Borough Council.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7935, 26 September 1905, Page 2

Borough Council.

Tho fortnightly meeting o( the | New. Plymouth Borough Council was I held on Monday night. In the absence of the | Mayor (Mr 11. Cock) through an attack of influenza, the ' . chair was taken by Or.' W.; F. j Prooking, and there were also present : Crs. Tisch, Browne, Stohr, Hur- ! ges.s, CoHis, Wilson, Ewing, and I Monteath. i I Messrs Welister and McKetlar asked permission to asphalt the' path in front of their oflices in Currie Street) by private contract, the work tote done to the satisfaction of the en-1 gineer. i .On tho motion of Cr. Collis, permission was grairtt'd.

NOXIOUS WEEDS. The Inspector of Noxious Weeds gave th- Council notice to attend to the furze and noxious weeds on llie| abattoir reserve ami al tho lower end of Duller Street, ami at other reserves. Cr. Coili.s said that if the Council did not take steps to keep their own land clear they] could' not expect other ratepayers ,'to do so. It was pointvd out that the expensu of clearing the whole of the. alJaittoH rescrvo in ono year would bu very 'heavy. On Cr. f'rowne's motion 'it was rle* elded that the abattoir coiimiitiee communicate with the inspector to arrange the proportion to be cleared this year. It was pointed out that if 11 acres were dealt with it would considerably improve matters. The smaller areas wero lol't. to tho inspector.

MORLEY STREET. Mr L. W. Alexander rcijiwsteil tho Council to metal or gravel the centre of lhat portion of Morley Street bo--1 ween Vivian Street and -his back gate. Sinco Hit! filling ;in of the road with soft. ,clay access to Uio property had been blocked. The application was .referred to tho works committee, the engineer in llio meantime to furnish nil estimate for the work. WALLACB PLACE. Till Elliot, ltoad Hoard wrote again calling 7 atlent'ion to the'necessity for metal repairs on Wallace Place. The Chairman, Mr Ti. Olegg, would be pleased to meet the Council's representatives as early as possible. Crs. Tisch and lirooking are t mi vt as soon as the Franklcy Koad Hoard appoints its delegates.

PIPES. "Sotne ' person has deliberately broken ofi" throe )of tho earthenwaro from t»nv of thn surfaco water (IrainM a! the Hvnui Hrldg-e," reporthl llie engineer. A motion \va« carried, on Cr. Sfohr's initiative, calling the attention of tho police, to this ma'tUn*. VKRANDAH. Tho borough engineer stated that Mr Ifohhs (lesintl to suhstituh» a verandah along half of 'his frontage, IVvon Street West, a leiig'th of l^it : (>in.,.«ini lieu of llv<l Spanish i.'lmd ns proposal at last meeting. On the moti<m of ('r. Tiseh, koconded by, (,'r. Stohr. tho required permission was granted.

QI KK\ STKKftT ITACTNtJ. hi connection' with the resolution of the works cetnmittee, 'the engineer handed in an estimate showing the eost of a protection fence in front of thvi Crownl Dniiy Company's pre-, • mises in Queen Street to lye £.' i jfis. It was tleckU.nl to -give notice to the Dairy Company under section to fence their property In Queen Street. i WORK'S COMMITTER Tins clause reading "That the borough engineer he instructed to 'divert the drain in Vivian Street at an estimated cost of £10" was deleted for the present, in order to seq tvhat arrangement' could be arrived tit. * Owing to thij liability x>f taking : out a building permit being disputed, i Messrs ..Pikctt and Wilkie, contrae- 1 tors* for the new post oMic«\ were' granted permission to enclose the footpath al the (Jovermnent Huildiivgs on ithv fgilms mentio'ifxlj in engineer's report. The works committee's' report -as, amended was adopted. i

1 . KKSKKVKS eoMMriTKR. Thn, following roeommendations of the reserves committtv were ad opt - , (-(!:—(1) That Mr Ikaly's tender of .CM for the grazing rights of the south paddock, racecourse reserve. 5 be accepted. (2) That Mr T. W. 1 White's tender of £.lO l<»s for the gjraz-in'ji rights ixj ' dock bo accepted. (o) That tendert \ be called for fencing oh* certain portions of the old waterworks reserve for the. purpose ol preserving the tre'-s growing thereon. (Eng-ineer'a estimate £18.) (4) That, after all legal formalities have boon complied with, tenders be called for leasing the remaining portions for a period of five years, on the usual general conditions of lease, and subject, to the following special conditions !—* (a) That the public shall have ft through the reserve to the picnic ground, all horses used in conveying picnic, or other parties to the reserve to be tethered or allowed loose only on atrnngemenl being made with the lessee ; (Iv) The Council to reservo the 'right to enter on the property at any time and use thti race, pumping- machinery, reservoir, etc., fur thy purpose of supplying the -borough and suburbs with water; clear of furze, 'blackberry, and Oliver noxious weeds on the reserve, except on such portions as may be decided

on by" the engineer Tho object, of clause (e) is to al low furze to| remain l on certaii parts of river to assist in pro venting encroachment by the river. WATKU IJV-UAWS. On t ho. motion of Cr. Coll is it was agreed Hvul. applications for extra ordinary wuter supplies outside th« borough shall -he granted only 01 the basis of meter ineasureuienl oj special terms lixed by the Council No ap[)lieations for water troughs outside the borough will be granted without reference to the Council.