ORIENTAL ESPLANADE.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2161, 29 May 1914, Page 8

ORIENTAL ESPLANADE.

•HJU FOR IiOAN AID. ITS CHARM FOR CITY CHUDREN. i REQUEST HCTF GRftfiteQ, i A deputation of Bosoneii-tli and Oriental Bay residents waited on vtio pifcy Council last ■ jni-ght to ■ express disigjh ptatment at the elimination of &® t W) . from tho original loan proposals i'or iin* ; proveiueatg to the-esplanade at th# bay. Sir. \V. W. Bird put -the aett-er- before the eptmeil first, and referred to the historical associations cohiieetoi with Orietttal Bay. No adequate.mojiumeet ted oret been erected, lie said* and aB that now met the ejo was fltassej of stone, disc&rfet .cabbage stalks, eto. (Lutighwr.) It was essentially the , playgnjiinil of t.he .power classes., ana tlio beae-li drew xrflwds 6u fill© days. "Postponement Wai not Oβ' coßjpiishnjeijii," ho said, and asked that She loaii rhotfld ;OOt 1)0 put 08 191/ a late day, \i"heu it .'might bo iisore difficult t<? "raise. Ho ttouglrt that the town-planning delegates should ■b& re*quested to , proceed to the bay with ■eoijMcillofs. The residents bad coiifr deiice that the loan would be 'Carriod if put to the foto, slid they respectfully appealed to have )3'ie sum reinstated in the loan, pr-oppsnte. Mr. T. .SliittVds- dejjfecated ■ £Ke< criticism of portions. of leans' : b.y di&ront districts, ' MsneyE.peii.fi on Oriental Bay would ha ef teiusfit to tt)*- whole of ■Wfliliiigton. fie thought tliat the *h»lo of tlieloau ; pT<Sposa.M\verogood t biit, on Irelialf of th«> |ioo*e.r ■cma : Mft espedally, appealed %> tfe , fieuncil to improve the beac?) at- Oriental Bay They oiil.V waarted a sifflple esplanade,- l*he ■partial wofk done some- -yeiws ag* had been ■ ivasted, aiid tho stones n<>w'' eea-ttora :4bffut pf-eyenSid tbo cMldteii #.tM.ug do.ft ; tt to t'hs *ater. The £ID,OOO fl.nfijftaJly hi the proposals sefemea te have isefen ciit out to ipteaso ariotljc* alatriot ■ivkWi Ivad (Somraiained'. • ■ • ■ .• ■

Mr. T.'tV. Ward'teped tliat fte rate payers,Wfltild. be trusted aiid-Rivon the O-I).ltortu.tti.t:y t<) vote fer- the ■ 'Godticilfer BedHlo isW wliitte- % drieiital 'Baj- rosideMs we : r6 most .in . faVp-iir of'the iesenpath Rosior te O-riefital Say wall; ' &:»«nild-.ittsij Tike ta ktooji-'ftlietijei' tßey'lja.d fenaU'y aTjjintecd tte iflea- of r-tclamaWoii. for , .a 1-fiSreetion g-ro-a-jrdv . ; ■■ ■■ ,MK- Bii-ilv replying to-the-first <jflos- : tion-, snicl that it wae'<the : fc<jlv.nji of- tne ■people flf Oficnta): Bi)* and ■as a. svWl6 that' ilia -b'aiy shauld not b.e fil-ied-tn. ' The wtfce.r':sio.ostion ssetiiod viv ffli'r. Both of tho items ifcUife iftterests of fte district ■-'Tliey -fovottred iiriprciremcftt at ■Orieii-t-sl B.ij.y, i?&t mew> Jy ag -resMonts "but i ; n the. ijiitore'sts of tho city asa/wliolii The Mayor, \s replj'; said -tUkt W tTid-UgJi-t 'that ■•the plea for ! tls_* childroi was -Hid stroftghst .tnftd^. Thn , eeiiireil vvoulrj go Jllto the aiattqrarid -toJieidftr if .-'■■■ ■ ■ ' Council f 3IK t.t Qut, tate ill fcjjtj att-ftr discftsoio.n in coniipiHce., Cauiirtllor; fjarbeir :6&i<l ■that, ho \iis gSj.nig .to. : op,i)Ose'*orj> dopo til (itfni.ftiitteo. ' Ho that ■apia" of' fcte \TOfst tilings t3ja'i tixsy had dqiio ill fc ; l).iiti)lii:tiii]g t'ho .£W,pOO ,fet' Oricntel Bas* fr«n .#«•. pWJKiBc : d ;loa.». Tb^.r.at<;jjpcrs,| : U«iiM,JiaVa ; Witty tt> vot.o oil ilie. lija&tcr. .Ha iisoV.efl. th;at'§iey sJiowld bo'givfeu tliß oppQftunity, ■' ■'-.■■ . • ■■: Ottiipcifet. Frost jpoijjtflca ,thc rnSjtibii, if U*, qujreil. '•'." V. '" ' .'"" ..' ■■<... ■GoajipiHoT ,StipiJOr.ted tlio.fflp*; ■tion.. "B$ tliojigiit'tljat.tlie anifliiiib'.for. OrifeWtai'lsj.should.,'te on. tlie,l&aii jib-, psals. Ho 'failed te Matfse ";fclvat -flifc: laWpaj'Bisi iiaft e%'r niafle- :a inistdsß in ve.jii..ng"for kanS; 'lJf)oc<)Vn : oil,Hced ljaisv. no {sat in putting ttie fttr.ward:. tf:Mio *pr«>. wiping tO ( tig «xtoa ■nspoiistbifity oil . tiieif "■shoulder* fihey shotfld bo a%»*ed to <Jt> ■w. .fb© :pro.p<Ds:«l .might be in theivatore of a teury, Ini.fc ■thc-.fjppqi-" tunj'ty w<is prese-ni-' to iiaato. .flip, bay -qjio af ite b>fit icssrts iii tlieeifcy. ,' . . Goviflcillor Hisipp? "I S'owld Rkoit to rcs?cri;d that when tiio impprtaiiit ■rntttter ciima tip for ■discussiGii, efflor Ba-rirfer "ira? Hot .present. 5 ' ■ The •sjHsbfoqj , added tlmtlio wasgojug to.mpvft tViiat tlio proposal for'borrowji.ip £JMQO for Oriental "Jtey sboteld .be w*sf.jfed t<? thn FinartCP Cqmmft|:o.e-. ... At 11 o'sMfc |lio Mavw the. coXiflcii slisuiti co"n:fetj<? till H-IS p.m. Tsp tlsis tSip.re was clfee.mpH nbjc6tien, aniiltp jiia-tter was taHspd <wt. . fhs dsblsloii. Curing the ticjTHjorKtieim in comtoitto a .mottoiiiiad-!ieei) niovioa*afe tliopese- ■ lufcioM passed nfelit's wccyil meotifts should lie fesdn'ded, ftnd tlto JfilOM fcft in the tan.prQixrsals, f hat ■ mfcion was jtosi and as the ,nia*l|W vs? ■ talSod out in , open council the £10,000 ■tomaittg struck oil* of the prp.posate , ,