PARNELL BOROUGH COUNCIL.

New Zealand Herald, Issue 6568, 5 December 1882, Page 6

PARNELL BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The ordinary fortnightly meeeting of tho Council -flfas held yesterday evening. Present: His Worship the Mayor (presiding), Messrs. Herkert, Barber, Mullins, Davis, McConnell, Pollard, Hood, and Winks. The Loan Debentures.—The Town Clerk read the following letter :—" Colonial Bank, Auckland, 4th of December, 18S2. Dear Sir, —I have the pleasure to inform you that we have received from our Wellington branch the sum of £G672, being the amount of debentures issued by the Parnell Borough Council and delivered to the Commissioner of Government Insurance ; also interest on the same to Ist of October, £65 2s 3d. These amounts have been placed to the credit of the Parnell Borough Council. — Yours faithfully, W. Warren-." Petition.—A petition was presented by Mr. Davis, praying that the Council would take over the road known as Campbell Terrace, tielwyn-road. — Referred to the Streets Committee. Engineers.—Payment of £100 to Messrs. Boylan and Lundon was authorised on account of plans, surveys, professional services, &c.

Works Committee.—The committee recommended that the suggestions of the engineer in reference to the sewer in St. George's Bay be agreed to; also, that the drain marked A on the plan, and called " Eastern Gully," be omitted, and that the drain originally contemplated, leading from Mr. Chamberlain's property to Judge's Bay (marked B), be included in the drainage contract. The committee also recommended that 130 feet of pipes be laid by the Council's Overseer of Works in Clyde-street, to connect with the drain about to be put in Stratford-street. It was further recommended that the engineer furnish the levels of the new streets in St. Stephen's-road and Avenue ; that permission be granted to the trustees of St. Stephen's School estate, to make a street at the back of Mr. T. Kissling's, near the Avenue-road, the said street to', be sixty-six feet wide, metalled to the width of twenty feet; two footpaths, each seven feet wide, to be formed, and one of them to be covered with fine scoria. They also recommended that the trustees be informed, iu reply to the application to make a Btreet forty-feet wide across the allotment between the properties of Messrs. Roskruge and Sewell, that the Council require the street to be fifty feet wide, and metalled to the width of fifteen feet, and that two footpaths be formed, each seven feet wide, and covered with fine scoria".—Adopted.

Drain Pipes.—The following "letter was received from Messrs. Boylan and Lundon, engineers :—"Gentlemen, —ln accordance with instructions we have taken the necessary measurements in the gully between Tararua Terrace and the new road, in order to estimate the cost of the laying drain-pipes to accommodate the properties abutting thereon as far up as the end of Tararua Terrace, and we find that the cost of the same will not exceed that of the branch of the eastern gully proposed to be omitted, by more than £20. It is proposed to lay the pipes for house services only. We estimate the cost of laying a 21-inch pipe instead of an IS-inch pipe through Mr. Forgie's and below that point at about £55. —We are, &c., Boyla.v asd Ldsdon"— Several members said that Messrs. Fortjie, Keals, and others had expressed an opinion that it ivould be impossible for IS-inch pipes to carry off the overflow of water. —The Mayor said the engineers merely stated the bare fact as to the difference of cost of using 21-inch instead of IS-ineh pipe.—Mr. Barber thought the judgment of the engineer should be accepted.—Mr. Pollard and Mr._ Herbert thought that if the engineers were right it would be a folly to throw away £55. That money might come in very useful for other work.—lt was resolved that the decision of the Council be adhered to. It was further resolved to refer the subject back to the engineers for further information as to size of pipes and length of proposed drain and outlet: proposed drain to connect with the native school drain.

Typhoid Fever.—Dr. Haines reported a case of typhoid fever in the borough.—The Mayor said it was the only case within the borough.

CEsariT.s.—The Overseer reported that several cesspits were becoming a nuisance in Churton and York-streets—The subject was referred to the Streets Committee with power to act. Gas Company.—The Overseer reported that the Gas Company caused a good deal of extra work by breaking up the roads in order to look for leakages.

Boilisg Down, —The Sanitary Inspector reported "X have inspected the soap works. The premises are kept as clean as possible. lam still of opinion, as I have already stated, that boiling down there is largely on the increase. I have cautioned the manager not to allow the smallest quantity of putrified fat into the works."—Mr. Barber said the place was becoming a nuisance to the whole neighbourhood. He had heard it was proposed to enlarge the present premises and set up an oil-mill.—Mr. Pollard said he thought that if it was proposed to make this part of Parnell the receptacle of all the filth of the city the Council should make a resolute stand against it.—Mr. Wood had heard that the company were endeavouring to buy more land to extend their premises. Ho wished to ask whether the Council could control such extension.—The Mayor said a legal question was involved. It might be best to take the opinion of the borough solicitor on the sublet. —Mr. Barber moved, " That the opinion of the solicitor be taken as to the power of the Council to oppose any extension of the soap-boiling works, or to close them altogether."—Mr. Davis seconded the resolution, which was carried.

Tramways. —Mr. Barber moved, seconded by Mr. Pollard, "That the Town Clerk write to the secretary of the Tramway Company, forwarding copy of conditions upon which the Council are willing to allow contemplated tramways to pass through the borough."—Carried.—[These conditions are substantially the same as those of the city, which have been already published.]

Nuisances.—The Inspector reported that the slaughter-houses were kept passably clean. The night-soil contractor had not called for orders since the preceding Tuesday. —The Town Clerk was instructed to write to the bondsmen of the contractor, statiug that he is not carrying out his work satisfactorily.