PALMERSTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 69, 27 August 1879, Page 2

PALMERSTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

',-'• WBD»I!ikD!iT,VAtTOTST 6, 1879. ■■■■• ■■■•■ '.'< '. '■:■ '.''. '•_,'.' \- '" " . ." -^ : ' Hii. ■Worship tliejMayo^knjS Councillor*, From the Town Clerk of inti-. mating that the plans for the new hospital, ■were completed, and seating that the delo-^ gates from the various bodies' %ere to meet on the 14th of July. r ; " r '" ;' ; ' ' " , From ; the~Qlerk of the Manawatu County ; Council, m reply to a letter re the stal* of, tlieManawatu Bridge, and cn^loiing the. following resolution passpd at tht Council :. -—'VThat this Council is filling to niakttheT joint - representation requWtid .by th». Paimerston'North Cow^aL From the : Public Works Pepartment, with respect to the same,, acknowledging theT receipt of a letter from the Sproiigb. Conn-^ cil oil ths matter. In reply' We. Knowles wrote ;^-* c Notwithstandin'g lH»tf 'labor is' plentiful, as you »ay, the Minister i« unable' to comply with.* your request, it* not being , considered advisable ip paint, while th«^ timber ii m tht soaiadßtar^ it mrambly i» during the winter."*^ • " .•' - j .' Frota Mr, acting as .counsel for. Frank' Lawrence, making' *ji 'demind for. £13 '9s. 6d., for injuries through" alleged carelessness of a contractor whllo, executing some work for the Corporation. /TFr,om Colonial Secretary/s offioe, m . reply to a letter calling altention to ■' th^ delay which has : taken place m the' reservation'of land promised to the Borough ofPalmersto^, i^tima^ipg "that *ilj had beer£ referred (p the' Cro^n Lands Department. From the , General Crown Lands' office, touchipg the »am^ matter, an 3 intimating" that a» Pulmerston* North has already bad' land .reserved for-it,"under the prpVjsions of; the Municipal Corporations "^.ct, 1876, by Order-in-Covincil, fhe"9^li STection of tht. Municipal Corporations Act .Anwndmenf Act, laiS, _|precludfid n^jfvx^we reierva-"' tibn of the y^aste Lands pf (hVC^vn being made for the Borough. " ***•'=> From the Borpugh Solicitor, f« Lawrence's claim, and advising thf Corporation' not tq. satisfy it, as the Council wa» not' mponsi«_ ble for the act of the- cpntractor, unleis tha. Engineer authorised thr act- complained Qf. . L '■: ? ■■'.-' BOKOTOH BHBBVE; ; " Moved by Councillor Limtok* seconded by" Councillor CpiBHAKr-"That the por»; tion'of 'the reserve op the east side of Fitz«. her bert street (excepting ten acres on rives, bank, which is 'reservtd. for •anitary purr, poses} be cut tip into, Bay, ten-acre sections and submitted to public auction (bb- follows) ' that the whole 6f the rent be paid m ad vance, twenty per cent, cash down, and tha. < balance m thrte an^ "|ix months, without intereßt,"-^rCarried. ' ' ■"■'; * ."/• I beg to submit'the following report for Work done, and the state of st^Mts m thf. Borough' of Palmerston. ' ' ' BEFUGB BIT. According to your instructions I cars made a roadway made to the refuge pit. The said pit is situated on the Borough^" Eeserre, n«ar the "Manawatu Eiver and

>bout five cHkm§ off the east side of FifczjbLtrbert; ifcreet. The pit is now ready for We. ' ■ '.' ,-..;.■'' ; , DBAINAGE PROM SQTTABB. . The contract for thii work is finished, ,and the drain answers the purpos* for frhich. it was intended, the various corners .the Squar« bting comparatively dry. sj^e General. Q-overnment is pushing on irith the improvements and alterations to £he centre streets through the Square. During the pr^gjriss of this work, I (with .thoconsent of th« Mayor and Public Works ; Gommittee) have had a quaqtity of earth parted to Carrolfi corner to fillip the pond J»ar the Clarendon Hotel. '" MANAWATIT BRIDGE. Since my lait report there have been seve♦alh«avy freshtts m- the Manawatu River., which have occasioned a certain amount of jroTtk through fringing logs down theriver, ,»nd said 1 tgs catching on the piers of the tridga, and also m some cat«B striking the cut-water planking, and carrying some wriji ■- At two^-of the piers, 1 am- aorry to •ay, the cutr water piles are broken through, \ heavy timber j striking . fair. o» th« same. The bridge should be protected with fen- j <d«r cribs, built from; forty jto fifty Uet up. |itream from fchV pwrs. About three of theseJendtrcribs would bt sufficient. SECTIONS. r I hate, .according to instructious, prepared sections' and specifications for footpath to Amesbury and Broad strpefcs, and lor drain" from Terrace street. aSApiNO AT BOTTNDAET. j The contractor for' grading, j&c.,. : on the Palmtewtari-iJorge^^lload'has left" his wbrk tinfinithed. , I "wduld . 'recommend calling for tenders tc 'fiaish; : the m about a fnonth's time; ! '- 1 ' ' ; ' ; '■■' ''"'' \ "■:/"■'' " ":' "gbiteeai. • :." \ \ .. : ,I have had th« culY©rt,phiced^in;the side ditch "at the'junotion qi Churei}. and Mtzfierbtrt streets. '. ; -.-'.-. > ' '•'.' \. I would call your attention to the rotten state of » culy«rt at Terrace End, near the ihaih railway crossing on the PalmerstonOorge. Eoad. : ;Thiß culvert ii. m .fcjie side ditch oh the north ,j}ldQ qf the, road, and fnade of old matai 'tramway rails? These fu^e getting rptten, *nd breaking m.. I •yrSurd"Vugg«st tnatthe attention of the Eailway authbzitiea Be dxa wn to this or pro'iably some serious accident may occur. I have instructed M'Carthy, to dp certain repairs to the ' road npar tKe cattle, .pens at Terrace End. The' heavy sleeper carting has c it up this part of the road very badly. Marritt and "Co*. Eave ' nearly comp,l«ited their contract pf.; the fprmatfon of Church jpitreet. Th« bush felling m Ferguson stree t .it finished; and^that; behind; {Mrl M'l^eil's |)rpperty i§ started. Ep.admen have been employed clearing out water tables, and m .doing reports to streets ; also fixing several low drains were required. -- .. BESERVEB COMMITTEE'S BEtOBT. ; : *'We, your Reserves Committee, m accordance with instructions from the Council, have instruoted~Mr. <3-. M. . Suelson to jqfEer for .sale, on the 9bh instant, the leases jpf the • remaining portion of , the , To wn Reserve, on the east iide of Fitzlierbert street, inblocks of from ten to twenty acres each, for a period of tw.enty-one, years, placing a yeserre of ten shillingi per acre fpr the first eeTemyearS, : and 1 requiring 1 * deposit /: of ten per cent, at th» timt of sale. , , ' ; " The coriditwns "of lease will "be similar to those portions already disposed of, with j tha, exception ; that three - years will he alIpwefl for faUing and fencing. : • '• •' ' ;^'^^© have further given instructions for the preparttion of, the leases, to ibe executed fcj'ifessri. Brightw.elf andrWellerman." ;.; ■; JTOJLKB COMMITTEES 1 KEPOBI. "T«We, your Public Works. Committee, have" the honor to report that we instructed J;he Engineer tq cause \ culvert to be made |iitj;h"e junction of Ferguson and Fitzherbert «treetßV- : This work has be«a completed' by the daymen. ;..-„. . ; I" Wt have, also accepted a tender from J. jC/.-Nathan, forfpotpath,- m Broad street, reanji , other i. ; f or the simdf'jßlCfr'S.s., subject however to the ponditions that the condition that the seyeral contributories paid the. »h^re falling to thorn, prevloW'io ' iK«t Tfp'rk b'pirig commenced. -. ' "We al^o have accepted thittander of J. C NaUian for fpoJpathciCAniesburyOstreet :