GREEN ISLAND BOROUGH

Evening Star, Issue 21715, 9 May 1934, Page 2

GREEN ISLAND BOROUGH

of council. Present at the monthly meeting of the Green Island Borough Council last night vere the mayor (Mr W. 0. Smeßie) and Crs G. Orange, T. Tomkins, J. C. Russell, H. Taylor, V. Pringle, P. Winders, ;F. Wright, W. Miller, and T. M'Ahan. REPORTS. The Reserves and Cemetery Committee’s .report recommended that a hedge, the type to be decided .upon .later, be planted .on portion of the so.uthern and eastern 'ho.vindari.es of Miller Park Do■piain. Cr 'Taylor, in moving the adoption of the report, said it was also recommended that an avenue of trees be planted .at the southern end of Binnie. street and Abbotsford road. With th,is addition, the report was adopted. • In its report, the Water and Lighting Committee recommended that lights be erected in Abbotsford- road, between Binnie and Neil streets, and on the Main •road , ne.ar the junction of Main and Brighton roads. It was also recommended that a complaint bn lodged in reference to the poor water pressure in the borough.—Adopted. The following recommendations were made by.the Works .Committee:—‘That the application of Mr W. J. Bennett to have tiie concrete kerbing on Main road be reconsidered -when the 1934-35 estimates were being framed. That the district engineer be asked to notify the proposals for the footway under Walton Park branch railway bridge. That application be made to the chairman of the No. 17 Highways District to hay.o Short street and por-

tion-of. the Naikorai Valley road declared a highway. The report was adopted. The Finance Committee recommended that Cr Miller be appointed to meet the Mosgiel Borough Council in reference to representations being made by that body to secure improvements in the Mosgiel-Dunedin railway facilities, and that a grant of £3 3s he made to the St. John Ambulance Association. It was reported that accounts passed for payment amounted to £I,BGB 15s. The report was adopted. The Engineer’s report stated that pay-sheets covering a period of three complete fortnights amounted to £153 2s 6d. Hunedln-Invercargill Highway. A considerable amount of work had been done to this highway in repairing portions of broken bitumen, pot-holes, and trimming the shoulders. The pillar at the south end bridge oyer the Kaikorai Stream .on the Main high way had been put back into its proper position and concreted in. Green Island-Taieri Month Highway. —This highway was in good order, and was standing up very well to the traffic. The estimates for the maintenance of these highways were required for the Main Highways Board by May 9. It •appeared necessary to deal with portion of the Look-on,t Point Hill and Brown’s HiJI in a manner similar to that adopted last season, and it was recommended that the same amount be expended—i.e., £475, which would be found -as follows: — Main Highways Board. £353 ss; Dunedin City Corporation, £3O 7s'6d j Green Island Borough Council, £59 3s 9d; Taieri County ,Council, £29 ,3s 9d. In regard to the Green Island-Taieri Mouth highway, it was essential that the first neat ,of tar-sealing should be protected wi.tli a coat of bitumen within the first year, and it was recommended that provision be made to have this work .done. The total cost would he £.21,0 15s, and would be payable as ■under; —Main Highways -Board. £l4O 10s; Green Island Borough Council. £49 ,3s -6d ; Taieri Cpunfy Council, £2l Is 6d, Asphalting Rnnciman street. — The work in front of the Methodist Church had been completed, at a total .cost .of -£7 3s. Brighton road Footpath.—The estimate of £750 for the necessary work in order to provide a footway under the Walton Park branch railway was very much in .excess of anticipation by the committee, and it was recommended that no further action he taken in tjie matter. General Works.—The sealing in Abbotsford road had been repaired, and the retaining wall onposite Binnie street was completed. The junction of Will and Brown streets had been repaired with metal and blinding, and North Taieri road and Neil street bad been attended to in the same manner. Prosser street and Kaikorai Valley road had Been resurfaced. Works Under No. 5 U.B. Scheme.— The kerbing and channelling in Teign--mouth street, between Exmouth and Totness streets, was well in band, and on completion the group would be transferred to that portion of Teigninouth street between Paterson and Exmouth street. \ commencement had been made with piping the stormwater through part of York street, and this Work should be completed during the incoming week. On the Main road near Prosser street kerbing and channelling had been completed for a distance of four chains. Representations were .made to extend this work a short distance, hut the chairman of works instructed that this was not to be done in the meantime. The group was thereupon transferred to Mulford street. It would be interesting and instructive to I'oljow the practice of recent years, and submit some particulars of the works carried out for the year ended March 3J. The expenditure mi wages during this period was £974 14s 3d. It was interesting to note the works upon which this amount has been spent, and it was further a guide in the framing of the estimates for the coming year. Hunedin-lnvcrcrindl) Main - Highway. —I he sura ol £415 Os 9d had been spent during the past twelve mouths, and the amount had been found by the various local authorities interested. Authority was in hand for the widening of the pavement at Ross’s Corner, and this would make a distinct improvement to the intersection with the Kaikorai Valley road. The principal work done on the highway beyond ordinary maintenance was the repairing of the hot mixed pavement at Brown’s Hill and at Look-out Point. In both places there was still further work to be done, and provision bad been made for it in the estimates.

Building Permits.—The total amount of building permits issued during the year accounted for £8,477. excluding garages and outbuildings. Almost the whole amount was represented by new dwellings. The report was adopted. The engineer submitted a report on the water and lighting systems of the borough. Two new residences had been connected to the lighting mains. The water service from the city had been unsatisfactory at timns during the past fortnight, and many of the council’s services on the higher portions of the borough had not been available. The pressure had been as low as 601 b a square inch, when it should have been I4olb. Many complaints had been received about the unsatisfactory service, and the report suggested that the supply authority should advise the council when the usual service could be maintained. The report was adopted. WALTON PARK SHUNTING. In reply to representations made by the council in connection >,villi the Walton Park branch shunting operations in the vicinity of the Gedde.s siding when children were about tbe district traffic manager of railways wrote stating tlial shunting movements, at the siding v slowly performed, and every precaution was taken to guard m—‘ • lent. After some discussion it was decided to ask the department to erect an auto inatic warning signal.