WIDTH OF STREETS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 669, 20 November 1909, Page 14

WIDTH OF STREETS.

. v';''Biitt.iemqnted"'; streets] 'are ;a' puripsity;Vwith •which 'thei'.ChristchuTch City CouncilVis.-'inot pleased.; ■.owners;'- subdivide"• theirj.-tirp-which". are ; . : of,'i3ess :tha'hithe iridtli, thoy are : compelled to; put-back the new frontages. , ...In several Chiistchurch j streets this -'/has .resulted;,- in .froijtaKesr'bi'ing; put back at irregular,j'imersides of the street, giving; ll a ■"battlemented'.'.' appearance.■■';■ To obviate.:;this unsightliness, Mr. C., Allison,: May or of Christchnrch, and Mri W. 11. Cboper, : a member .oi ■ the/City'Cdunoil,"'waited onVtho;Minister ifqr Public .Works (the-jHon. B. .M.'Kenzic).' yester- ' dayJflit|al ■;-ffgdj .tH|f3Mi|cretic(n ! i'should; ,bey allowed to 'councils as jua ''.compelling frqitages to".be-.put'.back .in'these deputation' also asked that .tho Muriicipal"'Gor-ipcf]faMohs«A6,ti'sht«l4'!,;bo'^mended-to-vSivo cduucils>the,,right-itf.'sayiih'lwliat dircctlpns \and' < |i.tp i atipn; i new, 1 : slibuld • be; fprnied; ■'This 'power iwa-s.'.' taken' awayVf rdm, councils' by. ; , a ■amendment of \the Public Works Act. 'It,-was. also further suggesteil,that the.. counoils should bo- allowbd to r'aisd a loan to provide.' compensation for '•street' widening.': without ."the-.necissijy. of ■ apolli:.•; 'i '";'/";' ':■■ '!: ( V' l 7j ;-The recognised,; that' some alteration of : tho law should bo made to meet .the ;case ; ;;of the -''streets which; had )<been' in-stahcod.'^.;He-'had'-; to-'consider,' 'however,-: the.cas.o of other/towns..besides Christchurch. "'He would to"'meet the deputation if he would: have: to do it Tory graduallJTiand .carefully, so as not to' in•tertere^witli'Vested intorestSi ■;■ The /question: of ' raising: loans' was big proppsition, and hoj.cpiild'npt say off-hand:what.tho effect:would be: - There 'wonldi-.bn an: amendment of.' the Publio','TYqrlts.:-Act -brought -down this /session, .-.and :he:,,migh;t;;.be: abld.'to' make:'.provision' for ;iti.there.'/V.Ho was anxious ,to, : assist the local '.bodies, , '■; he...thought ■,it.; would meet' the ■case,jif ;pl&ns of rthe proposed-nojv-. streets had tp'-!bp:-'Rnbmitted-.'tp,"'tho local body,. and vapproved' by- ,them,.bofoTe the .streets' were. made. . :Thefideputation agree'd-ithat;Jthat would- be satisfapt'oryJ'lvlt , was: ! stated "that (that -was-'the liiiV.rprior to'.ISOO: V--. -f, ■ $,&,\ : \-. •■■:; :;.■■ : "■■1116! '-Minister.''suggested 'that'.the deputation shpnUt.'ipnt,■ their requests."' , in ■ writing^■ and he ■would.see,.what ; could'bo;.done. ; ';'•." ',-"■ ■■---.'