DRAINAGE BOARD.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18903, 19 January 1927, Page 8

DRAINAGE BOARD.

LAST NIGHT'S MEETING,

COMMITTEE'S REPORTS

The l«t meetins of the Chr»tchurch Drainage Board during the present term of office was held last evening. Those present were: Messrs H J. Otlei (chairman), J. V. Beanland. D Ko«se, L. II s Hamilton. H. G. Livingstone, A. T. Smith'. W. K. Carey, V. C. Large, and S. C. Bingham. Accounts amounting to £10,9«9 Os lOd on the general account, and :is 4tt on the No 7 loan account, were passed for Pa The"special Committee set up regarding an account from Tramway Board for cost of change o er in Kiecarton road, etc., reported having considered the account lurmshed and weekended the. payment= of th«, cort of cross-over amounting to £l3- 6S od, ana an I°', "l %j for damage to motor-car caused hv s'tnkin- an overturned signpost on the • i With reference to the charge ot r^-a - i«s id the Tramway Board had metalled the Flocktou street siding without consuiting either the Board or its contractor and the committee could not see j s wav to recommend the payment of this amount. The other items in the account, amount * , h d b c harged to ~n?n,etor;"concerned, who were liable, under the terms of their contract, to the Board. . , , The report was adopted. The Engineer reported: — ... ~„ Loan Works— Although work during the period was interrupted by the holidays, and y wet weather between Christmas and New Voir fairly good progress has been made. \-o "MA Keticulation (Messrs B. Moore and Sons)—A start was made this week in Avr street, and rapid progress in trenchin- was made, due to the activities of a ••Hear Cat" shovel, a trench averaging 6ft in depth being excavated from Deans avenue to Kail wav terrace in tour days. This is. ,1,0 second machine of this type now in use on loan works. The report was adopted. The Pumping Station Engineer reported:— The pumping plant is working very satisfac- |. During December StS.OTU tons were ".raved to the farm In comparison with he quantity during December, 1320. this shows an in.-r..asi. of 8813 tons. The ramfall for the month was :5 55in (Magu. Obs ). as compared with 1.-JSm for December. 19.. , and S.Ooin for the corresponding period in 192-1. , , The report wa.« adopted. Permission was granted th" 1 enda ton Tennis and Croouet Club to pipe a deep drain running across its property, provided the chib meets the cost.

Correspondence. The General Manager of the Municipal Electricity Department vrutu stating that he had been instructed by the City Council s Klootrieity Committee to advise that it was prepared to waive the minimum charge of "s Od per k.w. per month, and to agree to a review of the rate within three years from the date of the first supply. The letter outlined tho rates and conditions of supply, as arrived at between the two bodies. Tho conditions were approved. - The Municipal Electricity Department also submitted proposed designs, for the substations to bo erected on the sections at the Board's pumping stations JSos. 8 and 10. The designs had been prepared to conform to tho general stylo of the pumping stations the Board had erected on these sites. The plans wcro approved. Tho General Manager of the tramways wrote complaining that its bus had had to be diverted at the Shirley terminus/from Chancellor street, owing to the bad condition of the road. Tho condition of Chancellor street was the result (he believed) of drainage operations. The letter was received.