HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 535, 16 June 1909, Page 10

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

:! (IBOU K ODH BPKOUIi ftETORIBB.I . . | Q. - | /V LOWER HUTT SEPTIC TANK. | Tho secbnd septio tank :in connection with f. the JjOwer.'Hutt drainage Bohome is about half . , (\':Comiiletcd;-L ■■ It; was': commencfid in.: February A, Inst, and .should be,finished by August.-.-This : : '• tank ',is. twice .the eiza of the one; on' the other |5 : Kj;,;i,:6ide -of th'o 'Hutt Eiver as-'it^has : jnuch larger area. ;Tho concrete, walls,.are feiV-si roof .highland the men ; arei,now;ej)gaged;on. ' .' finished, .with the exception of. Hie. roof,. and. will, be .-put on. The' intercepting [ tank. „ia.. ijK; finishedj ; {with:,the "exception .oßho -roof,and. : , - the engines and - pumping plant require to ;transfer the . material to,', the septic- tank 'pro-; £-n£cper aro on the; road^and'will'arrive shortly., Stiv: From thV;tank, ■ the; discharge will run out' to ' river,"ia distance of a' few ;feet ;only.; • The. '«'7.v position 'Sot this '.tank 'is a convenient (one; J? in' that its close proximity to the- river -renders an'outfaU'sower superfluous. There is -no, dan- . per of flood; as the high-stop'{ band,, is , .cansici-; ; . : • ercd to afford nmplo' proteption!j,' ;It -was' origi- • • nally • tholight that lncohVwiience would ■ ' ''l)o caused? by the water- in ..the soil, but .this, has not proved to be the case,'probably owing ; to tho : fa'ct. that. the waterrequiring to.' 'be, • . .'. pumped from the ..western septic tank-was '/ I"', ; mostly surface drainage. The job, is .proceed-. SsVjfOv. ing • tod«rl the supervision .of Mr.-. A. ..Commetti, .who. has .eight men under him. fiK-::-;';'; The Western septic tank .was iiuisbed'.'about- ; tho end of . connectedas yet,.as the pumping'plant.-has not S-: arrived. 1 iiThe-mains through'the streets 'have .•■r.,beeh>'put»;down.-through' Cuba, Street ExtensionS i;.; V; and - part! of Alicetown. It is.anticipated: that the first yhouses .will be connected, with.;, the,' ■ system shortly.. '• ; ' - , ■/ .j;■ ; ■ '.■ , lIUTT PIPE BRIDGE. '•. The construction of tho 'Hutt River Pipe -and; Traffic Bridge is now taking .definite shape. sSy'Two concrete buttresses—the" poihts' ; where'this i anproach&s end and the' bridge proper, :been completed. ; Tho - buttresses are ,- ' j - pierced 'by {two, 80-in'ch apertures 1 for the con-, v:;'.- ,V;duct.of themains.'Pile-dnving was commenced, on Monday, £tnd:: is now, : irt active';. progress. ' , The plans, particulars' of' which have already ;Js;,,;:; , : been. published, include .24,.spans, on ;■ terra {/. ..'firma, 25ftiV:apart,> and'six/river spans (in clus- ; ters, four, piles encased) 80ft. apart, in the ' river. , J[r. D. liourke, - the contractor," is. at » ; present - engaged-.-in: driving,::the .'piles - for the i;UsJ,;v;thirdspanfrom ! tho'Petoneend. .The piles vary ■ length froni 12ft. .to SOfti,-' and are.driven ' in to the ground level, 'where they are split :, • at - the;: top, "thus , allowing, .the steel;, wire,'.to ; protrude, and a .furthet; height of ferroconcrete ?>;i . ; ,s built up inside tho 'usuaV.wooderi". enclosure, i-!;:''to^three, higher beams. The> top one carries ij'f'/;:,the floor of the' traffio. bridge, the middle one , supporting the pipes,' and tnq',bottom; o'nej being the ground level. '■ '• v , '-.i * ..': Tho jarrah for .the .woodwork: is expected, by. 'iy;;tho Thyra at the end of the month,' and vya-quantity of steel 'for: reinforcing tho .concrete - ' piles is expected from England shortly,.; About' 3-U : '® i: ". o ? en 9 len , ara ' em ployed,at present, but when ; . these materials arrive, employment will bo ;■ ."i : i-. given toj about thirty men. Tho total number of piles :to complete .the- job is-,.126. 'r; ,: The contractor- has about 'fifteen '.months- r in which -to complste the bridge/- Tho contract .• • price was about .£13,700. : . ( '.

PETONE BOWLING CLUB ;,y ■ . The annual meeting of. the iPetone..-Bowling ; Chlb will Lc held at the pavilion on Tliursday night. The report states-that the season : 'commenced with a credit,.balance of. .£l6 10s. ■- ; 7d:i- the 6f .assets over liabilities': being. : ; .£l9B :10s'.' 7d v .lmprovements to. the pnvijioil ! ... were carried'out at a cost"of ■£&,''aii'd-. havo 'tended much to.the comfort of players, and. teeu. greatly.'appreciated by. ; theiri.; An exten- . ,uion i has; also, been made to the top-dossing J : i£ _>ehed,! :arid the .'green top-dressed. : for the com- . • inf£ season. A further "sum ;;of -X's2' lias been' VH'i paid off jthe club's mortgage:.', The foregoing' l -'i^ltferns, "amounting to : «C9lhavo,-, all .been-, met S'C-ViV J outof.. tie -year s . revenue.- v Despite' this : Sp-V:' l ".penditnrg, - the, balance-sheet shows., a 'credit' iH;p balance.ijof' Jill 12s. : ld„. with -a. surplus: of assets ■ r over . liabilities /amounting to ".£261. 12s. 1d..., .It iis riot anticipated that any, "ments will, be,; required -. during , the.. ensiling. ; : .' ' : , year. XVenty-one new members 'were .electa] S-.i'};' last • season, .whilst 13 members .resigned^-thei . present liumber of members oti the roll being ;J : .;j103...: Presentations were made to Messrs.' H. /Alexander, and. Archie. Russell,.two. of- the. most s ptfbulor players,"prior to' their jleparture from .-■.'Petone.;As both -were excellent bowlers,' the club could .ill afford' to 'lose' thenil'JSMenlbei's,': : y .'' itis . anticipated, \ wily be ;upßn l jiri ;tho; jv-vnear future to . consider the question of placing . a limit upon tho number of members to be acr.-: mitted to the'clnb, iii"view"of-»the ''restricted area of; ground- available - "fSr* play.

SWIMMING BATHS FOR PETONE. .At a. late''liour;.at-'Monday night's' meeting of . .. the Petone Borough Council, the engineer (Mr. • AV. H. Cook), submitted a report on a scheme v. ; for tepid baths to be .erected on the recreation^ .ground, at an estimatedveost-of '.£6130. .:Th"e •.-: buTjstance/.of these plans have already been publislied.''v■ -'i"'.V • ' •••'Several,.councillors'' thought 'tho'. scheme ' ex-' v" pensive, ii 'a'ndl'COunoiHor;Shoi't'Vßaid;that..inter-i ': J , est " dnd 1 forking 'expenses would amount to x.vJdSflO a year, to say nothing of'any allowance for depreciation. ~ : - The matter was preferred to a committee to deatwith. ■'■ f.is'; I ' JOITINGS the-jillness of. Mr.- Treadwell,-.'of' .■ .' tho" fir Stafford and Treadwell, the inter; Tiew of ; a deputationfrom;-the.- Huttv.'Parki ; Committe to 1 the firm, in '..connection with,', a; '.' : , account, is indefinitely hung up. The Petono, Borough 'from', 7:30, •ki- p.ni.Ub^io.'so>i:jh/'i'6n>Moridayihight-fthe;!png ; "'-I' est. nieeting'it any'held! diiriug' : tlie past twelve months. It was not that the order-paper; 'was : , unduly, lengthy; :but the various items seemed to open up unsuspected avenues for discussion.' The Mayor kept that discussion down to a 'minimum . without-,imposing^-unnecessary • restrictions. .'v. - ' ..; ' 1 Mr. Murdoch,; . . spector, paid an official visit yesterday, to the Hutt River. pipe and: traffic bridge. . . A special meeting .of 1 the Petone Borough Council will bo hold on Monday' next to consider the and; rates for. the coming

' i Despite'the recent'heavy. ;'rainfaUi'no;,change", ''-jis:-appreaiablo!in .ths'Hutt;£ivert'''whic]l.maill- .•' 1 winter level.""' •/•.•The ■' Hutt Borough Council has decided to ft: -v : . - jrnnt; £%>■. to the Hutt' Park Committee.' It .ufems likely, therefore,.that the committee will r - IV:'. ;joon financial. difficulties. ;:, There are at present 228 subscribers to the lower Hutt Library.; ; tho.Poto'ne Police (Court yesterdayv'morn*' ing,'-leforj';Mf;' B. Mothes, J.P., E. J. .'Taylor' -. 'was fined-110a., in default 48 ; 'ment, insulting 1a n g u'a gQ-i n- Jaclc'so'ii. • . Street on .Monday, ■;■ .. ■ . v.:'.:; - . ; ■! Mr. S.7C. Barraud, manager of the Hutt fr'sw and Petoriff branches of the Hank -of New ZeaV.laml;'for vthe pas'tV: thirty. j;ears, : retires';on: > superannuation at . the end«of' this month." ;-"'.; K.-V:! Por tho months of , April Hhel . ' •:, Railway Department 1 ilias rcceived :^fl^tons; v 'of coke froni; the Petone The' v'-; ; '. council itself used 31'. with; \ ... ■ . the' sanitary depot ancl casternydrainage, the .. '.'wtous coal dealers used 23* tons,' and.riiundries ■ -:.h end householders consumedtons. J.J; . .