TIMARU BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12901, 12 February 1906, Page 7

TIMARU BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The Timaru Borough Council meets tonight, «ud receives . reports from. officers which, were submitted to a - meeting. of the Council in.committee last Friday evening. The following are .abstracts ol the reports : BOROUGH OVERSEER.

JMr Beswick reports that the cdntiKcl'»r for-'-Yerb-and- channel - werfc is hinging Wod progress, and the final certificate for?*he piping of; JDbmohi gully was presented. f-Tbe es|ra inverting was being carried ou{j ! at schedu.e rates, and a. -by-wash and jfsun were being made at fhe "upper end <iP<t!ie ponds. The by-wash will be used for filling thsf ponds with fresh water until a pipe is laid for that purpose. The ; old gully in High I-'streef had been filled up "as'-'iar asTthe stuff available would go. Good pro-gress-was being nuide with the filling up of He ; wlings street wirh sand and. clay, tftie hundred andvthree-lpavils of. clay. ha<L been got foT--4hfr'-North street "emt, of tokn, belt, at 9d,per load. The Wimam.street was "Waking' good "progress ':.- 5M> Vincent well lorwaftt with the 1 construction of bins and. road work at the metal quarry, the crusher was fixed ! imd other work.-vw.ell in. hand. Messrs Wasace and Ckwper.^re-making' progress withrtbe cdnstructiohof the metal trucks. As building surveyor he had ,givea certificates:hfor six new buildings and four additions during■ ;i .January, ~,.„ of .a _.- ; total ;• estimated value of £5285. Arrangements had been made for the kerbirig of the west side of the town belt from North to Roberts street, and the formation of the belt was in hand. When the kerb is laic The proposed to lay n channel' in asphalt, after which there will be Very * little ; prepared asphalt left. Various fotpatbs '■ Md be>n top-dressed.. LeCre.-.'s .terrace had been graded to The Domain horsemower had: "been tried on cutting weeds in the streets, and with a little ■ alteration will do the work. "The water race was in good order and the fences being repaired. Several new gates had been, made and others repaired. The fence along Mount Horrible is out'of order, and Mr Rhodes liad agreed to pay half cost'bf repjairs. The mains'in Wilson street were being lowered to the new street level. Eleven applications for water supply were dealt with during January. * {

ABATTOIR MANAGER. Mr Lilico, manager and inspector at the abattoir, reported that- during January 158 cattle, 18 calves. 968 sheep, 241 lambs, and 50 pigs were killed. Of these, 4 cattle, 1 sheep, and 8 pigs were diseased. • SANITARY INSPECTOR. i Mr Smith reported on the house to Louse inspections made by him since-last report. Three notices to abate nuisances had" been sent, and a- list of nuisances- attended to ■was given. No infectious- diseases bad 1 been reported during the month. :. PARK CURATOR, Mr C. Brown reported of work done in his department in cutting grass, keeping grounds in order, etc.