BOROUGH COUNCIL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7932, 22 September 1905, Page 2

BOROUGH COUNCIL

WOIiICS COMMITTEE. The committee met on Thursday ineht. Present : Crs. Collis (pclliro. Cha'iniian), Browne. Jlurgvss, Mot tcath, Wilson, aird Ewijig. As the Crown Dairy Company in. tiniated that they do not intend to fence the filling- in Queen Street bo not proceeded with. Thu engineer was instructed lo report on tho cost ,of a post mid wire fence at (tho new jilljng in Queen Street. Mr \X Courtney's application for right-of-way at tire buck of Messrs Okijv, [Sun, aii|d Ai-mfd'a ||-itrn|i»tts was j'eierrccl to thu engineer lo iv~ |>ort upon. The Jloroug'h Inspector reported on water traps being left where coildenincd houses •were removed,—Referral to (he fiigiiiwr, Mr T. G. Sole's application tit erect a septic tank /at the private hospital was approved, subiect to its being removed at the merest of , the Council. , A. letter; from Mr 0. S. Murtagh re reduction in aivattoir charges was referred to the abattoir committee. Thu (|uestioir of repairs to fence on the racecourse reserve ; was referred to thy engineer. Mr H. N. liohiwater's complaint j about electric light poles lying in Devon Street West was considered and a copy,of the letter .will be sent to the contractors. Messrs Mttgcu and Jenkins, contractors for the septic tank, will be informed that the Council cannot see its way to grant, their request re reduction of maintenance period. Messrs l'ikett and Wilkie, contractors for .t'he new post office, twill, be allowed to enclose the footpath with a feneo, subject, to a 'building permit being taken out, and subject to the terms of t'he ■engineer's report. That thii 'drainage crossing secI lion 720, complained of by Mr Maisey, Ore attended to. r ! he 'lollowing progress payments were made I'\ M. grayling, on account <i( power 'houss, £5150 « CrubUvu and Sons, 'balalice on eastings for power house, I £25 ; E. Sole, ploughing 'and 'harrowing at cemetery paddock, £ll lo s . Ml' W, ileuly's tender of £ll for grazing on tho south' paddock, race- | course reserve, was accepted ; and Mr T. \X, White's itender of £lO 10* , for the central: paddock was also accepted. The engineer's report 'was read, and several matters attended to.