BOROUGH COUNCIL

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 314, 21 July 1888, Page 3

BOROUGH COUNCIL

Friday, July 20. Present: The Mayor (Mr G-. W. Riley), CDs Cooke. Iloulds worth, Ching, Green, M'Avtney, Parker and Je^ymau. TENDERS. Tenders wore laid on the table for forming and filing in footpaths and ditch in Walter street. Peforo open’ug them the Mayor said a little mistake had been made in tho specifications. The Council at 13 st thought the d'-ain should be fl’ed in with stones or pipes. It was afterwards decided that it bo filled in with gravel except as far as Dr Uleghovn’s. Jusli-uctlous were given to the Inspector to that efb-ct. But the Inspector had called for tenders according to the two scct’ons of the original plan prepared by him, viz., filling in with pipes from Dr Oieghorn’s, and then gr. vel as far as Fraucis-3treet, thence southward ngnm 11 chains with pipes. Tho Mayor thought that was not the idea of tho Council.

Tho Inspector Wrote exphnu ng how ho had misunderstood the instructions of tho Council. Cr Houldswoith moved that the tenders be returned, aud fresh tenders be called for the work in accordance with the views of the Council.

In seconding the moff.ou Cr Jelly man said lie was sorry the con tractors had been put to so much trouble. Ho also thought the attention of the Inspector shot Id bo c.i!’ed to tho state of the ditch iu Francis-st.eet, which required ider ling out and was now bank b'gh. The Mayor pointed out that one of the reside .its would object to the drain bemg filed in unless with boulders.

Cr Jellyman said it was no use cal l lug for tenders to fiT-m the ditch with gravel so long as ny resident objected. It won'd s' nply be putting contractors to useless t: ou bio.

Cr MArtaoy moved as an amendment that tenders be returned, and that tenders be called for No. 1 contract only. Ho felt convinced that if the tenders were before tho Couuc'l, that they were not in a position to accept them. Tho amendment was ruled ou of order, and the motion on being put w T as carried. COX’ •ESPOXDENCE. A letter was read from Ryan Eros., propne.ors of this hotel, stating that tney were willing to purchase the chandelier for billiard room from the Council at the price of L 6, if the Councel would lake the six iron lamp posts (now erected aroud the hotel) off tne'r hands at the price of L3O being a discount of 25 per cent off the original cost, a.-, could be seen fiom the copy ol the invoice c iclosed with the le.tcr. Ths.v sobe red an early re-fly’as in the event of the Corncel electing not to deal with ~uc in a .i.r, they Lad other ai.anarenicnl.s pending. Th • Mayor said owing to Messrs Ryan Bros re pi i ring an answer in two days, lie took upon himself to reply to it. Too Counci 1 d'd not vx quire lamp posts, as they had Jiroo on hand unused. I: was no use purchasing the lamp p' -ts simply - the sake of getting rid of a chandelier. The Messrs Ryan hr d since purchased the chandelier. —The Mayor’s action was confirmed. Tic Commissioner of Crown Lands, Ble ibeir.i, wrote stating that as i; w;.3 desirable that gruv 1 aud soil at the Taylor river bed on that part of sectlo 1 20, Omaka, wh -h is Crown Land, should only bo taken :rom certain places decided on. he wan'd suggest that the Council appoint someone to give permission to persons desirous of taking gravel from the place indicated, and to j mark out whore the same should be taken 1 from as occasion required. If this wete

done, he was prepared to advertise that do one should take gravel from that portion of section 28, Omaka, without permission ot the Borough authorities. Tne Town Clerk replied to tiie above letter, and informing the Commissioner that the Borough "Surveyor would be appointed to undertake tho duty r.s requested. The Commissioner then wrote stating that he had caused an advertisement o be inserted to tne effect that any person receiving gravel See., from the sections mentioned without pe>mission of the Council, would os proceeded against for trespass. The Mayor said tho Works Committee had visited the place and they saw that soil and gravel had been removed. As soon as they had got the boundaries of the section marked off beacons would bo erected defining where gravel, &e, could be taken from. Mr G. C. Carter, of Panama House, wrote asking tho permission of the Council to erect a sign boa"d at Panama Bridge in A bred .Street. He also applied to have|the gas carried into Panama House.

Agreed to, subject to the approval ot the Inspector of Works. From the Telegraph Department, in reply to a letter from the Mayor casing attention to a telegraph post in the centre of tho footpath in Auckland street, saying that the letter had been sent on to Mr Ganoaway at Nelson.

From the Tre suvy, Wellington, a? k lovvledging the receipt of one copy otlc Council's annual balance-sheet for the year ending 31st March last, and requesting the clerk to forward two additional copies, one copy being required for each House of Pa: lament, and ono for record iu tho Treasury Department. —Received.

From the Property Tax Commissioner, enclos ug form of declaration re subsidy under “The Local Bodies Finance and Powers Act, ISSS,” and stating that wlmn it was duly signed and returned to bin , it would entit'e the Council to receive the balance due for the year 1887-SS. The Cle.k had diuy attended to this matter.

From the same department, intimating that a voucher had been sent on to the Treasury for the payment of the balance of subsidy due to the Council, tints : Rates Co'lected, ISB7-SB, £895 b 4d ; subsidy at minimum, £lB7 10s ; le--s advance, £l-10 12s 6d ; balance, £46 17s 6tl. —received.

The Sydenham Borough Council w: 3 as follows : —The Sydenham is considering the question of getting a high pre.mxe water supply for tire prevention and street ibuhiug. A committee of the Council appointed to colli lit information on the question, having been informed 1 hat your Council has co'lected aquan ity of (info, nation respect ig the “Hedy Pumpi ig System,” and other information respecting a water supply fur Blenheim, would be glad if you would supply them with any information that you may have as to the wo king and cost of the Holly or other system of which you have s.ulicient data. REPORT. The Mayor on behalf of tho committee appointed to frame a bye-law compelling owners and occupiers to pay ha I f cost of footpaths and channels, recommended the adoption of the following :

A byelaw of the Council of the Borough of Blenheim, made under the Municipal Corporation Act, ISS9. In pursuance of the powers voted iu the n, in this behalf, the Council of the Borough of Blenheim orders as, Mows.—

FOOTWAYS AND CHANNELS. —Tile Cost of constructing such footways or channels, as from ti.ne to time are laid out or made by the Co ucil. and constructed by ,he n of any material, shall be a charge upon the occupier, owner of lands and builcii - >;s fronting on such footways iu the proportion following, viz:—One half of the actual cost of the construction of such footways or channels in proportion to the length of the f iotway or channel adjoining such lands or buildings.

The Mayor explained that before the bye-law could bo passed, the usual statutory form would have to be gone through. The remainder of the report is held over.