REPORTS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 216, 7 August 1884, Page 2

REPORTS.

.'-,' r FINANCE COMMUTES, iT ; .' Your committee mot on Wednesday.tta v 3oth, day :.pf Jj^ly, and found, that, the estiraate/l revenue fpr.^e current year (jiilopfced May 19j HB§^, ; before .the present .Council took office). wi,il amount m vound numbers, ; to r , £1765, arid the estimated exjjencji^ tuve including an item of difajft.'to be liq incited t £Sp3s; the total expenditure thus invo'l virig . the , necessity of an brovdraft aruounting to £1450. The overdraft qf £1251, ? , we were informed the Bank autbiorj-. ties .will not under any circumstances ■■. allow to be increased, consequently, shoulifcthe expenditure reach the, full, j amount anticipated a lain. ...of . will have Been expended m exdess of the paying power .of the Council. •< Tho sums of L49oset do>ynifoi*.dayj .labour, arid material, and LIQS seti down t'ur contingencies are the 0n1y... •prpp^.seil ayailabl(} Quirts fpr.expeudiworks- including muiiiienance_ horse-feed, wages and material^ dvu;?,, mg -'tlie present financial year. The' LI 05, however, inoludod m the last |ttragra,ph will-ntJt be available unle^i' the 'is iricreased byi that iuraount^rSOfthat; jh .fact v the^ spejndiusr .powieivofthie.iCouncil^il b| yirtaal]y . limited to L49o. ;; , This state, ; pf fiaance: pre3umeß tbal»the items of ej6 pen ditu re ..set down m the estjirqate XBB/HBBS vbofore.,. referred tj> are ;act uajly expendeif for ( th©^putpqse^ Bpecitietd. , However, .ifc appeals m the. ieHtimate; that a sum ; of Ll2O is n ' set aside,, for interest on a ; support- ' titioua, overdraft. 0f,it»1450,: consequently,,.the, overdraft allowed : being only Llssliias abQvejneutiqqe^lhis item ! will be :r-ed.uoed byj about Xi^O' which aunai might „be( appropriated^ for public woqkiJii h It i >ri\l ithup' .bd '^epn that the utmost economy must' be cxer^secLatid'jb^aj; ; ewerg&nQy works can qiily be- provided for by ourtailingj rateably the sums:; sefci down fcjr the various purposes throughout thp e3ti.mates, f ? ■•'' •■' . ' ! :; ' ! - :l n ,Q.:J Hawkins, -■* Ohairmah. Cv Abrahams pointed out further deficiencies m revenue as also did Cr itawkins, >who showed that no amount whatever was available 'for extra woiks. JReporb Tecoived and adopted. ■':.■■''■ '" i We have tliQ h,onqu.r-''tq repovt that since last "meeting*, on thej we visited the section owned by. Air. Carroll on Boundary Road, an 4 have to state that -l}i& app^pa.tjqnifbr a dvam/and cpntinuatiqij 4 qf roa<J formation is a work very much needed.' m tht}fc. quarter, aJi M!r Carroll is really at 'this time barfed out from his seer- , tiou, .an^as he (Mr Carroll) pi'opQses i -to ! burnish the funds necessary we ! recommend that tenders be called for . the work "required as soon as the. weather Wijl pferinit it to b& <We< We alsd h'nva J t6 f state thai : we ins^ec^ed the site of Mr Milv6rton. s frontage and recommend that the footpath ' be 'raised about 9 ; inches fthd 'graded » ddjvn to eatili . diyeptijon' aii^ tqai a rj crossing qyer ! cuVvert be placed, and also that the rotfd m froht'of building be graded down to water table. In response to letter from Mr Ferguson, attached, m; our opinion the offer is very i-ea-*---sona. We arid'Mf tlje ifrorfc' required thepqn ; bfi pqasib.le t y q compete. by; ; (t>y. laWu|:, we rec.omm,e.nd, that it be dove as soon as pqssible. wp .also ■ yecqn]inend that thq water tables- m/ jPugherbe.rt-street* between College^ • Bt] % ee^. and park !^o!«d, be graded go as gpf. r|d f]f the' ptqrm water accjjnfulates periodically ; that a cuiver.t be placed hv Collese-stieet West, acrps^ OQokrstireßtjSO ft?} to CQnneg^ the fiwfl idpAinj?. \^jtl} yev e f e i T f^oP ! -tO. fa^Mhi applipati^ftiipm jgertain resi-

dents of Pitl-street and others Yadjoin- ' ing re placing a. lamp at gravel pit, ; we think that the rates .derived frrim that quarter wpulr} Hot Warrant us in' recommeuding the cxpenditiuio at • present, but would suggest thaV tlie present fence be" nxored out to obviate : any danger. F. Straiford. E. LAHCOJiB. Enclosure from Mr A. Ferguson. "I would be very much obliged if you would kindly, have .^pnj^th.iiig*don,e I,J;1 ,J;o l , the road and footpath m front of "my private residence m Main-street, ftoni Alexandra-street to the^eud . of ;,nyf oiil\'" a ■"distrt'iic'e "of some- ' whore about six chain*, and; if you wo li Id get the road metalled and footpath properly curbed and made I „»*,ould.be glad to payjthe ,^yjbole At the, cost of the two chains m front of my ;o,wn -property, whkih iwo'frld be about one-third of the entire cost iof the job." : ' ! ' Report receive^., . •la\\ fl j Resolved that the woWspetjified m ftheiKeportj^n! front ot^Klverton's, be be done by day labour as s|r>ou '&) practicable. Resolved that the Ddnv^ am Board be permitted ! t6 Remove the fence batk 1 whefe v th.e J giavel ;pit m enc'rbached jon the stree^ and rendered the street dan11^ ;; "'' J i^- \ . FUTURE WORKS. ...... Gjt T^awk^tts^movedr and Cr WegV, seconded, That ihe^balance ;riow° m hand, or 'unappropriated, of: theisum of £490 set" down m the estimates shall be appropriated solely for maintenance of present roads and wprlcs, ,and that no new work be undertaken utitil the means out of present re"venue for other purposes .shall be conf siaSreH'or sbine general s^ncjbie be ad-f6ptedl)y-the OoWneil.-. >' FoJ tihe resolution the tnover, Crs Wray, West, and ; Abrahams. ' ; Against, Crs Manson, Larcomb and theMa|ybr. -'" ■;■ - . Gv Oalton defelirted to vdip and left the table. Afcbfcioh carried 1 . | : :'. ' .:.'.■■ .«■.; .> '... .'■■., A ,;.'.;- , ; . i ,j ; , NSB KOTOB; OF JflTO, ,<,XS. '• ! There chains uiore bad been done rin the Oollegejstreet drain, so as to get an outlet for the .watery also five j •■ chains of metalling m. Coob Btre8 ttre t) - J «ides • cleansing rbubi water tables, and piokmg down jiWes'of n-o.ads to| allow ; the water 1 ta';flowi>off •ithp'jrSti'Bet. Patching- had been 'done jon plainstreet und iFoxtorii Line.;, There is much m ' the way of ; repairs yet to bedone,' in &ct more • than one dray can mana<re< The last ispun of the Manawatu Bridge requites screwing "up, and piers are getting scoured out. A punt is needed fop wArkiu^ under the bridge m clearing, away the logs, and placing largo stones round the piles to .secure their saifetyi.; It was 'that the existing right of way* froni Cuba>acroet; to X>'filemiin y Place he fenced off, and also near tlfe Public Hall to: savo; damage* to the" 'footpaths. : "(Complaints of people crqp-i sing watw-tables.to unfenced.seetipnsi fiwpiild-ouly' be. removed by fencing the sections. / Aiculveet at ifchecbroiwliig''' near tW'- State school requires, lengthening, as theorossingi had been raat|e i, wider by : the .Railway- .Departn^Jt, ..without a, corresponding .extension of ;the culvert. ■.: ;.- ; r .>f .' '• ' : " [ i 'H»?B : B«VJBS''obitMll ; iEfe t Iv. - v " Yo,nr commit^e- jnet on ,"" '$vAyffi I,BB4.^' T|e^ 'of reserves Vested m the t)6iin6il V was -'iai'd i before tne conaitiojlis uj)on, )f which" tiiey have been leased^' ( 'the knJiual rentHl • and * amouhil' ' in ', arrears. CQuditions ' appear to Have been 'conscientiously, qarbied. out far as^ tliey have m'atureci to the "preseut 'time, and : 'the 1 -rent fs-witn' slight ex-' ceptions t punctually paid 1 . Qne^^secv. tionj , wHicli'lv jigt j^wia" m 'th^o list dated March" ol as Tea^e rancelled, we are informed, has again l>een let, but thereis a quDsiibfias to whetHer the wiljtaojopesk tQiswJghjiravr from his contract.__ j . .„ - .INSPECTOR Q5 .NUISANCES. \ >-* , removal bHwo aead ppws at" HokowhitUj in> reference to which a formal compljiint been seat, had" Tln&n&C&ifdt&'Qi3 JJQ. rear of Mr George's butcher's premises hail been cleansed as " ' .'," ! n'i iv i----j ':'■■:> 'r-lff .Tii.is.'Ji < r ;/,\ j q r MB CABBOLL'S APPLICATION.' *^ I. .. ;o\'Oß[^wk^iw;iu»tea!thkt the sum of L2O set-down as surplus intetesti .he devoted to. the expenditure {m the . work . applied. . f<w -ofcgri jMrHQrtvvdll? .Negatived. ... y, ;••;-. j i.-.i.11' J . . Th,e. .tqqt^on jtlfa* : the-- worb applied .£w by . W> Oft Moll landi.forx whiichf ohfe 1 offers to find the money, (being his rates for 1885) was granted, on division, teuderp: to 1 bp called for -Ah 0 " work at once. , : ): -.. \ Or Hawkins recorded , his protest againsb the action of, the Council. j on ■ the ground, as he aljeged, that it jre- \ secinde I a resolution just passed beL fore - "." "/.; ... jm-i-i MISCELLANEOUS. ! Cr West proposed and Cr H4wki^B ; — Xhnjt, ft ;«felspt. eamin.i^e!,^ „ po.n^i>j^go4.Pfß, liiircomjj, t 4brp,hams, ai;d,the mover be appointed t(O consider the preheat. Cnancial eng'agemen.ts of the:ißorpugh ; aqd]r^|iipi^ ( at.nextmeetins;, , ; , i , . patter o,f, U\e acrewing up of Ba^gjlikei B,'ridge refevved tpjßa^lic r orks Gomrnittee: ..... ,; ! , Spovitinjn roiind the b;a,jl, atj.-t^ price .offered „ by , ( ([)..,, Biritfge , .was" ordered .to Jie done, .^t the- suggestion of the f :>layor. „'..,,•, ■ ; Mr F. Jens«en to be requested ; .to act as Treasurer to the borough, . .jiMr^ Reeling' appointed JRetjirningj. Officer for the four wards. ,; The following accounts were passed for payirient. [ -wages, L3.Bi 7«; Town (^fekv r EI6S' K§s 4fK: Pou ndjeen^r, , Ijs\ : hvmp:lig!ting, t4'l7s 8d ; Ranger, JGS 2d- ; advertising^ L 5 3s ;jW,anganui Hospital, L 3 l^s Lid ; 4£ty^-] \ ton and Son, ±j3 \§£ 6d ; nightman, 12s ; if. P. Leani; tl3 16s jWj gaf.% , L 2 17s;. Trust and. Loa,n Cortp^ny, f , cbmmis'i?ipti on>d«JbenWtJes;|l^ j^s''3,d,i Wqqdj'qo^B, • Wo,olcock and Hp^- , in}?, LV *^s. <1 ;i- -'.rljvH -Meeting ac^fitlrn.eil tftl "Wodiiesday 2Qth Ai^gnatj-jf v/,< : HA"? T" : , ri 5,,