ELTHAM BBROUGH COUNCIL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 5 September 1924, Page 8

ELTHAM BBROUGH COUNCIL.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

SPECIAL MEETING. A special meeting of the Eltham Borough Council was held on Wednesday, the full council being present. The meeting was called for the purpose of passing the works committee’s estimates for the coming season'6 work. The following report was adopted on the motion of the Mayor, seconded by Cr. Carter:

Top-dressing tarred roadways as follows: Conway Road East, from pound corner, 27 A chains; Castle Street, 70 chains; Mountain Road South, 100 chains; Glentworth and Graves Streets, 40 chains; Railway Street, 40 chains; Collingwood Street, 48 chains; London Street West, from Railway Street, 18 chains; King Edward Street, 75 chains; Stanners Street, 20 chains; total, 438-2- chains. New tarred surfaced roadways as follows: Bath Street, 15 chains; Graham Street, 10 chains; Kegworth Street, 9 chains; Hill Street, 12 chains; total, 46 chains. Stanners Street to be tarred from kerbing to kerbing from Bridge Street to Town Hall. York Street to be tarred to kerbing on eastern side from Bridge Street to Wilkinson’s right-of-way. King Eld ward Street to be tared to kerbing on southern side along billiard saloon frontage. Ladies Mile to be refaced and rolled for distance of 18 chains. Footpath on northern side of Bridge - Street -Extension to be tarred from Power Board offices to Bedford Street corner. In addition it is proposed to purchase about 100 yards of metal chips for footpaths, which it is proposed shall be allocated to the following streets: Collingwood, Bedford, Stanners, York, Tayler and Hill Streets and Conway Road. It is estimated that the above programme of work will cost £2750. Luring the discussion on the adoption of the report, Cr. Clements stated that the committee had gone very carefully into- the work to be recommended for adoption. He : was satisfied that all the recommendations were absolutely necessary to maintain the borough in a good condition.

Cr. Bridger said that a glance at the estimates revealed the fact that very little was to be spent on the footpaths of the borough. It was notorious that the roads were much better than the footpaths at present. He knew that the tar-sealing of roads recently laid down was a necessity, yet he did not want to see the unnecessary expense of continually clearing the footpath from weeds when a scheme of permanent work could be inaugurated.

Cr. Thomas said that he considered the programme a very satisfactory one, and agreed that the money to be spent on tar-sealing was judicious expenditure. Cr. Carter (chairman of the works committee) said that he had no hesitation in asking the council to. agree to the recommendations contained in the works committee’s report. They had gone carefully into the needs of the borough and were satisfied that all the work was needed to keep the borough in order.

Cr. Bridger drew attention to the presence of the septic tank in close proximity to the new school being erected, and stressed the need for the putting into operation the scheme previously adopted and started by the council to- shift the tank to a more suitable site. He drew the council’s attention to the fact that a large sum was in hand already for this work. The Mayor agreed that the work would have to be started in the near future. It would require a further loan, as the present amount was not sufficient to meet the total cost of the work.

The report was then adopted without any alterations.

The secretary of the Hockey Club applied for'permission to use the.park for a hockey match for which a charge v r as to be made. —Permission was granted.

Crs. Andrews and Carter, who are both leaving Eltham, resigned their seats on the council, and on the motion of Cr. Taylor, seconded by Cr. .Nairn, the resignations were received with sincere regret. The Mayor and members of the council expressed their appreciation of the work of the two councillors during their term on the council, especially mentioning Cr. Carter’s work who, as chairman of the works committee, has attended to his work with keen interest. His place will be hard o nil m this capacity. A resolution placing on record the valuable services rendered the ratepayers by the two councillors was passed. At the conclusion of the council’s business the members adjourned to the Mayor’s room, where refreshments vere partaken of, and further references were made to the citizenship of the departing councillors and the best wishes were accorded them for their future success. • C , r : barter, in to the toast m Ins favour stated that he had resided in jptham twenty-three years and had always tried to do. his part A , S Proprietor of the old Wcf i 1 C ° adl ve ' irs when the !wi T Cam S’ lsd ’ he hatl run the mail Tiom Efltham to Opunake and back and never missed a mail for eight bTitS ' f c ?. rd i that ev eii the motor buses find it hard to break. He thanked the councillors for their expressions of goodwill, which he felt were absolutely sincere Cr. Andrews also thanked the councillors, and referred to his long residence m Eltham. He had led a very munitv fe "'IT 16 lnter T ts - of the ' co ™~ munity He was leaving Eltham feehng that he had done his part as a citizen, and realising that his services had been appreciated