NEW PLYMOUTH BOROUGH COUNCIL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 29 January 1907, Page 3

NEW PLYMOUTH BOROUGH COUNCIL

At the fortnightly meeting of the >"c\v Plymouth liorougli Council on Monday nignt tlu-re were present: His Worship the Mavor (Mr E. Dockrib), and Crs. .M.nitealii. liellringer, Wilson, Parker, Colli's, Jlulehen Jlrowue and Wcbsier. HOLIDAYS. Mr 11. Spurdle, secretary to the Waitara UegaUa Committee, applied to have the usual half holiday held in New Plymouth on February 6th, instead of February 7lh, tlie former being the date of the annual regatta. It was pointed out ti'.at the Slra'iford peo])le's seaside picnic was being held on tiie "ill. and councillors qucs tinned whether tradespeople won d close ,„, two half-davs. Whilst desiring cede |o the prop-sal. the Council resolved to inform Mr Spun! ■ that the Council has no power to alter the holiday. V.FSTKUN PAIIIv IOXCHAXCIO. Mr F. I.\ (Jerkill, secrelary to the Council thai a condition o/ V.e Wist ' eni Park exchange remained unfulliiled, viz.. Hie re-toi-.ition of llie Caili.-M : road froiilaire of section-. :I:I2 a::d :!:>■! I I'nli! this was done the f'o-.mb-ii.u-crs c.uild no; ,|.,,| „•;,;, U,.. ~.,-tions. ' Cr. IMlr'navr wanted the i, e.tl.-r re- | toned io -lie Work- (Viiniil'.ce. It- I thoie-hl I In- Council should do as little Cr. WW,IT eeeondel. Tee Mayor moved, and Cr. Hutch n seconded, an amendment fiat the School Commissioners be informed the Council is prepared to fiiilil its lia-bility.-Carried. TIIH CAIiXFCIIO LIBRARY. A letter from Mr Carnegie was read, to the ellcct .bat- when that gentleman bad receive,! plan- of which be would approve, lie' would promptly arrange payments upon Hie lihrarv building as the work progressed. Cr. liellringer said tracing-! of the plans would go forward by fee next 'Frisco mail, and tenders would pro buhly be called in six weeks' time. THE BATHS.

Mr C. .!•:. Seal.riiiht, secretary to Hie X.ew Plymouth Amateur Swimming Club, asked permission to use the municipal baths on Thursday, danuary :il« for si night carnival.—Referred to theBaths Committee. I)l!AI\A(JI0 NUISANCES. ilr L. W. Alexander coni]i!niiiU'.L of Hii' disgusting ami dangerous state of tlio gutter at tin- corner of Vivian and -Mount Kdgecumbe streets.-Referred to the Drainage Committee. Mr W. B. Messenger wrote that tiie drainage from the live houses fronting Oetuvius place was running into the roadway, and lie suggested the drains he continued across the road to a drain on the seaward side, which coiiUl connect with the Eliot street drain.— Referred to the Works Committee. FOREMAN'S REPORT. The foreman's report was taken. Ju answer to (jr. licllriugcr, the foreman said the lline street footpath Mas not complete. Tiie side-channel had to be concreted. The three-inch wash-out pipe in the street would wash out; a paved gutter. Cr. Browne favoured cobble-stone, gutters. Cr. Parker urged that the Council should abandon this "niiscrab'o way of g'tting rid of water."' Concrete would be the cheapest in the long run. The Mayor said the cobblestone gut tors, by far the cheaper, were as good as concrete if they were kept tarred. Cr. Browne thought the Council should put concrete kerb and channel in (lie main streets first. Crs. Webster and Parker submitted an nmemlinvnt in favour of concrete, and the Council decided in favour of this course, ::/; :• cost of .-t-10. as col,; par. l ,! with .fib' for paving.. K.VCJXEER'S REPORT. Mr Kendall, engineer, reported ,ha! witii tin* exception of the manholes, the sewer had been completed in lline street between Dawson and Cntiieal streets. As soon as possible after the cessation of the recent storm lie visited the head waterworks at Mangorci, and found that a huge deposit of logs had taken place at the bridge over Hv .Mangorei River, lie inline dial; Iv -et to work and had these re-nin-vd and nit awav. the men at time-; working uais, deep in w.tier. The < out nil ,-npport of this bridge was al ,i,o-l in the cm;re of the clearway of , Ik- riwr, and ill a very bad location. The river inu.t have been, during (!"■ leceiu Hood, wiuiiii two fed of i.i..wati r main. It would have been better had the main been carried across the stream in a dill'cront manmil', and w'/'lruiil 'the 'ir-j- nil' itlio'ic: central piles. There; might come a lime when u would l:e impossible to be on the spot in time to prevent serious damage and inconvenience occurring, a.- the county bridge was only some ten or twelve feet upstream. T" sibh- future danger so far as any ver lie.il obstruction in (lie sir-am was conc-l'licd. ne recommended a trussed support, at a cost of about Cl.iO. A portion of tire side of the tunnel at the intake and above the water-gate Had appareullv given way. and a large board w.i- projectile.' obliquely halfway into the luiine'. Whatever might -ciit liiat after the top of li:e tunnel was. as alleged, blown o|f with dynamite, it was never replaced in a pro per manner. The cost to do the work now was hard to estimate, but it might cost up to .i;l(>0. He recommended considerable alterations at the intake, and the provision of a selfcleaii.sing .-crecn to prevent silt linding its way into the tunnel. The screen at the'pipe-hend was found to be only a makeshift, oi ordinary wire-netting, badly constructed. and tired in post tion'in a most dangerous uiaiinri . A new screen would cost from Cla to C2O. A wceklv diagram level recorder al the intake would he useful. The Drainage Committee were quite, correct in icporting to (lie Council thill (here was no possibility of stormwater gelling into the septic tank, provided taut a few manhole covers were raised to street level.

'flic Mayor supported tin- proposal to improve iiiatiois sit the pipehcad bridnc, or some morning they would wake up and I'niil the town without - Wlltc.r. Cr. Cnllis said the last Hood was 'oxcepthmallv liifili. and there was little likelihood of the same class of log com in" down again for some time. lioierring'lo the intake. Cr. Bell ringer commented on the engineering abilitv shown in (he lirst instance. Cr. ' Hclliing l '!' comphiincd that the water in the mains had been discoloured and frilly recently. The engineer said lie could not mi derstand the matter; (he water _ was very good at the reservoir on Friday. ISY-LA\YS COJBIITTKIC. The ISv-law.- Committee recommended Ihaf'the charge for water troughs should not lie increased, and the application of Air liicliards Tor a frouga be granted.— Adopt-;!, after discus KLI'X'TKIC LIGHT. The Electric Light Committee reported concerning tenders, and this was taken in committee. The committee recommended that in view of the I'aci that Mr Sandiinnds had had considerable cjxtra work at the poworiioii,e, he be given an extra week's holiday this year; that as it was impossible to ascertain what funds were available for furtner 'extensions until the whole of the lenders (or extension work were received, Air S. W. Shaw be informed thai the Council could not see their way to extend the electric buhl to his liousc at present. I 'lln the molimi of Crs. Collis and Parker, it wa- decided to inslruct liio Town Clerk and Kleelrieal Engineer (o complete a return showing the exact position of Jie electric lighting ac count. DKAINACK. The Drainage Committee's report was read. Cr. Iluiehcn complained of the clause "Ilull Ihe committee, after oarc- ] fullv considering the report of the engineer iteabng with the drainage of 1 'ihe (own. and in view of the small amount of money available, recommend ~ lent the balance of Ihe loan be lie!d for urgent cases from time to time ari.-ing'." Tin-re was a danger that the money might bo diverted ( 0 repair ing or niainleiinnce work. He moved I that the clause' be referred back to the '" committee to report on work needed. .After considerable discussion, ithcl 1 amendment was withdrawn, and the, ', report adopted. I GENERAL. \ Cr. Uellringev moved ti,at tire en-

gincer be asked to confer with the bislrict Hallway Fuginecr with a view to having a footbridge erected with I lie new railway bridge over the Henui Kivor. Tlic Mayor said the borough had no access to tar. spot. The bridge would bill give access to private property. Cr. Monteath seconded, and 'the »notion was carried. (Jr. Montealh gave notice to move at next meeting that the practice of depositing town refuse on the reserve adjoining Mount Bryan plantation reserve be discontinued.