BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13635, 14 April 1908, Page 3

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

FORTNIGHTLY MEETING. Tho fortnightly meeting of the New Plymouth Borough Council was hold at the Town Hall last night. The Mayor (Mr E. Doelcrill) presided. There wore also present Councillors Boon, Bellringer, Coleman, West, Collis, Mills Morey, Cattloy, and Browne. FINANCE COM M ITT X i:. Tho finance Committee recommended that tho Fire Board should be grautod such sum as it might require up to July next, tho total not to exceed tr>o ; that the question ol' making contribution towards the casts incuritu by the Jockey Club in connection with tho n com prosecution of bookmakers shoul I So relorred to the Estimates Committee; that no uiicrattor. should bo mado in tho hours for vho closing of billiard :<»loons or reduction in the license, fees. — rTlso report was adopted. DRAINAGE. The Drainage Committoe recommended thai Air In. King should lie informotl that tho Council had no funds availably Fffr the extension of the souer.s ill Vivian Street. , A letter horn the Ron. T. Kelly asking for the extension of »lu> sovxeiv. along Buller Street was roiorrcd U tho Drainage Committee. WOK MS COMMITTEE. Tho AVorks Committee in its report rooo.nmtwded : 'I hat the Mother ,s:; perior oi' the Convent be inioriiicd that tho Council ltoin.<>, unable to accede t.j her reqiKv.t i'ov f r* c water to th< \_omv»u lis it would ostabhjli a proco-di-nl the Council is not prcj):;ioa to ( luco. 'I hat Me K. iJaylcy ue intoru.cili that the'worJc oi repairing tho ci.lvortji and deepening the drain }ioar hi > property in t'ouderham Street has boo.. authorised and will bo attended J .o at once. The Council, however, cannot agroo to clean tho drain through liia property once, a year, lhat the qutv.tion of fixing tho water chargov. tor motivo power Vo defer rod until next mooting ttf the Council. That the offer of Messrs, H. King and J. H. Parker for the metalling of portion of tho old |Alhprt Road leading to the I'ipohead ;be accepted and the engineer ,*» on obtaining the approval of the Waiwakai)jo JJoad Board, ]>iMpecd with the work. That the question of a »w a tor work hvpass at the reservoir citing £450 be referred to the Estimates Committee.) That in connection with his report of April 10th, tho Borough Engineer obtain tho consent of tho adjoining propor'ty owners, to iho alteration;; of Iho levels before proceeding with the asphalting of the footpath in Devon Street hot wool i Hohson and Watson fttreot. That Victoria Esplanade froir Queen Street to Wevmouth Street bo tj»rrp.-"v'aii- f l sanded nt a cost of £70, of which £10 is' donated by a citizen. That the footpath on the east side of Dawson Street from St. Aubyn Street to tho Esplanade bo kerbed (and chnnrollod at a cost of £21 os, of which £5 is to 1)0 donated by a citizen, 'lhat tho footpath on tho west side of Dawson Street between Young Street and tho Mangotuku Stream be kerbed and channelled at an estimated cost of £25. The report was adopted. BOROUGH ENGINEER'S REPORT. 1 The Borough Engineer reported that 'tho work in connection with the Devon Street swamp was proving much heavier tha,n hud bet>n anticipated and the ground was not by any means so good as certain of the longer residents in [tho n§ie;h)bourhood ,had predicted, being titt^ix ; offensive ana waterlogged. !if tko pEcsent fine weather continued it was intended to proceed with the jnetalKng authorised in Sforley and other streets at once. Mr Kyngdon was proceeding slowly with his Vivian Street contract. The work of forming the footpath along Bnlkeley Terrace wuh well under way. Good progress was bping'mado with tho house connections for the sewerages. AH tho plumbers and drain layers wore very full of i. ork-~-so much so that several persons were having to wait a considerable time for their jobs to be carried out. On the motion of Councillor Bellringer seconded by Councillor Browne it was resolved that the workmen, engaged at the West End swamp tunnel should be paid Is 3d per hour whilst engaged on this work ELECTRICAL ENGINEER'S REPORT. The Electrical Engineer reported: ' Powerhouse.— The load is steadily increasing and it is necessary now to run two machines every evening — the i/0 k.w. and one 45 k.w. set. The day loaU was also steadily increasing and will soon be too much for a small machine. Fitaroy. — No work has yet been done on this line as the Telegraph Department has not transferred its telephone wires. Street lamps. — None of the street lamps recently authorised have been erected as no poles are available for tlm extensions. Private lighting. — The connections to the jirivate lighting lines now number 305. The meter reading shows that Uho charges for tho past month amount to £160. Tho maximum load recorded at the power house is 139. When the line is duplicated tho loss in transmission will be reduced and this will reduce tho load at the machines; but, as we have a, number of customers coining on, there is likely to- be a very considerable increase before mid-winter. From testa that have been made it is quite evident that before long it will be necessary to arrange for larger mains or more pressure. It is also evident that within a very short period qn increase in the generating plant will be necessary, but I would advise that the question of water bo taken up at onoo. From observations taken during the dry season there appears to bo ample wa^r for a very much larger plant so far as the river was concerned, but the tunnel and pipe lines would not be equal- to much increase. ABATTOIRS REPORT. The monthly report of the Abattoir manager and also his annual report (already published,) were approved. CEMETERY COMMITTEE. The Cemetery Committee recommended that the Estimates Committee should be asked to place the sum of £50 on tho estimates for tho ensuing year for tho completion of the survey of the cemetery, also that improvements to tho value of £58 15s should be effected ■it tho cemetery. — Agreed to. ENCROACHMENT COMMITTEE. The Encroachment Committee, report<>fl that, upon tho Council undertaking to raise the level of- the septic tanli ->n hCr property and to allow her the me of tho encroachment on 13rowm street. Mis W. N. Ewing would permit tho slopo of tho filling to fall on hoi ->ropertv "suflioiontlv to onnble Gil direct to ho made tho full width 'lie Committfo recommended that Mi 'Jarri ; Ford should bo required to mov. "'iick hi-; fence at present oncroachin} ■no fo-tt Ihroo.. inches on Devon ,9 l ropt )■■•( (be IJnrniM/b Engineer should on • irre •■ 1i« Hie f!f"1!("d ion of Iho front •i . (; - -ci i .", :'7^ In 1 27(\ I'owdeihan

Street owned by the Primiti\e Metlio'disl Trustees. That tho lollowing charges per annum should be made lor encroachments of 2:J feet on H row no Snoot:— T. G. Sole (sec 2018) los, Mr Anderson (Pt 2019) 7s* 6d, Mr Hates, Hawera (sec 2003) 7s Gd-. After some discussion theu-eport was sent back to the Committee for'Jurther consideration. > \ DRAUGHTS ROOM. A letter from the New Plymouth Draughts Club applying for the use of the draughts roon|, in the Carnegie j Library building was iciVn-cd ic> me Library Committee to report o»i. , "~ TKNDERS. On the motion of Councillor; Brllringer and lirowne it was decided to accept the tender of Messrs 1). Berry and Co. I'or waterworks and general hardware supplies in accordance with Morou^h Engineer's specifications. VALUE!*. The Borough Engineer was appointed, to value the land, plant mid building*, of the borough to lm taken over (>y the Now Plymouth Kire Board.