TOWN CLERK’S REPORT.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1496, 13 January 1916, Page 4

TOWN CLERK’S REPORT.

The Town Clerk reported at Monday night’s Council meeting as follows :

“I have the honour to report that the road staff has been engaged as under since last meeting, viz., repairing fence in Harbour street, tarring Main street, cleaning out channels in Main street and Avenue road, filling boles in Park and Russell streets and Avenue road, clearing up the Triangle and track at Victoria Park. Owing to Mr Lewis Wilson not taking the cemetery grass, which was given him at his request last meeting, I had to put the staff on at the cemetery to cut same, and this has been done, and the grass removed. In connection with the tarring ot Main street, I may state that 90 casks of tar were used on the work, but owing to the supply having run out, the work had to be left unfinished. Owing to the amount of rubbish which congregates In the water channels in Main street, and which gives strangers visiting the town a bad impression as to the cleanliness of the borough, I would suggest that the channels be cleaned out more than once a week when they require it. During the coming week, and as soon as the windmill structure has been tarred, and three new crossings put in, the next work on the list as authorised to be proceeded with will be the formation of the lootpath along Russell street from Robinson street to Avenue road, as there is not sufficient tar on hand yet to either finish the Main street or to do the footpaths of Ravensworth Place, Liddell street and Park street.