BOROUGH STREETS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2124, 5 July 1907, Page 2

BOROUGH STREETS.

LOAN WORKS RECOMMENDED. » Tho Borough Council desires, of course,’to have this proposed £20,0w ? loan for road work expended to the host advantage* The Engineer (Mr. E. Harvoy Gibbon) is has gone very carefully into tho matter, and considers the following works tho most urgent. Tho estimates are based on using Patutahi stone, so that if inferior atone is utilised on tho secondary streets tho money will carry out more work than specified. In each case tho amounts for forriiation, kerbinof. gravel, and metal, are set out, and tho total given. Tho list is as follows, together with the Engineer s romarks thereon in parentheses: TOWN DIVISION.

Gladstone road. —Bridge street to Customs stroot, 4 chains, metal, £549 19s 4d (tar metal, 9-inch macadam and 2-inch fine tar cone); Lowe street to Pool street, 0 chains, metal, £824 14s Gd (tar metal, 9-inch macadam, and 2-inch hue tar cone); Peel street to Bright street, 0) chain, metal, £305 14s lid (regulated, and coat 4jin. thick); Bright street to Grey street, 7£ chains, metal, £ob2 (do Gin thick); Grey street to Derby stroot, 5 chains, metal, £562 13s 9d (do. 9in. thick). Herbert street. —Gladstone road to Palmerston road, 20 chains, formation £GO, gravel £55, metal £4lB 15s Bd, total £543 15s 8d (metal 20ft wide, Gin. thick; 15 houses in this street). . Roebuck road. —Bridge street to Abcrdeon road, 7) chains, formation £ls, kerbing £sl 15s, gravel £22 10s, metal £427 10s; total £GIG 15s (this must be done before bridge is openod); Aberdeen road to Palmerston road, lli chains, formation £23, kerbing £59 7s, gravel £2G Bs, metal £4lO 17s Gd; total £525 12s Gd (metal to bo Gin thick; traffic at present heavy). , . Salisbury street. —Fifteen chains from Grey stroot, formation £3O, gravel £241 10s; total £271 10s (gravelled 30ft wide and 9in. thick). Root street. —Disraeli to Roebuck, 10 chains, formation £5, gravel £165, total £l7O (gravelled 30ft wide and 9in. thick). Harris street.—Quay to Customs street, 7) chains, formation £5, kerbin” £sl 15s, gravel £ll, metal £4ll Lis 3d; total £479 Gs 3d (very bad state). t • t. - Awapuni road. —Grey to Jjiguthouse street, 46 chains, £SO, gravel £936 2s; total £986 2s (kerb one side only for 20 chains; gravelled 40ft wide and 9in thick). Bright street.—Gladstone 'to Palmerston, 7i chains, formation £5, kerbing £sl 15s, gravel £9 10s, metal £271 17s Gd; total £338 2s 6d (metalled full width); Palmerston to river, 3i chains, formation £7, gravel £8 15s, metal £126 10s; total £142 ss. , , Carnarvon street. —Palmerston to Gladstone, 74 chains, formation £3 10s, kerbing £sl 15s, gravel £lO, metal £271 17s Gd; total £337 2s Gd. Childers road.—Peel to Bright, 0) chains, formation £G 10s, kerbing £22 8s Gd, gravel £lO, metal £353 8s 9d, total £392 7s 3d (9in thick); Bright to Grey, 0 chains, formation £O, kerbing £2O 14s, gravel £lO, metal £326 ss, total £362 19s Od (9m thick); Grey to Derby, 64 chains, formation £6 10s, kerbing £22 8s 6d, gravel £lO, metal £353 8s 9d; total £392 7s 3d. Gladstone road, balance maintenance, 500 cubic yards, £387 10s: Aberdeen and Palmerston roads, do., 450 cubic yards, £348 12s 3d; sundry streets, maintenance, 1000 cubic yards, £775. n Total cost town division, £9840 9s 8d

WHATAUPOKO. A,Vi Pere street:—Bridge to Stout, 6-J chains, formation £l9 10s, kerbing £4B Is, gravel £2l Cs metal £341 os, total £430 2s (.this must be done as it is the main road to new bridge) ; Stout street to Ormond, 5 chains, formation £ls, kerbing £34 10s, gravel £ls os, metal £262 10s, total £327 os (remarks do.) . Ormond road :—Fitzgerald to \\ hitmore, 6 chains, formation £24, kerbing £4l Bs, gravel £ls, metal £357, total £437 8s (40 ft wide metal; this allows for grading road and forming footpaths); Whitmore to McLean, 6 chains, formation £24, kerbing £4l Bs, gravel £ls, metal £357, total £437 Bs, (40 ft wide metal; this allows for grading road and forming footpaths) ; McLean to Stafford, 9-J chains, formation £2B 10s, kerbing £GS 11s, gravel £23 15s, metal £529 14s lOd, total £647 10s lOd (40 ft wide ; this is part of main road to Waimata) ; Stafford to Fox, 9 chains, formation £27, kerbing £62 2s, gravel £22 10s, metal £386 8s 9d, total £498 0s 9d, (30ft wide; the road is completely worn out; footpaths to form); Fox to Sheetan, 8 chains, formation £24, kerbing £55 4s, gravel £22, metal £313 10s, total £414 14s (30 ft wide; do ; do) ; Sheehan to Hall, 11 chains, formation £33, kerbing £75 lf|s, gravel £3O ss, metal £472 Is 3d, total £6ll 4s 3d, (30 ft wide; do; do) ; Hall to Ballance, 11 chains, formation £33, kerbing £75 18s, gravel £3O os, metal £495, total £634 its (30ft wide, do., do.); Ballance to Wi Pere, 11 chains, formation £33, kerbing £75 18s, gravel £3O ss, metal £5lO 2s Gd, total £649 5s 6d (30ft wide, do., do.); Wi Pere to boundary, 13 chains, formation £39, kerbing £B9 14s, graved £42 ss, metal £620 15s, total £791 14s (30ft wide, do., do.). Clifford street.—Fitzgerald to McLean, 8 chains, formation £32, gravel £22, motal £2lO 18s, total £264 18s (20ft wide; this road is practically unformed and very bad); Wi ?ere to boundary, 144 chains, formation £43 10s, gravel £47 2s 6d, metal £415 15s 9d, total £506 8s 3d (there are-nine good houses and no road or footpath). - Total for Whataupoko division, £6650 Is 7d.

KAITI DIVISION. Crawford road, end to end, 4CJ chains, formation £lB6, gravel £IOSB 3s 9d, total £1244 3s 9d (provides for one footpath the whole length and one-lialf the length: gravel 30ft wide). Wainui road. —Harris to Parau, 5 chains, formation £ls, kerbiug £34 10s, gravel £l3 15s, metal £282 10s, total £355 16s (40ft wide). .Hirini street.—Wainui to creek, 5 chains, formation £ls, ~’-avel £l3 15s, metal, £292 10s, total £321 5s (this road- is very bad). DeLautour road.- -Crawford to Rutene, 12 chains, formation £36, gravel £39, metal £4ll 6s, total"£4B6 6s (metal 20ft wide); Rutene to Graham, 5j chains, formation £l6 10s, gravel £8 18s 9d, metal £IBB 19s 3d, total £213 19s (metal 20ft wide). Esolanade.—Bridge to Rawiri, 5 chains, formation £2O, kerb)"- £l7 :ss, gravel £6 17s 6d, metal £157 10s, total £2Ol 12s 6d (metal 20ft wide); Rawiri to Rutenej 7" chains, formation £2B, gravel £9 12s 6d, metal £220 10s, total £258 2s 6d (metal 20ft wide). Parau street.—Wainui to creek, 6 chains, formation £lB, gravel £l6 10s, metal £lB9, total £223 10s.

Rutene street. —Esplanade to Hirini. 7 chains, formation £2B, gravel £l9 ss, metal £157 10s, total £204 15s.

Total for Ivaiti division. £3509 8s 9d. " .

Grand total, three ' divisions. £20,000.