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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 9, 12 January 1904, Page 2

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'l'll 10 United;l! IONIUXKKU. I,IO\ IOhS AND lI'I'IIIOK MAT'I'IOHS. IXSCUSSIOM lt\ TIIK IXII'NCII... There was a lively (puirter of an Iny.ii- at Ihe lloroifgh Ci.nniil last evening', wh-n ■l'll,, borough engineer, Mr hpenn-r, asU'.l tl«n. lie be nlhnufl lo luive an (.ulside engineer lo li'i\e an expivssiomi o'f opiiiiom an works dc/ne by him in the borough. lie Sll-ggested Mr Ah-lealfc. of Auckland, as being u ; ,u<nngei' to Ihe town ami to himself. Cr ' Wood wanted to know what w,ls to 1,.- gained. Mr Kp-en.vr Ikkl lavii so many ti s over levels that be must, have made a goo'd job by this time. Cr Tisch moved that the letter be '.•eccive.l. 'lhis was- not seconnled. Cr l!roi»king uiou'J that the request !,-e granted. It was a matter of situl imjuu-lance to the engineer, who lull that he was right where tlte Council tihought him wrong. 'J'he Alayor agreed, but would limit tl.v- cowl. Cr Ti.uh Iboug'ht this was beyond the Council's iduly. Cr Medley asked for some particulars as tw.cos't. Mr Sjiumcer sakl £lO wouM cover all exi.en-.ses. Cr Collis wairted to know what gwccl would come or tlnis- action, lie niigb't be iilt-nse, -but hv c(mid n.v no benelit to tho IjoroiigJi-. t.'r llroo'k'i'lig said the good would be tliat it would niariitaiu the engi■nieer's l-tvputat-ion. A CouliicHlor : Will it ? Cr Carter was •ag'iviible to havingtihe inspect-ieni, 'hpt thoi.igiht the engineer ahoijid 'bear tlie cost. Cr W(X»d a»ked who was going, bcsiitks the engineer, to point out the work.

Cr Brooking : Yoni can go. Cr Woo 1! wauled others, lie wan led the p.uiblic to know all about it.

The motion was 1 carried. Cr Bdmuiwls thought the engineer's- -appointee might be nsked to act. The Council had' told the engi-n-eer ive was wrong, atwl the engiinuer cljallengijd them to |irove they were right, or also acknowledge they wore wrong, Tito Council was backingdown.

Cr Collis -asked Cr Bdimimla to explain where the backing down came in. He coukhi-'t see it. He tlhought -tlmt if the Counci 1 agreed to -tire tfiitgjjration that would be Ijiacki-ng down. Cr Carter eo'ukhi/t see why the Coiuncil s-lumkl bear any expense..

Cr Tisch objected to the Council bringing an outside engineer to passwork that hart been altered several times.

The modioli w-as altered to mean that the Council bear the expense of bringing' in the outside engineer, but without sugg»>»ting any ' pat'tk-ulur num. In this form it was put ami lost.

Cr Carter mo-wd that tlm Council nigra- to tte appointment, or Mr Mftealfe.-Onrriod.

lni the event of Mr Mi-tcalfe rom'J>g_ to iinspect the w-oeks, the whole of the Co-uuc-illors will nccoiniianv liini over the various works.