BOROUGH COUNCIL WORKS COMMITTEE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81895, 28 November 1906, Page 2

BOROUGH COUNCIL WORKS COMMITTEE.

At the Council meeting on Mondaj liie Works L-oiiiimUee rccomiuenuci ihat ttie balance of u:o slieel loair \vnich was shown 011 Aia'cn 31=1 a: at l/O, siioud bo ailocai<'d at loiious: —Co'nteniplaied works; Lit'ben street- iiliuig /,3b ly;, Gilbcj-' ■sueet llielai /,-0 1-1,.0, CJUltella)

stiFast £l7 nj;. Uotks a.ready aUiiioii-L-a: FiUs-swect itokcr's-'oail; /,37, at. Auuyn sireei near (jrosvenur iiot<l) Xjib, Powderuaiu stieci lilting ,4,27 10/. Works now recommended : V lvian street- and cuihud xoad iounatio'n ,£IOO, Aubrey and Ueymoum streets Xo'j- the committee also recommended Mint Air M. Fraser be informed that We cuarge lor water lor hydrau.ic lifts is fixed by by-law, and mat uie Council cannot see its way to ado|,t ail}' reduction in the charges; tnat the lly-laws Commuteo be recommended 10 prepare a by-law re&cind'iig tlie piovious water ciiuiges fur motive power .I ii'.i providing that sucn charges shall fiom time to time be fixed by the Council by Special Order; that after such by-fa',v is made me Counci. be recommended to lix the charge for motive power ai one penny half-penny per tnousaiid gallons; Uat a copy of the foremail s estimate of the cost of repairing Cut field road be forwarded to tile liariolt Road liuaid, and they be uitormed that on their agreeing to contribute one-hall of the cost the work will be proceeded with; that iho foreman be authorised to effect tile necessary repairs to the water, cart; that the question of kerbing and channeling Devon street West (estimated cost £B7) be referred to next year's Estimates Committee for their favorable consideiatoin.

Cr, Huchen would not support tho Vivian strc.et proposal until there was some further infoimation. The work had never been contemplated in tho original loan proposals, and he did not think the Council had been fairly tretited by the Western Park Committee, who' had sprung this as a surprise 011 the Council.

The Mayor explained that ,£25 expenditure was necesary in order to fulfil tho conditions of exchange with tiie Schuo". Commissioneis. Cr. Wilson was surprised that the committee had not considered the matter of filling Cutfield road hollow from the bank alongside, or of grading the road, lowering the lii.l a little higher up, instead of recommending the Council . to cart spoil from some other street. He moved that the item be deleted from the report, in order to clear the way for a resolution that the Council vi-V the spot, Cr. Blown saitl 'the Vivian street work was 'promised at the time of raising the street loans, and had nothing to do with Western Pa rk, as hinted by Cr. llutchen. Cr. Wilson's motion was seconded by Cr. Parker and carried; It was decided- that the Council view' tile site at 4 o'clock on Monday afternoon next.