HAMILTON BOROUGH COUNCIL

Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8004, 8 September 1906, Page 2

HAMILTON BOROUGH COUNCIL

The ordinary mooting of the Hamilton Borough Council was held in the Council Chambers last evening. T.iere were present : His Worship the Mayor (Mr J. S, bond) and Cr*. W. F. <; -•<». Stoao,

: '. E ii,'ecuiube, C. Barton, (J. L. MacLharmid, 1. Cortes, W. (j. L) iv .s, J. a. Y r oun){.

Apology.—-The Mayor «.s.i.l (Jr. Krewis hi.l ln-.tui called away to an uryeut cace at A'aer>»ni»a, ami se cuuld not attend.

Road Closing.—Ales rs Jus. (ju;cn and Divul Hoiry asked permission to close the p-ition if Fox street between tho Town Belt and Brooktield-street, about 10 chains, stating that none but the owners us id it.— Granted.

Taken for Road—Mr D. Mcintosh, OUtrict Engineer of Railways, forwarded tho lym-meu' relating to the handing over by the Railway of a piece of theriauiillon railway reserve fer road purposes.—Accepted.

Garden Place. —Mr Joseph Prear wrote objecting to the proposal to lease G*rdon pUee when formed.—The Mayor pointed out that before the Council could obtain a title, a public meeting must be held, when Mr Frearcou'd ventilate his objections.— The letter was rec ived.

Level Crossing.—The Hon. W. HallJones wrote with reference to the Council's letter of 25th ulto., urging t' e provisim of a level crossing in a line with Uiuemoa->tr-etat Hamilton West, that he found compliance wuuld result in the establishment of three crossings within a distance of half a e.;le, aad as the muitipiicitiun of suju crossings seriously ail'ects the working ot the lines and the difficulty is increased as population increases and the traffic develops, he regretted that after the niatcer every consideration he could not accode to the request.—On the Mayor's motion it was decided to ask tho Minister to reconsider hi* decision, and that Mr H. J. Greeuslade lie requeted to use his iuriu'.'uce in the matter. fc'TANUARU Survey.—Mr U. J. Greeuslade, M.H.R., enclosed a letter from the Minister for Lands on the subject of a stmdard survey for Hamilton, in which it was stated that it would not bo convenient to uudertake the completion of the survey until nest winter as the whole staff is required for the subdivision of rural lands. Mr Greeuslade added that as tho result of a personal interview he had obtained a definite promise that the work Would be ootnnienced and completed next winter.— Received.

Auckland Harbour Board.—The Fiako County Cuacil askad for cc-op.'ration in urging upon the Government the desirability of couutry settlers obtaining representation on the Auckland iiaibour boards. —lt was decided to assist by hrin«ing the ro»tter before the Minister for Marine. Drainage: Contract. -The connni.tee appointed to open the tenders for drainage coatracta Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4, recommended thtt tne following be accepted: Nos. 1 and 2 pipe laying, Messrs Andrews and Gall; no. 3, stone-ware pipes, R Fewell; no. 4, concrete pipe-:, Mascerton Pipe Co. The committee further recommended that the engineer bo auth irised to engage the services of a clerk of works at a salary of £3 per week.— The Mayor explained that the tenders hid included one from the Waikato Couieit Pipe Co., but owing to the fact that the necessary works caild not be installed for some tiun, it would entail a de'ay of nearly six months, which the Council could not think of.—On the motion of the Mayor, seconded by Cr. Edgecunibe, His Worship was empowered to arrange with the of New Zealand for a drainage loan of •£SOOO on the authority of debentures. —The Mayor explained that of the .£I2OO lodged in the bank by the Government, £IOJ had been expended, leaving £llOO to the credit of the loan account. The Government had uow intimated that instead'of the £SOOO on which the former sum had been paid, the Council could only be grantdd the sum of £2OOO per annum.—Cr. Barton expressed some surprise chat the Government should act in such a minn6r. Seddon Memorial. —In reference to the circular is-uel by the Auckland Seddon Memorial Fund Committee, it was arranged that a public meeting be called to consider what action shall be taken in the matter.

Deferred.—Mr J. Bouskill, AuckUnd, offered a rental of £t por annum for a 21 years' lease of sub-section 59a of section 2, Hamilton West, between the Council's workshop and tin Gospel Hall,—The matter was deferred, ponding settlement as to the disposal of spoil fron the Hamilton traffic bridge works. Transfer Aim-roved.—A -rrnsfor applied for by Mr H. Dudley to Messrs Fry Bros., of subsection 5 of seotion 405, was approved. i leaking Lanos.—The Inspector of Noxious Weeds called on the Council to ciear briar and gorse from several sections in Hamilton East and We3t. Building By-Law.—The Council confirmed the amendments to the building by-law. i fecial Rate.—The Council alsj confirmed the sptcial rate of 1 1 ou the area affected by the proposed new street between Coilingwood and Hood-streets. Finance.—The Treasurer submittei the following financial stateoient:— sire? August 10th, £386 8s 01. Bink district fund account, dr. balance August 10tb, £2128 Is; amount binked, £3So 2s ill; cheques drawn, £230 16s 51; dr. balance, seo'ember 7th, £1072 lis Bd.

Engineer's Report.—The Eugine-jr reported lhut little work had been done on the new saleyards Contract during the past month owing to the shortage of paving material; 1058 square yards of paving had been laid, leaving l'J32 square yards to complete the work. He had certified to a progress piymeufc of .660 lis Gd. As regards the saleyards drain he had iuspected the 12 inch pipe drain running through Town Beit Suctions 8, 0 and 10, and fund that between the inlet and Frankton ivoad settlement had occurred in one or two p'aces, and the pipes were partly silted up. The obstruction had been removed and pipes would now di-eharge their full capacity. Plans and specifications were submitted for the new drain from the saleyards to the river, via Yiotoria-otreet, to divert about one-fourth of the water from the 12 inch pipe draiu. He bad perused Mr Blackman's letter and enclosure on tarring streets, but did not consider tar could be used with advantage on the streets of the lhrough until they have been formed in a permanent ma n >r. For instance it woald not be advisable to tar the strip of limestone iu Victoria-street and leave the remaining width untarred, whereas a coat of tar en the unmetalled portion would have a very short life. He propped laying down tarred limestone crossings in Yictoiia-street, but it would ba unwise to do any work of this nature before the streets are cut up for drainage m<'ins and c muections. He had prepare 1 specifi'ations for clearing gorse from the sanitary depot as required. The area was 27j acres, and as it was all more or less covered the cost of clearing would be at least ,£100; he suggested that a strip be cleared for a distance of 33 feet back from the frontages, and there would be no necessity for clearing the whole area. A road grader had been procured from Messrs McLean and Co. and he proposed putting in hand the re-formation of Albertstreet, Hamilton East. On enquiry he found that there is no record in the Deeds office, Auckland, that the old road through Sections 117 and 400, Hamilton Fast, near the rl'ismill has been cf-sed. The District Land Registrar informed him that on application by the Council a certificate of title wili be issued for Section 117, Gravel Reserve, Hamilton East. —The report was adopted.

Water, Meters.— Messsrs S. M. Co-skill and Sou, Auckland, informed the Council that the 3inch water meters left London by the Pakeha on August Bth, and that the delay was owing to the makers not being able to complete the order sooner. The Pakeha was due about September 28th.—Received.

I.UAINAOK. Mr W. G. Weddings, Inspector of Telegraphs, gave formal notice that the Telegraph Department objects to the Council placing a man hole for the driiuage system in the department's section in Hamilton. —Mr Joseph Hinton notified his intention of holding the Council liable for all damages arising from the construction through his property in Hamilton West. —Mr .1. D. Harwood claimed ill.) compensation in respect to Ins section in Clarence-street. Mr T. Vincent would hold the Council responsible for damage to section 27 I IU asked that a better job be mole ot it than was nude of the. old drain. It nu< decided to fissure Mr Hinton that; any damage would l-e paid for, and that Mr Harwood be approachel ou the quest i u of compensation. —Mr Vincent's letter was received. After passing a few accounts and trsn sacting routine Douiaiu Heard business, the Council rose.