ONSLOW BROUGH COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 606, 8 September 1909, Page 4

ONSLOW BROUGH COUNCIL.

: : ; (vDISPOSALOF'BOIISE^DEAiNAGfi.,,;'v '<• ..'The Onslow Borough.Council met last-nighti, :ell the members-being-present. ~.•;.„.;',,..,-,.■,,, "'' llii. viow of -his departure .this,'..week',';'.the' ' ■ ; -'; ; Mayor (Mr. J: G/'Harkness) asked' the «onncil ' y ■'. to'postpone further dealing with, ;the question ; .':-, of .the. catchment area... He, also'gave an. Ac- " count of the proceedings in .which he i: .had; ' participated as'- the council's .representative- ■■',- in' connection with the allocation of-the ; cost ' .■' ,of.:the'propo*ed-uew fever hospital. ' ■;;'■. .-'.,' The .council consented'to the postponement >': of'the catchment'area question. . ■ ,->■ '.' Mr. James Auld, ,Lochiol*Estate,.'applicd -to .be allowed to build up to tho adjoining bound- . . . ary..; The. borough by-laws apparently provide .-', "that a space of sft..'must bo left between the . .building'and the boundary, in a situation like ", that in, question.I'.'1'.' :; '•'.' i,'-. \ ' ■■•'-.•■" ".;"•"--''; '.' '/■'. The council'resolved'.te'permit Mr. 'Auld. to -. erect r a building on the .boundary of. his .seo- ; .tion and Mr. Crump's, subject to his removing itif'required to do so .'by the. council,' of it '.. the'adjoining owner desires.it on application . /to', tho council.. ' .' ' "-; .' . vTho engineer: reported-that- ho had niade-it : house-to-house •- inspection •:■. throughout 'the ' greater part of'the/borough, to investigate" the vmethods'.used .for' the.disposal of household .drainage, Kaiwarra' had a complete 6ewerago .system, 'so there, was no trouble in that quar,.V ter, but in other portions of-the borough ho. had visited, 151- houses and found ■ that; the ■ ■■:, greater 'number of, them discharged their sew- : ago into open .wafbrcouTscs Tunning through the .sections.. : Others'disoharged it into''the public street channels,,'where it lay in pools, or- gravitated ...to the; nearest -watercourses to cause troublo'at some later date/when tho i , particular. section through whioh the 'Water-' .course passed was taken up. He recommended that in most cases house'' drainage'could best ": be dealt with % the - householder, collecting it' - in a smalrtank or Barrel, sunk inthe ground, . bid emptying such receptacles frequently, • 'using the,liquid dm the garden-or land-broken' , up. He found that 31 householders were draining :on to: the roads,- 69 info streams, and 52 were disposing of the drainage on-their own gardens. •'.'.; ■' • Tho council resolved that householders drain- ■ Ing: on roads or into -streams should' bo called .upon to abate the nuisance, in accordance with the'by-laws, and should benotified that }h6 engineer will ba prepared' to advice' on'. tho : matter to those'requiring .it. v. ■ - -. It was resolved to spend an additional jEI2 on: tho main road at Khandallah. y -' '■'■' ' The engineer reported ? that 'eight building' . ■-■ permits had ( been granted during tho month, .the total estimated value 'being • .£2950.' ,""■'■ The council-resolved, to continue its insurance for .public liability-risk- with'tho Guar. diaft l; lnsuranco Company at the rate of 100 shil- ••' lingsj per- cent-,- for'a : policy of .not: 'ess than £3M,i nor more than .£500.,, ~,. The Mayor ,explaincd..that. this was for accidents tqthe;.publie .oh 'the.roads, .eto M : and had nothing to do-with, employees' liability. Owing to the companies having raised the rate ■'.-■ from, 60 'shillings, per cent, to .100 shillings per'- cent:, ; tho couuclrwoilld havo'to pay'about : iCU.a year, insteadof £9 a-jear,-