CAMBRIDGE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Waikato Times, Volume XL, Issue 3257, 13 May 1893, Page 2

CAMBRIDGE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

qiuNTOX ROAD niI'ROVEMUXT SCUEMU.

Ax the meeting of tho above Council held on Tuesday lasl. Mr Gooree Henson Rave evidence m support of Ins claim for M) d.iiuiigos doiio to his proporty, by the alteration of Thornton mail. Mom John Uwyunoth and Philip Cooper also appe»red tu support Mr lienson s claim. The exnmiii; tion-if it can bo so callod-was conducted by the Mayor (Mr Ikid),, butMi Wells, the chairman of tho Domain Hoard, who was present, also a»ked a few que»' tion. The ovid<|uce was as follows Mr llonson said tho Crown grant gavo him# road 1} chains wide; (he produced the deeds), if the road was diminished it would mjuro his property to quite tho extint of his claim. lie did not remember having fixed tho value of these acres at £oO each wlion asked what they were worth by tiie borough valuer. He had been offered £BS for one of the acres years ago, but refused it, When he was oiferetl the £Ba tho Domain fence was in the same place as at prssont, but he held a letter from the Domam Board sayioß it was nnly temporary. Ho valued his acres at £oo ouch, taking tho lot together. Tie did not tlnnk tho pnlargoment of the Domain Iwd improved hia proncrlv, indeed, tho trees in it Ind spoiled his view, Narrowing the road was a retrogr.ido stop taken by the Council. Replying to Mr Wells, Mr Henson said he believed the pronorty tax valuation for Inn property win £3OO. Ha did tint know of the valuation ho made two years ago was £303; the last he made was that amount. That included tho whole uf hn land, but he iiw not Quito sura as tfl its including ms house. The wad had been fenced as at present for 7orSyears, bothe had objected, Ho had not sulfeivd any inconvenience from it bnt other people Iwd coinplained-Dr. Waidington for nni. Tho wad was narrowest at the comer. Ho did not kn-iw of there having been [any accident there. His view had not been improved by anything done in the Domain. Ho never saw kerosene tins on it before it became Dom un property, and ho did not recollect the bank bein» civerjd with briars, etc, To the Mayor: Tho two acres opposite the lake were tho most valuable because of the extensivo view. He valued his house ami | acre on which it stood at &>O, He did not make the objection for the sake of the money, but to as?ert his rights. Mr John Gwynneth considered Mr Henson's property injured. It would not fetjh the same money in tho market, and he (lid not think the claim mado was excessive, There was nearly six chains of flotage, and ho reckoned the damage at £lO per chain. Ho then read Survey Regulation No, 43, Gazetted March, 187 ft, which stated that roads within boroughs must not be less than 150 links from building to building, In calculating the damago, ho did not take into consideration the fact that no buildings would bo erected in the Domain ground opposito. He had no guarantee that the Board would not build upon it. Mr Philip Cooper knew Henson s property, and he thought the claim for £oo verv moderate, Ho (Henson) had bought ( tho* land thinking t> havo a good view. Thornton Road was ono of tho mam arteries of the town, and if it was narrowed it would render Mr Honsnn's deed-! illegal. Ho had known streets to be widened in New York and London, but never know any narrowed. When the valuator came round they all put their properties down at the lowest value; in fact they undervalued them, Ho considered Honson's proporty enhanced the valuo of every property iu tho town, and it was a serious thing for a doxen men to ait there and injure a man for all time. Ho came as a friend to give evidence on Mr Henscn's behalf.—After a tow remarks the enquiry was closed, the matter being referred to a special committee to report upon at next meeting of the Council,