MIRAMAR BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1197, 4 August 1911, Page 6

MIRAMAR BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The Miramar Borough Council met last Might.- There wore present ;—The Mayor (Mr. John Brodie), Councillors Richards, lelford, Stone, Bowie, and Lauronson. In the recommendation of the- Hall Committee the council decided to vote an additional sum of ,£201) towards the cost of erecting Ihe Town Hall. The additional expenditure will lengthen the hall from 36ft. to 4Sft, and will allow of the interior being pannelled instead of being plain tongue and groove lined. Reporting on the progress of the water supply and sewerage schemes, Mr. R. L. Mestayer, engineer, wrote'that practically the whole of the concrete work at the reservoir had been completed. A few pipe connections'had still to 'be made, and then work would have to cease for a month before the roof timbers could Ijo removed, so as to ensure '.hat the concrete was thoroughly set. The concrete retaining wall had been constructed, and had alKady proved a great protection to (ho reservoir against 'lamage by slips. The first shipment of 45 dpmestic supply metres was to hand. The contract for ejectors nrd machinery had been let by cable lo Messrs. Hughes and Lancaster, who had undertaken to deliver the whole plant within six months. fiocd progress was being uiado with the laying of the Seatoun portion of (he water-main, but the Miramar section was not so satisfactory since the las-t heavy rain?. The ground was so full of wnter (hat the intn wore hampered in making the joints, mid if the conditions under which they wereworking: did not improve, Ihe work would be suspended for a time, and the laying of sewers in the high ground at Soutoun would be put in hand. The cast-iron pines to be laid by the Harbour Bonrd in Miraniiv cutting were now Wing <listrilmtod along the road. The total lengths of mains laid -were.as follow-.—2.1 chains of 10 inches, '49 chains lOin., SO chains -tin., and 57 .'chains Sin. air-mains