TOWN BOAR

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 481, 18 June 1890, Page 2

TOWN BOAR

The monthly meeting of the above Board (adjourned from the Saturday previous) was held oil Monday evening. Present: Messrs Lipsey, Heathcote, and Mills.

Tenders : Tenders were opened and considered for new works as under : Contract No. 1 : To cut down bank near Mr Cochrane’s, Thames road-—Fill up a gully near Mr P. Baiun’s, Brick street—Form part- of Koromiko street, near Mr Hotchin’s house—Make footpath in Burgess street from the Railway station to Rata street (past Mr Aider’si —To clear footpath up to Mr J, W. R. Guilding’s—To cut drains in, Koromiko and Puriri streets : P. Dillon, L 33 Iss ; Johnson and Robinson, L 25 8s; C. Willis, L 23 Gs Gd ; G. C, Deverill, L2l 8s; Q. McCabe (accepted ), Ll 9 IBs 9d.

No; 2, Contract: Forming five chains of Wilson street (i.e. from Whitaker street to hear Catholic Chapel) : P. Dillon, L 32 1()s ; O. McCabe, L2O ; Johnson and Robinson, Ll 4 10s ; G. C. Deverill (accepted), LI3 16s Gd,. Wo. 3 Contract : Forming part of Rewi street, from. Rolleston street/to Bridge street, andiforming.part oM\>nrick street, from Rewi; street to school ground j P. Dillon. L 69 12s 7dq Johnson and Robinson, L4B 13s ; O. McCabe,L43 ; G.C.Deverill (accepted), L4l 15s Gd.

Mr Lipsey To nie. it appears very strarike that with .all, we . hear of bad times, ami so in any ; men \yanting work, that here when work’is to be done to'the vajue of over L7O, we have only six tenders sent in, and of these only three ! front inside Te Aroha; ; There ia something qiieer about it.' ■ -b TK Itepiilfs Mr PayM,* tbe Engineer-' wnso authorised; toii have sundry road repair's carried.' ()Ut,„aisdttlie approaches to Lipqeyjs Bridge attended tol] yjj i Balance-sheet: A copy of the Balancesheet for the 'y^ar^enUih^;,'M'nrcU-i. B'l>at last, tb be sent tb iPiakb CputityjGouncjl,; was laid oh the tgbjsn 1 *j The Clerk, reported the credit balance at ,the Bank- ( to .be&.BtiiOs ! ;«ajid stated * " ! . t, * h > V f * ’ ■ ' s ’ :

some L3O was still due for rates. Accounts : The following accounts were passed for payment : G. C. Deverill (carting gravel, Ll9dt-ls 6d ; sundries, 15s 6d—L2o '7s ; less Ll 5 paid on account), L 5 7s ; CJ. Aider (9 9in. pipes), LI 7s ; R. Michael (labour as surfaceman @ 7s per day), L 5 19s ; T. M. Lawler (salary as Clerk of Te Aroha Licensing District), L 3 4s ; Waikato Times'(printing 200 vouchers), 15s ; Geo. Lovegrove ( painting, etc., Notice Board), 10s 6d ; J. B. Johnson (kerosene), 7s 6d ; Total, Ll 7 12s. Resolved that Mr Lawlor’s account, be held over, and that the others be passed for payment. This was all the business.