BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81886, 13 November 1906, Page 3

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Tlie ordinary meeting of tin' New I'.yinuutli Borough Council was li'id on Monday night. Present: llis W'orsiup the Mayor (Mr. K. Dockrill). Councillors Monteath. I-'. E. Wilson. J. 11. Parker, W. A. Col!is, G. W . Biowne, D. lluicht.i, and K. Siohr. Cr. Bellringcr wa- granted leave of absence, owing to illness.

PARTY WALLS. Air E. Griffiths, li'S-ee of sections fronting King, Egm<(nt, and Ariki streets, asked it llie Council would ■hare the cost of a brick parly wall on the east boundary of the sections. —Referred to .he Work'- G nimitlee. HOSPITAL REPRESENTATION. Mr G. Tiseh w ro.e that lie had no desire to stand as (he Council's representative on the Ho-piul and Charitable Aid Boatd, aI t1 four ycais' service. The Mayor said lie underwood Mr

THh was going away on a holiday I Councillors expressed 'he opinion that Mr Tisch's services ought to be retained, if possible. Consideration was deferred till next meeting. The Ho-pital Beard notified the coming election nf representatives to the Board. Waitara and New Plymouth Borough Councils combined were entitled to two members, the voting power at election being : New Plymouth four and Waitara one. The' Mayor was authoried to aci foj the Council at the election DIVIDED CONTROL.

Tlie District Health Officer wrote, in reference to the proposal that Mr Kendall, borough inspector, slit u d act for the Health Department in New Plymouth, that tile dudes would

' be to report infectious cases to the Department, report to schoolmasters when children were afflicted with infectious disease, and any special matter that might crop up. The subsidy would probably be /20 annually. The Mayor agreed to Mr Kendall undertaking the duties. Cr. Collis thought the Council

should claim only half the subsidy. Cr. Hutchen was emphatic that Mr Kendall was entitled to the whole

amount. Mr Kendal", questioned concerning the appointment, said he did not like accepting- a position below any but tli; District Health Officer. The Council agreed in Mr Kendal: undertaking the duties on the understanding that the agreement could be cancelled should friction occur, or should it be found the engineer was overloaded with work. WATER POWER.

Messrs Burgee Fra*er qnd Co. ) a>kcd for a reduction in water - charges. Tho firm was paying yd 1 per - ed ether firms 1 The Mayor stated the firm (Ejfmont Boot Company) meniioned n liio letter, had its agreement befote ■lie bylaws were amended. He cojsidered the price was a.most prohibi--1 tivo Cr. Hutchen thought the matter bliould be investigated, and m»v.ed the question be rclerred to the Works ' Committee to consider the whole question of charges for xvaier power. A letter was read from Mr IV. Goodacre (Egmont Bout Company), objecting to pay anything above i id. The Council might as well cut off the supply at once if the rate was to be increased to gd. The Mayor said there was a special clause for lifts, but motive power seemed to bo overlooked. Cr. Wilson seconded the motion. In answer to quesiions, the Town Clerk said most motive power was sold without meter, at so much per annum per horse power. The motion was carried. WAIMANU STREET.

The District Engineer of Railways wrote that the Depaitnieni would form an overhead footbridge over the railway line at Waimanu-street, but would not give access ,o the beach. Cr. CoLts objected to "backing down.''

The Mayor, however, pointed out that the Council was enl'ueiy in 'he hands of the D> partmrtu . ' In answer to Cr. Collis, the Town Clerk stated t.te engineer had stated ne wou'd leave W .mnanu-street as he found it, except that a bridge would iake the place of tiie street. Cr. Collis said the bridge would be u>ele*s un.ess *teps gave access lu the •street at the beach. The Mayor undertook to bring the matter under the notice of the Minister on his next visit, and the letter was received. THE SMOKE NUISANCE. Mes-is R. Coleman and R. Hughes complained of the smoke nuisance from the Gill-street laundry. After considerable discussion, the engineer was authorised to endeavour to ftavo the nuisance abated, and the matter tva» rcfeued to the Bylaws Committee.

GAS MAIN'S. The Gas Company notified intention to break up certain streets. Cr. Browne complained that the gas mains m some instances blocked dtain-:aying. Had the Council power to regulate the depth of the gas mains ? Referred to the solicitor l'or hi-, opinion. AIJATTOIk.

Messrs Sole liros. claimed for the loss of a bul.ock from the abattoir yards.—Rotened to the Abattoirs c-ommittee. MILLIARDS, ilr I-. C. Juiy asked perniissiun to keep Ins biluauid 10..m open till 11 p.m. 011 Wednesday, 14, h inst., when ilr Chare, Mumijiott would give an exhibition. The Town Clerk said the Council could not prevent the police lrom taking action. Cr. Siuhr moved that the request ue acceded to. Councillors favoured granting the' request, but had 110 power to give any such permission. TIIE ELECTRIC LIGHT. The electrical engineer placed before the Council a letter from Mr .Me>laycr, consulting engineer, concerning the governors on tiie turbines. A tnree per cent deviation should be satisfactory. Mr Black submitted a draft icply, that tue variation was s, x p Cr u . nt> not t | ln;( , per cent. Impiovcmoni be made by using a smaller pulley. The draft also dealt with the unsatisfactory lubricating arrangements at the power house. The transformer chm-s, broken wh''ii they arrived here. litiM be lepiac-d by ine J!iu-ii Company. Ihe ,iie lamp:, li(J t u ; u til'should be. It was only a matter o! time when the Council would •'have to 'scrap' the ;«*.>•

The Mayor said all these iliinymus; be put in uider before the urntiaciors would gn i| u .ir , Jay . nnjnt ; and the draft wa- approved.

OFFICF.RS' UFI'ORTS. The foreman'- report was read, reviewing I lie woik of the month. Li. ilunt, .i;ii asked bv whose auUionty tli.' ~i< t.-il w,,i on the -id': track in F i"t--Ucel, just below Devon s vc\

Ihe Mayor said this "tone protected the side-channels from bullock 'laflic- and was a necs-avy piece of work. J"h< street- should be metalled t» I'm- fu'l wid Ii as ycuji as possible. J'lic jneia'ling of Flior -treet. even iji< oiling this extra work, abvrb'd ten \auls belnw hi- estimate, lb' con-uleied die .foreman mii-l use his discictioii in -ucli a ra-e as this.

ENGINF.FR'S KI.I'OKT. .The engineer, Mr A. 11. Kendall, rcpo. r i l 'd that Mr I . 1,-rayling had made a fhoroughly -ati-facio.y job of the repair- ai tlie Manj.;amahoe ere--i.ng m the waterworks tunne!, but tie si»pp:l.V l ' ot 'he water left many -ma.,' holes (outside Mr Grayling's coni'rael) t-iiis-inj; a small flow inward- and omwhii.aeeoitlinff as to whether the lunnel w.i- ,:m<rn- or full of wat('r. -\o immediate danger was anticipated from these sma.ler openings, bin ,' l e void keep them under ob-ervaiion. haj jnaile arrangements for the iicce>"." al 'V Repairs to the Albeit-road, bul to. the llenui Road lioard pfuhibitiny bu.lock iraciion on the Old Uo-pita;-road, he roconimi niKI delaying the work for about a couple of months,! wlicn the County Council's crusher \v"u!d br; working in the vicinity. Mr 11. Kins agreed to this course. The six-inch drain from the sluife gt il^e,

pipehead was Hearing completion. Dealing with wa.ci works reticulation. Mr Kenda 1 recommended that the stand-pipe for filling the water-cart lie not re-erecled in Egmont-strect, St. Auljyn-> iee;, on the railway .-ide, being a more .-unable spot. The new main sewer in I). voa-treet had been cnmplet.il. The water meter foi the railway st;iii. wou'd be insialled in a wok or so. Repairs to the pound wold cost .£ls. The stand pipe in Mgmont street wi'l be shifted to St. Aubyn s.ioct. in front of the U.S.S. Company's offices, but on the oppo ite side of the suc'Ct.

The repairs to the pound will be carried out. The Albert road work will be carried out re rccomme.uiet by the en-g.ne-T,

DRAINAGE. Cr. U'il-on moved the adoption of the Drainage Committee's report. Speaking to the motion, he said .hat the engineer had proposed (acting on Mr Mesuiycr's plan) to drain Hino slice, as far as Morley street. The committee wished for information as to the cost of draining as far as the botough boundary, including a number of sections with two hou-es standing on each section. In connection wiih draining the hue-lying properties between Gill and Devon Meat Bazaar, the committee leMeat Bazaar. The committee recommended the adoption of Mr Kendall s scheme of making a supplementary sewer in Gill and Gover ■'tests at a lower level than the present one as f;,r as tlie north-west corner of Mr Livingston's auction yard, and thence along the rear of the ; c eiions for ten chains, at a cost of /.So. —The report was adopted.

W'AIWAKAUIO BRIDGE. In moving the report of the committee >et up to confer with the County Council concerning this Council's contribution to the cost of the re-erection of the Waiwakaiho bridge, Cr. Wilson considered that ilic Borough Council was driving a fair bargain in contributing £SOO. County Councillors stipulated a clause in the agteenient providing if Fitzroy join- the borough within five ears fiom >hi-. date, this agreement siiall not be considered as a bar to a readjustment of accounts at that time. The report and new clause were adopted. THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT,

lli.c Governor's visit committee recommcndt'd cab hire accounts for payment.—Passed without- comment.

CARNEGIE LIBRARY. 1 in' Carnegie Committee reported in favour of greeting the libiary 011 tne section adjoining the Town lla.l, and calling fur competitive, designs of a single-storey building to from King street.

Cr. Browne thuught the building ■hould front Ariki strict. Cr. Mouteaih said there we 10 two sections next the Town Hall, and he suggested using the frontage of both, xuih only halt tin- ucpiii. f li ; s would give a more imposing iron . Cr. Browne said liiat would itean a two-storeyed building, a yrea. objection, as quietness could 110, b,e then obtained.

Cr. Hutclieu thought the p'an* should be »o diawn mat the liurjry wUuld form part at a complhe scheme of municipal buildings, y

The Council decided to have .lie library built 011 half depth of t'jo two sections or on sectu.ll 5, and tiut it should fioni King street, an amend ruent in favour of Ariki street beug defeated on the casting vote of tfce Mayor (ivho-e deliberative vote wis 111 tavour of Ariki street). The plaps will be designed so 1 hat the library wi 1 form part of any Town Hall which may hereafter be elected,on the adjoining site.., The buiding ia to include a reading room, cireulatirg library, reference library, magazue room, ladies' room (including n? cessary sanitary arrangement caietaker's room, and lavatoiy (wan basins onlv), for men. appointments.

Cr. Parker was elected to the va-i cancies on the works, finance, en-| ercaehmenis, drainage and electing light committees, vice Cr. Brooking A

Cr. Wilson was appointed- to tjp Waiwakaino bridge committee. /

Crs. Bedringei and Wilson xjsre adued io the (jk'ctric light comiui-

uc. TENDERS. Tender- for iojo yards of bouldcwere received ; E. and !•'. Sole, per vaid (accepted); j. 11. CuluOv, 23; \\. J. Kussel., i,O. THE ESPLANADE. Cr. Col lis moved thai, in consicjralion of Mr Newman conveying s tilt Council thai piece of land nuwused the Esplanade between Div-on and Weymouth streets, the bou'dary f'-nce be allowed n> iemain p its line during- Mr Neman's pleasure. ; Seconded by the Mayor ,:p carried.