BOROUGH WORKS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1989, 12 June 1919, Page 3

BOROUGH WORKS.

ROAD FOREMAN’S REPORT. At Monday night's Council meeting’ the monthly report oC the road foreman, as follows, was submitted: —During the past month Ihe road stall' has been engaged in carting and spreading metal in Main and Robinson Street* and Norhiton Road; taking up old pipe culvert and limbering hanks of drain’ in Spring Street, and clearing growth from water channels in Wharf Street. We have also mixed a small ([imntity of tarred metal and patched the holes in Main Street opposite the new shops, hut have been unable to mix enough for the footpaths owing to the metal not drying. The metal is coming to hand fairly well from both contractors. We shall soon have finished Alain Street, and it will be necessary to give the broken metal there a good blinding before it gels cut nj) with tralfic, I propose to put part of the balance of Belmont metal along Avenue Road, starting from a few chains beyond Johnston Street, and coni inning to Main Street. With the river metal I suggest finishing Norhiton Road, filling in centre of Purcell Street and repairing Lady’s Mile and Baker Streets. —The Mayor said the Public Works Committee considered that clay would lie most suitable for blinding. He had interviewed Mr Spoil's in reference to getting some clay from his property beyond Mr Nye’s mill, but he declined to allow the Council to lake it from there. It might he advisable to agaiu approach Air Speirs and endeavour to buy a small piece of the land for a clay pit. —The report was adopted.