New Plymouth Borough Council.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7911, 29 August 1905, Page 2

New Plymouth Borough Council.

Tbe .New Plymouth Borough Council sat on Monday evening, Present: The Mayor (Mr It, Cock), and Crs. Collis, Wilson, Brooking, Tisch, Burgess, and Ewing. —Damaga by Heavy Cartage.— Iu reply to the Council's request to true County Council to reimburse the borough for any expense it is put tQ* in Consequence ol extraordinary cartage of metal over certain streets, thj County Council repliod that it would not entertain any such claim. Thl County Council pointed out thj heavy cartage and damage that was done to the county roads during the Conveyance of plant and material in connection with tho borough water scheme at Mangorei, and for which no claim was inu.de on the Borough Council.

it was decided to take no further action in the matter, matters being considered "about even" between tho two Councils. —Hospital Levies.— The clerk to the Taranaki County Council wrote that tho Chairman (Mr H. Okey) had proceeded to Wellington last month to attend a meeting of delegates to wait on the Premier with reference to a more equitable basis for hospital and, charitable aid levies. The meeting had been poorly attended, and owing to th-j delegates not being able to agree on certain proposals, it was deemed inadvisable to wait on the Premier. Much useful information had been obtained, and Mr Okey wished to express regret that the conference did not produce more direot good resutts. An account for £2 2s, being a half share of the delegate's expenses as agreed upon, was enclosed. The account was passed for payment. —Buildi|n(g By-laws.— Mr P. Lcaland, being desirous oi building a washhouse, bathroom, etc.. according to plan submitted, asked permission to dispense with the brick, wall on the boundary, on the score that it was unnecessary expense. it was decided that an inspection of the premises be made and the matter dccidxl at the next meeting of the Works Committee. —Wallace Place.— Mr Goodacrc waited on the Council on tchalf .of tho Elliot Road Board, to point out the necessity for putting Wallace ,PlaCo, the conn-:-ctini; link between Stan'jisll Hill and the itoad Board thoroughfare, in thor>ugh order. The street referred to was, he said, in a very bad state ol disrepair, as the bottom of the road lad fairly worn out. The present nuthod of patching was, he contended, more costly in tee long rur. than .Would be the provision of a road

Crs. Brooking and Tisch weie appointed a committee to confer with the Elliot and. Frankley Road Boards which arc 'jointly responsible with the Council) regarding necessary v or'-. —Finanfp Committee.— The report oj tic Finance .Committx>, recommending that £IOO de bentures be 'issued l))r the £;~000 loan authorised, nid that the Mayor and Cr. Collis tie appointed commission rrs in respect of the sinking fur.d, was adopted. -Works Committee.— The i-epcrt of the Works Committee was adopted without amendment. —Baths Committee.— The Baths Committee recommended that the committee be empowered to procure rohutukawa trees' for planing Kawaroa Park ; that .the engine •jer tc instructed to continue tho drain from Weymouth Streot to the ea h (about 100 feet) to enable the committee to ba.uitiify .the small pla-

teau n™r tho baths, and erect seats; that the committee h® empowered to l*ive tho hot water circulating system repacked aid made water tight for immediate use.

Cr. Tisch, in moving the adoption of the report, said that the trees.' al-

ready )lantod were doing well. The committee desired to make the. site a nice little reserve for the summer months. Jhe report was adopted. ' —Electric Lighting.— j The following recommendations ol thil E'ectric Lighting. Committee were i<lopted T!i„t (he ei'CtriCal engineer be au thoristvi to orler 1">0 extra poles. That, subject !o their schedule of prices lci;if? satisfactory, Messrs Boon IV S.' (Crider of £876 12s for the erection ol the distributing: station (part brick and part wood) be <■ i'i>ted. "That the poles in Devon Street be kept on the present ketlj. 'lli't an electric light 'be erected at

the corner of Gover and John Streets That an additional wira be provi-:!-

,'d for telephone communication between the power house and distritiu-. ting station at on estimated cost of COO. That the arc lumps be In the centre of the fitreet on bearer wiresi That the application of the Brush Company for a progress payment te referral to the borough engineer to report upon. —• Reserves Q?nii»iittee. The Hese-nvcs Committee recommended That the engineer be instruct**} to erect a fence pcross the new reservoir site, and to carry out the'planting on the reserves! site. That alternate schemes regarding the old reservoir site be submitted to the Council as under :—(») Elect a fence to enclose the bush (12 <tonin s ) and a fence alofig the foot of the hill (13 chains) at estimated cost of £4B, n':<i that after fencing the reserve, with th,e exception of the picnic paddock, it te put up for least for five yea lis; (b) that tenders be callol for a taise of the reserve for livo years, the tonant to erect fencing as above ; (p) that in bqth schemes a Condition be attached that the pulTc shall have a right-of-way to aod from the picnic ground.

That in view of the fact that for no street is not open for trnflic it is not iiortirajble that tJie gum tives should be cut down. 'lhe clauses with inference to the reservoir site schemes were rt&srvcd for further comsikleration. The remaining clauses were adopted. J. Kone's tender of £2 5s per acre fos cutting and grubbing furze c.n ihe abattoir site was referred to thj abattoir committee for report in view of the large cost at £B7. —Abattoir Matters.— The Council, acting on the suggestio'i of the abattoir committee, declined to agree to the charge ed by tho Agricultural Department of Is jK'r 1001b for meat from pigs killed at the Tarapuki llaoen Factory, owjiig tp the difficulty of collecting on such h basis. oil such a basis. The charge of is for each pig is to be adhered to. The committee was empowered Iq Procure a supply of pampas graso for planting 5/et\v(>.'n the ''starvation p.idd 'pk" and the river,