MARTON BOROUGH'S EXTRA WORK.

Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12889, 16 July 1913, Page 6

MARTON BOROUGH'S EXTRA WORK.

OLD POM-POMS WANTED

ACCIDENT AT THE JUNCTION,

A HORSE BADLY INJURED

TROUBLES OVER PICTURE

NIGHTS

BAD ROADS

MARTON BOROUGH COUNCIL,

(From our Travelling Reporter.) MARTON, July 15. Owing to increased business, Marton Borough Council has decided to meet fortnightly instead of monthly, as hitherto. At the request of the Marton Beauti-

fying Society the Borough Council has given, its permission to the society to appij*, through Mr Newman, M.P., for two obsolete field pieces for the p/irk. An accident occurred on the railway line near the Marton Junction station yards this morning, when a horse I>elongirig to Mr J. Dawson was struck by the engin-.j of the incoming tnain from Taihapo, and' so injured that it had to be destroyed. The horse, it anpears, was enclosed in on c of the railway paddocks, and by some means got through the fence and strayed on to the line. J. Robertson and Son, who run pictiires at Marton and rent the Town Hali for the same, have again written to the Borough Council alleging injust'wn. by compelling them to stand, aside in favour of visiting companies when they happen to want it. on either Wednesday or Saturday nights. The writers point out that all their arrangements have been permanently made, and as the programmes come along in due course, they have to be naid for whether used or not. Their losses lately as the result of itinerant companies, they estimated at £10. They asked that their mghts be seated to them in such a way taat they will neither have to stand aside in favour of others or be called upon to pay a higher rent for the privilege of showing on the night applied for. Consideration of the application has been adjourned until th c next meeting. The condition of the roads in Marton indicates the class of metal that is being procured, and it is not surprising that Mr Wilson, the borough foreman, •felt it his duty to draw the attention oi the Council to the need of procuring a fresh metal pit owing to the presence of so much clay in the present one. Ihe metal in consequence was not worth carting out. Be recommended Mr Kirch-s metal pit as the best procurable in the borough. The gas manager reported that during the month 11 gas services hav o been laidand two water connections. The month!? meeting of the Marton Borough Coaiscilwias held last evening i G1^ there were Present, his Worship ,he Mayor, Councillors Wilde, Sutcliffe Lewis, Sinclair Ingle and Lloyd. It was resolved that the opinion of Mr Martin bo obtained re paying 5£ per ■rent interest on the Town Hall loan c %? s ££*■? ed V* P^y the Council's share ot Mr Foiiongs telephone, which is now to become a three-party wire. Compiaint having been made by the inspector that the crossings of footpaths were interfered with by the sewerage works, it was decided to inform Mr LaingAkason that the specifications must be adhered to and that the paths be snppJied with two coats oi tar throughTUti A? . a PPliCation by the Marton Jockey-Club for permission to connect the racecourse with the water mains m Kitchen St. was granted, the work to v? Cm i out uncier tlle supervision of iVir \Vilson. Mr Sfcedinan drew attention to the need of a properly constructed footpath in Signal St. Referred to the borough foreman. Mr Condor wrote re the same matter. It was decided that as soon as tho weather clears all streets will receive- attention. Mr H M Hardy complained of the shocking state of Cubuabballa St. This will be attended to. Lao I<orenian of Works reported on the work of tho past month as follows :—•

Jiowen St. — Th 9 water tahlo ha s boon graded from Follett St. to High St., and pip c crossings put in at Rodder and 'Jolly's building and footpath metalled in front of the same. Oxford By has boon metalled along the trench! •and all holes have been filled in In..•Mgiia! St. the water tables have boon cleared out and tho soft pockets in tho Ironch havo been filled w ith metal. At tho top end of Follett St. wator tables havo been formod and a start lias been made to metal same.

Mr Wilson, tho borough foreman tp-l^-fod to tlio Council tlfat he had i,rl,xed tc dat 8 132 permits to connect with me main sewerag© system.

A big suppjy () f f,-sh crav/Jsh has High St., ivfarton. All orders for fish J.'iomptly attended to.