NEW PLYMOUTH HARBOR BOARD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 20 April 1907, Page 2

NEW PLYMOUTH HARBOR BOARD.

111 c ordinn. , .> monthly meethur of (he New Plymouth Harbor Boai.i was held Oil Friday. I'ivs. u:: Messrs. J. B. COll- - (chairman), Xmvton King, (!. Mc-i-i an, J. Thomson, U. Price, .1. Ward, 1) 1. Hughes, .las llnii'. jun.. and 1:!. Maxwell. S'I'oXK ON •> ||K r.KACII. '1 lie Taranak; County Council asked fur perun-isioii to r. move stone from the be,nil between th • ilavley road f.ud the Mcakwater. The chairman lavored granting the :oi,ues(, on th' giounil that tho Board s'j-.old grant ready assistance to a slot .ier body. Mr. King saw r-e objection to it, A question was raised as to the pes sii.ility of. tin Board's requiring the stone, and Mr. Maxwell suggested that the mat ter be n tcn'cd to the engineer. Mr. Ward 'ibjcclcd strongly to th- application. Tin Hoard wouid want all the stone it eouid get, and more. 11' tiie stone was good for the Council, it \v?u'd lie good for the Board. ihe Chairman asked if Mr. Ward would he satisiied to abide by the engineer's reeommemktion. Mr. Ward: 1 OMi't want to refer it lo tho engineer, or to anyone else. Ive got enough e Miiinoiiscnse of my own. Mr. King: T haven't. On the motion of Messrs. King nid Maxwell, the matter was referred to tlic engineer, for his opinion as to whether the removal of the stone would be prejudicial to the interests of the liuaicl iu the future, TRAKSIIU'-MCXT' CllAiitiKS,

jhe (ieneral Manager of Railways 'Vlotc that, after an interview with tile Clvirman of tin. I; laid in regard to the 11- lges oil li'.msaipiiient sked at Motnroa, he had now decided that the charge lor this service would be 2s per ton. The Chairman said that lie, with Air. Marchant, had interviewed the (leneral .Manager, who had perl iuaciously stuck lo Ins proposal to charge three shillings, instancing several otiier ports where this rate was charged, lie (llr. Council), however, bad pointed out that in those places Ihe wharves were the propei'ly of the t.loverniiieiil, Air. lionaync then offered to reduce to 2s (Id, but eventually agreed to the present siuige.Med rate, -Mr. King said the terms were as tow as he had expected, and the Board should accept.

BELL BLOCK HHSEIiVf

Air. John Skinner, surveyor, wrote 1 of the Hoard's reserve at Bell Block, I wrote that he had taken the informa- ■ lion from old plans of the reserve and , lound there was no delined boundary liei tween it and the property of Mr." Salwa.v on (lie .south. The boundary evidently followed the lijie of sand hills as they were Ihcu, and now, of course, these had been obliterated. He suggested thai a line lie agreed upou between the Board and .Mr. Salwav which could lie adopted as the permanent line, and the leucine be made to that, It was impossible, lie said, to reproduce the old survey on the i !i.M»rc information available. Referred I to the .Hoard's solicitor?;. COMPENSATION CLAIM. Thompson claimed USUO compensation lyr itecjdent. r l lie claimant, through Messrs. Weston and Weston! stated that he was engaged in i]uarrvm_' stone at iloturoa. The crane shifted" and a block of stone crushed his fool, necessitating its amputation. A subsequent letter withdrew this claim, and substituted one for weekly payment of Ci lis, commencing from January 23, ]!!tl|, lo lie made during his incapa'city resulting from the accident. | The Chairman said thai it was likclv I that tl .settlement would be arrived at, , • luring the next week, with the .South i British Insurance Company, and that tliere was no necessity for the Board to ] take action. ' t ACCOUNTS. Accounts were parsed for payment t amounting to .CSO.'iO, whcli included t i'l3!o on trust account, |,