OAMARU BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10586, 15 October 1910, Page 2

OAMARU BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The ordinary mooting of the Borough Council held last night was attended by his Worship the Mayor (Mr E. Milligan), Councillors Searlo, Clai-ke, Vcrnor, Mahan, M'Adam, Grave. Keys, Mitchell, Frith, Miller, Brown, and Paterson. ~ Mr.W. Gibb. secretary of the. Waitaki Hospital , and' Charitable Aid Board, wrote stating in reply to the Council's letter that the proposed work at the. infectious diseases ward was lirst considered at the special request of the In-spector-General of Hospitals and approved by the Hospital Trustees and Waitaki Board as being necessary. De- ' tailed plans of improvements had been approved by the Inspector-General. Some time ago alterations and improvements to the infectious hospital to cost £4OO were considered and approved by a conference of local authorities of the district.—Referred to Health Committee with power to act. . ' • - \ Norman Lane applied for a water supply trough service in the meantime, as he had recently purchased portion of the land previously owned by Mr Jas. Macdonald. This would necessitate the laying of about /8 chains of lin pipe, and he wished to come to an arrangement with the Council in regard to the performance of this work.— Dealt with in Waterworks Committee s report. Mr J. H. Grcnfell, gas manager, lepoitcd that he had five applications tor Us services: four in Tweed lane, one hi Stour street. The extra, services in Tweed" lane would require six chains of liin pipe laid from the Whailc •street main and coupled up with the present lin main in Tweed lane, which ?» already supplying four —«. The cost would be £lO 10s. The btoui street main would need to be extendec ?K chains, and the manager recom•mended l*in pipe, as there a c t*< more houses to be bm t vacant sections. Cost would be io & • 'Three persona applied to have.gasm stalled if the service is extended alonj | M S; S S-in Gas Committee's re

P Mr James Dovcy, Black P«M.. ™£ the course of a few weeks. He offered Eraser to report to Waterworks Com mittee, with power to act, d tiol F. J. Chaso applwdfor | 9 re *s£*£ or rates on section % «W» L. Rule, valuer, reporting that the pro nertv had boon unoccupied-for tbelas ffx months, the reduction was o™£jj Mr Hindmarsh manager for the Ba*d of New .Zealand, advised that, thei, offices were still vacant-Mi^Ru lc sr titicd to the correctness of this, ana reduction of rates was approved. "I! Grave, Tyne street, made a- sim lar application for a reduction, whicl zie) reported as follows:-' I beg to re port that what action I took, m th< niatter was not on accpimt, . ofcom plaints, but simply a* ordinary inspections, and::as a matte of fact the action was taken r nearly. i week before I was asked to report The smell was disagreeable a times in the- channel near the out let pipe, and considerably wois. n the ground anywhere near the tank and it may be understood thatuiida certain atmospheric tin • smell is carried a considerable, distance and this has probably given rise to t complaints to the Mayor before th filter-bed was renewed; but I have n< knowledge of the complaints men tioned, nor where they wore made >.. . should be pleased at .any time toatte a.committee meeting if any further ui formation is desired." ~ Councillor Paterson moved that tlii report be received. The report showet clearly, he said,, that the mvestigatioi had not been made as the result of com plaints, also that the nuisance _aros< not from the tank but from the dram There was rather a serious point arismj in connection with«this affair, because it showed that a person might be caus in"- a public nuisance and yet not -kno-n it." He was not aware of any reports beiim- m ade about the tank until he heard the report read at the Council table Inspector M'Kenzie had never said to him that there was any complaint and he submitted that it was the duty of the Council to interview the owner before sending the inspector round. It was a very improper thing to do. He Quite agreed with, the Mayor that verbal complaints should be received, but he thought that they should be dealt with through the proper channel—that the Town Clerk should acquaint the owner. The letter was received. W. M. Kirkcaldy and Co. applied foi leave to paint a panel tin the wall ol their office in the Town Hall Build ing.—'Permission granted ; panel to b( approved ov the Town Clerk. H. Winsley advised that ho ex pected to have his house at Awamo; lim'slu-d oarlv in November, when hi would be glad to have the water laic 011 .—Koierred to Waterworks Commit tee. Hutil) Thomas, superintendent Oa niaru" Division St. John Ambulano Brigade, made application for that pier of land - between the Athenrcum pre pertv and the Old Drill Hall, adjon ing " the ci'oek, with a frontage h Stcwaid "street of 26ft and extendinf to back of'section. The' committee pro posed erecting a building thereon tin -liniensions being 26ft by 60ft. Tin com mittee of the proposed Young Men Institute, to whom the Council had al ready granted this site, 1 had kindl; given permission to the Ambulano Division to occupy this portion of it The superintendent of the division thereto to. asked that the Council ratif; the consent and allow the division t< occupy the area asked for in -its owi riirht." As the arrangement with tin Institute Committee was that the wall of the Ambulance building bo used a a support to part of the proposed In stitute building and also as a. part; wall he asked that the Council pro vide the foundation for the Ambulano building.—Referred to a committee o the whole council. The Waterworks Committee rcportet (l)That as recommended by the inspec tor, instructions have been given t< have the new filter-bed constructed hj; day labor; (2) recommneding that i trough supply to Mr Norman Lane b "■ranted on the following terms: He ti lav a new lin main, which is to becom< the property of the council as soon a: laid; the charge to be £1 per annun ftr- 7 vears, and thereafter £2 10s pe: annum. In the event of any apphca tions for a domestic supply to his law being received the agreement to be sub lect to revision as to charges. " The Waterworks Committee furthe reported that a special meeting- wa held on 4th inst. to meet Messrs D Borrifi and Duncan Cameron, when tin borough solicitor also attended. Arte: discussing the council's position in re spect to the upkeep of the bridges ovethc water-race, Messrs Borne aiic Cameron undertook to. interview the landowners interested, with a view t< submitting to the council terms o "settlement which would be agreeable tt all parties. The -Town Clerk was in structed to "Messrs Borne and Cameron a list of the landowner! shewing the number of bridges on caci of their properties. ' ■ Both reports were adopted. The report of the Health Committee recommended that the council take nt action in the matter of Dr Valmtine i recommendation to hand" over the con trol of infectious diseases to the War taki Hospital Board.—Adopted. The Gas Committee reported recom mending that the applications of J Knights. -R-. Penfold, C; T-. Sherwin and J. Thorpe for gas services m Mer ■=ev street be granted;-©-that S.li M'Leod's and M. Simpson's applica tions for gas to four houses in Tweec street and J. K. Paten's in Stour strecbe granted in terms of the gas man ager's report. The report was adopted. On the. recommendation of the Finance Committee accounts amountim to £626 2s were passed for payment. The Works and Reserves Committe< reported: (1) that it considers that the Abattoirs paddock is small enough anc cannot recommend the Council to least any portion of the land; (2) recommending that an asphalt footway bt laid from the Post- Office, to the bridge leading to the Phoenix Bowling Club; green at an estimated cost of £11; (■"

that the question of the dust. nujsance in Thymes street lias lieen referred to the Engineer: (4) that the Engineer as been asked to attend to the flushlg of the gutter in Greta street; (o) ieoiiimendingthat the sewer in France :reet be extended to opposite section 4, at an estimated cost of £4-; (o) liat it was was resolved that section 1, lock 64, section 23, block 72, and secion 21, block 79, be offered at auction ar Te-leasing for 21 years instead of 3ven as previously arranged; (<) that fter receiving-a deputation from tlio .wimnring Club, it was resolved that he baths be re-opened on lliursaaj, 'Oth inst. :-th'at the Swimming Club s aembors' tickets for. adults be 6s each lp to 70 members; over that number ,s for each member, juniors 3s 6d each in to 30 members, over that number Is each; ordinary charges and hours to emain as last season;-the Engineer s nstructed to see that the water in the >atbs is.used judiciously. „ Councillor Searle asked, ™tt f f<*mce to clause 3, what methods the Engineer proposed to adopt to deal with the dust nuisance. , CounciUor Frith replied that the Committee saw no way of dealing with di™ dust without purchasing another .vater-cart. They did not consider'this xpense would be justified so thej left the matter to the ingenuity of the Jin " J Councillor Searle then moved that the clause be ref erred-back to the Committee with. a suggestion that tlie> should experiment with tar on two chaihs of the newly metalled portion of Thames street. , Councillor Brown seconded the mo tion and spoke of the old-fashioned methods by the CoxmcA He thought they might effect a great ltti provement 'by tarring, sanding and rolling their streets, as was done in Frith thought the Council should not go to the expense of expen menting on a patchof s ™ ee S *",' tliev could get all data as to the sue ce's of the g scheme in Christchurch or D Co e l mcillor Vernor and Councillor Mitchell advocated the tar ?J'ste m - latter eld that the original cost won d he less than Councillors thought and Ihe cost of maintenance very much and Sydneyf where the system was in = e Cou a ncillo e r Miller drew attention .Jo £vhS aVler, and th| .wasdepeident 3 n their finances. When ™J„ not get money to widen > the o+rppt brieve, what was the use oi ■ng statistics as to a scheme which wokid cost so much money as tins Councillor M'Adam, the nuisance might be dealt, with bj the Beautifying Society planting trees on Searlc's motion was amended on the suggestion oi• Co"«ciUor Frith in the direction. of requesting we Committee to, inqu.re regarding the tree-planting and tar methods. In this amended form it, was carried On the motion of Councillor Mitchell clause 1 was referred back to the Com mittee for further consideration and The"" remainder of" the- report was ad l Pt M'Do„akl wrote offering to rent the theatre at £4 per night for ever> Thursday and Saturday for three m STno other picture company to be-allowed in, one peek's rent to be naid in advance and the rent there after paid the morning following the entertainment. He would like an option of another ;three .months on "Biese raised bis offer to £9 per week on the "T S also wrote in regard to the Town Hall as follows 1 — ■ "Being desirous of starting a picture and seeing, according to the notes in -the Oamaru Mail of Ist uc tober, that Mr M'Donald (your present lessee) intends building a picture hall, I would be pleased to.make an offer for vour Committee's consideration. i would be prepared to .rent the Opera S for P the yeir (Saturdays and Thursdays, with matinee included) at a rental of '£9 per week. To show my good faith, I will pay three months' deposit in advance, the same to be untouched, the rent to be paid the follow--S morning. I hope your Committee will give this proposal your kind' consideration I may state that I intend Sorting one of the latest .machines should I get a favorable answer) The machine will be strictly fireproof, combining the very latest ideas (approved bythe London City Council), which makes a fire practically impossible. . A further letter from Mr Smith enclosed £lO. deposit as a guarantee ■ or. good faith, and offered^ to- commence the term of lease from November 3. These letters were considered junction with the report of the town Hall Committee, which was as follows: —(1) That instructions have been given for the supply of an electric light and the abolition of the gate stop at the pit and stalls entrance from Thames street- (2) recommending the acceptance of Mr "W.- Smith's offer to lease the Opera House for 12 months as from 3rd November in tho terms ol lus letter of 11th instant. . .„'.,.' "After a long discussion m Committee, the report of the Committee was adopted. - . . ' -