CITY STREET WORKS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16936, 23 August 1918, Page 4

CITY STREET WORKS.

PROPOSED LOAN OF £165,000 '^

MAIN' ROADS IN CONCRETE,

MAYOR OUTLINES SCHEME.

SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURE A scheme for the raising of a loan oj £165,000 for expenditure upon street ha/ provement was outlined in a memorandum presented to the City Council last evening by the Mayor, Mr. J. H. Gunec-n. ■■'.; ■ ;.-

• After reviewing the condition of the city M streets, as the result of the policy of th»si last seven years, the Mayor stated that ;r the permanent works in hand or contemplated during the course of the next few months were Beach Road paving, now well- .. advanced, paving Anzac Avenue to Have- < lock Street, paving Symonds Street from '. Havelock Street to St. Martin's Lane. 'At '' the present rate of progress Beach Road and Anzao Avenue would be completed in : . March next. This would mean that thepaving of Symonds Street would not Incompleted under the most favourable con. r ditions until the end of 1919. It was pro, "■ posed to recommend the speeding-up f~ these works, so as to render available these, s important highways paved for traffic early ; next year. This policy would render poj. sible most important and pressing road fworks, for which the authority of the rate-1 payers would bo required. Mr. Gunson recommended that the coun-' cil consider promoting loan proposals - totalling £165,000 for permanent street . improvements, of,which £125,030 would / bo for permanent paving of a number of | thoroughfares, and £40,000 for secondary streets. It was obviously impossible for • the council, out of revenue, to remedy § satisfactorily the condition of ' these« thoroughfares, which threatened to become i even more ujißatisfactorv. Furthermore ;' the proposals would relieve the mainly § nance account to a considerable degree,

. Money Market Prospects. .; v - It might be suggested, added the Mayor, m that it was inappropriate at the present;'; time to submit such proposals, • but, after consideration, ho was convinced that the money market would not become easier, •; but more difficult, and that the adoption of these recommendations would advance the best interests of the' ratepayers; with-%' out unfitting-..them to discharge their H national obligations. The first step to be'lvtaken was for /the council itself to'del«T|S mine what its policy was to be; secondly,'raj it must obtain the ratepayers' endorsement; thereafter the council would need to obtain . the consent of the Government to proceedj and the authority of the Mb.?': ister for Finance to place ite debentures, | It was therefore recommended that the v' ratepayers be asked for loan authority for 11 £165,000 for permanent street improvements, as follows :— _ : .j; H§ For permanent road paving in concrete;;. 1 , or other approved materia! for the follow--i ing thoroughfares, £125,000:— j: .

Suburban Co-operation Needed.

„In connection with the Manukau Road proposal, the Mayor stated that the proposed expenditure of £19,800 shouldtWVfe contingent, upon the One-tree Hill Road Board,- the Mount" Roskill Road Board, f ||i; and the Onehunga Borough Council doing £ their respective portions. ; It: was recommended that 'proposals be made to these authorities to secure, simultaneously:with m the City Council's I appeal to - the ■ ratepayers,, authority.;to-co-operate. with the council and carry out the concreting|'9uß the Manukan Road for its entire • length w& from the Newmarket boundary of the city to 4 the'.Mangere Bridge.'. Unless the co-' operation of the other local > authorities interested ' could be obtained the council ffl would be justified in expending the loan -~£ money .on other important thoroughfare! M in the city. >~ . ■'■;• - v : •'-■ : With regard to secondary streets, it wa« proposed to spend £40,000 on '.kerbing,|§ forming, detailing, . and channelling, at;:; follows:—' ':l•' y . :.'.■■■ •»■ ' ;.;' H

• Mayor ''Congratulated by Councillor!. M Councillors received the reading of th« Mayor's'' memorandum with general spy-.-. phrase.-. "." '~'%', ' li.''• Mr. A. J. Entrican moved that tw memorandum be referred to a special corn* mittee, consisting of tho whole. council/; J| Ho said he considered that every conn« cillor was indebted; to the Mayor for M§| very able report, and would also be d»&| lighted that something was to be done. By putting-the. main streets in first-class |j order, . reducing its permanent staff, : and : *rdointrthe projected work by contract tltf council would be taking a truly economy y step. • .','" ' ' ;"'.':"■■"•>■ Mr. G. Knight seconded the m0ti0n...,;;. Mr. P. J. Nerheny congratulated tw Mayor upon his memorandum. InJ 11 '?.,!. opinon, however, Jervjis Road, as tar fyv the tram-barn, ought. to be included 0| the concrete-roading scheme. _ I ,% 8 After further discussion the motion ff *'v: agreed to, and it was arranged that ..-.., sitting in committee should • bo held '»».;. ;■; 7.30 p.m. on September s—the date of tni council's next regular meeting." ''■•y'\\-

■:;,<'■, ■•",••'< *;4i '-'■ Estimate '■. •■ ,' T ',. finished Length, . in > feet, cancrril*. Albert St. (between Quay :. %&& : St. W. and Customs St. W.) 813) ' -3* t& Albert St. (between Customs . h £6,000 $$ St. W. and Wyndbem St.) 969) Albert St. (from Wyndham : M®8m St. to Wellesley St., ex- . . ■ elusive of ; low levels) ..'• 1,231 MlMIM Wyndham St. (Albert St. ■'.^" to Federal St.) '.: .. 269 .: 900^ Federal St. (between Wynd- ' Ml'iA ,-■ ham St. and Victoria St. ,-'-"i^v W.) ,tr ■'."; - .. .. 655 1,400 . Victoria St. W. (between 3*4*11 Federal St. and Hobson St.) 270 ' I 1,500 51 Gittos St. to Selwyn St. . ;." | M&jM (continuance of Beach Rd. : • -•>■ paving ■- Parnell end) ;.%■'. . ■ '616 • v 2,200 •;; Manukau . Ed., '■' Parnell ••'>.!■,: <&B (Earl St. to Georee St.) .-. 4,976 12,600 Manukau vv Rd.. Epsom . ' .; .'.,'' |fc|§ (Swinburne Pass Rd. to :"-". ' • *■■ -.-... W-.' ■".'' Campbell Statue Reserve) 6,407 18,800 V Remuera Rd.' (from New- *«-"*', v market to Upland , Rd.) 12,000 SWAM Khybcr Pass Rd. (Grafton ■ : .k .. . i Rd.ito.Claremont St.) ... ' 796 . i\Wm Ponsonby Rd. (Karanga- • • - • vi S M - hape Rd. to Jervois Rd.) 6,474 20,000 B§ Customs - St;: W. (Albert ..:.: : ..v'.-:*VS^ St.. past new markets) .. .1,018 5,000 W. Sturdee St. * to convenience 1,555 • g 4,700 $s| Beatly St. (waterfront) ... •433 . 1,550 Market Place (west front-,.. . ip.&3sfjjjj age new markets)'..'- .. . 905 •: 3,400 •*.■.* Patteson St. ... .. ? '.. 1,664 '■' 5,000 High St. ■ v ,.;.■ .,'-. ... ' 624 U. 1,000 Chancery St .'.-.. .. 420 ■ / '800 ;■*.;■ Fort St.. Lane (Stone setts) . 340 ':• \WM Elliott. St. and Market St. . .■■■■■:,;'jm (remodelling , and paving . -':•'•,;>, , old; market»site) ..•>;.. 1,056;,. 4,200 TotaJ '.. VU .. .41.629 £119,050 S| . Contingencies . . ». ..•". .. ;-6,950j|5 '' . "■'. Grand total ,''..'■ !..\. : /.. £125,000§

Marine Parade, Ponsonby ,, \ , . £2.050 £.; Anelesea Street,. Ponsonby , • . . ■ 2,1W 7*'Collingwood Street, Ponsonoy .. .. Sf-iSffl Hot>et<)un Street, Poneonby ... '■.'. 1.000 Willow Stioet (extension), Ponsonby.. .;• **:& France Street. Newton .. ' .. > . . 1.000 . Ife •Lyndock Street, Newton .'•V : »3X"" ; The Strand. Pamell (late King's Drive) UWOffl Gladstone Road, Pamell .. : *.2$ Belmont ■ Terrace, Remuera .1 .. MfS. «H Mamie Street, Remuera .. ''*SnT' Clonbern Road, Remuera .. ••-iSS-': Victoria , Avenue, Remuera . . • • :■ MM gaj Gillies i Avenue, Epsom (from New-' ! .';??•:,' market boundary to southern bound- 1 jgKff ■ ary) .. .. - 10,™: The Drive, Epsom, 55 chains .. .. B.OtjO Contingencies ... .. . •'• t.>2,0IMM| , "'Total,;,'.. ..i .. • •* W $J|