NELSON BOARD OF WORKS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 142, 14 June 1873, Page 2

NELSON BOARD OF WORKS.

. The usual., fortnighlily^ meeting . ..oUhe. oard of Works was held last night. Present,, all. the .members except Messrs Dodson and Hooper. ' ; Tiiß'JOi-AiR-iA-ir reportedCth'at a (private 5 offer had been made to^him to advance to the Board the amount of their overdraft at, the-Bank 'ii sevi-n' per' o T enti.,» fb_tehU- Vf the Bank rate of eight per cent. Resolved: that application be made -to the-Baok to )™ d .TO' t W[ rat .fJO b3.IGZt77 V/OJJ/. Mr Fell reported that he had that afternoon had a- long; in ter view .witb SDta. > 'Sealy and Boor, respecting the report upon the health and**_H*ritary^ condition of the city, which the medical men of the place had been! asked .to^furnish to thie Board as" Local Board of^, P^Ub. %{ in tbe r opinion of those i^^ntJemVn. i^_wo|*ld be [exceedingly'" dlMcuiiVb o ? btatn^S satisfactory joint^^epor^an^, .t^t -JndjvMual reports of d ifferen t_. se^tions_.of the city t WjOuld ( be. still less satisfactory,. , ,Mr Fell, therefore proposed that Dr Williams be .requested tp (furnish the Board .w^th fucl| c a report, and for that purposo* to be 1 with his consents appointed temporary^-Medica}, Oflicer' rt of the Board, as Local Board \of Health. J^greed^p.^t^^-j £:\ss* Messrß Harley Brothers' tender for removal of t) Weets-_crAp^nk_' r3 dui*ihg !l iU ' ensuing yet\r, for £7 10s., was accepted. v The"SußYßYOit' reported that certain alterations had be.qn made, in Mr Batoe's;: -'premise's, which had satisfied both the 'Surveyor and ( the Insunanbe ttfKoeKhs*' to * the safety of the present chimneys, ' Oy^yAlH. *f -.17/ /rf The Inspector op Nuisances reported that ,Mr Mar tin's'.ch.mneyuwas. s safely /ati&J properly built; also that the nuisance in Ho^B-st'reet f, wjJS l by*sui*fa r cS A w^e? : only, uncontami*jgt^]w^l|Ml»uifeter-houßß or other filth. ' The Chaieman read a letter from Messrs Morrißon,-*&-Sctanders*, offering to Tsp^ndi^flnjlhe road. i|^th@ *fßoardi wpuldn 'undertake the. lest of the w<*€l_, and after-C liw^rds tfl&i^^fteLSfe^fetcaO or a«/.TC 'y After opposition^ from .Mr. WEBB,.and jcon6iderabfe ;, <_.s ! cu__ ion^lV wal K reso_ved, on - !the motionof tMr. -RoßEßTrßimNti-* I *^ That- .• the Board. should accept Hope-street as_a foot\vi.y 'ih 1 accorddi-ce : wit¥ Wfr M_ of J the Act< iprcrvidiadf.tbal' iMessxs 'M-tiriilbn and Sclanders wiU .nay ..half the cost of forming it." w .' * l :' w ' ' The CHAiR_iAN , re / f(6f'ti_d atf orMfrbm Mr Dement to lay asphalte-five* inches thick in front of %e Trflfa|gAr Hotel, A at 4sJd jper yard. C T_& Sfflav_loE lep^edOhaftJa verbal offer $$y*^pp jcefrfyvg^-fygm Mr Waiter Good to do the work for 4s per should* stand over until the gasworks were in operation. WtK[ *^*-^v« '* ,The SuRVEYORHreporTeoT that a weir was Moftak ft6 MaW r P tfiej creeY eroWi-V itfe^r^acr hear Tow's property. Work order^lXoJto&lflone. sThe Boar_l4higp)§djoi*r^e4<a auk