PAEROA IMPROVEMENTS.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4628, 21 November 1923, Page 2

PAEROA IMPROVEMENTS.

ROADING WORKS' TO RE DON®. loan money allocated. A special meeting of the Paeroa Borough Council was held on Monday evening, there being present: His Worship the Mayor (Mr W- Marshall), Crs. F. E. Flatt, P, B. Brenan, E. Edyards, J. W. Silcpck, H. M. Shand, W. Bain, G. P. Lamb, the town clerk, Mr W. C. Alexander, and-Mr Lockie Gannon, engineer. The Mayor briefly . explained that the meeting had been called to further consider the spending of the £4ooo' loan money on various street improvements proposed to be effected in Paeroa in the near future. POST OFFICE SITE. In connection with the improvements proposed in Normanby Roa.l and Princes Street, the Mayor said that it had been necessary tp get some idea as to the exact location of the new post office, and with that end in vie.w the Department had been written to and asked for the Information. As a result the following letter was received from the assistant secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department, Wellington:— “I beg to thank you for your letter of 12th inst. with regard to the street improvements proposed to be effected in the vicinity of the new post office site, Paeroa. Before deciding on the position of the new building on the site the Government architect is awaiting from the district engineer, Public Works Department, Paeroa, particulars of the levels, etc., of the, site. This .department is agreeable to hand over to the Borough Council a portion of the triangle formed by the junction of Normanby Road and Princes. Street required to enable the corner to be rounded off in connection with the Council’s street improvements proposals. It is noted that the Council intends to kerb and channel the footpath round to the street entrance of the new building in Princes Street. The position of the building on the site will be decided tentatively by the district engineer, and I would .suggest, that the borough engineer confer with the Public Works Department engineer regarding the position proposed-for the new building and the portion of the site required by the Council, it is intended to build the new office right up to the rounded off portion and up to the footpaths in Normanby Road and Princes Street. In my opinion the footpath in front of the building should not be put down permanently in the meantime, lest it be damaged by scaffolding in the course of building operations.” The Mayor said that it was very satisfactory tp know what, the position was, and the engineer had undertaken to take the matter up with the Public Works Department at once. On the motion of the Mayor, seconded by Mr Flatt, it was decided to thank the Post and Telegraph Department for their courtesy and help in the matter. ALLOCATION OF MONEY. The following appropriations, totalling £3900, were formally approved of for street improvements, the whole of the work to be carried out under the specifications and details of Messrs Lockie Gannon and Worley, in conjunction with the Works Committee :— Normanby Road- —To appropriate the sum of £lBOO, for kerbing and channelling the west side of Noinnanby Road and around post office front, also excavating, metalling, and sealing the west side of Normanby Road anti scarifying and remetalling and sealing with bitumen, a 24ft strip from Spry’s comer to the Bank of New Zealand corner. Russell and Willoughby Streets.—A sum of £375, less contribution of £3O, making £345, for metalling a 20ft carriage-way with six to seven inches of metal and sealing with bitumen. King Street.—An amount of £343 for metalling a 20ft carriage-way with six to seven inches of metal and sealing with bitumen. Dulcie Street.—The sum of £144 for metalling a 20ft carriage-way with six to seven inches of metal and sealing with bitumen. - Bush Street. —The sum of £l5O for metalling a 20ft carriage-way with six to seven inches of metal and sealing with bitumen, with a turning into Buchanan Street and at end of Bush Street. Bennett Street.—To about Mr Gorrie’s house in Nahum Street, £250 for forming and grading a satisfactory 20ft track from Thames Road,. For side streets off main street from station to Arney Street, £5OO for kerbing and channelling. For storm water drainage and filling in open drains off the main street, £lOO. Anzac Avenue Footpath.—The sum of £268 (provided that the railway station does not go to Hill Street) for forming footpath as far as Mr Dean’s house. - BITUMEN SPRAYER. The Mayor said that it was necessary to immediately purchase a bitumen spraying machine for use in the borough. The engineer supplied details of a machine under offer to his firm in Auckland the cost of which would be about £330. It was decided that a machine should be purchased, and that the matter should be left in the hand of the Mayor, chairman of the Finance Committee, and the engineers to arrange for the purchase. At the conclusion of the meeting the Mayor said that he wished to thank the Council for the help given in the matter of street He trusted that the decisions arrived at would meet with the general approbation of all concerned, and he stated that there would be no departure from the appropriations as approved. He felt sure that the Council was acting on sound lines, and that the work to be undertaken from the loan money would outlive the period of the loan, which was a very important consideration,