BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 272, 20 April 1914, Page 6

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

| COMMITTEE 11EPORTS. The following arc the reports of committees to be presented to the. Mew •Plymouth liorough ('omu.il at iU meeting to-uightt. EX'GIXEER'S AX XT A L REPORT. Streets.—Fifty miles .of streets and roads have been maintained. Nincty,seven chains of new streets have been formed tilt feet wide, and 111) chains of new road- have been formed 20 feet wide. U"> chains of metalling and 20!I0 cubic yards of patching lias been done on various streets and roads. Footpaths.—Seventy'-two miles of footpaths' have been maintained, 231) chains reformed and l;io chains covered with gaol gravel. Kerb anil Channel.-T.ighty chains of kerb and channel and 2S chains of kerb only have been laid down. Tarring.—Sevcnt ■en chains of streets have been.-treated with Soltar preparation, and 75 chains of footpaths have been treated with tar and sand. Sewers.—24o chains of sewers ami 1-11 house connections have, been laid down, 140 drainage permits have been issued. Waterworks.—Sixty chains of Bi:i., 11 chains of 4in., and I) chains of 3in. water mains liave been laid down. Buildings. —Permits were issued for Ihe erection of lilt new buildings, the total cost being £3!),701). Loan Work.—Liardvt Street filling: The formation of this work is complete. Doralto Road: The bridge -and formation is complete. Jlobson Street: The formation is being carried out; there are live men and two horse teams on this work. .Maclean Street: The forniatino is ill hand, with live men and two horse teanSs at work. Holdsworthy Road: The formation is nearly complete; there are five 'men and two horse teams at work. Watson Street: The formation is in hand with live men .and traction engine removing the old metal. The kerbing and channelling in the following streets is being pushed on: Devon. Liardet, Cover and Weymouth Streets. Waterworks Intake.—The foundation for the dam across the Mangamahoe stream is complete, and t3ic work of building the dam i* being carried on. The conduit from the Waiwakaiho river to the Mangamahoe stream has been excavated for a distance of 19 chains varying in depth from Ift, to 23ft. The tunnel drive is complete through the spur between the Waiwakailin river air! the .Mangamahoe stream. Thirty men are engaged in this work. Plans.—Plans h've been submitted and approved for the following formation works:—Ctifiic! 1 lioail. South lioad, Doralto Road, HohU.vorihy Road, Carrington Road. Ilob-nn Slreet. Watson Street, Maclean Street. I'itzroy Road. Nob's Lane, anil Pi'nter-, banc. STATEMENT OF I.DAN WORKS.

Waterworks Inia he.—Expenditure, £1370 IDs lid; liabilities. £130; toal £ISOO IDs (id; estimate. £.857. Liardet Street.—Expenditure, £302; total, .€302 6s 2d; estimate, 010. Hobson Street—lsli l!l> 9c!; £2B 10s; £ISS !)s Oil; £3ofi. Doralto Road.— Expenditure £531 18s 4(1; estimate. £515. Taylor's Corner.—Expenditure, £SG 15s 2d; estimate, £SO. Holdsworthy Road— Expenditure, £7O 7s Id; estimate, £OO. Carrington Road.— £24 10s; £36 14s Gd; -COl 4s (id; £OB. Powderham Street—Expenditure, £lB 18s sd; estimate, £ 1004. Vivian Street —Expenditure. £-1 0s fld; estimate, £220. McLean Street. — £7O 0s 2d: £24 4s Sd: £O4 10s lOd; £251). Cover (Street.—£lll (is 2(1; £O4; £175 8s lOd; £4Ol. Liardet Street. —Expenditure, £24; total, £4B; estimate £llO. Devon Street.—£2o 10s; £32 14s <kl; £5!) 4s 2d; £ll7O. ELECTRICAL ENGINEER'S REPORT. The steady growth of the Electric Light Department lias lieen well maintained during the year just completed. New connections to the number of 238 have been added, making a total on March 31st of 1300/ The output for the year, as recorded by. the sub-station meters, was 460,300 units, an increase of 00,000 units over the figures for t ; he previous year. The maximum load recorded at the powerhouse was 310 kilowatts, an increase of 00 kilowatts. The capacity of the generating plant has j been increased b.v the addition of a | second 250 K.V.A. set, which was put into service in August, making the total rated capacity of the machinery Plymouth Hoard at its meeting to-night: new intake, at present in course of construction, is completed, and more water thus made available for use, the present machinery should lie capable of supplying the requirements of lighting, power, heating and tramways, anil still leave a. fair margin for reserve. Until the transmission voltage can be raised, it is necessary to use a transformer at the powerhouse to reduce the pressure from 0000 to 2000 volts, when running the new generators. Two 100 kilowatt transformers were used for this purpose until February last, when a 350K.V.A. transformer was temporarily installed at. the Powerhouse. This transformer lias proved more efficient in service and will give ample capacity for vice and will give ample capacity for the coming winter. When the' Jline voltage is raised this transformer will be. transferred to the sub-station in town where the current will he reduced to 2000 volts for distribution, the two 100 kilowatt transformers remaining at the Powerhouse for use in raising°the voltage of current from the two t5 aiM 00 kilowatt machines (which are wound for 2000 volts) to the new line pressure of 0000 volts. As soon as the new substation, which is required for lighting andj-ramway supply U erected, a" new 0000 volt switchboard will be reipiired. as well as additions to the existing 2000 volt switchboard. These should he ordered so as to arrive bv the time the sub-station building is ready to receive them. The new transmission line should also be completed about the same tunc, so that 0000 volt current mar be available for the traimvav motor-con-verters. This work should lie put in naml as soon as detail.-; can bo arranged after the amended license for lighthi" mid power is issued. "

nvate Lighting.—The private light- !"" Ilnes to Franklev linad and West own have been ex-tended as far as authorised eighteen houses being connected on the J'lankley Road district, and ,sixteen at Vi estown. Tim number of connections in the suburban districts now included in the enlarged borough area are as follow: Vogeitown, lishtimr. iii> ; lieatmg, 12; power, 1 : total, 7,") St A übyn—-Lighting, 08; heating, 7; power! ~» total, 77. Fitzroy—Lighting, 89lwating, 13; power, 4; total," 10fi.'"wcstown Lighting, l(i ; heating. 1; power ml; total, 17. Frankley Road—Lighting, 18; heating,-2; power, nil: total. 20 Total Lighting, 2j3; heating, 3.5; power i; total, 2!)o. ' Several of the private lighting feeders ale now fully loaded, but in view of extensive alterations which will be re-

'red in connection with the tranuvay j ci istrnctiou and the 'higher trans,mi:-{ < line voltage. 1 am, as far as pos- ; s ; Me. delaying anv additions until the j i.. •I'Hsary sikeraliims can be determined j -• ii.j the whole work carried out under ! one (omprelien.-'ive plan. ! Street LiyMin'r. -During the year for!y-three new • Irw-{ lamps have been r'-'eied, lii'tccn out of this number being iii Knmklcy Road, and twelve at Westown, the remainder being lamps speci- j ally authorise.! in rarions parls of the Rnrough. The -Ireet lighting was started eight, years ago villi eight are lamp- and one hundred and twenty-eight incandescent lamps. Now there are sixteen clusters and 27!) single metallic lamps. ABATTOIR- 'REPORT. There were slaughtered for local consumption durin l .' t'iie month: —104 cows, 13 bullocks, IS calves. (152 sheep, ISI lambs. 128 pigs and 2 goats. Tripe< j cleaned ].">S.-and 4 calves' heads and fee'. I Compared with the corresponding mouth of last year flip; show an increase of 22 cattle. 7 calves, IS sheen, 22 lambs. 14 pi.'.;s. ■> gouts and 22 tripes. Decrease nil. Condemned 3 cows, 1 bullock, 1 sbeep ami 11 pi'.,... .Slaughtered for export 38 cows. 2 bullocks, 30 bulls. 132 sheep. ISI lambs and 2-1 calves. An increase of (U cattle, 132 sheep. 181 lambawl 24 calves. Condemned S cows, 2 bullocks and 1 lamb. Fees due for the mouth amount to .1*154 3s; rent*, C 3 fis fid: pigs received from another works. £l2 12s lid; extraordinary trallic fees received, £3 7s fid; total.' .C 173 8s Gd. an increase of .£4B lis Id. Abattoirs' Annual Report.—The annual report oil the Abattoirs shows oil the stock slaughtered for local consumption an increase of 482 cows (1582), a decrease of 434 bullocks (48ti), an increase of 37 calves (12,'>), a decrease of 13S slice)) (7487), an increase of 22 lambs (1000), a. decrease of 122 pigs (1310), and an increase of 13 goats (13), the ' figures in parentheses being the number slaughtered during the year. There was a total decrease of 140 head of stock. Stock condemned Allowed a decrease of one in cows' (42), 4 sheep (!)), and 1 pig (04), a total decrease of 0 condemned (fit). * | Stock slaughtered for export showed : a decrease of 151 cows (58), an increase of 5 bullocks (I)), a decrease of 0!) bulls 1 (112), and of 300 calves (43). an increase ' of 13-2 sheep (132), and of 181 lambs f (181). Condemned export cattle showed I a total decrease of lfi head. ' Fees and rents due and trallic fees received decreased by £SO 12s 3d, and < cash received decreased by £IOO lis. | WORKS COMMITTEE. l''

The committee recommends:--Thai provided the adjoining- owners agree to contribute the. smu ol three hundred pounds towards the cost the Borough Engineer be authorised 16 proceed ivitli , tlie erection of tilie retaining wall on j the north side of Powdcrham Street in accordance with amended plans (additional cost £200); that the Electrical Engineer be informed that it is the intention of tlie Council that the electric light and tramway poles shall be erected inside the concrete kerbing; that Mr. Lush be informed that a comprehensive scheme for the sewering of 'Wic St. Aubvn district is now being- prepared, and that his application for entensiou of the sewers .in Devon street west will be considered when the report is submitted. That lie lie further informed that the decision to enforce By-law 2l!0 in this locality being .in pursuance of a recommendation of the Health Inspector the Council have not broken faith with tli.' residents; tha the correspondence in connection with the St. Aubyn subsidy be forwarded to the Minister for Finance with an appeal against the decision of tlie Yaluer-Ccneral; that the Sol tar Company lie informed that the Council cannot consider the suggestion for the Council to manufacture Soltar, paying the Company a royalty; that the Ta rail ua (iolf Club be informed that the Council cannot see its way to reduce charge for water supply at the links; that the letter from the West End Foroshore .Society with reference to the dust nuisance on the Tiscfi Avenue and the drifting- of sand on Kuwaroa Park be referred to Cr. Collis to confer with the Committee and report; that the Inspector be instructed to enforce compliance with the notices served by lliim upon Messrs Sole Bros., and upon tinblacksmiths to provide proper receptacles for manure; that Mrs. Hamlin having failed to amply witli the notice to effect certain repairs to iher property in Young street, steps be taken to .have tlie build" ing condemned; tint the Minister for Defence be informed that the Council regrets that it cannot see its way at present to oiler any suggestions for*providing work for conscientious and religious objectors to the defence scheme; that the application for a street liglht in Iku-ibal street :be referred to the Electrical Engineer to report upon; that the Borough Engineer be instructed to submit a report aa to the best method of dealing with tilie drainage of Karamu street; that the High School Board be granted permission to remove under the supervision uf the lJoroug.li Engineer approximately 50 cubic yards of earth lrom t)he unopened portion of (iilbcrt Street between Eliot street and llobson street; that the attention of Mr. N. King be drawn to the number of motor-ears from time to time placed on both sides of Brougham street near his gaiage; that the Inspector be instructed to arrange that motor-cars placed in I'jgmont street during performances at the Theatre s'liall he placed so far from the intersection of streets as possible so as not to create any danger to vehicles turning into that street; that the applicants for extension of the water mains to Spotswood be informed t'liat the Council cannot see its way to acceiUto their request; that the'footpaths n ■Devon street east of Nobs' Line lie made 10 feet Wide; that the plan of the levels o! Loach street between Liardet street and Carrington road as submitted by the Borough Engineer be approved; that a, recommended by the Borough Engineer Leach street between Mangorci road and

Hobson street mid Watson street between Courtenay .Street ami Lemon street be closed to traffic while formation work is. proceeding in Watson street; that six mouths' leave of absence lie granted to Councillor Clarke. Mich leave to take effect as from Ist .June next; that the Council visit lllie site recommended ,by the Borough Engineer tor the proposed destructor; that as soon as. the necessary easements are oh- I tamed tenders-be invited for (he formetion and me,tailing of Fitzroy ro ,i----that flh« Borough Engineer be au'tho; vd to extend the Young street sewer Cut field road to St. Aubyn sheet and thence along St. Aubyn street (total distance, 24 chains; estimated cost ■CI6S); that the plan of the levels of \OTio street us submitted by the | !or . ough Engineer be approved' and tUiat the Borough Engineer be authorised to proceed with the work as soon as the necessary easements are obtained; that the terms set out in t'he first part of Mrs. Carthcw's letter of April (i 1014, consenting to tlic alteration of the / levels of Watson street bo accepted. \ TRAMWAYS COMMITTEE. ( The committee recommends;— That

j Mr. V. lilack bn informed Hint Mm | Council contemplate (ilicr the present i wheim- has been coiar-. led) extending j tlii' Tramways over the Waiwakaiho i bridge. ami that lie lie asked to ascertain ! Whether'the Public Works Department ] would permit the trams to cross on the present, bridge providing the consent of the Taranaki County Council is obtained thereto. electric ijCtirr com.mittee. The committee recomniends: —That the Taranaki As^ru-ii!!nr.!l Society lie informed that t'lic Council have no power to »rant special prizes for cookin:,' by electricity; that Messrs. Duncan & Oavies and Tancivd lie informed i 11at the estimated revenue to be received from tlie extension asked for by them is not sullicient to jiisl if\ the extension being made, but that upon a guarantee, being received that t'he annual revenue will not iie less than .C.'i the matter j will be reconsidered: that the Electrical I Engineer submit to the next meeting of | the committee a comprehensive report 'setting out a complete list of additional plant, etc., required, and the estimated cost tlhcrcof. and also a detailed estimate of the total expenditure to be incurred by the department in order fr> l)e ill a position to supply the necessary electrical energy fur the tramways; that as recommended by the Electrical Engineer tenders be invited for the two switchboards required for the. substation (estimated cost .-CI,000). JJRRAIiY COMMITTEE. The committee recommended that in view of the dual position tliat the Custodian holds, the matter of ail increase in liis salary he left in the hands of the Council; that the Council be recommended to inerea.-e the salary of the Librarian from .1.7.5 to CSS per annum; that, in accordance with the request of the. Custodian, the Readingroom be opened to the public at '.1.30 a.m. instead of '.) a.m.