SHANNON'S WATER SCHEME.

Shannon News, 27 February 1925, Page 3

SHANNON'S WATER SCHEME.

COUNCIL RECEIVE A BOMBSHELL, NOT SUFFICIENT FUNDS. SEVERAL STREETS NOT INCLUDED.

At Tuesday's meeting of the. Borough Council the Town Clerk submitted a statement of the .Borough finances, which showed an unsatisfactory state of affairs in respect to the water scheme account. The statement showed the liabilities to complete the scheme, assuming the estimate to he correct, to he £2645 Is 3d, whereas there was tfnly the sum of £IBBO remaining to do the work. Against this was revenue that would come in for connections and the sale of pipes. Mr Murray said the charge for con. nections should not he included in the fund as they were a direct charge against the ratepayers. The Mayor stated they were added to the scheme after the scheme (had been started. Cr Gunning said the charge for connections had been included owing to the installation of rider pipes for connecting the houses up with, instead of connecting from the main. .The Engineer (Mr Edwards) replying to a question as to what was required for the connections, said there was 45 feet of piping, totoy box, tap ,and and to enable them to put in the rider pipes tihey had to get the sum of £550. ■ Cr Murray( to the Towjn Clerk): How much money have we got to spend now and what are tihe liabilities to date?. . . The Town Clerk; £SOO from the .State Advances office, £llOO from the Wellington ' City Council and a further £2BO, Which we are entitled *Q from the Bank, overdraft, a total of £IBBO. The liabilities to date are £1244 1& 20. The Engineer, replying to Cr Murray, said the approximate numtoer oi -connections was 300, estimated at approximately 150 that would he connected. ,_ ... , , hfl The Engineer then submitted tne plan of the %yater scheme showing that the extra work earned out bad cost- £635 for pipes and l«tour. h 0 On an examination of the. plan being made toy the Council it was discovered that a large Borough nad not been included An CounmUors expresse d surprise at this, stating they lad under the impression hat Vw whole of the Borough was to o>e s.ervf

At this point the Mayor said he did not want to withhold anything from fhe ratepayers, i)ut toe thought this Sttef Sid be dealt lv bv the Waterwiorks Gommittee he iL the facts were placed before the ratepayers as position was a serTrS We axe shown a plan \ \ SI +htt was originally adopted, l°e"f le'have £j water on streets not included on toe JKn Who is responsihle for this? S™« Ai regaKte collections made S s&ete not on the plan, these had piping w* *» ft O^ing it all flw extra. w^."***^ fa. .been added since. Fneineer n ces out side the plan, can those rate payers bo. charged. MnriPr the impression that under tne SttSUw go to e,very house asked the Engineer Seme 8 together with the number o chains of. piping re quired c f f° A wed there was a lengto ol 3|.imles A list was also taken of the fleets m ended to be served according to the Sn which showed there W* flv« Ss ofpiping from the This amount «rf tamed wtn Viti stated that at uptime (h ad toe EngVer Topression that toe whole »* *°_ rough was not going t Q foe raftcuiai Z fox the money. The P»* todnoj iroviderf for this and the Engineer C not made this known until the tW Cr f MiSS* said that it was absurd tfiSPftve mk. of toe thickly populated streets right in the Borough should S'left out Of the scheme and ne 2Sa not one of the members of toe Council would even dream toey were not included in the scheme. Or Beard; I presume this plan has ;been on the Council table before tomfne Engineer: On several occasions before the old Council. Or Murray, a member of the old Council, said he CQuld not believe the ,Mavor and Councillors accepted a pIS with a third of the Borough not tp be reticulate^.

At this point the discussion became heated and the Council went into committee, but as nothing definite could ibe done that evening it was decided to/adjourn the matter until a special meeting to be held on Thursday evening when the whole business will be fully gone into.