WATER SUPLY.

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue IV, 3 December 1909, Page 4

WATER SUPLY.

DISC I'SSIOX UY 'NIK (OIM'IL. OROIA OH K IWITKAr | TUX (OrXCII-'S ••YOLTK KACK." ! A', the C'ti'.nicil iiuT'l rn>j; last Jii^ht. ! (.'/. Atkiii.MMi li-ul tlie loliowiuu; n_:o- j 'j tion mi no'.ifc: Tlint work on the pipe j |iin> (to llie amount ol 10-ni ni'.iuey in hand), as i-fcoinniviided liy the 1'jigi- ,,,.,.,. ;,n,| cisi-rird by iv-olmion of the C .niiicil on September 3. I.MIS. l)i« imiiiciliniclv put in hand, and tendeiv (•■illcd dire:-ily plan- and -.periCicitioiis c:il lie | »;-e]»:i cfd by 1 ))<• l^iiiiineci-. H<:1 1-, cj-.M 1 it lo lead that Mr Roche be I :!•!.-: d lor a price I'or carrying out the work. He rclerred to the urgency oi tlie work, ray inn they must fiet sometl'iii'j; done. They would be hauled over i he coaU by all and sundry ii the ])ipe-!ine went wnm<i again. 'I hey could not leave it in its present .state. The mot ion wa^ .*-eeo!ided by C'r. West. Cr. Harl'ord opposi-d the motion, saying lie would o]ipo.*i- any niori 1 wink ))i-iu;i done ti)i they bad conic to n definite an ■ln^ement with M.r Kiddilord. The pipes in >oine of the tunnelii had bi-en ancbore<l, and he thoujrht that was MiHicienj- lor the pre-ent. lie bad expert opinion that even il' a fall of earth came on the pipes ihey would not be injured. They would lrive to iTet a su])pleinen-t:ii-y supply, and if they had to run a I'J-iueh [>i\H' I'rom the Kiwi tea. it would lie b. n !ter than laying another line <>i p'pfi from the Oroua. He thought if they got no definite understanding wiih Mr Riddiford in five or j six weeks, they should take steps to take the pip: 1 line under the Public Work.-; Act. Cr. Mraniwell oj)|)osed the motion, as lie did not tliink the ]>i-opo>al tin 1 best way out of tlw diilieuliy. Tin \ had nude the pre-ent line as wourf as poi-.-ilile. the Kngiueer having stated that if the pipes were anchored, il would not be necessary to lino the tunnek. He believed they could get a good .supplementary supply from the j Kiwitea. and he would Tie in favour of spending £5000 or C6OOO in getting that i-upply, Cr. Tolley also opposed the motion. They now had plenty of reports on the water "supply, and lie would like to see the reports submitted to a man like Mr Ferguson I'or his judgme.it. Cr. Cioodbehere opposed the motion. He pointed out that by the. proposed expenditure they would .not get any more water for the town. The way to get that was to have a supplementary supply from the Kiuilea. He repeated the arguments in favour of the Kiwitea water. | Cr. Saywell alt-o op"o-«ed the motion. The Mayor stated, in answer to n question from Cr. Tolley, that the total cost of the work done at the intake, from the istnit of the waterworks, was L'loO!! (approximately). 11l reply, Cr. Atkinson tsaid tho. ratepayers had every reason to imagine their Council were an extraordinary •.vet of men for their inconsistency. The Council had gone to the spot twelve month-; ago and worv unanimous in their decision to have the work done wliieh they now opposed. The thing had not differed one iota since then. Tho money had been borrowed for the woi-k. and they -\ve-ro bound to spend it there. Cr. (loodbehore: Question! Cr. Atkinson thought so. He did not think they could get a supply from the Kiwitea for less than £10.*---000. and the ratepayers would not sanction it. The Council's present attitude was a complete ''volte face." The motion wa.s put. and lost, the supporters boinc Crs. Atkinson and Wo-t. Cr. Tolley gave notice to move at next meeting that all the reports on the water supply be submitted to Mr Ferguson . of Wellington, I'or his cousiderat ion.