TERRACE END

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 183, 6 July 1937, Page 2

TERRACE END

DISTRICT INTERESTS. PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION.

Several matters affecting the welfare if Terrace End were discussed at a neeting of the executive of the Ter:'ace End Progressive Association last ’veiling. Those present were Messrs T. \V. Henderson (chairman), F. C. Litchfield, S. H. Snell, H. E. Townshcnd, 3. W. Mills, J. Davidson, F. Robinson, A.. M. Lascelles. J. Blackwood'and G. G. Priest (secretary). Mr H. J. King forwarded his resignation from the committee, stating that because of other commitments on Monday evenings he did not feel that he could give all the time he wished to the association’s affairs. The writer offered his co-operation at all times. — The resignation was accepted with regret. J! UAH INF. STREET CORNER. In regard to a suggestion that action be taken to improve the Ruahine StreetMain Street corner by removing a telephone pole, the town clerk fMr J. R. Hardie) advised that no action was to he taken in that direction, but that it was proposed to remove the traffic dome Oft to the westward side of Ruahine Street and to paint white traffic lines on the eastern side. Oft from, and parallel with, the kerbing. Mr Mills thought that the subject should be reopened, and the chairman expressed the opinion that the changes would not be as effective as could be wished. , The secretary said the City Council had found that a number of other corners in the city were in a similar condition in regard to the presence of a pole. Tf one corner was rearranged then a precedent would have been created. Mr Davidson remarked that the corner under discussion was the worst of them all. Mr Townshcnd said that the pole was very troublesome, but it had to be remembered that it carried a very large number of wires and would therefore be oostlv to shift. Tts presence made road traffic slow down, and on that account was of some value to pedestrians Mr Lascelles sa'd a kerb would have to be bui't in order to keep the motor traffic off the footnatli if the position of the pole was changed. The discussion was not carried further and the letter was received. BRANCH LIBRARY. Another suggestion by the association, that a branch of the municipal library lie established at Terrace End, was replied to by the town clerk, to the effect that unless some guarantee of increased revenue could be given the council regretted being unable to entertaiu the proposal at the present

The chairman thought there would naturally be increased revenue. There was a branch of the Hamilton library at Frankton Junction, and it was most successful. To establish a branch library at Terrace End was quite a feasible proposition. The day had long •since gone when subscribers had to go to the library. To a certain extent the library had to be taken to them. People would not go two miles into the citv to secure their books. Air Priest thought that the matter coukl well be tried out for six months oi so Mr T.aseelles asked how many ol those present would support a municipal branch library, and the chairman said that a large number of Terrace End residents would join, although they would probably retain their membership in private libraries. Mr Lascelles moved that a letter he sent to the City Council pointing out that the means of securing such an increased revenue would l>e to establish the branch library in the district, as people living at Terrace End would not travel into town to secure their rending matter and their membership would be° gained by establishing a branch library. The motion was seconded by Mr Mills, and carried. CHARGES FOR HALL.

The City Council advised that the charges for the use of the Coronation Hall were 3s for the first hour and 2s 6d for each succeeding hour. The chairman thought that the association should not oe charged that sum, because the hall was the property of the city and the association was working for" the good of the dis--1 Ah- Townshend considered that the imposition of the charge was only a matter of policy. Some charge had to be made. The council represented all the citizens, not only tho Terrace End residents. It was decided to let the matter stand over, on Mr Mills’s suggestion, as it was felt that availability of or not of the room now used would he decided in the ensuing month. USE OF GRAVEL PIT.

Replying to suggestions that action be taken to prevent water lying foi prolonged periods in the Railway Department’s gravel pit, the district engineer of the department advised that bo would look into the matter on lus next visit to the locality. Representan ons had also boon made to the City Council that, despite any possible decision of the department in regard to the removal of the railway line to Milson, the council should proceed with the' proposal to acquire the southern end of the pit for recreational pur'i*i,„ town Merle advised that the city engineer and the city curator had been instructed to prepare a report on the cost and design of the proposed layout of the portion mentioned. The conversion of the pit into a playin'l' area had now entered the realms of possibility, said the chairman, the whole position was far more hopeful now than it had lieen previously, in view of the statement that provision iiad been made for the expenditure of £IOO,OOO on the deviation. Air Lascelles thought that there would not be any difficulty in getting the Railway Department to discontinue taking metal from the pit. It was not fair to the city, and the departmental officers realised that. He thought that a deputation should wait on the department to further the association’s aims on the subject The chairman considered that the question should be kept before both the department and the City Council. He was of the opinion that the association should press for the acquisition of the whole pit. Air Lascelles pointed out that the department would not relinquish the p : t if the deviation proposal were nrnceeded with, because the pit would he the most convenient place in which spoil from the removal of the railway tracks in Main Street could he dumped. The suggestion was made by Air Litchfield that the assistance of Air J. Hodgens, ALB., he enlisted. Air Davidson said that the pit belonged to the department and therefore could he sold to private enterprise. Air Townshend thought the gravel road running alongside the railway was a railway road. On that account there was a possibility of the council acquiring the whole block Mr Lascelles moved that the council he asked for a copy of the report

by the city engine jr and the city curator.

The motion was earned and it was also decided to invite a reply from the Railway Department’s engineer giving his decisions on the subject, the chairman reporting that the engineer had already made his inspection.