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Manawatu Standard, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6698, 16 May 1900, Page 4

wtew- mov^m^^^^^^^H pipesbS^^^^^H seconded. Mayor read a letter from^M Perry, Drainage Inspector atl in which he strongly en-1 Mr Mestayer's opinion. j amendment was put and carried' th© Valuer-General, intimating new roll would be deposited at? office ia a few days.—Re-S From A. Thomas, calling attention to a> watertable. in Kuahine-street.—Re' ffirred to the Public Worka Committre report upon. J. P. Armstrong, resigning his d as Inspector of Nuisances for 6 reasons.— Resignation accepted. : F. Butler & Co., asking that ft deposit of £5 on.their printing conffllct be returned, or reduced to £I.— Bequest not granted. _ From B. Bolben, applying for a drain -connector's license. V- _-"■-,. From T Bastia, asking that the sewer ■ ' in Main-street be extended so as to con»j^*necf; tha property where he is now living HV.oa section 651.—-Referred to the Waterworks Committee. From A. Quinn, explaining that she a permit had been granted mp. °y, the Oonnoil for the erection of a £ .wash-house at the Central Hotel—Rej solved that Mm Quinn's explanation be IL accePt©<3i and that che proceedings now „•-_: pending against her for an infringement ;W of the building bye-laws be discontinued. *.£.»■ From E. Larcomb, architect, asking L for a modification of the building byeto allow the Commercial Hotel to j» be ereote'd in wood, with a brick party wall next to old Standard building. Mr Hankins, as solicitor in the estate \ ' ofAe late Mr Walkley, asked the " , 'Qjp#Jsil to grant the request, on the grounds eat forth in the letter just read. T&erlegal position was that Mrs Walklay was bound to reinstate under her lease Mr Coombs, and she was only able I^pfcnd- £2000 on the work. Mr fibs was not in any way liable, but Walkley would have to bear the te,cost. Jfc was proposed to build a gparty wall between the hotel and office, and at the back |^^twpi<9|44 feet would be left. g^tieefitfiifoTdltedithat the amount profiey available would only build a igr^with 15 rooms, whereas the old Bad 46 rooms. The proposed build, would be fairly well isolated, and he , . ,_ 3d the Council would grant the re<;_.f quest under the circumstances, i „ _Cr Edwards objected to the modificaiJ * tion 'of the building bye-laws, because the time had arrived when a stand should be made against these concesj^ sions. If they did not do so, they would ' never get the town built in brick. They V must look to the future, and ic was not as if the building had only been partially burned; it had been entirely destroyed, and therefore it wss absurd to grant the request. CrMowlem said he considered that, as the Council had not insisted upon the i bye-laws being carried out on their own \ section 662, they had no right to expect private people to comply with the byelaws. He, therefore, moyed that the request be granted. ;> The opinion of the Borough Inspector was then asked upon the application, and he was understood to say that he could not advise the Council to agree to ic unless two briek walls were erected, as the proposed right-of-way would soon be built upon. Cr Park said that he would be very glad to assist Mrs Walkley as far as he £ould in this matter, but in the face of , t6eo#Qspector's opinion he doubted if they could legally grant the request. Cr Guy thought it was absolutely necessary to havo two brick walls, and ' "■- • he moved an amendment to that effect, which he afterwards withdrew. I The Mayor's opinion coincided with that of the Inspector, and he said he was glad to find that they had an Inspeotor_wEb had the courage to express hisTopinionß. r After a good deal of desultory discussion, in which Messrs Hankins and Larcomb took part, the motion was put and lost on the casting vote of the Mayor, the division being—Ayes, Crs Mowlem, Nathan, Park and Montague ; Noes, the Mayor and Crs Edwards, Guy and Johnston. The Mayor gave his casting vote in " . favour of the noes, at the same time ex- ■ plaining that he had no wish to block the w building if two brick walls were pro/V vided. Mr LarcQmb asked if the Council would state Bow ifcanyHbrick walla they ■■=" insisted upon, andie would know how"to proceed. The Council then went into committee to consider what course they would pursue, and on resuming the Mayor announced that the committee had agreed to the following resolution:-That tha Council agrees to a modification of the bye-lawa with, i jter&bmldiat: of the Comffieicial Hotel, as ■^uSijl&tb'jf ' the InspßctorVjßj: will a^ri3^lpl|n& showing ; a^|ipkß|rty'wall. ii^f :|iG^ia; —- Standard builSxi g -and :also tfmiso&& next to GhUham's. '"■■ ' W' : DEPUTATION, '/'c'.r^fj:'^ Mr Hankins waited.on the Council, and asked ihat 7 8 "modification of the ' building bye laws to permit Mr Woller- | man to reinstate his building in the -j Square bv/covering it with stout 1 corrugajjjga iron instead of wood. He / pointgra out that the building was not so '. farjU'stroyed that it would haye to-be • takftn down, and all that is required A eo^fc be met by covering the sides with Mcnta?ue^aidjb.e^believed that the building could be repaired, and if so he favoured the application being granted, and he moved ia that direction, subject to ~ , to a favourable report being received from I '• the Inspector. I '_Cr Nathan moved as an amendment ' , that the Inspector report upon the conditiop of the building to a Bpeciul meeting

|^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ted out the was next the H^H^H^H^H^H^HK- The conthe month, the work to No. 3. ~ No. 11' hands for a to two, I 1 ''hat the work in a more exthis conwater plaineo^Mmi^l^^^^^^^^^^H to put the Squarei^oSW^Bi^^^^^B him that my duty is to see thii^ffl' specifications are carried out, and I hope the Council will enforce the conditions of the specification* for b,y doing so it will lighten my work conaiderably, as at present it is almost necessa,rv to follow them up and look into every oulvert to see if they have cleaned it out. If £l was deducted for every time they committed a breach of contract they would pay a little more attention to the work. The wet weather has caused the roads to be vey sloppy, and showed up the weak places. I have four metal carts attending to the bad places. The la'e rains caused a considerable amount of water to collect near the Empire Hotel, and in order to avoid this nuisance it wili be necessary to form a watertable on that side of the railway line from the Square to Scandia-street, and on the j north-west side from Duke-street to Scandia-street. At present there is no proper means of getting the water away from the side of the railway line, and the result is it keeps the road in front of the Court house and Council Chambers in a bad state during the winter months I think if the Council agreed to allow it to be done the cost would be very little if tha contractor was allowed to take the spoil. The cost of forming the watertables and necessary drains would be about £30. The Bides of the roads in front of Mr H. Palmer's auotion mart, and in front of Messrs Osgood, Clausen, and G. Millers, require metalling. At 1 present there is no metal there, and owing to the wet weather and heavy traffic, the side of the road is in a bad state.. It would require 100 cubic yards of metal to put it in proper order, and the cost would be £7 10s. Mr Phillips had completed his contract for Te Awe Awe-street. Mr Jones has completed his contract for fencing Jamieson's drain. Mr Phillips is proceeding with his contract for lifting pipes out of Tiritea stream. Seven tons of pipes have been delivered at the yard in Cuba-street. Several sewer connections have been put in during the month and the stock of pipes is run out, it will be necessary to order some at once as there are three applications in for sewer connection. The man holes were inspected at the beginning of the month and found them in good order with the exception of the one at the junction of Cuba and George-streets, also, Eangitikei Line, in both of these manholes a certain amount of matter collects and they have to be attended to every-.week. The collection of matter in these manholes is caused through the grade being slow and the manholes not having channels. Two extra men have been employed removing rubbish and about fifty loads have been removed. Disinfectants have been freely used in every case where rubbish has been removed. About 80 gallons of disinfectants have been used in disinfecting the sewers. Ten-ace water course the pipes for the crossings in connection with the work of cleaning and grading this drain has not yet come to hand but I have received a cornmurication from Mr Hutson that 80 pipes will be forwarded with in the next few days. A discussion took place upon the recommendation of the Inspector that the maintenance contractors be fined for non-fulfillment of their contracts and Cr Montague moved that the fines be imposed.

Cr Park moved as an amendment, that the fine only apply to future neglect, and on a division being taken the amendment was carried by 4 to 3. Ayes : Park, Nathan, Mowlern, Edwards and Johnson —Noes : The Mayor ; Crs Montague and Guy. In reference to Mr H. Palmer's request to have the footpath in King street attended to, it was resolved, on the motion of Cr Park, that the Public Works Committee report upon the general question of metalling roads and footpaths in front of business premises so that some systematic rule might be followed in this and future applications. The Inspector was authorised to call tenders for fencing as recommended by him. Cr Mowlem said the time had arrived when the rubbish carts should call at every house and take all the accumulated rubbish, and not wait until the occupiers applied to the Council to let the carts call. Cr Park moved that the Public Works Committee report at next meeting as to nhe best method' to deal with the removal of rubbish. \. ~; ,> banger's report.- * The Borough Ranger handed in the following report in reference to the complaints made at last meeting, re the non impounding of cattle in Fritz-street. I have to report that Mr J. M. Johnston complains of cattle straying on to his rjproperty. I found,that they were owned a«d that th&y had broken I^^Pgh^ii-^cej. and got out, in that •^m^Mj^ieuee to Mr Sjftckf'y's cattle i^t^ere:g%2ejl«ißa-.pjcfdook in Roy■'Stieeet, Mrs ;Hioksy iirfoifeiV me that the "Children were driving ' theni to the paddock, and stopped behind to play ; the cattle straying on ahead. I also found two calves straying in North-street. In explanation the owner informed me that people trespassing through his property break his fences down, and the calves get through the opening. I often find cattle grazing on the road with children in charge, who say they are driving them to their paddock, and at times eattle are let out after I have passed on my rounds. jOr Park aßked that a few loads of gravel be put on Linton-street, as it was getting very bare. The Inspector was instructed to attend to the matter as soon as possible. The Council then proceeded to elect another Sanitary Inspector, the names of those previously recommended being again submitted to the Council aleasra H. vv. Knowles and W. Jewell receiving 5 votes each. The Mayor •%te£l? s Castir -S vote in favour of Mr elecW 8 ' he Waß declared duly 'Jr Edwards moved that ste'ns be taken to celebrate the relief of SafeUng immediately on receipt o f the news, and that a committee of thl whole Council be set up to-make tht necessary arrangements makethe | " Garried unanimously. M h-^ WIV? !e £ ouncil was appointed to tS&Sd J?atln! iateß. to^r^tj^^ necessary accounts. then adjourned.