GASHOLDER COMMEITTEE.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 14150, 29 July 1916, Page 3

GASHOLDER COMMEITTEE.

The Gasholder -" Coinmittieo^eported: On letter from- Mr J,^Wyllie;-request^ ing an extension of time for completion of^contract to August 19taY That ,the application be granted, and, t^iat it be a Recommendation* that a further extension for one month (be granted if applied for. As to damaged side sheets for inner lift: That ( tho Gas Engineer obtain quotations 'for rolling same. (Number of damaged, sheets two hundred more or lessi) The report waa adopted. CITY ENGINEER'S REPORT. - The City Engineer (Mr J. G\ Littlejohu) reported: Streets and tootways: Since Saturday tho whole staft, together with' additional men, have been engaged in repairing the flood damage Drainage: Matters, proceeded as usual " • the flood 80 far as has been ascerts mod the pressure and air mains across the Maitai at the foot of Trafalgar street are broken, and the sewers in Erin &treet ul» .Manuka and Bronte streets are carried awaj." Tho first mentioned breakage is a serious maifcer, and will be veiy difficult to reinstate. I am joining up the air main by a pipe Jive across the bridge in ordei to gqt the Collingwood Sifiept ejector, which takes the drainage fiom tho whole of the Wood uiea, into opeiotion again. The bi-eakagcs in Ei in street a.nd also the inundatiqn of the centio of tho to^/n flooded the seweis ol Xo 2 area, causing the sew■ip,o to flow hack tluough the piivate drains on poiiions of tho city that weie not flooded. Water: One new service has been put in and nine; services, five .stopcocks, and six fireplugs-; have been repaired. The main in Waimea street was cut in. two places ihd found bo be in'very good .condition/ J<\irther inyestigatioii- of the. iuains will be proceeded., with as soon as flood damage is repaired. . The reticiilation from the iveir is badly silted with mud, moss, and ileibris, which will be dilficult to remove rrom-- -the .service pipes. 3\liscellaneous: Eleven.; building permits for work rallied.at:;£slo have been issued for the lionth. ■' . , ..■..."-'.-.'/

ORDINARY BUSINESS,

The Abattoir Manager reported for the. fortnight, ending July 25th,, "chat the following stock had been; slaughtered: Cattle 7.2,. calves 2, sheep; 663*, lambs 45, pigs 27.;; total, 809. Condemned, two sheep. ,' The.-Gas: Engineer -reported1, on a canvass made o£ the Tahuna district, showing that. 38 residents promised to take the gas supply when it was laid to thetownship;.. Guarantees in a proposed extension were v.er.y often misleading, and the success of the extension lay in the prompt, action of the Council.1 The report: was deferred.: . The City Engineer presented a special report on the proposal to fill in the low-lying land 1 owned •by the Council in Washington Valley. lie presented al-. ternativo scl'eiiies. (The report, which was ?pf considerable length, "will be published later.) . , Cr. Moffatt thought the report an excellent one,, but seeing the cost of the'scheme he did not think the Council could; do anything at; the.present time However,.- the Council's portion might be filled up with some of the, spoil from ■slips, and the property, owners might be, asked to meet the Council and discuss matters. For £150 provision could be made for getting -the -water..away, , and .this work might be done. He moved that the matter of filling in the low-lying areas be left to the City Engineer to deal with as material was available, and that property owners interested be invited to meet the Council. .--....

Cr. Pitt said the £150 work had already, been authorised to be done. .Cr. Mercer, seconded the motion. . Cr;-Watson said the trouble at the present time was that the Water could not get away. The water in the recent iiood was 18 inches higher than in any pi-evious flood he had known. The present 18-inch, pipe should be replaced by a culvert. . The City Engineer' said 'a culvert would cost £200. '..'-. The Mayor said if a culvert was put in the water could get away, and. he believed "that was the. solution of the trouble. ; . . Cr. Watson seconded the motion, which; was earned. Cr. iPioer moved in accordance with notice:—"That a 4-inch pipe tor-a-.' water be laid from.'.the iun'ction of the 7-inch pipe in Waimea road as far as they will go to the town I boundary,'anfi'iound Boundary road, j and the 3-inch bo taken Tip arid joined with the 4-inch, and that the 3-inch be continued round the town boundary "until it reaches'the. 3-inch m Tipahi street find junctions therewith. And that the , down valve be closed in Waimea road and Franklyn street, and.that the down valve be closed at the junction of Wai-' i:iea road, and Hampden street." Cr.. Piper explained his proposal, and the matter was deferred until next [meeting, the City. Engineer to report. - "he Council then rose.