LOWER HUTT.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 63, 12 September 1911, Page 4

LOWER HUTT.

The fortnightly meeting of the Lower Hutt Borough. Council last evening? was presided over by the Mayor (Mr. E. P. ; Bunny). All the councillors were prei eetit with the exception (Si Councillors I Hawthorn and Kempthorne, who were i granted leave of absence. I ENGINEER'S REPORT. In rninectioft with the recent court case, the Engineer reported that the road' to Messrs. Goeae and Burt'e land, j near Moiling Bridge, had now been formed, and it needed only a few minor matters to complete' the work. On''anI other subject, ne reported that there {was a | considerable blow-out of tww of II the joints 6,n the flurJply pipe to the Alicetown septic tenk in the early hottra- : of Sunday 2nd .inst., and ten, f'eet.oi wafer were loat ftom the re&eryair before lit was discovered and the valve shut down. A similar accident occurred in June last, but owing to new fittings which had- now come to hand it 'would irot happen again, Other improvements to the tank, as authorised by the' council in tho .annual estimates, were'; being 'proceeded with. The big .depre^siennnsde by the culvert, in connjgetien with <.tho Woburn'-road dedication ,wofk> had' now been filled in and the footpath amd road gravelled. The eofefr 6! • the work to date was £77 16s 3d. . Two connections had been made with the gas mains since the last report, and nine with the water mains. These made the number of water services to date 786. The number of permits issued under the drainage ana sanitary by-law* was' 321. Th 6 report was adopted. GENERAL. ' . It' «v agreed to lay the /water on to premises of Meflens. Dwail Bros,, in Wakefield-fitreet, as applied for. A further complaint having been re- j fcelved' in reference to. stray liorses in j Kflighfc's-foad, the ranger wag instructed to take proceedings immediately if j a case can be proved. , Referenco Was made to an outstanding claim agftinsf. the council, by Miss Pye. for damage done to her land", through j surface water coming from the slope , leading up to the Hutt Bridge. Th« toiginal claim was. for £200 compensation, but at the time the council made an offer of £25, which wa« refused. As there was now a possibility of tho £25 being accepted by the claimant, the solicitor was instructed to renew the offer. ' • j Regarding drainage at The King's- ; road school site, the following clause in th« Work's Committee's report was adopted : That a reply be »ent to the Education Board to the effect that the council does not «cc its way to <lo this work, as the drain ie not a permanent water-course, consequently it ia not a public drain. Ated, oft the recommendfttion of the Works Committee, it tva<» decided to grant Mr. J. Gardner one month's leave of absence, and that during that period -he lie instructed to inspect a supply of 6000 pipe* m Auckland now being got rpady by Me#*«. Clarke st\& Company, the contractors to pay hi* travelling expenses and 10a per "day whilst #o« engaged. Mr. ft Hand wrote objecting to the council's intention of con«tsneirng a "public drain through hia latM at ' Knights-road. The council decided to •reply that tho work wan a necessary one, and that the objector be informed that the work cannot possibly affect the value of his section. There is nothing comparable to the eaae, the grace, and the freedom enjoyed by the wearer of a-Warner'a rust- • rprooi corsQt»»A4yti.