TIMARU BOROUGH COUNCIL.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2503, 29 March 1881, Page 2

TIMARU BOROUGH COUNCIL.

An ordinary fortnightly meeting of the above took place last evening at the Council Chambers. Present—His" Worship the Mayor presiding, and - Councillors Shepherd, Sherratt, Gibson, Gabites, Greenup Jackson, Eoss, Cullman, and Primer. A TEDIOUS DISCUSSION. A good deal of time was wasted in discussing-,whether Cr Gibson’s .protest against a resolution of Crs Cullman and Greenup, having reference to the town levels, and passed at last meeting of the Council, should be received Or'tiOt. After a long discussion it was resolved that the protest should be expunged from ;th'e ( subsequently the following.iresolijtion- 'was proposed by Gr. Shepherd, seconded by Cr Jackson, and carried—“ That Crs Ross, Pi liner, Greenup, and (jlullman, be a.committee to confer with! the engineer re town levels, three to' form a quorum, Cr Fiimer to be Chairman.” ■ CORRESPONDENCE • TiKe letter of Messrs LeGren and. others, held -over from last meeting, asking that the water mains, might be extended outside the borough, was considered. The applicants were prepared to guarantee 7 per cent upon the cost of desired extension, v His Worship said that in addition to the guarantee a rate would be leviable upon the outsiders. In reply to a 'question His; Worship- said that the cost of a four inch pipe extension would be £Bl7 a mils.

Gr. Gibson moved—“ That the question of extension of the water mains outside the borough be postponed until the .completion of the waterworks for'the borough, according to the present plans asv/adojited ty the Council.” He was opposed'to the application being entertained., / The tost of this work had been gahulated, and, it ,wap very heavy. |tj Vas possible.thhHqpf |the completion oi the work there might be a surplus in huid, but there was many a “slip Twixt the cup and the lip,”and the Cduncil ought to provide for contingencies in the shape of accidents to the works, and. he (Cr Gibson) knew ;from experisnce how frequently these accidents occurred. Let the water scheme within the borough be brought to a completely successful issue before they considered outsiders. Those within the borough had 'had”all the risk and expense and ought to be , considered -first.'. As for a water ra£e being leviable outside the borough that was out of the question, and could hot legally be done. They would find that the surplus remaining was not a bit to 6 large, and ! they certainly did not want to be incurring a fresl loan. Or Cullman would second the resolution ; he entirdy agreed with Cr Gibson 1 . Those residiig outside the borough would pay iext to nothing for their water, while he poor man within the .borough wouH have to pay heavily..for his. .. The May oi, said he over matter with the engineer and fouod ,; that a surplus dfj'abhh? 1 £S0O(3 / wouid'femain m the compleiihtf' of the bprhugh wafefsupply. '' Thdre'Vas no likelihood of acidents ppcur^ng. ■only gqditiona expense they.; hadto provide for vns the construction, of filter beds, in the event of .the water not- being suffiieiitly pure. Thjs would cost £2OOO, tlus leaving a surplus in any case of £OOO. The sooner they got outside assitance the better. - They could pass a bje-law fixing the rate for outside water apply. • ; Cr Jackson proposed andCr'Greenup seconded the olio wing amendment—- “ That the appliatibhs for water supply by referred to ;he Waterworks’ Committee to report”

The was carried, the Mayor giving his casting vote in its favor. THEHBE BRIGADE. -:Z

A lohg report from the Brough Fire Inspectors; tyfpisrs John Jackson and Thos. Turnbull was read recommending that certain : isdessaries should b,e obtained for tie’ Fire Brigade,, and jpaking other suggestions. . , , ; Referred te tmWdrirs Committee to report.- •«--«. V A letter was from Mr Thomas Amos submitting* a list of names of those willing fo act with him in establishing the new Brigade. The names were as followsJEL- F. George, John Williams, 'T. Guise, James Maloney, Josiah Amos, Robert Campbell, John Shirley W. B. Xindley, F. G. Clarkson, Janes Buchanan, D. E. Jones, and Thom® Amos., It was moved b/ Cr Gibson, seconded by Cr Gabities, and carried—“ That the offer of Mr Thomas Amos and the gentlemen associated with him to form a Fire Brigade for the Borough be accepted with thanks.” A letter was read from Thos Ruscoe, engine keeper forwarding the names of eighteen members of the,, old Brigade haying, property in. their possession purchased out of the sick; : and accident fund.

The letter was referred to the WorksQojgamittee. ■ It was resolved thatv His Worship the Mayor should make the "necessary arrangements for prison ,labourers to. complete' the cutting on the Towni Belt adjoining, ihe gaol premises. MUNICIPAL RESERVES. A letter was read from the Colonial Secretary in reply to. a letter' of .the Council complaining that certain Municipal Reserves were lying wholly unproductive in consequence of the delay in issuing Grown grants for them. • The reply intimated that as the Reserves had been rested in the Corporation there was nothing to prevent their being :at unite . dealt with - and that the Grown grants would' follow in due course. ■.

The letter was referred to J the Works Committee. THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. , •^, Was resolved that the Painting of the front of the- Gdudcil Chambers be left to the works committee with power to act. TENDERS. It was resolved that tenders he called' for shingling E street, and that the works committee be empowered to accept same. i f Tenders were received for the supply bf spepial castings as follows David-' sdn and' Conyers, £561 ; -jjvihcaid, and McQueen, £729 6s ; E. S. Sparrow £2l 5s per ton-(accepted). , f ContracfcNo. 22—Waterworks: jambs Newton, £47 ; Connor and Leary, £45 ; Charles Travers, £24 (accepted). Contract No. Watson, £43 2s ; D. McKenzie, £4l 5s ; G. Newton, £3O , G. Tovenson, £3O 5s ; Connor and Leary, £2O (accepted.) THE BOROUGH SOLICITOR. Cr Cullman proposed, Cf Greenup seconded, and it was carried —“ That the Council’s solicitor be asked to send in his account in full up to March 31, 1881, and that hereafter he bo requested to furnish his account quarterly, failing which the Council will not be bound by any item sent in if not rendered within the quarter.” THE TOWN CLERKCr Shepherd remarked that something had been said at a previous meeting with reference to the duties performed by the Town Clerk and his work being excessive. The clerk had all sorts of things to -attend to and amongst them was connected with /the Cemetery Board and Benevolent Society and for his part Cr Shepherd thought it would be a piece of benevolence to relieve Mr Lough ef his outside work as he would then have more time . per-, haps to attend to his municipal duties. . -His Worship said that if Mr Lough’s connection with the Cemetery Board &o.j was to cease, he ought-to knock off outside work all together, and give up hie connection with the annua’ Flower Show even. His outside duties were extremely light, and interfered but very little with his duties as Town Clerk.. Mr Lough said that ever since he had been connected with the Council ho had always tried to do the work allotted to him, to the very best of bis ability, and even if his present duties,' which kept him already very fully employed were increased, he would still endeavor to do the work required of, him. With regard to the outside appointments beheld he could assure the Council that they were not of his seeking; he dad already stated that he had (Juite 'enough .to do : in his capacity of Town Clerk, and had never tried to obtain other work in any shape or form ; it was thrust u-ioa-him. A HOT BED OF DISEASE. ; ; ! ' Cr Gibson said that there,was a more important matter than the one. just discussed, which he wished to bring under’ their notice, and that was the danger arising from the swamp at the south end of the town, near the Immigration/' Barracks. Already several cases of fever had occurred in the neighborhood of this swamp which waa>. connected with an offensive drain and was a receptacle fbr all kinds of filth. Something ought to be done to remedy the evil without loss of time and hel wonld move— tv That the Poreman’of Works be instructed to prepare a plan to abate the nuisance near the Government Barracks and connect with sewerl - Also to prepare an estimate of cost; The Works Committee to deal with'the matter.” The motion was seconded by Cr Shepherd and carried unanimously. ACCOUNTS. ■ ' ‘ ; Accounts were passed for payment as follows :—Waterworks, £1473 8s 4d ; and general, £69 Is. The Council then adjourned.