TIMARU BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13265, 20 April 1907, Page 2

TIMARU BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The Timaru Borough Council, on Thursday evening, received tiie- report of the Borough overseer, which was recommended for adoption at the Council meeting' on Aiondav evening. Mr Berwick reports thai the usual cleansing work had been a.tended to. I'he sewer outlets had been .very iroub.esmne, through their blocking with shingle. .Clearing up after kerb and channel work was being pushed on as fast as possible, and the paths would be shingled as soon as po-sible. Avenue Road has been formed and shingled as far as the grade;of Wai-iii road would allow. A number of -earth channels had be2n cleaned, and Elizabeth Street footpath top dressed with tar. The shingle elevator had been given another trial, with the makers' engineer in atiendauc& and as it did not come up to the conditions tho makers were reconstructing certain parts. Mr Mcßride; having given stone and other debris from the church he is rebuilding, the rough metal and small spalls were being carted to Heaton Street, between the railway and Stafford Street, as if foundation for a" coat- of screened metal. The sand and old mortar were being kept for blinding the broken metal, and larger stona was being kept for other purposes. No metal had been delivered from "the quarry, but the contractor expected to be ready in a few days. . Good progress was bung made with the new concrete drain at «he abattoir, and also with -the current kerb and'channel contract. The repair of fences and stripping of trees on the water race wer-3 in hand; also the replacing-arid repair of overshot flumes ; and repairs to the race would be started soon. The laying of new nrvin? in Cain Street was proceeding and when this'was finished a long length cf small pipes would be taken vp. Shor f extensions of temporary mains outside the boi-miph were b-,ing made. The renorfc of'the sanitary inspector war* vho r*ad. Mr Smi'h specified the streets whi*h : he had visited, and the notires_ giy;e T ' lr * ahi*~ ' , '-i~3^ r e. -T'h? owner ,0* a fmrl house which wn c too n°ar a. boundary ferce and a rp.irrbbourinp - had h-.en rotifWl to shift it. and had prom's* l '! *o do so. Several rh«l-H dr-""s and I<\"> 1 -* r twihs had bsen attended to. Fnosis of infectious liorl b°ei rßiorted.