GREEN ISLAND COUNCIL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19966, 7 December 1926, Page 13

GREEN ISLAND COUNCIL

The monthly meeting of the Green Island Borough Council was held last night and was attended by the Mayor (Mr W. T. Smellie), Crs T. Tomkins, T. M‘Allan, P. 0. Smellie, C. Crimp, R. Tait, R. Knight, H. A. Christie, and P. Chalmers. KAIKORAI STREAM. The Engineer reported that he had gone into the question of the cost of the deviation of the Kaikorai Stream, and he estimated the cost at £260. Cr Christie said that he thought it would be an improvement and that it would provide a dump for ashes. It would have a better flow through Miller Park, a shorter course, and it would make a better entrance to the domain. The cost was high. He would move that the matter be deferred, pending an inspection. The motion was seconded by Cr P. 0. Smellie and carried. FINANCE. Cr Tomkins reported that since October 28 the expenditure was £844 12s lOd for maintenance and £428 17s 3d for the unemployment loan account, while the receipts over the same period were £378 18s 4d. The balance in the bank was £925 8s Id. The district fund credit balance was £2OB 15s Bd. THE CENOTAPH AREA. Cr Christie said that it had been pointed out to him that the railway authorities had a right to get through the cenotaph area from the side of the street, and if they insisted on that right it would spoil the look of the laying out of the ground around the cenotaph. He moved that the authorities be approached and asked to waive that right. It was the intention of the committee to place a concrete wall along that place. , Cr Tomkins seconded the motion, which was carried, and Cr Christie and the engineer were appointed to interview the railway authorities. GENERAL. The Water and Lighting Committee recommended that the engineer be authorised to procure material necessary for repairing mains and to repair the 6in supph line; also hat the town clerk write to the city electrical engineer in reference to the dangerous state of the electric light pole at the corner of Alexander and Patersons treets. —The recommendations were adopted. The other committee reports and recommendations were also adopted. J. B. Mason applied for permission to erect a garage on the continuation of Totness street.—Or M'Ahan said that ho did not think the road line would be used for a number of years, and he would move that the application be granted.—The Town Clerk: At a peppercorn rental ? The application was granted at a rental of Is a Je it r was decided that the Mayor, the town clerk and the engineer should wait on Mr J. Mitchell with a view to including in the borough the six and a-hal£ acres owned by Mr Mitchell at the top of Lookout Point on the Main South road, so as to make the borough contiguous with the city Cr -Christie moved : That, pursuant to section 67 of the Rating Act, 1925, an additional charge of 10 per cent, be added to all rates and fees remaining unpaid alter February 16, 1927. .... The motion was seconded by Cr ixnignt, and carried. , It was decided that the fees from the registration of dogs bo the same a® those of last year. ENGINEER’S REPORT. The engineer’s monthly report stated that the work carried out by the outdoor staff consisted of attention to street lighting, repairs to water supply, putting in the new house services, attention to con.etery, work on-the Main South road, and tli6 general works of maintenance. 1 lie amount of wages paid during two jort nightly periods, was £79 Os 6d. The worst places on the Main South road from the foot of Browns Hill to Concord have been attended to. and the men are now engaged on the resurfacing of Lookout Point Hill. The use of sand for blinding seems to have been a success preventing the metal from spreading and generally binding for immediate traffic, the only disadvantage being that, if put on in windy weather before rain, a considerable quantity of sand is blown about. The maintenance work on Bruce street has been completed, the metal having been spread and the surface blinded with sand. The maintenance work on Teigmnouth street has been finished in the same way. The . water tables on Henry and John streets, Burnside Extension, have been cleaned out and the formation re-formed ready for metal. Work is in progress on the piping of the storm water and private drain from Princes street to Kaikorai Stream through the properties of Messrs Seymour, Martin, and Sullivan. A start has been made with the kerbing and channelling of St. Andrew street in concrete, but the bad weather has considerably delayed the completion of the work. The report was adopted.