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Glenbrook.
(Conlrlbulod).
This mountain village, though richly
adorned by Nature, both as regards
those natural advantages which ap
peal to the practical eye,, as well as
the embellishments which stir the
poetic imagination is a long way"from
being the ideal mountain township.
The now line gives access to scenery,
the rugged grandour of which is pro
bably unsurpassed in the Slate. The
new railway station, with its pretty
approaches by clear white,macadam
ised roads, constructed by the Works
Department, promises to be one of
the prettiest on the mountains. The
train service is a good one, there
being four trains to, and live from,
the city daily-all fast, and at con
venient hours. Despite these 'advan
tages, natural and artificial, the con
dition of this, the first mountain ham
lot, leaves much to be desired. It is
currently reported that the village
boasts of two progress associations,
which suggests a wheelbarrow at
tached to a five horse team. So far:
neither appears to have done anything
to justify its existence. The writer
asked a raw-boned youth the other
day if there was a progress associa
tion in Glenbrook. He replied that
there were a lot of funnyl things in
the Lagoon. There is no sanitary
system in the village. Fancy an
urban area without a sanitation sys
tem. A water supply has been talked
of since the oldest inhabitants first
settled here. It goes without saying
that an excellent water supply lies
within easy reach of the township..
The sanitary depot in connection with
the deviation works lies half a mile
or so north-east of the town, is situ
ated on a reserve of sixty acres, and
is managed by one of the most com
petent men in tho Commonwealth.
More like a dairy farm than a depot,
the appearance of this place, with its
aspect of scrupulous cleanliness, is as
surprising as it is pleasing. A visit
lo the Glenbrook sanitary depot is an
education. The manager (Mr John
Dick) has been in charge of this part
of the work since tho inception of
the doviation works at Clarence, four
and a half years ago. ' So thoroughly
has the work been done that not one
case of fever or like complaint has .
occurred during the whole time.
Nevertheless, no ellort is being made
to retain the services of such a
mail. What will be done at the Public
.School in this connection when the '
railway works are completed, and the
system even temporarily suspended,
is a matter of the wildest, conjecture.
By the judicious expenditure of a .
little money, not only could the vill
age be made proof against opidemic, ,
but the Lagoon-now a picture--the ,
Blue Hole and its loneiy environs,
and other beauty spots could be im
proved anil futhur beautiful. It is
evidenl, therefore, that if any pro
gress associations exist., tliey are
moribund, or ellete, and have lost
public confldence, The time has come
when evcry denizen of Glenbrook
should stifle petty jealousies and the
like, and work for the good or the
place. Each should remember that
one's duly is to make the place .bet
ter for his being there, and that evory
town, great or small, is, in its pro
gress or stagnation, a reflex of the
character of, its residents. The bost
resources of any country, district or
parish lie in tho character of its peo-"~
ple. in passing, it may be added
that or all mountain towns but. Kat
oomba, Glenbrook holds the greatest
number of season ticket holders.