MIRAMAR COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1294, 24 November 1911, Page 9

MIRAMAR COUNCIL.

Tho fortnightly meeting of'theiSlirnmar Borough! Council waij held at tlib Council Offices,. King's Chambers, Willis .'. Street, last evening. Present: The:Muyor> Mr. J. Brodie (in tho chair), and 1 Councillors Bowie, Richards, Stone, Lauren'son;" Bell, and Telford. , ,j> | Tho Firo Brigado Committee;),recommended that the additional plant,required bo obtained. ■ Tho estimated .£9B 10s. (id., and the new'matorial bo 'of the sumo. pattern as that already< ordered. The engineer stated that 45 applications had been received for a supply not' water, au<l 30 connections had already •. been made: The supply of water -yrould bo limited until tho arrival of itim 12-inch reilux -valve. ■ During Decembbh the completion, of ..the Broadway and tho conbtruction of the Miramar Airor.uc tramway \Vould bo put in hand.' Since the beginning of September 13 building permits have been issued, the estinfat'ed cost' of the buildings being !l>his: includes the Wellington Gas CoinpaHyj?-: building GC6860). . ' -'M ■, ■ 'The Mayor reported that, ? ob November 1, the outstanding rates 'Sin'ounted ' to .£•1188 ss. Bd. It was decked that the penalty of 10 per cent, bo cj) forced on all rates outstanding after. December 10. . A . letter was received Seatonn Amateur Athletic Club asking permission to remote tho bathing shecffnear ; the Sgatoun. Wharf, to the where it is proposed to use it as if'jjressing shed. The matter was left in tftef hands of Councillors Bowio and fiichards,.. with power to act. . The following recommendations, by the Water Supply and. Cbfmmitt.ee were adopted(l) .theelectricpower'scheme bo ndoptedj^hnd'that the necessary steps be takeritojput thfe. matter before tho ratepayers./ (2), City Tramways Committee be, jptorviewed in order to'ascertain the oil which the city would hiro Miramar Borough to supply the poorer. (3) .That an estimate of the total amqv'nt required by way of loan bo and that two water. troughs bo erected-,jn the .district, one near tho Seatoun tunnel, and the other.near th? intersection .of JJiramar Avenue and Park Koad. • ;

With reference to thcvnProposaX to cut up the Miramar Park by jjMiramjav Ltd., a sub-committee was Tip toiigo into, tho matter with the cpjnpany...... The_ four-weekly tramymy return of the council shows that, on ■jtlie. Seatotin line, the receipts amounted ffco; JEIOI 3s. 9d„ a gain- of ill lis. 9d. on expenditure. The receipts on the' Miramar line amounted to <£111 10s.:10d., and tile expenditure to J2132,' this being a -losasof ' J2Q. 9s. . 2d. Sales of concession tickets realised .£lB 2s. The extra penny fare made a difference of £51 12s. sd. ift'he loss.,on both lines'for thfc four weeks.amounted to 15s. Sd. For the corre'spohding period last year tho loss on the'ljlirumar line was JE42 15s. 5d., and the ltiss on tho Seatoun line amounted to i£2dJßs., tho total loss 'amounting to',£63 ls3 sd. ■_