BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1172, 11 October 1882, Page 2

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The usual meeting of the above was held last evening. Present—His Worship the Mayor, Crs Brown, Townley, Clayton, Tucker, Tutchen, Whinray, Clarke and Ferris. MINUTES. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE. The outgoing correspondence was then read and approved. INCO MI NG CORRES PONDENCE. A letter was read from Mr Knowles, Secretary for Public Works, stating that iu compliance with a request made by direction of last meeting the Government would enquire as to the cost of water pipes. Mr Morgan wrote, asking that attention should be paid to the drain, which was causing his stable to be undermined. It was resolved that the Engineer report upon the matter at next meeting. A letter from the Clerk of the Cook County Council was read, stating that that body was in accordance with the Borough Council in their request that a Native Land Court should lie established in Gisborne. A letter was read from the Government stating that a Registrar of Deeds would be appointed permanently for Gisborne. Mr B. C. Fryer wrote asking permission to drive his horses to his stables before 7 a.m., and from there after 6 p.m, Cr. Brown was in favor of making the concession, and Cr. Clarke supported the idea.

His Worship the Mayor was strongly opposed to the Council stultifying itself by virtually rescinding the bye-law recently passed. Cr. Tucker thought that there was less danger to life and limb when horses were driven than when led as at present. He Sested that permission should be given ir certain restrictions, viz,, that three men at least be employed so as to prevent the horses destroying the footpaths. Crs. Clayton and Tutchen strongly opposed permission being given. Cr. Whinray supported Crs. Tucker and Brown in the matter.

After a lengthy discussion Cr Brown replied, and moved, and Cr Tucker seconded, “ That the Town Clerk be authorised to give permission to Mr B. C. Fryer to drive his horses loose through the streets within the hours mentioned in his letter, and that the Town Clerk at once withdraw such permission on a complaint being sent iu to him, and report the same at the following meeting of the Council. The Town Clerk to inform Mr Fryer that he must send three of his servants to accompany any mob of horses that he may wish to take to or from his stables, and that the permission be conditional on the horses being driven at a walking pace, and to be kept on the main portion of the road.’ 7 Cr, Tutchen proposed as an amendment, “ That permission be not granted.” Thia was seconded by Cr. Clayton and carried.

Cr. Whinray presented the following petition:—“ To His Worship the Mayor and the Borough Councillors.— Gentlemen,— We, the undersigned, have the honor to draw your attention to the state of the drain through thi. Gtvtifeir/wbft li has ita udftril

under Nesbitt Road, and to pray that you will cause it to be cleaned out before the summer advances.—We have, etc., T. W. Porter, and 10 others.

The petition was received, and it was resolved to hand it over to the Public Works Committee.

His Worship explained the result of the deputation to the Cook County Council which has been made public already. A vote of thanks, at the suggestion of Cr. Tucker, was passed to the Cook County Council for the liberal manner in which they had met the Borough Council in the matter of Oxenham’s contract. ENGINEER’S REPORTS. Council Chambers, 10th Oct., 1882. To His Worship the Mayor. Sir, —I have the honor to report that in conjunction with the Architect (Mr Finneran) | for the construction of new buildings on Read’s Quay and foreshore, I have inspected the plans and site. The plan submitted to the Council, for the erection of new buildings, shows a frontage of thirty feet to Read’s Quay by a depth of ninety feet to the river, the estimated cost of which is £960, iucludi ing the removal of present buildings. j The whole of the new buildings will be erected within the boundaries marked out on > the ground, and approved by your Council. Attached is a sketch of the parcel of ground I allotted to Messrs Common & Co.—l am, &c., J. Drummond, Engineer. Council Chambers, lOth Oct., 1882. ' To His Worship the Mayor. '■ Sir, —I have the honor to report, that in company with Mr Parnell I inspected the | outlet drain complained of, through allotments Nos. 9a. 169 and 171. The original site of the drain through the above allotments ; consisted of a flax and raupo swamp or water course trending through allotments 34a, 26a, 12a. I la, and those described above. On the works being undertaken for the formation of I that portion of Childers Road, it was found I necessary to erect a culvert the whole width of the roadway, across the swamp, and for i the purpose of allowing egress for the flow of 1 water from sections Ila and 12a. Upon the ; completion of the formation of Cobden-street, the old watercourse was filled up, and the surface water conducted along Cobden-street to the Waikanae drain, thus considerably relieving the allotments, from Cobden-street, to the town boundary. Upon the completion of the formation of Cobden, Derby, and Childers street, the surface water is taken into Tucker’s drain, so that the only uso the culvert affords at present is for the conveyance of the original watercourse from allotments Ila and 12a.

It must be borne in mind that the drain through Nos, 9a,, 169 and 171, was carried through under the direction of the Road Board, and by the consent of the owners, and so far as street drainage is concerned is perfectly useless. Should Mr Parnell block up the mouth of the culvert, the effect will be to throw the storm water on to allotments Ila and 12a.— I am, etc., J, Drummond, Engineer. Cr. Tucker proposed that the drain reported upon bo kept open. Seconded by Cr. Brown, and carried. The plans of Messrs Common, Shelton, and Co/s new premises, to be erected, were submitted.

Cr. Townley pointed out that the plans would have to be submitted to the Government, as the building was on piles in the water-way. Mr Shelton, who was present, said that the encroachment would be less than 10 feet.

Cr Lewis proposed that this Council inform the Harbor Board of the agreement entered into between themselves and Messrs Common, Shelton, and Co., and recommend the Harbor Board to carry out that arrangement.

Seconded by Cr. Tutchen, and carried. Payments to the amount of £6 15s were passed. Cr. Lewis spoke in reference to the tallyman in connection with Oxenham’s contract, and asked if it was right to pay the man while he had nothing to do, A long discussion ensued. It was resolved that during the time the contractor is working for the County Council the tally-man be offered work at 7s per day, and should he decline he be informed that his pay would cease. On the motion of Cr. Tucker, seconded by Cr. Clarke, it was carried that Captain Winter and H. Cook, the Superintendent and SeniorForeman of the Fire Brigade, be elected Fire Inspectors. Mr W. F. Crawford was also elected.

The following letter was read from the Secretary of the Harbor Board :— Sir, —I have the honor, by direction of the Gisborne Harbor Board, to request you to furnish me with a list of the properties held by the Borough Council on the foreshore; and the sum the Council intends asking in disposal of the several properties to the Harbor Board. J. Bourke, Secretary. After a desultory conversation, it was agreed that the sum of £1,200 be asked for the wharf shed, new punt, &c. It was directed, on the motion of Cr Tutchen, that the gravel Mr McDevitt, the contractor, had placed in heaps on Aberdeen Road, be immediately spread, and the Engineer was instructed to see that it was done. On the motion of Cr Clarke, seconded by Cr Tutchen, it was carried, “That the Cook Council be asked to join with the Borough in endeavoring to secure a right from the Waste Lands Board to the quarry at Patutalii.”

On the motion of Cr Tutchen, seconded by Cr Clarke, it was decided to ask the Harbor Board to grant the foreshore, between Lowe-strcct and Peel-street, as a market reserve.