BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 235, 21 September 1911, Page 3

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

, NAPIEIt. The Napier Borough Conned met last night. Present : Crs. Plowman 1 Deputy Mayor). T. I. Taylor, XV. A. Smith. I - . Bee. .J. Speme. J. J. Niven, M. Trestoil and E. Crowley. Leave of alisemc was granted to his Worship the Mayor (Mr. J. X igoi Bro wii).

The Napier Chamber of Commerce wrote supporting the proposal lot

establishment of a Native land Registry in Napier. Approved. The Public XVorks Department replied to the council's requests regarding the Order-in-C'ouneil for the tramway construct ion. promising .-areful consideration of points raised. The Department also furthei wrote referring to the objections raised by the council and pointed

out that in all recent Orders issued for extensions in Auckland. XVanganui. and XVellington no exception was taken. To meet the special case of Napier, however, he was prepared to modify clause 7 for the short piece of Shakespeare road from Fitzroy road to Chapel street. It was unlikely that permission could be given for the duplication of tracks on roads less than three-quarters of a chain wide. Alterat ion < ould not be allowed m the speed maximum. -To be referred to the member (Mr. J. Vigor Brown) to interview the Minister.

, XX citing on the question of flooding of the railway workshops the General Manager -.ays that from consultation of the Department's engineer with the borough engineer it appeared that the re<ent flood was due to the blocking of the main sewer outfall by the floodwaters oi the Tntaekuri river, and the tortuous and obstructed course of the said river at its outfall. Also bv blocking of town sewers on higher levels ano diversion <,f storm water to lowei levels. The storm water drains were insufficient in capacity and the main storm drain was blocked bv reclamation in Napier South. The opinion ol of the Department i.s that remedv can be best effected by (1) extending the mam sewer to a new outfall adjacent to the |,o a t sheds making il •It SiiLnuen; size lo f. lk „ from Napmr South in addition to that hum the part of the borough by it. (2) Coming Io an anrernii.nl with the local anthoritv <’<<nt rolling Napier South for the provision of a joint system of storm «ater dramage. V on the • l.ubour Loan! which controls the reclamation work being done l>v the s.'mlicate the necessity for jirovu.lino ■ tree outfall for the Tutaekuri (;. Im/iressing on the Cemral Rivers t-<>ar<l the urgent necessity for n . gulatmg the amount of flood water to be allowed to flow down the new '•'>'"’se of the Tnla-kmi. A replv to tlrit 't'/ Mr -' pointing out "at the pomts raised are being eon-'-I.' borough engineer to be and the Napier South Town Imam lie commum.ated with on the » r . H " tu a conrrrrnce. I ■ -L Fries, a borough employee - - met withanm-eidimt to his " o ,l ,< ‘ '’one by collision a emt some tm.e ago. applied 'nsmance compensation. At . lemh.-d 10.

I Uhristehtirch Tramwav Board f,.,. «an,ed a (~pv of its eir.-tdar obje,I ,!' ‘'••niway regulations. I t tat cd oil tramway file. 1 rem 1 ' V’ ' V ai'phf'd for l.‘ ° A ‘*- ’’ 'oom. Athenaeum ‘ /'"• f '“' P-P-e of a . m-o n-itied to the Athenaeum |tonim:ttee with power to act. i TJit- Napier Woollen .Mills Co. j asked for a reduction ~f their watei rate to sd per 1 000 gallons instead oi j 10d at present.- Referred to XVateri works Committee. Ihe police reported that they ; cottid not recommend a certain man for a cab license. Inspt. Henderson ; report' d in a similar manner. - Application for license refused.

Mr. I - .. Daniels asked for repairs ; to the footpath to the top of Hav ’- i lock road to Mttrrow s corner.-To : be informed that work is being ati tended to.

i The secretary of the Diocesan Synod wrote agreeing to the taking ; ol ceitain land for theh purpose ol wiemning Napier Terrace. Engineet , to report upon the cost of widening

Sts required. Murray. Roberts and Co. asked foi 3-ineh water connection with the i proposed lift in their new premises ;at the Port. Referred to th.- Water i works Commit rec. Air. XX. XX ard asked for permission to alter a building in the brick area ; with wood or iron.- -A]'plication declined.

The Napier South Town Board . wrote asking in the event of tiieit i constructing a sewerage scheme the borough would give permission to connect with its sewer and upon •,'htit tetins. -On the motion of Cr. Crowley it wa- referred to the- solicitors as to the legal position and io the engineer for estimated costs. I ne Inspector of Baths pointed out tiiat the contract for the clean ing of th, Municip;;! Baths had expired. Cr. McGrath pointed out j that there were enough people employed at tlie baths now. They should not increase the staff at all. } R( solved to infer the matter tothe i Baths Uommit t'-e. The question ol i tariffs also to be considered. The Napii r ( tty Band asked for the use of tiit- Marine Parade rotun da on the evening of Wednesday 27th tnst. for an '.pen air concert. | Tiie Land tt’sn asked for an increas ' ed subsidy for ;;tt additional numbe: if c m-erts and pointtd out thei: .unfortunate financic.l position. Tin 'use of the rotunda was granted am the request for subside referred ti | the Theatre Committee. J The Napier Hockey Committei i I appealed for improvement to tin -inface of ti.c Bo; -t;j_:i Paik. Ti:< (ommiltee to be informed that tin . i Borough will supply soil if the com i > mill ce does t lie W ofk. I The Battalion Bat:!, risked p: ;>i is ! | sion In give a ted convert in the I | Botarii al G.'.i i, n- ..n >’unday, 2lth , i Agliid to. (

Denis McCarthy again applied for reinstatement in the borough service. Cr. McGrath explained that the man had no intention <:f being discourteous when presenting his previous appeal.—Letter received.

The Outside Overseer reported upon several matters in his department. Strong comment was made regarding the destruction of trees upon the Parade through removal of a building by Mr. XX’ard.- -The offender to be written to drawing his attention to the damage ami a warning for the future.

A dangerous portion of the Biufi road was drawn attention to l>y the overseer who was authorised to have necessary work done.

Cr. Crowley made an emphatic protest against the purchase of further sweeping machines. He held they caused too much dust. Prices are to be invited for a new tank in the tar yard or in the alternative for tlie conversion of an old boiler.

The engineer submitted a leng iiy report on loan work. He is to be thanked for the extra work perfoiined and the report is to be discussed later l>v the Roads Committee.

i The solicitors wrote regarding the | raising of the JL'ls.oiio loan, the coni trol of railway cabstands, storage of j explosives, and right-of-way to E. N. Knowles. On the motion of Cc. McGrath, the Hon. XX'. Pitt is to be asked to let the Council have plans of the Port Coronation Hall as so:;;t as soon as possible. The Harbour Board is to be thanked for providing facilities for obtaining a site. The draft of the new by-law dealing with expectoration on streets was read and approved. PARKS, FIKE BRIGADES AND ('EM KTER Y COM MIT I’FE Reported that the committee had accepted tiie tender of Messrs Horton and Bate at Pl IS 10- for the bt’.ihlimx of a four wheeled hose cart and asking that the action be endorsed. —Adopted. ROADS. LIGHTING AND ABATTOIR COMMITTEE Recommended in reference to M. A. Gebbie’s application that a small pipe be laid on France road at an approximate cost of to catch the surface water, and prevent Hewing on to private property, as suggested by the Borougjl Engineer, and that the applicant's attention lie called to the fact of some excavating having been done on the road without the permission of the Conn eil. Adopted. DRAINAGE AND SANITARY COMMITTEE Recommended the adoption of the draft agreement forwarded by the solicitors re the taking <f the land for the sewage tanks on condition that a clause bi- inserted that the Coum-il will remove the building now on the land to a site pointed out by the Harbour Board instead of b.aving to pay compensation for such building, and that the Coup. ’■! shall have the right to take slong.c from off the beach within t’ 1 limits of th(- land so taken fronting Die sea for the purpose of erecting the ew age tanks.

That in reference to the letter received from the director of the Technical School provision be made in the By-laws for the setting up of i Board of ( ontrol to (leal with examinations for plumbers’ certificates such board of control to comprise the director (.f the Napier Technical College, a member to lie appointed by the licensed plumbers and a itit ntber to be appointed l.y the Napier Borough Council.

That in reference to the District Health Officer’s report on XV atervvorth's Pit. the committee Las no recommendation to make. Adopted.

ROADS. LIGHTING AND ABAT

TOIR COMMITTEE Report! (I that the committee had met delegates from the Hawke’s Bay County (’ouricil and Mr. Reakes of the Agricultural Department to discuss the question of the proposed extension of the Abattoir District boundaries, and after hearing the objections of the delegates of. the Hawke’s Buy County Council, recommend the Council to curtail their proposed boundaries so as to include up to the XVhaiirangi Watershed only, and up to a line at tlie northern end through the XX atchman as shown by a black line on the map. —Adopted. Cr. Bee moved that the four lamps in Clive Square be lit each night— Seconded by Cr. Niven and carried. Cr. McGrath moved that £26 per yt-ar lie granted Mr. Thomson. Abattoir manager, to pay for hors:’ feed.

.Authority was given t > raise £lO,mio from the A.M.P.

Cr. Smith raised the question of what to do with stray dogs and it was decided to look into the matter. The Council then rose.