MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22266, 19 May 1934, Page 10

MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS

CITY COUNCIL REPORTS The various committees of the City Council'will report ns follows to the meeting of that body on Wednesday evening:— LIBRARY COMMITTEE The Library Committee will report as follows: — The follbwing donations have been received anil acknowledged with thanks: — New Zealand Company certificate signed by Charles Nettle and William Cargill. Letter-beads with pictures of early Dunedin buildings, 1861-1806; and A very early photograph of portion of - Dunedin. All. were sent in by Miss Colliuson, of No. 387 George street. RESERVES COMMITTEE Vlhe Reserves Committee will report as follows: The tender of the Otago Rugby Football' Union in the sum of £27 10s for the use of the main (No. 1) ground atLogan Park for the period ending September 16, 1934, has been accepted. This was the only tender received. CROQUET LAWNS * The undermentioned applications for ..croquet Hawns have been grunted:— Dal more Croquet Club for two lawns <on portion of the Gardens recreation f round near the George street bridge, ormerly used by the George Street School Committee ns school gardens, Montecillo Croquet Club for an additional lawn alongside the club’s present Hawns at Montecillo. ! in both cases the work of constructing tine lawns would be carried out by relief htbour, the clubs paying to the council tl*e whoJfe of the costs involved outside of tile U.B. No. 5 wages. OVAL PAVILION fistructions have been given to intenders by public advertisement for re roofing of and sundry repairs to thel pad lion on the Anderson's Bay frontage*'.of the Oval. Tb# work is provided for in the current year’s allocations. GENERAL COMMITTEE Tlw General Committee will report #* folhKvs:— BATHS FIREMAN Aifctbority has been granted to invite applications by public advertisement for the (position of boiler attendant at the Tepiil Baths. The present attendant is due to retire at the end of June. next. LICENSES AND PERMITS Ap locations for licenses and Permits have 'been granted as under:—Manufacture t»f cordials (provisional only for 12 montlß.), one; trade signs, two. # One application for a trade sign ana one a\ {plication for a second-hand dealer s licensed have been declined. WORKS COMMITTEE ' The Works Committee will submit the followi »g recommendations ■ Advii (e has been received from the certifying officer, Government Employment Itwreau, to the effect that it was the exiMrience of the Unemployment Board that in some cases men have been classified*, as fit for light work, making them a charge on the Unemployment Fund, wfiere their infirmity is such that even in normal times they would be unable to oijiain and hold any kind of position. andi it had been agreed, therefore, to set ajfi in each centre a tribunal to which smii cases might be referred for a decision qts to their status; It had now been detailed to set up such, a body m Dunedin, to consist of one representative of the; Hospital Board (not the medical examukr), one representative of the Unemployi pent Board, and one representative of the £!ity Council. . The committee recommend*! that the chairman (Cr J. d. Marlow) bt? appointed as the council 9 representatrvi& on this body. SIjREET WIDENING Consideration has been given to the matter of widening portion of Crosby street, wherfe land has already been acquired for tI.(W purpose, and the committee recommends that authority be a , n d is hereby given t for this work to be put 111 hand, utilising relief labour.. The'estimated cost to the council is £B2, and the work is expected to employ 10 relief workers and, v.a ganger for about three weeks. , • SUttREY STREET The committee will report as follows: —A joint req u Ist from some 30 ratepayers and householders of Surrey street for kerbing, channelling and. footpath formation in this stiiteet has been considered by the committee. The estimated cost of the work asked for is £714, but a 9 funds cannot be made available to meet such expenditure at present, it is regretted that the request cannot be acceded to. ilie matter has. hoviever, been noted for further consideration later in the financial year, and the rotitioners have been advised according!;*.

DRIVER’S ROAD Authority has Been given for widening a bend at the [otH of Driver’s road, near its intersection wWth Queen s drive. The easing of this liend nag been kept m view for some time and a considerable amount of filling has been deposited over the site from tube to time- The esli-* mated cost to the council ot carrying out the work, utilising relief labour, is £llß. TO ENGINEER The city engineer has been instructed to act in respect of tile undernoted matters: Regrading and Making good the tarred macadam at the coilncr of Bridgman street and Grosvenor stre et, in, conjunction with the work of constructing new gates at the Kensington School by the Education Board. Estimated tbost las. _ Erecting a notic- f prohibiting the depositing of rubbisU in upper Albany street. Estimated cost £1 10s. WATER COMMITTEE The Water Committee will recommend as follows: — , Tlie committee wilß report having considered the tenders rdeeived for (a) Contract No. 916, Repatriation of Benching, Section “L,” and (bT Contract No. 918, trench Work, part SectionM, in connection with the Deep Creek waterworks scheme. For Contrailt 916, six tenders were received from fivit persons or parties, and for Contract 9181, 22 tenders were received from 22 perso fc»s or parties. After reviewing the whole oft the tenders in detail, the committee recommends that the following be accepted, Viz.;— (a) Contract No. 916, Preparation of Benching, section. “L"—Messrs R. Morrison and paHy, in the sum of £1220. , (b) Contract No. 9fß, Trench Work, part section ,f M Messrs Purton, Tarpy and Co. party), in the sum of In both cases the tewllars recommended are not the lowest, but are regarded as the most suitable, having <lue regard to the prices generally, conditions attached by tenderers, and other rd&evant considerations. TRAMWAYS COMMITTEE The Tramways Committee will submit the following recommendations: — MORNINGTON BU$ SERVICE The matter of provkfling additional transport facilities for ti*e residents of Morningtou by running exttra trips on the Moniington-Elgiu road-Bnileknowes bus run has been investigated.. The present bus service runs from Mod clays to Thursdays (inclusive) from 7.10 a»m. to 9 a.m., and from noon to 7.35 p.ra_ On Tuesday and Thursday evenings extra, trips are run between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m.. Fridays the hours of running are Ibom 7.10 a.m. till 9 a.m., and noon till 10 p.m., and on Saturdays the hours are fr (mi 7.10 a.m. til! 9 a.m., and noon till 7.10 p.m. The average number of passenge fs carried is 8.5 per trip, and the servifce Inst year resulted in a loss of £302 6;t; this, however, without taking into account the value of the service as a fiteder to the main line, which would be appreciable. After taking the whole mat pr iuto_ consideration, the committee is of the opinion that, as the bus service is run' as a feeder to and in lieu of an extension to the main line, an augmented service is warranted, and therefore recommends thßt the following extended running be approved, viz.;—Mondays to Saturdays, 7.*10 a.m. till 9 a.m.; noon till II p.m. The recommendation is subject to the proviso that, if it be found latter that the

portion of the service between 8 and 10 p.m. is not .used, then that portion is to be cut out. '■ . v .. -, , The additional service is estimated to cost approximately £446 per annum, and the revenue is estimated at £134, leaving a deficiency of £312, which, together with the loss on the present service of £302, will involve a total charge on the Mornington line of £6l4' per annum. SCHOOL CHILDREN Further consideration has been given to the matter of extending the school children concession on the city lines to the Mornington line. The present fares arfc: —City to Mornington, Id; city to Maryhill, 2d; Maryhill or Mornington to city. Id. The committee is of the opinion that the fare for children between the city and Maryhill should be reduced to Id. That would bring the fare into conformity with the charges on the Roslyn line between the city and Kaikorai. . The committee regrets that it is finable to approve of the suggestion that the school children’s concession on the city , electric lines should be extended to the Mornington line. The city’fare was introduced at the incoptioh of the electric system, and has been continued to date only with difficulty, despite the fact that the operating costs on the .electric lines are much lower than those on the cable system. REPORTS The committee will report as follows: In accordance with instructions to act, the compiittee has accepted the tender of Messrs Leyland / Motors, Ltd., for the supply of one 1v.D.5.X.1 model 4-ton truck, with tip gear, for the sum of £9BO, delivered at the department’s yard. The E.P. and L. Department’s sixwheelers proved on examination to-'be unsuitable for the duty required by the , department. The traffic returns for the past fortnightly period, as prepared by the Tramway manager, show a decrease in the revenue for the period, of £ll7. The fiet returns taken from -April 1 last show an increase of £44 over the corresponding period of last year—.2s per cent. FINANCE COMMITTEE The Finance Committee will report as follows: — ANDREW’S BEQUEST Consideration has been given to an application from the Legion of Frontiersmen for inclusion in the tramway concession privilege granted to units of the detencc ■forces. This would involve a grant out of Andrew’s Bequest Fund to make up the difference between the Id fare paid by each individual and the fare for the distance actually travelled. Your committee is unable to approve of any extension of the concession to any organisation outside the recognised defence units, and has advised the applicants accordingly. PAYMENTS Paysheets and accounts totalling £30,142 16s 5d have been passed as under:—Municipal No. 1 account, £4163 >ss_ 7d;> .insurance fund No. 6 account, £SO 2s 9a; municipal No; 1 account; £4734 17s 7d; water No. 2 account, £2044, 17s sd; gas No. 3 account, *3413 10s lid; tramways No. 4 account, 5143 13s; E.P. and L. No. 5 account, £7591 19s 2d; —total,. £30,1416s sd.