PORT CHALMERS BOROUGH COUNCIL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14431, 26 January 1909, Page 8

PORT CHALMERS BOROUGH COUNCIL

Tho usual meeting of the p„,.| chain,™ Borons!.. Council was he ,1 last evening. I hero being present tlio .Mayor (M r ,j o if.. Mill). Crs Cable. Tail, Morgan, Weir P ° ' Jlawson, Powell, Knew.-mtbb, and Aslicr ' CORRESI'ONUESCK. ' ' ' ' Messrs Stevenson ami C to k wn-le i,,iimating ihat. Ilipy were abom to start «•„,.!. m the new foundry in Alaramlrew ro-id' and requested the council | 0 put the pro' posed mam along t|„,( TOI( |. furnish particulars re raising t | R . r „., ( ) |() permanent icvel.-llcferrod to Work. Coinmilice. Mr A. Monro, on behalf of unices wrote ottering to sellthe council properly with buildings 1 hereon for £900 the pro porly to Income on.' of tl, c corporation reserves.—Received .Mr E. 11. Clark, M. P.. wrote a* follows:-" Your letter ro railage to hand, ttm | 1 beg to stale thai I had previously been moving in the matter and will do ail I can to carry out your wishes and see'that Port Chalmers gets the same concessions '. s the other towns of Now Zealand. I will be only too pleased to assist your council in any way 1 can."—Received. Mr Syrl. S. Moir, lion, secretary of the Port Chalmers l-irc Brigade, wrote on behalf ol that body, expressing appreciation of assistunco and support given by tho council, and begging the hitter's acceptance of a framed and mounted photo "roup 0 f the brigade as al present eonstiudod -On the motion of Cr Cable, the brigade were tendered a. hearty vote, of thanks for the ■gift, and appreciative reference was made to the goo;! work done for the benefit of the borough by I lie members. The mover also expressed gratification at the. fact that the brirades services had been called imon very little during the past yrar.-Tho .Mayor fully endorsed the mover's sentiments, and spoke crrdiallv of the services rend«red by the brig.ule'for the security of life and property in the borough.-Tho motion was curried, unanimously. BF.ronTS. The Works Commiffeo reported that the stone crusher had bene placed in position at the quarry, and crushing was started on January SI, a good supply 0 f spalls being in roaJmcss for Ihe nv Mm. The inspector bad been instructed 1 0 use the I first supply of metal for Church street and Mount street. A com- of the anneal instituted by the citizens of Pelone on behalf of tho destitute unemployed in Croat nritah was received inking for co-oneration i'„ hclmng l 0 alleviate, the distress, and also asking that the a.npeal 1» brought under the notice of the residents ' of Port Chalmers.-Referrcd to Finance Committee for favourable consideration. Maintenance work had been carried out throughout the borough by the staff f j nce ] ast nieef ;„„ _ Adopted. It was further resolved to anthor.se the Works Committee to crush MO yards of metal ,n addition, provided the cost did not exceed Is per yard. Tho Finance Committee* reported that receipts suit, last meeting totalled £197 tJs Ud, and accounts amounting to £265 7s 9d were received for payinen-t.-Adoptcd. Ilia Reserves Comnntieo recommended that the corporation's interest in improvements on the Duuback endowment, £204 Js cil, be )>ai(l by incoming tenant, so as to simplify future valuations, also that in Inline valuations the total limit shall not exceed £1000. Further, that the new lease be dated from Hay 1, 1909; that it he for 21 years, and that the land and lmildin»s be submitted to public auction.-Adoptctf , the Water Committee reported haviii" visited tike reservoirs on .lanuary 20, and found it slightly overflowing. Everything was found to be tidy and in gced order the grass on the embankment bavin" been cut and gorse removed. Application for water supply to stonm tn^]n \v oit!in „j was granted, anil F. ,1. Sullivan's application for rebate wa s similarly favoured. With regard to the railway supply, fl le conimitlec found that despite the new nictor, the consumption still continued to increase, and an examination revealed a leakage in the pipes equal to 5000 gallons per day. the committee being of opinion that the faidt lay with the department on aecount of its own defective pines, considled that the charge should bo'adhered 10. llie mspeelor having placed before it an estimated cost of £76 for laving mains lo he new dock, the committee, asked for authority | 0 carry out same as far as the flock- pates, as tho work was necessary before the formation of Maeandrew raid is umlertakou.-.Vlopieil.

THE TIS.M.V SKKVICK. Cr Knewsliibb moved Iliat flip nni'wnv Donartment he asked to have the 1.9 » ,„ train from (own slopped at Mussel liav on Sa urdnys, ,„ ordr . r | 0 Dermit wo| .|. |no , fioin Duiiedin to alight.-Carried.