PETITIONS FROM PROPERTY OWNERS.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 14150, 29 July 1916, Page 4

PETITIONS FROM PROPERTY OWNERS.

SUBSIDY FOR PROTECTIVE WORKS

~A, :-P?5 J? n T as recei^e<l from residents of Brook street and Seymour Avenue wh o were heavy losers by the flood, m the Brook Stream, asking the Council's assistance to afford protection from future "-floods aud further damage. They asked that a substan--SSY iT g? ¥ erected on hoth baQks: ■■where the washout occurred. Cr. Hampson said it was private property and-the Council could fothmg:, rfuch as they sympathised wit« toe petitioners, .if they assisted some of the sufferers l.y tiie flood they must assist all, and they could not make a gln ?J Present for such a purpose. -Cr. Moffatt thought the Council had some liability. The position was the same here as in districts where river bonrcs were in existence. Cr.Webley moved that the matter be referred to- the Works Committe& to inquire whether some cheap protection could be provided. At the time of the record fiood in 1870 the Board of gorKs carried out protective works. He did not -tnmk the Council was hohle^^ the,oad might be daxnaged: Mayor suggested that a grant of £10 be given out of unauthorised expenditure to, tho-petitioners to erect InySli^^ '""HP***

J • ■ . Cr. Pitt suggested" that they mi^kt make it £10 for each.side. &- in reply jp a question, the City Engineer said he had suggested a scheme to Mr. Parmenter, the, heaviest loser, which would cost about £50. It n ro l vided;for three wails of wattling, filled' With stones, and Slkd up behind Mr Farnjenter had arranged for material tor the filling, which was not included m the estimate. If the Council intended to do anything it might offer a ±, ior £, subsidy. On the motion of Cr. Hampson, s^onaed by Cr. Moffatt, it" was decided -withowt / prejudice to ofJ »}*% petitioners a subsidy oi £1 for £1 up, to £25 for an approved scheme .of river protection, the work to begone under the super! vision of the City Engineer. A petition was also received from Co t I | Tafa¥ r Street ' aski»g the Council to make more adequate provision for the escape of storm water . ihe^atter> as referred to the .Works Committee

A petition of the.same nature from SS^S**"1-*^™'"^ SS' Md2ie^S. r 10° -ra*of"- =-

It was decided, to offer Mrs Charles