NELSON CITY COUNCIL

Nelson Evening Mail, 23 September 1916, Page 3

NELSON CITY COUNCIL

FORTMIGKTLY MEETING. The fortijlghtly meeting of the Nelson City Council was held last evening. Present —The -Mayor (Mr C. J. ITarlev), Cr~ J. C. fiercer" J. D. Robertson, W. J. Mcflatt, J. B. .Harrison, F. A. Pitt, E. Webley, W. S. Ifa-rnpson, J. Piper, R. Watson. BANK (BALANCES. (Dr. Cr. £ s. d. £ s. d. General Ac. 23.249 0 6 Water Ac. 1.330 17 0 Gas Ac. 4,170 16 11 Interest Ac. 1,846 11 3 Abattoir Ac. 749 14 3 Hospital and 'Charitable Aid 357 15 10 Balance Dr. 30,205 7 3 £30,956 1 6 £30,955 1 6 £ s. d. Cemeteries (Trust Ac.) Cr. 65 11 11 Contractors' (Deposits (do.) 3*9 0 0 Trafalgar Park (do.) 50 14 5 Maitai Lands Purchase Act 700 0 0 Amount owin<r to Bank on Overdraft " £29,505 7 3 £ s. d. Amount of Overdraft at present alowed bv the Bank " 32,000 0 0 Present 'Statutory limit of Overdraft and Temporary Loan 33.198 0 0 PAYMENTS. Payments were authorised as follows : • " £ s. d. General Account 1078 19 11 Gas Account 1725 6 4 Water Account 650 5 5 Abattoir Account 227 14 4 Cemeteries Account 18 2 9 Total £3700 8 9 C ORREiSFONDENCE. Amongst the letters dealt with were the following : From Under-Secretary Public Works Department, declining to exempt We"ka street, from section 117 of the Public Works Act, 1908, as a 50-feet street was desirable there. —Referred; to Works Committee: From Town 'Clerk, Motueka, requesting permission for City Engineer to consult with Motueka Borough Council re road machinery.—Granted. From Mts S. Blick, Brook street, offering to erect cart bridge over creek outside her property if Council will give 'her two stringers.—Accepted. From Mrs M. M. Oalder, requesting removal of fence on Council property preventing access to her premises, Queen"s ( Drive.—[Referred to Worklj Committee, Engineer to report. » From Mrs Hoi-ton, requesting permission to 'graze cows in Hastings street. — Declined. From Mr J. Piper requesting ths Council to accept a deposit of £25 for maintenance of a to L. McLean in the Wiakapuaka 'Cemetery. —Accepted. From Oerk Waimea County Council inviting the Council to join in a test case re deposit of spoil in the harbour. — Dealt with later in the meeting. From Secretary Marine Department stating inability to send an expert to Nelson to"confer with the City Engineer and County Engineer as to deposit of spoil in the 'harbour, and stating that the dispute was one that should be left to the local bodies interested to settle. From Assistant-Under-Secretary Department of Lands and Survey as to cutting of trees on public domains, and asking that the Council consult with the Department before cutting trees in domains.

From Commissioner of Crown Lands as to ere,tion of latrines m Government Buildings grounds, regretting that tne Council could not contribute to the cost From Mr A. Ford, offering his services aa consuming gas engineer.—Received. From 'Mr J. Sadler, requesting assistance for repairing wash-out, Brook street. -Proportion of the £25 previously granted bv the Council to apply to this case. From Mr A. 'B. lOresswell,, requesting use of Council Chambers for jubnee chess tournament with Christchurch—GrantFrom Mr R. Hiaase, requesting the Council to remove a pipe cohveying ;stormwater on to his property, St. V n,ent Street • also asking- thai, the Council put in two more 18in. pipes to allow him to nil up umightlv hole; further, ottering the Council a strip of land 10ft. frontage to St Vincent street at, £6 per foot Referred to Works Committee, ■ From the Itev. J. H-. Mackenzie, forwarding correspondence from the TJnderSecretarv of internal Affairs referring to The' Belgian Otelief Fund, the important point being that Nelson province stood alone in not pay in- quota to help Belgium The Under-Secretary stated that £l27' was required 'to complete Nelson s September quoto.-Referred to Finance Committee.

WORKS OOMM-mSE'-S- REPORT. The Commit/tee reported, inter alia : On letter from residents Queens Road reWtiins? repairs: That the road be pXh'dandX wheel ruts filled B wjg river gravel.—As to widening Rocks Road: That on account of the expense the Committee is not .favourable to the proposal, but has no objection to a loan noil of the ratepayers being taken provided the Waimea County Courunl is also willing to take a poll of their ratepayers. Amended to term* of 'Finance Committee's report.—As to removal of debris from Rocks Road : That Mr Dunn be offered Is 4id per yard for removing the debris, the Council reserving the rrghWo remove anv of. the spoil that it thanks fit. _\s to Inspector of Nuisances report re rubbisli on -North Road: That the roadway be fenced off leaving an opening; ioi pedestrians. Referred back to •Committee a footpath be formed across the railway provided the Railway authorities will give their consent.—As to nuisance Parere street: That proceedings be taken to have the nuisance abated. The Mavor di:d not think tie proposal to build another wall art a cost of £IU,WU should be gone on with. The expense, in his opinion, was not justified^ ICt Hiampso:i moved that as the CoTin'cil had. made provision for removing the spoil the Council was not disposed to join the Waimea 'County CounAl in a test case. , . , Or. "Webley seconded the motion, which was carried "unanimously. 'The report was adopted as amended.

FINANCE .COMMITTEE'S REPORT.. The 'Committee reported :—As to Rocks Road • That the matter stand over until «uch time as the (Railway Department is approached with a view to sharing the cost of widening the road and bringing the railway along same.—As to swimming baths: Th'at the matter stand, oyer until the question of the Maitai lanas has been finally settled. Adopted. EN'GIXHER'S REPORT. The City Engineer (Mr J. <J. I.ittleiohn) reported: — . _, , Streets and Footways.—Repairs to Collincrwoodi street and some patching in Tasman street have been proceeded with. The culvert across Brook! street at Andrew's has been put is. and repairs to. lane off St. Vincent street have been completed. I propose to start tarring operations next week. Drainage.—Two of the o.d sewers became blocked' with willow roots and two of the new sewers with debris brought down by the re.'ant flood A jor:t in the 1 delivery pipe of No. 2 ejector blew out and caused the flooding of the ejector chamber. It was necessary to pet the ' steam pump to work in order to get the chamber clear. Plans have been preparI ed for the ■■proposed- new sewers m Alton street and Van Diemau street. _ Water • The service has remained satisfactory during the past fortnight The main in Vanguard street was split, and nn Collinmvood street bridge a joint was found to"be leakiu- badly. A number of services -which became blocked with, debris have been cleared. Places of Public Relation. —Hanbj Park has been cleaned up and the bridge leading thereto is being re-erectedi Miscellaneous.—Five building permits for work valued at £1793 have been issued. ABATTOIR REPORT. The Abattoir (Manager (Mr G. W. Mitchell) reported the following statement oi the stock slaughtered diunng the tortnirrht:—63 cattle, .11 calves, 833 sheep, 8 lambs, 23 pigs ; total. 938. Two sheep and one pig - were condemned.

GT^ERA-Tj. An application for a. motor driver's license was refused. _ •Cr. Moffatt said it was time the broklen sewerase pipe across the GVlaitai in Trafalgar street wns attended to. There was a constant discharge of sewage into the river The present state of affairs should not be allowed to continue, and he moved

that the matter be attended to immediatelv. The City Engineer said there was eight feet of water at ,the spot. ine j-i.-yor agreed that the matter should bo 'attended to at once. The work must be done, no matter what the cost. . „ t. Moffatt's motion was curried. The Engineer reported that the timber required in connection with the extension of chains along Wakefield Quay was coming to hand. •Cr. Webley asked if the new drainage works provided for the east side of St. Vincent street? The 'City Engineer replied in the affirmative. The Council rose at 9.30 p.m.