BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXXXI, Issue 70455, 4 October 1900, Page 2

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

1 The Borough Council met last evening. Present : His Worship the Mayor (Mr C. E. Major), and Crs Connell, Fantham, Hirst, Bobbins, Whittington, Haughey, and Atkinson. An apology was received from Cr Paterson. HITCHING POSTS. J. H. Stevens, secretary Library Committee, wrote asking permission to erect two hitching posts in fropt of the Library. The request was granted. BTONE-BBEAKER3. Hatley and Co., Auckland, forwarded circular re stone-breakers. The circular was allowed to lie on the table. BEACH. The secretary of the Chamber of Commerce (E. J. Archibald) asked the council to allow surfacemen to improve road to Waingongoro beach. • "The matter was dealt with by Works Committee. SUBSIDY. The Chamber of Commerce asked for promised subsidy towards erecting horse paddocks at Waingongoro beach. The council will give a subsidy of £8. TRANSFER. H. Caplen, as solicitor to executrix of late Mr Geo. Grant, asked for permission for transfer of property to Mr Thomas Higginson. The request was granted. A similar application was made by Mr Caplen in connection with proposed transfer from Mr Woolmer to Mr R. W. Foreman. In reply to Cr Hirst, the Mayor said it was not customary to pay the borough solicitor a fee in regard to transfers. VERANDAH. . H. A. Jenkins will be granted permission to erect a verandah in front of his shop in High street. ACCOUNT. A letter from the borough solicitor re his account wa3 referred to the Finance Committee. WATERWORKS AND DRAINAGE. Mr W. J. Hall, resident engineer, reported : Eight and a half-miles of the lOin cast-iron supply main is completed, still leaving one mile to do outside the borough, viz., 40 chains near Okaiawa, seven chains at Waingongoro bridge, and 32 chains on Glover road. Thirty-two chains of the main are laid in the borough. The cast-iron pipes are now all in the colony, but are being forwarded in such small quantities from Wellington that I have to work with a few men instead of the full complement in each gang. The Waingongoro pipe bridge has been raised 20 ft above the river, the trusses for the extension are made, and the contractor expects to have the work completed early next week. Nothing further has been done at the head-works. Within a fortnight I hope to have two gangs working at the reticulation of Hawera, and have the whole completed early in December. One mile fifteen chains of the outfall drain is completed. I can only keep a small number of men employed at this work, on account of the small Bupply of earthenware pipes. P. Hutson and Co., the contractors, write that they hope to be able to supply pipes in much larger quantities in future. They have been delayed for want of coal and by the exceptionally wet weather. Cr Bobbins understood from Mr Reynolds, when that gentleman was here, that he would personally suDervise the coating of the pipes. The Mayor said every councillor must approve of that course being followed, and the Town Clerk would wire to Mr Reynolds asking him to give his personal supervision to the coating of the pipes. On thß motion of the Mayor and Cr Atkinson, the report was adopted. BOROUGH INSPECTOR. Mr A. J. Howard, Borough Inspector, reported that during the last month he made a house-to-house inspection. So far, 276 premises havo been inspected, and out of that number one only was in an insanitary condition, and this has since been remedied. He had waited on Mr Young re new rubbish depot, and an arrangement had been come to, Mr Young only stipulating that dogs be not taken on the ground, either by carters or anyone depositing rubbish there. He further reported that he had served notices to all owners of property on Gladstone street and lower High street to remove gorse growing in front of their property within 14 days. On last inspection there were 67 half cases kerosene in stook, held by seven dealers. With reference to a complaint that appeared in Saturday's Star re obstruction in Wilson street, the inspector explained that the obstruction complained of was two pieces of firewood placed in the water - channel at Mr A. H. Parkinson's, to enable the carter who is removing earth from the aits of Ah Chang's old shop to cross the kerbing. As it was late when the carter took up his last load, he evidently did not stop to remove the timber. "Any one reading 'City Resident's' letter would," the Inspeotor wrote, " imagine that half a load of firewood had been dumped on the footpath, whereas it was placed in the water-channel level with the kerbing." Report adopted. (Continued on fourth page.)