TAIHAPE BOROUGH COUNCIL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 263, 31 July 1915, Page 4

TAIHAPE BOROUGH COUNCIL

ORDINARY MEETING. The ordinary fortnightly meeting c the Taihape Borough Council was hel at the Council-, Chamber last nighl when there werei present: Crs H. E Bennett, ' W. McLennan, G. Wright son, R. Healey; B. C. Barnett, P. W Somerville and A.. J. Joblin. The first business of the meeting was the appointment of an acting mayor, in the absence of Cr A. L Arrowsmith, owing to sickness. 3 Cr McLennan moved' that Cr Bennett be elected actitigrmayor, and Cr JWrigtson seconded:, f The. motion was carried! unanimously. Cr Bennett thanked' the councillors and expressed the hope- that their mayor would shortly be, with them again. Cr Bennett formally' moved" that the mayor be granted two months' leave of absence. Cr McLefnnan seconded,' antf the necessary leave was granted.' The minutes of the previous meeting wejre read and confirmed 1 on the motion of Cr Barnett and Cr Healey. CORRESPONDENCE.

) From W. Eales, offering to continue his work unti,! August 14th'; as request, ed by the Council. —Received*.'. District Engineer Railway Department, Ohakune, stating that 'the 3 provision for. pedestrian traffic on the;- overj head bridge at th e south end ■of the : railway station was receiving: consid,eration —Received . R. J, Loughnan, borough: solicitor, |stating that h,e had gone intotheMocw ment submitted to him for approval by the Council. —Received. Health inspector, giving particulars of illnesses in., the district. —Received. Rev Stent, requesting that the Council make- Wednesday, 4th August, a holy holiday, on the occasion of aacombfned service in commemoratioircfthe anniversary of the war • Cr Bennejtt said he was rather .in ;fivour of falling in with the idea ! Cr Barnett proposed that rnayor ask th e townspeople to observe, the public holiday on Wednesday instead of Thursday. Or Wrightson seconded. —Carried". , The Mayor of Auckland, intimating that a meeting of citizens of Auckland had enthusiastically decided rate a V f und to commemorate-GSrae-ral Botha's recent successes, and enlisting the support of the Council with the ultimate idea of Arming a Dominion Fund. Cr Somerville thought they-would have to fall in with it. Or Bennett thought it would be well if the matter were, Left in of one or two councillors. He moved that Crs Barnett and Somerville; be asked to prepare lists and make arrangements for the collections or the deviations. Cr Wrightson seconded.^—Carried. A telegram was rejceiVed- afc 4 this iumeture from th e Prime Mmist-err asking that the Borough Council?'should ~rTdeavour to arrange for a massr,nreetirig on Thursday, August 4th; tar commemorate the anniversary of the--war. Cr Mr.Liennan moved that a consisting of the acting-mayor id Crs Wrightson and SomervtfTe be

•*.fT?WI to make arrangements for a rrnMic meeting of the citfrefns ofTaiVc*« ami that they interview *W» ""-"•" ,

-~-->tnrs with respert to the- united on Atigust 4th.

Or Barnett seconded. —Carried". FINANCE COMMITTEE'S' KBfPORT. Your committee has to report" Having met this day, and recommends as fol-

lows: 1. That the report, submitted herewith, be adopted, and that the accounts stated tlrecflin -bfe. passed

forr payment! 2. That a< special meeting of the Council ber held to consider the balance sheet' for the yw ending 31st March, IWS, certified" to bv the controller and- auditor general: 3. That' the; Borough solicitor be instructed to prepare the necessary special order, in accordance with section 16 of "The. Local Bodies Loans Act, 1908 to raise a special loan for the payment of Messrs TurnbulT and Jones 3,CCOIIJSft» i cr- Bennett saUT with- reference to the third paragraph it was proposed* to make this special order in order* to liquidate; Turabuli and Jones ac-coa-nt. , On the motion of CrsWrightson and Somerville the report was adopted. _ Cr Wjrightson moved that the specail meeting he held' on Thursday, at noon. iCr Somervflle seconded..—Carried. WORKS COMMITTEE REPORT.

•The report of the Works Committee was submitted and read as follows:

Your committer has to report having met on the 29th inst.. and recommends

as follows:

1. Letter from Mr A, E. Gasson re

price for hire of dray and horse with-' out driver: That- the payment for th» hire of a dray -and horse without a driver b«t increased frotri. S/6 to 10/6

per day. 2. in regard to report from BoToUgb foreman e£ of telephone toe pole at the wm*>? ot Stetas"*nd Bautapu Stress: That "~%W 3. That the Bototigh foreman's t& ■port, fl«b»ltted frqrwiSK s**&&»&£, subject to ttl©--frtJ«wW ■:

(a) That the foreman be authorise*: :o d.spogo of the old lamp posts (whict have *>£€:! removed from the Main Street) to the best advantage. (b) That the stand for taxi cabs, etc., f ji r fbe from the Main Street to 3' Hula Street on the opposite side of '■> the Post Office. (3) That the question of repairing ■ culverts lie left to the Council to deal • with, as' occasions arise. Roa'i Work":: During this' period, the ', road roller has been ejmplyoed 9£ days. • Work was commenced on the Main • Street, from Bati's corner to the Gretna Hotel A small portion of this street has not scarified araf roßejdi, pending fh e connection* of section % block V, with the 1 sewerage system.. I understand the laying of this drain across Main Street will be proceeded with in the course of a day or two. That portion of Main Street extending from th e Bank of iSEew Zealand, foi a distance ! of 3 chains beyond"' the" Post Office was found to bej very wea&: in regard to the quantity of metal on the road; in consequence, a considerable amount j had to be added 1 " in plans' to st'reng- i then the roadway; in addition to 18 yards of our own-metai; w quantity of, J approximately, S(F yards from the Railway Department has beeu used. Owing to the severe weat'lier recently expejri- ' enced, it has not been possftjie to conx. «i pleto'the rolling; of'-a - strip' iir the- middle of the road from the Bank of 25e>w .- Zealand towards the Post' Office. A j coating of material ? from Ohingaitf has \ been used to strengthen the? road on 1 the part referred to;.but the'quality of i material supplied has' been j pointing, and not at air resembling what was understood' would':lre ered. I am, therefore, of the opinion:, that a quantity of good cleatr metaf * will require to .be adiied, and' then' £ only whein the ground'is properly dryv ' ere this part of the;street will' be? sat- v? isfactorily completed." With! - regard 1 to J. 3 the, quality of metal to b'e supplied Irr I*l the future, I hav e been'in conlmunica , - tiori with the efficer responsible; who has promised to giver this matter his a attention.-. ' " ~. !3

Re Lamp Poles in middle of Road 7 :: As directed these thinee 0 (ST 1 poles Have 1 been removed, and I would'respectfully ask for instructions - as-tb" what siiall' he done with them. Now that this j roadway is cleared'ihth%~ centre; and' j to giv e all vehicles fiuTbenefit Fwmild suggest that a different' stand be' al- ! lotted 1 to the taxi cabs; - etc:, wh'ich> are ;* licensed and plying for" Eire in the town. It The Road Roller is at present warit-, L ing on th e Mataroa'Road? and" is: mak- r ing good progress.-Jan places, this; road is very scantily supplied" with metal";. t to strengthen these parts, I have 1 , ar- j ranged to draw on- the 1 COunty - Coon- . cil's metal bin, wbichh r3r- sitUatedl adjacent, for-whatever-metal necessary. A considerable numb'erof'large- stones have been brought to the surface on this road; to cop e with"'this, and-with \ a view to keeping the" roller-as fully c employed as possible?. V Have • fbumT it necessary to employ- more temporary . labour; these men will" be dispensed ( with, at th e earliest- possibles mxnresnt j A largo storm water culvert; on this road has subsided; owing hawing ( no bottom timber; this ts' now- being . !repaired and •.s.trength' ! en»d , m<- warry th e extra weight of the roller. In this », matter, 1 would recommend' that in future, where culverts of a largs area ( ?rn found to require extensive repairs, ►bat nil timber be taken out; and the . structure rebuilt concrete-. During th e recent' heavy raiha, varL ous slips and washouts took- place; the major* portion of these hare been cleared and " repairs effected: A large-slip > took- pl&Ce-. to Kearins" j pit, and! no further quantity of sand' will be- procurable unless at a heavy i expense; this vrill' have- a- direct bearing on- the; footpath- authorised to be! constructed' onr> Ellis: Road;: when thfs work* is proceeded with; E would sug-. gest that cinders from the Railway De. J ! partment take the- placei ©f sand ©n thitr path. Cr Wrightson expl'aiTitfd that Mr. Gasson ahd ; stated' chat IW- was not- get. I tiag more for the- hire of his horse and cart now than when food prices were much: lower and he thought the suggested" rise was justified. , With reference- to the footpath the jeommittee- had decided that it was fbest for a permanent width to be arranged; As the lamp posts were of no further 'uste| they suggested that they be disposed of to the best advantage* WSth reference to the cab stand, it v was considered that it would be bet- ' ter if they were removed to Huia St., near the Post Office. The. question of culverts was discus- * se(d at the Works Committee meeting, and it was referred to in the Borough * for c eman"s report. s Co* Wrightson moved the adoption

of the report and Or McL<?nnan see ended.—-Carried, SPECIAL REPORT.. A special report was submitted ty thej Borough foreman with refereno to the improvement of the brioso ove the creek in Haiitapu St«eet> anS Si; report read *a follows: As requested. I have t&e .iwwiotjy t submit alternative proposals and est :nialfeß ofcost (together With sketc piaa) ,=*«. the T* d^ 9? *&? f6adwa over/cjieek adjoining section 12,.b10r rv\ tn.Hautapu Street, aiso.raakfrj J fb* stoma water-. fct preset, «te, bridge bye?, tb

d creek is 18 feet wl/.e, and the arc ii underneath, to carry storm water, i a Sft by Oft to do away witJa the bridg | and straighten ana! w-ides the roa. , jat this point, them are two metfood ) Iby which this could, be. accomplished • I Firstly, by constructing a storm wa i ter culvert in concrete. sft by 4ft ii j area, and 40ft in length-, in the- exist iing bed of th e creek, and widening the road Secondly! by tunnelling and putting in a ddIHS of similar dimensions as; in concrete, from the river side of the road adjoining the present bridge, aittf coming, out at a point 84ft distant, to with the creek ere it takes a sweep round to go under the bridge. Tire puttingin of a tunnel would, iri-looking to the future, do away with.-iai considerable amount of work, in the event of jthe remaining portion cf this creek being concreted in. This method would! 'also give th e full width of tlfe road: for future filling and levelling; where it is mostly required, namely; at th© intersection of the various roads at thf s - point. The length of th e suggested concrete culvert, while supplying' sufficient for width and area of stormwater, will not allow of the complete* ffllmgr in at this point, unless thV culvert is considerably extended to meet the creek where it runs parralleil with the footpath.

Of the two methods proposed, I would suggest that your Council give favourable consideration to that of tinnier, as I am of the opinion, that it wjlT be equally efficient and more eccK mimical in the end, when the roadwagr/ is finally widened and graded. ~ ESTIMATES OF COST. 7.

Concrete culvert 40ft by 5ft T ,9fcß thick, with retaining walls, at inlet and outlet. 33 cubic yards concrete at 40/ perr . cubic yard, £66; timbering, £5; 288» [yards filling at 2/ per yd; £2B; metajtfllng; £I&; total cost, £llß. TunneE Drive in Papa, 84ft by sft by? '4Sfr-Stft drive at 12/6, £52 15/»s: approach to tunnel, £6 10/; 280 cubtfr iyards filling at 2/, £2B; metalling*, [&m>7 total cost, £lO5 5/. Or Joblin moved that th© report be refeirred to the Works Committee. Cr fWirig&tsoa seconded. —Carried. SCHEDULE OF RATES,

i Tbfe(i- schedule of rates for 1915-1$ waa: submitted to the Council, and Crsr. Wrightson and Healey moved that the igcireral and special rates as scheduled:!

Or Bennett reported with refereneep o> letCfng the Town Hall for picturesi nd the matter was dea'.t with in eomaittee Cr Bennett said that in view of fr he- electrical seheme proposal at T&i-r----ape; he had given the Borough elee«rfcar engineer, Mr Burgis, anthoritjr Oi gee to Auckland and make*- "iriquifttai nd" gather information o- t&» necessary plant Or McTjennan moved that Cr Ben-> iett"s action be endorsed. —Cr Barnett( e>eono*ed.—Carried. Cr Bennett read his notice of moioir to th e effect that a motion prevliusTy passed at a Council eference to the charge to be nia«*«* 0 the railway department for s*F" p rap<»» >f railway cottages at Taihape* sJioxrFd? je- rseinded. The speaker road a■ '°t*i"-r 'ecefved from the District. Enemee*-. mbmitted at at last meeting, askiVisc hat a definite charge of 10/ per w.c. should b e made. Or WrightsMi ?nid he dirt vot s*>*» why the Government should" be* Ist at for- a cheaper rate. If they- passed the resolution it would .mean that if Ihe Government later on bittlt a mansion they would still - only v b'e" ohargi 10/. Cr. Barnett sasH he did net* see- that even that would "very much matter. Cr. McLennan? said he did' not agree with the proposal. He did not see why the Governim-eat' should:'- be given, a cheaper rate. Cr Bennett said apparently the Department did/ 1 not wish- to be encunv* bered with the difficulty of not knowing what th.»y are to-be-eharged. Cr Wrightson said tftey would know __ by their valuation what they b e chargedi: Cr. Bariaett: That/** tile-twnfole. They don't have- valuations. • The minion was-put to the meeting and resoSted as fellows: Cr Boanett, Barnett and Joblin vot« ed for the motion-, and Or Somervilie, Healey Wrightson* and McLennan voted in- the negative. The* motion was therefore lost. The Town Clerk was instructed to write to the District Engineer, stating that th e Council adhered to their ft>r« mar- resolution.. The Borough foreman reported that the railway foreman had informed him that he could not give any tim e , as to when he could supply more metal. Cr Joblin asked whether the metal for the freezing works would he carted through the streeta. Cr Bennett explained that most of the metal would be brought torn, the .other direction. '■ Cr Healey said in his opinion the ''metal at present being pu£ on the I streets was no good at an. H ifcey eouia • *al fcefe teste* Jaetel fff-iritffl tie fp- - ifggfiea to taeve tfca* t&& SoSes* fe& se** . y 1 {QacSc as soon as f\ Cr Bennett ecsptatoea ..■ tfcat W(££ : "; f | we endeavouring to get , i*! tor tha roads. .-:<.:< v '-•- j L r Sk& praatfl *Bte& t»M tiM wm>®^- **"*&■' ■ 111 .'":'. J .- ' ■■-['' ■■'■ 4j7