BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7720, 24 January 1905, Page 2

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

ORDINARYiIEETING. The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the council was held on Monday evening-. Present : ilis Worship the Mayor (Mr H. Cock), Crs. Wood, i Cliff, Wilson, Brooking, Collis, Fraser, ltrowne, Ahier, and Medley. [( —Closing streets.— Messrs (Jovelt and Quilliam wrote stating that the S.M. had issued Ihe necessary order relative to the stopI page of portions of Fulford and Bulteel. Streets. It was decided to hoKiJthe necessary s|K'cial meet ing Ui>: 1 ca'rf'V the order into effect on Tlmrs- J day In next week. ' —Cellar Cnder Footpath.— A letter from Messrs (iovelt and n (iuilliam on behalf of Captujn King's H trustees relative to re-opening an I old cellar under the footpath in x front of tlie shop Intel) taken down in Devon .Street, was referred to the works committee. - —Complaint Against the Engineer.— e Sir Stevenson wrote complaining of I not being able to get a satisfactory, e reply or permit from the engiiuer ren lative to a house he promised ereriV ing. Applicant attended ihe council e and stated the grounds of his eoni--1 | plaint, especially of the trouble and loss of time' he had been put to. ii IHe strongly condemned the conduct i- of the council's officials, and regretc ted he had bought the property. Cr. Brooking moved that the letter of Mr Stevenson be received, and that } he be informed that the council's re--1 quirenicnts must be complied with. ;l Cr. Wood nsked for further in- - formation, and in reply the engineer n read the specification. The motion was carried. —The Inspector's lieport.— ' The .sanitary inspector reported being successful in prosecutions against > three persons for riding bicycles oil the footpath, lie had examined into a complaint as to decomposing matter at an establishment outside the borough, but found it only a verv ' exaggerated story. Jle considered the offices below Air Hutchen's rc- • 'quired better ventilation, and his jsuggestions had been carried out r , both there and at other places nnmed in his report. He lmd carefully gone into the question of dangerous i goods, resulting in one or two more licenses being taken out. lie had ascertained that Mr W. S. llan had a license granted to him at l'almerston North for which the usual fee had been paid a short time since, and 1 considered it would be hard if pressed to take out a local license. 1 The question of issuing a license • to Air Hart was referred to the Town '■ Clerk. > Cr. Collis brought up the question ' of the inspector reporting on- ; outbreaks of'disease outside the bor- • ough. The inspector pointed out that it would be advisable to define the area of operations. " Cr. Wood moved that the adjacent H local bodies be asked to appoint the council's inspector as honorary inf" • spector to report on cases of infectious diseases outside the borough. Cr, Fraser thought the motion did not go far enough, as) he did not consider it would meet the case of a milk vendor selling milk impregnated with disease. He pointed out that the health inspector had power to visit dairies, but the sanitary inspector had not. Cr. ClilT .-considered the inspector had quite enough to do already. The Mayor pointed out that this was the outcome [V>f the inspector's i own suggestion. After further discussion the motion ) was carried. ' —Engineer's Keport 'ihe engineer, Mr Gibbon, reported _ tlie need lor constructing concreti channels in Courtenay und l'owder- , hum Streets. Boulders were being t carted to the crusher, and the stone , would be used for finishing the me- _ tailing in Devon Street East. Ten- _ ders would be culled for 10(10 yards of boulders. The Sash ( and Door Company offered IHIT> rails j at £(i los per ton, and he asked for ( authority to procure ten tons for . trucking stone from the river. He had been inquiring as to an engine tor driving the crusher, but had not yet received any replies. He was of opinion that the material now being r obtained from the Brougham Street quarry would give very good results . on roads where the traffic was light. . He submitted plans of permanent _ levels of <!ill and Carrie Streets as l applied for by Mr Sanderson. He found that the schedule amounts in J. Messrs..Magec and Jenkins' tender k tor the septic tank corresponded with L ,'jthe lump sum. He asked for authority to lengthen the iron t shoot at the crusher. Cr. Collis urged caution with r«>f gard to new works, sta'ting that the , council to carry out requirements un- _ der this head would need at least . £SOO. He moved that the report on t . the channelling be referml to the t works committee. The Mayor said it was a quest ion I whether they should go on with these little works or sit bv and do nothing. _ After further discussion "the mo- / (.KM was carried. Cr. Wood moved that the engineer , procure tell tons of rails. ] Cr. ClilT moved that the matter be t referred to the works committee. —Levels of Streets.— The Mayor moved that the town , clerk take the necessary stops for . gazetting levels of streets.—Carried. ' —Alterations lo Crusher.— • Authority was-given to the engin- . tL ' ! ' 1° make Ihe necessary alterations to the crusher as mentioned in nis* report. —Committees' Imports.— ■' " The finance committee's' report as . published was adopted. . I'he works report as already published was udoptcd, after adding the words to clause 2 : "pro- . vided Ihe contractors pay the salarv • of the clerk of works for the extenii- . Ed ti\ye—six weeks." On tile motion of Cr. Wood Ihe license of a cab-driver was suspended \ till March ISlst. ■' —Cameron Street.— Cr. Ahier, pursuant lo notice, moved I hat Cameron Street be closed at tile top end. lie dilated at some length on the (lungers attendant on . using Ihe street in i-;s present con- . (lition. Cr. Burgess seconded the motion. . Cr. Brooking considered it would be far better to mend the holes than , to close the street—a course to which ' ! he would strongly object. Cr. Wilson "pointed out the large amount of traffic on the road, espe- , cially to the waterworks, and' he strongly urged that the road should bo metalled and not closed. The Mayor said there was about . £l2llOO lo spend till March, and it would not be a serious thing for the council lo be £2OOO in debt at the close of the financial year. Cr. Ahier said that after hearing the Mayor's promises he would show his faith by withdrawing his motion ' now that it had served fits purpose. . ' he. jlluyor. promised .to bring down ; l , lu ' Nl meeting a Scheme prepared by. himself; and< the engineer for the expenditure'of £2OJIO. —Fast Fjid Kalhing Heserve. •, Cr, Wood, pursuant to noTice. movA 1 to rtscind the refusing lo entertain the question 'of aisisting the Eart Rnd bftthjng reserve coin- ( mi (tee .with' a grant until promised subscriptions were paid. He pointed j out thc.ro woro ,no defaulters. Cr. Brooking Theii" there is no ! need lo rescind the resolution. , After turther discussion the uio'tion was withdrawn. Bye-law Against Bookmakers.— Or. Collis,, 'pursuant to notice, ■ moved that the council take into ' consideration the advisableness of ' framing bye-laws to prevent the * bookmakers carrying on their busi- 1 ness in the borough, espeeiallv In the 1 Hecreation (.'rounds. He pointed out , f that (lie presence of bookmakers on I the racecourse and in the Hecreation 1 (.rounds was very objectionable The 1 Christchmch council had a very <lras- 1 lie bye-law on the point, and he urged that New Plymouth should be i protected troni the 'demoralising ef- ' lects ol the presence of bookmakers. Cr. Wood seconded the motion " which was carried, | 'l ft was then decided that the inat^' 1 ter be referred to the bye-laws com- 1 mittee. ii) The council rose.