BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 230, 8 March 1915, Page 3

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

I MONTIiI.-Y REPORTS. The ri-jsorU to In- Mibmiitr.l .'it the meeting of tlic Borough Council to-night are as follows: — EXIiiNEER'S REI'HUT. Streets. -The metalling of Coiirtenay street is now complete between Liardet street and Cover street. Footpaths.—The following footbaths have been re-tarre;!:—.hiwiUvbim nlveet ?0«tll side between Robe street and Dawson .street: Robe street wesi, side between Powderham street and Vivian street; Devon street south side between Silver street and Dawson street. Other footpaths have been repaired and are ready for re-tarring.

. Waterworks. —The caretaker reports everything satisfactory at. the filters. Buildings.—Permits have heen issued representing a value of .CiMIS, Eleven permits have heen issued for moving back verandahs. Baths. —The total attendance at the baths for the month of February has been 3-JSB, and the receipts £2! Ss, made up as follows: Hot baths. ,C:i lils fid: swimming -pool, .Cl 7 lis lid: total, .C2l Ss. The 'concrete work fronting the main entrance is now rr-. Reserves.—The pint c.ruund fronting the Terminus Hotel is now being fenced. LOAN WORKS. Street*.—Jfotiiroa road: The whole of. the old metal has been removed between Bayly road and the r.rhvav cross in;? and the formation and" grading is progressing satisfactorily: Victoria road: Approximately 30 chains of the road has been regraded and -2!) chains nictalled. Cutlield road: Formation is progressing satisfactorily. T. and RParkin's contract for delivering fiOOft cubic yards nf boulders at the crusher site is nearly completed. The Fitzrov town ball is now being moved to its new site. Kerbingand channelling.—Devon street: The kerb in the central portion is now set back- except at I v > points where the new kerb strikes the line of th.> old kerb: at these places the new kerb cannot be put down until the old is removed. Iline street: Kerbing and channelling is progressing satisfactorily. Weymouth steer? is being kerbed and channelled from the railway crossing .to St Aubvn street. Oeneral.—The total working staff in my department is eighty men! ELECTRICAL ENGINEER'S RETORT. Mr If. Black, electrical engineer, reported that the remainder of the poles had now come to hand.. The poles'supplied under this contract were very satisfactory. A consignment of cross arms required for the transmission line had just been received. The river had been low during the past month, but as wmo water was available from the new intake (here was ample for present requirements when working at the old level. Line work for the month had been mainly moving poles to new kerb line and alterations to requirements of tramwavs.

CLERK OF WORKS iiEI'ORT,

slr 11. L. Hogg, clerk of works, reported. on progress of work on contracts No. 5 and No. li for the week ending February 27. Contract No. 5. The concrete work to rear wall of car shed is now completed and up to height of window sill in repair shop. All the foundation blocks of carshed are in ami a portion of the wood framing erected. The concrete work to pits is complete and ready for the rails and sleepers. The work is being carried out very satisfactorily. Contract No. fi.—The concrete work is now carried up to window sill height on f.iardet, street frontages. All other walls to height of five feet, excepting wall dividing machine and transformer room, which is now under progress. The strong room foundations and floor have been placed and vent in floor put iu position. The form-work to stairs in repair shop is complete and a portion has heen tilled with concrete. Satisfactory progress is being made.

TRAMWAYS. The tramways committee reported: That Mr Iliirknott having offered to sell to flic council, for the sum of .C7">. tin; land required for tlie carslieds, such land having a frontage of 92 feet or thereabouts to Darnell street, the conn- I cil also to ereet a fift iron fence or «ncli otlier fence as Mr Jlarknett agrees to, between the above land and Mr' llarknett's garden, such offer be accepted by (lie council: that the Fire i P.oard fie informed that after reading 1 Messrs Shan- and" Payne's letter of the 27f.h February, the council regrets that tl;ev must insist oil the Fire Hoard's building being iimnedia telv removed from tl»i> carsifed site at Fitzroy: that Mr A Hindi be informed Hint bavin;/ read his letter nf February 27th re eontracts 5 nnd fi, tbo council cannot to the arehiteets weinm: any payment from the contractors in respect to plans, i .sjuri-'imtions ete. WOIiKS COMMITTEE. i he works- committee reported:-- '! hat (Ys Colli* and lie a snbeon;7uit tr«* ((j report in regard to the storage of dangerous pnods; tbat the ; ;tp , ;''ii , f(i!oii of (lie INj.-ji'fal Hoard thai j the council should tar and sand the road fro'ii the main #itn to the hospital at I flie eo.-t of tin- Hoard be, acceded to | in-ii tlie engineer is aide to attend to ; tlie matter without delaying other | vork: that Mr >V. d. Ibmeylields letter re widening of Moturoa road be referred to the borough o?i£-iiner # to report u'ton; 1 hat consideration of tlie letter Mr W. 11. re Taranaki J-atie bridge be deferredr that the boron;,']) cni'ineo* be authorised to accede • to the reiniot of the Ka c t End Bat.hin<: ]V-er\t• Committee fur a, ijiiantity of . ke; - b xjoins lor use on the iv>erve: that Hi; Worship tlie Mayor anTl Cr CollN ; authorised to >iini tlie agreement ' v';th Mr ilarknett for the j-nivha-e of ! !.h.- Fitzroy section: that the borough t'lr/'iiecr be nuthori-ed to elTert sih'li ; >'o:-ma<son in Fillip street as will enalde ' ii'aleriaW to be taken on to Mr lliilT- ■ l'. !(■'- land as requested bv hint: thai | Mr A. (: ilbi'i'l be informed tint t he eonn- - iMMiot >-ee }\< way to accede to hi- : :e;iif-l foi 1 ext eiwlr,n of the w;it er;:;ai at Yen!e ro;ol: that the by-laws committee be fee*mimended to eham/o the . b\ law re footpath traffic from "Kee; to tlie ri.L'hl" io "3\ee-p to the left" . i.hat the quest ion of tlie nit a! the be referred to (Vs K'bby M.inni\ and Wm-hb, tin- Mayo, with power to in t after conferring wit! ' th" iiii! engineer: that the lin ! ird be notified th:it a- : the contra'doi ■ f tr the rardied- require-; the .-i(e it !- ii ry for the Fit-'roy Fire Hrhjaif I [., be immediately removed: that ! fl.- 1),11:\ nee of i lie 'i'i-c'l Nb-DHO'ial Fiind I . handed to the U'e-d Knd Fore-hore s iciet V to l,e nl ilN"d in ifeetin:: a -:itab!i- entrance to Ti-eli Avenue and that the bor<iU':h engineer l;e nnthori . d to Minply any cobble avadabh' i'-r V.-.U work: t'" ,t the .lividiie.r fence between ATrs Sta:oo',"d"s pj'oj:erty and the carshed site be made six feet

instead of five feet as specified; that Mr .1. W. West be granted one month within which to provide a manure l it at his stables, Egmont street :that the town clerk make an application for a cerliliiate of title to the land leading from Brougham street to the lluaioki stream with a view to declaring same a public road; that ill" 1!. White's re ;:ie-1 for exemption from water rate lie lei'i iu the hands of Cr Smith to explain the position to him; that the F•'ankle; road Settlers Association he informer that the metalling of Doralto roud.wiii not be taken in hand until more important works have been done: that Mr -I. W. H. M-artin be informed that t.lie cost of connecting his residence on the Brooklands road with the water sup-ply will he l!:!'!. and in the present state of its finances the council cannot see its way to carry out the work. If however, Mr Martin wiil contribute the amount the Council will carry out (he work: that a bonus of ,C 5 Ids be made to the boroiurh inspector for the extra work entailed in the removal of rubbish from tie Hidden Ovid; that Mr W. J. TToneyil 'ld be informed that the council regrets it cannot accept his oft'er for the purchase of a small piece of his property in Motnroa road: that, in accordance with the recommendation of the borough engineer, Brougham street, between Devon street and King street be closed for wheel traffic while Brougham street, is being laid down in concrete: that the borough engineer be authorised to temporarily metal that; part of Devon street between Xobs Line and Taylor's store: that the borough engineer be instructed to stop the work of erecting pillars round the triangular piece o? ground in front of the Terminus Hotel until further instructions are given.

ELECTRIC I.ICIIT COMMITTEE. The' committee reports: That the V.M.C.A. and other societies providing social facilities for the Territorials be granted free light at. the forthcoming camp, the cost of installing the light, however, to be paid by the societies; that Messrs Richardson, 51cCabe and Co. be informed that the council cannot see its way to accede to their request for a concession of ,C7O on their contract for the supply of double tinned SLB-COMMTTTEK The \sub-committee reported re substation land carshed buildings;— Substation.—The architect was instructed to arrange for the substitution of merchantable oregon for rough timbers and clean oregon for dressedMimbcrs in lieu of O.Ti. timber specified iu the sub-station building contract, the following terms offered hy the contract- , ors being accepted:—fa) The total increase in price to the council not to exceed. ,Cl.r2 lis fid and the extra time allowed to be four weeks; (b) the contractors not to offer any objection or obstruction io the installation of the machinery before the building is taken over and r.ot to claim any conipensasation thcefor. The" chairman of the electric light committee reported that he had authorised the architect to make provision for the oil tank required by the electrical engineer (cost £7 3s Sd for tank, grating and pipes additional to be provided by the council). Tlie commifTen also report that no provision is made in this contract for the install:!, tion of electric light but, that the workis now being carried out by the electrical engineer. Oar sheds.—'The committee conferred with the architect with reference to the drainage of the car. pits, and the architect was instructed to refer the matter to the consulting engineer; the drainage from 'the conveniences at the carsheds having been arranged by the -architect on tlie assumption that the sewers were installed at Fitzrov, lie was instructed to submit an estimate of the cost of installing a septic tank: no provision hiving been made for-the installation of electric light at the carsheds the electrical engineer was instructed to submit an esfincite of the cost of such work: His Worship the Mayor was authorised to . interview sfr Ilarknett with reference to the land required for the extension of the carshed site, and the architect was instructed to leave a. 'plan with the clerk of works showing the re-ar-rangement, of the offices in order to avoid delay when the council obtains possession of the extra land from srr Ilarknett. - j

T!KS ERVRS" 'COMMITTER. The committee reported:— That application he made to tlie >o\vn Lands Department to have vested ii the Now Plymouth Borough Council (•serve V. containing !) acres .T roods ml 20 perches, also reserve- Bid). 1. part -x situated on the Eliot road, eonainimr M on the understanding ! liat tlie fence on the front of the seeion is put in repair; that in the event | -I the reserves Iwins vested in the eomiil tlie chairman of the reserves oommitoi• take steps to form a committee of Vest own residents to look after the reerves in that locality: that tlie chairlan he authorised to have the Norfolk 'inc. urowiiifr by the chapel in the comecry grounds, felled, the cost not to exeed CI: that the consent of the eoiini| be uiven to the transfer of the subcase, Tiartlett to liishop. l-TX.AXCR COMMTTTKR The committee reports:— That the library committee he infovm'd that there is direct loss oil the lih■arv operations and that thecommittee ie requested to submit recommendations 0 reduce such loss; that in order to reluce the annual loss shown in the cemeerv account tlie committee be recomneiided to materially increase the burial ces and the price of burial plots: that he cost, of tbc sub-station equipment nd machinery bo eliarfred to the electric loan; that in order to provide the unils lieii-ssnry to prevent further in-vea-'o of liability in the general account he incoiniuL' council be recommended to rvv an additional .Id in the C for jrenral rati-: that in addition to such in-rea-e in the L'enera] rate an hospital 'laintenance rate of 2d in the ,C 1 be -vied separately: the question of placnit clef-trie light money on fixed referred to His Worship tlie Mayor ml Cr Kibhv with power to act; that !«c following im-rea-es in salaries be mde: —Borough engineer's department: !. Matthews, eadet, £l3 per amuun; !. I<eiii)ec]i, sexton, £lO "per annum, light department: A. IMilne. ■nvman linesman. .CI '1 per annum; \V. F. ITugiMt. eleetnoian, .Cl2 per annum; 1. Mult, second engineer power house. C!'i ','er annum: Lots, power -•i-lant. Cl-2 per annum: that to r<1 *: 1 '1 1 e*i -■ e tlie h<n'oitufh engineer for the eavy Ij.-n-a-e in his work during tlie i-ti "-'i■;»;■ he he .-/ranted a honim oi" Jo!). TJmf (he Cll'/ineer he autho!T-v ( ] > lihiain farther a---Manee in the I? ice ft. enable liim to exercise moiv 11''evy's'Oll of the works of Ms departirist: that the abattoir manager's salw In- iiu-reased to C 11) t per annum ■ ;i any 'hiis allawanre : that ■ ' oPMi'einh'd by the town e]erk\s letter j l: r "February, ll'lo, the ret-on;-lell'lut io!t< of all COTliniitlees of the ' i';'i ii i!e : of ev'enijin'' mnjh". ther than that already provided for in h<> annual estimates shall he phlcel ■ -"ore • '■« ! in;uw eominittee for ro;.itleiali jn ami report. That the town T erk have the authority asked for n regard to iwrea-e of of the lectric light book-keeper aud the coun-

, ter clerk, and that the salary of the jj t.ypiste and correspondence clerk be ini Tca>ed by £lO per annum. That the I town clerk be allowed the sum of £2."i las compensation for adjusting valua- . turns for the current year. That the j CoiiiK'il take the necessary steps to i provide b.v way of loan the'cost of mak. I iii« a permanent street from the Waiwakaiho bridge to Morley street, and ■ i'om Devon street to Moturoa railway ros-ing, and also such other street's '■■ i require to be made according to the ■•hedule supplied by the borough eng'iI neer. also for culvert in Brougham street, a Museum building, and a dcstruetorr