BOROUGH COUNCIL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XIII, Issue 2711, 5 July 1892, Page 2

BOROUGH COUNCIL

The fortnightly .meeting of the Ashburtoh Borough Council «r>»s h«Jd last evening. Present—His Worship the Mayor (Mr Huao Friedlander' presiding, and all the Councillors. FINANCE. The Mayor reported the .debit balance at the bank as sUmliii^ at £239 19* 3d. The income from all sources received .since last meeting had lieeii-— Vt-ites, 1892, £177 16s; licens. a—publicans', £180; auctioneers', £80 ; wholesale, £20 ; do as, £5 ; w.-tcr supply, £2 ; earth Hold, £3 10; —total, £4(>:> 11-. SIR H. A. ATKINSON. Cr Th'sMias said the colony had suffered a deep loss m the death of Sir Harry Atkinson, and he felt it was the duty of theCouncil to place up>n reccrd its feeling of regret at Li* loss, and its condolence with his widow and family. He moved " hat this Council desires to put on record its appreciation of the services of the late Sir Harry Atkinson, and that a letter expressing the Council's sympathy be sent to Lady Atkinson and family." Cr Cuthbertson seconded the motion, which was supported by Crs Tweed and Jones and the Mayor. j The motion was carried unanimously, SUBSIDY. The Commissioner of Taxes forwarded form of declaration, the signing and forwarding of which would entitle the Council to receive the amount of subsidy due for the year. The Mayor said the form had been duly signed and returned. ALLENTON-NETHERBY WATBK SUPPLY. The County Council wrote, enclosing copy of the County Engineer's report on the Allenton-Ketherby water supply scheme submitted to the County Council i on Friday last, and asked the Borough { I Council's approval. The Mayor said the position of affairs had been somewhat altered since, m May last, the Borough had passed a resolution on the subject, as'the Allenton people had also made application. The County now proposed to widen the twenty chains of race at their own expense should any widening be necessary, to find all culverts, and to maintain it. He wished to point out that the County Council had full control of the river, and it was only recently that at considerable expense the County had connected the two branches of the river. The clerk m reply to a question said the deed of easement the Borough Council held from the proprietors of Canterbury mills provided that the millowners could at any moment, and without notice, cut off the supply from the Borough's race. Discussion took place on the details of the scheme, which was approved, subject to the consent of the millowners being obtained, the work of maintenance being done by the Borough and the cm: charged to the County, the control of the race remaining m the hands of the Borough. FOOTPATH. Mr C. W. Purneli wrote complaining of a portion of the footpath on the north side of Burnett Street. The matter was referred to the Works Committee with power to act. STANDARD SUKVKY. The chief Surveyor wrote asking for information m regard to streets for the standard survey. The engineers were ordered to supply the information ask^d for, EAST BELT, The Hampstead Town Board wrote calling attention to the existence of overflow water on the belt. The Engineers were ordered to see to the matter, ROLL ALTERATIONS, Mr George Jameson wrote informing the Council that sections 113, 114, 115, and 130 had been transferred by him to Miles and Co., and that sections 465-6-7 had be»m sold by Mra Jameson to Mrs Harriett Davis. The alterations were ordered to be noted, and Mr Jameson notified that his wife's written application was necessary and Mra Davis' written consent. RUBBISH. L'berty to burn rubbish was granted to Mr L. F. Andrewes, and Mr J. Olsen. CHAKITABLE AID. The Secretary of the Charitable Aid Board forwarded receipt for the Borough's contribution. AUDIT FEE. The Audit Inspector forwarded account £2 6s Bd, fee for auditing the Borough's account —the time ©ccupied m the work of auditing having been seven hours. MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION. The Secretary Municipal Association forwarded railway ticket for use by the Council's delegate to the Conference m Wellington. engineers' report. The Engineers reported as follows :— The labor ging haye been engaged m ploughing md carting grass off streets, carting shingle for repairs of footpaths and roads, removing trees from Baring Fquare to riverbed for protective works, and cutting and planting willows and poplars for same, grubbing gorse and broom m plantations, carting firewood and logs m Domain, fixing lamp post at corner of East street and N.E. Town Belt, attending to water supply, etc. The report was adopted. FIRE BRIGADE. Mr F. ETpkes, Secretary to the Ashburfcon Fjxe Brigade, wrote submitting for the Council's' approval tjie name of Mr Arthur Lane as a membev of the Brigade, The name was approved. NUISANCES. The Inspector reported certain instances of notice given by him m regard to breaches of the by-laws that had not been attended to. He was ordered to lay all cases before the Council before taking legal proceedings. WEST STREET NORTH. Cr Flower brought up the question of forming the piece of West street between the goods shed and the engine shed, pointing out that it was m a very bad state, and m wet weather was almost impassable. * t Qr Tweed rnopd that fche work should be'done at on\;e, and "Or -Jjhomas seconded. Cr jOuthbertson moved as an amendment that the matter Ije referred to the Works"Cpinmitte'e to, consider and. report.' Cr Paul seconded, and the amendment was carried. EAST STREET NORTH. Cp Jonesj drew attention to the muddy •condition flfJSasfc sjfcjNspt'nqrtb., between Henry's Hotel and the BeltJ and \yould like to see it attended to. The Mayor said all the'streets were to be subjected to repairs, and the labor gang wk\M bfi a£ wqrk ijpon East street soon. Or Tweed drew the Works Committee's attention to the necessity for repairing the main crossings m East street. It was decided to use the broken metal now lying opposite the Central Hotel m repairing" West street as far as the metal would go. THE RAILWAY STATION. The delete pq tfag Municipal Conference was authorised fco'interview fche Postmaster-General and Railway Commissioners m regard to getting ft new railway station and telegraph office at Ashburton. THE 7.30 TRAIN. Cr Flowc hoped the delegate to the Municipal-Conference would take occasion fttyeii in l Wellington, to interview the Commissioners m regard to a.C9eJerati|jg the train from Chrisfcchurch which arrive^ m Ashburton at 7.30 p.m., and so avoid the delay at Dromom LICENSE. An auctioneer's license was granted to &V Thomas Bullock,

ACCOUNT*. | A'■counts to the amount of £83 lls ?•' , were pnss.'d fo ■ payment. . i The Council then .i;«t nsa ' DOMAIN BOARD, and granted Mr Sealyliherly to liuru brush , wood ou the stubble m the Domain, and. the Eusiiueer w.is instructed to trim trees and repair femes m t\:t Tiospitul {/round at the expense of the Hospital Board. The Wo.ks Committee were recommended t > consider the question of utilising the waste timber m the Domain for the erection of a rustic h'-urte. flic firewood was ordered to be sold on t:liat day week. The Mayor paid that he regretted that uruei.t private business calling him to the Old Country had made it necessary for him to resi.n his position as Mayor. Whv.n'he was elected to the position he lud no idea that he would hive to resign m th> middle of the term, or he would not. have accepted the position. He had, however, to accept the situation m which circumstances had placed him, an' regretted that it was so, but he* hoped ho would be able on a future occasion to take a seat at the Council table. Cr Thomas paid a high complement to the Mayor, and regretted that they were losing the services of so excellent a head of affairs. The overdraft had never been so low as it was that day, and he feared that it never would be again— at least until the Mayor was back Again m the chair. He wished the Mayor a safe journey and a speedy return. Ca Paul also spoke m laudatory terras of the Mayor's services, and wished him Gpd speed. . •Cr.Orr felt the people of Ashburton failed to appreciate to the lull the valuable service done to the Borough by the Mayor. It was a tremendous tax upon the time of such a business man as the Mayor to devote the time to the Borough's work that the Mayor did, and he (Mr Orr) was amazed at the Mayor's ability to do the amount of work he did for the Borough. He hoped he would return to the colony safely and well and help on the prosperity of the borough, Cr Tweed m a humorous speech referred to the overdraft that the Mayor had so very materially reduced as a feather m the Mayor's cap, Crs Cuthberttion and Flower paid tribute to the Mayor's kindness, capacity, and loyalty to the Borough?s business. Cr Scaly wished the Mayor a safe and pleasant journey and a speedy return, and said the Bor#ugh had to thank Hugo Friedlander for the new traffic bridge, the fire engine, most of the large works that had been carried on th« Borough, and now-when he is leaving the place tor ati ac on a visit home he left the Borough only £200 m debt, after it had been as high as £1600. Cr Jones also spoke to the same effect, and after the Mayor had replied the Council adjourned.