BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Marlborough Express, Volume XX, Issue 167, 19 July 1884, Page 3

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

'■ • The adjourned ordinary meeting of the , Borough Qouncil waa held last nigpt. ' c ' ; ft&ent— H?s Worship the Mayor (m the

. _th&ti), Cpilnoillors Doußlin, Hea\y, Sin- «: ■ clsdr, Hortqn, Wemysa, Gillespie, Ril'ey and Wanden. ;

TENDEBS. : " The. following tenders were opened :-j-

v . . Cleaning ditches :— -Humphrey O'Leairy (Redwood-street), L 29 and Ll4 (accepted). Co-operative drain : — Contract A, - ' Maurice .Horan (8 weeks), L 26 (accepted) ; H. O'Leary (Redwood Town), L 33 14s; . H. O'Lewy (Redwood-street), L33 18a 6d. Contract B-^Miurice Horari (8 weeks), L6O (accepted) ; H. O'Leary (Redwood ; Town), 1 " L 73 9s. Contract C— H. O'Leaty " "(Redwood Towfi),' Ll3, five' weeks (acntftied; H^O'Leary (Redwood-street), > jtS'lob.j- Maurice florau L3O. Market-street culvert :— M. Johnson (accepted), LG9 lBs ; Morgan and Gosling, L 9 5; Renfrew LlO6. : /It was resolved, on the fiaggestion of the Mayor, that forms of tender be printed for future use. : . . " boat sued:.' Application received from Mr A. Preston flf or the ".use of the section opposite the Police Station for a boat shed. The applicant was willing to take a lease at a fairrental. On the motion of Cr Sinclair the letter was referred to the Town Clerk for a report. BBAVEB STBEET BRIDGE. Letter from Mr Pattie calling attention : to the dangerous state of the Beaver Street . bridge. Similar letter from Mr Renfrew, who offered to repair it for L2O. . Cr Sinclair referred to the dangerous - -state of the' "approaohei, arid suggested that a,B the matter was a highly, import • one, the Council should consider it next week, the Inspector of Works to re- ' port m the meantime. '. ' ' Cr Gillespie said he had examined the bridge, and one, of the piles' was actually Bwinjiug m the wster^

' CrDouslin thonijht that the briilg.j li.iil better bo closed if it was unsafe. Tiie Town Clerk did not consider it actually unsafe, but only inaccessible m flood time. .. Mr Renfrew, who was present, was called on to give his . opinion, arid pro< aounoed the bridge dangerous. A proper woodon approach this side would last ton years. If tbo river roBO another f .;oc it might sweep tho whole struotui c away. Cr Siuclair moved that the letters bo referred to the inspector, and that Cra Douslin, Wcmyss, and the mover bo roquested to assist him m arriving at a report. Seconded by Cr Healy, and carried. LEAVE OF ABSENCE. Letter from Mr Wm. Nosworthy, applying for learo of ahaonce on Tuesday noxfc, tho polling day. On- Jhe motion of Cr Sinclair the required leave was granted. ..' V sonrnsiDE DnAitf. ■'. Letter from Mr Mclntire,- Borough Solicitor, stating that several persons would not execute tho conveyance of the land required for the Soiithaido drain, unless certain conditions were complied wi,tU, ,aud, that one person would not sign at all 'unless he wero Compelled. : ■• Cr .Sinclair said that, as the.Oinaka BoanV "did not meet for sornef time to come, the matter might staud over till r th"erriext"dfdinaiy meeting of th'eConncil;wheii ho should propose that a deputation wait upon that Board on the subject. ;; ;.-..- ■ . PETTY CASH. . '~"Tlie Mayor snggested^the desirability of opening a petty cash°accoupt to meet '(postages, telegrams, Ac., required by theTown Clerk from time to time. No such account- had ever been opened, and he (the Mayor) could not imagine how they got on without it. ' ■•' - : '. It was resolved to open a petty -cash .account, and pay in HO to its credit. . An account for L 2 Bs, petty cash, was passed for payment. ' NOTICES OP MOTION.- '' ; '- Cr Wanden : That Kinross Street be. 'formed to Friswick Street. ; Or Wanden : That Dunbeath Street ho' formed from Main Street to South Street. The Council then adjourned, on the motion of Cr Sinclair, for a week.