Borough Council.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 267, 15 November 1904, Page 3

Borough Council.

FORTNIGHTLY MEETING.

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of Uie Borough Counoil was held on Monday evening, theie beinu i««km —His Worship the Mayor (Mr Lt. Cock), and Crs. Wood, Wilson, Fruisec, Brooking, Brown, Ahier and Mwlley. —Apology.— The Mayor apologised for the absence of Cr. ColUs, who was granted leave of absence. —Hospital Board Representation.— The secretary of the Hospital Board forwarded the list of apportioned representation on the board. The New Plymouth Borough wat combined with Waitara Borough. The Mayor nominated Mr G. Tisch as one of their representatives, and said he had in.lcn.tui to nominate Mr Clilf, but as he was not present to consent he would not do so. As regarded Air Tisch he said it w«s necessary to have a gentleman could devote time to the duties, a: it required constant attention. They could not get a better man than Mr Tisch. Cr. Wood seconded the motion, an. endorsed the Mayor's remarks in reference to Mr Tisch. 'Hie Mayor said it was necessary that the second member should lie a resident near New Plymouth. He detailed the steps he had taken in communicating with the Government regarding tlic allocation of members. Cr. Brown asiked if his Worship would stand. His Worship ; 1 would prefer someone else being nominated. Cr* Ahier proposed Cr. Cliff, who he said was a good man. Cr. Brooking proposed, Cr, Brown seconded " that the Mayor be nominated." Cr. Ahier said he proposed Cr Cliii as a protest against tho practice o, nominating outsiders. Cr. Brooking said he agreed with Cr. Ahier as to principle, but Mr Tisch had proved such a good man that they could do no more than reelect him.: The Mayor said Mr Tisch had tolo him he would contest a seat at th next municipal elections. The Mayor and Mr Tisch wer» nominated, the Mayor being elected delegate to attend the meeting an.i vote on behalf of the council. —Sinking Fund.—

The Town Clerk read a communi cation he bad forwarded to the Ma yor in reference to the creation of i. sinking fund on tire present doan, In said Jn his opinion it could tie don. out- 01 the district fund, and would make the dehen tuns more saleable. The borough solicitors should be consulted before the bunk was finally Arranged with. If a fund of one per «ent. was arranged, this would mean an annual charge of £9OO, which, though a fairly lieavy drain on tilt district fund, would be far preferable to selling the debentures below par. A telegram was read from Mr Martin, solicitor to the Municipal Association, in which he said the council could create a sinking fund under section 147, l>y resolution, notwithstanding that the sinking fund wai created before any part of the loan was- raised. It could appoint commissioners D y resolution under secnrT 1 ? 7 lali9 --*l*> the Local , bodies Loans Act sections 27 to <ia. Amendment Act, 1903, section 2. ' —Keferred to finance committee. —East End Bathing House.— Messrs, Ewing and Messenger waited on the council in reference to the East End Baths, and asked for aT ■enption._r| le matter was rreti to the works committee, the dem- ' —Engineer's Requirements.— ! The engineer wrote asking- the council if it had been deiinitSy decided to substitute a traffic bridge about 12ft wide for the pipe brid™ , over the Hinatoki StreamL The tratfim?.t haa beffll climated to cost £l6O the contract price for the , WH "** £l4 - Tto tambour board having applied for its cement testing machine, made it very no n'l !m f ?" CoUncil ■» "*»* »» no means „ f fesling the c quired for the various works in proBress He was familiar only w t h Adies macran e, which costs > £ . o n The main i n Devon Street West, be-' tween Morley and Dawson StreetT m practically on the surface. a*d the improvements Ulereon cannot be car ned out until the main is^owe^d J^L" 183 "o*' 0 *' was instructed to Proceed with the erection 0 f the pine iZ ?L &sked to nvrtre as to itne cost of a machine. —Sanitary Inspector.— llln T^ Ce t t0 tho roquest ° f the ilealth Department that Mr A H Kendall be allowed to act as ' £ • epector under that department it was decided to grant the request tht government to him »"* less than .£25 per annum. —lnspector's Report.— .Inspector Kendall reported on various matters coming within his ■province as sanitary inspector tw P^ t ° r Stobr ' s ' e P wt stated '*£ i pV,n « about It beea P lMod ■tela and boarding-houses. .o^.?,* re P° rtod that 55 cows, 97 bullocks, 11 calves, 646 sheep, -80 lambs, and 80 pigs had slaughtered sdnce last report Fees .emounting to £95 16a lw had beeu Two cows and one bullock -*ad been condemned as suffering from tuberculosis, and one sheep suffering from pleurisy. —Committee Reports.— The finance and works committee's reports, as already published, wore adopted. The easements committee's report Was also adopted as follows :—The committee perused the grant to lay Water pipes through Mr Saxton's property, and recommended that Clause (J, giving Mr Saxton power Ut dexcrmine the giant upon any defauflt of the council, be struck out, the aifcitration clauses being sufficient for the grantor ; that clause D bo amended. Th o council will •agree to any parts of the land through which the pipes are laid ■being dedicated as a public road •provided the pipes are not interfered with, but should decline to pay the •costs of releasing the land from the deed of grant. The reserves committee recommen--Bed—That the borough council gives its consent to a lease for five years from John Butler to Neila Christian Christiansen and Johannes Christiansen of part of the land included id memorandum of lease No. 915, Conditionally on the lessees insuring in the name ol the borough council, as provided by the original lease, find that rents and costs are paid ; that Mr Prentice be allowed to use •the portion of Kawaroa Park at present in his occupation, from month to month on payment of 6d per month; that the windows In the ladies' room be repaired and repainted ; that the sexton be instructed to clean up Mr Wilson's grave from time to time asi ruiuired ; that the waterworks engineer be .thanked for his report, but that he , be informed that Munga has been notified to repair the fence at the waterworks and that the key of the reserves has been lent to him by •the committee for the purpose of up wood, and that the key 3>as since been returned; that in wiew of the unsatisfactory leasing Power of the council the Old Hospi*a! site and section 798 lie withdrawn from public tender ; that both reserves be let for grazing purposes from week to week, applications to be sent to the town clerk up to Saturday next. This report mas ado) fed. Cr. Wood slating that the relatives of Wilson, deceased, resident in England, had remitted ft sum 0 f money to the town- clerk in order that the grave might be kept in ocder. —General.— Mr F. Messenger was granted perOisßlc/n to connect a, drain from

j his cottage on part .section 1154, 1' Devon Street East, with the sower. Cr. Fr&ser was elected a member of the itecroation Uround Board and Western Park Committee, vice. Cr. , Carter resigned. Cr. l-Yr.si.-r will also take up ihe committee i,.,.i. ~, he ex-councillor.

Tho Hospital lioanl wrote u-wepL-ing the offer of the council to contribute half cost of the public morgue in the hospital grounds. Cr. Brooking said he had seen the amended jjlans, and all the recommendations- of the council had been earned out.

Messrs Govett and Quilliam wrote in reference to the grant to Mr ,lordan, this being referred to the easements committee.

The exhibition committee was granted the labour of borough work men for making paths in the grounds —the committee to pay all costs, Mr Mcslayer telegraphed that the plans and specifications for the septic tank would be ready in a forinight.

The Taranaki County Council wrote enclosing the report of Driver Urry upon the bogging of the rollei in Avenue lioad. They added that it was not fair that "the county snould bear this extra expense. The claim, £2, does not include the time of the county workmen. Keferred to the works committee. Mr G. Stevenson wrote asking that tlie main in Hospital Road be tapped m order to provide water to a house now being erected for Mr Stanley Surith.—The request was granted.

lhe Town Clerk was' instructed to arrange with Mr Stamdith regiui-dmg the ant oi land for the purpose oi conveying! water o ver his property, whereby the flooding 0 f Franklcy KoaJ would be obviated. —Morley Street.—

Three tenders for forming in Morley Street were received, the lowest being £B2, and on the motion that this be accepted Cr. Ahier protested against the expenditure of money over this work, while more pressing needs went begging. Cr. Wood said the Western Park authorities wished to find the levels for placing their gate and the work was required.

Cr. Fnaser said he thought the financial condition of the borough was such as would cause anxiety to all having the welfare of the place seriously at heart. Morley Street did not require anything being done to it. He had come down it from the goli links and hail never seen anyone oait, Thera were works in the town requiring attention, ami when the council was asked to can.*, them out the reply was that no mo ney was available, camd yet the} were now voting £B2 to do useless work.

Cr. Wood said 2000 trees had already been planted in Western Park. Cr. Wilson could not see his way to vote for the proposal. Theie were so many pressing worfa requiring attention, 'ihe motion was lost by four votes to three, his Worship, with Crs Wood and Brown, being in tnc lui . nionly. Cr. Brooking had previously lelt the chamber.