ACQUISITION OF RECREATION GROUND

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LII, Issue 8635, 16 July 1924, Page 5

ACQUISITION OF RECREATION GROUND

submitted by mb 1 SM ALLFIELD. h. 0 •

, j as t ordinary meeting of Borough Council a & ra “. as Submitted by a Special #P° n . t(wi regarding tin* accpusiCoiotni* betWfien Severn h and licn< o! .\venm-s for a recreation P vei ' j t was decided that steps f o r submitting a loan proto i f r XT6OO to the ratepayers to** I Mr tiTncquire the lands report***rr „kv the commitiee. a,su ' U T , c,1,l V asked ln r6 P ort as {“»t ility »f Jf» ini,, g ,he lalKl ' ibc f> a ‘ 1 J i smalilield, survoyor 5 , ,r A oneinecr. lias submitcl July 14 * f L drainage of the propow.d rlatim. pound, .also plans sl,owUthp proposed drainage: - “I acrordance with, your insfnic■i.of the 11 Ui mst., T have tnlr. n Sj s ,nd prepared necessary plans 1 scheme for. drainage- ef t^rca*situated along the waierSixth and Eleventh VwW* ct tin's area- is capable .eL drained quite satisfactorily rnado suitable- for recreation divided the proposed . V „„ two systems, C f!|A“ thcT " svs,om iim'udos f lm , j I,‘lweeii Ninth an.l Eleventh '(venues, ■ Drainage , f this area- hi I. effected bv a main dram with .'f.ll of 10 feet to the mile, eonistwine near the. eastern end of yieventli Avenue, llienc along ® e until side of Eleve.it!. Avenue ’ , .-juterry direction to a point tto „c. plan, thence in a norLv direct ion to- the north of Mi S property, thence along the boundary of Mr Fox’sproperfy -nd bv a. piped outlet wdl\ iood lie to sea. This drain winch averL about 5 feet deep will take all | surface water from the depres- £ in Eleventh Avenue water from Factory-mow Sowing'through the Chinamens Gardens —also water from drains in Tenth Avenue. The effect will be to cut off all the supply cf water isbioh h now keeping Mr Dickie s land swampy, and any surface water from, rainfall will have ample fall back into main drain. It will he necessary to construct a. short sea wsll-about two* chains across the fad cf Tenth Avenue and fill in stusll tidal inlet. > _ « A certain amount of drainage with field tiles may be necessary to toko water from the direction cl Fraser Street and back along Tenth Avenue l , but this can only be determined after the main drains are fconstructed. There is. however, sufficient fall to provide for this. Commencing’ at the north side of Ninth Avenue a. drain, with fall 10 fed to the mile, to* be constructed to follow the east side of Tennis and Bowling Club property and connect with main outlet along Mr

fax's worth boundary. This drain will cut off all water coming, from direction of Davenport Road. Drainage along Ninth Avenue can then be effected from Ift beiteath surface of ground at beach back to< wsin drain. The northern- system includes between Sixth and Ninth Avenues. Commencing at ° the strth side of Ninth Avenue a drain • ! > be constructed along Devouport faad to Seventh Avenue, thence Seventh I 'Avenue by present ; -to sea. From Sixth Avenue :‘*ll is sufficient along Dovor.port fa-ad to connect at Seventh Avon- ;*• Eighth Avenue to be drained tatk same as Ninth- All side orains in Eighth, Ninth and Tenth —venues could be filled in. •A- certain amount of surface re-

fading over this area would be ‘United to make satisfactory play:3!|T ground. and the main drains should . e both these areas drv almost Mediately. v^ n an approximate estimate jJDO should cover cost of main m ns . ail( l * c fLis must he a„d Jed *>loo for pipes, etc.