CITY WORKS

Evening Star, Issue 21583, 1 December 1933, Page 11

CITY WORKS

INSTRUCTIONS TO ENGINEER

The Works Committee will report to the City Council on Wednesday night that the city engineer has been instructed as follows (lesser works arc not published) : (a) Act with regard to the undernoted matters —viz.:

Effecting repairs to the road at the Second Beach, St. Clair, leading to the quarry. Estimated cost £4O. Constructing a new storm water intake with grating in Seaview terrace, connecting it to the existing intake in Allandale road with necessary mud tanks. Estimated cost £54 10s. (The cost of this work will be charged to the Drainage Board.) Flattening the batter on a property in Seaview terrace to safeguard the frontage from slips. Estimated cost to the council, providing for relief labour, £2O. This work is approved subject to the property owners agreeing to bear the cost and making arrangements for the removal of the surplus soil.

(b) Record the under-noted matters for consideration with future allocations —viz.:

Effecting improvements to Clarewood avenue, off llockside road. Estimated cost to the council, including the erection of a retaining wall on the low side of the sti-eet, trimming up same, metalling where necessary, and providing a rough stone kerb and channel, using relief labour, £6O. Extending the culvert over the Kajkorai Stream at Greenock street. Estimated cost £lO5. , Paving with to'rred macadam the footpath in Helensburgh road from Hood street to the top of the zig-zag. Estimated cost £47.