BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 97, 10 September 1912, Page 8

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

MONTHLY MEETING. Last night's mooting of the Borough Council was attended by the Mayor (Mr. G. W. Browne) and Councillors H. Gilbert, J. C. Morey, J. T. Mannix, J. Clarke, W. Ambury, J. Buttimore, J. W. Hartnell. F. Jackson and J. Kibby. A BUILDING DEADLOCK. The deadlock that has arisen over tlie erection of the additions to Mr. Newton King's warehouse was investigated by the Council. The Works Committee recommended that "Mr. King be notified that the building now being erected by him on his property in Currie street is not in compliance with the by-laws, and no permit has been obtained, and that the work must be immediately discon-' tinned." The committee also recommended that Mr. King be prosecuted for not obtaining the requisite permit. In a report to the Council, the borough engineer stated that the grounds on which he refused to grant Messrs Coleman and Sons a permit for t'he additions was that the area of the new addition was more than 144 superficial feet in floor space Had the building been carried out according t'o the first plan he would have had no hesitatisnj in granting a permit, as it only consistedl of roofing over a space between two I buildings. When he received the amended plan he visited the building and reported what he considered an infringement of the by-laws to the first meeting. The infringement, he alleged, was that the area of the new addition enclosed' within the new walls was over 144 superficial feet in area. Mr. Sanderson told him in conversation that in liis opinion the area did not refer to any building that was more than 30ft; from the street frontage The engineer did not think there had been a deliberate attempt to infringe the by-laws, but considered the plan should have been submitted before the contract had been let. Replying to a letter of the Council, Mr. King stated that the matter was in the hands of his architects (Messrs Sanderson and Griffiths), to whom he respectfully referred the councillors In their letter, Messrs Sanderson and Griffiths intimated that according to their interpretation the by-laws did not apply, seeing that the wall referred to was very much more than 30ft from any street. In any case, there was no intention to infringe the by-laws in any particular, and. besides, it was imperative that the building should be completed with the utmost despatch, in order to be ready to receive goods to i arrive.

According to the Mayor, the Council could get an interpretation of the by-law by bringing on a test ease. Personally, he thought the by-law made it perfectly clear that the Council was correct in its assumption. At a later stage the Council adopted the two recommendations of the Works Committee on the subject, one of which is to the effect that legal proceedings be instituted. ANOTHER BUILDING MATTER. The Council approved of the deed of agreement with W. C. Phillips with reference to the erection of a building on lot 3, railway reserve, Devon street. The deed provides (1) that the wall on the eastern wall of the building shall be of iron, but all other provisions of the building by-laws to be complied witli; (2) that the owner of the property enter into an agreement indemnifying the Council against any possible claims arising through the blocking of the Huatoki stream, and undertakes at the termination of Messrs Hallenstein's lease or within a period of 14 ] / 3 years to erect a brick wall on the eastern side of the building. WATER MAIN TO PETROLEUM WORKS. On behalf of the Taranaki (N.Z.) Oil Wells, Ltd., the local secretary (Mr. E. 11. Tribe) intimated its acceptance of the terms of the Council for the supply of water for the company's refinery at Moturoa He strongly urged upon the Council the necessity of taking steps to obtain the necessary pipes as quickly as possible, as the company would require the water in connection with the erectioi of the refinerv.

It was 'decided to sign the proposed agreement with the company, and to authorise the borough engineer to order the pipes necessary for the extension of the water mains to Moturoa to en--1 able the proposed refinery to foe connected with the borough water supply. GENERAL. Cr. Clarke was appointed to appear for the Council before the Arbitration Court, and to apply for the exemption of the Council from any award made in connection with the general laborers' and the carpenters' and joiners' demands. A detailed 'report was submitted by the borough engineer regarding tue work being carried out at Morley street. The total expenditure to Jate was £O9 4s 3d. Cr. Buttimore reported that, in conjunction with Cr. Kibby, he had, as asked by the Council, purchased three horses from Messrs Ilocken Bros., of Feilding, at a cost of £156. The report of the Works Committee was adopted, with the deletion of the clause which recommended that the application of Messrs J. W. Blyde and others at Dartmoor be acceded to. The j other monthly reports were also adopted. | The Mayor reported on the visit of. the deputation, on which lie represented 1 the Council, which waited upon the. Government recently and urged the immediate construction of the Moturoa-Te Roti railway. 'Mr. Browne stressed the importance of New Plymouth pushing on the proposal to its utmost ability, and! added that the line should be commenc- j ed simultaneously at 'both ends.

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