KARORI BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 559, 14 July 1909, Page 8

KARORI BOROUGH COUNCIL.

• ■ i. ; ,meeting • of;' the' , Karbri: Borough Council •evening,- , and ; was .attended- , by MrVC.:Da9ent (Mayor),' and .Councillors Cathie, Hildreth.-'Ea'ine, ,Standen r : Spiers, Walmsley, Wedde, and-Welling.,-7''■'.'^rv,■■■-. ; " : .-.'"V \"; ■;■■' -;..-. :The' council ~confirmed its; fonner./resolutibn by whiqh .they amount .of -'rates'■'.to be' struck this year, was'nxed.': ■'■■■ -. -.-' '■'. ■''.'■■;., '.:• '• "i\ '.,'. ■-. -;; : " The : city.'.'electncal -•engineer (llr; . StusCrt Kichardson) : ' wrote Tegarding •: the council's proposal ;.to.! establish .a'carshed '-it Karari.:' In pointing'out that■theVrunning'.bf.suc'h a-shed would be'^ost'■uneconomical/ and.recommending that.'the-'idea be dot'entertained,'Mr. Eicharasoi!'stated ; that:only- two .cars cbul(b be .stored, at'Karori interfering with'the city'.time-table: Under the.;present industrial 'agreement, Vh'dwever, 'it.:would-:be. necessary; to. convey -the .staffs' to .Newtpwn: by t^''-lare'car,i.and : '.the.:.estimated : '.cost 'would.be 255. per day 'for ■ the, twb "cars. The proposed shed would -have; tb'be, iri'the;chargo of .'a man who understood equipment adjusting, and who would be' paid 'not. less than £3 10s. • per week." The letter -was ./received/: withont discussion. 1 ■','.-, ■;.. The L Wellington Eiigby. Union , 'wrote, in'• reply , to representations made by the Mayor regarding the. letting, of -.the. reeeritly-fprmeel Becreatioi.Ground, asking .that;the cbunqil -should, discuss'the'in atter v with a subcommittee of the nnioh;:- ■ The ,E«creation Committee was , in- ■■ structed tpimeet the nnibn'representatives.'.- , !'■, ■' In response ; to a claim made by the council, the- -Wellington -Gas. -Company forwarded .£43 . tho : right to , lay-mains withiri-the borough, tf-vl-.•?■ .'.-.■•-■ ■- -'■-':■'}'■'<:■'■ ..:J '■ ■'.■ ] -..:->. , '- '.{• nvir. Thomas W.ard intimated that he was laying down' l -a■■ complete, sewerage system, 'including -septic" tanks,- in the , ;; Avery Estate.: , : . Be asked that; : the block;,be excluded from 'any ' land'which might-become.liablefor-a; drainago| Tat©, that , it should'be: declared, a.special rating area liable: for a water, rate, and. that a specialsloari :be raised 1 , for reticulating it with , : water;'i pipes. -.The : leUerf was referred to the I PublicrWorks Committee.--.-.■;■:' : - P ' ; ■In reference■'to 'the proposal to: alter the :tram time-tablo' ni- far as; tlie first car leaving Karori'was concerned, the.city electrical engineer referred-:: to the::Order-in-Council, /-and: stated : several objections.'--to- , delaying'..the He-' . pa'rtiire-ofUh'e.;7'a.m.'.car fpr'ten minuteSv.The 'Tramways'Committee-.'considered "..that if would : 'be inadvisable to;set:back.'the': running as had ■been proposedi-'and' their report was" adopted. . The possibility of, reducing the lighting; bill of ; tiio borough;by. the introduction'.of .Osram :: lamps>.was meiitioned, r and''the. ; Lighting: ! eom-' mittee was instructed - to report' :on ; :the pro- . .table (coßt : <bf ithe^neW^lamps.' ;:;■ \ ._-:, .••-,-.. .; ; .';,