TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMARtT HERALD. Sir, —The public of thi9 district seem to be fully awake to the question of the importance of the Opilri bridge, brought before the Board of Works at its last meeting. Every person has an opinion to give, and I sue no fewer than three letters on the subject m your issue of this morning. With those of "Argus" and " Opihi" I have at present no concern ; but as " Advance" has suggested a practical mode of dealing with the question, I wish to make a few remarks m the same direction. The plan advocated by ."Advance" would, no doubt, be a very good one if we could insure the river continuing to run m its present channel. But this is not the case : and m my view, it would be much better not to attempt anything m the way of a bridge, which might m the course of a very few years be " left alone m its glory," while the river runs perhaps several hundred yards away from the line of the bridge. It appears by the decision of the Board o Works on this subject that that body is at liberty to divert the money into slightly different channels from that for which it was specially allotted ; and such being the c;ise. I would recommend that wo give up the idea of bridge building altogether, and while there is a good ford, "let well alone." The suggestion of " R. K. P.," m a recent number of the Herald, to use the money voted for a bridge m making a tramway from this to Timaru is, I think, the best that has been wade on the subject, and would be likely to prove of the most practical benefit, especially if a stove, or two stores, were placed on the northevn bank of the riv-er. In the event of loaded drays arriving at the river m times of fresh, their loads might be deposited for security m the stores until it should be practicable to cross. I believe the detention would not amount to ten days m the year, and that the tramway proposed by "R. K. P." would be very well constructed for the amount allotted for the erection of a bridge. 