedod to by the Government. The want of
the thi.g is to- gieringly demonstrated by
the arguments and facts brought forward by
the honorable End Member for Frederiksted
Country District and he (Hewitt) believes
that there have been imported Boilers for
other parties, than those named, for instance
for Diamond" prosperity" "Anguilla' and
it is strikingIy hard that people have to run the
risk of having their boilers damaged or rusted
by throwing them overheard in the sea water,
where they at times have to remain over
night, because the wharf, for which dues are
nevertheless exacted, is inadequate. Now, ifthe
Governor had come forward and had argued
and heard the views in support of what we
ask, it might have passed but because the
proposal now comes forward from a Member
Of the Council, this is sufficient to cause the
Governor to set his face against what he really
oou4tananced and. admitted before. This
seems to be the rule Of late, namely that every
measure is opposed when it is brought in by
a. Member Of the Council. The tone of the
letter re have just heard, is not suited, and
no g4ounds of worth are offered it is suffi-
oient to cause the measure to be ignored,
because it has been brought in by a Mem
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