MARTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8937, 1 October 1907, Page 3

MARTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Tlio monthly meeting was hold last evening. Present: Tho Mayor (Dr. Sterman), Crs. Hilton, Lyon, Gould a ud McEldowncy. CORRESPONDENCE. From Treasury, notifying tint tho jpaoial order making special r; to for jgau of £3500 has been gazette d. From Audit Department, fo.war !- i Q! » balance sheet duly audited. From H. Henson, stating ho was Diablo to contract for supply of -ravel at present hut will communi[tjjte later on. » from Postmaster, in connection telephone charges. The DepartI Lnt had opened a Bureau at tho function aud charged 55d to subscribers. Free use of same could not -permitted. Re railway station ho aj-rgested that the Railway DoparcL, n t be written to requesting them m connect with tho exchange. from General Manager Railways, ■stating that the station will shortJy u } connected hy telephone with the Escbange. —Letter to be ackuowwßed with thanks aud urging the necessity for it hoing dono quickly. From George Smithies, requesting nvvmont of account £lO 10s for -work jguo hi furnishing a report on capacity of gas plant and staff cnffWOtl. —Tho Council had not yet acknowledged receipt of the report. to ho paid. prom Gorton aud Son, in regard 0 loan from Mr J. Bull and stating interest should ho paid from Ist October at o per cent on tho full o-nonnt until tho money was paid g!.—Referred to Pinauco Commit tie.

From Postmaster, stating 'that the Department cannot bear the expense of" removing the lamp, the light from which is obscured by telephone j s ] c on Wellington Road. The j Council may, if they desire, fix the [Tip to the polo, but in view of the telephone lino in Wellington road teiug reconstructed it would bo adrisablo to defer the matter for tho present. —Received. ■ From Bank of New Zealand, in re3 poot of loan duo ou Ist October. -Repayment can stand over for a few weeks. • From F. 0. Wilson, hou. secretary jlarton Cricket Club, forwarding jnes £1 2s and applying for permisi non to use tho eastern cud of park ter cricket on tho usual terms.—Or. Ivon objected to expendiug so much money on tho Park in interest and abieep and would sooner give use of the ground free and let the rarions clubs attend to tho necessary BD-keop themselves. —Held over. ‘From Fullerton-Smith and Milos, forwarding 19s balance of account dne after deducting bill of costs.— geceivod. From Postmaster, notifying the Department intended to reconstruct telephone line in Wellington road and asked the permission of the Council to erect an angle polo at the math-east corner of the junction of jigh Street with Wellington Road. -Granted. From J. H. Miles, calling at ton - ion to tho state of the culvert ophite Dr. Bennett’s gate, after rain he water overflows tho road.— deferred to Works Committee.

From ? n, lU'_!l"C--.per, requesting joimcil to advertise that owners of (Ojsos and cattle found straying on ha pads w ill he summoned j also hat'the approach to the pound room) attention. Ho reported having mpounded 14 horses, 31) cows, 3 nils and 7 calves.—Tiie question re attle and horses straying was left o tie Mavor and the Clerk to deal rith. .

Prom Secretary Marton Fire Irigadc, asking Council (1) to proide a new fire station; (3) to apoiut a fire brigade committee and i inspector’; id) that new hosoying apparatus be supplied; (4) mnissiou he granted to place a idder on side of Town Hall. A spntatiou would wait on Council i connection with above. —Grs. ilton, Gould aud Gibbons be Fire rigade Committee to confer with ie Brigade/ Prom J. F. Sicely, forwarding aended estimates for improvements i streets and footpaths, showing a )st of £5500. —Decided to raise one an of £ISOO for improving Broaday, High Street and Wellington bad; aud one loan of £4OOO for la king roads, footpatns, drains,’etc. II other streets in the Borough ; Goenuneut to to applied to for £4OOO per bout • for '4l years, and 1500*from private company at 4 }4 ir cent with 1 per cent sinking fund. From Brice, Broad aud Co., forarding plans and specifications of uds to he formed at Marton Extends, They are prepared tor form ;,J gravel paths across thd i'Olld to ichsection,' find form aud gravel iths on one side only.—Original reilntioii to be adhered to.

Ham A. W. Woolley, asking pc-r----ission to remove earth from Waumni road to fill up his section. — ranted,

Lient, McDonald, ou behalf of the ire Brigade deputation, drew atteucutotho necessity for the firebell removed to a better position id that other matters referred to in sletter receive immediate atconaa or the brigade will cease to ist. The Secretary pointed onfc it as absolutely necessary to remove e bell to a better position. The embers gave their service’s free, id-wbea an alarm sounded only mor three turuo' 1 up and thou the igade were subjected to jeers for it turning out. The Mayor and aucilloi'3 assured the deputation s matters complained of would eeive every attention, The delation their withdrew.

01. Lyou moved the following relation, seconded by Or. McEldowy: That tiro Martou Cricket Club allowed the use of the eastern irtion of the Park for the cricket n’an i«O7-8 on payment of a license §of B'2 2.3. ’As*it is extremely doable that economies be effected in a Park expenditure, this Council dine now expenditure ou the icket ground, and that no workfit of the Council be employed on J cricket ground without the cxffis resolution of the Council. The ayor considered the motion too astic. No doubt abuses existed iu 9 past, duo in a great .measure to B’Council. In the old days the irk was in a neglected state and aa au eyesore to the ratepayers. » ratepayers would bo angry 5 Park was neglected, hence the cessity for emnloying labour to ep it" in order!* The Clubs wore >pposed to spend £3l per annum ou teupkeep, to be supplemented £1 11 £1 by the Council. The Park smmittoo in tho past had neglected ieir duties in seeing this was done, W ihoTuiuyo should sec that the rions clubs using’ tho' ground pay |0 dues. It would be a mistake to °P all expenditure on tho Park. «agreed that tho Clubs should do Me work towards necessary iniDreaieats. If the clubs paid- £3l r annum and the Council £3l it (®M go a long way_ towards the fflaal expenditure. He opposed the solution. The Mayor moved au waduic-nr, but was not seconded, k resolution was carried. Iho plan of Alarron Extension was id before tho Council and loft iu 8 bands of the Mayor and Or. Lyou approve. lWers for carting cameny and tel wore received and left in fls of the Works Committee to i with.

the foreman reported on ■work M for the month and also drew teiou to the cattle and horses a .ving and getting in gardens in •borough. ' »lio inanager of the Town Hall rented tiiat foes to£ls 16s 3 been received for the mouth, « was decided to notify Messrs »al Eros, that the claim for extra Saso fee for the late Mar ton races ill be waived on this occasion, hut 8 by-law must bo strictly observed Ibe future. *he Gas Committee recommended J Messrs O. and W. Walker’s, 'b. tender of £IBO for one box Slier be accepted j that Messrs Atwood and Wright’s tender of for a Ljvosoy washer ho acid, providing tender includes connections, if othorwse Messrs ind W. Walker’s, Ltd., tender of ba accepted ; that a three-inch i l)e laid down lower High *t; that tenders ho obtained from liagtou firms for various sizes of (a that may be required; that an litional extension telephone bell Procured for- the Gas Manager s to; that Mr Turner he asked to Ithe full amount of £4 3 s ou q? 8 fs purchased by him at once, Mr raer objected to the charge as excessive. The same stove ™ bo purchased in Wellington was pointed out that it at that price to .Welconsumers only, not to couN outside. The report was ■W,

I rears of rates and gas fees, «ag £l2 12s lid, were authorised |Writteu off. Sonnes amounting to £245 3s 8d for payment, leaving pk overdraft at £3243 2s. | -ifas decided to fence in the

“gravel pit on western side of Wellington road, cost of same to be obtained for the next meeting. The Gas Manager reported : Sales, etc., £3ll Os 8d ; expenditure £l5B 2a 7(1. During the month two meters had been fixed and three services laid. The tar tank and’ stand had been erected. Gas made for six months ending Sept. 30th was 3,094,500 cubic feet, an increase of 876,300 cubic feet or over 40 per cent on corresponding months of last year, when the increase was 10 per cent on the corresponding period. A motion was carried consolidating the loans £7300 and £SOOO falling due Ist October, 1907. The Mayor (Dr. Skerman) and Or. Lyon were appointed Sinking Fund Commissioners for the loan £2500 and the Consolidated Loan of £12,000.