CAVERSHAM BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10417, 20 July 1895, Page 6

CAVERSHAM BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The regular meeting of the Caversham Borough Council w»b held on Thursday night, and was attended by the Mayor (Mr Sidey), Crs Bridgmau, Cole, Rustbn, M'Qonigal; Hancock, M'L&ren, Young, Bargees, and Rutherford. ' ' IIEPOHTS. The Works and Baths Commitfcea reported havir.g iustrucfed the inspector to spread metal cs follows :—2syds on View street, Ecckyside ; 10yds oa High street; 12yda on Lindsay, road ; 12yds ou .Wr.verley, Broughtoa, and Eankeilor' streets; 30/ds on Cwstorphine road; arid 55yda on the Porbary road. The committee recommended that about two chains and a half i of th« foo6pa|.h on the south side of View street be kerbed, cost to be charged to property owners. They had infracted the inspector to report on the condition of the footpath in Aibert stoefc. (Th« Inspector reported in this 'connection that 3yds of screenings were reqmred;) In connection with relief works the committee had instructed tbe inspector to put on ?.sniany men as he could find room for in . the construction of the Forbury road footpath. Adopted.-- . ~ ..."

The Drainage, Water,, and Sanitary Committee/reported havicg losfcructed the inspector to put a guard rail atf «he corner of the Forbury and Dlaujiudrew roads,.and to repair the bos drain on tbe Forbury road. Having considered the lettsr from the Macandrew road School Committee; the committee had requested the South Duntdin Council to take over the reserve in front of the school, as a pait of the Rlacau'draw road, so that the Snhool Committee could construct the drain. The.School Committee had benn informed of tha request made to the South Duuedin Council.—Adopted. The Finance Committee reported that £237 Is 5d had heea iodrfed in the bank, and recommended that £237 11s lOd be passed for payment of accounts. Having considered Messrs Kenyon s.nd Hopking's Utter, the committee recommacded that the council should not wgree to the draft deed submitted. The committee ivrs vilHog that the pipes recently laid in theAllsndiile road aud Collf-ge street" be counted as mains, but recommended .that, in a.l future cjaes before a smaller main than 2iin was laid down tha conaent in writing of the council should be firat obtained. Having considered Mr H. Tmtan's letter, the committee rccomniendtd that the objection to the plan of sections 31 and 32. Ocean Beach district, the property of'Mr George MucnV was- that the ro».d shown on the plan was not formed to its full width.—Adopted.

CdHRESFONDEKCE. Mr 'F. Symocds called attention to the dangerous stato cf s. shed above bis property belonging to Mr W. Isiac.—Clerk to write requeßtiiu;; Mr Isaac to remove tha shed.

Mr J. HoruViy drew attention to the bad state cf Phillip street;. A nuisauce had esistsd for a long time, and it was quite time the council tdok action.—Clerk to writs to Mr Isaac directing his attention to tho matter.

The Tramway Company wrote thab they were quite williug to sweep the mud off the St. Kilda road, provided the council would have the mud removed. —Agre«d to

A cotnmun'cation was received from the West Harbour Borough Council re ths appointment of a delegate to attend the Municipal Conference * : *

Mr A. F. Lorie wrote that he intended to build on section 12, St. Clair Park, and requested that drain pipes might be laid from the present service to the fence line.—Referred to the Di-aitir.gH Corarnittea to report. The Secretary of the Unemployed Relief Work Associstion wrote that the men supplied to make the footpath on the road to St. Clair had been removed from there and engaged elsewhere. He atked that attention might be directed to the matter.—Received.

Cr Yates wrote tendering his resignation.— It was resolved—" That the council accept the reoignation with regret, and place on record its recognition of tbe faithful and valuable services, of Cr Ystes, and its appreciation of the straightforward'manner in which' he had at all times discharged bis dutieß as a councillor."

A special meeting followed for the purpose of 6i£,nin<j fee balauce sheet, which was done,