CITY RELIEF, WORKS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 634, 11 October 1909, Page 9

CITY RELIEF, WORKS.

'/■■-:■:,■;, THE REVIEWED, , '•',". ■*■ A.-number bf;.i'opoits prdpafed by Mr.. Geo. rWillis,; .6ecretary of' tho Unomployed Relief ,'. Committee, , :-; will -bo. presented to ; .the, "washing-up" meeting of the .executive: coin■'mittoo '.this', afternoon.'. These show, tho exact work 'done;', dnrlng the time that tho relief,works wero.-in; progress. ; Eeferriiig.'.to the excavations, at .' Viptoria".College,' i the, report -states that.tbesp. works employed;ls7 men,, the total , • wages" being X 835125; '4d.',,t6'which.tho com : ' mittoe' • contributed ,j;430,:..the .balance being made up . by- Gbvernment. subsidy." "An ;.unoightly liillook at 'the 'north^ end'of , ''.the''col/logej has been'removed, ; maklrig/-a , i lovel''. l plbt of about, half, an. acre.', : On tho Silamanca HQad : Bide,' a sido'outtiiig-has'boon.made form.ing, n.drive.of .aboutl'lOO.yordarlrdrh-.tliq junction 'of' Kolbnrne. Parade • and'.\'Sala.inanca :Rwd* : ''to.'v.the;''s^ On Kelbnrne rPeJado'another side outting "has been ■; made' to'. foriu 1 /ft .' fobtpath ■: conn»ctibg/ with■••■ the '"main 1"wa1k...*.-•. At; tho? back , .'of ; -"''the ■' gymnaSiuni,'. a' '"large'ambuntyof''-'.' exctivating has carried.out, , cutting;batk v the''entire , hill -ail \ avorago of .-some; 10 ;f eet. : '.. The ■ car : pentering wbrk .employed on , an : .• averago. .8. : to ■10 : men per wsek for,, ten weeks. 'Tlie lecture, room. on the' top , story, of;.?the . coHeno.' was Jined arid/finished; and thQ- geological.labora-. Tory ; arid passage. ,were ! similarly treated', : and a. niimber •of -fittings erected. .-.The gymnasium was: also fitted up.and altered. The grant made by. the .Belief Connriitte'e; towards- 'thisVwork iwa5..8228.'.v-,' ■':-.:: ■;'-.■•'■■;;'. ;: ; -: '■"■-.- '■.:-''\-' ';, .-. ,And«rspn.'Parkwas.taken :in .hand: by the dn August 5.' The playiiig area, he r , ing 'too small;' required'enlarging. '..This was' to be,done by about one actej.niakihß a'-.total ofi'nearly foiir. acres/ I ,:Tho '-wh'olo of this has now been properly ;drained, ploughed -all 6ver,, : and'scooped:level,;soiled to a:depthof..ten -inches,;cross-harrowed,':;disc-harrowed; 'top-dressed, and then,harrowed, again,. Nearly, 5001b. of grass seed.haVo >been isorcn:' For'the 'filling in nearly' 2000 cubic yards .of thb.'hjll ■hive been cutaway, dumped in;tho giilly, and levelled off.' About;one-half of,'tho -pavk'hna. been wire;fenced,.and it is contemplated that it-will 'lie necessary, to complete;.this all round. ■At the'norlh-east.icorner.'much .filling'.in; hai done, and there:is. to.'be. a-good 10ft. carriage drive, eloped for; the convenience of spectators,, :&ni -forming 'a/natural-grandstand,. 1 -A total 0f!134 inon wero employed on this work at ari/avera«e.of.2B men per week; and the work completed at a■ total cost of 'MVO, 2s: 3d.•:ln -addition.-.'to:.the:amount, paid,'out/.in'Wees, material.amounting, .to XIG 9s. 6d. was , paid for.-;-.. About \Mt is ,still : owing' for grass' Md, ■■ 'Otiiin: pipes, arid fencing'rii.ater.isl, etc., and it is , anticipated that the City; Counci l, will naV ■for'this; 'ifi;;'>l ; ;:,"s;r- ' V: ■■~•?." •'.'- : The Mount Victoria Road works were started on July 20, arid stopped on' September 8; ■ 'During -.thistimo 81, men were , employed at an average ,of :abont 20, men, and three drays^per. week' the : total wag« being-5C337-6s. JOd. A good carriaso (Irivo,has. from 'tho;top %«!!;;■• to the signal station.at the, top of Mount Victoria,*.a distance of nearlj one: and a quarter miles.,.. The .total sum allocated for this, work wos'not.expended. 'All the .^necessary'.excavation j. work .being firiishedi the balance of the money ;would have tan used in; metalling, -.which-is not. profitable eipendi.ture as far.as.the_ committee, was- concerned. The romainder.of tho grant was , transferred toi : AndorsomPark.:., '.■■■ : - : • ■;;::-;;:: : -;,i ™~/;

■ iThbvWadwtown Eoad work was comm'enoed on July 21/ and completed on September'l. It employed 80 -men m' weekly ganes of'2s at « iotaLcoet.of g vlor abort'*« chains the road was widened by Sft : ' •.-.The estimated cost of the S-ork r was k«V .down at this' the city counc contributed ,£2OO, the people' of WadesfZ (per Mr. G. NashMlOoVd ..tt?w2S-£SB |«: : 6d -> 6 ort.pt go general funds of■ the committee,: making the total cost-of £393