BOROUGH BOUNCIL.

Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 2027, 17 September 1913, Page 6

BOROUGH BOUNCIL.

f FORTNIGHTLY MEETING. The fortnigl'tly meeting of the Council was held last evening. Pres-ent-Mr J. A. (Mayor), Ors. Self t, Bennett, Voss, Orabb an<l Bread. _ CORRESPONDENCE. fThe Kairanga County Council wrote asking if the would agree to arbitration with referenoe to the,? Napier road oulvert -The matter was referred to the Public Works Committee to deal with. From the Engineer of Raliways atating that he could not agree to tue proposal to onload coal opposite the gasworks, especially in view of the rearrangement of the yard whioh was in sig'-t.—The letter was referred to the directors of the gas works to oonfer with the Council if they considered it advisable. The secretary of the Fire Board directe attention to the dangerous position f the railway gas plant.— The engineer was instructed to report to next meeting It was rept rted that Mr H. C*. Watson lw waited on t»e Works Committee and complained that the Council had reserved a small por tion to prevent him having a frontage to a road laid off through the reserves He understood this had been done because he! ad refused to pay a portion of the cost of the road. It was pointed out Mat in makin« the road the whole width was the Council's property and uuder ordinary ciroumstances where the road was made by two parties, each contributed one half of the land. As Mr Watson had not given any laud ' e hai really acquired aboot one and threequarter acres of land »t was resolved to agree to remove the bar to Mr Watson's land provi ed he paid £SO, the cost of resurvey and deposit and registra tion of plans necessary. Or Crabb opposed the recommendation and asked that the matter be referred back tj them for further consideiation. He considered Mr Wats n should pay hall toe cost of making the road. It was agree) that the matter be referred back to toe Works Commit1 * LIBRARY COMMITTEE.

The committee reported that it had '(eciiel to nvite the local booksellers t'» qa te prices cf b »oks with a view to purchasing supplies from tiftcX

Also to request the engineer to pre are plans ami specifications for the extension of the reference library. * PUBLIC WORKS. Tfe Public Works Committee male the following recommendations:— That application be maie to the town chirk Auckland, for a sample rubbish receptacle. That after hearing the report of the committee set up to consider the establis-ment of a fish mart no action be taken at present. That providing the engineer can arrange to make up an ei.tra hour eacit week the labourers and carters be allowel to cease work at noon on Saturdays. SWIMMING BATHS.

The committee set up to inspect Mr R. E iwar.is' baths, with a view to their being takeu over by the Borough, reported as follow: After full consideration tne committee decided thattne rresent bath was too small for the requirements of the town an . that 6 ;, e cost of purcnasing additional land and enlarg ing the bat's would be as heavy as to make the purchase undesirable under the circumstances t e committee cannot recommend the purchase of the bath or the acceptance of Mr Edwar s' offer.