New Floor In Regent Hall Again Discussed

Chronicle (Levin), 17 May 1949, Page 4

New Floor In Regent Hall Again Discussed

The question of the pfdviSion of a new noor.iof the Regent Had was again discufesed by the Levin Borough CoUhcil wheft ib met lasthight, but no decision was arrived at other thah that the mattef wou d again be raised during cpnsideratidn of the estimates, when it was expected that further estimates of ,the cost would . be obtained by the buii.ding inspeCtbf, Mr. H. Ti Tilyard. Ih reportihg* to the council ldst night, Mr. Tilyard said he Would es&imate .hat 3566 sqtiare feet Of tinibef wdiiid be heeded, aird this would c'ost in the ViCinity of £l5t; This wodld, howevef, be eveh nidr§ eostly if the tihibef wbs kihi dried. He estimated the bribe of this at 10s her ioo feet. it'Was a coatiy job, but the price could be reductd if the Council decided to defbr the laying of the floor for a. time and dry off the timber itself. In ieg'ard to a sUggCstion froih the works committee ihat the new floor be laid over the existing one, Mf. Tilyard said that this would be unwise. He thought that the lifting of the old floor woUld be necessary, as the blocks holding the exis.ins- floor were pfobabiy in need of replacemeiit. In reply to a Suggestioh froni Cr; D. J. Sweetzer that the questioh of laying a new floor be deferfed, ahd that only the boards in podr cdndition be replaced, Mf. Tilyard said the tfouble was that they wbu-d not knoW where to' start and'finish. The floor was in such a conditidn that it had to be relaid eventuallyi