KARORI TEAMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1993, 25 February 1914, Page 4

KARORI TEAMS.

PROPOSAL TO FORM A BOARD.

Til" chief busiiitiss before the Karori Borough Douncil kisi eraning' iva.s the colisidei-atiou of a notice of motioft by Cfliiiii-ilior Davies, suggesting.that the presefrt Tramway Committee bo fcplueed iw a Tramway Board, some of the members of which might not irecei-sarily be juembers of the ilorou»h Council. The Mayor (Mr. C. N. ciath-ie) presided., and Councillors Bum, CSniino, Jtlendei-. son, Davies, and Lower were, also present, . I« his motion Councillor Davies sug* gostcd that tho proposed board should consist of four members, viz., the Mayor, tho borough engineer, and two other members (not necessarily councillors), the borough engineer to bo tramway _ superintendent. The motion also provided that all coiiinmnicatioßs with the City 'Council on tramway matters should if; fnade through the tramiVay sitpermtendent. Councillor Davies said that his chief aim was to get the boTOUgh oiigiiteer into eloser touch wifli tramway mat* ters. He considered that this arrange, mtiit would materially help the inanagi'iineut of the tramways. Tho council's tramway business iiad not been carried out in a, biisuiessliko ir-.inner in tho past, and he thought that the for. mation of a board would tend to broaden the couiicil's potfer to deal with, it. 'iVre' might be ' residents, i'n. tlio borough experts on matters pertaining to tramways, aud their presence'on the • board would bo desirable. Councillor Ciinino seconded the motion. Councillor Bum supported the proposal, but did not think that the borough engineer should bo burdened with tlio ostra work. He was, of course* plcasod to see that the proposed! to .appoint the engiiieer : iq ti:to positioii' of traffic for i\m engnxecr wh n v-ory capable tjio.tt, biit thovight that it \voyid b© it&king liim to do too much. Ho also did not like the. idea _ that outsiders r.hould bo brought, t<r assis-t tho council in its work. The Ti'erds "not „ jidccssarilv c-ounciMors" should be deleted from the motion. Couneillor Henderson considered tliat ™ ,vas j TOMcsssary to form a board, iiie addition of the 011 the present committer* would serves Couneillor Davies's purpose. Bo moved an amendment to tho effect that the. boroiigl. en K ,neor bo ex-offieio a lijember of the Traniivay Committee, that lift act : as secretary to the eotamittee, that he, investigate and vepor't oil compiaißts and keep statistics of tho traffic, that the engineer be tramway superintendent and tliat he carry out th.<s instructions ol t-he. council in regard to tramway matters. - Councillor fluvn seconded the amendment. Counciltor Otaiino disagreed with the apifiiKtatent. Tho jwosent Tramway Ooirriniitteo wasmoro or less a' "dead torso. •It had never douo anything. Comicillor Hondcrsou : -It has liotMiiii to do 1 Councillor Loa\ot expressed himself as ■benig i'm_ fftvotii' of tliß flnicndniOnfc, ' 'Covtncilliar_ Davids stat®<j that ho was tVtlluig to withdraw from his motion the suggesting the appointment of outsiders to tho proposed board. Tho Mayor said that he would Vote agiiritst hath jnotion aud' • amendtoent. Tho motion, l-oflcctod; on Mftyor-, .councils lors, and Tramivay' Cotpjuittec." Ti'lo bor-ough' ertgiuoer had -heipeiT' Jlio eou.ncu coiisids-irably, n:id lie objected to any ..'ittenipt being ftiado to . mate hl.s worit hardsr. It 1 was «l«tr/ to. l-,im Xtho.. speaker) tjiat there was a. spirit of diseo'rt<Mit in tho'cfliuicE. '. Voicf-3: No, siti continued the Mayor, "I, do Wot Know what y/)U mean by y-fiiir reimarfe about the Tratnwav 'Committoe not doing any work." ■ Tho. Mayor then put tli6 amendment, '•wmch was lost hy 3 votes to % tho yotmg tiei.iigAyosf*~l)avics and Ciniino; uoe.s - Btira , and ' tlm Mayor, " lit? motion was .then hut as no votes were recorded either way it was announced a-s beiiig lost.