VERANDAHS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 233, 18 September 1862, Page 4

VERANDAHS.

Mr. Swiizjr said he should like to know who had aUowelMr. Gi^n to baUd verandahs in front of his pwnjsa in PridceV street 1 They were of met a width tf»at the drip from them would fall about the centre of the footpath. He by no means desired to stop anything that might prove orna cental to the cxty j but the Board must endeavour to prevent whatever would be an inconvenience or annoyance to the : public Mr. CargiU said that it was contrary to lawto affix to the front of a building, so that it projected over the_footpatii, anything beyond a cornice of a state! width. - .Mr.. Switzer thought it betterthat Mr. Green should know at once that he would have toremoveihe vecandah whenever called upon by the Boaxfl to do S3. A decision upon the poinrwouH at least help others to know the state of the law before attempdnff " to-baild verandahs. In Melbourne,; the verandafi " question cost very much time and trouble to the CoancU ; and if any erections of the Kind"were pe«nutte^here, there shoull be regulations to insure umNrauiy and real usefulness. - Mr. Ca-gill thought the best thing,pairing the adoption ot the new bye-lawa, was to assert themwer of thi Bajird, He would moya— '•* That the Clerk give noiica. to Mr. Green and others;who are erectrasr prqecUOas over footpaths, that the same must bt removed." ■ -•.-.■:; ';; T - v^"-- ••.:-•■ ..;;■ ..laE PttrxcES srassT ctniisa. : The Chairman, su<jgest2d that it woaldl be well if something could be done to expedite the work at th« Pnnce^-street cutting. . ■■;.-, - • ?f" J" 1106 id L that Mr. Barnes hid been stopped in bastine, and tiiere csrtainiy seemed to have been carelessness." */ ,-. j/ Mr. Jenkinran said that the explanation-wak that a double charge was accidentally but into aThoie . Mr Barnes had stated that aU hs really desired was to shake material, so that it could be ealy^ moved. He irodeKtood that Mr. Barnes was to have resumed workthat day. - - ■,;: In reply to qiiestioas, the Clerk said that therewas at pr^snt no arran-eaient with Mr. Barnes for giinbeyond the level fixed in his original contract with the Government; but flts Honor the Superintendent had informed the Board, that as sooa as that contract SS. <$?s&**> he vanld »» »■.« position to a^ The Chairmnn said that if the work was not speedilr completed, £b«re' would be claims for complSj tor damages made against ths Board, which -would " exceed in aaoont tta sum for.which ,they HughT^t tUeworkdone, if they interposed V'- "~^ SBl weekly accountof his loss, f^inj^ry to his bu^^f wlueh aceouat he meant to send iaiS the Board, a^ no^o«bt others were doinar fiie same thin"v ?^. lerk : But thejr k^® no grounds wiiatsver for such claims, and could not enforce tiiem. - After some further conversation, the Clerk was lUrested to represent to ths Government the eSt importaaca of the work bdng proceeded wi£ls vigorously as possible, r ■■ - *- --_ STREEt JOiUSIKa ASB ISTpIioVESrEKTa. Mr.\Cargill called attention to the necessity^ of somethingbeing^done tothe roadway,m^g^^ street; the inhabitants of which streethaiil)eea D ut : to the greatest durlnj;^the pas¥wmter beiu S almost cut off from other jSrts of the^Sy' S?!^ + to««>tnb«itetp the cost of chanj mg this state,.of. things. There was a great wStff cross-streete in Dunedin ; aad it would be if« sub-committee coull be appointed to examm^^ aid report^generally up^n the suhjecfc.? He bSsfS ground for a street might now be obtaineSas Se hne of the nght-Q?-way from Hi»h-s-reet tn Xlfeio gan-st^tby Abbeyleik House Taid^fsfrSt *»»W *«^ great public conVenieace^ ? - Hulme^ana Mr. ' dunng fee previous discussion, no re^ulTSsSriS ' at t the Oiamnan repeatmg thatheshould^Si^Sr br^matter i; forward : Tenders were ordered to be obtained Tor lavin^;™*, to convey water from the well in^SSfc. £§S