MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 422, 13 June 1922, Page 7

MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.

MEETING 01’ THE COUNCIL. Tho Borough Council met last evening, the Mayor (Mr J. A. Nash, M. 8.). _ pwriding. There were also presentq Coniieillors S, R. Lancaster, M. A. Klioti, b. Jackson, F. Needham, 11. J. Canton, tv. V. West, C, F. Spooner, A. J. Graham and M, 11. Oram. CORRESPONDENCE.

)/ j From tho Chamber of Commerce, calling J ' nllenlion to the present lighting of the J 1 subway, and pointing out that on some 1' evenings it is in darkness. —Referred to the I Railway Department, { I From the chairman of the Gorge Board f lof Control, with reference to raising a loan I' 1 of £20,000 required to accomplish the work i of widening the road, and slating that as i the Advances Department would only .advance local bodies the usual allocation of £SOOO per year, 'it was' now found that tins would not suit some of the local bodies concerned; and asking whether tho council I would pay the sum of £3200 4s (being its y percentage of the amount) out of general (' rates in two instalments, or would prefer 1 the board to proceed with the raising, of 1 the hitter sum through some other lending society. —The Mayor was authorised to i 1 raise a loan of £I6OO as tho half-year’s 1 contribution. ) ) From (he Northern Bowling and Tennis i t'lnb, continuing tho arrangement made ley Mr 11 odder that tho council lav down three 1 additional tennis courts at. a cost of £55 to 1 the chib with a pro rata, addition to the 1 present rental, and asking that the work 1 be put in hand as early as possible. —Received. »From the Hockey Association intimating that tho sports loan when placed before y, the ratepayers would receive the hearty J l . support of the association, and asking that (i playing areas at the Sporlsground be put II in order by cutting the grass and rolling (i the grounds; also asking that tho sheep lie (i' removed from the outside grounds.—Re|i ferred to the reserves committee, | From the I'nbiic Trustee advising that 1 tho cilice investment board had granted the )i council's application for a loan of £32,000 I at 6 per cent., plus 2 per cent, sinking fund, 11,I 1 , for a term of 10 years, subject to the stiliiH cicncy and legality of the security. —The li Mayor stated that this amount was to wipe l out. the council's antecedent liability. It ij was decided to ask the department to rel dnej the sinking fund to 1 per cent. A lengthy letter from the Chamber of i i Commerce regarding tarring streets to the ni roots of trees, and other matters brought ,Vi up at its recent meeting, was received and 'I the engineer is to go into the questions II raised. I 1 ! 1 . | PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. I 1 The above committee recommended work f" to be done to the fool ways in West street )" (between Joseph and Ferguson streets), on i , the east side of Oakley street, tho stormI 1 , 1 water conduit in Cuba street be constructed, )! that Bright water terrace be re-graded and 1 1 gravelled and a footway constructed on the A south side; also a footway in Grey street 7i in front of Lie V.M.G’.A. building from 7) the end of the present footway to Ngata I) street. The committee also recommended I) i that the engineer be authorised to underi lake the construction of concrete chaimcllu ing in streets where concrete kerbing now (j 1 exists and being for a distance ot 2803 X chains, such work to be carried _ out as i opportunity occurs; that footways in KeelI ing street bo kerbed, channelled, tarred and 7(' sanded, etc.; that tho wooden kerbing in 7 Andrew Young street be replaced with con- ! erete kerbing and channelling for 13 chums, and that tenders be called for the whole of tho kerbing and channelling work mentioned in the foregoing clauses with II the exception of the work to be performed 1 and carried out by returned soldiers. ' j , ENGINEER'S REPORT. 7/ i In tho course of his monthly report the '}) engineer stated Hint in accordance with i/| instructions ho reported that an examina--1)1 lion had been made ol tho whole of the lj) footways, kerbing ami channelling throngh(Jj out tho borough and a schedule for oliico ij) use had been prepared showing tho con- ,(( dilions of each particular street. The kerb '(( and channelling was made up as follows: || Oonerot * kerb and channelling completed, (| 1006 chains; concrolo kerbing with earth '(| channel, 2808 chains; wooden kerbing with )) oiirlh channoiling, 1491 chains. He estimated tho cost of tilling in the present watertablcs to the required level with metal, I and forming a 14-inc h channel 3 inches deep, to 55s per chain. Most of the streets ran east and west through the town and watertables could noi be constructed until underground drains were provided for the carry- || ing away of the stormwater, as in these || particular cases fairly deep drains must be /| retained for t ho pur|X).se. From the corn- || mcncement of last summer when tarring )) operations were commenced seven miles of j) footways had been top-dressed. Ihe work jj was also in hand now, and no doubt more )| would have been done had not tho whole (( output of tar from (he gasworks been roll quired for reading purposes, and it was (( only while there was a lull in tiie .top--11 dressing of the roadways that it was pos- |) sible to top-dress the footways. From an )| inspection of the remainder, he estimated || (hat 10 miles required top-dressing this )) year, at a cost of £3OO.