CITY COUNCIL REPORTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21390, 18 July 1931, Page 6

CITY COUNCIL REPORTS

The following are summaries of the reports to be presented at the meeting of the City Council on Wednesday night:— LIBRARY COMMITTEE.

The Library Committee will report that 21,347 persons visited the newspaper and magazine rooms and the reference library during June, against 16,621 in June last year. The number of adult tickets issued to June 30 last was 9736; the juvenile tickets numbered 1485. The number of books issued for home reading was 33,511 in June. RESERVES COMMITTEE.

The Reserves Committee will report:— The tenant of the tea kiosk having vacated the premises, arrangements have been made for the lady in charge of the Women’s Rest Room to take over the tea kiosk and run it conjointly with the Rest Room, the tenancy to be for a period of one year only meantime. The neiv tenant has given very satisfactory service in the Rest Room, and is in a position to run the kiosk under very satisfactory conditions. GENERAL COMMITTEE.

The General Committee will recommend that the parking place for private cars in Dowling street be reconstituted a parking place for night time use only. There have been numbers of complaints respecting the position of this park, and it has now become so congested and takes up such a large portion of the street that ordinary traffic in the street has become seriously inconvenienced, and to a certain extent endangered. Concerning the bus service to Mosgie! the committee will report:—“ln terms of instructions from the council your committee has considered the representations by Mr A. M. Finnic respecting the proposed alterations in the time table of his bus service from Dunedin to Mosgiel on Sundays. The whole matter has been fully reviewed and your committee is confirmed in its opinion that it would be quite inadvisable to agree to the time table as proposed by the applicant. Past experience in the running of the bus services on the south route has indicated that it is essential that a sufficient gap should be provided in the time table to obviate the possibility of the buses of the two services running practically together from the same points. The requisite gap is provided in the committee’s former recommendation, and the same is, therefore, accordingly resubmitted, viz.: That the application from Mr A. M. Finnic for a service from Dunedin to Mosgiel on Sundays and special occasions be granted, subject to the proposed time table being amended as under, viz.:—From Dunedin: Bus scheduled for 4.45 p.m.— To leave at 5.10 p.m. From Mosgiel: Bus scheduled for 3.45 p.m.—To leave at 4 p.m. Bus scheduled for 8.30 p.m.—To leave at 9 p.m. ’" WORKS COMMITTEE.

The Works Committee will report:— Cargill road: Now that the Drainage Board has completed the construction of the storm water sewer in Cargill road along the frontage of the Railway Workshops, instructions have been given to the city engineer to carry out the necessary work of completing the widening of the street and the metalling of the carriage way. On account of the nature of the ground it is proposed to excavate to a depth of about 12 inches and form a foundation of rotten rock finished with 2Jin metal. The total estimated cost of the work, including kerbing, channelling and tar macadam footway is £IOOO. Unemployment Relief Works.—Authority has been granted for the city enginer to proceed with the under-men-tioned works as unemployment relief works under the Unemployment Board’s scheme No, 6, viz.:—(a) Completing the formation of a path from Leckhampton court to Reynolds street. Estimated cost to the council £23. (b) Reshaping and metalling Rainton road. Estimated cost to the council £SO. (c) Improving the northern side of Littlebourne crescent, (d) Excavating a bank in Scoular street. Estimated cost to. the council £2. The city engineer has been instructed to record for consideration with next year’s allocations the matter of the construction of concrete kerbing and channelling and tarred macadam footway along the Glen road and South road frontages to the subdivision formerly known as Fox’s quarry. WATER COMMITTEE.

The Water Committee will report;— Pipe Contract. —An offer from the joint receiver for the Onakaka Iron and Steel Company, Ltd., to undertake the delivery of the 4in pipes required under the council’s contract with the company has been accepted. The pipes are to be delivered before August 31 next. Other lines remaining to complete the council’s contract will be manufactured at Onakaka and delivered immediately after manufacture.

Main Extension, Musselburgh Rise.— Authority has been granted for tho laying of 4J chains of 4in main to supply the new subdivision at Musselburgh Rise, at an estimated cost of £6B. ELECTRIC POWER AND LIGHTING. The Electri Power and Lighting Committee will report:— Plant for Halfway Bush sub-station; Authority has been granted to invite tenders by public advertisement for tho supply and delivery of sundry electrical plant for installation at the Halfway Bush substation. The installation is required as the result of the agreement recently made with the Government for bulk supply from Waitaki. Mahinerangi Dam—Progress Report; The city engineer’s report on the progress of the works at Mahinerangi dam during the past two weeks shows that concrete laid in position during the period totalled 250 cubic yards. The report further states that certain sections of the temporary pipe line were removed and that on Sunday, June 28, the dam was filled. The following week-end the water level Was lowered and further pipes were removed. The Sin water pipe line was also removed from the low levels after making connections to a new line across the dam, TRAMWAYS COMMITTEE. The Tramways Committee will report: — Caversham Ratepayers’ Association: A number of matters dealing with the Caversham tramway and bus services brought under the notice of the committee by the Caversham Ratepayers’ Association has been investigated. Particulars of the inquiries, which number nine in all, and the replies thereto which have been sent to the association by the committee, are laid on the table for the information of the councl.

Anderson’s Bay road paving: Proposals submitted by the Public Works Committee relative to the intention of the Works Committee to proceed with the paving of the eastern side of Anderson’s Bay road between the railway overbridge and the existing paving near Cargill road, including the drainage of the tram track, have been approved and authority given for the tramway department’s share of the cost. Transport Licensing Bill: Authority has been granted for the tramway manager to proceed to Wellington, in company with his Worship the Mayor, with a view to taking concerted action with representatives of other tramway authorities regarding the various features in the Transport Licensing Bill recently brought down by the Government. There are a number of provisions in the Bill which, from a tramway point of view, should be deleted or extensively amended. There are also other essential matters not governed by the proposed legislation which, in the opinion of the department, should be included in the Bill.