NELSON BOARD OF WORKS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 194, 2 July 1870, Page 2

NELSON BOARD OF WORKS.

£■ '-':■.;' "v yk. Ki-^h^! •■ ■•- '-i ■ ■ ' •)•- vv Friday, JuLr 1. Present : All the members. - The minutes of'^hß^n^c^iiig^ffieeting-wwe-read- and, . and the Finance Committee^reporiedJtliat'the books had been examined and found correct. , "kXwAIA^ i Oh the motion -of^-M^-fiDDowv^V-Suiiveyori was instructed —to — make-up deflcienees in; Hampden- street, aad cut down the hillinKawaistreet. _. f> j ."•f : 7- r ' r r^s_i_NoTbNfVA£x_Kl.C OT Mr. Haddow movedjthat certain gravelling be : donejn Washington Valley^w^ch^as agreed tp.. . W____E A-STREBTi'-I „ ' : . " ') r l Ci ; Mr. Percy moved—that the Surveyor be' authorised to temporarily repair Wqdmea-street, [ from the Post-office to' Snoii'si-ili; ~ 'Agreed to. CONVEYANCE" OP A" NEW STREET. A letter fronl Messrs." Momson,]Sclaiider_."& Co, was received, announcing f th^hv intention to convey to the Superintended^ a certain street, to be called Morrison-street, 30 feet wide, leading from -Hardy-street to Selwyn- place,- and, -as- a preliminary measure, asking the Board if they would take charge of such street, if so conveyed. ' rMr.- Webb objeet^arb^h^_^^eTbeforC|_ the case of Harper -street, to tEe"*" pracliceJlbf owners of property, handing- oyer anfprm^ptrpets to the 80ar,d. ....He. thp_ugmi,4t'"_jff^'_the &uty_ of persons who cut i, tip /.tneirT^irbp^J^*^. order, to enhance its value, to form and gr^velrthe streets they made before handi_g t .thf_a|j.Qvex r "tp _the Board..* In.thif particular fipst^nce a: rather expensive culvert "would be required.' 'He ijierefbre proposed, r " -That .Messrs. JB^orr,ispn, Sclanders,! 8s Co. be inrormed'.tli^t v 'th'e rß_oaridt iwill .accept the charge of Morrison-street from" the Provincial Government when the road is properly formed and a culyertjbu_.lt.". 7" r Mr. Bi_ic_i ithought'that <as Mihe -Board imposed ratesi<>n;.thqfr outages (to .suelKstreets, $hey should be made up. Harley and Harper streets had been accepted and formedjby theßoard, and they" could~"not"ih jiisticerefuse this application. Mr. Haddow referred to the letter lately received.byihe^BqaidfronijSirDavid, M/rarOjfStatjpg that part bf^lwyn-i/lace'-elctnged' to'tumV' Be: (Mr. Haddow) thoughtrt hat if the Board had J ho leg_l ': rightrPfGO Sfelwyn^placey itbey ;=• were 'hot justified in forming .the street referred to, _as the thoroughfare might aDy day be closed-- -'u? . : J_Cr. Webb said that if the Board-accepted the street before.it was formed, heshould he-prepared to ask the Board to do.-the same thing on his .property. -*--.■. -t^-.- lfnacr -rr-TV>)cn Mr. "Brmf 'thought tMtj the ..Board.^tnig^t meet the applicant's' hair way, J *ahd" proposed' as an amendment to Mn'~Webb^s motion,,that the street be accepted .wtwai a f culvert is* formed in Selwyn place^-, .:-.t->o;t-1 yfii/'/.'.t Mr. Burn's amendment was" carried. by the castirg voFe~o'f r the : Chairman. rfr> ' *- < [ •' °- BISHOP'S SCHOOL. A letter was received from Mr.-Lee, master- of the above school, asking that the ground and building should be released from paying rates, as [it _fra_'f r J>_r_Mxi^erly,Sn<L- -'evoied J exclusively to educational-purposes. Mr. Percy thought T the -Board should set its face against sucn v pickm'g. The;Bishon's .School was'-'aninstfltutibfr scholars, and cotttd'^Mfefore^-Sprd -^o l the fdies, ¥m^9\mfpnV&ie ! kWdl f ;jm^ the sarnie- things •'< He -'movefr'thad ■ J _W'°_je_>.be r . infonried 1 thar-^e ; Bo_rd a idt I( e_tfert_iif the request. Agreed to. . . o '';;' /! '"'"''. . ... SYSTEM OF V AS'sis_3__fSTP. > ''• ir '" ;_ Mr ■ ■ Biic&i in reierrmg't. this Subjiect^postpdned from 1 "last : meetihg^'lbok'" ex_jeptiori f W the report of his reniarks,_i;n i&V'?IBd/his''sail t as (that report left 3 MK'Bur_.;. : ihV;p6^Bessipn ! ;of* the i field; ahd'-gav^"^'''^!^'^^' that ; Mr.J; Bum's | objections were unanswerable. .He dja-'ft'ot Jbjame anydn'ei ' -is- all •iner ] m^_mpprS f #|re^ralk_3^ "i£ dh.ee, rehderiagW <Mposldl_lS;t6 >e^t He toad intended 1 to riiafee '• ih^^nMW^e^ 3^ 5 on this hea<J, but would' waive" thenr-biPthe present. His intention was-that the mode of levying -the ' Tartes-. shQu,l4)ibfi! fjujufgrgty;, ; and f ppt ? the amount of.rajelevipd.:.Hiffwjsj^ediwiatithe;Secretary shojild. Wabble .^p }! j9ljf6^ r ,^e^m^ut,o|i^te ievied' in' ,an^.Bfree.t;or portion of ' ; rMr-.W^^sai^jthat^utd'^'dpheji^er the pj-esenis^s^rij;,;';'^',, \^7^\- '7' 77:.J Mr." Black 'said it'bbuid'no't'be i done.' /With respect to the other motion of which he had given notice, " that a due proportion of the rates should be expended in the district where they were raised;" he referred- tp/MrOßjirpTs remarks at the previoiis. meeting, .as-repor^ed in the Mail,a.ns said they^eeined tbiiriply' that haoney raised in the centre of the town was spent in tbe outlying districts. this point; after the luxuries of lighting, cleaning, watering,,repairing, and kerbing^. had been paid for, he suspected there was not 1 muc&surplus. He would direct attention to a block aoont threefburthsjpf _&;mile |squafe;,7iex<^n"dirig frPi-rßSwai-street tbCthe southern "(boundary, and from Vanguard-street to the, foot of the Grampian hills, in which only' a portion of one street had been parjiailljr gravelled.- () Where had the rates, .gone? They .had been expanded, in the centre of the 'tdwn-^Pr elsewhere. y ;J^ ' r . J_' ' _;. " ' Mr. - BußN T xlid. not come" prepared i&v H _enewal of thedebate of last, meeting- He contended that the present mode was regular and uniform as far as practicable, , .With .regard to Block, JcJ, to which Mr. Black ; referred^ lie . had hurriedly puked out three ite'fns of,, expenditure in one locality ib that district, amounting to £50. Block A, in the centre of the town, was assessed at £269,791, while Hlock F.. -was . assessed at £31,675" 7 :.'..";. .. ; ' .''„*,..;'."... ;"' Mr Percy said that the way in which land was bought and sold was a good "guide for the | assessment. -The outl^ihgjiiistricts owed a debt of gratitude to the inhabitants, of Bridge, Trafalgar, aqd ( ptlVer. streets, where thre--fourthß of the rate was raised. In- the outlying districts | one year's' expenditure would often cpver ten years' rate.. r . :.' •',•'.;....','..;- - 0 "..-,/- r •■•-?.-.'! D v.-.rr In reply to a- question from the Chairman, Sir. Black said he had no resolution to propose. , '--i ••■'WTOBOTHG'- HAVEN _tPAD. ' -Mr. Webb moved, That the.Mirveyor prepare plans and specifications for the above work.