TIMARU BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Timaru Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 6064, 25 September 1894, Page 3

TIM ARU BOROUGH COUNCIL.

♦ — Tho ordinary meeting of the Timaru Borough Counoil was held last evening. Present— Mayor Hil?, and Councillors Mair, Crannitoh, Houston, Owen, MoQueon, Sherratt, Grandi, Stumbles, and Bennett. An apology was reoeived from Councillor O'Bryan. 00BBB8P0NDBN0B, Among the oorreipondence read was a letter from Mr A Ferry, the Council's solicitor, on the amendments proposed m the buildings by-law and the regulations thereunder. The alterations were so extensive and important that it would be better to repeal the whole by-law and pass a new one. It would be better to wait and see whether the new Municipal Corporation! Bill passes or not, before going further with the matter. — It was agreed to postpone the matter as recommended. Mr Perry also reported that the Council had been successful m their suit against the Geraldine Town Board for £40, auctioneer's fee. The money had not been paid yet, but he understood that there had baen no meeting of the Board since judgment was given.— Councillor Sherratt congratulated the mayor and councillors on the result of the suit. He believed it was a surprise to mott of them. (No, no ) An application by M. A Graham to pur. chase a piece of the old water race reserve. 21 acres, near Wai-iti, was remitted to the finance committee for inquiry into its value and ciroumstances, and report. A request was reoeived from the Department of Justice for a return of the oost of the last lioeming election, aid of the manner m which the payment was made up. The town clerk had already replied that the cost ' was £99 3a 2d, and this amount had been provided, £14 17s 6d by the Geraldine County Council, and £81 5s 8d by the Timaru ; Borough CouncilAn application by Mrs A Clark for permis- ' sion to build a stable m wood and iron, on ■aotion 64, Barnard street (east tide) was ' refused by a vote of 7 to 4. The argument ' against it was that the seotion is on tho pro- ' posed narrower inner area, and the Council l should be more strict m refusing modifioa- ' tions m that area. ' SANITABT, 8 The Mayor reported that no reply had been received from the Gas Company to the letter demanding payment of oost of romoving tar colleotedin the George street lower. The chairman of the Gas Company had howover met the finance committee that day on the subject. Mr Suiter wanted to make out that the presence of tbe tar m the a ewer was a benefit as it gives off deodoriserp. The oom- ' pany desired to avoid_ any legal quarrel over the matter, and would meet the Council if I possible. He did not think that tho company J would give £5, the amount suggested by the e foreman, and mentioned £2 He (the Mayor) a suggested £2 10s, and Mr Sutter agreed to « recommend that £2 Kb be paid.— lt was I reioived that the offer of £2 10j be accepted c The Mayor stated that he epoke to the t ohairman about the proposal to connect a a ventilation shaft with the chimney at tbe gas h works. The chairman had consulted with Mr & Dale on tbe eubjaot, and Mr Sutter siid it r would be cheaper to place tbe shaft at tho, > end of the store, as tbe chimney is sur- I rounded by fixtures which would make a n connection expensive. c IOBEMAN'S BBS OBT. I The foreman reported on the work of the a surfaoomen during the fortnight. The drain. 1 age works at Brown street alongside the 9 barr&oks had been completed ia a thoroughly £ substantial manner. They were now im- si proving Sarah street from Bef ton to Elizabeth G street. The Bank gully sewer had been tl opened out a good many times since lait a meeting. A lamp had been fixed on a post " jpposite the Church of England, but there b iias been some mistake made about the gas " jonueotion.— The mayor explained the error »' ibout the church gas lamp. a< In reply to Councillor Mair, the foreman ° laid he had given notices to hive gorse I oleared off Gray road. n Tbe report was adopted. h THB OTIPUA BEBBBVE. 1 Mr Dale, borough surveyor, produced a b f>?an and report on the levels of the Otipua D ; reserve, with a view to the construction of a c: iraioage culvert through the shingle bank to ° )he sea. The report was as follows:— "On C( ;he 12th instant I went out m a boat on the it Saltwater Creek lagoon, and took the depth Bt >ver nearly all the flat. I found that most of )he flit is covered with about 2ft 2in of water, '« )ut for some little distance each side the P itraam the depths vary from 2ft to 2ft 4in, *>t sft sic, and 2ft 9in. Id the stream, wbioh I ll iroased 1 think five times, tho depth is 3ft L Jin until we gqt to a short distance off tho tc ■ail way bridge, so to make sure I put the i& ieptb at 3ft. Od the 17th instant I took the * evels at low water, and found a fall of 7 20ft W rom the surface of water m lapoon and the isa atj. low water. There is an average of 6ft B" jetwean high and low water. I made a " iketch plan showing lagoon water and sea tc irater and shingle spit, with depths of fall, w md X estimato to put a timber culvert 10ft N (fide, inside measure, 160 ft long, to cost E E4OO, giving a good margin for contingencies. c: t submitted what X had done to Councillor d Humbles, who ii satisfied with tbe estimate ci md plan,' 9 al Councillor Stumbles Baid that the fall was j c letter than he had expeoted to find it. If & jherci was only 3Jft fall they oould drain the " lat, and there was twice that. Having the f« lit fall the culvert oould be run out to about v ialf tide, and then they would have 7Jffc clear ai :all. , ' a> Councillor McQueen thought that would *' sot be much when the eea would be against c< t. m Councillor Stumbles replied that the draw- di sack of the sea would be a help. A necessary « Shing besides the culvert would be aa em- w jankmen't along the creek on the north side ;o prevent the flat beiog overflowed m fl-jode B »t high fide, cay JSffc to 2tft high. This bank ie would cost about £100. Another difficulty ? fl vas a creek running m wet weather on this tc tide of tbe flat ; some arrangement would be m accessary to provide for that wator. They might put down £550 or £600 for the whole P : work. That eucu would be well apeqt on the at work and would give good interest on tho H jutlay. The land if drained woqld. be useful P 1 fop many purposes. There pould not he & oc bettor placo for a show ground, and for \ braining tracks, cricket and football grounds <*i it would b 3 just the thing, (To Mr Meir) : No there was not much danger of tbe culvert being ohoked with shingle. Tbe rush of the water outwards would keep it clear, and shingle was not gathering there muol>. A sulvert 10 x 5 would be quite big enough. Councillor Bole said he had asked Mr Harry Gardner how Urge a oulvert would need to be to take till the water, and he said gi a6 x 6 would take all that comes. If they m oould make it 6 x 6 the oost would be a good deal reduced. CI Counoillor Stumbles pointed out that it w would not do to have a narrow and deep yi culvert, for if they got six feet depth of water U i the flat would be flooded. Councillor Grandi ■aid thgy should makp tho oulvert big %, enough ; they oould only sate on material, D i not m labour by reduoing the size. Councillors agreed that the oulvert must be wide - and shallow, say 10 x 4. Tbe Mayor thought ; such details must b» settled wtyh the pro ; * party owner-g. " |* ' Tlie Mayor explained that the next step ! j t was la consult the owners of the adjoining * .. properties A circular would be sent to thew

: | inviting thorn to meet Btid consider f.be matter, and see if they would agree to contribute toward* the coet. Thoy need net consider the embankment al present, that would come on later. A. BIQHT«OP-WAY. , The works committee recommended that the applio&eion for a right-of-way through the Melville Hotel eeotions be granted on certain conditions Btated, arid the Council adopted the recommendation. WATBBWOBKS. The reservoir keeper's report shoved that a good supply of rater had been kept up. The inspeotor of waterworks reported that the work of finishing the coiitraot thrown up by Blake, Griffin and Collins was nearly oompleted. The last lot of pipes taken out was m very bad order, and it was no wonder that so much water was lost, the ground being very porous. It was .being pnddled to carry tun water m the new raoe. A short length of this will have to be oonoreted but for a year or so the water ought to be let run through to see if it will silt up. A good deal of work wse given m takiog up an old. rubble drain put ia under the pipes to drain the ground. It was into these drains the water had been running away. .They bad tc dig down sft to get to the bottom of the drain m one oaee, and underneath the stones was an 18 inoh I pipe drain, whioh had been taken out, and the hole filled with puddle. Willows had been planted along a gully to enable a by- wash to be placed there next year, A short additional leDgth of pipe at the lower end of the bdn. tract should pome out, and when the work was finished it would be a great improvement on the old pipe line and would give a better supply of water. The repairs at Blo'iUt Misfiry were finished, The -bottom -o^ the ooncrete. work had; been, pl^tered.; Where neoessary, the walls that were .giving way were underpinned, and new walls built where the old ones had been washed away. The river was getting low and if the weather holds good he intended to try and repair the wall of the dam. The report was adopted. ; An application was reosived from four residents m Wilson street, Sandietown; for extension of the water, .aervioe to their sco« tionf. -The inspector said it would cost £80 to give them the supply.— The valuer to take the usual ateps on the application. The Council agreed to make up a party of inipeotion to visit the water-race improvements to-morrow. ; TENDEBS. ; The Mayor reported the acceptance of two small lenders, one for a few feet of leather hose for the water cart, the other for a small job of printing forms, and His Worship's action was approved. The tender of Mr James Hilton, of 4s per I annum, for the leaae of M.R. seotion 363, High street (the only tender) was accepted. It was resolved that the unlet sections be open for selection at the upset rentals fixed. ACCOUNTS. Accounts were passed for payment —General £149 2s Bdj waterworks maintenance £50 19s 9d ; do loan aooount £30 (Mr B Evans for right.of.way to race near dam). The town clerk explained that as a half year ends with this month certain transfers are neoessary before the half yearly statement of accounts is made up, and it was resolved that, as required, £600 be transferred from waterworks maintenance account to Bpeoial rate aocount, and £1100 from the special rate acoount to the general aocount. The Council rose at 9 15 p.m.