HUTT VALLEY INDEPENDENT. AND Upper Hutt Advertiser. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1911. "FORWARD!"

Hutt Valley Independent, Volume I, Issue 5, 9 February 1911, Page 1

HUTT VALLEY INDEPENDENT. AND Upper Hutt Advertiser.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1911. "FORWARD!"

ii. 1.H..J.W1 i ■inn u«i..uumiun *\)pmm>mm Published evpry Tliursdayi fliid.circulating 'throughout tho Mnngarosi' Hiding and IJplHjr flutt-.Town 'District. ''. ■". , '"';. k . '■:.. t "" . ..'.,. ; "l'.\--'■■ ' J ■'-'-■■'' ■'•" TO CUKRK.SPONDKNTS.-lt ktho desiio of tk'Proprietary that lWderß should mako. free use ol tho coJuiniM.'of tho ,u 'iiidcpoiidcjiit" td gi»v cxp;:(«flsion to t'hoir opinions «n. \ matters concerning' in any ;way tho ; woliare of tho'district. Tho, name ,pf tho writer must accompany eacfi ki-. ter to tho Editor j. riot nccossarilv f<cVr '■'■ publication, but as a guarantee, of good faith; ' ;AH literary matter must ho written' oh ono side of the paper :only, and should be addressfld to. the'.Editor, 'Box T, Upper Hutt. All Business communications snoufd bo addressed to tho Secretary, Box 1, I'ppor Hutt. Casual Advcfti9omcnt9—3s. per inch. WANTED or SI'l'UAtlON Advertisements, not .16 wordß, Is." per insertion. Rates for Standing Advertise-' monts.wjli ho quot'Cd on application to the Sooijftary, . Annual Subscription—4a. per annum, delivered within the Upper Hutt Town District; or 6s. per- annum, posted.to any addres:; within tho Dominion.

'■-■ • » —- Now that the land boom of a few years ago is to some extent a thing of the past, and matters are settling: down on a business instead of a speculative basis, it is opportune to review the local position as at the conclusion of 1910, and compare it-with that at the proclamation,of the Town District of Upper Hutt in March, 1908, and at'the end of the valuation periods of March, 1909, and 1910 respectively. On 31 March, 19Q8, the Government Valuation .Roll for the newly-constituted Town District showed the capital value to be £198,368, of which .£191,863 represented rateable properties. On 31 March, 1909, the.capital value had increased, principally due to improvements in the shape.of buiklings, to £211,820, of which £204,141 was rateable; and on 31 March, 1910, a further increase to £217,750, of whicli £209,897 was rateablenotwithstahding the fact that in the last-named period a revaluation of lands, which from being subdivided into building allotments, had been merged into a 56J-acre block for dairying purposes, had resulted in the reduction of. the total uhimproved value by'£229l. On 31. March, 1908, the-amr of the improvements within the Town District was set down at £51,969. This was increased during the first year of the Town Board's existence to £64,572 on March 31, 1909.; and again to £72,787 on March 31, MO-an increase in buildings totalling £20,818, or a little over 40'pei cent, in the two years. The valuation roll at March 31, 1911, should show still. further increases. - Among the many improvements may be mentioned the nen brick post office, the twp-storj reinforced store and shops of Mr, J. " . Benge, the two-story brick modern bakery of Mr. J. A, Hazelwood, the largo hew sehoo' buildings, the new Anglican Church at Upper Hutt, the up-to-date 1 coach factory and farriery of tyr. J. T. Benge, and tlu new Baddler's shop" of Mr. Jacol jGeange...

Residetices kvo been erected in all parts of the;district. On', Henry Street Ml*. G.* Johnson has erected a dwelling for liinj- j self, Mrs.. Souther is in occupa,-': tion of her new house in ;Ebden: ■ town, Mrs,, Hutchjms in Exr ] change Street,.and 1 Mm- gander-: son in King Street have \\iel.l- ; equipped dwellings. Mr. J. T. limine has built a> house in Davis Street; Air, Norman W,ard v one \ in Queen Street;. Mr. Hotchen one in MarParland Street, and , Mr, Gillies one nearer'the river ;in the Waldegrave'Block., ■'•i'in, -Russell Street, Mr, Job Harrison has erected, two modprn.rpFidences equipped with septic tanks, etc.,'while on tiie other, side of , the way Mr. Alex*, Allap and Mr. .J. Burns; haye each put up convenient houses. Passing westward of the new post office, we find, the bungalow of Mrs. Kitson, and,the.pretty cottage of Mr. W. 11. Phillips in Hoyai: Street; and in the 'same--1 block Mr. Jacob Geange's new house, residence, three cottages in liiverbank Street to the order of Messrs. ( A. A. Whiteman, W: Cooley, and 11. E. AVhitemau in the ; or- . der named. Coming to Gibbons' \ Koad, we find the new house of . Mr. Jacbbson, two cottages built ito the order of, Mr. F..U'Leary, ■ a'cottage owned by Mr.'F. K. Cliiford, unci close by, in Alexandra Street, a cottage owned '.by'Sr; G.'L. Lay. Crossing iiito the Melbaville Block, we find three hew residencc^'owned 1 ' by Mrs. and Mr. O'Leury. ; Ih' the Palfrey Block are the concrete buildings of Mr. 11. H; i Webb, and the week-end house i of Dr. Bowerbank. On the-Hen-. , tnick Block there are quite a number pf new residences—in I Seddon Street are the houses of I Messrs. H. Minchin, A. Rbbson, and H. Scholes. In Lane Street [the week-ender of Mr; Wakelin, and in the Mangaroa Road the 'new house built by Mr. J. M. ' Emery. ;In M'Lean Street are ' the three 'new houses of Mr. I Emery, that of Mr. E. A. Clifford.fof Mrs. G. Pearse; and of " Mrs. fheo. Clifford. In Melros" 3 Street we find the houses built to * the order of Mr. J. Creange, Mr, 3 - Corbett, and Mr. L.Kitchen ( while "■ liear at hand is the two-storied * house of Mr. Lynch. In. Mur- * ray .Street are the cottages of V Messrs. j. Robinson and Joseph 6 Smith. William Stteet has the '» new large residence of Mr. Wil.s jiam Burrell and.the somewhat '" less pretentious house of Mrs. f P. T. Edwards. On the Main ~ Road are the semi-concrete cotn tages of Mrs. H. Shaw and Mr. 'William Benge, with a similarlyn constructed house in Richmond '■" Street, owned by Mr. E! Groena wood. Proceeding westward '* down the Main Road we come in '* turn to the houses of Messrs. II William-Clifford. Mrs. Thos. Bonthorne, Mrs. Ed. l^onthovne. e nnd Mr. E. Webb. The principal structures in the hands .of ■t the builders at present are the (1 large bungalmv for Mr. M'Govn era in King Street, the dwellin'T n in Martin Stteet for Mr. W. o Boyd, and the industrial school n block in .'Pine Avenue, ~ 8- Mention might be made of a j. number of instances of enlarge- ;, meats and remodelling of prem-l-ises, but sufficient has been quoted to show that the lamen- -■ tntions oi the non-progreasivt! w party at the inception of the r l Town Board were not called for, k and that the Upper Hutt might' l. well take, for its motto a similar >1 one'to that of the,greatest manu--11 facturing and best .locally ad- •" ministered town in the Midland "e Counties of England, "EORb WARD!"'