Thames Borough Council.

Thames Star, Volume XLV, Issue 10616, 16 January 1909, Page 1

Thames Borough Council.

FORiELMiAJNI OF WOKKiS^ REPOfiT

'Mr T. Jaofeson' (iFbreman: of Wbrli^ V reported asunSder':

'Repairs have beea miade to tlie decking of the <lrey Street ' bridge and to the.hand-rail of the Clarence St rqat lbridge. In accordajuca with the. Mayor's jh&tructions 4in^ tile pipes hare fcm kud -. r the Beach i-o^d, to carry, tihe dra'nage from Mr Wade's property to the foreshom The webiOTftg ]of several of the r TOnettiain Ibliods .in the libt.i»y have''been"remiewedl A Vwiojfli'oii the? Bird-i?]pH^in<i Hill ha* bjeen ; r renewpd for about 40ft, '.the,.old" »Boo.t being ccAiiipleteily t portent, 'the' wesf end oi the tiniiber footway in Upper "Albert stireet \bb jljeen put in order; Severalof j^ilei uprights had to. be ■Aslied and new Tbeaiier^ »w»re reqviiped. The "hand rail on the track leading north Las also been ,iiepaired. For, a 'weefcfprior to r the, holidays' the men were kept continuously. a.f, work in cleaning! the ,w«iter-tal>les <jind, side growth. ' [The channel bloicks had, also to be attieaided'.tio.oii Xniaa niorn'Jig r owing toj the quantity of debris thrown' Jnto the frutters ou Xmas eve. _A stari Jwas a^uuii liiade with the top-di"essinpr on the 3th inst., amcl to daSe' the T follow-, ing "footpaths hara lbeein T'6om.pleifed: Riich'iiioml street north 'ostween PelIcn. and' sfreeita, Mackay Greets west betweeiii' 'Richmond Jand Sealey streafc (not previously" tSnbrrad), Slealey'" street ""teoTlttt-hfeitweem Pollen oaj\A Bati'llje; 6treejts«j-WilliaAiii;on street north exA] souiK'BwWieJii "Owen, and Pollen street^ north side (betwegn Queen amdl Upper Polleni atireets, street east between A£bei€and 'lAibraham strets, Waiotah.! jfrom.UjK pe t r Pollen street to Margfei" "bridge, Upper Pollen street, west 'flieWeen Albea"t and street^ Albert l stireet north from fire station tp Pollen stiieet, and Upper Albert, 'street: iTie service pipe crbgerng'-'mirke .street to supply the Horse trough at the foot of the wharf was completely corroded up and has been replaced with "new pipe*.' The reservoir has ibeen rejrularly attended' to 'Anving the holidays and a good supply | of water haa-'beetn maintained. A .new spring board ihlas beeni fixed at 1 theba,ths, the old one having broken off. I would draw the attention of tb* Council to the dangerous state of, the life lines roxund the oath, the wear and tear on theso ropes being very heavy. I woiiild sugjrest puttTng I'm galvani^a! piVes round in place ' ofthe ropes. The cost would be about £4. The foatihrkeeper is erfigapred in the two reserves mowing the grass' nnd trimming the borders, the growth, continuing to be very srtron*.'. The saiwdust for deo^orisi'iiig purposea is-'beinc regularly delivered ' for^;nnghtly.'^