TIMARU BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12911, 27 February 1906, Page 6

TIMARU BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The Tiinaru Borough Council met last evening. Present: tie Mayor, Mr _ J--Craigie, Councillors Gunn,- Hawkey, fcealey, Obc& Parks, Hunt, Wells, Mahony, ana fimithson. . .^' MAYOR'S STATEMENT. The Mayor stated that the overdraft was £4260 .Some of the councillors had inspected Hassall street, a south-western boundary road, and they recommended that a culvert at the junction of Rhodes streetbe extended, the Levels County Comicu to be asked to pay half the cost, this bsmg a boundary road. .'lt would require about 100 feet oi culvert, and the estimated co?: was.lCs per foot. It -was also recommenaea that the piece of street, from Rhodes Woodlands street, should be formed, as me spoil from the Mil wouldgo to fib. up over the culvert. The Levels Council should be asked to approve of feeders being called for the work. The .committee also visited^the Park. They recommended ittat th&.short length of invert from the wpper pjmd to the main road, be. covered, and the trench and also the old water course filled in, or they, tlie latter especially, would be unsightly. Also that an offer received to clear the. south side of the Park of-twitch and rough grass by taking, off two crops. Of potatoes, be .accepted ; . and that- a- gate for dray traffic be in : at" the'south side: -The committee also recommended. that>Lough street be;, rilade- available to foot and wheel traffic, Nas there were now many houses for which the streetwould be a convenience. .An engineer of the Works Department had inspected Otipua Lagoon with a view to devisir"* some meainsof. draining -it. and a- report was expected from' him shortly. : Three more seats had been presented to Caroline Bay, by Mrs Werrv, the United,. Friendly Societies, and T* Hubbock and Co., London. It was agreed that the Park Committee's lecommendatioa that the south side of the Park be let for two crops of potatoes be adopted; the coiniait-tee to draw up specifications; that specifications be .prepared for a culvert in Hassall street, to be submitted to the Levels County Council for. approval, and that.--tenders be called for covering the invert"in. the Park, ?ind filling in the hollows. - •UNDERGROUND DRAINS. Rev. Father Tubman wrote that the closets at the Catholic : Boys' School had .been condemned by the sanitary inspector, and he applied for permission te adopt water closets and connect them with the ■underground drain from the Convent; down Browne street. '-,-■'■. The Mayor suggested that, as the cnu-reh authorities had put down this drain at their own expense, and the new closet arrangements would be of •■ a permanent nature, the application should.be racst favourably considered: ° ■'■• Councillor Mahoay moved that the appli--cation be 'granted, the work to be carried out to the. satisfaction. of the Health Department and the Council's sui'veyor. In reply to a question, the Mayor said lie doubted whether the Convent- drain -would cbme>iiri.':as part- of- the general drain- •- age «t.he jßprQugh. ».. _ _ .„;; ',. Councillor ;Sealey- •'suggested that every! iastsHation-; of; , ; an -fco the' carrying, out of the Borough .scheme, ■] ■ .-tioij. *■■-•'■•" ':"'.'■■■:.-'.■..".-;■...; '■ . '.■■:■■'■■■' ''■■■ Councillor Rothwell suggested-: that-: this. acheme could-be put on the same terms, as been, to becoiae- part, of the; .general scheme when it was adopted. -< ■ Thboproposal was discussed for some vthex motion was amended ' : to include it, and was then carried. Councillor: Hawkey remarked that these applications showed the need' for placing tie fdrainage scheme before-the ratepayers. . CORRESPONDENCE. The Zingari Football Club applied for permission to play, on Russell Square, and the Club,..to play on the Park;- i -Soth requests were-'- granted. The''Under-Secretary for: Defence offered some''trophies of the South African War —l2; Mauser:! and; .3 Martini-Henry rifles—if the Council .would undertake to .place them in. a,public building and take care of . ; jthem.—Offer accepted, the trophies to be'std'red within the Council buildings pending the establishment of a museum. The Department of Roads drew attention to jthe*'necessity for applying for-moneys graMed^frby.: Parliament before the end of March" of the votes would lapse.—The Mayor said the only vote for this Borough was for the drainage of Ctipua lagoon, and there was no possibility of getting this spent this-year. The vote would not however beiiosfc. ~ .„.-.,. : ~:... - .; --■:;.- - T - Mr W. JGimn for a _ license foi the The^fe'Royal,- Tiinaru, and a resolu tkm wa& carried, granting the license witi conditions, ,th^t-- ;! two-; firemjeii /be presehl at each•scene-shifting'•- performance;' 4? hours'.notice to.be given to the Fire Bri gade ef each performance. Messrs. Perry, Perry and Kinnemei forwarded a form of. resolution for grant ing a renewal of the tramway license ti the Harbour vßoard. This was put -in* carried -*S ->•■-'' :; Application for traiv-fav cf Borougj leasehold from E. C 4. to C. E. Kerr. v.°., granted. The Town Clerk a strews;: of receipt's and expend if nre in connectio: • with the street- improved ert loan. Thre yearly issues-of £IOOO worth of debenture had realised £2937 TO* Of .this sun £2365 12s ;3d had'berr; •-•ne-t oa -nb-u----50 'pieces' of work." and- minted erpensse. - COUNCILLOR- MAHONY .CRITICAL. On the overseer's. reprvrJ- brought r for adoption, - fi ~- '

Councillor Mahony raised the question whether the re-formation of a street alongside the avenue recently prepared for planting in West Belt, had been authorised by the Council. He condemned the work as useless and even mischievous; the road would be worse than before. He believed tlis Council could not legally permit the avenue to'be planted, or at all events not fenced, as the fencing reduced the width below the legal standard width, 66 feet, without incurring a- penalty. He quoted passages from the Act bearing on the ' point. In reply to a question by Councillor Mahony, the overseer said the cost or the street work would be about £4O, and Councillor Mahony said the money. cov.ld have been more usefully spent. Councillors Harney and Parks approved of the TTsrk.

The Mayor ,said he made no conditions about street formation. He presented a plan for the planting of trees only, and the Council approved of it, and gave him permission to prepare the ground for plant-. ing. The street formation was a necessary consequence, and councillors'- who .had seen it,, considered it a.: great .improvement. ■ It was a double street, and when the fence was taken down it would be one streetagain. The Mayor read an opinion by the solicitor, to. the. Municipal Association, • that a local authority has power to fence off a part- of a street so long as-traffic is not interfered with. . Councillor Mahony persisted' that . the worfchad riot been authorised by the .Council,'..while more urgent works were left undone. : ' - The overseer's" report was adopted. Councillor Mahoav URGENT WCRKS. Councillor Wells drew, attention" to the necessity for having some improvements made in LeCren street without delay, as .an old street chert had been neglected for 20 years. ■ A request by residents interested in Lough;"street,, that the. street lie mads available, for vehicles', at a flight-expense, was granted. Councillor Wells dissenting in view of the greater Ksxrd for woi-K in LeCren street. Gouncilior Ma'aony drew attention to the facts that seme of the channels in Elizabeth street are choked' -wfrh ; vreeds* ard footpaths in Dee street' are sloped the wrong way so that they retail:; rain water. ■ —The Mayor replied that the Council now employ twice as many men as three years ago, and the expenditure - is up to the estimates, yet they cannot overtake all the work. "They must be content with doing the most urgent work, and lie believed that Timani compared favourably with other towns' in the state of the streets.' Councillor Hawkey drew, attention to the gorse growing on the. Belt near the Cemetery, and the. Mayor said the overseer should report on it. - - Accounts were passed for payment, and the Council -rose at 9'.15- pm. ' - -