MIRAMAR BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 686, 10 December 1909, Page 3

MIRAMAR BOROUGH COUNCIL.

■ ':., W, ATEE :''ANP. ■SANITATION; LOAN!!,! A mootirig of tho lliramar. Borough Council ; , !' was held last evening. Thore were presenti'Mr,;: j C.\ J. Crawford -(Mayor),' 'CpunoillorS ;Brodie,' r ' M'Leod, Bowie,. M'Clellarid, and:Muir.v;V;.;' k:\:-};,f 'The Finance Coriiraittec'reported having de-':: cidedtliat an application bo mndo to. the Gov- ; /■ ernmont fora loan of ,£48,000. It, was i;;;':i mendation to the council:; to proceed water supply arid drainago. schemes.' The com-:i;,', inittec had ttat the JC3OOO samtation';■.-; loan should bo raised by the:hypothecation of . ,1 tho debentures.-to , .thb'.Bank:o/ New. Zealand, j...,.' arid that the purchase of tho four acres of land -,%;.; b6 completed. resolution of tho ■ commit- ~; ; J tee was endorsed by.the council. ;' , .■;';,.... ,'': '~v - ; .' The .council' received a draft agreoment, ■;.-; j warded' by tho "Wellington Gas. Company :in .:; regard to the proposal to lay tram rails from ~-" ';'. the Miramar; wharf to tho boundary of the.' fc'.i company's laridl. The Mayor; intimated' that '■?; • :■: the council woiild' lay tho rails; and it' wna:/.'.'."-!' proposed to grant a license—not in exclusive;::, , ono—to the company for a period of 21 years. ;: terms 'would be discussed later. ..The v v tramway: would .bo .'used for tho carriage .of ;.:■ coals,'and 4 iii connection with any other.indue- v> tries that might bo established in the borough,;; Tho council decided to; obtain a report from the engineer'n's' to what expenditure would be: :;. required to put tho Hill lloadjn order ior the A; ; winter. ' - - ■ ■ ■ ■'' : "'■ . '■■■:.■:'.. ::V l ; It was resolved that the final council mcetiuj .-'■-::' for tho year.should bo hold next;,week, , ' ■ '.■'?; ••'■' The bank book "showed: ft r debit. balance ol', r JCI3IC. ' Accounts''amounting to ~£204 15s. W- -: were, passed for'payment'.;-':,.. ::■...,;■:.■ '.■■.-, .:>;