DANGER FROM FIRE

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 54, 27 November 1928, Page 12

DANGER FROM FIRE

. WATER AT UPPER HUTT. ‘ “There-, are .several streets in Upper x Hutt at.pi'e.se.nt where, in the event, nfr.l fire breaking put, every house, nothing could stop them,” declared Cqunri '’' cillor T. R. Jameson at the meeting.“ofis."', the Upper Hutt Borough Council ’last-.:?. night, when the low water pressure -■ .0f..-. the mains was under discussion. . A letter had been read from the chair-:; .' man of the Local Government Loftns:;;,'Board stating that that body declined-to:-?A sanction a waterworks loan of £20,000 m'/ to the extent of £14,300, as it was.of tiie-„-,;-. opinion that the existing water supply-.-..; was sufficient for immediate "require—.;.; ments, and that extension of the present ?'.v. head works was inadvisable until a de-;.; finite policy had been formulated by the's?" Wellington City and Suburban Water’? - Supply Board. £6OOO -of the application..-- ' being in respect of the amounts requiredfor a new fire station and equipment, and the water reticulation of subdivided - ■ estates, the matter was referred back for' further information. It was stated that in-connection with the amount of £3500 required for a, fire station and a-motor fire engine and equipment, preliminary, -plans and specifications of the proposed ; building should be supplied, together with - / a statement -showing the estimated cost of the various items comprising the" " £3500. Regarding the amount of £2500 ? for reticulating the. subdivisions ; men-' ‘ tioned, information was desired as to why the cost Pf these was being', met;? ' by loan in lien-of requiring the -owners of the land to. -install the water mains"'"-' before approval of the plans of'the sub-? division by the council. The proposed? sewerage loans of £65,000 and £5OOO were ~- -glso rejected, as the Loans Board - ebh-:';-'. ■sid.ered that siich' a . scheme Should- 'b.e'?' : deferred until-settlement became more ex-' tensive. - . " ' -