LOAN PROPOSALS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2159, 27 May 1914, Page 6

LOAN PROPOSALS

MEETING AT ROSBNEATH

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TWO PROPOSALS OBJECTED TO

There wero between thirty aud forty persons present at a puhlte meeting of residents of Koseneat!) and Oriental Bay held in the State schoolroom last eveii* ing especially to discuss tho City Councilis loan proposals. Sir. T, VP. Ward, who was voted to the chair, said that the meeting had been made- a public one in order that the whole of the residents of. tho district should hare an opportunity of discns3ing the impertent. ban proposals which had been put forward by tho council. After emuiierating the details of tho proposes! seaedii.le which represented a total expenditure »f £239,508, the chairman said that it was a pretty stiff item, for tho ratepayers, and-one that demanded their earnest consideration. On the whole the council had treated the district very well, but 0110 item had been cut owt —tho Oriental Bay improvements—tlwt all peeplo in the district and more than those wese likely to rosent. Ttere was a now rbwi proposed to bo madu to Roseneath. That was tlio ono thing tit* district- nail needed ever since he c,&nm to reside in Roseneath, some ]0 yctws ago. T)>6 greater part, of Epsolleath lia'd yet to bo built iipon, ami the possession of a new road at a rcasowaMo grade wouH be ia factor in inctiiaifig wore people to reside in tho distract.

At What cmi Mr. W. Taylor asWoi what the Increase in the, rates- .would be if tiso loan was carried 1 . Tho chairman said that question was a poser that even the Mayor could not answer. The Mayoi- had stated..a little time ago that there waflld be no increase in the rates, but at tl» masting tlio night before he Ijasl said that there would be a small increase. He (Jlr. Yi'drd) did not,think that ,i city coald raise nearly a quarter of a niillicir. pounds without an iiicreas© iji ihq rates, One speaker aslvod if the.'? wouM not be exposing their hand-by thjwving any item out. W«uW not other {)eox>!« vote, against tho . Eoseueath Read if they expressed. tWeWSeivcs against 's&m'o of_ the' other, proposals? Til©- ehairawn. said that the coiuwil wonid wolooffle any expression of opiaioii on 'the questions. They were perfectly at HbMy, far. instancp, to express their opinion as to whether tho city/shortl spend £82,000 on' tramways. - ; Ther<s was'fo-r esattipte the difference of opinion as to tho yotfte of tho • Constable Street tramway ex* tension. On the proposal of Mr, Cashman it was resolvei to take the fteins in the schedule soriat-im. The first proposal was.the. tramways loaji (£B2j--350), which resoh-od into a disoußsion on tho route of the proposed Constable* Street extension.

Constable Stroet Extension. Mr. F. Taylor said .that he thought that the Orawfet-d Head route was much to be preferred, as, it opened ap a bigger- residertial -area than Wollington Ilpad—the alteiiiitive road-7* which led straight down the hill to the old -Kilbirnio Hotel.

Mr. S. ■' S. WiUianid. 'also supported the Crawford Road route, jvs it gnre more- direct access to lijyajl Bay, Swth Kilbirnio, and Ifaina?, M.f. J, Cash>man also' favoured, tlio Crawford Koad route. ~-Mr. Taylor moved that the meeting supports the proposed tramways h&n, and that the Crawford Read fMjtebeadopted in regard to ■ tlio Coslstable Street extension. Vm SKition wds carried-unanimously : Woqtl'Wijcklrjg. Mr. S. S. "Wfltia-ms said that ho thought the wooii-Moelring . should Vjo estcuded up Taifahafci Street, say, as ■far' as Vivian Street, it Was a street that carried the. heaviest. traffic, i\vA •was.the dirtiest and most a«g!.ccted street in Wellington, Mr. Caslimau movee ihnt the atnotirrt set down for- iTirood'lifcA'in* he approved,! with tho recoMm«ii{iii.timi tbrit tlio blockinß be estcwdsd tip taranftkiStreet as far a.s Vivian Street.—This was carried. Fire Stations.. Respecting tho aftiourt sst down for Fire Brigade sub-statJcne (£18,000) in tlio. various subti'rbs, ii-nd at Can-stable Street, the chairman teolf it that the £2000 for a station at Roseßeath meant that the amount would' bff spoilt on buildings and cqiiiipmeilt, aiiii that the amount was to bo expended ovot » period of five year's. Mr. Taylor said- there was ii-eter m$ salvaue at fires in'R-oseitea-tli. They wldora had anything'left but- a shoe and a tow stumps. A rrtQ-tion ffas'-passocl endorsing tho fire-station proposals.

Baths Everywhwe. Dealing with tho baths proposals (£6300), Mr. Cashman said tkt a Rood many thousands had already bssft spent at Lyall Bay, aii.d tl;e batMiouso proposal seemed extravagant. Mr. Conway expkinod that the amount was to bo- spent <st a bathhouso containing lockers, and weald lie self-supporting. The baths proposals were unanimously apprteved. The lmproveiueftfs ia Island Bay (£2300); and the road to Vogcltowii (£11,500) was also approved. Roseneath Road. Tho proposal' to csrMt a iifrW roiwl- te Hoseneath was received with suriles. It was proposed to re-grad* Hatrker Street, and- to cuestruot a new read from -Moeller Steet to tha intersection of Graf ton Roatlr and give a road that would bo adaptabld- to motor a : ad other traffic. The chairaran said that two years. ago it was proposed to run the tr-ams to Roseneatji over a • wad that was to. cost £49,000, . The. residefit-s <&3 not approve of spending so large oil a-mottnt, at that time, but the cityetigineer had used all the data collected on thjit occasion in planni&g the proposed new road. ..-.'■ The proposal was ettihtisiitsticailly endorsed. .-. ', : . ' '~ Fortunate BrqoK%n. The nest proposal ivas a now load to Brooklyn (£3s®). The' eliai'nnau said that'there was no to eadorso this proposal as the work was already in Land.'-. Brooklyn '.would ; get its road, A.voice: Oh, endo'fso it! 'JMmn they'll vote for us! .The chairlhali: Well, do vro endorse it? Voices: Yes! Yeji! The chairman: CaFrfeeL ■ * Voted 'Out. The Central Park proposal (£13,000) met .with, a very ni.ixpd rePeptipn. Oae speaker thought that the tuefley would have been much iwfcMi? spent, j» Ori«ntal Bay, and snoite suggt-ivtcd a park for Eoseneatli. _ As tlieve was b decided difference of opinion, ilie. motion to cmdorse the proposal led ts> a show <if hands, when the motion was last by a substantial majority. Reclamation or .Reereattefi?

Tlie chairman aakl fe fremiti like to say something nbeut the £19,000 proposed to lip spont -on a recrcaivoM tcfoiuifl at KilWriire. H< ; ' hni} mni one councillor, and.liact asketl him wh;it, the money was for—was it for recreation or rr.plamation. He said ifc was for rwiamition. Another councillor hail said it was for rpcrratinn. The chairman said thai ho was against Hw i>ro[*sal, in \~\p\\- of the fact that.' f.lwrft was tjot a square .varcl'of H-splialt ift tha .BflsoMGath' district. • . .Mr.' Stett 'm& it- tf&e Issd M,

the price, ami man; iniid was needed for' recreation. Hβ moved that the pwijiosal be endorsed. Oβ Uic WMsikm being pwfc it was lest on tho voices. The proposals to extend the Town Hiill (£750*0), and tlw Central Library (£3500) bi.txW.in.gs wore endorsed. ] Oriental Bay. Disconsolate, Before- the meeting clased » sironji ■ pretest tsus mado by several speakers ■ against tire rejection by tho cotmeit of the- proposal to spend £10,000 on 'Oriental Bay, One speaker 6aid ! that if they had gouo ta the council in a body tho proposal would haro been reSasiwd. Tiw el'minnau said they had ne idea that the proposal was to bo Sejoctad, and he was perfectly astonished whea he saw it tad been, thrown out. Ho regarded this work as a city work, uoi n local one, besides the n'erk had been promised yonrs ago. There was * voio of £1000 mado last year that liftd never bWi expended. Then it was proposed to spend £10,000 to complete tho whole work. Ho understood that tlio Mayor had been in favour oi the work, but he hftfl been beaten in committee. Mr. CL tJoßtt-ay said that it was 'iw> good erecting a wall when the water was leaving tho bay. The chairman gave the as-suranoo that tho water was not leaving the bay, but the co\ineii "had heon depositing spoil behind a bit of A walj at tho Boseneath side of the hay, and that it had htpM washed out and had silted ivp in the bay. Oβ tie motion of Mr. K. Cashmaij it. yvas reserved that a. largo deputation of RosenoatTj and Oriental Bay residents wait upon tnci council m\ ' Jhurscby evening to urge that tho Oriental Bay improvement works bi> included in thft loan schedule, file resolution was ear* rkd unankioualy,