HUTT BOROUGH COUNCIL

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 932, 27 September 1910, Page 6

HUTT BOROUGH COUNCIL

9 '■ . The Lower Hutt Borough: Council met last evening, *,those -present .being ; "the Mayor (Mr. E. P. Bunny), and -Councillors; Baldwin, ' Macaskill, Barlow," Hayes, Pearce; i Hawthorn,/Anson, and Clere, /; -' Councillor Hawthorn: suggested- that the' report of ;Mr.': Mestayer : in.'reference '-'to the /puinps at Alicetown be recorded in .the minutes.' The 1 suggestion was adopted. 1 / ;■ The .Petbne/Muncipal ; Band asked, for - a subsidy; ;■ and> intimated ; that' ithey wpuld bb; prepared, to give a-series of concerts, on the Recreation: Grouna.;.. It was resolved to inform the band that the cpuncil had no power tp grant tho re-/ quest.' . 'i-:/,; ; '/- ■' Mr. Hplworthy cbmplainediof >the council's neglect in . not''- connecting/ . certain premiseis with the/drainage system;. It; was ■ decided "to': -forward j'the .engineer's opinion on the ;'mattor to tho, writer. ~ , Mr. ■J. M. Fulton, tho builder of . the Main Hutt ;Road",Bridge,.ipo.iiitei.put to the .council that :the bridge; required more careful. attention .in' the■ way; of-keeping the v lower , cords/clear and.: the ."ironwork, below- the?'decki painted. v It- was r resolved to appb'int 'a .cbriimittee /to'/Oyerlopk / the bridge, in conjunction with the: builder. . /The . Palmerstori ..North' -Borough engineer: oiferedjabout 2i>miles .of! 7iri: spigot' and faucet,;second-hand iron water, mains: for 6ale at. tonV Received. , V:; : ', : The committee set up to report on the gas / extension en Wlii te's. Line,. as the. result, of a' request',signed' by /seven ratepayer,:. recommended that tho . work be caiiied out,- provided that ■ a-written state-; ment be .obtained from each of the seven/ ratepayers, in.Question" that-'they / wouldguarantee. to. become consumers. It was resolved,'"oi' 'the.;motion ./of;/'Councillor Hawthorn, that the cominittee's recommendation be given effect'to. / ,'/,; / In reference ,to the Everest Creek' jdiversion, Mr. . J. Thorpe- wrote;stating .that, it .-had been' arranged for . a water , trough! and a supply' pf ■ water /tp vbe: laid e'ri: .to. the settlement,' to water -his, stock,' and questing: that -th'e'sanie/be.pi'oyided. He also: claimed'.£2o ,-for' loss! of 'grass through -the carting, of; spoil off /his paddock and fori laying' a drain. It was resolved - to. inform 'the;: writer that; the council did; not admit the claim. ' Councillor' Baldwin asked'that the exact, position ;of ;the .Wellington! Meat;' Export; Company's, dedication! of land/be laid on': the table at next' meeting.. ' 'iv-"-" : .. -The -Finance Committee reported' /the total balance on: April I,' 1910, as .£8317 Cs. 7d. This. included a sum of JBO6O which- had been advanced.by tho .district, fundto/ the £10,000 lpan ..account,:' ' and had since been- refunded. .' /,' An examination, of .'accounts made bythe committee showed, that- the estimates , of the receipts adopted on June 27 would . :prove fairly, correct: f The! arrears of ratite wero estimated te produce- <£291, and the sum of. .£126 had beferi, collected, to ..datei ■arid' Mr. Purser was"taking steps recover uripaid'rates through the Registrar of.-the Supreme Court./'i The/committee recommended that mortgagees be given, notice, that; this -ivas.being/done, as. in/many. cases. they, would pay. the rates rather , ;than incur costs.lt' was' further' re.ported by'the committee that 'the"co'uncil r had kept! fairly well^'/within; the estimates; for expenditure. Under :;the. heading/ ofstreet i maintenance the suiri of j5169165. 6d.-. had been provided, /arid a!: sum! /of ..£B3l 19s. had been expended for five months. An; important item -nasi sum iof ,£250 provided' for' quarrying and distributing metal; £i 9s. Bd. .has,.been ox-.' pended on quarry' work; whilst .£l6 had been" paid for' the, quarry! lease. „ The! council contemplated . hiring another' iqua,iTy., For the. working expense of the' water works 2s, lOu. : had been provided, and,,i£2sß:los.';expended... Of tho balance (.£321 3s. 9d.), ,175 had been earmarked for, new artesian: .wells., / .The balance .left -was only .£l4O for .working expenses for the year:-: The-coirimittee're-'! .'commended that the attention of the engineer in charge .of tho water works !bo directed to this. Under the heading of drainage! .£155 'had been provided for .the Middlemarch drain;. £157 '7s. Ud. had been spent to - date, - and £32 125.-3d.v.on the Willoughby ICnight drain, which was an extension,of this work.! A sum of £23 Bs.. sd. had also been spent on flushing., the western side sewers, £120 had been provided for in the estimates for clearing creeks, and a sum of £103 lis. had been' expended: This left only a small margin for any further cleaning before the end of . tho financial year. Generally speaking, it wpuld bo found necessary tc ob-. serve : economy in order to wind up the year within the estimates. ■ ;. . ~ A report by the engineer (Mr. RixTrott) on . the progress ,of a -number of borough works was adopted. ' Councillor! Barlow gave notice to move at next meeting that in view of a move being made in Wellington to do away with the/ I'e Aro station, this council enters its emphatic protest against the movement. • . The Wellington Touring Club will open thoir season on October .1. Tho annual meeting of the Wellington Wednesday. Cricket Association will bo held at the New Zealandor Hotel on Monday, "October 3, at 8 p.m. An imperative clearing sale of drapery, owing. to dissolution in partnership will bo held by Messrs. Cole and Westerman, Manners Street.'Tho premises will be closed all day to-morrow. For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods' Great Peppermint Curo, la. 6d., Ha. 6d.—Advt.