ONEHUNGA WATERWORKS.

Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 177, 28 July 1888, Page 3

ONEHUNGA WATERWORKS.

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~in lr of tte ratepayers °t OneKdP«! '* ' proposal to borrow SS^^'Kesuggested. Otherwise, Sfe^fShi?owpport the Gounci ta«o«l dask !frtvantUoi- the safety of W £1 600 to pay the conS»l»«ndto!££«r liabilities on the Stort« fiance due to the conLdtenvor^ /"5 6 17s 8d; extras authorS*«^JS£t duo on the £5,000 loan Led,£»°'."refund, £200 ; engineer's ftftiSSfiSft extra for reports, commission^ w^rk £i 3 . making a £10; Bnd rn7n,?d This must be met, Saflffl' 69 fthey would be liable for SfMSISrtS bmch of good faith. teeoA^T^for the forthcoming year S^ 1J iAnkins fund, £200 duo V»**?T Therefore they were bound to Bextilarch. i»| 2 gf;3 n 8 .3 xod during tho ! cn 3uiDg theassetaof the borough. i, Barfetf^Vmoment there was at the % B &Ko?k 9 fund£2l2 ss?d creditor t» " fa<t f ol . many emergencies, and after oUoyc bol . ol^h foi; the : the assets of we » tQ £I>bQ2 I^JT\ total of £1,714 6s Jsi JfJ*^ theveforo a deficiency of A sixpenny | fl* 91?, rfve £1.140 ilb tho end ?. Tl^ left a deficit still twelve mon™^ * gathered in. 1 bank would advance M We whole of their revenue was »wt£w« that n0 Tl bank gone? He was * D ing last ye ,ir, % gr V9°d there were 117 de ffith a a how in tho namo of faalterS, a™ «"*,' fch an forfcunate bur•^SSS bar the extra burden? geajcsDeexpeaecu itions to malt 6) -rhoCouncilbjdgo P P ghould andthtSfofith «mainin K liabilities forks and allow them to tVL iSe to their town and stand 83 a aw-, proposed was not tSEad hleSt Pad?anta S ewould l£S would have no increase of the £ 6t I % Secondly, the inhabitants a r!% peSl water supply. Si Council weuld be able. to keep SSs in a proper state of repair; and SSSTtte prance c-pa-nes would hSTind had obtained a situation for TlSi to*"Dr. Campbell in conJifionthathe and his heirs were to be Siedmth water free. Did they think ttoDr Campbell would remain idle if the atejMtidldto? Ho thought not. On the other tod, they would be able to liquidate the entire debt m twentysh years, M to seb free their bomgh. Unite the borough rate were increased for rtext year to Is 6d in the i, thfy would not be able to meet their liabilities. The enemie3 of the scheme wished to take au the money out of the borough fund, to piy tho contractor. They wanted to use the Borough Fund, and then tho waterworks could nob be jßfcarted, because they had no money. Would !the ratepayers, he asked, be party to such a schense a's that ? (" Kb," and applause.) 'if they did not borrow, both borough and wateranrks must be left in an unfinished .state tSI, as had been said, times got ibeter, leaving thousands of pounds to reimain Wlein the ground. Tho Council should borrow the money for 20 or 26 years, and the people' who came here several years hence would pay their share for these luxuries. He drew special attention to the fact that the Council had no power to iucrease the £2,C00 loan, which had no connection with 'the £5,000 loan, Dr. Erson then related particulars of an interview between Messrs ■ fate?, Bray and Sullivan (who had a remarkable scheme for saving the borough) Mi tho Finance Committee. They came, ithe? exhibited their figures, and they were conquered. (Laughter.) Tho active opipohents were not present at the meeting, ;»nd he thought their consciences wore ipricking them. The Chairman concluded icy stating that ho was prepared to answer any questions or give any information that !was desired;

Mr J. D. Jackson said that at the first ho was not in favour of the waterworks, but no? they had them almost completed he went heart and soul with tho burgesses in determining that they should carry them out successfully, The only way in thidli they could increaae tho rate w this-supposing the rateable value of property, which was now £15,000, de.aoased to one-half, they could increase the wecmlrate, supposing the money could nob iM obtained in any other way. Mr Jackson also drew attention to the fact that 220 ;wtel were required to be recorded at the jwfoft poll, and he asked all present to |W*f this in mind. • ; .Mr Robb accepted an invitation from the wirtnan to address tho meeting as one wo had spoken against the scheme. He yea that he had been an opponent of the Woe, and said that what took place afc ÜBeet, IDg with fche Finance Committee '«»«* been fairly stated. The opponents cH Winß showed a statement to the y that they could make tho water flow J*W j borrowing, and he (Mr Robb) su ß . «*M the appointment of a commission or SLW* B«t this waa not done [a I*j . OJ)> we have paid enough for B-k waterworks had been in a ■JjTO-IKMn beginning to end, and posM a financier might find errors in tho s P»e9 placed before the meeting. JEje Chairman said that Mr Robb's prowikmaccepted on condition that in the ««ttvofhia{the Chairman's) and bis sup- ™ scheme being proved to be the best, doiv^T 11*8 would como over and boronti? fe st fchey could for the "OK ie °PP°nents, however, 'said, naS. no ' we won't do that," and the «* Was dropped. The Chairman then Ml n itc? meafc si Sned by himself, Crs. tliaUff bory ' ancl Bowe, which stated of thft .? l -ure and caref«l consideration "fen fw°f, the borougn. were of CtoriU J iQ of the )p J«otlieko»gii could be carried and olil.v. iS observance of its requirements i ?K tions- Sho«ld the burgesses de(withonfT7^ 086 respectfully stated * tie mt!« y desire fco inliuence the decision P^ition *Ws;' they would consider their "% MssiKi eir representatives. The "aoanW 8 I e! vlb of not borrowing tho sw£rf\ g' el ted would be the continuous w°old be » g kirafces' whichthe burgesses %taft to pay, and the result M t fc d the few malcontents awl pi vu S n Z waterworks until better times rePudiatinn +i. borougli into financial Fvrty.' tZm Whlch, fchey could not be a P«H *fid f. yor fchen announced that a *wW,tftk« place on Saturday W9 k,

and asked them for their own sakes to do the just thing and borrow the money. . Proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the Chairman.