ROADING AT MIRAMAR.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 412, 22 January 1909, Page 5

ROADING AT MIRAMAR.

; l; ' -S " : %- HEAVY' COS^!i^;REQUIBEMEN l rs.;^. : ,1":"•':■''•■ -'v-i Thei ohief' : matter . consideration ■■atVJaef : '"i' ; V'- night's meeting;.of.-the.Miramar'VßprougkConnr : ■' ;/,* ' ;i; , : cif .was' large, ;:-/'% land-owners, whoiurged'upori.ithe.'cotinbil :tEe" v^ , r ; ;o.!i^sdoin.:'or , re!axing-:its;:re4ttirett|ents:'iii;road ".-.: '■!;;v:opnstruotiou. behalf of :Mira- •;■«;.■ ..-..>.'i niar,' , ;Xtd., , -:.CantraV i! Miramar, i -'Ltd., ; Miramar. <>;;■..;L-Tramway;: Junction'^Land r ,Co.i;;Xtd.v: Golf/Ter- , '...■•'!?^ilrace'Co.cThetfi-were present at the meeting! ■'to: , ■ Mayor -(irr.'C.,': J. "Crawford),- and' ; Coun-i ... ':,'oiU6fs Witt,.Cooper, , M'Leod.'Brodie,'East, and ■ - : ■:! •■•■''.l?h.V^^i'cotn'panies.. : asserted! that the';oohaUtions' : 'βrifbrct , d : v-.:X.--'VvCollr\iiew;:sfa^):S, : -;terlis'rig,vCianneUwg,.-,a^ ■:• 7•'. ■; ing| J .and-draiQagb=vi;ire:'so" dbstly,-and'oppres-'-vi-;. \Bive;that'the-.;progress;bf.t:he,b9iough t : laf been ;c , v: ■.',..-'. arrested.l. l ■; It-•' did. not .-pay/':'-landowners-•' any. '.v;.;:r longer' ; to.'lay: off-and'form-.new-streets. ■ They ...'::; preferred to,\y'riit^,for'.easier'..conditiq.n.3'or higher ■.■-■>■-^^■■ : had '■>-■;■'; :- v D':ueen 'artificially forced, up by, the ■?■&'■ byihe;coiineil-:inithe formation of;new streets, Vi^kidMd^p|ople.;in;;sewbh ( ; '!" ; "jt7 - .ing-houses \wer? vlieing. driven j to■. other, ■ suburbs. ■~•-,,,-:.If; Miramar''wasi ( to,;attrflcfc:a.large populatidnj ---.;•:■'-/.;: then'.,buildiiig:-sections must-;bei obtainable' at '.\i''::'y: BOderate' prrees;:-.ia'n'd''that'. , could'^- , 'not' , 'W' , «s-' , ■-■■.?.••':_'? -peoted^ "while.tl|e:cpurifiil j insisted ; upon ; an proi' .-'.v:':.;; jeo'tpd:.roads-, being 'on' the (!,-;;.''sam'e scale that;wa6:thefrule-in»the; heart.'of ' ; -. ', ;. ■ ■ must■,stagnate •as long 'as • ••..: ..:■thpse. : recnurenients,;.:wero insisted; upon.; At ..., ; .-. the.-.present.i time .road: construction (to icon-- :,., % : forni .tbthe.bprougli.regulaiions) could not be .: ;?:: '■ ,carried.but;a^axless.costthani^6s.per;chainj- >.,::.;, even;;where:the surface'was-quite.level-and : the ; ; : > easily\worked;^ I whilet -on-hilly ground-it ■>-. -. 0 ■;.-■ was. mtioh'greater.'.v.That. cost,-of /course,-, had -v ; ;' ■ ■''*?, b ?. ; ? dd ed. to ;:the ; prjoi ; fhe land, • and. set- ■'.-'•',:.■:; tlement;was.-:thus;cheiited^ : :::-• l ' J - ' '.','■■ ' .:':■+ i 11^.' { M ; ertningr a>strorig^deputatioii, ; of' -■■.:^;i;Whioh;;Mr.;C;,.H.:,Treadwell : ;was bhief spokes- ...;••.:-•. jvman;.waited,.on ! tho. cbunoil: in 'regard-ft the ;;v-r^Mmatter.;.:Mr;■ Treadwell;saidithat;the, amount :,.:■>, of metal which- was now required to be placed ~-. ; ;v , -on the streets was.6im:;first-class-and ffin.- of ;;,:>y/Becond-class; ;.,First-olass;::;metal, should be \ .;■;- ; - :■/-..eliminated^.from :-;the- requirements.: and the •.;: total-depth of. metal;,reduqed to nine inched. ;■•■■;■ ■:: : I .heii- : --ogain,:■■ It;,was' considered■ that .the width - 1 ! , "-- ;'-'°'* formation, required ■for*,rba'd3 ;on hill-sides : c, .-■ rehpuld ■be Also,"- channelling might ;;,.;.•:.bo-,dispensed:with.in,some-locallties'.'-' Another ■:-.;;■; ■-;,; requirenient .-.which.': was /unnecessary.- where' v. , : ; ;; population/was sparse wosasohal ting. -. Was .•/.v-iyit/npt/'a^faOtj.he -.continued,/that there 'we're .:■:.,:/: niany;-places.;where-.weeds/were , now growing; >yfl /,i;' 'through, the' asphalt? •■' mv- -.- // •-, /' : '■■: • : ■;'■ . ■..: ■ of Asphalt ./'-i:..-.in the.bbrough.«(ljaUghter.) ■•. .■■ : •■; ° , /;;:// ? // f Mr.^TreadWell::/VWell;//just /.outside the ';-v .:. .t)oundary."«::-In-i' v oohclusion > -he -remarked: .•,;.-. -;,;..■'Miramar;is-.ln-'the , transition state, and we ; ■-■; ■<:;; ■thihk-it.is/ unreasonable:. to/ : irisist- thatnew ' ',: streets ■ over privfttb. property should be formed, -' ■~:metalled,-, drained,': and chanrielled' as -was'.w-" ' / ■'-,-. quired in,. say,/the. City Of Wellington;" ; ; ;.';, -/■■■: " : ;The'-Mayor informed , .the,deputation that ./--,;/.: cpiUd.not. shy niuch;;upon/that occasion with ■:.■.;:, regard , tp./tha question, ,as it/had- not; ; beoh ■■■■.-V^ , -::"\-iuUy;. - 'dis^U|Bcd^by.:;'the:.coun'6ili;.vs , 'He- , miBht : ■■:■- ... mentjon;':■ however, that:the matter , , had already . v; T .;.cem6'before the- counoily whioh'had instructed ■ ■- ;/;vl< its ..officer's 'to submit repprtsi on the: subieot for. . / ; {;, eonsicleration/at-that tneeting. "./Members of' .-.::■!; thel'deputation- seemed:,to' be under'- a wrong' -...:■, impression" aa.> to :the:,requirements of the • ■■/■•■>; ;re_snebt: to/ hill" roads. ■ : It was :-/..- '"it'to- the cplinoiU to'decide whether land was : -;. I , :; level -.mldula'ting,,or hilly..: : . The. Requirements ;:•.■.-. of -the borough were '.nothihg like so exacting; , ■;.,;. ~ as ..members of the deputation seeiied to be-'- ;,,:;: .litvo., , It. had.been stated-that the require- . /, / m.ents: in .regard -to rpads on hill-sides ran- '. : 'lntoiillbre , money than 'those with rssriect to ■ ,■.,;:,.foafeon,'the fiat land../ ; ,As a:matter of fact ~-' / •■-:*?« cost of ttie: 1 former .was not - half that of ■■'.'.'- : '..:>if«;W.rer;';,rhe. counoil' fully .recognised that ..:.:.;. thevone:ob3eet;to'bo/almed'at.,was to' getthe ; ~: ■ ; -lands:not. only, settled buf.roaded./ Durine :.//:;; :; his' term ,011 -fee,counoil-;he had:.had;several- ■ ::,;,. : -haHloSvyith, land, syndicates;:on the subieot, > r .;,; a.ntl;.tiife; outcome W!etipli iusttince had proved' : o',/c/ satisfactory, to hptV that ■ ; . tho-Meputcition might appoint 'a small' commit-' •■■;; :',; '/ cpnfer ?w,ith_ a committee of'the : couhoil ■■*-■'.:..- : . pn'jtlift liiatterj if that course wore agreed to br '// /■ the council. ,> .< ,-:.:-. , -■ ■ ■.-. /,;/.■//■?, ■Aftfer:.the; deputation^had retired, the'eouncil .< . : ;./". : ■ -...•■