DUST NUISANCE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 73, 11 October 1939, Page 5

DUST NUISANCE

WATER IN SIDE-CHANNELS ■ .. . rr ' ITS VALjUE QUESTIONED r:»• The Value pi' water, .in the sido channels on, The . Strand as a means of laying the dust was discussed at Monday night's meeting of the Wlia- - katane Borough Council, when it was stated that it was costing too much to fill them with reservoir water and that either another source of supply" must be found or the water must be turned off. It was suggested that they could be flushed out periodically. Cr A. J. Canning brought the mattor forward \vhen he asked whether the foreman had acted on the lecom.v./>nrUfi/>n nf wnrtc mmmittop

mendation of tne worKS committee and had taken out costs for the use of the Wai-iwi and Wai-rere streams. The Mayor Mr B. S. Barry, said that it would cost £23 sss j>to turn the Wai-iwi into the channels an.! £27 7s to use the Wai-rere. Both streams would be necessary. At present one-fifteenth of the borough water was being pumped down the channels. "Is the water necessary?" said Cr W. Sullivan. I "I don't think so'' said the Mayor, , "The dogs on The Strand enn . drink" said Cr F. Prideaux. : Cr G. S. Armstrong said the running water was most necessary, and ' Cr A. J. Canning agreed that the streams should be turned into the j gutters. It was costing hundreds of r pounds at present. THOUSANDS OF GALLONS. Between 10,000 and 15,000 gallons a day went down the channels, said r the clerk, Mr D.. V. Saunders, j Something would have to be done j before the summer came, said the Mayor, Pumping costs were going up C and they would have to be careful . 1 with the pumps. Whether the stream supply should be used or the water cut off altogether was a question which could be more usefully discussed by the works committee and he moved that the matter be, referred to it. He said that if the supply _j _it i!.. rfntfoi"e fiftllill bs

wa s cut off the gutters cuum flushed occasionally. . Cr W., Sullivan asked for tli« opi.tV l ions of councillors in business ot> The Strand. At the same time £50 was £ lotpef money used, say, "to provide ten chains of ifootpath at. Allandale. Xhc water - helped to lay the dust said Cr Armstrong and it carried away the sweepings from the footpaths . Cr Caisley pointed out th.il the streets became very dusty when the water was cut off for a little time. The supply was of great benefit. Cr Canning did not agree that £30 was going to be practically wasted. Cr Sullivan: Go for it. I did not say that. You exaggerate. Cr Canning continued that the water was of benefit. IMAGINATION, A few months ago the business people were complaining about the dust nuisance from the unsealed roadway in front of thy llock said Cr F. Prideaux, who thought the dust nuisance was largely a figment of the imagination. The square had been sealed at a ~.ost of hundreds of but they still complained. Cr Otley said the Mayor had made the good suggestion that the channels could be flushed occasionally. ' The borough "foreman, Mr W. S.. ■. Henderson, when asked to give the 1 cost of! flushing the channels said L that it would probably be 5s or so a ' : week. If it was necessary to wash 1 the street it would cost at least 12s ; 6d a week. The Mayor said that his idea had been that the water could be turned on with a tap when the business people had finished sweeping and the dirt would be carried away in this way. The motion referring the subject to the works committee was carried.