KILBIRNIE REQUIREMENTS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 663, 13 November 1909, Page 10

KILBIRNIE REQUIREMENTS

i DEPUTATION TO RESERVES COM- ;.'.. ■■;■■..■• ■•' MITTEE;'. ;' ;>" :| -, . .'■ A deputation fronv tho Kilbirnie Ratepayers' Association waited upou -.the Reserves Cominittco of;tho-pity, Council yesterday afterv noon, and ; ventilated several matters' of interest ;to the district.; ' ■ : '.-■■';:-: : , Mr.: W. H. Higlnbotham', referring, to th« dressing-shed on tho recreation ground, stated i • Wai orioket ohib had expressed a ■desire that-the shed should bo'put in order,, the. windows being'brokeii 'at present, thli door-.without a look, and the roof leaking.J. ney would -also be glad if rough seating accommodation could'be ercoted inside the shed. If this wero done; the .association would guarantee to look. after : the shed. Mr. Higinbotham also, asked that the ■ rolling-stock and blacksmith s shop should bo removed' from the reserve, and that the mounds "of earth about tho ground should be levelled, off, and the reservo placed in as fair order as possible. . The deputation asked further that' the : fencing around tho reserve be attended to,■•■that the' recently-diverted culvert should- bo filled in for ...its jwhole length,. and ■■ that, a number of seats should be placed about the reserve. Some timo ago.' it was pointed out,- the' association hacT been promised that Kilbirnie would share .in the municipal band performances, but; the sutmrb did not appear to have been considered when the list'of'band programmes to be 'given during th« summer had been drawn, up. '. '■■:'• ■ > ■•. -■ ■; ■. The ohaifinan -.'(Mr/ J.' P. Luke):'; 'That was an oversight in'pointing the list, and will be remedied. , ';■■■; Mr/ Luke , went on to ' say. that tne;,Reserv«B' Committee was fully seized of HV?, . nci^ sslt7 - oi';improving the conditions at kilbirnie,.equally■ with other portions of the city/ -.Tjk:<»mm]ttee'regretted .'-that thelarger scheme in cpnnMtion with: ;the reserves, had. becn : out-voted, s>ut-that.could riot be helped now,- and as far as'the committee was concerned; it:, hoped.. to be able ;' to do the very Lest With, tho area of land available. . The committee would recommend that the old culvert, should be fully>fi]led in, and if tne'nionoy was available that the work should be done this year. It was the desire of the committee to make the dressing-shed habitable, but next year it .was hoped to , erect a sheA such as the one at Kelburne Park, : so that the commitrte did not wish-to epend mnch money on the present shed. The matter of fencing would nave the consideration.of the committee, and tlio city engineer would be consulted as to the' clearing up of the re- , serve, .; :•' ; ;.. .-. ;■ .■" ". : . •'■... . ■

Mr. Gellatly. pointed put';that the diversion of the' old .culvert had 'resulted in the outflow eoing into the sea near the bathhouse. The deputation suggested that the opmmittoe might, take I into .consideration the question of carryinjT the oulvert further 6nt, : or of moving the loathhonse.. In the.opinion of the deputation, the oheapest,course would be to extend the cnlvert to. tho south, Bo'that it would discharge some distance away from: tho baths. In the past the bathing-shed had not been in oharge of 'anyone, and the deputation : nrg«d that the committee should consider the adyisabloness of pnttlng the shed rnder the. oharge of some oompotent' caretaker, or should at least make;, arrangements to have /the shed hosed. ', out once ,a d_ay.■'■!:"/.■'■ ■"'. < . '■:■:' The chairman said the'■committee would consult with ; the' cjty engineer in reference to the bathhouse, and arrangements wbuld bo made, to visit Kilbirnio on. Monday..'.'■. :