BOROUGH ESTIMATES

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXXI, Issue LXXXI, 15 May 1920, Page 4

BOROUGH ESTIMATES

ENGINEER'S EBPORT.

The folkwingj estimates of expend - , ture for the oomMg year was presented} by;Mr/J^StiUiTock:ati&m9Gitine > pf-''A(» Borough Council last evening, the estimates for last year heing grran; "i^.parentheses- (1) Street lighting, £300 (£300). (2) Engineer^ (part salary gaea. to water account), £270 (£400). (3). Inspector,; £247. (£247).. (4) Sanitation —labor, attendance, pumps, materials, . electric account, etc., £650 (£500).; <|) Sweeping streets and' chajonela, £45u •■ (£380):. (6) Rubbisbaremoval,Jes» fees, £63 (ni^. (7) Gra«B cutting, £220 (£130).. (8) Patching t streets, £200. (£200); (9) Tar-pasßrting streetTwhick nave already been; tarred £800, lesi. County Council's dfcare of cost of tar-. ring boundary roadfc £700 (£700). (10) Upkeep.horses- ami drays, materials,, feed, shoeing, etc?, £323 (£3SO>- fl^K Sundry works, £700 <£600); (12H Metalling streetsir-Argyle street £900, ' Caledonia street*: £210, Milmoe street: £240—£950 (£830). - (13) Tarring nn. tarred streets, to be selected,' £258 > (£250). (14) Es*raordin»ry street work —Rowe street-(half width) £100, metal-. ling and tarring: Waihi roadj half cost > . £1000—£1100 (£570). (15) Tar-painting some footpatfca, £150 (nil). Totals*. £6573 (£5357)5. Notes —The» ever-increasing cost of" labor and of "materials compels *n» ever-, increasing annual estimate if the town : is to continue to attract outsiders. It. is good' business to provide attractive, streets and-paths. Item 9 is for ourusual annual tar-painfcing of streets. This work increases every yea* at pre-. sent. Items 12 and 13 are practically new work; but when the streets havebeen brought up to date these items; will drop- out, and it will then be only necessary to tar-paint streets as r«-v quired1. It is quite necessary to oon-, tinue the tarring of streets hitherto untarred, or otherwise previous ©x-. penditures on metalling will be made doubtful in value. Item 14 is an unusual item. A period of years might elapse without money requiring to be sp^nt on suett work. Item 15: Some of the paths show signs that tarring must not b& much longer delayed if the. paths are "iio be efficiently maintained. The foregoing are- based upon detailedl costs kent- during the lftst five ywoe.