THE WATERWORKS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1938, 21 November 1906, Page 3

THE WATERWORKS.

SIZE OF THE M4INS.

At last n’ght’s meeting of th 3 Borough Council Or Lysnar Drought up the question of the size of the wits, anios, whioh he Baid were not !a go oaough to giys an adequate fira s-rvie?. Tno M ,yoc: Taa whole thing is set ilea and cauo t bo nitirei now. OcLysTir said tho Council could alter what t'anv liksd ty paying eohsiulo rate for it, Q io!',ng from tua apucilic itioas, ho claimed sno Council Isad absolute power So alter tho s zo of pipoi ussd and put in what they liked. Ha had left she matter til! now— Or Sheridan: Why did you leave it till now ? Cr Lysnar : It is never too life to mend. Thsro was another asptci of this question. Tho pious adopto.i and gone into were not those put before the ratepayers, Cr Miller: Get the points off youc oheat quick. Cr Harding: Wa will give you till halfpast nioe; it is now five past, Cr Lysnar sail hs was surprised that tho plan bore the Mayor’s sigaature. Ho wanted to see a lirgir-aizid main down the main street. Ho aooused the Council of reduoiDg the aizas of the mains voted for by ths public by one or two ioohet. Cr Whinray: Tuat should not have been done without she authority of the Council. Tae Mayor explained that tho engineer’s plan had been dealt with at aspeoialmeeting of tho Council. Cr Lysnar said he did not receive notice. He would have come 50 miles to have been present at tho meeting had he notice of same, A lot of deviations had been made in tho plan. Tho size of the main supplying Kaiti and Whataupoko had been reduced. The Mayor : Great improvementsCr Lysnar: How can you say groat improvements when you reduce the pipos from Sin to 4in.

Cr Miller : We have greater pressure. Cr Lysnar : No. Why had tlm reduction been made without the Council’s consent ? His suggestion was that the main bo increased in size from lOin to l'iin from Stanley road to Disraeli street, so that Kaiti and Whataupoko would get a full flow. . . Cr Whinray : This was originally provided for. Cr Lysnar : Yes ; they should push the 10 inch right down, and this would give the ratepayers all the sizes of mains stipulated to the ratepayers. To carry this out he said it would bo necessary to buy lialb-a-milc of 12-inch mains, which according to schedule prices would cost £892 13s (id. Allowing against this the pipes not used, it would bring this co3t down to ,1012 15s Od. This would give an efficient (ire service, and for tho sake of this sum they were going to jeopardise the buildings ii tho main street.

After some interruption Cr Lysnar continued, He said that whilo in Dunedin ho had seen Captain Mitchell, who, he explained, had had 29 years’ experience as a fireman. A Councillor: What does he know about it, anyhow ? Cr Lysnar: I’ll toll you if you let mo. Tho Mayor: There is no motion before the Council yet. Cr Lysnar said he would move a motion. Cr Miller: Why did not you move it

leforo'P j J , ■ Cr Lysnar: My nntion it that we ioererso taosizicf raa us from Stanley ; road to Disraeli n’.roets from 10 n to 12-r. Tbe spa-xer ihsn uisd to explain that Capt 1 in Mitchell had a w.ds experience. Cr Miller: Iliad it cut of a bo. k. Cr Whinny: Oh. tbo-o career men! They remind one of Cans’,y minstrels. Cr Lysnar, continuing, said they could not get away from the fact that thev were laying down too email mains, A 6-ioeh main w>s us.l-ss in accmmircial centre, j Cr Miller : You duo’s regard Kaiti as a] commercial c.nin 2 Cr Lysoar : No, perhaps not ; but tbo main m ths cimmeroi.il poition of the town was ton Bin-ill. He referred to Capibio Mitchell’s ndvic', -which was in bis opinion good, and coming f.om so experienced a man wsi of special vaiuo io the Couooil. C.plain Mitchell had told bim that 6-inch mains were no uso in putting out fires, and the Ciunod were ouly down 8 iuob mains in the main

stroot, with 1801 b pressure. Captain Mitchell bad told h m exaoily tho samo profeuro aa intended at G'liborne, a 0 luob main, would givo two lr-ads, and it wss noons iry to have at least S'X loads, a d f,c a pa'try XOOO ho uppoob-d to tbo (Jounoil not lo jeopardise an i ilioiont fire service, as well as not giving tbo ratepayers the s’zo of pipn thoy wantod. He oonsidoted Mr llay should bo sent for at onoe. , . , A Councillor : Wo brought him op bofore, hut it was no good. Or Lysnar : it will bo this Mmo any how. If the Council deoidud to put down a largo main as ho suggested, ii could bo wired for frnu England, and tho 8-inoh main could bo utilised in tho sioo etroots. Ho repeated that Mr Hay should be wired

for. Cr Sheridan : What about you writing t down and sending it on yourself '1 Os Lysnar : Writing is too alow—tok-

gcapb. Or Shotidan : Why didn’t you come boro before. Wo oannot listen to all this 11 tripo ” now, you know ; it’s too aggravating. Cs Lysnar was surprised at Or Sheridan. He moved that tho Eugineor bo invited hero to go into Shu m dns question. Cr Whmroy sioondod tun motion, saying ho was somewhat atuuzsd that tho size of pipes was altored. As Cr Lysnar had stated, tho Council should havo been acquainted therewith. Confusion roiguod for som3 minutes, tbo Mayor talking in a loud vrioc, trying to be hoard, and tho cost of the Councillors

talking n« one another. A lull occurred, and Cr Whinray finishod his re-mark* by stating that ho thought Cr Lysuar was right in bringing up tbo question. Thu Mayor road tho oommiltco’s rrpoit. Ho pointed out that in Nelson tbo largest mein was Bin, Wanganui Biu, and Nupior 6m. Gisborne was getting a servioo lhat would servo a population of 18,000 poeplo. Mr Hay was giving them a eplondtd service.

Or Lysnar: It’s not what wo’ro entitled

The Mayor: You’re entitled to what you oan get. To order other pipes will delay tbo work. Or Lysnar: No, it won’t. The Mayor said yea, it would. Ho thought Or Lysnar should have dealt w.ith tho matter beforo.

A lot more cross-firing ensued betweau Cr Lysnar and other oounoillore, tho former eventually saying the position taken by the Counoil was not legal, and to back up his argument he said that the Council would submit tho question to Mr H. D Beil for oounsol’s opinion. He (Cr Lysnar) would pay tho cools if wrong. Cr Harding: Wo havo paid enough to iawyors. Don’s bring up law. Buck to pipes, and wo may agree with you Aooiher Councillor: Leave it to the Engineer. Cr Lysnar : What is tho use of leaving it to the Engineer; bo’s only au individual.

After another stormy quarter of an hour, Cr Lysnar’s resolution was pu! to the vole aed lost, only tho mover and seconder volieg for it.