MASTERTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 965, 4 January 1882, Page 2

MASTERTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

x /j •• J ■■ -The usual., meeting of the Council waj held last evening. ■ Present—llis.,Worship the Ifavdr A, Bish), afidCrs.Price, Perry* Mtffldfdle; 1 andßentley. > * | ■ The - minutes of the annual' tiieeting trero read and confirmed, ! l CORRESPONDENCE. r Inwards—FromCr G. D i xon,-; ros igti i his position as a Borough • Councillor; from Oaiimru County Council,-enclosing by-laws; from Clerk Masterton Highway Board, re Pound fees. • \ ■ i Outwards— I To.Bontloy Bros;,accepting their contract for Baniiist er-street'; to AY; : Phillips, accepting tender for culvert in Bannister-street; to Clerk of: Wellington City Council, asking for jiiformatiiin as to ' recent additions to the'Wellingtoiibuild. ing regulations for this Council's guidance; ■ to Or James Russell, accepting his resignation, and tendering him the thanks of the Council for the good services <he hud rendered the Borough; to the Clerk of the Wairarapa West. County Couricilj re dog registration, and culling the'ispecial attention of the County Registrars to clause 7 of tho Dog Act, re dogs being only , registered in the district where the owner resides; to Secretary North Wai'rarapa Benevolent Society, covering cheque for £2 30s to meet Mr Robson's claimto R. Williams (Wellington), asking price of gas eoaljn railway trucks at Wellington; to Mrii J. McKenzie',B, f, Perry, lhaia Whakuttmiru, "T. L: 'fhoinpson, Mrs A. MeKeuzie, and R. Hare, ,re outstanding rates. >

8 impounding fees. • , „ A letter was read from the Cleric of the Masterton Hiiihway Board re Borough Pound fees, asking that the samd be re--0 duoed for animals impounded-froth outj side the Borough, so that the ijighway !. Board could use the Pound, which they g could not, by the Act, under tiie preaeiit scale of fees, s As the question of the management uf J the Pound would shortly; coine before tho 0 Council, it was resolvod tu allow the letter ■ to stand over till then. ■ WOBKS COMMITIKE,' ut The Works Committee submitted the following report of tlieir nieoting field on t January 2nd Resolved-Tliat the. Borough Engineer - be instructed to measure off the drains, on the Upper Plain road and Renall-streetat once, and Imnd the measurement ill to the Town Clork as soon as done, so that pipes could bo ordered.-To ! chain off the land from Bennington's sec:ino peg, toideliue Short-street, Mr Foster to he consulted in the matter.—To finish tho plan and specification for the upper .end Cole-st,— To see that the "repairs to the streets in 9 Hounslow's contract, as enumerated in the Overseer's report, be carried out 1 forthwith, • The report of the Committee, as read, was adopted overseer's report, " The Overseer reported as follows That he had iuapected the streets included in the street maintenance contract, and found the whole streets required attention ' as followsDixon-st. required raking, > the atones ou it breakimt, and a fow loads of "metal put on near (he stbckide, Columba road-About five chains of metal should be spread at tho corner of this rord. Johnson street,required'laki i« and the largo stones broken, ami' the orown of the road in .fliuh sirect should be repaired. Quoeu-1 ce'. Mpmhvie quired cleaning and 'gravelling, iioft ihe crown of the road repairing andf gravel , put on. Colo-stroet footpaths Squired i cleaning and rc-mvelling, and the road metalling. Hall-street and Lincoln road required metalling. Akurti r»ad required . the ruts filling in ami the stones broken. The Upper Plain road required repairs, and Chapel-street waler-tublei required ' cleaning and at the souih end repairing, . Renall - tt-eet required about, ton chains of metalling and ivpairing. The contractor was proceeding with tlieShortstreet clearing contract in a satisfactory manner. Perry-street eontiact was still unfinished, and notieo had been given to Mr Hounslow but he was still going on in an unsatisfactory manner. The Overseer recommended that a steel stamp should be made for marking the B.irough tools. The report \m omhodied with that of the Works Committee, and was adopted with it. FINANCE COMMITTEE. The following; accounts were pissed for payment:-. \ £ s ut T ,i.„. - .. .. ..

■lrtl'or ... ' x.12 !) Overseer g'j o Keester uml Ilicdiii^... 0 12 C J. Butcher . OU 7 C Ingram,,; . ... 012- 3 Payton & Co. 4 14 3 Smith»ud Frazi ... ~;.i i i o INSPECTOR OF NUISANCES. The Inspector reported that the woods ntrsnme footpaths had grown to' Such a height as to bajnina a nnisaiiM, tuirl. th:it the streiiQ near t'n l{. ilj fi »tol: was also Incoming blocked: weeds, thereby caiuingn niiisince; also tint the resident on Oookhuru'g lilock were injur, ing the foiitpath throiijli haviijn nil proper, approaches over tliijin tn thi'ii' preinifjei. Cr Bentley thmigl t 'sh'ould be taken to' have the watercressdrawn on* of the Creek complained of, and ho m»v«d that notice ha nivaii to the owners of the property to that nlfei't.,. !; Cr Price seconded. Or MuCmlfe thought thit to give the ■lnspector authority to do the work was sufficient. Or Perry ngrend vith Cr McOardlel ' Tho motion was then put and carried. With regard to the culvert at kurununi which the Inspector reported projected above Ihe metal and was said to be dangerous, and tho liroplngtj in rl illstroet, these mailers wove referred tolthe Works Couiniitlo with n>wer to act. ! With r'pyird to tho. approiichei ion 0 ickli'P'n's lilnck, the mi'ier was inferred to ilia B m'hu/Ii S it vpyo'; TBNUBIUj 'v Chiinhlrnet, F'n-inine nijrl MetallingT. W, ]j ker. £O3 ; Tinslpv -nd York 169; Bsotloy Bros., f74105; % FhiUips, .£'73 l(k ■ , ' Before considering fenders Cr McCardl? thought that the wmk was pot an urgent one, and ho niovod that ihq tenders stand l,ve E 'ill next, meoling when a fuller attendance would:he present, j Or. Bent e- 1 seconded pro forma and submit tod that when th>! tenders were beforfi the Council on,ithe last occa'inn Beptly Bros', tender was; the lowest taking into consideration, the two contracts. •'* j Cr Price said llt urn wo ni«ny woisa more urgent, and he th ught Chapel-strjel could wait for»least six irinn'hp, I The 'Mayor n]so failed to see that the wnrk.was urgent, and, would rather fee o.ther works in the outlying portions ]oJ the Boroueh receiving attention. . Tho motion was then put and carried! Timber Runply-Burnett and Yulp (heart of totara), 12s per 100 ft ;,McGregoi Bros., 12s per. 100 ft; Bowry md Kin? 12s por 100 ft. <' f Cr MoCardlo ssid he thought thatllL mill proprietors • had Evidently, agreejc on the price to, qid he mow | that no lender- be accepted so that tin j Coimuil.w'mbl iake-a.dTantsM of any faj • j s: Cr Perry seconded the QQtiOD' v])il| was carried unanimously, ' -

J power to destroy all'Uiffl 1 The authority was granted* | POUND OOMIKITTSE'M The Pound Cnmraittee|| f report the ' left over till ne*t|ineetM ! Committee (Gra Perry anijfil ' asked tomakeJemjiorarjil ■ to carry on the pound. villaandbkntljmß ' Crßentley said > lie thiiujH > should be doiie to .these' ! devoting bo much .attentioiij ' of tho town. - ■ Cr McCardle agreed y some extents He thought 1$ ' Workß Committee 1 all stroeta whith; it >mß|| 1 require attentionduring tfi'lj 1 as this would savo much. dij|i ■ Council. M i ■ Cr Bentley said a: road«j 1 be made in Boutley-streeraß [ the people, iviiiild cmitribM I ; The Mayor• 1 8.u»< ) thu3 : this street should put tljjfl [ writing, so th/it ' sider it in proper form "-^f| i ! Cr Bentley called atfeutj|| ■ of the footpaths in Hall-itraj| i , The Mayor stated • intendedjo scetotliismiH ' The Council then gdjoiifl