BUTT BOROUGH COUNCIL

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2172, 10 June 1914, Page 3

BUTT BOROUGH COUNCIL

A meeting of the Lower Hutt Borough Council was held on Monday. Tiie Mayor (Mt. 11. Baldwin) presided, and. otllicr members present Were; Councillors Horigins, Meldrum, Bitassfil, Clettd'oii., Ptlrily, Ball,' llobbs, and- Parsonage. ' The engineer's report stated the laying of tho 4-iiicli gai> mam had been competed and all connections with tho branch mains inado. The work of taking up the-old main was proceeding. Tho total of the work to date was .£127195. 4tl. ;.A:n pf the lagoon at White's line, easi, had been .made and levels taken, and the report stated that, if 9-inch pipes were laid t'rem tho lagoon to the Waiwvtu .Stream >vit!l dumps at -eaeh side of tho* road where the water lies, seine relief might te obtained. The cost would be about £60. Tiie total gas connections to date were 498, eight nanus he.cn added since last meeting. TteMe .permits had been issued under the drainage and sanitary by4a.fr>'making a. total of 855. to date. With regard to surplus water at Alicetown rmuving over the footpath it was suggested that a trench be out at the back of the sectwtts failteg twafds Valentino ai'id Montague Streets, _ or, in the alternative, the sections t mialu be filled »3? higher than the adjoining lands. Tire report was adopted. The sosretary of the Municipal Association wrote advising that tho biennial conference would assemble at Wellington Oft .iulv 14, 1914, and askin;; for tho name of tho council's <ic'-f----gate.—lf was derated that tfe Mai'of represent the council, The Government Printer forwarded a« aceouiit for advertising t&e result of a loan poll, in the Gazette, After, some discussion it was resolved that, as the council believed thflt it was itot liable for the aiaou-nt, it shonld not be paid, . » , file secretary of tho WelliHsto.il

resident wrote inqr.iiing, whether the comu-ii weflild_ rochets tlx' price of gas Used for ,lighting and cooking purposes.—lt was decided that iilto «otiUeii adhere to its former resolution on this matter, namely, that i*>r twclyo months the price of ga ; s per 1Q£)0 feot be 6s, 8«1. for power, and T& fid. for i lighting iiticl caolsiap jswposos. ■ Tlrei Fire Brigade Motor Which" Committee nwomittcmtid tile pitt'cliase of a Denis meter chassis., A lengthy discussion followed. Councillor Purduy asked whether it was advisable pnlxhitso a vchielo at a cost of £450. Which Would reqniro another £50 annually for maintenance, when the average number of fires was only eleven po.r year. 110 sn Rested that a- Ford chassis, costing iJTOQ, w'irtud moot requirements. Several other wKiicillors their views, tlit» Mayor pointing out. that the small vehicle suggested by Councillor I'tirdv would rn.t carry six men, 800 ft, of hose, and otter equipment, . .i The recommendation was finally; adopted aiid negotiations are to bft eft- j tercl I®to for purchase. ■ j A plan ,m the new Unit Park Boafl j submitted \v the city engineer was ap-; proved. it- Was resolved that the slcrk bo instructed to forward tho aftsoirtrt coljj'Cttd for tlto Upper Mutt relief ft»d (£24 16s.>, to the gewsjl Account trader the toikro! of tiie City Council.