BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1163, 20 April 1872, Page 2

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The usual meeting <of the Borough Council was held at the Town Hall, last night. All the members were present — the Mayor being in the chair. The. minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. An application was made by MrPerotti for repayment of the cost of repairing the footpath in Boundary street, after having been damaged by the late flood. It was referred to the Finance Committee. Measra^ Nichol and Girdwood applied for the immediate formation of Chapel street, and offered to. take in repayment one-third on the total cost on the Council's bill. The Town Clerk was instructed to advertise for tenders for the wprk upon the guarantee of the residents being received. • A telegram was read from the office of the Colonial Secretary, stating that the amount for the protective works would be ready for payment whenever the certified vouchers were received. — Received. A letter was read from Mr George ; SimhTtiiis 'offering to "supply the planking, ' I if Mackay street would be tilled up to' the line of. Tainui street.— Referred to the Public Works Committee. ■ A petition from the residents between the Post Office and Mount street, drawing attention to the state of the street, caused by the recent flood, was read, and the motion was referred to the Public Works Committee. -; ' With respect to the state of Aniey

street bridge, ;the following report" '■; was : road from the Town Surveyor :-^.";l have' the honor to report that? |he following : suras have UeQnjj.'lajcl out^jpArriej^streeiM bridge-since JMreceived iristr notions* *ti/ repjiirjj— Timber (black birch); L 62 ; iron* iwork, L 9 6s 5d ; ironmongery, L 2 13s 2d ; cartage, 14 19s ; piles, Ll9 17s 6d; labor; : L46'6s 6d; Total,' Ll4s 2s 7d. There has been eight piles driven in the ■ bridge, and fifty-three feet of the bridge made entirely , new, aM. thirty, feet to-* paired. It is. my opinion that the old portion of the/bridge-iB not even now quite safe, and would require six additional piles with the same amount .of caps to make it perfectly secure, and I would prefer if this subject were left to the Public Works Committee, so that my I suggestion could be acted upon at once, as the bridge is being üßed how for general traffic."— The report was adopted. ; The Town Clerk recommended that William M'lntbsh be engaged' as assistant rate "collector, at the rate" of L 35 per annum.- -The recommendation was agreed to. . .- ■ ■ -....:■■, •;■' Mr Smith moved that tenders be called for repairs to Mount street, and the footpath near the Post Office. . Mr Woolcock seconded the motion, which was carried.;, On the motion of Mr Kennedy, it was recommended that the Town Surveyor's salary be charged proportionately to the works now in progress within the Borough. —Carried. The following tender was opened for the works required for the completion of Boundary street— John Fullarton, L 125. There was no other tender, and it was rejected,- the -Town Surveyor receiving instructions to invite tenders for the work, and to furnish quantities to contractors. There was only one tenders for the construction of Puketake and Alexander streets, viz., at Lll 5s per chain, which was rejected as being too nigh/- . . '■''■■ The Council then adjourned.