BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13433, 26 March 1907, Page 7

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

■ ■ \ ■♦. -^ ' '■' '• • , The Mayor (Mr E. Dockrill) presic at a meeting of the Borough Council Monday night. The. other meinb present were Councillors Montea Wilson, Collis, Browne, 'Hutchen, a Webster. ELECTRIC LIGHT CONTRACT. Mr R. L. Mestayer (consulting < ginee l p)'wrbte'd6ttifyin^ thalt tMe Bri Co. was entitled to an immediate ps ment of £334 19s lid on account of i electric lighting contract and a fii payment of £10 so soon as the two n transformer cases are delivered in go condition. — Agreed to. T^e Acting-Superintendent of EL trie Lines (Mr W. G, Meddings) wrc , that it would be necessary the whole the distance to Moturoa, one mi' should be run with insulated wire, b no diction, would be offered, to ba wire being used until insulated wi couM be obtained. — Received. ' i RATES. Mr F, P. Corkill wrote that the oi standing rates on properties bought ', the Railway Department for fleviatii purposes would be paid by the Depaj ment. — Received. A CLAIM., Mr Geo. Riddell wrote that unless tl Council settled his claim for damage hides of cattle killed at the abattoir ] should be compelled to. place Jbhe ma ter & his soi£cifcMr l c i ]&fc3fa? - ; The Town Clerk, said the amount claim was 22s 6d. Referred to the Abattoir Committe THE BATHS. < The caretaker of the Municipal Bat] wrote making several suggestions in r gard to the management, and alsd asi jn,g thast his salarytbe iner.easedW;o £11 per annum. -' "' ~" ••' Referred to tho..Bashs Committee. "A^E9UEST. The Taranaki ;CoUjsy Cpt^icil wrol requesting the Council' to remove tl j>iles driven in the Mdqgprei river o the County road. It was pointed; oi the County Foreman ha 9 reported' tl matter and stated "that these suppon to your pipe bridge obstruct the wat< way in time dfflood, and have on moj than one occasion' endangered ybur pij bridge and the country through a coi siderable amount of drift Wood bein lodged against the former." The Mayor moved that the 1 matter 1 referred] o to^e Works Qprisnittee vtii a view to them consulting with tl County Council, and that in the meai time the Engineer prepare an estimai of the cost of changing the piles to 1 tl other side of the bridge. Councillor Qollissai^ it was only fa to the ICqu&clT, to* mention that tl members, were, against this work beir carried out in this manner at first,. b\ they eventually ikg'reed, on profession! jadvjee/. wiis'jiow the re^ulj. • The Mayor considered it would coi the Council between £100 and £200. The Engineer agreed, that. |he, pi< it would cost quite'sp mricn as his orig nal estimate. 1 ' \ The motion of the Mayor was agree to. • ' ' '. ' ' '. ' THE FOOTPATH AT POST OFFICI {The District Engineer t (Mr, G. } Cook), replying to a letter jffoin tl Town "Clerkj said he could, scarce agree A that 3 the work is required sole to^. improve the entrance to the Po 'Ofec&/'"*^« the footpath was part of tl main thoroughfare of the town. 1 hoVever, it was considered jthe existii path met requirements then in this ca slight' adjustments could be made ♦ suit isteps of the Post Office,' arid done at small cost. I—Left1 — Left with the foi man to confer with the engineer wh< in. town. ■ . PE&D'ARVES STREET. Mr Cecil' .Wright drew' the attenti( of r tike Council to the.c ondition of t north sjde of. Pendarves Street from t corner of Gover Street, which was ye unsatisfaciiory.-r-Ref erred' to the, Wor Committee.^ ' THE HUATOKI DEVIATION. Mr J. C. Webster complained th the new cpurse^of tthe •if^atoki-'strej at Vivian Street was too shallow, a narrow, tauslng'jtijier fi©oid|Watejs sweep o/er th&t pbftion*6f 'Bame'S T< race leased- to^him. The flood of \M< day last caused him some loss. '- The foreman wa» ;,9f opinion the convenience was ' Caused 'by two <;tr obstructing the flow of/rthe river b|yc the culvert. — AWfcho'rfsetl to r^m( them.. . . \ 'Messrs. Goyett^and Quilliam W that they were of opinion v the jpyo] way to effect the^exchange of land quired by Mr Collect was by wa| o special act, but Messrs Standisfc i Kerr were as , confident that thjie change could be made -by stopping bed of the old'pive^faS.ijioi^^ iftw a road. Under the circumstance^ t desired to relieve .themselves of a^d that was more or less distasteful. *T asked —the - Council to aiitlibrise Town Clerk (as Borough Solicitor) Messrs Standish and Kerr to carry n ters through. Councillor Hutchen thought the n ter should have been mentioned bef The letter. : , now reqei^e^: was certa rather lateln thVday. " Councillor Collis said the Council nothing to do with the efJFe^mg of exchange. „,.,•,, ,- t The Mayor said Messrs Govett Quilliam had undertaken to carry work through.. \ Councillor Monteath thdught Council should act on the advic their solicitors, that they were prep to deal with the matter by special and that Messrs Standish and Kei written to to, this effect. : Mr Hutchen thought Messrs G< and Quilliam should not throw vi sponge in> this manner. ' ; The Mayor* moved that the matt deferred for further consideration. Councillor Webster second Agreed to. ' FOREMAN'S REPORT.™

"crete kerb auot channel and the aspnaltof.footpathfe.in Diiwsoii Street in front of Mr Granville's property, and concrete kerb t in. Street for Mr wus He estimated the cost of concrete .kerb and channelling i»-P#a^us.PJace at 4120 12s 6dHe recommended, that j?iece of, footpath in front of St. Mary's Church from Brougham Str&t tr'Rbb^ Strjtet at a cost of £40^6 tarred. , v ;■ The latter paragraph was referred back to the foreman. WORKS COMMITTEE. The Works Committee recommended that a thjee!.ii|ch wtfter n^ain *c laid in Darnell Fitirb#raf an'estihtaired cost of £msE#odi.' ?VTfee Engineer' estimated. the. approximate revenue at £14 Is 6d per annum. — Agreed to. ~KEp!K& 'W&'WAm-tftNG. ' Th&'^orein*!* strtiMitted' a detailed A statement "showing the estimated cost of concrete kerbing 'and channelling ' and tarxjrig 6|^fbotpaths from Baring Terrace^to Cutleld Road in Devon St. The -co|t-of- kerb and channelling amou»t|d l to 0s Od, -and Starring footpaths £493 16s 4d. 'The estimate was received. HOSPITAL - CONTRIBUTION. MrLepper, secretary to the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, advised thatthe contribution due from the Council for tho ensuing year was £359 17s Bd, being at the rate of £29 19s 10d.— The Clerk mentioned this, was an increase of about £2 per month.