TIMARU BOROUGH COUNCIL

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13680, 24 August 1908, Page 6

TIMARU BOROUGH COUNCIL

The overseer's report, submitted ia the committee of the Borough Council on Friday evening, stated that the work of reforming : and metalling that- portion of Stafford. Street north and Sefton Street was in hand. The filling over the drainage pipes was very spongy in places,, and thus made it difficult to maka a good job. Had the trenches been filled properly they should have been sound by this time, unless there was some leakage getting into the trench. A considerable amount, of asphalt for paths had been prepared, and he asked which streets should be done first. He recommended that the path beside the railway from LeCrems Terrace to the road under the railway, to the Bay be kerbed, as the edge of the path was liable, to be broken away by traffic and water scour. The asphalt kiln was under r-epair, and as soon as'this was finished the shingle asphale required for Stafford Street would be putin hand.'. At Caroline Bay the painting of the bathing sheds had been completed; a new bridge was being! made over the Whales' Creek invert., and the extension of the cover over the Beverley Gully invert was in hand. The electric lighting had been extended to every street in the borough. The laying of a new 15in. drain in Brown Street was being pushed on, and was more than half completed; ihe Convent drain had been re-connected, and inspect ion pits made' at connections. A plan would be prepared showing all connections, and where the drain ran through • private properties. The George Street sewer had been troublesome to keep clear of late. A considerable amount of shingling had been done in a number of streets. ; The repairs to the race at Ward's Zig-zag were in band, the. planting of willows'and other race protective work along the river bank was completed, and the trimming of trees would be finished this month for the present season. Water mains were being laid in James and Buchanan Streets, and pipes had been relaid to suit the new formation in College Road. Mi" Smith, Sanitary Inspector, reported on inspections made, and nuisances dealt with, and live hedges cut back on street lines, on new drains inspected and sanitary plumbing tested (sis' of the former, two of the latter. Rooms in six dwellings had been fumigated and disinfected on account of infectious diseases having occurred in them (five of scarlet fever and one of erysipelas).