BOROUGH COUNCILS.

Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8059, 17 November 1906, Page 2

BOROUGH COUNCILS.

HAMILTON. I The ordinary fortnightly mooting of the f Hamilton Boiuugh Council was neld in tlie Borough Chambers, last evening, when theie wore present: His Worship Che Mayor (Mr J. S. Bond), and Cra. VV. F. t\W.n, A. S. Browis, (J. J. \V. Barton, C. L. MacDiarunil, VV. 0. Davis, J. A. Young and G. stone. (Jakktakincl Charges.—The secretary of the Uaimitou West District High School • Committee wrote protesting against the 1 chin ge of 10s per week for the nail care- I taker and characterising it as unreasonable I 1 he oaretaker, Mr E. lirtckon, wrote do- ) tailing the amount of work involved.—The 1 Mayor moved, and Cr. Young seconded, i that the ri quest of the committee for leave I to employ aa own cleanor be acceded to. I i'he motion was carried, Cra. Brewis and 1 Barton dissenting. I i kakkic BaiDoE.— Mr James E. iulton, | engineer, wrote iioin Londun, under date 1 October 2nd, with reference to the Coun- 1 oil's enquiries regarding ferru-coucreto in i lieu of Bteel tor the Hamilton tratrie bridge. I He said he would not express an opinion aa I to the relative merits, but he wished the ( Council to get the beat possible bridge, lie I had oalled upon the engineer and president : of the Colonial Ferro-Concrete Syndicate ' in London, hud given them particulars of i the bridge and arranged with them to send out at onoe a preliminary design which will enable the Auckland representative to give a tender. The following day they had arranged to take him round London and show him a lot of their cemtut works ( there. Besides the very many large and tine bridges he had seen in America he had been looking at the principal ones in England, France, Germany, Belgium and Switzerland. He had been principally injpresstd by the expensive nature ot the uorks. 1 he large sums of money spent on t comparatively small structures would not f suit us in N'ow Zealand. Mr Fulton added i that he expected to arrive back in New t Zealand about the middle of November, c and he would soon then be able to fix up f bridge matters. If steel or concrete was i too expensive he could easily build a bridge 1 in ironbark and iron for the money avail- i able.—As the Council could not discuss the c matter until the information mentioned is 1 to hand, the letter was merely " received." t Water Supply. Mr W. F. Maaon | asked that he be allowed ts connect his 1 house in Jersey - street with the water ] supply.—Referred to the engineer to repart. Lease Applied fob,—Mr Thos. Barton askei for a lease ot the reserve on Hoaphy Terrace, between his bouse and River Road—Referred to the endowment committee. Engineer's Salary.—Mr S. B. Sims, borough engineer, applied for a temporary i increase of £SO per annum to his salary J during the carrying out of the loan works. —The Mayor, moving a resolution that the increase be granted, said be thought • the request very reasonable. Had the works i been oarried out on a commission basis, ' the cost of work done by Mr Sims would be £SOO. He would move that 2-3 rd of the salary paid during the work be debited , to the loan accounts. He would take that opportunity of stating that, as far as he | could judge, the work Mr Sims was doing , was satisfactory. Those in a better position to judge than himself, were also loud in their praises of tbe way in which tbe i plans had been prepared and other details : of the work oarried out. —Cr. MacDiarimd seconded.—Cr. Barton objected on principle , to the question being decided without . notice ot motion, especially when two i members were absent.—The Mayor theretore withdrew his motion, giving notice of : motion on the matter. MbCunraoi's Amplication.—Tbe committee appointed to consider Mr Oonradi'a application, to have part of Jei'oej-street closed, recommended that the applicant be asked to clear the boundary line and half a chain froutage, in order to enable the cmmittee to ascertain the exact locality and extent of the street proposed to be closed. —Adopted. Street Works.—The streets committee recommended that Messrs Lovett and Tucker's tender as modified be accepted at £2407 14a Bd. Adopted. Finance Committee's Report.—The legal and tinauce committee recommended that the Bjna's application for a subsidy be deferred till the end of tho financial year; that 1000 feet of hose, the necessary couplings and two branches be procured for the Fire Brigade; that the Hamilton West fireball be raised 25 feet; that sections 153 a and 11 (saleyardi) be taken under the Public Works Act; that Oraham Park be withdrawn from auction and Messrs Fry Bros, be allowed to use it for one year at £5 on certain conditions.— Adopted. Driving By Law.—The committee set up to regulate the driving of loose horses, cattle and sheep along the oorough streets reoommended as follows: —I No person shall drive loose horses along any street in the Borough at other than a walking pace; 2 No person shall between the hours of 7 a.m and 0 p.ni drive burses, Bbeep, cittle, pige and other animals along that portion of TisJall and Victoria streets, from the northern boundary of Richmond street to the southern boundary of Koatrevor-street, or along that portion of Selkirk-street between the njrthern bjundary o: Coliingwood street and the southern boundary of Aiawa-street. Adopted.—On the Mayur'd motion, seconded by Cr. M»son, the com- I mittee was asked to Consolidate the bylaws regulating trallic, with the instruction ! tint provision be made for licensing ' carters and drivers plying for hire.— Received. —It wag decided to erect linger ' posts at the corners mentioned for the ' guidance of drovers. Tenders.—Two tenders were received ' for kerhing and channelling Victoria- ' street, v-.t. : Messrs Ljvett and Tucker, ' £o« Od (accepted) ; J. P. Murray £O2 2s.— It was decided to call tor tenders for the ' usual yearly services and supplies, ' DOMAIN BOARD. , The Domain Board then sat, the same t members being pres >nt, i Seudon Park.—Mr .). B. Scott, hon. secretary of the Waikato Athletic Club, t wrote asking for the uss of.and tbe right to ' charge admittance ou sports days to Sed- t dun Park, among the conditions being that a if the club plough and otherwise prepare ( suffieent ground for football, cricket, and 1 athletic iports the Bjard forgoes for four t years their cliim to percentage on tho » takings and that no grazing bo let over r tho ground so prepared.—The question » was, on the motion of Cr. Davis, seconded a by the Mayor, referred to the domain 'I committee to confer with the sports com- « mittee. Steele Park.— The oommittee recom- t mended that tho necessary permission be I g granted to tho Hamilton 1! >xing Day jo Sp rts Commitlee to ouargu for admission | ti to Steele Park on December :Wth, on the I a following oonditims I hat all competitors p bo paid priisu money in full that in th • h event of any surplus funds accruing thoy d be banded to the Mayor i f Hamilton to bo a held in trust. (1) To enable the sports com- tl mittee to carry on future =ports meetings, d or (2) failing this such moneys to be de- a voted to some public institution to be decided upon by a majority of the sports tl committee. In the event of tbe sports c! committee registering, these conditions will 2 raasj to exist.—Adopted. b Ci.MrJRIL'(iE. A special meeting of the Council was held last evening, there being present: B Urs. E. J. Wilkinson (deputy-Mayor), G. E. i Ii Clark, K. Davies, Q. Oiokinaun, A. F. i S Stone, F. O'l'oole, J. Fergusun and C. C. ] C Buckland. ' j T The Chairman explainel that the busi- ! Q aess was to onaidbr an adverse report by ! L Inspector Middleton on the drainage T juhenie now in progress. The report went T into detaila of teats that had been carriel T 3Ut on Manson's and Gemmell's properties. B In one case 15 joints out of 21 were leaking C it the rats of tevaral gailous per minute. T I'here waa no other course than to re-lay Q the pipes. I E The Council wen,: into ormuitcee, and it L was reported that the olork ot works. Mr „'. 1/ I'homas) had resigned in consequence of j Ji :he disclosures. i o Ou the Council resuming, tho following ' L resolutions were carried unanimously. | T Movod by Cr. Dickinson, seconded by Cr. Buckland, That tho Town Clerk communi- T ;ate with Mr G. W. Allsop, the engineer for all tbe drainage scheme, pointing out i P :hat as faulty construction ha r . been found m tbe house drains, there is grave doubt' Pi is to the portions connecting from the boundary to tho main sewer H ind the sewer it-ol I ', and that he Lo I 'o iu sted 11 m ike an a| p hntmuiit to moot ] V Inspector Middleton and tiio contrajtors ' it as oarly a date as possible, with a view j ;o tH«t+,.£ t'o said bjundary drains and lewer. Moved by the d"puty Mayor and bocoudid by Cr Fergus jn, that formal notice bo j di ;iven to Mersra Andrews and Co., con- an motors for the drainage scheme, informing p hem that as portions of tha drainage work 6) ■ei-orted on by Inspector Middleton have "■■ ,e«n condemned, the council h is re juested qt ilr A'isop, engineer, to vi it Cambridge cv bad have an insp&oticn and test of i v_r ,he main sowor aud the drams laid to the : tv jjundaries. tu Moiod by Cr. Buckland, and seconded yo iy ' O'l'y'M, 'hit Dm cntract rs be Cs lotitied that iuopoctor Middlutou having M, joudemuad oertain ot the house drains, the | P(

Council dosire to examine the reßt of the work executed by them en private property, and require them to open up for inspection such other drains as may be directed ; mtica of time and place to be given later.