CITY BOARD—Monday.

New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 321, 22 November 1864, Page 5

CITY BOARD—Monday.

.hs usual wrel.lv niceling of ibis Board wn? held u-stcrdav, at their Offices, Canada bti.ldingfl, Queen--str et. Mr. George in lie- chair. lucre were also pn eei t, Alesirs. AVebster, Swanfoii, 1 ;i'bv mid Wiigliy. ibe froiiKTAUy r.'.id the mimike of the last mccfc!i.{, which wore confirmed. £ rOXSOXBT ROAD. 7 lie following leu, i- \ii:& avuu-d f'OTi a nuinbrr o residents- in the neifjbi ourlucd of iho Pousonby :u:d Kiirangehape roads :— " 31st October, 1E64. '• 1 o the Titr "Ponrd of (.'on mbsk nere. " Oimi t sir N,— AYe leg rrsp< ctiully to <a!l your iiltentinn to he sti te of the Pons'iibv-rcad from its junction w;th (he Knr.iiiguhape-ioad at the top of I'vanish 11-strrit. At present it is in lad repair, but 11 little outlay would render it passable for chicles. 1 be larjre tiad'e and rapidly hiireii.-irg [ opu'ntion in this neigh bom hood rendi r cr.r'y aitentiin alsotutoly neces-nry to previ nt ii conv- nieneeand e:itra expense. !be mint v.-as made m the fiist hirtanrc by u public subscription, supplem. uted bv the Provincial Government. 'J he owners of properly are tated 011 the 1 itv side. Oiir-hnli of the outlay now required on the boundary read will doubtless be advanced by tho I'roviiui'il Government, with whom half of its mainlests. (Sig ed) Kmmerscn Ivnapp, Fredlc 1,. Prime, J*.. J. Matthews, t reigh on, K. Louis liueholz, Ihonias Macy." Mr. T>aiwt said there -was not a doubt that the road was in an exceedingly t ad stnte, hp reproaiuted, ■md t the request, ennt.-iii ed in tilecommunicatio.' sliou d 1-e considered by tho Board with a view !o I be complaint bring remedieil. Iho ml je t was referred to the Foreman of TToris to npojt thereon. OOOK-STTtEFT, W ST. 31 r. AV. AVilli ams of ( wo.'t, and tvrentvfour residents in tlie said s f rcet, complained of the -nvniiip adjroeut to the brickyard, and the culvert now lein«i made coMijruc ti> fo *lieir hou?es. Mr. A\ 1 BSTUi.eaid lie had been informed that the swamp con-plained ot,oiigiunted with ponie spring 011 or mar the t-pot referred. a' d thought tint" (ho mailer be referred to the Foreman of Works who could adopt means of putting the place in a state of npair. GUF.T-STREET. JTr. Evitt called attention of the Board to His property us affected bv the culvert and improvements in Ore;,-street. He requested to Board to regard hi* property as similarly ufl'ected as was the propeit/ of Mr. Weales, to whom he understood the Board had oll'cved to pay half the expense of building a retaining wall. Mr. "\\ 1 li>TFn thonoht that what the Board had stated rt-fi-rentv to bearing any part of jmrticulap or individual claims on account of property being ntlVeted had reference rather to tlie generul ffieli?'gof th" whole of the iidiabilants in the neighbourhood. On the motion of Mr. lUrby the letter was i ordered to lie on ilie Jabie. | sitk cr Tin: srrnrirs cour.T. I "3 he SrciiKT.vUY nud the following letter referring j tj the alo-e : — 1 " Colonial Secretary's Office, "Aihkland, 15 h Nov., ISC4. "Sir—l have to acknouledge the receipt of your h tter of the Sih ol is st, addressed to tho i olonial Secreu.ry on the sul-jeet of the sale of the f:t.- » f the - npn me Court House and Gaol in Queenj stmt, :-iu', in reply, am oi-ei-ied 10 inform ion that ] til - (JowiMiunt rt-LM*. t that the City Board" shoiO-d i take so uiHuvoui alile a \i w of the manntr in which j -.t ijs juopos- d to build i n tlie site in queMii n. There uppiurs, liowcver, to be tome misapi lehensiou by I the Hoard on tht- subjcct. as the ftivet laid out at 20 j icet wulc iot iniended to frontage rr building, j but to atlord ci n\iu;enie fi-r the occupation of allotj nunts \alnabh' frt«ntai;«s to ( th«r streets, — j {humbler} —and the street object" d to by the Board ; exceeds in vidtli tho-e C'riginallv laid out for a t t> milar ]nnpo?e throughout the city of Auckland* ; vihieh are only IGj i'<et uitic. (I I ara i air-o directed to observe liat a br< ak of *20 feet is corj taiuly ugrci.t iuipro\ i in« ni—(iaug]:Ur)—wheienone i existed lieffie. It njunaißthat an ,-W-t was passed j by the lioomial Je«isature in 1602 to prevent J »s being laiii cut in j nvate } rcperty less than 4S ; h*et in width, I til- that law was repealed ill (he foli lowing \i ar. liad it been t-til! in t xistence the Go- ; %erunur.t though peihaps not strictly bound by its' j provisions, would have felt themselves bound to \ ictpe. t it> piovis.C'iiis. iih icjiard to the class and t deM iipiivn id buihiingstu be erected by its purchasers,. 1 1 am uireew d to state that it appears to the Govcrn- ; limit that this is a proper object to be dealt wiili by ; the Ifuilding Ait, in d not lor stipulating in Crown l grants ot an estate in fee sin.pie to a pmchaso from the Crown. f lhe iane 1- icct wide, ending iu one of ; iour o'* live feet, is not intended to be made a. publio ; t>i< j oughiare, but only an ae«"on modation road to : atlord >» j)rivi.tc back intrance to ojher alh»tmentß in : Colleen street and other .-ireets so as to ; prevent 1 l«e in c< v of \jsing vzduable fioj»ta».e to j aIK-rd access to the rear ot the premises, an arrange- | incut i\hi«h woald appear not only to atlord con- [ \eniei te to ilie oceup.ii>, but also advantage to the j public, by pr« vtntirg the necessity of unloading » goods in ilie jmbiic* siretis, through which there ia a j large trailie.— i have, &e., j iI VT. Gisboune, ) u Under Secretary, j " The City Board of Commissiom rs." j Sir. AVliiGLiiv : 1 hat letnr ought to be pi*inted. i Atr. V\ i.ii-TEn: 1 think this letter is one of tlie most ailaiis (Oininu from the General Gov- ri-ini nt. i-onie reh nsion ! If all the ulh tincnts Were to be put up tor auction, who was to know lei* what ih-\ w\re to be sold, or what u.-e would i e nnuic of them ? It was a moat "dis-gia.-i iul letter to emanate from the General Government addi\ssed to the City Board, who had been uring thiir best endeavours to wid« n the streets as much as po sible. lie thought it perfectly giaeefuljMr. AA itiCLi.Y : They fay feet is tho -width of s-evea-i.l «.i tl.e tticctf, but with them 20 feet is firstrate 'J bey eh\ in ntp'.ct to the ] assage, four or h\e feet wide, tlii.t it is not inter.did for a public thoioupl.laie, wliiit is to prevent tho public usii g it? .As to tlie inti mien wlu.t way wercthey to prevent any puiehaj-er ol an ailolnieiii doing- ms he liVc*d with it. 311-. --;.id be «a.< hap] v to tec. that tho Genera 1 Giiuint bad nut got the propetty. Jlr. >wan.-i-n said theio was at lc-a-'-t one consolation, that if the place was not belter it would not be worse. T bject dropped. CAS COMPANY. Letlcrs -were received from the Gas Company respecting the payment for 100 lamps, nlso enclosing tho instructions given by the Gas Company to their .Oveiseor of AYoi ks, who was to work in harmory -with thel-'orunan of AVciks, and to Uy down the ground to his satisfaction. Jlr. AVkigley thoucl.t tlliat the Board had nothing to do with any instiuetions which the Gas Compunv pleased to deliver to their office. Mi-. AVehsteh said that everybody desired to see gas in the city. It v.-as for the inteiest of the public at large. Is o n.cinber of the Cit>. Board, he was sure, would offer any (pposition to the Gas Company, provided they did what -was right, taking up and laying down the 31 r. \Y eiclky said the levels in Hohson-etreet had not yet been Used or legalized. 31r. WtKSXKjt thought that tho Gas Company ought to bo informed as to tho levels which had already boon tak n. M'. Wi iot.EV thought if Mr. AVrivg chore to give iho Gas Ci njp.:tiv anv :nfbtmafion h- might to do. tie also thought the i^oaid should have nothing do so in respect to (he instructions referred to. Should ar.ything'go -wrorig-'tho Dcard would get tlie bliimo. It was necteaary to ieep equal o -with the Gag CoJB» puny. . fltt-T STBEET. Mep=ra Ticrvp*" and Demps-y ofTered for amm of (o be i a .! ' y 'I." '• n-plete the im-iii-i'vi lri'-i Is in l-e vieg ii| on thd inhabi- ' ir!s f r a"'V ex e 3 h. ynud ;!;ai outlay. " to bUual envr tul uui» wuot.