THE CITY COUNCIL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15550, 6 March 1914, Page 5

THE CITY COUNCIL.

STREET IMPROVEMENTS. CONDITION OF JERVOI& ROAD This Auckland City Council met last night. Present: The Mayor (Mr. C. J. Parr), and Messrs. John Court, J. S. Briggs, A, Hall Skelton, R, T. Michaels, J. Trevethick, A. J. Entrican, H. N. Bagnall, F. E. N. Gaudin, J. C. Gleeson, G. Read, H. D. Heather, G. Knight, J. M. Mennie, M. Casey, R. Tudehope, P. M.Mackay, and Miss Melville. The attention of the council was drawn to the present state of Jorvois Road, beyond the Marine Parade. The city engineer reported that it seemed that certain suggestions made by residents were to the effect that the council should acquire private property to make a footpath from the end of Jervoia Road to West End Road, for the benefit of the public going to Grey Lynn. The road had not been finished before, because of the Drainage Board's operations. Ho recommended that as soon as the drainage operations were completed the road should be finished off and the bottom completed, as recommended by the superintendent of parks in January, 1913. No sum of £600 had ever been voted for expenditure on the end of the road, but £000 was put down by him in the estimate ot November, 1910, for completing the road from the end of the Marine Parade. The Works Committee reported that the work was included in the streets improvement loan allocation proposals. WAITEMATA STREET. QUESTION OF FORMATION. A plan was submitted by Mr. John Boylan of the proposed subdivision of part of St. Mary's Convent Ground, Ponsonby. He also asked that the formation: and kerbing of Waitemata Street and the adjoining part of New Street should be finished at the same time. It was decided to reply that the council will be prepared to form the extra width, of Waitemata Street if the requisite land to widen it to 33ft from the centre line, in terms of The Public Works Act, 1903, section 117, is conveyed to the council, The council will also apply to the Government for the exemption of New Street from the provisions of the Act if so desired by the applicant. GRADING WYKDHATff STREET. WORK AUTHORISED. The city engineer reported that he had received requests from Messrs. J. T. Julian, Ltd., and Meters. Laidlaw Leed* for the grading of Wyndham Street, between Hobson and Nelson Streets. Tho work, said the engineer, was necessary in connection with Customs Street improvements, and would cost about £950. He recommended that the work be carried out at an early date. He considered that £450 would be a fair proportion of the expenditure to be charged to the loan account in connection with Customs Street West improvements. The council resolved to authorise the work at a cost of £950, of which £450 is to be charged to the streets improvement loan account relating to the Customs Street improvement. NEW ROAD TO CORNWALLIS. REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE. The engineer of the Waitemata County Council wrote asking if the City Council was prepared to grant a subsidy of £ for £ on a £100 grant obtained by hie % council for expenditure on a road betweeni Brooklyn and Huia, the means of access to Cornwallis. If the road were properly made, it would provide a 'good motor road from Auckland to Cornwallis. The road was now metalled from Auckland* as fax as Brooklyn. The Waitemata ; County Council had) acquired" the necessary land at " Mackie's Rest" to form a connection between the Exhibition drive and the Hula Road, but had no funds to make the road. The connection would cost, roughly, £150, the greater -part of which would be required for lowering the drive to the level of the connecting road. The letter is to be further considered by the council "^V TENDERS. ■i WATERWORKS APPLIANCES. Fifteen tenders from eight firms I 'were received for the supply, of a high lift centrifugal pump and electric motor for the Symonds Street pumping-. station.. ' The quotations ranged from £330 to £490. They were referred to the Electric and Water Committee and the electrical engineer, with power to accept the lowest tender. Three tenders were received for the supply and delivery of waterworks supplies, and were referred to tho Water Committee, with power to accept the lowest tender,, MISCELLANEOUS. COMPANTS APPLICATION. An application was made by the Colonial Ammunition , Company to have the com- ! pany's works, where from 100 to 125 hands were employed, connected with the city sewage service, and asking upon what) terms the work could be done. The city engineer reported that the present population of the portion of the city draining into the Boston Road sewer was 850, together with a school with, say, 300 children, so that the proportion payable by the company would be approximately 10 per cent. The application was referred to the} Works Committee. A protest, signed by a large number of Parnell residents, was made against the erection, now in progress, as a building in Fox Street, Parnell. The building was commenced about three years ago, and wast discontinued at an early stage until about six months ago. The letter pointed out that the council did not possess either plans or the original or copies of permit for the building, which was presumed to have been authorised by the "late Parnell Borough Council. The city engineer reported that the facts quoted" in the protest) were correct. The building was in reinforced concrete, but he had not been supplied with plans, though he had asked for them. The building had a proposed balcony, which would project so as to be an encroachment upon the street, and. which was therefore not in accordance with the by-laws, and which, as far as he was aware, was not covered by any special permit issued by the late Parnell Borough Council. The matter was referred to the Works Committee.

Mr. G. Read protested against the method adopted by the Peat and Telegraph Department in tearing up the footpath in Shelly Beach Road to "lay underground flares. This work, he said, had been done directly the council had finished, laying down the new footpath, and he made strong objection to the Department overlooking the interests of the City Council by that action. He expressed the hope that the Department would in, future give more consideration to the council. The matter was referred to the Works Committee.

• A letter was received from Dr. B. J. Dudley, secretary of the Australasian Medical Congress, thanking the council for- entertaining the delegates at Titirahgi. ' '-» The clerk of the Eden * Terrace Road Board wrote drawing attention 'to the dangerous state of the Hasletfc ; Street and Greenwood Street bridges; over the" Archhill Gully. The city engineer reported 1 that the bridges were' in' a -dangerous state, and that he had arranged to 'have them replaced, half the cost being [ charged to the Eden Terrace Road Boar*

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