BOROUGH COUNCIL.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 327, 11 January 1911, Page 5

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

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The usual monthly meeting of To Kuiti I-lorough Cuuiv-il was held on night at Lie Council Chambers. Present. -11 is Worship the Mayor Oh' Jas. BodJie), and Crs Hardy, Julian, Youiie, Kinir, Swserville, Stevens, I'. Eke tone and HsUt. ILn-ough Works. —The Mayor said the nuance committee had met and decided to recommend that .t 1 "i,Oi.to be asked for from the Advances Board as the first year's expenditure. As Councillors would recognise, if they took the whole of the loan at once they would have a lot of money on hand. Probably a good deal of the £15,000 would have to remain with their bankers on fixed deposit for a time, and tl\e balance would be available from the Advances Board, say in twelve months' time. —The action of : the committee was approved. Section 13, Sub-division 4. —-The Chief Surveyor wrote re section IS Te Kuiti Village Settlement. —The matter : was referred to the streets and roads ; committee to report. Lease of Paddock. — Mr \\'. A. Scott wrote asking whether the ; borough would lease a paddock of two : acres for a short period, say 21 year l ?. ; ■ —The Mayor said the same committee might report on thi3. They could not : possibly iet it for any period, but a temporary lease might be arranged.— ■ The matter was referred to the streets , and roads committee, with power to j act.

Water Comnyttee.- The Mayor said ; the committee had met on Saturday : last, and visited the site of the pro- i posed gathering grounds for the water j supply. They interviewed Mr Gil- ! landers and went into the matter with j him. The committee could not say j how much land was required —pro- j bably it would be from 15 to 20 acres, j The area has been fixed pretty accur- ! ately. A road would have to be made j behind the water reserve and the rest i of the property. That would be per- ; fectly satisfactory to both the rate- j payers and the owners. There were a | few acres—say live to ten —which i might be included, that were really | not necessary to the water reserve. The committee were fairly unanimous ; to take the boundary to the railway ■ rather than leave a narrow strip be- ; tvveen. Later on the extra portion j could be made into a beauty spot and , be planted with trees. He felt justitied in saying that the committee ' recommended that the land be taken. | If they were all agreed as to the price | it would be unnecessary to take it j under the Public Works Act. - The ; Borough engineer thought it would be : best to lay oil' their reservoir j reserve before they decided on where the road should run. He thought it j was desirable to keep the road as far ; from the reservoir as possible. —Cr j Hardy said they could make the road any width they liked and st neod not j affect the gathering grounds in any j way. —Cr Somerville agreed that the j extra few acres should be acquired, j even if not necessary for the actual j water area. —The Mayor thought the ; action of the committee should be con- j firmed and the negotiations with Mr j Gillanders be left in the hands of the j Finance Committee, with power to i act. If the committee were unable to ; come to some arrangement, it would j still be possible to deal with the : acquisition of the land. The site j selected was an ideal one, affording ; abundant pressure, fall and supply.— j The borough engineer said that on ; Saturday last, when they visited the ■ site of the proposed gathering grounds, | the How in the stream measured at ; the rate of three-quarters of a million j gallons a day, amply sufficient for a i town of 7000 inhabitants, without a reservoir reserve. Of course, for j fire prevention they would have to ; have the reservoir, but he mentioned j these figures to illustrate what a ; satisfactory flow there was even in ; the height of smuiner. —A motion, j leaving the matter in the hands of the j Finance Committee, with power to t act, was duly carried. | Half-holiday.—The Mayor said that j a special meeting of the Council j would be held during the month for ! the purpose of passing a resolution. ' Meanwhile, they could ascertain ; whether Thursday was still the fa- : vourite day. !

Sanitary Service.' —The Town Clerk j reported that the sanitary contractor j required fifty more pans to the ! service complete. —Cr SomerviHe said j they had bad numerous complaints as ' to the ineftlciejicy of the sanitary j service, and this seemed the only way ! out. He moved that they purchase j the necessary pans. Cr Ilardy se- ; conded.- The Mayor said it was un- j fortunate they had to purchase these ; pans, but it was absolutely necessary ; if the contractor was to carry out his | duties. —The motion was carried. i

Dog Registration.—Cr Somerville moved that the dog tax be 10s on sporting dogs and other dogs, and 2s (jj on sheep and cattle dogs during the current year. —Carried. Dog Tax Collector.--The Town Clerk was appointed dog-tax collector. Te Kumi Reserve, etc. —lt was proposed by the Mayor ihat Crs Eketone and Hetet be associated with the committee in discussing the' acquisition of the various reserves under the Public Works Act from the native owners. The question oJ abbatoirc would have to b'o faced inni-ediaiely the population reaches! 2PUU, and suilicicat arc as must be acquired. Freezing works and dairy companies would probably be looking for sites later on, and they would have to go below the town, He moved in the terms indicated.- -C'r '-'ketone seconded the motion, and thought it a very wise suggestion.--The motion was carried. t'rs iiardy and Sou:crviile tSiougbt the committee should look at other laud suite,hie lor an abbatoir site at the other end of the town, — The Mayor said Dr Makgill hat] marie the same suggestion. 'J li- only t-h----itction v as that all woi':. v/hf.rc ?i!y n.iuse. came f rout tlit tii should be situated below the town, not above it. ®£Kora Street Filling.—The Mayor said the Railway Department was

anxious to have the unsightly hank j removed and the earth would come in ' very useful for filling up the hollows in Rora street. —The engineer said the first bank the Rail.vay Department wanted them to remove was the bank on the far side of the line. The department would put a man in charge of the line. The near bunk could be removed afterwards. The department wanted to put in a line of sidings. He thought it would be as well to do it.— Gr Somervi.Ue moved that the borough eigi-.eer prepare plans and specifications for the removal of the bank and the necessary filling, the Works Committee to have power to act. Cr Stevens seconded, and the motion was carried.

Borough Offices. —Cr Young asked j whether any progress had been made j in this matter. —The Mayor said the j position was that possibly the land at j the foot of the Awakino road, when j made, would be a suitable site for | the offices. His idea was that a : J-acre on the Awakino roal would be \ sufficient to provide earth for widen- j ing the street and the site would do i ultimately for borough offices. Access to Propci ty. —Cr Hardy moved and the Mayor seconded that j the clerk write and ask the Railway j Department for two crossings—one j opposite Lever's road and the other j opposite Iletet's road. —Carried. ;

Uniforms for Fire Brigade.—Cr Somerville said that uniforms were 1 wanted to enable the brigade to attend 1 a gathering of fire brigades. Uni- j forms would help them in being more | assiduous in their practise. He , moved that six uniforms be provided, j —Cr Hardy, who supported the motion i said those gentlemen who were assist- j ing in the work of the fire brigade ; deserved every encouragement. —The j Mayor feared they were outrunning I the constable, but when a member of I the Finance Committee spoke so j strongly he felt he could not oppose, j He had every sympathy with the , members of the brigade, but they | were faced with the fact that they i were asked to spend more than the j estimates. —The motion was carried. : Borough Loan.—The Mayor said ! immediately authority came from ; Wellington, the various committees j would set to work. Until the author- j ity came they would not be justified in \ incurring any other expenditure.—The j clerk said they might expect to hear | within a fortnight at latest. It all j depended on the next meeting of the Advances Board. ;

Wood Pipes for Water Supply.— The engineer said wood pipes had not been much used in Australasia so far, but, in America, mining companies used them. If the wood pipe shown was buried only two feet, in porous soil, it was under the worst possible j conditions, and he would not recom- ; mend it for their purposes, unless j covered to his specificaitons. There j was not a great difference in price j between that and the steel pipps.—Cr j Hardy said the cost was very much ; less- than that quoted, and probably j they could save £2OOO between wood i and steel pipes. j Accounts. -The following accounts j were passed for payment:- -Fire Bii- ; gade Supply Co., £27 18s Sd; rent, ; £2 12s 6d; Green and Colebrook, Ltd., j lis 3d; "King Country Chronicle,"; £5 19s 6d; wages and salaries, £23 ■ 6s; total, £6O 7s lid. !