The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-29
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WINTER PARK PROBLEMS

To The Editor:
AS one of the largest property
owners in Winter Park, I feel that
something should be said about Mr..
LeGrand and Mr.. Galphin going to
Raleigh to find out why the Safe
way Transit Company asked for a
raise in its fares to Winter Park.
1t would seem that Mr.. LeGrand
could have saved themselves this
trip, as the Safeway Transit Com
pany is a local concern and the
men in charge here have always
appeared to be gentlemen. The
writer is of the opinion that they
would have gladly furnished Mr..
LeGrand and Mr.. Galphin this in
formation. However, 1 am sure
that Mr.. LeGrand and Mr.. Galphin
were not entirely in the dark about
the matter. l am sure that both
of these gentlemen have Travelled
to some extent, and l am sure that
the Safeway Transit Company
rides you further for the money
than any other public carrier from
Canada to the Gulf. do not own
any stock in the Safeway Transit
Company, nor have l any interest
in the same except as a resident
and property owner of Winter Park
but I eetlhat the truth should be
known to the public.
I would like to point out here
that so far as I know Mr.. LeGrand
has no property in Winter Park,
neither is he resident of our COM
munity. However, if these gentle
men would have put in as much
time in getting the Winter Park
school children out of the mud, the
time and effort would have been
well spent. AS an officer Of the
Winter Park Community Club, Mr..
Galphin is we'll versed in the Clubs
recommendations for drainage,
and it seems to me that the first
project should have been the
school; instead, it appears that the
Club approved the removal of an
8 inch pipe and placed an 10 inch
pipe on the Wrightsville Avenue
to drain about three hundred feet
of road. If the labor and material
used on this job had been used at
the Railroad crossing and school,
twenty-five families would not
have had to wade knee deep in
water to get in their houses, and
the children would not have been
subject to typhoid fever due to
the seepage from the school sewer
age system on the playground. The
writer has been trying for ten years
to get our County Board Chairman
years ago he sought the aid of Mr..
to clean this mess up. About five
R. B. Roebuck, then member of
the Board of County Commission
ers, but so far, our Board Chair
man has shown no interest what
ever in recommendation to t h e
State Highway or Health Depart
ments as to the correction of this
unhealthy condition. I do not wish
to seem unduly critical of Our COM
munity club regarding the drain
age; however, this is due to a
statement the County Board Chair
man made to me some months ago,
that "the drainage at Winter Park
AS made on the recommendation
of the Community Club and from
the number of times that. Wrights-
vile Avenue (from the Presbyter-
ian Church to Mcmillan Avenue)
gets attention in the way of ditch
service and from the lack of serv-
ice to the folks on 3rd Avenue. 7th
Avenue and Greenville Lake Street
it would seem that the Club is rath-
er selfish with its drainage.
l do not think that our County
Board and Community Club should
snare all the blame for our drain
age troubles, as the State High.
way Division and District Enei.
neers don't seem to be able to cot
out OF the Highway shop, only dur
ing the Quail season. This, with
poor planning and lack Of know.