TEAMWAYS SCHEME.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 191, 11 February 1914, Page 6

TEAMWAYS SCHEME.

CAR SIIICD KITES. TIIK VIT/AiOY HALL. Some discussion took plilt'U lit till' -meeting of ilit- New Plymouth Bornujj'.i 'Council on Monday night on the tramways scheme in general, ami tlif provision of sites for «ar sheds m piirticHhir. The Tramway Committee, coniposi#l of his Worship the .Mayor anil Cr-;. Kibhy ami Jackson, rwoinmcnded, in ils report, as follows:—That the slier of Mrs. Stanford to sell to th» Cuincil a strip ei hunt at Fitzroy 10ft wide be I accepted. (This extra 'lift is required for extension of tie proposed tramways ear shed «itc); that the offer of Mr. 11. Kyngdou to sell to tlio Council sections 8 and 13, Fitzroy, for the sum of .UJ.iO, j he, accepted; the committee roeominenil tliat of the purchase money £■>{){) he charged to the tramways, it' being proposed to erect the tramway car sheds on the present Town Hall Bite; and the balance of C2.">o be advanced from the District Fund Account, and hu a charge against any canipcnsatiou to he rec-iv-ed by the borough in collection with the land taken for the purposes of a railway quarry (Xgaere reserve). | t'r. Chirkc moved that the report be referred hack to the committee, The J car site at Fitzroy would be too deal The Council would have to remove the present hall and provide a new site fin I it. , The Mayor pointed out that it was suggested that £2OO he charged to th> tramways loan and £250 to the l)is triet Fund. Cr. Clarke: Well, if there is all thai money to spare, why not get a decent Town Hall for Xew Plymouth ? ■ Later on. t'r. Clarke' stated that the site at Fitzroy would cost £IOOO. Cr. Wilson agreed with Cr. Clarke to some extent. Why should the ear sheds not be at Mo'turoa? A cheaper site could be, found there. If tln-v spent £KMK) which was not provide*.! for in the loan, where was the nioncv to come from? Then, again, Mr. Black's estimate had been based on the establishment, of a terminal at the level crossing at the breakwater, whereas it was now suggested that the line should be continued to the root of the breakwater. The matter should be 1 fully •gone into at a special meeting of the Council. • The Mayor said the extra line would not be laid if the tenders for the work originally intended showqd that there ■wonkl ho no money for it. fr. Oolfis expressed dissatisfaction [■With Hie comnutteVs report. The 1 i Council was being committed to a ! larger expenditure than had been eon templated. They should not take the Fitzroy site before thev weirt into the question of one at Moturoa. The .Mayor said the Fitzroy site had ■been selected by the engineer. Later h'e suggested that the report he received and dealt with by the full (Jouneil. Cr. .lacksftu favored further enquiry. Cr. Clarke said he had been figuring. and found that it would cost OSIm more (than if the Council went elsewhere for ja site for the sheds. .Mr. Black had ■chosen the site because he thought il would be cheap, not because it was the only site possible. • The Mayor said Mr. Black had not thought it would he necessary to move the hall, but this had been found necessary. Or. Clarke: Yes; we have been misled. Cr. Nykos said the report should lie referred back to the committee. Their proposal was a waste of £4OO at least. ■Cheaper land could be got on the South road. Cr. Kibhy pointed out that the ball site had been originally purchased hv ■sonic residents of Fitzroy for amusement purposes. If it were taken awav an equivalent must be "riven. "It had ' been transferred to the Fitzroy Town I Hoard, hut was still looked on as a ( /cerealurn ground. , .The matter was referred back to th. ! jVamways Committee to report further. Jhe name of Cr. Collis was added to [flic, committee.