MIRAMAR COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1656, 24 January 1913, Page 6

MIRAMAR COUNCIL.

'::'■ At : a .meeting of the Miramar ; Borough Council last evening the following were present Mayor:-.(Mr. H.: .-■M'Lebd)', and Councillors Stone; Grigg, Bell,; Smith, and Telford.' .•' :/; .-"'•. ■,' , ; Councillor Telford: moved : "That. the; council' consider tho;advisablohess.of: ex-' tending- the Seatoun':, tramway. along the foreshore to Awa Eoad '(Worser Bay): in lieu. of. subsidising;the Ferry Service; and; 'that"-.ah .estimate. of'.the cost.,of; such extension be■ prepared." :■-... ;;;' ■"'. ,-'.'- . In moving! this motion Councillor Telford stated that the. road ..was: a very good width for the,-purpose.and he suggested that about an hour's; seryico should bo run.totho proposed terminus. From'. Awa; Eoad-it-would be a' benefit to;the'- people coming from Karaka.'Bay, as■ it was only five.minutes from the -wharf to ithe ■ sug-. gested terminus. .He isu'ggested. borough engineer.should bring down r report,on- the - question, giving in detail the estimated cost.-.' ':.-; . ''.'.■', - ■ ' Councillor Grigg said that tho motion was a farce, and a joke, and ho pointed out that a motion of a was already on' the books.. The motion regarding negotiations -with : the Ferry Company was also, under consideration.; - l - •■

•'.The motion "when put to-the 'meeting; was carried, and the . matter '< wa6 : then : leftin thehands-of the committee to deal' With.';'" - -.' : i : : .' ':■ '■■■' ■'■ ■-.'.'" ■~'"' The following resolution, was. .carried: "ThatHhe parts, of Miramar Quay (included in the second schednle\of the Wellington Harbour Board Reclamation arid Empowering Act, .1908), that lie beyond the boundaries 'of- the'' eighty 'feet '.public street constructed by the Wellington Har- : hour Board , be . deemed to ,be ::closed : , as from January 24, 1913,' as provided'by the -above-mentioned Act."'. • . ■■ ', .A-report, submitted .by '■ Mr! B. L. Mes-; tayer, regarding Miramar,' water: supply,' sowernge, and electric - power schemes, 6tated that the whole'of the. brickwork in connection with the power station'had practically been completed. The': steel work was being.done.by.M«ssra. Luke and Co., and the whole building should, be' completed, within-the next fortnight: 'Regarding the Bewerage works, Mr.: Mestayer' stated thatsowers had been laid in. several ■ streets.in-Miramar and','the contractor is .making very, fair progress. A number of sewers have also been -laid in streets in Seatouri.' Reference: was also made to the machinery for .the,air compressors which, together with, the switchboard,- was now erected. The. Wellington City Council Electric; Power Department, were making the connection with the Tramway feeder, and,it was hoped to have a. trial run of the ejectors and machinery nest meek. . A letter-was received,from Mr.Edmund Goodbehere entering i protest'against th'o council's intention to allow a. building'to be ereoted in. the borough for the facture'of, explosives. Ho considered that, the erection . of■ such a buildine would have the,effect of depreciating tne value of nropfirties in the locality. l ■-,'■'■ Tramway Committee recommended that further i representations, be made to the City Couricil v tlmt !Hie .1.7 p.m.."carito. Seatoun from the city be made a through car to.the city boundary. In , connection with the Miramar Avenue Tramway the Mayor said ' that the borough had put down lines from the new wharf in Evans Bay to connect with the Gas Company's works at Miramar whioh works cover, 'ground, for about a ciflarter of n mile. The line was of the same gauge' as' the-.'cit.v tram lines' and nnßbles.coal to he carried from intercolonial boats' to the Gas Company's auto'm'Rtio. elevators whence if was conveyed to: the furnaces. The Public Works Department recently passed the line, and it was intended to hold an opening ceremony at an early date.; ■ ■ ■