BOROUGH WATER AND WORKS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 117, 15 May 1903, Page 2

BOROUGH WATER AND WORKS.

BEPIIO TANK SITE. At the Council meeting tin Monday a letter was re id from Mr Mestayer forwarding tracing of land to be tiken for the intike and tunnel for water and electric power stitionsi Or. Ballrittger moV.d that ac<i >n be deferred Until the Council visit; the site on Thursday week. Seonded by Or, Brcdking and carii.d. Mr Mestayer wrote relative to tenders for filters, aod explained tin cost, etc., of each system. He considered j thi cipvcity should be ade'iveryof' one rnillion gallons a day. He recom-1 mi-nded the acceptance of P.timer andi 00 's tender. j Or. B 1 ringer, in mining the acceptance of Messrs Palm r's tauder, I tojk the opportunity- of pointing out thai the dalay in the water works, schema had been largely by the qu s ion of filtration, wbicu had necjs-l S'.tit9d a large quntity of correspon-, dtnce with firms in various p rts of the' world, The mjtion was cirrirfd. Mr Mestayer wrote surges'ing thV; Messrs Glenfield'and Kenne ly be paid 90 per cent, of Co3t of valve head* on delivery of go ;ds aboard ship, ar.d that th i balance b.) piid on arrival of the goods here, Au horiseJ. A fu.-ther loiter was read from Mr M slayer rela'ivj to the s'.te of thej septic tauks and as ta the prabible' ac'iin of the R ilway Dapirtmeot, [ He considered that it was very important that the Department should allow atleista parti in of the grjUnl over the tanks to be k-fs open. The Miyor did not think it was possible to deal with the Railway D piriimnt a3 the lanl h.d been purposely i reclaimed forruilwiy p irpns s aud it j was most improbable they wauld give it up; Or. B llringer pointed out tint thi Department was willing to allow usi of ihe lacd beneath the rails bu k i would uot forego running over it. The Engineer said that if trains ran over tba top of the tanks it woi!d rxnan considerable additional expeisa in st.-e-g'h'ning the tinks. Or. Bdllringir faid the ques'.ion was whe'her it wou'd be more economical to put the tanks under the lin«s or to eequ'r» either of the o'.her sites offered , for £2OOO. Tna Railway Depirtmen-. had met the Council in every way. He moved that tho mitter be referred to tho Works 0 ;mmit",Bi\ 1 Seconded by o.'. Oonne't and cir- ! ried.