PETONE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 742, 15 February 1910, Page 7

PETONE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

;c : - ■ ». •; : . oOhe Petono Borough Council' .was hold- last evening,. the Mayor - (Mr. J. W. Mliwan) • presiding. There • were also . prisent;—Councillors. Piper; .Hai'ding, - Southgate, ;Young, . List,' Jones,, and Trueman. . . . .. ..i; • The. city that.' No., 1 ; reoreation.. ground was - etill under • preparation for soiling.' A larger quantity 'of shingle than had been (anticipated 'had been unearthed, at-.' the ;north-east:■ end, • and-it ..would b6< neeessary to. cart this away to onablo ;a greater depth, of-soil tobo.girsn,.- 'Atotal of-61 hew connections to the water/service' had .been ihado- during the year. Overhanging trees in .Richmond, Street had' 1 ; been , out back by the borough, and. the oost of.tho work wpuld he forwarded to the town clerk to ciiab'.o ' him :to obtain refunds. ' The. engineer also'reported that a quantity of sand had been carted off .the .esplanade,' which work it was stated <was now assufning considerable importance, owing to tho frequency of-storms from tho, south oyer foroe .eight months of .the year.-. An application ..from the St. ;Dayid's Football Club "offering'jß6 for the-use of. a i round for, the coming 'season was held over until the' question of ' grounds .is discussfd... ' r - . ■; It was "decided to instruct the borough solicitor-to, draft a'lcaso of'a certain portion of the foreshore , to . the Here- ' -tauuga Boating • Club, ; Councillor {Piper stated' that ho 'had 'been informed - that - thaichib intended erecting a proper boat r . . house.' in . place of tho'.present sheds., . 'I'he Junior;. Amateur Athletic A Club 'wrote stating that it would. ; not be.hold-,, ing. its annuaU sports meeting, on the' recreation ground .'."on March 5, as arranged, and. asking, that, the club should be. allowed "the: use of tho' ground- for March. 12. . Thej request "was granted. ..•'lt was- decided to'.-allow the Citizens' Band, tho use ,of the recreation ground on Jlarc-h 9. ■ •• . ; ; . . , Tho Wellington Eugby Union, wrote, I asking the ;couhcil -to appoint an': early date: for', the' holding of the. conference with.the'borougli in regard to grounds for the season. - It,was, decided to-inform the, union that the'council would require to have- the matters' outstanding • settle;! before fixing a date for-a conference. • The Mayor explained the total liability of ' the borough in connection with . the now . Hutt: Bridge, as covered in the'.;, engineer's original esti'mate.'>. His Worship; said' there ; were a considerable number of matters which . had still to bo settled before, finality, was in sight. . : It was decided to . rescind a resolution of July 5 last, voting £15 to a. municipal band, and .to pay: the sum of .ElO .each, to the Pctdnevauato the Citizens' Bands for concerts given during tho year. ■ It was resolved to ask the Minister for' I Lands .to vest Section 121, Maungaraki,. consisting of 12 acres, in the council, as a, , domain, under the Domains Act,'l9oß. It ; was ■ further- decided that the- council 1 j confer-.with the Railway Department as i to a joint arrangement to asphalt tho. approach to the Petone station. It was also : decided-that tho-Department bo asked to . provide a double-faoed platform clock for the station. .l'he council also passed_ the following motions:-?(!) "That negotiations be re- • sumed with tho beneficiaries of the Buick Estate for the acquirement of a ' high ; fchool site on the following basis fr-Tne council to agreo to pay tho sum .of JfMOO ! for the land, pay half-cost of tho formation of the extension'of Bolton Street, and if noccssary within two years from date of completion of the agreement to rcmo.vo the buildings at present on tho site, to contribute the-sum of <£50 towards , the cost of such- removal." (2) "That the ' engineer report upon the advisability of obtaining a 200-ton shipment of coal direct from tho West Coast to tho Petono Wharf, and giving an estimate -of the cost per ton delivered at the gasworks." (3) "That the engineer report upon the cost of tho formation of an esplanado with rubble sea-walls from tho wharf east- 1 ; ward to the boundary of Section'lo, Hutt district." .- - ' ■