BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 121, 13 November 1911, Page 7

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

j MONTHLY REPORTS. ,' The business at to-night's- meeting ol tlio Borough Council will include discussion of the following reports from officers and standing committees. ■BOROUGH ENGINEER. Sewer Works.—Tn Liardct street the sewer is now completed as far as Gilbert street, but there is at.il sufficient money in vote to take it ■on to Fillis street. In Gilbert street the sewer is | completed to Cover street, and .should I be laid another 5 chains more to Cameron i street, as the balance of Ike vote is sufficient to carry it on. At Courtenay street the sewer has been hung up owing to the difficulty in getting the pipes down from Auckland. In Ilulteel street the sewer is just completed. street Works.—The Hobson street metalling is now completed except for blinding and rolling, and in Buller street the formations is completed and only requires counter-sinking, but before this is dene the sewer should be laid. The Barrett street formation is now completed, except for rolling, and in Morley street the formation is also completed, and the metalling is completed, except for the rolling. The raising of the Western Park fence is now being done. j Kerbing and Channelling.—The Fillis | street kerbing is now completed, and the , path has been made up, but requires I some gaol gravel. The Liardet street kerbing and channelling between Gilbert and Pendarvcs straits is now being done. When this is completed the road will require raising and re-metalling. Devos street between Carrie and Liardet l streets requires patching. This part will have to be remetalled before long. j Water-works.—At the water-works tunnel a few iron bars should be put at the intake to prevent any large logs from getting into tire first screen chamber. ' Sometimes logs get into this chamber (which is about half a chain from the intake) and the caretaker finds it difficult to get them out by himself. The weeds j at the old water-works should be cut at! oncd I General.—The earthwork in Gaine: street can be gone on with when the necegsary authority is given. The five new fire plugs (authorised by tire Coun-1 cil) in Devon street are now put in. | ELECTRICAL ENGINEER'S RE- j PORT. | Some poles on the transmission line , have been replaced by heavier square, poles. About a dozen more require to j be changed, and this work will be carried- out as soon as we can get time to attend to it. In Buller street, where | the level of the street has just been : lowered, four 25ft. poles have been taken' •ut and replaced by 30ft. poles from the j transmission line. Nearly all the re- j turned poles have been trimmed, tarred, and erected. A number of poles in the west end of the town have also been replaced by new ones. Of the poles taken out, some only required to be trimmed and re-erected where they would not have the same strain, others had to be cut down to 25ft, while I have condemned three as not good enough to be used again, making a total of fjve poles condemned since starting operation's". ' 1 Quotations have been received for the J 25ft. poles required for the extensions! we have in view, but as we have used all: the lighter 30ft. poles on hand, I would I suggest that we procure some more 30ft. I by Din. to Cin., and not so many 25ft. I A few 35ft. poles should also be procured,! as we have none on hand. The insulated | line wire ordered has ::<nv <-o:>;.n to band. At the rate new consumers niv coiuing on this wire will not last very long. I would recommend that a further three miles be ordered. i ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMITTEE. | The Electric Light Committee recommends: —That a progress payment of t!)2 l!)s (id be made to Mr. W. H. i Climie on acount of engineer's commission in connection with forebay and pipeline; that the question of arranging for the audit of the commercial balance-sheet of the electric light department lie left in the hands of the chairman to deal with; that the electrical engineer be authorised to extend the electric light mains to Mangorei road and Rimu street, Fitz-' roy (estimated cost £122); that the j electrical engineer.be authorised to pur-' chase .50 25ft. poles, 7j¥ 30ft. pole's. 10 35ft. poles, and three miles insulated line;

wire. WORKS COMMITTEE. | The Works Commitee to recommend:—' That the sum of £25 he paid to the 1 Taranaki Education Board, the control- '■ ling authority of the Xew Plymouth' Technical .School, for the purpose of in-' creasing the efficiency ■ of technical classes formed under part 7 of the Educa-' tion Act, 1908; that consideration of the Collett exchange he deferred until the Council meeting; that the petition from Messrs. T. Bransgrove and others! with reference to the alleged insanitary I condition of the building formerly occupied by Gan Fun as a laundry be for-' warded to the District Health Officer,' Wellington; that the letter from Mr. R.| A. Gray with reference to the stormwaiter drain running through Ids property I at Cameron street be referred to the! borough engineer to report to the. Council j meeting; that Mr. G. Pott's letter re rubbish depot be referred to the borough I engineer to deal with in such manner as he deems advisable; that the UnderSecretary of Internal Affairs be informed that December Ist next would be a suitable date for the Fitzroy amalgamation to take effect; that Mr. Sladden be informed that his application for a water main -along Kowhai street, Fitzroy, will be considered after the Fitzroy amalgamation has been effected; that the request of Messrs. D. Berry and Co. that the damage done ot their verandah when .removing the building on the property purchased by the Council from Mr. (Newman for Gill street extension lie repaired forthwith, be referred to the borough cngiiuer to give effect to; that consideration of the applications from Mr. C. S. Curtis and Mr. L. Jackson for permisison to erect verandahs 12ft. wide in Devon street en-it be deferred until receipt of the solicitor's opinion re verandahs; that the borough engineer be authorised to enter any of the "borough horses in the agricultural show; that Mrs. Berry be informed that the Council have no power to reduce the valuation of her property, the time allowed by the Act for the object ions having expired; that a copy of the letter from the Inspector of Factories with reference to the sanitary convenience at the building on section 10, Mt. El rot Reserve, be forwarded to the Harbor Board, the owners of the property; that in all cases where drainage work is done by the. Council on private property at the cost of the owners, the work be done by contract, the borough engineer obtaining prices and accepting the lowest quotation; that in view of the special circumstances set out in their respective letters, the general inspector he instructed that on payment of costs amounting to os in each case to withdraw the information laid against certain persons for not connecting with the sewers, and that Miss Russell be asked to give a definite reason why she desires an extension of time to connect her property with the sewers; that in view of special circumstances <ct out I in their respective letters, the following! , be granted the extension of time set opposite their names in which to con-J nect with the sewers, Pike and Waters/ two months, Mrs. F. Ovenden two\ months, Miss C. A. Douglas thre«||

mouths; thaifc Mr. John Iloskiri be informed that the Council cannot sec it*s way to grant him any further time withi in which to connect his property with the I sewers; that Mr. H. H. Ford be informed I that the Council cannot see its way to grant him any extension of time to con- [ nect his property in Gilbert street with the sewers; that Messrs. Stan dish and Standish be informed that in view of the special circumstances the connecting of Mrs. Duncan's property with the sewers will be permitted to stand over until the sower is laid in Leach street; that the borough engineer report upon the most suitable site for a public urinal; that the borough engineer be instructed to give effect to bis necommendation to put in iron bars at Hie intake to prevent logs from getting into the first scm-n chamber; that the borough engineer be authorised to lay a sewer in Buller street, as provided for in the sewer loan (estimaedt cost £340); that the borough | enginer be instructed to patch the metal- | ling in Devon street from Egmont street j to Liardet street; that the borough enginer be authorised to proceed with the following street works provided for in the loan, Aubrey street formation and metalling (estimated-cost £130), .John street formation and metalling with gaol gravel (estimated cost £185); that the action of His Worship the Mayor in hiring to the Hospital Board the traction engine and trailers and selling to the Board not exceeding 300 yds of gaol metal and gravel be confirmed. I