TOUR OF INSPECTION.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 14055, 12 November 1909, Page 7

TOUR OF INSPECTION.

RISK TO ABATTOIRS. GREATER TIMARU. / Safclm, and to a tour of SwTrf the proposed boundaries kr Greater Timaru. The same Couue - tors were present as those who attendid the spUal meeting (reported in ■•' another column) and ttay W ac- ' combed by Mr F. W. Marehant, drainage, engineer. The party set out. fn a four-in-hand drag belonging to Mr Glennie, Councillor Rayniond acting as Pilot, by reason ot the fact tlwt he was one of the committee who seated the original boundaries, .«nd knew all the districts thorough!}. On arrival at the abattoirs it was .een thaTthe storm had worked grca* devastation in what used to be a-fine plantation. The trees had been b.owu over in all directions nud lay in a tangled mass among and about the wires of the paddock fence close to where tljey had been growing. Inc fence was an exceptionally strong one, butj, it has been hopelessly broken by Vfte trees falling on to it. It was seen that the soil is poor and the clay very Lard, on the face wherethe plantation was, ami this being so, the trees had no tap root, and not a very strong hold of the ground. They were therefore, easily blown over. Some had fallen into the sea and were cashed up on the beach lower down, and the sea has made great inroads into the cliff so much so that it is scarcely recognisable now as the same locality ot earlier days when the stately trees overlooking the sea, often made " subject for the artists braish, and a favourite camping ground for P' cmc parties. The Councillors•decided that, in consultation nth Mr abattoir manacer, the best thing to he done was to top *»»« « sn, . B "™s trees, so that the wind could not have so much play upon them, »**<><*« the torn-up trunks to a wood cutter for the clearing a w ?;V + fce broken was also agreed that the J™ kc £ fence, should lie repaired as soon as to the other M» ££ trip, the Cou«ilkw% «th a^e«e^ pS7mended *™*££J3* &£ involve. expense V roportK>n to pointed • be received. t Jfcj£*ay of the oat that if they took in any ßel . land on the *£ outfall field Hfll a to drain would h« c . to^ rn P ™ n d that would the properties there and tbat 1 SETV£* RoS * Lewis' 21££* Stover Mr V>Mg « mto top * end of Waimataitai across to Mr G. S. Cray's property. (IM object i« crossin f 'North ~et full control of the Old North Road and not make it a boundary Sad as between County »«d Borough) It is proposed to take in Mr. Cray s from here the line extendi up to the most westerly lK,undarv of HighfieM (taking in the golf links) From Highfield the route IS' acrosT Wai-iti^Road and down Otipua. Road for its full length r taking in the property on the town side, and that on the opposite ade_ tor, a distance of 2* chains back from the road—that is all that can be drained towards the road. It was agreed that Watlington could be cut out if the. people there do not want to come m. On arriving at tho junction of Otipua Road with the Main South Road a turn was taken down the hill, and a haTt was called at the foot, to discuss how much of Kensington, could be taken-in. By some it was thought that the boundary should be on the top of the hill straight along From Otipua Road, going back the same distance as on Otipua Road; but the block between the. Main South Road and the sea, is so thickly populated, that it was deemed by a majority that it would be better to take it all in. Mr Marchant pointed out that to drain the properties on the southern slope would be Tory expensive as a separate outfall wonld be required, and so far as he could see from a casual glance, he thought that a pumping station would bo necessary, at roughly speaking, a; cost of £IOOO. It was agreed that it would be better to take in the whole block of Kensington while they were about it. and until such time as a sonthern outfall could be provided.

residents ou the.southern .slope could be served in the same way-as the present residents of the '" Borough u )io have not- yet got underground drainage in their locality. The Councillors iiTove lirotigh Kensington, past the Cemetery, and down to the south eltd septic tank where they were well pleased with the progress that is being made by the contractors. Messrs Hunt ami' Werry. This ended their labours for the day and they returned to town.