DOMAIN BOARD.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 374, 5 June 1889, Page 2

DOMAIN BOARD.

The ordinary monthly meeting of Ihe Te Aroha Hot .Springs Domain Board was h Id on Saturday evening last. Present : Messrs Gavin, (chairman), Wilson, Ahier, and Lipsey. The minutes of , the last monthly meeting, also of special meeting' held 15th May, were read and confirmed. The following report from Mr Gr. H. A. Purchas, Engineer to the Board, was read :—: — The Chairman, Hot Springs Domain Board, Te Aroha Sib,— Acting on your instructions I have inspected the- various works you propose undertaking, and I now submit the following report and estimates for your consideration : No. IBath: No. 9 spring is lower than No 1 Bath, consequently to utilise it in No 1 Batli yon must resort to one of the followingalternatives, viz.: raise the water in No 9 by means of a darn to a sufficient elevation to give it a fall into No 1 bath ; or erect a pump at No 9 and pump the water into No 1. Th*> first proposal is risky, as you are aware,, and 1 the latter would be attended with constant labour. I would suggest therefoie that before ; deciding on either course, a small sum be spent in prospecting Nos 10 and 12 springs, ; with a view to utilising one or both i» No ( 1 Bath, These spiings are not very warm at present, probably on account, of the amount of surface drainage in them ; brtt there is reason to believe that were the spiings traced to the rock the temperature would be considerably increased. The cost of making the reservoir, etc., and connecting No a with No 1 would be about LlB ; the cost of connecting Nos, 11 or 12 with No. 1, 1 cannot state until the springsare prospected, but it should not much exceed that of No, 9, lam given to understand that there are some boring rods tying idle at the Thames, it might be woi4h while laying out a> few pounds in testing these spiings'by me ms of the rods if they can be had for a nominal change. No. 5 : Taking into consideration the limited means at the disposal of your Board, I propose to utilise the old buildiLg by placing it over the springs nbout midway along the north-eastern aide, and increasing the size to 8 feet by 7 feet, at. a cost of £15 complete. In this same excavation there is a very hot spring running to waste near the two covered in. This, together with one of the two covered in, might be run into the empty "bath in No, 2 building, which has been disused for some time, this would cost about L 5»

j No. 6 supply : The plans and specifications for this I drew up some time Bince, the work to cost £10 exclusive of material,, most o»f which I believe is on the- groundLawn Extension : I have consulted 1 two or threo players of bowls, who Btate that a bowl~ ing green is absolutely useless unless tho* roughly levelled and well kept. It; seems to me that there is little chance of your Board having sufficient funds to spare to make the bowling green available for play. I think it would be wiser under these circumstances to cut away the banks of the bowling ground and spread the stuff on the low places, to level the lumps, to spread a light coating of soil (say 3 inches) over the bare places and sow down in grass, the cost of this will not exceed say £12, and it will give the ground time to thoroughly settle down. — I have the honour to he, &ir, G. H A PITRCHAS, Authorised and Mining. Surveyor. Te Aroha, 27th May, 1889. Accounts : The followi»g accounts' were passpd for payment : — Allan Stacy, £10 ; J. B. Johnson, £3 l(?s ; W. A. Prime, £4 3s 61 ; T. and S. Morrin and Co., £1 16slOci. The Chairman- stated that lie had been, instructed at the last monthly meeting to get an estimate from the Engineer oF the probable cost of carrying out variousnew works proposed When Mr Purchas was at Te Aroha he went round theI>jtnain with him and inspected the proposed works. On looking at No. 919 1 spring they found it was too low to be of any service to- No. I bath-liousp, and the probability was that if utilised in connection with No 1 bath, it might befound to interfere with the water at the drinking fountain at the Octagon. At No. 6 bath there appeared to be plenty of water and a arood overflow. By the • Engineer's report it would be seen that the plans for the carrying out oE the improvements in connection with this bath were in the hands of the Board. No. 5 Bath was also inspected, but he (the speaker), did not think the Board could do anything towards re-erecting that bath at present, or until more funds were available. They also visited No. 212 1 Balh-housp, and he thought the empty bath in this building might be nowutilised. No. 4 Bath was getting too. cold now the winter is coining on, and by connecting one or two of the hot springsavailable with this bath, it coold be used? in place of No. 4 ; and the work couM be done for about L 5. Tine work in comnection with the l,awn extension bethought should be carried out according to tl>e Engineers-a dvice. Mr Wilson : I cannot see how Mr Purchas intend* to work No. 5 Bath, as it appears to l>e in solid rock. Chairman : We have let the summer go by,, and the winter is now upon us, so* that it will be impossible to carry out a1!a 1 ! the works mentioned in the Engineer'sreport r as at the present ti-me oar fun Isare low, and the receipts seem to befalling off. We might get No. 1 and No. G Baths attended be-, but that id about all we can do. Mr Lip.*ey : It's no rese tiying to gat an overdraft after what the Minister told us- when he was here Mr Wilson : I think the woik in connection with No. I and No. 6 B itlts,. which septiKS- tobe most urgently required,, should became 1 out, as early as po^si'-le. and then ?f there are any funds left,, expend them as far as they will go in the lawn extension. It was resolved after some further discussion, on the motion of Mr Wilson, seconded by MrLipsey, That the work of supplying water to No. 6. Bath becarried out as early as possible. MrLipsey .- I should suggest thrift the work be given to the lowest foimal' tenderer received some time ago when tenders were car-led for carrying out thiswork, if he is still willing to go on with, it according to plans and specifications. Resolved on the motion oFMr Lipsey, That the Clerk be instructed to write tothe successful tenderer on the former oecassion, and ask him iff he is still willing to t,'o on with the work, and if so tohand in his deposit of L.l, and in the event of his not being prepared to go on with the work, the Chairman to calb fresh tenders^ returnable at an early date. MrLipsey said he thought the bowling, green and ■lawn extension should, besown down in grass as early as possible. Chairman : 1 should be in favour of carrying out the Engineer's suggestion in respect to the bowling gr^en. Hesolved on the motion of Mr Wilson, that this work be left in the hands of the Chairman to have carried out Mr Wilson suggested that the large trees in the front of the Domain should be cut down, as they had answered their purpose, were too large to transplant elsewhere, and were now preventing the the young shrubs from doing- well. He would also suggest that the fence opposite the Bank of New Zealand, going up the hill be raised. Resolved on the motion of Mr Wilson that the work of. cutting down the trees, and Faising the fence to the grade'of the footpath, be left in. the hands of the i Chairman to have earned out. ! The following is the statement for the niOKtb :—: —

Tho Chairman reported ilint a small pnnip had been ejected at the Octagon, ih'inkiiii^ fountain, as «'ecideil upon at a special inoolin^ inuring the past month.,. This was nil the business.

£ s. a. £ s. a. May 4. To balance B.N.Z. 51 7 9 June 1, Bath receipts 32 0 O 83 7 9' May 4:. Caretaker's salary 1& 1O 0 May 4, Accounts paid 5 & 7 May 1&, Caretakers' salary 10 10 0 26 5 T 57 12 % Liabilities Caretakers' 10 10 0 W. A. Prime & Co-. 4 3 & J., B. Johnson 3 IS 0 Allan Tracy 10 a 0 Morrin & Co, 1 16 10 30 6 4 Balance , £27 5 10