BOROUGH UTILITIES

Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 3742, 10 June 1932, Page 6

BOROUGH UTILITIES

The Month’s Activities BOROUGH ENGINEER’S REPORT Air T. K Ha.y, Borough Engineer reported as follows to tlie Borough Council last night:— Tho undermentioned streets have Teen repaired anl trimmed with the grader: Aw alum road. West street, Warwick is treat, Jle.it tie street. Grey street, Fitzrov street, Donbig* street. Derby street, Montague street, Ou,gley street. East street Campbell street, Poole street, Nel son street, Wellington street, Drake street, I>o\ven street, Harris street South street. Tlio sides of the hitu men in. TCimbolton road have bee r metalled from Kiwitea bridge t' Beattie street and from Warwick street to South street. The footpath on tho north side of Kim,lx; It on nr from Warwick street t-c- South street ha.s been, repaired and surface^ 1 with col fix. On account of tlio river alterP' its course at South street, it hr been possible to cart metal with t 1 lorries direct from the river be A gang of relief workers have beo employed dining the past woe screening metal on the river bed an: 1.32 yards have been carted bv to lorries to dumps. 33 loads of refus were removed. Tho side of the road from Di Cameron’s residence to Su-utli streoi in K imho It oil road has been levelled and put in order for .mowing, the residents having undertaken, to keep it in order. The sides of the roac in Denbigh Square is also being pul in order. This will be looked alter b men on tlio reserves gang. The number of nun employe on relief work during tho T•' « moiltli is as follows: Week eliding 14 th May 103, 21st. May 81, 28th May 117, 4th June 127. The following permits wcie i-su c during the- month: Building 7 (lota value .€1715), mis-.eUa.’eous drai «i ge 12. No cases of infectious disease we reported during the month. Tho w; ter pressure lias remained high ai steady. Repairs to service pipes and mai have l>oe.ii carried <»tit and tf mains have boon scoured. The sew erage-system has worked fairly wo a number of small blockages rcqui r ing attention. The septic tank a.-' outfall stream have rectavod attev tion. The pipes and fitting f .r too ov' main in North road arrived on 31 25tli a-ud the work of laying i.s und< way. Water levels have been fairly lii r ill the reservoirs. Am old crack in th' wall for the large reservoir lias hr given a. coa 5 of bitumen. A 1111111 b ( f decayed posts and battens in t’ fence round the reservoir prope-i t have been replaced. A “blow out’’ in a joint on t’ concrete main has been ropairo* The intake and weir ar o in. good o~ dorNumerous repairs have been. cam i out at the abattoirs including rr new ing timbers in gates and walls ' cattle pens, two new lOt’t yard gates There are a number of items m*l " the building which require at ten tion, the most important of wtn arc: Tho pig sticking pen, tho t m he's having badly rotted, the l one at tlie end of the dehairer where the timbers also are in a very bad co’ d die 11; and the scalding tub. th door of which is badly worn, a.nd th tub leaks in oui“ or two places. In addition to usual maintena-nc* work at Kmvluu Park, tlie rail vay fi'eserve and Mian dies ter Square men liave boon employed at John ,ston Park and Victoria Park. The football grounds a t Jo austo’' Park have been lured mown by on No. 5 scheme and a g.a.ug ha' beG U employed cutting down irrv'.s 'f V.*< toria Park in. preparation for extending the playing area,