COUNCILLORS’ COMMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4414, 13 February 1930, Page 3

COUNCILLORS’ COMMENTS.

AT TITE MONTHLY MEETING

Councillors did not demur at paying £lO for a report on the ‘•as works, when it was mentioned that the last one cost twenty guinCr. Lucinsky does not lavoni a pennv wise, pound foolish policy when' it comes to roads and foot-

paths. . , , n Main Street is not. a street at all, declared Cr. Rohinson. It’s !1 (lis ' o-race to the town. ° Foxton is noted for its very hue Main Street, said Cr. Barron, and we have every reason to he proud of it It is one of the best in the Dominion. We should not let it go to pieces now, hut have it properly top-dressed during the coming The estimate to put 20 yards ot metal on Futter Street during the coming year did not quite coincide with Cr. Robinson’s estimate. Why, he said, that’s about as good as I throwing stones along it. And ten vards for Colev Street was quite inadequate. Five hundred at least, were required. The. estimates as prepared were, however, adopted. Cars travel ling down Coley Street get their tyres ripped oft: it the drivers don’t watch out, ICr. Robinson told Monday night’s I meeting. One driver proceeding down this' street the other day had both tyre and tube torn right off his ear through it striking a manhole which- protrudes about eighI teeii inches above road level. Unless the Council rips up its roads and lays down bitumen in a

proper manner it might just as well pitch all its chips and metal over the wharf, said Cr. F. Robinson, when outlining the best'method of tar sealing, on Monday evening. There is a possibility of “Poverty Point,” otherwise known as the local taxi stand, changing sites. Whyte Street, should, be tar sealed up 'to Booth’s garage, and the taxi stand located there, is Cr. Robin-

son’s opinion. We have found that tar and lime will not, mix, declared the road foreman at-Monday night’s Council meeting. Avenue Road was originally lime, and tar sealing work has never been very, satisfactory as a result. Idp not know how bitumen would act on it.” “Well, this should he a good chance for you to

-me,” said the Mayor, as- ho moved ■x:\ • amendment to a motion by Ci. Cowley, favouring patching the ] noth to giving it a proper top dres- ( •; ng: The amendment was carried. i Pa | ohwork ‘methods were favour- 1 t .,l by the'majority of in at least one respect on Monday < night. To do nip footpaths in - Avenue Road would cost £BO 12/fl . for the north side, and £72 2/6 for - the south side, according to estimates submitted. Cr. S. E. Cow cy favoured doing one side properly this year, and the other the next, hnt the Mayor canned the weight of votes when he made the sug„,.st ion that the estimate be cut down to £35 for both paths, which amount will cover cost of patching. Borough fobtpaths and roads are known to the individual (Councillors hv their peculiarities. For instance, iFutter (Street is konwn as ~ S()l .t of brick-bat alley. All the spoil from the Are which destroyed the old Municipal Chambers was deposited on this road, and to-day the chimney bricks arc showing through. Avenue Road footpath is noted° for its potholes—caused by rows being chased up and down it a few hours after it was put down. Johnston and Coley Streets have their manholes— fully eighteen inches above the road level, Cr. Robinson says. iWn Street has ruts fourteen inches deep; Cook Sriee a sheep track for a footpath; Maui Street its humps and bumps, win e tiro top end of Avenue Road is a nice little boulder bed. Such was . the description given these various paths and street_s by councillors at . Mondty’s meeting. _