TIMARU BOROUGH COUNCIL.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2275, 2 July 1880, Page 2

TIMARU BOROUGH COUNCIL.

A special meeting of ibis Council look place lasi evening. Present —11 is Worship the Mayor, and Councillors Hibson, Gabites, ,Shepherd, Puss, Jones, Sbcmill, and Jackson. i''Oi:n KSI’ONDK.VCK Was read from the inspector of water pipes, stating that the testing was now finished for the present, and forwarding statement of pipes tested, which was as follows : Pipes passed. -1477 ; pipes broken in testing, J4J ; pipes broken previous to testing. 12S; total number of pipes broken. 471 ; pipes not tested, G2'JG ; cost of labor emplovcd in testing, £llO Is. Prom the captain of the lire brigade, reporting on the late lire at Mr Shepherd's store, and stating that the movements of the brigade bad been somewhat retarded in consequence of the alarm bell being bear;! by but few members. The supply of water was also deficient, and there was also a diflicully in getting men to pump. The letter enclosed an account for LIU 2s Gd for expenses connected with the lire. It was stated that there was an annual subsidy granted by the insurance oihees to meet claims of this kind. The amount was thcref' re passed for payment.

A letter was read from Mr LoCron agent for Afr ALills, in reference to a resolution of the Council’s passed at its last meeting, declining to bear half the cost of cutting water pipes as suggested by Mr LeCren. Air LeCTen now regretted that the council did not accept Ins liberal oiler and reminded the Council that it took two to make a contract, and that one contracting party could not break Ins agreement and expect the other to carry his out. After a good deal of discussion the Council resolved to accept Air LeCren’s previous offer. TIIK loax. A unanimous rcsolulion was passed that the thanks of the Council be tendered to the Bank of Hew Zealand, for the satisfactory manner in which it had Heated the Waterworks Loan, WATK mvo I! iCS Exc; IXej; K. The specifications of the duties of the Waterworks Engineer, as prepared by the committee appointed for that purpose, was read and adopted. THE UOKOUGII rouxo. A letter was read from the roundkeeper, asking that his rent clue for Bound (To) might bo remit tod, on the ground that he had to provide for many old and useless horses, which, after being kept for a long time, frequently sold for less than the Pound fees, and the cost of advertising. The letter also pointed out certain improvements badly wanted to the Pound. It was resolved that (lie rent bo remitted and that the Works Committee be requested to examine the Pound and report to the Council on the improvements suggested by the Poundkeeper. mi; uiiiuaiiiAs ArnurATiox. Air Machin’s application on behvlf of Air Hibbard for a modi Heal ion of the building regulations was declined. tex units. The tender of the ‘"Timam Herald,” for advertising, Are., for the Council for the ensuing 12 months was accepted. WORK Foil THE (J.XEMI’EOVEO. Some discussion took place with reference to work fur the unemployed, in the course of which his Worship remarked that ho did not think the unemployed were as badly oil' Ibis year as they were last. A large contract bad that day been lot by the Harbor Board, which would give employment to a largo number of carpenters, and besides, the Government had expressed their intention of proceeding with the Eairlic Creek line by sending down a person to superintend the work as soon as forty applications for work were received. He would telegraph to Wellington in the morning, and urge the Government to make known their propsals at once, and as soon as he had received a rcpljq he should forward it for publication. FIXAXCE. The Alayor said the Council had now, for the first time in the last four years, a balance in the Bank to their credit. Their position now was—Amount to credit of General Fund, Ll2 11s 3d ; Deposit Account, LIO Gs lid ; Special Hate Account, LI 7s l)d. The amount to debit of Waterworks Account was L 7121 Us sd. They had been paying L2OO a year interest for the hist four years on their overdrawn account, but he hoped in future they would manage to keep on the credit side. The Alayor also stated that the amount available to the Works Committee for the ensuing twelve months would he L7OO, and of this amount nearly IMOO had been authorised to be expended on certain streets greatly needing repair at tbe south end of the town. They would therefore have to exercise great care in disposing of the balance. The Council then adjourned.