ROADS OF THE CITY.
COUNCIL AIERT.
' -*A recomrnerfdatio'niwas/feridered. City Council . last 'evening : by ; the legislation t'omiiiittee to .the effect tliatfii' Bill; should: be; pro'tho'.ensuing'Vsfeipri 'of Parliament' to ,bnable, ,; tha : -:.council ;, to ;; takeover'i .'as i: publie : %tr^tftdf. ; tlio'''.cily'feY«^ : '-.y The '-conilitipns-' proposed ■are'-that-thei iproiierty^wners'ja-.ysuch ;stree'ts, l.should.''-eoiltHbuJe' antll ;pay ; fo tniVcouncil' one-. ■ , lfdf.'trf^.the : afe!:^.al:•'cbst,vof.i•iKd■ , !foi^atioll;''terfc• , ■ ing,: - ;chaiinelling^■ ;of -the,* streets;; th'aC the' ..contribution .'as between -the: several,,propertytfwiie'rs:.in .each .allocated according. to,the;unimproved; value 1 of the, respec-. tive';, properties '.on v bbth .'sides :of il the street,' inproportion ' to'-.the total .'cost; that' the Bill should provide that, tho contribution should bo a: compulsory: payment;, and might be: recovered; by the council-.either'. in ".one.'snin or .by instalsituated': jh'Kos^heath," f Kilbmue,'-:Brooklyniv. : lßlaDd-'.'Say,.''iaiid-' : l V,(i6\viiV - .Cohnclll ,p'eViixe poinfed -oat!- that .no money could;-be,! ; speiit on-! these streets without', the authority.; of Parliament, .and. the.recomniendatipn'':.w'a9.' adopted,; with.'in ■ addition ;prbijosed/ by,.i.Conhcillor'- Smith": that'' the 1 com;mitt!w.^takb;cognisance ;of 'all:street's not .taken; over, ! and report to the' ■; :;< ■'-; ! %- : .-The' ; coiincil: decided/ hot toiicbmply.'with''therequest of Mr J H Collar, of Cresmck Road, that .tho-.Karon->Eoad between', the' Botanical Gardens :■ and, the.', Karon.-;A r iaduot' be'^widened' j.out .to ;its: : 'Wll f.width;-'considering, thatf there- ; tyere.^more.urgent; ; works, to be: carried : 'eity'engineer estimated the cost of the work ! at about £600', or JC7OO. . ;; It' was -'agreed that, if funds permitted this year, 12 chains of. track ,would ;;be formed along the Old Military Eoad, at. a cost of .4150. A, deputation waited: on . the eounoil ■ in- • regard to this road, a fortnight ago.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 597, 27 August 1909, Page 8
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246ROADS OF THE CITY. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 597, 27 August 1909, Page 8
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