COUNTY COUNCILS.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 15462, 15 December 1915, Page 10

COUNTY COUNCILS.

WAIMAIRI. The monthly meeting of the. Waimairi County Council was held on Monday. Present Messrs S. A. Staples (chairman', S. Bullock, I-'. Sissmi, K. N\ . llawke, W. Nicholls, and J. Fitzpatrick. A deputation of Shirley riding residents, eonoi.stiny of Messrs Khodcs, Wilson, and Thompson, waited on the Council uitli refeieuce to the petitions which had o. en sent in to the Council asking for ceirerete channelling, curbing, aim asphalting to be done in the ridini;. Ihi deputation asked tliat in view of the heavv rating necessary, the asphalting should be deleted Horn the proposed si heme. The chairman said that the request for the work iiad l»>en made three years ago, and at intervals since. At last the' Council has been enabled to 'mu - row the neccs-.-aiv money, the loan hat! been gai'.c; teti. atld he did not .-oo what thev cot;id do now. Mr Ti!e:ii;)son (oiisidered that the ratinii area v. too small, and nv. as obvious that il meant nearly doubling tin- rati s. . Tiie chaiimar, re]>lied that the rating area was the one that would bo benefited, ami he did not think Ino deputation ri presented all the ratepayers in the district, M>> knew personally that the. largest ratepayer in the area va-s in favour ol the woi k being carlied otu. deputation then withdrew, and after consideration the Council decided to defer the matter.

i'he monthly statement of knances sliowed that the weiv i' 111" and the exjniiditure — 1 -< 1 I'^ Tiie debit- balance on the general account was lis. Accounts for payment totalled I' 1 1 < ti I'is !{<l. Tlic .stat.'iiienfc was adopted. The engineer reported oil the condi-tion-of 1!' reserves in the county, and his rejvort was adopted. It was decided to erect a concrete culvert oil the Mottle Lake load by day labour. The chairman reported that he had taken advice with legard to the electric lightimi loan. He was advised to issue debentures at short terms of •>, 7. and 10 years. This course was agreed to. Mr Hullork moved iliat the engineer bo authorised lo deline a lire protection area to include Fendalton fas a centre), liiccarton and I'apanui, and to mako a valuation of the area. The motion was carried. lIEATIICOTE. The Heathcoto County Council met last night. Present :■ —'Messrs Geo. Scott (chairmanl, G. K. Burton, E. Armstrong, W. Searff, (■. M. Hall. C. I'lavell, F. W. Anderson, and J- Gudscll. The engineer reported that good progress was being made with installing the electric lighting .scheme in Heathcote Talley, and the sewer scheme had been completed. The work ol erecting the poles in the Uromley ward had been put- in hand. The report was ndopled, and it was decided that subject to the City Council pay.ng half the cost, the Tennyson street bridgeplanking be repaired. In a special report, the engineer stated that his estimate of the co.-t of bringing the Lake Coleridge main to the Cashmere power station was 10s, or including an additional wire from tiie power house to the upper level pump, ,L~7~> M's. Mr Ilall moved the adoption of the report-, and stated, in connexion with the financing of the scheme, that lie wa:i prepared t<> guarantee the amount. The chairman said that at the end ot' the year the amount to debit in connexion with the Cashmere ward would lie He opjHjsed the scheme from the financial standpoint, but

would not ilo so '' a loan were proposed. He urged them to Ik> carofui regarding their overdralt: they did not kiio-.v how soon they might be called upon to pav it off in" have it stopped altogether. A; tor discussion, the motion was am) it was decided to recommend the raienaver.s to raise* a loan. The Electrical Committee rccom. liurid.i that ilr Hugo, Wellington, be asked t ( , recommend a competent person to re*xirt on a firo prevention scheme to: - the county. Iho county engineer lia<l been instructed to submit specifications tor an electric lighting iiiieine in Bromley and Heathcoto Valley : and the clerk had !>een asked t<> obtain a Quotation from the I übhc Works Department Kir a supply of electric current for the Cashmere ridiii"- between 11 p.m. and p - Til. Hie committee further reported that it had Ileeij that the City Conned .-!i.)wld Casked to state its tornis for street lighting on the basis of repayment of tin l principal in years. Iho reiv.ris were adopted. Messrs Willis and Owen waited on t're Council for financial assistance tomaking a subway under tiie railwav ar the end ot Church street and "Whitakei- avenue. The estimated ■ i-t «':is t'H). and it was hoped that the WooUwmi Horough Council would hear pjvt of the r-ost. After hearing the donutntioii. if was decided to lenve the matter in'the hands of the member !o- the riding to approach the Raiiw.iv Department and the "Woolslou Borough Council.