THE ENGINEERS' WATER REPORTS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18031, 3 September 1920, Page 3

THE ENGINEERS' WATER REPORTS.

TO THE EDITOB. nifht'T A «f, M' ITTII meetiE S Wednesday night I stated that the council was dilatory with X?™? re3pon , slbili l iea connection 1 fu PI ! ly: ' that the engineers' reports were m the hands of the town clerk t„ W lg^/B ° : • that , ail councillors ought to l ave had copies; that copies should be handed t ° the press; and that I was Gained to hand over my copies because they must thev? ea3od 'i, And why shouldn't Sw2 r P T S have foot the bills. :T7° -j ®f mm 'ttee meets to-morrow afternoon (Friday) to consider the reports and a report from the city engineer. d a -Lhere is no need for a, mild panic to Tv> created when the reports are made nublic - a C 4 f tamty , tt6re wiU be an improvement m the supply before summer oomesbut emergencies require unusual and—in the present caso with summer coming on—pronrnt £&£ * r< * etili<>n o[1 «* 4ws clerk's hand? a ffil HT W Vt Silve » tr -- "o question has always been wiSus Not to further back than 1893 wo 40 8° Mr S. H. Mirams- ] UI . a . a . ro P ort by Messrs It. Hay, M Inst C P rcport by 1898, Mr E. m' Barr en i 8S d h Ml « in in 1899 by Leslie H HiSm ij ' y ' ! others since the one bv^rf S ' M u amon £ M'Curdie' in 1016. In Jimo m&LI 7 an< J in the council until the llio il* was not appeared the rIZ T~ thaI ° enlarging of the soittC™ ■, re P° r t on the cost of enlarging it to contabTSM^om 1611 !! 1110 at a cost of £16,000 was nut ,^r o'°°°o'°°° Salons mitteo. In March 1895 111 Jr e °° m " Hay proposed a &m on ttfOT fclß ' alld to hold at least 50 000 000 3 i 6 Creek of £10,280. Why were tlipS at , a cost given offect to? The .Proposals not adjudicator, and if tho pronSdg «J. h ir- ™*»«&""™Xb5 r s «™,"SoS"¥ 2? ! S.*° y " placo some months ago 1 And 10011 nection I may add u'lnr „i, ,j , this conto an official for' l !f Ibe indebted work of councils in thf past? mf 7 S* tho the council a file of nast von * y haa not etc. Things plans ' happy-go-lucky linos. dono 011 responsible °te 1<: all "questioL ltS f °% iala i 3 council must bear al? pol;c >"> the cials have to justifv V e °®" - «•» iSSSfc „"„t JAMES Jeffery.