BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 5, 4 June 1885, Page 2

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

LAST NIGHT'S MEETING. Present — Tiio Mayor, Crs Larcmib, Hawkins, Bock, Hutchcson, West, Grace, Abrahams, and Park. i COKHKSI'DNDKNCK. From Bank of Australasia, as follows : — 1 understand Mr Linton proceeds to Wellington sometime during this week, and I would suggest that he and the Town Clerk be deputed by you to wait on Mr Morrah conejrninj' your contem- j plated Loan of £50,000. Many questions are continually arising, difficult to explain by letter, which may possibly be got over m the course of conversation. It is by no ineatw sure that your present arrangement regarding the Borough's oxisting liability of £10,000 would be favourably contemplated by investors m London. After some debate a resolution sanctioning the proposal was cirriel. From W. T. Wool, asking for a share of the Boron eh work. : Resolve 1 — 'Ch it the Borough - blacksmithing W'l-'c be tendered for. From L) :.viddie, Walker, and Co., Napier, offering to print debenture forms and coupons on certain specified terms. Declined. From A. D. Willis, Wanganui, offering to print coupons for the. sura of £10. Offer accepted. From ratepayers resident m that part of Ferguson-stret between Princess and Alexandra streets, asking to havo it gravelled. Referred to Public Works Committee. From J. Milverton, re certain alleged inaccuracies m a previous letter, read to the Council, and asking to have certain correspondence and extracts from former engineer's report read m the Council. It was decided to comply with his request at next meeting. [ REPORT. Meeting of Finance Committee, June 2, 1835. Present — Crs G. F. Hawkins (chairman), W. Park, and S. Abrahams. Correspondence — Letter from Under Secretary of Li i Is, m reply to query as to advertising^'^ of reserve. An offer was received fvnm the Standard for advertising abitv--. Resolved — '!'•» advertise m both newspapers eve:v Saturday during three months from li'-j. i Resolved— That the offer of the Standard to advertise the same for £3 be accepted. A letter was received rrom Mr Gr. E. Hawkins, applying for expenses m connection with taking ths poll for loanl Resolved — That he be ; ; requested to furnish details^of the said claim. Resolved — That the following accounts' be passed for payment : — Roadmen's wages, £39 ; sundry wages, £5 14s ; Town Clerk, salary two months, £33 6s 8d ; H. Moffatt, lighting, three months, £14 8s; F. Hiine*, poundkeeper, : onemonth, £8 6s 8d ; T. J.ordaa, ranger, oie quarter and 20 days, £6 2s 3d; I. 0.. W. Kochler, custodian hall, £3 ; advelr-' tising, two months, £24 7s 6d ; Milverton and Sons, horse feed, three months, £12 Bs. 7d ; A. Ferguson, material, ■ £8! Cs lOd ; Constable Manning, Mra O'Crien rations, £11 17s lid ; J. C; Nathan, oats, £11 15s lOd ; W. Park; stationery, £7 0s) 7d ; Perrin and Oakley, work at pound, £5 15s 6d ; A. R. T. Haultain, returning officer's fee, local option, £2 2s ; Wanganui hospital, proportion staff expenses, £4. 135; J. P. Leary, printing, £8 18s 6d ; Library Committee, sundries, £37 18s 9d. Total, £245 2s 7d. - i Resolved— That the Town Clerk be authorized to employ clerical assistance^ for three or four days to make out rate 5 * notices. Minutes of Public Works Committee, May 28. Present — His Worship; the Mayor, Crs L. G. West, A. H. WylUs, E. Larcotnb. -......;•••; Resolved— That the Forema'n«bt Works be instructed to have the three chains asked for by Mr Nannes/ad put injhand. Resolved— To recommend to the Council that the formation of streets be atj once commenced m each ward, and the representatives of each ward be asked to furnish to the Public Works Committee a list of the most necessary works inf their respective wards. ' ! _, ; Resolved —To recommend to the Council that steps be taken to obtain the necessary power m accordance ;' with clause 3 of "The Municipal Corporations' Act Amendment Act 1834 " to clesir the two natural water courses of thejtown, viz., the Kawau and creek under the Terrace. ■••'•■■.• i Resolved — That Mr J. P. Armstrong be requested to furnish, the estimates and leve's as agreed, without, delay) and that he be asked to slate what price he would charge per mile for plans and specifications for formation 'of • Streets. : Resolved — To recommend to theCounriil -that applications be.in-vited irojn persons willing .to undertake the duties of Foreman of . Worka m; connection' with the loan expenditure. ; Resolved — T4iat it. be recommended to the Council that the metalling m Ftiather-..stone-street be continued to Lombardstreet, a distance 'of two or three chains. Resolved— That :the Council be tecom-r mended to expend a' sum m testing as to whether aa artesian supply of water can: be obtained. j • Recommendations adopted serviatim. FOREMAN OF WORKS REPORT. Works attended to. Metalling m Cook-street to Ferguson-street,: 18£ chains, taking out a culvert lacrosse Church-street, metalling 10 chains iii Church-street, made a start m! Pittstreet. Ten chains more m Cnurchstreet require to be done, which wjlltake 10 days to complete with one dray, and from Pitt-street to Mr Powell's m Fer-guson-street will take much longer with one dray from Grey-streefc pit,unless the Council allows me to take the .gravel from the pit m Fitzherbert Road for this piece of work ;. but if wet weather set m carting metal could not be done. It would take this month to complete those two jobs without North -afreet. The two drays would be put on this street when a start is made, and it would take about three weeks to do, there being a long distance to cart the metal. The entrance of North-street had been* repaired and made good, also Broad-street and Rangitikei-street, and a few! loads at the approach of the bridge on Boundary Road, and the culvert completed across Boundary Road. An old culvert near Mr Flyger's store, Terrace End, had been taken out, kerbing placed and footpath made for about 2 chain?. That piece of work was to have been done during the last 2 years, and it was m such a most filthy state that nothing else could be done to it, but it is now a permanent job. Part of the hole on the opposite side of the road had been also filled m. One or two crossings for ratepayers had been made. The footpaths m the Square required screened gravel, aB they are getting very bad m places, they could be done with other small jobs when metalling could not be done. A bridge m Vogel-street had collapsed, and had been left m a very dangerous state which might have caused a serious accident. It had' been temporarily repaired until permission could be got to procure new timber for decking for the bridge, the stringers of which were still sound. Complaints had been received from owners of sections In Church-street complaining of the water from the Square running into the pit from Main-street, then crossing Church-street and an to their land. Inspection had proved that grounds were found to exist for the corn* plaint, and it was suggested that the :mly way to prevent the nuisance comiila'nod of was to block up the cnlvert at iho mouth m Church-streot, and let the [rater remain m the pit until the drain-

age is done, but was left for the Council to decide. Report received, the matter of drainage and bridge m Vogol-street to be referred to the Public Works Committee. INSPECTOR OF NUISANCES. I have inspected throughout the town and I find that alter the rain the a great many places are very dirty for the want of drainage, but ot course I get them to keep their places' as clean lis Tliey can. Of course there are no ways and means for' them to get away their drainage, and it -would not do for- everyone- to have cesspits m their yards or else the water will not be fit for use>; I hope that before long everyone will have proper drainage from their places, which is . most important. All closets ha«s been attended to very well up present time. POUNDKEEPEB'S RKPORT. Impounded by ranger 05, by property owners, 181, ouside tin borough, 85, total 332 ; fees received. £31 4s la; paid to unpounders, £3 0s 61, to county ranger £4 7s, Manawatu Road Board, 4J2 4s 6d, total £9 12s. Total amount received .£2l 12s Id. Notices 12s 6d, poundage fees to poundkeeper 85 head of cattle from Boad District, at Id, 7s Id, total 19s 7d ; MO 12s 6d , driving fees to ranger, £3 Is ; balance to borough £17 lls (3d ; advertising to pay i'l iQs. [The reading of this report caused considerable merriment among the Councillors.]