GREEN ISLAND AFFAIRS

Evening Star, Issue 20863, 5 August 1931, Page 2

GREEN ISLAND AFFAIRS

MEETING OF BOROUGH COUNCIL At the monthly meeting of the Green Island Borough Council held last evening the following were present:—The mayor (Mr W. T. Smellio) and Crs G. Orange, T. Tomkins, A. Logie, J. T. Barnes, T. D. Webster, P. Winders, J. Harvey, J. Lindsay, and T. M‘_Ahan. Or Tomkins (chairman of the Finance Committee) made mention of the fact that £2,343 of the total rates struck had been paid by July 30, on which date discount of 5 per cent, was allowed for prompt payment. Tho amount collected represented 45 per cent, of the total rates struck, and was a very striking percentage in view of the prevailing economic conditions.

Accounts amounting to £B9O were passed for payment. The mayor and the chairman of tho Finance Committee were instructed to make personal representations to tho Chief Postmaster in connection with the postal facilities at the Green Island Post Office.

A letter was received from Mr D. W. M‘Phail in regard to the entrance to his property from Binnie street, and on the recommendation of the Works Committee it was decided to form the entrance to the property. With the expressed purpose of bringing pressure on tho Government to spend more money on country roads than on roads for tourist traffic, a letter was received from the Milton District Unemployment Committee dealing with the amount of money that was being expended on the Haast Pass road. —After some consideration it was decided to support the protest of the Milton body, the voting being five votes to four.

A petition from residents of Abbotsford protesting against the closing of Runciman street was received by the Works Compiitteo, which recommended that a footpath-be formed in the street from the main road to Neil street.— Or Orange explained that the engineer had estimated - that tho cost of reopening Runciman street would be about £2,000, an undertaking which could not possibly be considered by tho council at the present time. The question of charging for house connections to_ stormwater drains was given full consideration, and it was decided on the motion of Cr Orange that when tho main sewer was constructed a charge be made on all householders discharging sewerage into the drain. Cr Webster stressed the importance of providing fire protection in the borough, 'and on his motion it was decided that the town clerk bo instructed to go into the cost of providing several hoses and hydrants at various points in the borough. ENGINEER’S REPORT.

The Engineer (Mr F. J. Williams) reported that the only work done on the Dunedin-Tnvercargill highway since his last report had been the repairs to the guard fence on the Look-out Point section. The weather had been too cold, to effect repairs to the tar-scaled portion, but the incoming month should enable the repairs to bo carried out.

‘ Green Tsland-Taieri Mouth.—Some toppings were obtained for this highway, and with the use of the power grader this ‘section was in good order. General Works.- The principal work engaging the permanent hands was the attention to the footpaths. In the foreman’s report the footpaths attended to were detailed. The work consisted of spreading toppings, for which 255 cubic yards vvere used, costing £11(5 12s 6d. Neville street, near Prosser streets had been completed by the spreading of screenings. Th Burns street the surface of the roadway had been renewed,, which became necessary after the drainage works. . Several crossings over footpaths had been made, and the foreman had still in hand the inspection of all crossings in the borough. Work Carried Out Under U.B. No 5 Scheme.—The works carried out during the month had been those connected with drainage, with the exception of the extension of the south-west abutment of Rumanian street bridge. All the drainage work had been permanently laid, with the exception af the connections to the existing stormwater drains.

North Taieri Hoad.—Tins work had heen completed since his last report, and grating connected for storm water and the roadway repaired. George street.-—This section was probably the heaviest undertaking, for some time, and necessitated the laying of -a drain throughout the length of George street from Shand street to Muir street The work had been finally completed and the roadway repaired. Derby street.—The re-arrangement of the discharge in Derby street into one channel had been completed, and the s Q wer bad been extended on the cast boundary to pick np sewerage from the adjoining houses, Derby street was now receiving a coating of metal, and the whole had been tvell cleaned up. Alexander street.—The drainage work in Alexander street had been completed, and connections bad been made from adjoining houses. The 12in pipe culvert; which took a considerable

amount of drainage from the north and west, had been opened out, and a mud tank built over the invert and proper connections for storm water made. A crossing was being made over the footpath for a motor lorry. Rnnciman street.—The concrete retaining wall had been completed, but owing to the season of the year it was necessary to allow it to dry out well before _ removing the boxing. Probably in the course of another week it would bo removed and the filling hi completed. The work remaining to bo done under this heading was the drainage of the properties m Exmouth street, the extension of the footpath in Exmonth street, the completion of the footpath in Abbotsford road, and the extension of the north-west abutment at TTarrawav’s bridge. The report was approved.