BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 27, 1 February 1902, Page 2

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

A. special meeting of the Council wajs. beld on Friday evening, whpa tbfe j j Finance Committee's report on boroodh j• lean proposal*. and Mr. MflßtojrArV water and drainage sohemi, was I considered. All members wore pnte&t. I In opening the meeting the Mayor said he thought ha o >uld cl -im cruSit for the Fiuance Committee ih having I brought their report up in good time. They had been somewhat haggled at last meeting by one councillor) but thai committee had taken the matter in earnest, and now brought daw* & report. He movtd that the Oouacifl go into committee. i Cr». Brooking, Connefct arid Oollls thought the reports should betntatad so that the Press might be b®l« to give full publicity to them. J ' I Or. Stohr thought the maoers should be dealt with in committee. | The motion was agreed to. I Cr. Brooking, chairman o! /the Works Committee, then explained/ in , detail the proposals contained in (the , reports. Mr. Mestayer'a report provided for a gravitation wate supply schemo which he, Cr. Bropkj jf, ('considered could not be bettered b(ut it would cost £24,000. The fir iniittee therefore had decided to lea* oiit for the present a supplementary ! tin pipe line, and two out of four ij ter-beds proposed. This would reduci the cost by about £6OOO. The new jfeservoir wou'd hold one million This • would give a water thaij would ■' supply all parts of the . tov/t'l- The • ' pressure would be 581bs *o the equare I inch, at a coat t'f £18,009■ " |

Lux's " schume, which thA C utacil approved, would cost > iutoclyl give 45lbs pres«ure. Br. I>r«okin« then referrad to the drop 1" subJmitted for electric l»h' a i [• Tbfe Council had approved |>f j Q®, "whitlh would cost £13,000. SL-pe however, Mr. Mestsyar hadEcc jdered improvements could beimirof'di'and Ltd prepared a report acconinttyj providing a scheme which wovH cut £IO,IEO. But now again he conid red furtpe modification could belmsjle, al, d /the water from the intihe ® the new reservoir could be prolyide power for electric light fChis being dose a sum of bp taken from h<s previous light estimate; making the dost or a total in round figuaes combined services of X24soo^H Cr. Brooking moral of this portion of the by Or. Webster. ] Cr. Oollis asked if p. proposed to combine the electric light schemes. it was necessary. J Or. Brooking said fte for the two Cr. Connett w a°, hj« thought, a cVieap wajyto^^Ber'oniric light, and would the approval of ratepayers Cr. Lealand the additional pipe line Jdowßw W unction road was omitted py thM)mmittee, as besides adding to theßt'lijtf of the swvice for fire prevwln tthe people of Vogeltown anp higher levels would secure a which they desired. I ] Cr. Brooking he would favour the it would cost another (They had an increased pre^uft^Bllb.'under the modified schemnf / Or. Tisch schema should be o entirety, and he would in that direction. The Miyor ratepayers | would require flint i would not be As to electric light ratepayers should be to pifce on the scheme by z jit pointed out that they jsjsheme for Or. Stobr rj ed the two schemes being l^^^fttherL Or. Clow Burt be urged that the extra should be included in the E Jls. Or. Carter [to see Cr. Tisch's clut, but was afraid it was Ho asked what the of th» present works wae,eo pajuomparcd with the bens, which would filtar j gallons per It was the present works 806,000 gallons a day. Cr. favouring the full atj present i would for the mrdifiert proposals. Or. wonld withdraw his J Or. WebafrtpTOat, that though the Council EQiffht! have nol pessemistic views rega-diiig thej band, still it was governed by anjother power—the ratepayers— and upless they {could be as suved that no high increase of rat' would be .occasioned, tne propisali should bo adopted as brought down. Tho proposals for combined wate and drainage were then adopted. Or. Brrojring theo proceeded to ex plaid in detail thu drainage proposals Ho moved ihq adoption of the drainag' jfichemo in its entirety. St-candei) by r - Conne f .t x and carrier unanimously. f j Further proposals dealing with streets atJfl tafehihery, loan ejp°nset and HenuS bridge', totalling X16.50C were adopjted. I A propolsl for a ioat for public bad is, to cos? £ISOO, was also adopted. The Major ihen entered into an explanation of the financial aspect ol thrt loan prope sals, particulars of which will he found initha talkie given el*ewhere. Havftng in mini the great increase which P»d taken place in value" of town properh the Mayor considered the: poui ioii could assure tho racopayew tbfet ihe loan money could be obtained at 4i per cant interest, and wourirequii f no increased rite to meet the ntArest. The C until then resam fi d > and Or Brooking mavedl formal ay that the proposals r<coifflm«)Bded by the Works Committee |>e placed bfefore the ra epayerH, at interest no'l exceeding 5| per cent.-Seconded b(y Or Coonett, and carried. Formajl resolutions relating to thf term of |thp lo ins, sicnrit.y, etc., wert> passed, adjourned.