Newton Borough Council.

Auckland Star, Volume XVII, Issue 286, 4 December 1886, Page 2

Newton Borough Council.

A. i-rEciAL meeting of the above body' wm••. i held at four o'clock yesterday afternoon A • reconsider the decision not to undertake' tbe catting down of Richmond Road near its junction with the Pomonby Boad, , There were present : The Mayor (Mr E.T. i,' Warnock)and Cra. Riggs, IV Prime, AlM|| bury, Billington, Buckley, and lee. ,;. t v In introducing the business the Mayor H explained that an exceptionally favourable 9 opportunity had presented iteelf for the _ economical cutting down of Richmond, Road. Mr Maguire (City Council contractor for the construction! of the .'Now- =•? Ponsonby reservoir) was in want of earth ~ : for that work, and had therefore expreffl«d{&gj his willingness to cut * down Rich-' » * mond Road at 1b a yard and cart away the; - earth free of charge. More than this, he would not require payment for 6 or 8.-«.;,; months,.before the lapse of which time the incoming rate would be available. 'jThe. . contractor would do the entiie work (5,500 i yards) for £240, of which the City QonnoUpl would pay half, leaving only £120. tQ/be,J.|, borne by Newton. _ ! Cr. Amoury moved, and Cr. Bigg*";'.: seconded, that the work should be authorised, the cost not to exceed-If per yard. ' ;»'■ Cr. Lee protested that the Council .had . not the funds wherewith to undertake such a work, and therefore moved aa an amendment that the Council's former,., d,e^||||| : should be adhered to.' '■■■'■-. - Cr. Prime seconded the amendment. ..'tfcgjj said he should be very happy to rtMnMSg work done, but did not think the state Of their finances justified the expenditure. ' k - The Mayor thought £2 per chain wpulQ, - suffico to place the road after it waa'qot down in as good a condition" as it was now. Cr. Billington said that unless there wM.«;»| a special advantage in having tbe ywprk ,"-j| done now, there were other works more : •J he' Mayor replied that Mr ' Maguire I (city contractor) would not bind mmßelt*». ; g|a take ud the work unless terms were, map* Si with him at once. He could not seethat.»jj the doing of this work would impede EBMg| upon the 3 reat .N oi th Road. They would | be in a position to pay it before they had to , , pay it. Besides, this was the beat tim6 : «>w;j the year for doing it. Cr. Lee oppotod the undertaking of taw | work or any other until they had theneees- J ; sary iundt. . .'■". Tho Mayor having invited an expression^ of opinion from the ratepayerrs present, _,»:■!? Mr Morton complained of the unfair NY; treatment which Richmond Road bad,je-;,Jig ceived in the paat. Last year, only £51U» - were spent upon it, yet £110 bad been thrown away lately upon an experimentaUfe kerbed footpath in the Great North Road. , Mr Crabtreo thought the time favourable^ for the work. ~ ",\- % Mr English suggested that in cwejM-^]. cutting were delayed the Council should. ; put up a bridge from PonEonby Roftdw ..«-. Kichmond Roacf. rf -1 The amendment was then rejected, an° 11 the motion carried.