BOROUGH COUNCIL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 6, 26 May 1914, Page 4

BOROUGH COUNCIL

JWRTNIGHTLY MEETING. .. —• jj A* the fortnightly meeting of tHe New ttjnaautA Borough Council last night ikeae were present: Mr. W, A. 001. lis {Dra*ty-May<>r), and Cra. J. Kibby, *. H. Jaoknon, W. Hoaly, S. J. Smith, A. H. abhnstone, W. Amburr, Ja«, Olarlee sod J. T. Mannix, TRAMWAYS. , Mtt f. Black, consulting engineer, ad*' vwod tfai ko was in consultation with ' the FrtJfc Werka Department regarding itlw jmipwal to exteud the tramway | over ike Woiwakaiho bridge. ■ In cob--1 neetkm with {ho Order-in-Council, he rei ported feat progress had been alow, ; partly ewiig to the absence from Wei- ■ ling of certain officials. The draft had : now passed the Public Works, the Port j and Telegraph, and the Railway Departments, and was now in the final stage of going through the Crown Law Departj ment. He trusted that unless any con- | tentioas amendments were made toe order would be completed and signed in & little over a week. J WATERLOO ROAD. ! The bercmg'h engineer (Mr. C. Skiti r «p)> reporting on the formation and | mctaHing of Waterloo road, stated that | the total lengtih was about 18 chains. His former estimate for the work vu ! £376. _ The only means of reducing j this estimate was by omitting the footpath on the western portion of' the road. This would reduce the cost to £IBO and give ten chans of road 19ft wide, with 12ft of metals-Held over. ■ TREE-PLANTING. The engineer also reported on the question of tree-planting on Nob's Line l at Fitzroy. The street was 66ft wide j from Devon to McLean street, and from ! McLean street to the beachJj£*a« 100 ft jwide. He considered it t£ptjlkn ideal j street for tree planitng, iSsit would , become the main approach to the beach from the eastern portion of the bor- ] otigh. The trees should be planted in : the centre of the road, 33ft apa/rt, the central portion of the street to be grassed.—lt was decided to proceed with the Work at once. | BAND SUBSIDY, j The secretary of tilie Citizens' Committee ol_ the Band (Mr. R. Ellis) wrote i that his attention had been drawn to '.the borough estimatse for the current ' year, which made no provision for the j grant «f £2O for municipal concerts. IHe pointed out that though the eommittee had a considerable sum invested i on bdhalf of the Band, none of the proceeds ol thiy was being used for its ordinary maintenance. The matter was referred to the Band! Committee. MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS. Mr. I*wis Jackson forwarded reports! on the fire escapes at various boarding* houses in the town, and also on the con« ' (lition of a number of verandahs to 11' buildings in the principal streets, except Devon street.—i-Tho attention of thcoww j ers will be called to various natters mentioned in the'rejfort. ' . "i j Two residents of Westown complain* I«1 Mie condition of the lower end lof David etrevt.—Referred to IJhe enj giiwwr.

I A resident of Devon stront west com* [plained of the state of the footpath jon liho corner of Dawson and Devon streets, whieh was detrimental to her ' | property.—Tho owner will bo notified I that she must erect a retaining walk I Mrs. Ida Carthew wrote objecting - (.strongly to the establishment of a. rob* I bisk depot at the eastern end of hetftati : street adjoining her property.—Referred . j to tihe engineer. ! Mr. Van HeckVi orchestra w?u gnnttouj pennission to hold a Sunday night i cert ia tlio Theatre Royal and to talcs' j up a collection in aid ofJM fanfr of j thfl orchestra. - i > Or. Smith was appointed vmenber of I the Works, Electrio Light, Abattoir and I Bathe Committees. >