REMOVAL OF HOUSES

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20714, 26 January 1939, Page 8

REMOVAL OF HOUSES

COUNCIL PETITIONED

PALMERSTON STREET SITE DUST NUISANCE IN TOWN Two petitions bearing on the removal of the Garden Place Hill came before the Hamilton Borough Council last evening and in both cases the petitions were received and it was decided to inform the petitioners of the tteps being taken to rectify the complaints. The first petition was signed by 38 residents of Palmerston Street and residents from adjoining areas complaining about the unsightly old houes that was removed from the top of Garden Place and placed on a section in an area that comprised mostly new and up-tordate houses properly laid out with paths and lawns. "I do not think that we can do anything about the house now. It was a hard enough task to get it to its present site,” commented the Mayor in moving that the petition be received and that the petitioners be advised that the engineer would guarantee that the house, when completely renovated would not be out of placs on its present site. Modernising of Houses Mr Worley stated that three moro houses would be transferred to the Palmerston Street area but none of them would be as unsightly “in tuo rough” as the one just moved. AIJ houses would be modernised and painted, with paths and lawns laid do An, bringing the properties up to the standard of the other houses In the street. In reply to Mr F. Findlay Mr Worley said that particular care was being taken that no borer-infested boards would be left in the houses to cause any possible damage to the houses already in the street. The other petition was signed by 68 shopkeepers in the main 6treet complaining of the dust nuisance caused by the lorries carting spoil passing through the town. “The street will be washed at 4.0 a.m. every day from now on In an endeavour to abate this nuisance," commented the Mayor. "It is most unfortunate that this nuisance should arise but some inconvenience must be expected when we shift about 300,000 c.yds of earth. We are doing our best and are changing the route where practicable but it is essential that tbe work be done in the summer." Alternative Route Impraotloable Mr C. Lafferty thought that the trucks carting the spoil to Whitiora should be diverted along Ward Street and Seddon Road and thus out of the main street but Mr Worley replied that this was not practicable as the extra distance alone would cost about £2OOO, while there were 14 to 16 crossings that way and with a truck passing these every half minute accidents were bound to happen. "Every step is being taken to safeguard the businessmen and if the washing of the streets is not satisfactory some other method will have to be devised,” said Mr Worley. Mr W. R. Shattock attributed half the trouble to the fact that the trucks were not properly loaded as large quantities of earth fell off at practically every corner. He suggested that the loads should be trimmed and also that the northern dump should only be used on the night shift and that the trucks in the day time use the hack streets to Palmerston Street. Mr Worley pointed out that this waa not possible either as the contractor could not shift his bulldozer, twice each day from Whitiora to Palmerston Street.

Mr Worley added that in his opinion the best plan was to push ahead with the Whitiora dumping as quickly as possible and he anticipated that five more weeks would see carting to this spot completed.