BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 36, 10 February 1903, Page 2

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Thb Oounoil met oa Monday evening. Present: His Worship the M»yor (Mr E. Dookrill), Ors. Brooking, Oollis, Carter, Titob, L'aland, and Web iter. The District Health Officer, Dr. Valin'ine, wrote notifying the appointment of a Sanitary Inspector for the dis'rict, who wm to take up hie duties o i February let and would reside in (few Plymouth. He applied for the Council's premised great of £A(t la id towards the Inspector's ralary, to ba paid by quirterly instalments. Or. Tisch seated the luepeotor had arrived and was miking a house to houg? inspection. Toe letter was referred to the Health Oommittee. Leave of absence was granted to the oarettker, Mr P. Drewett. W." Crab'ree and Son, Wellingtaa, wrote forwarding deiiga of a cast iroa Band Rjtuoda, which they quoted at £135 f.O.b. The Dis'rict Riilway Engineer notified the Government's content to the erection of the ro unda. Or. Tisch pointed out that thi foundations would prove a large extra. The Mayor stated that th<* Government would give a £ for X subsidy. Or. Oarter moved that the matter ba referred to the committee of the whole Oouecil.—Carried. Mitchell and Watt-, architects for the Imperial Hetel, wrote ia reply to the requirements by the Building lasp.-otor for cartain further work to ba dona at the hotel. They pointed out that the amendments in their plans, as required by tho Oouncil in January, 1002, had btrn made and the contract let, and thit the foundations of the present building were in before the new byelaws came into force. They oonteaded they had dose all the Council in* sistcd on as the worka p*oce#ded, and that it would be a grait hardship to their client to incur the expena*, aa well as a great inconvenience to have to comply with the further requiremints, which they asked should ba waived. They bpologised for the delay ia erecting certain iron shutters, and poin'el out tbat the granting of their request w juld not form a precedent. The M >yor stated that, under erdimry circumstances, the matter not hiviog be n dealt with by the Works 0 >mmi te», it would be referred to that v-ody. The ques'ion was whether tha bye-Uws should be upheld or treited aa a dead letter. As there were alia* gstions in th» letter that required looking into, hj» that it bara* ferrel to the Works Oommittee to report upon. Or. Colli*, in s*oondiag the motion, said the mit er was one that required careful consideration. In rep'y to Or Brooking, His Won ship gtued that the rdfeenoe would certainly entitle the Committee te eon* Mult the Borough solicitor, as the quae* tion was entirely a legal ene. The motion was carried. Mr Samuel wrote advising on tha course of proceedure to be adopted with regard to the rebuilding of the Hanoi bridge, in relation to obtaining a contribution from the Taranaki County, that b ing, in his opinion, tha authority to ipply to for a contribution, and not the Henui Road Board. Ha submitted ferns of resolutions to bi adopted by the Council in tbe matter. It was resolved tbat it is desirable to build a nev bridge over the Henui river. Mr S.-muil further wrote stating that the £7OOO for the abattoir site would be seut to the Oouncil, and that aft r all no mortgage of tbe site would be r. quired. Measr*. Govett and Quilliam wrote forwarding the borougb bye-laws ea drawn by them and approved by tha oommittee. Or. Brooking staged it b*d taken the committee four nights hard work to go through the byelaws and he was quite sure it would take the Oounoil a week at laast to disouss them. It was decided that a special meet* iog of the Oouncil be oalled at 10 a.m. on Monday to adopt the bye-laws. Mr Ok«y, chairman of the Taranaki County, waited on the Oounoil and explained that the County had deoided to abolish toll-sates and to impose a tax on heavy traffic. It waa thought by the County Council that pee«ib!y an amicable arrangement would ba arrived at between the Borough and the County either for a lump eum ptr yetr or for the supply (f a certain quantity of metal on the portion of the road damaged by such extraordinary traffic as carting boulders. Tbe Mayor said that in bin opinion, Mr Okay's proposal appeared to be a very rrasotable one. It wu tba Council's intention when they got their arrangements all in order to we vehicles having extra wide wheels ! which wcuM not damage the rosds to anything like the same extent «e at present. Or. Oollis moved that the matter ba refill red to the Works Oomniiitee to j r< port upon. ! O. Brooking, in seconding the motion, stated that he «&i in favour of adopting the coursu suggested by Mr Okey. It would alto be neoeaatiy «• [come to some arrangement with the Henui Road Board relaiee to tha Abattoir raid. Or. Ooliis, by leave t>f tbe OowmQ|

added to his motion that tho Henui Road Board be included in the reference, and the motion was then carried, A letter was read from Mr Spencer to Mr Fulton relative to the Henui bridge and cutting down the Henui hill on the eastern elope. Cr. Brooking stated that the Henui Road Board was meeting that evening and would corsider the plan for re?rai- 1 ing the entrance to the tlespital-roid. ; The Engim-tr statad that, if the bridge was raised only six feet, the grade on the hill would be one in 24. (To be continued.) i