MIRAMAR BOROUGH COUNCIL

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 923, 16 September 1910, Page 8

MIRAMAR BOROUGH COUNCIL

;r— —fth. : PUOPOSKD I.M PBOVKJU2XTS: _The fortnightly meeting of the Miramar Borough Council was' held last evening; ; Present: The Mayor..'-(Mr/; J,. Bro'die), Councillors Richards, Bowie, H'Leod, and iluir. , . •;. / - j A letter was received ! from. Messrs. lijasson,. Ltd., asking for an: extension of the proposed tramline from*, the *-now, wharf -to the firm's timber yard. Tho extension would , be. a very short one, and the company was, prepared l to agreo to a payment, of'one . penny per 1000 ft. tor tho right to user tho line- for - ten years, payments to • be./iguni'antood at,,a minimum' of not loss lhari. .'Mi-' peij annumbut the, probability, was: that they would be very much more. -. - Tbo pin 'was about to- lay ' down an ■ : iroii tramway in its yard, .and .-if the. application was granted ail; alteration would -.bn nqcessary . in. the gauge' of itlio lino' aniltruoks. - - .. ; ■*..

Ihe .-application ,was. referred: totho - mi Vr Gas.. Committee. / ihe 'Mayor,moved that, a-'report ho obtained as to tho cost .of building a .bint harbour at. Worser Bay, .as-in the.futuro it was likely to be.thu hoino of yachtiug and motor-boat enthusiasts. ■-.At.-present-a great .drawback.,existed,lowing to tho ; want of anchorage in'J.the, winter months, and on stormy nights , boats ■ were .- often swept along, the shore. Several personu he knew , who- now /lcopt -bouts in . 'Wellington would move. to/.'Seatoun ,if,.tho council built a harbour, .and it would be a-means of attracting population to the suburb. Ho regarded the. site of the old pilot-station jit ..Marshall's 1 Point/-ha ■the most suitable site. ■ ..i-.lt'was generally agreed that the-pro-posal was a- desirable one,' nnd-- a. committee, consisting of the Mayor,' Councillors Richards and Bowie, was appointed to select a. confer with the Harbour Board,-, and afterwards s report - to . : the council. ; ■,

A report was received from the borough engineer,, stating • that the sum of. iSB had ' been spent /on tree-planting ■ -from May,- 7-to /-AiigustY,27j\.aud v 'lie-did : hot bupposo .that.the- estimate of :«£lso4orvtho year would be; exceeded, v.. ; • .

L.^^t'^Sippsrj^advise'd;*.-the; .■opening':', up of negohatiouQ. pGrtaia owners • on thq';Marine l J aTad.e, , . l tfithv-'a view, .to. tK©. acquisition: p'f : t a sufficiently largo . strip -of iland;.for :.the .construction , tect the. road : ; from jencroachment •by * the bea, wliich could; bq.-buiit,- if nocessary^ • n-« 9 n * .land'could,bu secured«for '■ •6103. '•* .. ; -;V I'• : j -'! •; agr re ed\ that -for the present' the matter-be fallowed- tostandvover."; : It) was fui'thei' ta Kiko; steps 'toprotect tho sea-wall oit .Marine . Parade/, 1 alreadv .reported /upon; provided ithe. Harbour Board.. gave the. .iiccessarv sanction. • Accounts amounting to • ;£278.; approved for: payment.v' >,• :