CITY COUNCILLORS ON TREK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 35, 9 February 1906, Page 3

CITY COUNCILLORS ON TREK.

VISIT T«"> NIHOTTTI

_ cit T roun.-UHr« l*t: the Council Te? J" \2aln yeswrday morning at | O*Z***l fttW ~.-,«ii«n to Nino-I '^Siwn 1 pn-f-nr. Hi* Worship tups- Tt * Mr \ M Mvpr« '. Messrs. J. y Tl'Ba-,all. M.Casey. f, r H. V- Smeeton <i.\ W. E- Bbb» Rlo ; f - Mr H wilsnu Mr. H. Munro Wilson.' u T °?cSt and Mr. -I. A. P.md . Gov- ; beJDg la ken. the party & ' -mnle opportunity tn admire th • or the Manukau t the proposed rP in ""- LI " Cl .;- n ot on** of immediate neces*Tbut Is a pr.'v.-.M, for the future ZIL If the city. Whoa necessity cal!-i , **% -xpre will be an enormous natural .Sable of i.oidin? abour 300,000 - Th, «* includes the old Jtxa the stacks or sawdust. ! STS it is deemed expedient to remove w of their discolouring effect ;n i «t<t oresf-nt some difficulty, thor:.') Z r«mcil proper tn with it t>.tarnins Klliman'- nousj "% -tables have nw removed, an 1 other inhabited huild:ng on t:<fa Mr. Judson-.s. for which with privately owned properties the nraurl i> nesotiarim:. When these pr >- " i?s an- semrpd thr Council trill havr> r4t-Tsh«i of about 2 7 "20 acres, which te free from any pnilunon excert Hje tan* area? of decaying vegetal.se jitter Vhich iriU doubtless he removed. ifier liißch at midday a start wa? ma »c ct rh? long iournpy to ftarwrei reservoir. A well-defined track leads through a mainuficfm hush, ciotb- • jjjj between the Nibotnpu and ?u a haste- in whj eh the city will assess a park of over 10.000 At the nf the ridge, by scramhline glissading down a steep and ; rockr slope, the great Nihotupu impound- | iw 'dam* wa- , rea<-hH.i This reservoir. ■ehich is rpallya settling tank from which • t'w pip* lin p wranwnrs. holds back the ttiPV of the river for 3o <"hams. and Eikes an artificial lake of £reat beauty, i •shizh in .-ome measure makes up for the i loss of the majrfi ; ficrnt Xihotupu fall be- i low the dam. The pipe line i-ommences at | jd altitude "f abnrjt fiOO feet, while the ' TitiraEci reservoir is about 400 feet above f?a Ifvel. The fiow varies from ' '350.000 gallons! thp iowp>t recorded), 11000.000" to 14.000.000 gallons. The l part" proceeded alone *br tortuous track. •incline alcm? the of thr gorge j itiroTish <ome of the most raajrnificcnt forHt xsnery imasrinabic \Mif>n Quin'.* : Cresk ffi= reached horses w«=rc secureii, ■ and the long ride alnnir iho Track, which , crossed by the main pvery few yards ! »ith remarkable persi.tency. was con- | linned. the party moving alon? the n;ir- i ' row shelf in the side of the jrorsre in Indian file. In spite of the peciiliarit ies ex- i hibitfti by sevpral of the gallant steeds, \ ! tsd tbs biking heat pxperienced in the ttrnnr ravine-, the hill abo\e Titiranjri ' Psrfcir ra,= reached about five o'clock. tfttrthng and arduous journey of about Siwea Eiks. Th<> reservoir at Titirangi : HscoißjetP break prpssure tank capable ef W&g about 750.000 gallons, and af- ! ter Sis Mce«sary was paid the ' C--3P. Riich had ccme round from Xihon?n. vere picked up about half-past six. i jwn* a. start was made on the return ] trip tae visitors were regaled with wel- i « refreshments at Mr. Taylor's house j Were the mptpr for repisterig the daily j for of water was inspected/ No time \ ra on the trip to Auckland, the ; SoeL ? reaChed ShOnly before ei » ht j = = I