SELWYN STREET.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19726, 17 September 1929, Page 16

SELWYN STREET.

♦ ' REPAIR WORK CRi™i§| WASTEFUL METHODS IT lift At the previous meeting o||jß«r Council, Cr. E. H. ApdreyiMHP chairman of the "Works Coßsri£j|M&F. B. Cooke) for a statementjqPtpC the repairing of Sehryw '-djjjMti J Addiagton. between Sonih i&£WMt road and the railway. Cr. Cwteyjjjfrsequent ly made a statement ttMjpbp local newspaper. ' ' * ifi At last night's meeting Cr. - stated that he had received a*** 1 from a business man who down Selwyn street daily I Boulton avenue and the railway. the writer noticed a reply fa**» Cooke to Cr. Andrews in a contradicting Cr. Andrews's he considered that in the the ratepayers Tie should show, ttjjfj*Cooke had "side-stepped" the Selwyn street, stated the time ago was patched up three tasto** a similar way. About six twlup Boulton avenue was patched wiaifßfci and the drain lines filled op. Tkt PjW* part of the street did not reeei# *' tention, although all sewerag* ions had been completed for txmA If* aiderable time. The position sented waste of money, and ia *fl* writer's opinion whoever was . ible should be brought to swswt Cr. Cooke subsequently gaveihK'** porters a report on the quusHii* plied bv the Citv Engineer -(Mtt A. l * Galbraith), which stated tkafc» Wfc, holes were developing rapidly July, and as it was then iapoaijlMJ-; commence construction an auuWS&HBI lack of metal and a roller, the IWH.Jgj patched up oa July 9th and HHfc construction was not commenced _ August 27th, some sevea *Mki WKt Had the road not been would have become able before scarifying. ■ 'sSX Cr. Andrews said that he owWWI that a lot of waste was goiag * it behoved Cr. Cooke to aee tt*t "ferent attitude was taken ap. Cr. Cooke: If a hundred jnlMB-' metal is put on a street north Cathedral, that is quite all nftf- 'j& "ATI bunkum," remarked Or. Beanland. _"GL Cr. Cooke said that Selwy* -wlgrwas in a bad state when Cr. Aiullg was ehairman of the Works Oo—"That's nearly four years «|®i marked Cr. Andrews. _ "Selwyn street is the joke m district," said Cr. M. EL Lyoas. Cr. Andrews maintained that question had not been answered