CITY COUNCIL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22422, 17 November 1934, Page 2

CITY COUNCIL

COMMITTEE REPORTS The following are the reports of the various committees, which will be presented at the fortnightly ineeting of the City Council on Wednesday night:— GENERAL COMMITTEE “LEARN TO SWIM” WEEK. The General Committee will recommend that as in previous years, a grant of £lO be made to the Otago Centre of the New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association, as a contribution towards the cost of organising the annual “ Learn to Swim ” campaign at the Tepid Baths. LICENSES AND PERMITS. The committee will report that one trade -sign and 12 milk vendors’ licenses have been granted. One application for permission to erect an advertising hoarding at Forbury corner has been declined, the committee bein" of the opinion that the site is unsuitable from a residential point of view, and that there are sufficient permits for advertising in the locality already in existence. WORKS COMMITTEE KERB AND CHANNEL REQUIRED. The Works Committee will report that a petition has been received from eight residents of Passmore orescent for the provision of a second kerb and channel on the north side of the street for a length of about seven chains' to mark off the portion of the street which they request to be laid out in grass. The matter has been duly considered, and the committee is of opinion that the request would be quite reasonable if sufficient funds were available for the work, as it appears to be the only suitable means of laying out this portion of the street permanently. The difficulty, however, is to find sufficient funds for one kerb and channel in many streets, and the committee is unable to see its way to grant the request. The petitioners have been advised accordingly. ADDITIONAL RELIEF WORK. Pursuant to instructions from the council the committee has considered a request made by the South Dunedin Unemployed Association for the council’s support in 'their appeal to the Unemployment Board for an extra day’s work per man until Christmas, and the committee now reports having communicated with the Unemployment Board accordingly. SUBDIVISION PLANS. The undermentioned applications for consent to plans of proposed subdivisions have been approved as- follows: (a) From Messrs N. and E. S. Paterson, Ltd., plan of subdivision of lot 25, block 111, township of St. Clair, fronting Beach street and Onslow street. (b) From Mr J. E. K. Lambourne, plan of subdivision of allotments 1,2, 13, and 14, block I, township of Barrfield, fronting English avenue and Kenmure road, subject to the portions of both streets concerned being exempted from the provisions of section 128 of the Public Works Act, 1928, with a building line restriction of 33 feet from the centre line in each case. (c) From Messrs N. and E. 8. Paterson, Ltd., plan of subdivision of section 21, block XXIV, city of Dunedin, fronting Royal terrace. (d) From Messrs N. and E. S. Paterson, Ltd., plan of subdivision of section 4* block X, North Harbour and Blueskin district, fronting Malvern street and Harden street, subject to Harden street being not shown as a public street, and to the corner of Patmos avenue and Malvern street being cut off 10 feet each way for street widening purposes. (e) From Messrs N. and E. S. Paterson, Ltd., plan of subdivision of lota 80 ana 81, Glen estate, fronting Maryhill terrace, subject to the street lines being shown to agree with the street as occupied, and to exemption from the provisions of section 128 of the Public Works Act, 1928, being obtained for the portion of street concerned. (f) From Messrs M'George and Gordon, plan of subdivision of allotment 173, Glen estate, fronting Springhill road, subject to the owner dedicating a strip of land 10 links in depth for the purpose of widening the street, and to exemption from the provisions of section 128 of the Public Works Act, 1928, being obtained for the portion of street concerned. INSTRUCTIONS TO CITY ENGINEER. The city engineer has been instructed to act in the undermentioned matters: — 1. Constructing an intake on the west side of Rewa street with connection to mudtank on the east side, and earth channel to prevent storm-water from entering private property. Estimated cost, £l3 10s. 2. Constructing about 13 chains of permanent gutter in tarred macadam in portion of Beta street to prevent stormwater from entering private properties. Estimated cost, £37. 3. Filling with clay and stone portion of Walton street, where land has subsided at the back of the footpath. Estimated cost to the council, providing for relief labour, £8 10s. 4. Extending the chain netting fencing in Hart street at the side of the lowlevel footway. Estimated cost, £6. 5. Widening portion of Maryhill terrace and English avenue, where land has been acquired for the purpose. Estimated cost to the council, providing for relief labour, £l6O. 6. Laying tarred macadam footway in portion of Tomahawk road. Estimated cost, £2 10s. 7. Clearing broom and elderberry on the water and quarry reserve, Cannington road. Estimated cost to the council, providing for relief labour, £34. 8. Clearing gorse, broom, and elderberry on the council’s land in Dean and Wairoa streets. Estimated cost to the council, providing for relief labour, £34. The engineer has been instructed to record the following for consideration in next .year's allocations:— 1. Completing the tarred macadam footways in M'George avenue. Estimated cost, £36. 2. Forming footways on the railway side of Wilkie road and Bridgman street, with necessary retaining wall at the railway embankment. Estimated cost to the council, providing for relief labour— Wilkie road £705. Bridgman street £259. WATER COMMITTEE The Water Committee will report as follows: — DEEP CREEK WATERWORKS. Corporation labour has been employed on the excavation and placing of reinforcement and concrete for the right abutment of the bridge over the Deep Stream. Cattle stops have been completed along the road through M'Donald’s property, and further maintenance work has been done on the road leading from Deep Stream to Deep Creek saddle. Up till November 8 the contractors for the pipes (Messrs Hume Steel, Ltd.) had despatched from their works 733 pipes and 247 bonds and specials. The cartage contractor (Mr J. Butler) had delivered on the site of the works 536 pipes and 37 bends and specials, the balance being in transit. MAIN EXTENSIONS. Authority has been granted the city engineeer to proceed with the undernoted extensions to mains:—(a) A fourinch main through to Fox street from the four-inch main in Cargill road, at an estimated cost of £255. At present this area is served by a three-inch connecting loon from Reid road through Crowder avenue and back through Joyce avenue, and from that point by a one-inch service pipe, (b) A four-inch main in Peter street. Caversham, to connect with the nine-inch main in South road, and replace the existing three-inch main which was laid by the former borough of Caversham. The estimated cost is £340, of which £204 will be charged to renewals and £136 to extensions. ELECTRIC POWER AND LIGHTING COMMITTEE TENDERS FOR REGULATORS. The Electric Power and Lighting Committee will recommend that the tender of the National Electrical and Engineering Company, Ltd., for the supply and delivery of three alternating current voltage regulators for use on a 6600-volt three phase circuit be accepted. Nine tenders were received and the tender recommended is the lowest, and is for plant of entirely British manufacture. NEW MOTOR VEHICLE. The committee will report that authority has been granted to invite tenders by public advertisement for the supply of two motor cars to replace departmental vehicles which have now reached the end of their economic life. The cost of the new cars will be a charge on the renewal fund.

WAIPORI PRESSURE TUNNEL. The contractors have now 34 men employed on the various sections of the work. The tunnel was driven a further 57 feet during the period, bringing the total length of excacation now completed to 960 feet. The rock is still very hard and compact, with no water. Work at the surge tank and other sectional operations are proceeding satisfactorily. GAS COMMITTEE CARBONISING RETURNS. The Gas Committee will report that the gag engineer’g summary of the carbonising results obtained at the works during the month of October indicates an increase in the gas output, compared with the same month of the previous year, of 426,000 cubic feet, or 1.815 per cent. FINANCE COMMITTEE The Finance Committee will report as follows: — METROPOLITAN FIRE DISTRICT. As the result of recent proposals for the extension of the Dunedin fire district to include the borough of Mosgiel, intimation has now been received from the Department of Internal Affairs of the issue of an Order-in-Council constituting the new fire district, which will be known as the Dunedin Metropolitan Fire District. The new district will comprise the city of Dunedin and the borough of Mosgiel, and the new Metropolitan Five Board will be brought into existence at the end of the current month. The number of persons to be elected to represent the local authorities within the fire district will be four, of whom three will be elected by the City Council and one fay the Mosgiel Borough Council. PAYMENTS. Pay sheets and accounts totalling £40,905 Is 3d have been dealt with as

* Passed for payment, f Previous authorisation by departmental committees approved.

under: — £ s. d. Municipal No. 1 account *11,730 19 4 Insurance Fund No. 6 account *39 19 0 Municipal No. 1 account f5,651 14 5 Water No. 2 account .. t4,274 7 2 Gas No. 3 account.. .. +4,716 10 0 Tramways No. 4 acocunt f5,378 14 10 E.P. and L. No, 5 account t9J106 16 6 Total , £40,905 1 3