BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1716, 3 July 1874, Page 2

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Tho usual weekly'meeting of tho Thames Borough Council was held last evening. There were present: Tho Mayor; Crs. Anthony, - Kilgour', Ecnphaw, Kennan, Wilson, Brown, iEhrenfried.' ■ s , /■ \- MINUTES.,- • The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. "'"' ■ -': LETTEBS -SENT.- ■"•" '":' "-""S . I The clerk .read copies of tho various 'letters sent since last meeting. -■■"■'■"■■'•'':■■■ .'■■■"■' -■-•--::BECEiVEI>V ;•-:■,•""■■'\ One from the Superintendent's Office, notified : that pc Public Health Act! had been b'rdught into force within I the Borough of Thames.., * .One from Jilf. ilphn Jervace drew attention to the condition of the footpath in : Pahau-street,- the;! fpotpath haying been destroyed by horse traffic. The foreman of works was directed to look into the matter; • ' / if : j One from Mr. BenjauiinPalmer stated that he had been assessed for two years' rates instead, of bis. {Fho collector stated that hehad called upon Mi-. Palmer, who had at the time made no objection. He (the collector) was to make enjjuiries. / ; . ... ' A letter from Mrs. Ileed stated jthat t^ie writcrj was unable to pay lier rates oh account of being-^ick and poor.' -It wasdecided'hot to pressi.the matter, ! , A letter was received from> Mr. Marsh stating that what had been said ofi his charges to the contractors Messrsy Hbrne and Camh wa* incorrectj* inasmuch as he had offered to bring down stone at 3si per truck—not 3s. ;perlpa(L r; r '

:" AKbmbNAL BEPBESENTATION. \ ■ v The petition for additional representation, which had been drawn up for presentation to the General Assembly during the coming session, was rpad over by; the Clerk, and duly signed by the Mayor and Councillors. :The~petitipn of the inhabit tauts was also on the ta,b|e, with the-list of signatures, numbering one thousand seven hundred. ;■

SHE FOBESHpHE. : A copy of a letter to ;be forwarded to Mr, Vogel for the,transfer direct of {the foreshore was read by ifhe Clerk. The letter disapproved of the action of;the Superintendent, and expressed an opinion that the-value of the foreshore had been much exaggerated. ':■. ■ The. draft copy was approved of generally. ;; ■ ■ i THE PETITION AGAIN. | The Mayor considered? that the Town Clerk be instructed to telegraph to-morrow (this day) to ascertain whether the Thames member had arrived; if: not it would be well, he thought, to intrust the petition to whichever of the members of the General Assembly was most likely to exert himself in its behalf.

This was generally coincided in. The Mayor would be inclined to ask Mr. O'Eorke to act for them. He had always expressed himself willing to forward the interests of the goldfields. ; Cr. Kilgour would suggest that the petition be sent to the Superintendent, and that a copy be sent to the different members, and asking their support; that was in case of Mr. O'Neill not being in Wellington. He moved a proposition to to that.effect. »;

Seconded by Cr. Ehrenfried, and carried.-' -. '''• .* '' '■*' "■■ ', •■

BEILA-STBEET TBAMWAY. J The Committee appointed to see Cajitain Souter with reference to this work advocated the Council's acceptance of • the terms proposed by Captain Souter at! the conference, namely, that the Council ;pay two-thirds of the cost of the tramifij. Captain'Souter''subscribing one-third.j Cr; Brown proposed that the Engineer should be instructed to prepare plans !and specifications of the work, to be submitted for approval to the Council, and ikat when approved of, Cap t. Souter should be authorised to proceed with the work at once in accordance with the terms of his proposition. J, ; i ;: Seconded by Cr. Kennan and carried; BBIDGES ACBOSS THE HAPE. A letter was received from the Parawai Board stating that the Board couldj not contribute more than £100, and advising fhat.si box culvert-should-be put in^-said culvert riot to cost more than £200/ I

Cr. Kilgour thought the Parawai Seqplc were playing fast and loose with, ie Council, inasmuch as it had been;understood 1 that the matter was settled, and' that the Parawai people had agred to pay half the cost of the work. ; :

The Mayor coincided with Cr. Kilgour. Cr. Kepshaw, apprehended t that the bridge was most urgently; by the Parawaiiinbabitants, and if they were not prepared to go above a certain amount, he thought they should ende^Tpr to meet them. "' !

Cr. Brown suggested that a very iser* viceable bridge might be erected for £200, arid therefore they might'pr'bp6se to construct such a bridge providing the P^ra-. wai Board agreed to pay half. j Cr. Ehrenfried said that a cheap bridge being constructed at an awkward angle would spoil the appearance of the streets abutting on it, and would prove an eyesore. T

. Gr., Anthpny proposed that the consideration of the subject b.e deferred. I Agreed tc, 1

BTE-L4-WS. -. ■' The report of the committee appr.inted to select rules from the Municipal Corporations Act was read, setting forth! the rules decided on by the, Committee 1 for granting licenses to "passenger cars ,and drays, appointing " stands" for such licensed vehicles, &c.

The Mayor anid it would be necessary tp call a special meeting fov the consideration of fops? rule;?, and the Clerk was instructed accordingly.

PUBLIC HEALTJJ. The report of the Public Health Officer was read—making mention of certain

cases in which he had instituted legal proceedings against person for permitting nuisances, and other matters. BOUNDABY CBEEK QVABBY. ~\ Tho Engineer sent in a report on his inspection of this quarry, which expressed a good opinion of the quarry for the purposes of. the Council, and gave fin estimate of tho cost of constructing a tramway up the creek. ' The advantages of this wcrk were clearly set forth. Cr. Ehrenfried thought the Council - should come to some understanding: with Mr. Marsh (he being present) as to carting sj;ono down the Hape Creek for, a stated sum to be agreed upon. The Mayor thought tee question of the Boundary Creek quarry should be held over, till next week.. This was agreed to. '; ,' M--' v' ' '-^ i-'^-'l- •' ■ I ' '.

IMPROVEMENT OP BOADB. ; The Engineer's report with reference to different works which he had been instructed to inspecjt wa4 read; giving estimates of the cdst of laying down, culverts in Richmond and Sealcy- streets. The suggestions of the Engineer as regards the works to be undertaken,; was adopted, and it was decided to advertise for tenders. ;: ': ; FINAKCES, ; I The report of the Finance Committee was read. The accounts amounted to £219; 3s 7A, and were passed for payment. ''", „•,,.;. ■ ■ WORKS COMMITTEE. ■■■•.'; The committee had no report to sub? r mit last night. :.. > ' i , Or. Ehrenfried considered that it was an absurdity; to require .the: presence of three members of the Council to inspect -petty little works, such as the repairing ' of a footpath, or the clearing of a glitter —and it was this, because the attendance of each particular member of the Works Committee was required, that there had been nothing done during the week, ; Considerable discussion arose on .this subject. Crs. Brown and Kennan, thought with Cr. Ehrenfried, ' ADULTEBATION OF POO±) ACT. The Clerk read a copy of the Adulteration of Food Act, which he had been instructed to obtain at last meeting. • It was determined to let the matter stand over for the present. ; •"' 'CB.'BUTT'S, MOTION. Cr. Anthony stated that he had been requested by Cr. Butt to ask for a further postponement of his motion —which had been adjourned at last meeting. • ' I BELLA-STBEET. With regard to the contract on this road Cr. Kennan thought that the contractors should be made to metal that part of the road over which the carts were already passing. ' .' Cr. Brown coincided with Or. Kennan in the matter. The carts were travelling axle deep on |his road as it was. Crl Anthony considered it would be batter to see the Engineer, and ask his opinion, because they might be taking the .matter out of his hands. The Mayor suggested that the matter should be referred to the Works Committee. KEBOSENE LICENSES. The Clerk stated that the kerosene licenses for the Waiotahi District had expired, and that there were no forms, printed. '. FIBE BELL.FOB BHOBTLAND. ' Cr. Kilgour said he had been spoken to by Mr. Bullen who asked for a vote from the Council >o£; £10 for the erection of. a fire-bell in Shortland. Mr. Bullen had made himself responsible for the price of a bell. The cost of Jho bell with the erection would amount to about £20. It was agreed on/the motion of Ur. Kilgour that the money should be given, v Council adjourned. j