STREET HOARDINGS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 235, 28 June 1919, Page 11

STREET HOARDINGS

DISCUSSION AT THE CUT COUNCIL. Quite a lively discussion took place in the City Council'on Thursday 011 the subject of'street hoardings 011 our public >troots in connection wiili an application for permission to erect a honrding 011 the corner of-Aro and Willis Streets. Councillor Cieorgo Frost opposed the ap-plication-oil- the grounds.tliaMt was a danger- to .traffic, as it shut oil' the view • •of drivers coining from those- streets and-meeting at the. corner. • Councillor- Lucltie (who moved that the application., be granted) answered Mr. Frost's argument by sa.viug -that if the owners of :tlie land .chose lo erect a.building on the section it. would have-the. same elYect. - ■ Councillor W. 11. Bennett said that the City Engineer had reported timo. after time against the existence of hoardings owing' to the nuisance 'criJalei) by. the paper that was washed ' bit. such, hoardings after raina. '.'. . ' ... Councilor-'.1.. Hutchison said he would support the engineer. -Councillor It. A. Wright, referred to the Town-planning Conference and its connection witii hoardings'. It was' a- question' whether they should sanction the erection of hoardings at all. . . ; ; ' The Mayor said tljat m his 'opinion'tho tinio was'cbminj when hoardings wouid be dispoiisifiV with altogether. - • Xi. -M'lCtmzie. pointed out that the proposed hoarding nvas one_o: better structure and design .'than the one whichalready existed on .the site. • Councillor C. 33. Nonvood said tliftt there was a certniu utility " l sjreet.postors, but lie -thought .thero. should bosome uniformity of- design. Without .endangering the- clause; - he thought that Councillor Luckie would bo well-advised to allow it to go back to tho committee, with a view of drafting a'.general report on. tho. subject of hoardings gener"jn replr -to -the comment, CouncillorLucWe pointed,'.out onco nioro that the-, site coukl be built upon at .any. time, and oven a' fence could. be erected on■■ the ! corneiV and they'. could not. object to them " He did not: se ® !\° app cation couliiW refused unless the council sets' its face against hoardings. alto- ; . gether,. . '- .