PORT CHALMERS COUNCIL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19135, 1 April 1924, Page 4

PORT CHALMERS COUNCIL.

The fortnightly meeting las;:) night of th® Ports* Chalmers Borough Co uncil was at-., tended by Mr J. Watson (Mayor), Crs AndetBon,Asher, Cable, Dodds, l/ove, Bertie, Allied;'-and Smith, r t ; ;/CORRESPONDENCE. ■i b&balf of the local Minsters' Assooiftf fcbti, the -Rev. C. B. Jordan invited the Mayor and councillors to the annual Anzao memorial service on the Sloth inst.—-The intiitiation was accepted. ' The Town Clerk of Hastings forwarded a resolution parsed by hie council with a giow to getting the Minister to review the legislation empowering Electric Power Boards to tax non-uaere of electrcily from a minimum of 5s per month to a maximum of £6O pier month, The co-operation of municipaUi‘> ties owning*'gasworks waa invited.—The council, though under a power board, agreed to support the Maeterton Council , Mr W. H. Sunderland wrote complaining that although', the ratepayers of Manaford about six months ago, asked the council to divert to the road channel, a sprinu that was undermining their properties, nothing Had yet been done in the mattnr.-—The writer , to be informed the matter would be attended to as soon as possible, , i .Mg S. Wilson, Bums street, asked that shrubs which were keeping the street lamp* i from lighting the footpaths l;c cut back. — Resolved that the matter be attended to REPOETS. The. Works Committee reported .that the *. Principal work for the past fortnight had been, the laying of 116 ft of sewer at Island terrace, and making connections. Unex- ■ pec tod difficulties had delayed the completion '.of this work. Some work had been . done in widening the road at Aurora terrace and building a rough wall to retain tho material. Channels had boon cleared in Wacandrew road, Currie street. Grey street, also main "streets and Square. The footpau, on. the north side of Currie street had been tarred and sanded. In regard to tho letter ; fiom the sanitary contractor in reference, to - the water supply which waa referred to the Sanitary and Water' Committees, it was reported that the combined committees had carefully considered this matter, but had .nothing to report in tho meantime.—Report adopted. • The Finance, Committee reported the fortnight’s receipts to be £135 2u Id and the accounts at £321 10a Id.—Adopted. , f The Gas and Water Committee' reported receipts at £55 Its ,3d and accounts for payment £75 6s. Only Westport coal waa being used, and the gas was better. The water Officer reported that the reservoir was down I;7ft 2in. Groat care would still require to . be taken by residents if a shortage wore to » $e avoided. He was still employed getting i Out stone for repairs to the storm-water chan1, nel, of which ‘ he had grouted 86 yards, if The flow of water in the channel cut round I the hill to the little reservoir was lour | gallons per minute, which he expected to ho I doubled when the two chains extra were finished. In the meantime the committee had given instructions to cut off the, water from all urinals in the borough,—Report adopted. Ct. Cable eaid a report on be ring for water is at tbe reservoir could be obtained tor £25. ’■ Cr Cable thought the water officer should bo [. put on monthly wages. i, , The Mayor eaid that would bo considered l" ■' in committee. 'The matter whether the Mayor should _ authorise the tarring and snndihg of, toot"paths without consulting the Works Conimit- :: ■ tee waa discussed. Several councillors said tho i.i Mayor should attend meetings of the commitV; tee when these matters were being discussed and. decided on. i The Mayor held that tbe work done on the paths according to his method was an imi provement on the old method. He referred i , to. the footpath in one street so treated as i the beat in the borough. Cr Borrie thought it would be better to r do more footpath* with one coating in tho i , old way, than, for fewer paths to he done y i with two. coatings in the Mayor's way. f/ The council went into committee to consider a preliminary deport from Mr M'Curdie , on improving the Water Supply; also to oonI, aider the’matter of lighting the streets.