MIRAMAR GAS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 531, 11 June 1909, Page 5

MIRAMAR GAS.

TO COMPANY. ■!\ THE: OTBTJRBAN! VIEW;' ■■■ W. ". ; ; position of ■ t: Mtromar;Borough,:as. far'.;asv<^.'.proposed ,;gaa supply is.tobncerhedjwasVmade by" the ;, Mayor, of:;th'o; borough ■ (Mr.: J.;'Crawford) :" »t ? a council meeting last' night.: "■ [;; :;vThe|Mayor said "that the' Gas empowered to deal '■ 'of gottiiig' an.Orderin:Couhcil'to"enable:; thei ;Weliington r Gas /Company '.to:, conhecfc .'their in 'Wei- .■■'. .the 'hugefgu'sholder afMiramai, '» U£l *° : ■ r ' Bt ' cu ' a ' lo ,aud 'supply Vthe:distritc. Both ■■ ■'; tho:;, borough .; ana ■,; tho ; ; Harbour ;Board.:had. ail agreement with the Gas Com- ■;•• pahy, the bofough;-expected considerable '■■■. financial': assistance from -these bodies..: A ; :*ubßiijLy:frpm'';the.. Gas (Company :had been' , practically";: arranged,-| and the granting', of ' the Order-in-Council .wasTpart of the larger scheme: Tho council, :af commencing'riegotiations,with the Gas Company, considered ~ .that ?■ it /-would: be; discourteous to.; the: City < Council if they wero to do anything against the'interests of: the i city,'and,: during the Jail oi.':last:-yoar,'. the borough: had delayed : negotiations with'the counoil for f6ur,or six months,,- to..enable the.council to'complete ■them-negotiations. they-could ; not delay,for. ever,; and they oventually faed •upvtheiryaffairs with ...the Gas. Company.::' .-: . Pho, committeo had mot; tbeMayor of Wel-Jmgton:-last,weok. 1 - ; , They..particularly asked^ ..tho;Mayor;;.that:tbo;.;City:Conncil; in their . .negotiations.fshould.separate'.'the item of the -~main from/Nowtown,'across.theold'.Melrcoe' and 'deal :with'that only: at present-;Tho: Mayor went on to the r : pbjertions .which; the; City 'Council ; had '■ made ,',in .their; deputation : to the Prime .Ministcr.-!.^™y;had,,stated:'that?'the'-road' 'through , Alelrose wpuld.'bo pulled iip.'and to do this : ;vM!to;,violato'the:ri2hts of -local government. 'TiT e ?fr ! was ' notllul £''in' ■ this' : objection, said ; * ',- a K?> ■■•: I , t .' w "«* :^o ■• , bo';a' , conriecting''.'mam'' the company were em;Po*ered:te.undertake;;such;work 'by 'Section. ■^A«,^., S WPy."4ot,; 1908.; The Act • K^'? a , t: i sl , d .™ago'-musU'be \, made :good. ; ,A deed had;becn given to tioUrough "S.^ 61 ? absolute; control over the main : no'doubt' would be willing to . give an ; Ci^Cou^il ! K \ '^%t n "but '-would simply ;cen^^two. T orks.; : The:couhca hadX .oDjectedthatworks were mprogress,'and tlio ■ H^ P „ aP7 '& onl i nofc g 'fresh%s" - !!the;: S. .that negotiations:were' actively: l ,^:such:. a -, statemenfc.was-'apt> "te .;^us^sunderstandin^ r tact,, .the..negotiations between:" the Gitv :on| these '£J^«£S&&™* 'with gas?'; ™ '■" ',' .: /-As tor_ the, concession to thoGasrCom'rjan'v he .could,;:not': see ..whore it; caSe'ln ?P l^' ~imramarl : pa y :forja,long."time>to' come •'■•'■ TK ;Sg«':i«i;i "^h+v wero '.out of: date S'S^ ; :them-1 ffl 'lraS^ :^a,^ h, V 1 decided' that; for those works. i!f,^'^ ; i ;h S:'"; tere^s whole -bom Jd, «» l a enabled ' :^ i ,^,'these, works;and supply; and,m ; .adareer .quantity;v'fiJ. did not consider it a conoession te allow tti >ibcy;,.had ..already:' 'spent' £45,000? ki ■erectioli ; of works,' ! and ;thoy '.prbposed tn ' S Ib^d"" expenditure of public:funds-at a time?S ■ ; S?V?C t W!,S D9t l?° e lentifnl > and wfen ' ising 'that '4oy/should do.ajl;tbpy?could:,te:he!p*tho:uneirSowd '" ' not,V,the,Mirr,ma? borough but - to!' .the,..borough;.UvThis:). objectioiv waV°-an .e X traprd.nary,::oi,e^'ft-The:{: ! settkd v :;.and^he:;;:had;;;;made ; >this: ''state- ' ;s?£&. t?;arrango/'a.;deputation :to- -the. P^,M mster and:the:rat 6 paVers^ad' "a : S+^^?# ? " ct ' • hoped .^ould.W'fit'te.wfthobjections;vfeitho^.carrying :'on' ; of -. tJus-yory; necessary;, elusion of':'thc ■'' ■,^as;Company^,wprks."- : :;: kr r^---^: >--'.'"'^.:i■