BOROUGE COUNCIL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 164, 10 January 1906, Page 3

BOROUGE COUNCIL.

Tho ordinary meeting of tbo Oouno waa held last night, tbo.-o being present The Mayor (Mr J, Town’.oy), Ore. Webt Whinray, Bright, Hardiog, Roes, Millar Lysnar, Sheridan and Colley. Tho A.M.P. Sooioty wrote stating thn tho first instalment of £IO,OOO on th waterworks loan had boon paid into thi Bank of New Zealand.—Reooivod. The Citizen’s Life Assuraneo Company wrote confirming telegram that it waa pro pared to lake up the proposed loan oi £5,500 at 4$ por cent, providod the Oounoil agreed to pay exchange and legal expenses. In reply to Cr Whinray tho Town Clerk sv'd that ho had made enquiries, 5 per oent being tho lowest ho oonld get Cr Lysnar said the offer made waa equivalent to more than 6 per cont. They * ought to be able to get it oheaper than tha». Gr Sheridan said it waa more than 6 per cen*. to an ordinary borrower, the mortgago tax being saved on a munioipal loan. Or Millor said they were paying tho A.M.P. as muoh for £75,000. Oa the motion of Or Whinray,seoonded by tho Mayor, it waa decided to make further enquiries. Or Bright said there was no groat urgrnoy about tho matter. CrHardiog thought tboy.Bhould accept the offer, otherwise they might have to pay more. Cr Bright suggestsd that an endeavor should be made to get the two accounts . considered jointly by the Board. Mr A. Dewing, manager for Mosers Nelson Bros., wrote stating that ho had not rooeivod from the Gas Company an estimate for placing gas lights on the bridges. Ho had told Captain Chrisp that if it would be about a ho would arrange with the oompany to have the lights put thero subject to the Council's approval. He asked the Oounoil's i consent, and alio that the painting the bridge while to ssrve as a guide at night' be mentioned. * On tho motion of Cr Bright, permission '• was granted to Nelson Bros. Tho Mayor said the , Overseer was attending to the question of painting. Messrs Kennedy and Evans wrote drawing the Oounoil’s attention to the neoassity of something being done to relieve the water ohannel from tbe Harbour Board’s offioa to the railway line of tho excessive drainage to that point whioh overflows tho footpaths into their yards after every heavy raiD, t-j-Cr Sheridan ea : d it was urgently neoeesary to do soonthing in this matter. He proposed, and Cr Miller seconded, that .slope be taken to remedy the matter. The Mayor said that the overseer was takiDg steps to havh the diffioulty remedied. Mr laa Simscn wrote complaining J,.:; that work instruoied to be done in Salisroad had not been done, also that the ‘ tree protective work bad been di.-ooc-tinued. The Overseer said he had started tbe work, bnt oonld not get the gravel lo cover -it; Mr Simson himself himself had said the work should not be done unless ho would gravel it, There was no use leaving tbe open sand. He vainly tried to gat the gravel. Or Whinray commented strongly on the faot that the railway oonld not bring the gravel in. Here was a means of earning muoh revenue for the lioe, aid jet apparently they could net deliver a small quantity of gravel to town. . In reply to Cr Sheridan, the Overseer said be had got three iruok loads in tbe previous day by mistake, but it took him all his time to fill - the holes on the main roads. The work would be done as soon aa he oould get the gravel. As to the tree work he explained that Mr Dunlop had done tho work for a time, but then knocked it off to do other work. Or Sheridan said something should be done to have the work continued. Cr Bright said there were many places in the Borough requiring more attention. Tbe wo-k was good so far as it had gone. The Overseer’s explanation was vo'ed to be satisfactory. Cr Harding then 1 moved that the OverBeer be instructed to make other arrangements to oomplete the protective work*. Cr Bheridan seconded the motion. The work seemed to 'have been stopped just because a man with a team cf bullocks had thrown it up. Or Colley said his remembranoe was that the Works Committee had met and the matter was practically left that the contractor could b 9 knocked off at any time. Lately he had been verj busy in ■parting wool, and would no doubt take it njjKagatn. There was no blame on him. Cr Sheridan : We are not blaming anyone. Iws S'resolved that the cootrao'or be I to continue at the work. Hay, engineer for the waterworks, i forwardiDg a plan of route of the pipe liite from Gisborne to the inlot > Arai, in order that the Counoil got neoeesary way leave from the dift owners, through whose properties j nes of pipee will pass. He hopes to the plans and specifications for the pipe line and the town rct’oulation / in about three weeks. ie Clerk was instructed to consult tbe ugh Solicitor to have matters dealt in the proper order. i auctioneer’s licenee was granted to i. H. Hino. ajor Winter wrote far the trustees in istate of tbo Iste Mrs Harris, stating the trustees were forming and meta'.Coleman and Cheeseunan roads, Kaiti. isked for the Borough requirements in rd to the work. He also stated that T. G. Lawl'B3 was having Desmond formed and gravelled.—lt was reed that the quantity be 23 yards to the o. □ the motion of Cr Sheridan, it was j lved that tbe Counoil would accept 18 Is of gravel to the ohain on the road* ■ if five yards werp put on eaoh footr. he Inspeotop, Mr J. R. Little, reled: —<T have tbe honour tn report to r Council that since your last meeting ive been iespee iog it dfferent parts of borough, and find tho most of p aces a''satisfactory condition of cleanlineis. ive prepared p'ans aod specifications erection of email house at fhehead oE water works, tenders to be m by the boE January. The coulractor for the iages at the abattoirs has spleted his contract but wi-1 do so by end of this month. I would nwnl a second progress payment of £2OO be ised on bis account. A fare oooured >' -beit- road at 5 on the morning of 4ih inst, which burned down a housi iUpied°bV W• Niohol. The house on th, ■t section bad a narrow escape and only the efforts of the fire brigade anc ighbours would have been burne, Health Report,-‘-I have tn report tha Boases of typhoid fever have Deer lifted since your last meetiog, one fro Soph and one from the country ie one from the borough ha,i , b ‘° d 18 Tin the Te R»u Hospi'al, and th. Sir is be n R aSnded tn at the Gisborne Stal I have bad the pl>ce in the 8t “Starring and cleaning up. The he bay has been raved from the B'orea ne nay noed condition. it oai on ground i g which will keep tbe lade a gO J d a ll t h o season. The Otses weil eoppl d ' wharf noar srbing and paths an is lessrs Kennedy and “ 9W Wftter to ery low, and oaus j a heavy. io w over tho path when tn? d t is rather aifflou »< 10 Ul ?e **» low ’ he railway line, the g have this japped in the getting ,u n i, the Departleemed that the^Dep^b^ meat had not don thus make tbe railway line bom v a pnb i !o body Bepmed rjaosi un J royalty for m>ta ehould have to jay of y natarP . The; that was “ “? 0 „ BaaoStion 8 aaoS tion of supply. o should have tbe q brought node metal, and that roy r, y ’ for the district, the noties of the “ b Cc Hardin* m* ;In reply to Cr mm® {do wlt h tt *hs member bad nothing w of royalty*

-Ot Sheridan seconded the motion aa rogiuda tootnl. Or Lyanar thought they might go fur--1 iher, and oak it tho Government would not . givo bettor faoililies, to lot tbo Oouuoil , obtain tboir own trucks and fill thorn, tho ’ ra ilway doing tiro hau'ago. That was ’ done o'sowhoro. Tho Govornmont had no i right to ohargo royalty, i It was resolved that tho whole Oounoil i interview Mr Carroll on tho subject. After soiuo disouaslon on tho state ot tho roads, Mr Miller said tho Oounoil had always difficulty in regard to tho Patutahi metal, and bo moved: “That tailing a better arraugomont being mado with tho Cook Oounty Oounoil regarding tho cost of royalty and quarrying of Patutahi metal that a oommittco bo appointed to report on the advisability of purobnsing a piece of land at Patutahi with o view to quarrying our own metal.” Thoro would, ho said, bo no difficulty in getting a piooo of land. It had been offered thorn several times Or Lysnar seoonded tho motion, whioh waa carriod. "Or Lysnarproposod tho motion of whioh ho had given notico in regard to additional engineering advice on tho waterworks pipe sohomo, to whioh ho spoko in strong support. Ho olaimed that a largo saving would be made by adopting his suggestion. By the plan shown them that night tho pipe lino would otoss tho rivor above tho upper To Arai bridge 57 timos. They would never bo safe under those circumstances, having no

reservoir between thorn and a river that bad to be crossed 67 times. There should be no setting ono engineer ogainst the other In the matter. There would bo no harm in what ho proposed, and good might oome of it. Tfcoro oould bo no reason why tbo engineer should not bo asked the question, eapooia’ly as ho said, wbon previously questioned by him (Or Lysnar) on the subject, that be had notconsidered it. As to tho pipes they oould got tbo whole sohemo carried out at a saving of over a thousand pounds, usiug the beat osEt iron pipes, instead of the doubtful steel pipes. Some might bolitt’e the comparison of the figures of two engineers, but fortunately on the subject Of retioulatiou they praotioally agreed. Ho o’aimed that any Councillor had a right lo

ask the Engineer to answer any reasonable question in writing suoh as this was. Or Wbinray said the subject needed no argument. Tbo Council should got the information. It seemed to him a vary plain and proper question. He seoonded the motion. No odg else desired to speak, and tbo Mayor put the motiou, whioh seemed to be lost ou the voices. A show of bands was

called, and then it seemed there was some oonfuaion a 3 .to wbat was proposed. Or Sheridan declared that it was simply pitting Mr Reynolds against Mr Hay. The motion was lost. For: Cra Lysnar, Wbinray, Colley, and Harding. Against: Ore Sheridan, Miller, Bright, Webb, Rees, and the Mayor. Or Harding said he was simply vot'rng that oertain information be obtained. Cr Whinray oommented strongly on the

Council refusing to aik for information wbioh they should have and would have o:sl tbrm nothing. The proposition was as follows: — » That the engineer be requested to report upon the advisability of taking a 9 and 10 inch main from the source of the Te Arai water supply to a reservoir to be located on the Arai hills adjoining the flats and about nine miles from town at a sufflolent height so as to give the required pressure and quantity of water, eto. Then to take a 14 inch main from the reservoir to town so as to-(a) Reduoe the heavy cost of using a much larger pipe for the first 12 or 13 miles, the supply in the reservoir whioh will accumulate in the night making up for the reduced size of pipe ; (b) and to have a supply in the reservoir on the town side of any dangerous ground which may cause a break in mains through slips or flood. Also to report the pressure there will be in town upon Mr Hay’s scheme as at present suggested lo the Council when there is practically no water being drawn through the mains at night, and will it be an excessive pressure for the ordinary water taps and fittings to stand