MIRAMAR AFFAIRS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 757, 4 March 1910, Page 3

MIRAMAR AFFAIRS.

... TREE-PLANTING POLICY. The Mayor (Mr/ C. 'J., Crawford), and Councillors Brodie, Bowie, M'Leod, Muir, and M'Lelland' attended tho meeting of the Mirairiar .tiorough! Council last evening.. V ' " ' ',-■.-•

Central Miraiuar, .Limited, 'wrote asking the councili to put 'a pipe-drain dowii Broadway, in accordance: with their promise. , The- Mayor.'said'thc borough had agreed to put. down, a . drain in return for a : corner section ■ of' the company's land.,- The. company...had; riot gone on with, their foac|s, •.- and, therefore, the council .had not troubled so far' about the,drain., ,It'was decided.to carry, out tne work at once.

A.request by. Mr.! Ames, returning .officer, for 25.copies of the borough's rolls and a. list of'polling places for the bos-' pital hoard election.leu.the Mayor to remark- that there seemed to have been some carelessness in;the matter. As the election'-was'-fixed..for March .16, very: little-time-had been given. It was decided to get the necessary copies of the roll printed. ; . " ' ■

A credit balance at bank to the amount of «£783 was reported, and accounts were passed for payment totalling .£163 Bs'.. 3d. It was decided, on the ; Mayor's motion, to obtain . a • report from the engineer wit,h ; regard to tree-planting for next season. The Mayor stated, that there would be less expense this year for; fencing street plantations, and good progress should bo made with planting. What little had been done last year had made a very good show, arid he beb'eved that the best way to prevent vandalism was to make it plain that care was being taken of the plantations. The council had had no trouble. with' vandals lately. Councillor M'Leod thought that streets running east and,west might be planted down the middle to'increase the beauty of the borough; •'■-.'■' Another councillor suggested that this should be considered ,w"hen new streets wore being.formed.