BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 89, 4 May 1901, Page 2

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

BPECHL MEBTINQ. A special matting of th«. Council, was bold on Thursday »t 10.$0 a.m. , Present : His Worship th» Mayor (Sif. E. Dock rill), Councillors BellriDger, Glow, Brooking, Carter, Colli*, Veale, and Stohr, • ■ ■ <

1 On the motion of Or. Bellringer, by Or. Stohr, the balance- * boot for i£hs borough for the year ended. 31st March, 1901, at certified to ly tin Auditor Qentral, was adopted, • Tna Re>ems Committee rejp&tad iy orided the requisite legislative Mit.i.oi-i y be obtained, without cosfcto the u-.bil, section 2337, New Plymouth, m»y be giv«n ;to his M*j»stjr for «8? t o for a post office or other p'ubi lie building or buildings in exchange for. l tcd> to be first approved by the Oiuncil as of the ralue of at Wast 14932 10s. [Note.—Section 3337 baa , 31ft. lin. frontage to Broagham street i by 66ft. Sin. to King street] I Tine Secretary of the Postal Daparfj.raent. wrete as follows:—" I have the , honour, by direction of the PostmasterGeneral, te enquire whether yoir Council is t wi ling to put under offer to the D'P'rtment part pf the borough reserve at tho corner of King and Brougham streets, adjoining feotiona 43, 44 aud 45, at the price of £3O per foot, In the event of the Oouocil agreeing to <"o si, enquiries i would be made as to the suitability of the section as part of a site for a nawl Post Office; and ths question of the ; land to ba offered in exchange would be considered. The Chairman of the H<rbour Board had been written to similarly in respect to sections 43, 45 and 45.

The Borough solicitor wrote advising tha*! legisl&tion was necstsary to enable the Council to sell or to cxcbangs for other lands.

In reply to Or. Veale, the Mayor said that the Council could only legally sell the land upon obtaining legichtiva saoc'ion.

Ci*. Bellringcr in moving the adoption cf the r a port, said he had obtained opinion on the matter himself, and war advised that the Council should ecdeavour to get the full value of the Ian 1 ), Personally, he did not see any Feed for the erection of a Post Office in tha*; place, as the Government hnd an excellent sita at present, but if the majority of the burgerses thought a new office shou'd bo built in street, then he wou'd support lt/ai he did not want th'i Ooun «1 to be accused of acting con'rary to the interests of the town. Mayor suggested tint a limit should be fixed to the time given the Department to accept the Council'e oiler. Or 801 l ioger said he would flgree to thi t'me b>ing limited to 31st July. Or. Vial# thought the land would become much more, valuable than i!3O a foo'.

Cr, Oillis thought tho Council's interest* were safeguarded by the proviso that an equivalent value of land should be exchanged for it. The land received would ho doubt increase in value a« well as tha piece'tp be given. Cr. Carter hoped nothing rould be den- thafc would int«»f»re wi'h tbe erection of a new post office. People were anxious that more postal accommodation should soon be availab'e.

| The Mayor thought the value put on the land wan a reasonable onp, though porhaps not quite equal to its commercial value. A new post office wtuld b" an ornament to tbe town, and would enhance property Taints in the neighbourhood.

Cr. Ballrinper s'ill contended that the present Post Office site was the best in the town—-

Or. Stohr : Except one further west! —(Laughter.) | (Jr. Uelh'inger: And would not be iequalled by the pr.pos'd-site. How-o'.'«-r, as he had said, he would voti for the land to bi given as proposed fur a n(w office. He said Cr. Veale saem'd to have lrst sight of the fact that on equivalent v..1u0 of la>.d was being received by the Oouucil,

Or. Olotr agr. Ed, and the report Wds adoptid.

The Works Committee reported:— Thrt the commit'ee having very ful'y co sideted the matter of obt<ininiug in cl.ii ory for road wark, remitted to them by the Council, retomm»nd that the Council empower the committee te

obtain one of Messrs. J. and H. McLaren's latest improved steam rollers; the roller to be 15 tuns compound, fitted and delivered under steam in the Council's yard, New Plymouth. This roller is exactly similar to the one recently obtained by the Ohrktchurch Oity Council; alio one Blake-Marsdou, latest pa'ent lever hand' hammer motion stonebreaker to tske boulders 20 z 10; product of m*tal 10 tons p«r hour. The cost of the above is estimated at about £ISOO in the Council's yard, New Plymouth; that in viow of loan proposals, the Borough ~tit v;?yor be instructed to prepare plan*, so ific.itioDß and estimate of the* cost of ft i»ew bridge, full, width of road, oyer tho Henui River; the bridge to |>e of concrete and the approaches r is d ; and that he also prepare similar pl« s for King-street and Broughamstrost ov r the Mangotuku stream;

that tlio Mirr'ster of Agriculture be requested to infrtruafe bit officer* to report j oh eites kv ilable for abbatoirs without! delay as the Omnoil intends ac once proceeding with the erection thereof; that Mr, Jickell, of Nelson (architect; of tha new abbitoirs for Nelson and Ohristchurch) be instructed to prepare plans for abbatoira, arranged with a view to enl&rgement when n«oe?sary, having a capacity for fifty Urg« 'and throe hundred (mall cattle weekly ; alternate estimates in concrete acd wood |

t l>o given; fcbat th« plan* lubraitted by Mr. Maisey for additions forMesara. I K. fl. Sole in Lsach -street and Mr. I i v. 1). Webster in Egaiont be j up iiivk subject to the requirement •f im- M.'\ md Public Health Acts' mi U i'o.ig l i i<gulat'oni being I- io i - lit ; tli.t Air. McKinnon Bain's i-pc'i'it on f a s'gnboaid be granted, l pi- ii" I it tiie sign be fixed not 1' o i mi lio pres int verandah ends, i (J . I' llii or m r«d tho adoption! of Ui< p it. - The Committee recognised lli.i mvv.l ioi- a n improved 1 IvmrI rnt*hi« pi-tut. Xo <lo .Lit loan monies . | won'<l be raiel, onf <t w . I the jmah ii y miii'd epa .1 <> r , ar Ino loan was r.iis< 'l,"' o m » 1 11 ,i <> belitved, be wi luijj -o a <>) t |» r 1 1 by instalments. Plat.s f the proposed n w »ii: > <>•, ' e Henui, so that t m Oouii ii «i ; I> vu something definitu to r>l K • < t' o ratepayers. Abt'utoiri wi« nu * I, and th« proposal ma4o woiil i j > > »-uf Oouicil something 'ok «|m>h . Cr, Brooking mrondod .It* motfi n Or. CMow thought that u «re i \ abbttolrs they sh uld be ilt «l » thwaihny,wheretlmyeouldb* - I also by Wtitera and Inglewool wl> ' towfta Would also then bear a «ht t v \ the fcxptfts* The Haysr agrwl with this »u ■

gftstiao, but poiabid cut tli it the fiiul aelccttkn of * kite with ilia Mini»'er for^rirultir*. bra. Vwklj nml (greed, <iid the import w*« a'} ptVil. i A tMegram »*• >oa<l ft< n Mr, J luv Holmrtu Gotfcrnm nt C«it i>ifsion*Hn eonoeCnoa ttith t)i'i n|i[n">« iti g lloy 1 fiiit to Ntw Zeal-n I, >mi j tfaat New Ptyaou li lioui.l to >ejueluented. by the tno i n >•« voh. of butter.boje-. Or,Bellriegermov 1 ►li-t., thu <o'ngr*ai be ferw«rd«d to t. * >■ ny Ac <>. ciition, aabeing tbe boM, > ry 10 Jj>l withit;

Hetefidfd by Cr. Bro >'<!•:£ Or, Stohr: Does tint i < .Iwlt t » Ratip\yen' Association 1 (' > * Th<» Mayor thought if • '») Agfwsiation took auy itep* >• •»«v«'« representative display it mi j h «;n ' pe'ent fer the Council to o mnvi ■« a sma'l amount to the <o<t. The motion was ctrried. Or. Collii drew attention to a w > .< of wator which whs 'aking plaou in *i town. The value of the waste I w.r, was sufficient to pay the wage < of fc • pump'ng st iff. It was s'a'el metera would sonn Im» to hand, and would probably check I lio nuisance. • I Cr. Stohr tefnrrel to a house i > ! Young-stree'. which was deserted, and ahould be pulled down. The Town Clerk said be bslieved the property was being sild, and the matter dropped. Or. Olov urged that the Works Committee should ke?p in view the placing of board*, with the nauofs of the various streets, in suitable places utilising lamp-posts if necesury. The 0 junoil then adjourned.