Borough Works Committee.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7735, 10 February 1905, Page 2

Borough Works Committee.

A meeting of the Works t'piimiittcc of the liorougli Council wa;, livid oil Thursday evening. 1 ivs-vnt : Jii.. Worship the Mayor (Mr K.. Cock),, Crs. Wood, Cuiii', Wilson, iirooking, Collis, FrnsVr, llrownc, and Alio.. | —lie-opining a Cellar-way.— I A letter was read from Messrs (! (1 - ' veil ami Quilliam, on Inliaii of Captain lying's trustees, asking permit;mm to' i,i instate the opening of a •vilur thii - ; formerly e\i.-ile.d for Hi years under. the puthwuj ' adjoining i.e Casli i'nluco. i On th.: motion of Cr. Wood it was decideu, to defer consideiution of the request] uii'Hi pi a „ K \ wle , s „ mu i Ul i ( | | Kxlonsion ou' Sower.— i 1 A Vtu-r f.oii. ..Mr Fran* I relative to facilities for ea.iyuy away sewage from the house hc'wa?. : bLVldiny for ilr lUw.ou i.a \cj-' mouth-street was "referred to the Sewage Coinmi'tiee. i incurs i.evl.y ami (Jiilliths - ap' phcaUcn for to .connect, their ollices wii.i the Devon-street sewer was grunted. j —iOast lOn.l ltathirg Site,— ! Air Frank Messenger wrote slating j that a>U the proini.o 1 donations to- i wards the purchase of the East End bulh.ng site had oven paid. 'Hie amount received amounted to Jtyo 30s, and tiiis had «tn paid over, I leaving £l4 -is deficit,, and this lia- | hi'lity he asked t'ho council to relieve , the guarantors. | Cr. Wood moved that the council , grant the ruquest. After uu ex- i plunation hy the Mayor the motion was carried, it being pointed oui that the site was a good asset. I —ijtasu of Water-way . I An oider was made for the execution of a leai.e of a water light in Wailace Place from Mr Htundish to the council. "" —A False Alarm.— I A deputation consisting of Messrs Francis and Johnson waited on the council relative to Ihe level of the street at the further end of Devonstreet West. I The Mayor informed the deputation jthat it was not proposed to alller the level.. —Tenders fov llouklws.Tendeis were opened for carlin,' I 00U yards of boulders to the crusher, that of W. Knyvutt, at Is (id petard, being accepted. Heqiust Declined.— .J. ISiittimore wrote asking the council to compete that portion oi Hobson-strcet between Lemon-street and the borough boundary as promised. I After hearing from t'ho engineer that the rflreet was roughly formed and partly metall'ed, sulliuent, in his j opinion, for present purposes, it was decided lo dieciine tho request. —Kast Hoad Ke-eivc.— I Messrs Malone, McVeagh and Anderson wrote asking the council to withdraw tho clivim for rent from tenants' on the council's reserve at tinEast Koad, Stratford, on the grounds that the council had been I aid compensation for the land taken for the railway, and that it did not bdions to the council. | It was pointed out in the discission which followed that the tenants had received compensation for severance and other damages, and that ,M¥Ssig (iovett and Qullliam advised the council to claim the rent. | It was deckled to sue for the rent.; —During Teivacc.— I Mr 11. M. Skoet wrote relative to ,1110 entrance to Haling Terrace (near thc Ilenuii bridge) being blocked by lowering the load and asking that the roadway lie opened up. I Cr. Collisi moved that. Mr Kkcel be. in-formed that when the time arrives |for his submitting plans for a residence on that properly, the council would consider his application. —Engineer's Keport.— The engineer reported that he anticipated the tunnel at the intake would be finished in about six weeks' time. The contractors were making, good progress with the re'scrvoir. The contractors for the sciatic tamk were about to start worv. lie estimated the cost of a new foot bridge in Currie Lane at £2lO. lie asked for instructions relative to the 'pcriunnen'f. hands tieing paid overfluip. The Central Fire Brigade station needed repairing. | It was decided that u committee ' consisting of Crs. lirookipg, Cliff, and Urownp be appointed to report | on tho tpiestjon of the foot bridge pver th.e MuatoSi. | The engineer was 'instructed to carry ouf tho Queen-styvet culvert t 0 tjie. full width of t])e street, and to arrange the latter ac:oi-dinyS.y. | On the mption of Cr. Wood it was dfcpidod 'to increase the wages of the permanent hands to 8s per day and abolish overtime. I It was decided to include the repainting of tho Central Fire Station | in next year's estimates. I The committee tlyn proceeded to fjiscuss tho engineer's scheme for com- 1 pk'tjng certain portions of streets ' iji the borough. I J = |