LEVIN BOROUCH COUNCIL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 June 1910, Page 2

LEVIN BOROUCH COUNCIL.

.STATIC OF THE STREETS

IMPORTANT ACTION

LOCAL TAR SUPPLY: AY A KM DEBATE. A meeting of (bo Levin T?oroil<rli CVnueil Mas licit! at tlu» officcs. Oxford <4re«t, last evening, the Mavcr (Mr H. R. Gardenw) presiding. and Uikv following members present: — Crs. Cameron, Prouse, Alans'. Lan>"■nster, Palmer, Hudson. Hannan, McKenzie. »,nd Mr P. AV. Goldsmith (town clerk). CP. FRANCE. Lerive of abse.nce was formally granited Cr. France. PLUMBERS COMPLATXT. Discussion in connection with a d'iputal i : ;;n of lcc.nl nlmiibers, wlin waited on tbo Council in connection with the wafer supply, is reporter! under our "local" column'. A AY.VTER QUESTIOX. Mr E. J. Williams, of Weraroa, wrote enclosing an account for C2O for a tramway truck, etc., usc.il in connection with the high pressure AWi-i'el* tunnel. Tbo position, be explained, was as follows:—When b'c finished the 'tunnel ho asked. Mr Ciimie. the ongineer-in-charge, if be required them, <nml made him out a price for the same amounting: to €15. Mr Climi'o informal bim that lie did not think ho would require them. Ho (the writer) told. Mr Ciimie that there was a strong probability that, tlrey would b'o required as very few tunnels, no mat•tor bow well constructed, escaped some falls or slips for the first thm* or four months after being con•str noted. Ho also had* a strong idea, that a quantity of gravel would find its way in at the i Pit nice. Ho, therefore, agreed with Mr Ciimie to allow the tramway and trucks to remain throe or four ino.nths to see if 'they would require therm, on the understanding that if they were used, the Coun.-il would theii pav him £5 more than originally asked.

Tf they d'id. not use them ho was to take them up. A slip had; taken pinco .and the tramway and truck had been used. Mr \Villwuus concluded by asking for a.n early settlement of tine account.—The Sauitatiwi Committee reoommeinled that Mr Williams ho ofTorod CIO in full settlement, without prejudice. The vecommendoition was adopted.. M U NICIPA L AS.SOCIATTOX. A let'ler was .received from the Municipal Association oif Xew Zealand stating that the coniferenoo of delegates would he held on July 'Ith jit Wellington, and wf nesting the name of the Council's delegaite. ft was iprnposed that the Mayor lie appointed as delegate. The Mayor said that he would Attend provided that he could fit the meeting in with some other public business in Wellington, such «s the meeting of thr Hospital Board. Tie must say candidly that lie had never seen .any good come from 'these conicfences. The fact was the t':wn overruled the country every time. The motion was .agreed to. STATE OF TflF.' STREETS. Air 1. Tlook, of Weraroa, wrote drawing attention to the bad state of the limit! road in Weraroa from the station to Makomako mad. The Mayor remarked that it was about time the Council had some idea of what would be rer|iiirod to he done to the streets before the next estimates Were nrepared. He moved: "That the Street's Committee be instructed to inspect the various streetfs in the h,"rough and tr> report s'.« lo what cost it. would take to put them into a reasonable .«•>»+'< of repair." Cr. Palmer concurred with the Mavor. Some of the .streets, he said, were in a very had condition. Cr. Lancaster thought the Council should take into consideration t':e (|ii:-sliion of procuring a stone crusher. It was tm coed putting a lot ff n«vh«*s «.tiiir en the roads as ha' l be. t!ie c.as<-> before, Cr. Thnnao insisted that the C nr'v Ci)uii"il ought to contribute to the ensf of I lies: 1 nortions of the ronds Ibev destroyed. Cr. Mackenzie remarked that in ■the master of sfi-opt repair the Streets Committee had seriouslv negl'M'.te'l their duty. Soil" 1 of the thn'-omdifaros were in disgraceful cnn' l '*!!'!!. H<» agreed vitb pnrehasincr a crusher, providivl the Comity Council would contribute tor'ts cost. The Mayor's rtvopesifion «-ns 111 oi to. cn. Ar \r<rr r,FTTI'R TO TTTF I'RFSS : AYARM DFBATE. The Liirlitiit«;c Cciiumittee renorted that |t v had n:'«<ed tdie following r(\soluti':!i : -"That this Coniniitt.-e desires to place before the Conned l'ts re'MTt tli:it anv nienihHr of the Council should, -''tempt to damage one cf the Council's earning dercarimeots by making stalemeuts in th" mibli" press that are contrary to fact." Cr. Muckenzfo said that In Avrote th" lett'T to th. j TTo''ov.dienua Chroni"le. The Streets Committee, when. . thev knew the Council was rcqnir- > iog tar, in-tead of approaching tha Gas Conimitten nn l .asking th»m to eon.serve the 'ar for the town, a!l'''W"d it to be s. Id to outside individuals, so that when tar w.as required for the ti/wn, thev had to go ■to Palmerston, a'"' pot only p.av as nni"h for the tar lb ere ns thev would have gat it in Levin for, hut pav as ' vc!l for- carriage here and ether incidentals. That was rckles«lv spending th" money of .tbp Trad a liMle fon-t,bought be"11 sbrMVit bv the Stre.et.s Conilllitt"e. this nir.oviy n.i>ed nevev have been s:pen>. The Lighting Comniit-t-e's resolution was a rciprebensild" one. becaitcu his let*".r dii.l not. refer to them hut to Hie Streets Committee. Th" Mayor then read the letter, | which ran as fnllovs :--"Tn your pappr of •'May ofh you e.pwik ns if ' the of Oxford street, was being done with tar from the Levin ii">.s works. This is not the case. T''e tar 'from tha Levin gfl.s works was tried on a portion of the streets, and found to be such .a ghastly failure that the far for the present work on Oxford street had to be procured in Palmers-ton .at the in- r '.eivased cnsit to tie* borough (hat you nienti'en. This by-product of the fas works has so far been of practically no value to the borough for t the purpose von mention in your j leading article.'' ' Cr. Hudson was sorry that the hitter had been written, and thought , Cr. M.acketr/ie must have regretted he had written it when he saw it in print.. The Palnii-Tston hir had iy't_ cost, the Council .any more than ■their own tar. The Mayor declared that Cr. Mackenzie was tuider a total misap'orchension. He had been misinformed by some on". When the l wc.rk of tar ]taadn"- tho sltreet.i was half-way through the ofFivial in ediarge hound that the sup-plv was pmcdicallv finished, and the Council ( aiuifhorised him to purchase 30 bar- ' rtds from Palmi'iston. That tar . was utilised and at the pres< lit timo the tar from the Levin works was being used. Ttwas splendid tar, and no critic is m could nmv be passed upon it, Critics should bo very careful before they rushed into nnnt. Cr. Mackenzie said in the '1 letter they had to go to Palmer«too to get tar because Levin's was [i no good. That was as he had shown, absolutely contiiarv to fact, Cr. Mackenzie: The tar was no good «t the time! T got my in forillation from a m.-sf reliabl" source. |„ T was distinctly told that the tar at our gas works at that time was \ Y no good, and that we had to pro- rr , cure of.ber from ,Palmerstoii. The flavor reiterated that the statement in the letter was absolutely unfounded, and Cr M.ackcnzi". after some further discussion, said that he accepted •the Mayor's statement and was sorry if he had been mislead. Cr. Hudson iddod that he. too, bad beoi |"ld by an ofTt": , r of the V' C'nuieil that Levin tar at. that: t'me was unfitte'l to be used on the t!V r' ''"ets. The flavor: Well, any way. T have. <dven von tit" true and tindis- ■*' p"+aib!e facts to-night. Cr. Prous" c "'id that fh<» letter I'tl lipi.n rr«jr| in AYinpfnnui. Cr. Hud"'lt f O""idc"d t)n"t h" bnd !' letter f|T"» Wentwortb Falls, V '"W South Wales, and the "oople there wan'ted to knaw ndiv T/avin "•••s going to Palnierstnii for its tar. [«' T,| at '■''•"lred h"r the " TTorowhenna C , " , nni"h'" got about.

Cr. Mackenzie's explanation was ft "1

T, lc IIMI.-f.fcr <• 11 1) y til C COUI- - being adopted.