KARORI BOROUGH COUNCIL. SANITARY ARRANGEMENTS. SOUTH KARORI GRIEVANCE.

Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 89, 12 October 1904, Page 2

KARORI BOROUGH COUNCIL. SANITARY ARRANGEMENTS. SOUTH KARORI GRIEVANCE.

The Kai'ori Borough Council last eveuing held its fortnightly meeting. Councillor C. I. Dasent presided, and the following Councillors were in attendance — Messrs. Thomas, Newcombe, Russell, j Fearn, Spiers, and Williams. The sanitary arrangements of the borough were discussed as the outcome of a letter from the Assistant Chief Health Officer, who stated that ho had again to caH attention to the necessity of providing Karori with a, system of refuse and nightsoil removal. On the 23rd March he received intimation from the Council to the effect that the latter system was being cousidered. He now wished to know definitely what the Council intended doing in the matter, as many complaints had been received concerning the absence of the sanitary methods in tne borough. He pointed out that a system of nightsoil removal was required at Northland as well as in other portions of the borough, and said immediate action was necessary with regard to the accumulation of rubbish at certain premises near the top of Tinakoii-road and Kil-minster-lane. The Chairman said the question was one of money. If they had to instal a service they had to find a depot and the money to run the service. Councillor Russell considered this was a matter which should be attended to before the summer. Councillor Thomas said if the Council made a good road up to his place he would provide a depot. In answer to the Chairman as to the probable cost of the road he said about £1000.^ On the motion of the Chairman, it was decided to refer the matter to a special meeting to be called by the Mayor, and to notify the Health Department that the matter was now under consideration. , A complaint from the residents of South Karori was ventilated by a petition signed by a number of ratepayers and supported by a deputation to the Council. They said that for years past they had been in the habit of paying rates on their properties in the same proportion as the residents nearer town, who had had their roads, water channels, etc., attended to, electric lighting installed in the streets, and a postal delivery. The residents of South Karori did not enjoy those privileges in consequence of their land not being suitable enough for cutting up for residential sites. They submitted that their rates should be considerably re,duced, and suggested that the Karori district be divided into wardß,« so that each ward could receive proper consideration. The Chairman said municipalities were now abolishing wards, and it would be inadvisable to reverb to this system in Karori. Councillor Newcombe explained that South Karori was a farming area, and he thought it would be better for the'district if it was cut off from the borough, and governed by the adjoining local body. The Chairman said' that would not get over the difficulty. The only adjoining local body was the Hutt County Council, and he pointed out that portions of s it were at the present time clamouring to be separated. He then explained that .ratepayers from all parts were complaining in the same way as the people of South Karori. The rate 3 had been raised but nothing extra had been done for the additional taxation, because they had to reduce the estimates in consequence of having to pay out a large sum as compensation for land. Next year, how-e-er, things would be different, and he thought the Council could remedy the matters complained of The postal question was outside the sphere of the Council, but he would apply to the Postal Department for an extension of the delivery, and get the member for the district to interest himself in this question. Accounts amounting to £122 14s 3d were passed for payment. The Public Works, Committee submitted the following report : — (1) Having inspected the excavation made by Mr. Williams on the side of the Tinakori stream, recommends that in future any person excavating on the side of the hiil above the stream must not permit spoil to be deposited so near the stream as to be liable to be washed down by stormwater. (2) It recommends placing 20 6in pipes in the gully on the rubWah depot. (3) In reply to Messrs. Seaton and Sladden's application to form Hamihon-street, it recommends that the formation be 25fb wide, with a crown of 6in l metal 83ft wide, 9in deep in the centre and 6in at the side ; metal to be of approved quality broken to 2£in gauge in qnarry before being placed on the road; an additional allowance of three inches to the foot in height for fillings to allow for subsidence; 15m pipes to be put in the gully for the full width of road— not less than 66ft; pipes to be put in on the solid where directed by the committee; a box culvert similar to the one proposed to be put on the main road end of the street must be put in on the Friend-street end where directed by the committee; road to be maintained for the usual period. (4) It recommends that the formation and metalling of Moana-street be a^nroved, the road to be "maintained by the owner for the usual period, of six months; also that the formation and metalling of Chamberlainstreet be approved on similar terms. (5) Continuation of Pearce-street : The conditions and specifications to be the same as in Hamilton-street, with the exception of pipes, which must be 9in or 12m as required, laid th© full width^of the road, and not less than 66ft. (6) It recommends that a fence consisting of posts and rails be erected at the back of the office site, and that Mr. Griffen be asked to find, the material for one-half, the Council to provide the remainder and erect the whole fence. (7) That a grating be obtained for the mouth of the pipe in the water channel near Mr. Lee's shops. (8) That the question of pipes as reported by the foreman on Fairview-road be left over for the present. All these clauses were adopted as read. The following recommendations were made by the Finance Committee: — (lj That an offer of £50 be made to Mr. Hamilton for the strip of land facing Friend-street on the sume terms as contained in his letter dated sth October. (2) That acceptance of the Council's offer to Mr. E. Platt of the sum of £50, on condition that he dedicates to the public the existing track and all land lying between it and the Military-road, be ap* proved, subject to the total costs of Messrs. Skerrett and Wylie not exceeding £6 6s, and that instructions be given to j make the necessary survey. (4) Having the question of maintaining the Karori road opposite the Botanical Gardens, <t considers that the Borough Council should maintain the road where the tramway is laid, and that the Corporation should pay £25 for the maintenance of the balance of the rood. It alfeo suggested that the Corporation should bear the cost of one light in this neighbourhood and the Karori Borough Council the others. The recommendations were adopted.