NEW PLYMOUTH BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 June 1917, Page 5

NEW PLYMOUTH BOROUGH COUNCIL.

WORKS COMMim®. A meeting of the workjj tho New Plymouth Borough Council "WW held last night. Present: The Mafor (Mr 0. H. Burgass), Cm. J. W. Hawjan, W. P, Short, P. J. Hill, G. W. Browne, R. J. Bears, E. Griffith*, W. At Collie and ■ 'J. Clarke. WHITELEY CHURCH. ' ) The borough engineer reported that the inspector had drawn bu attntlon to the following with regard to the Whiteley Church galleryi—(l) church was not licensed! (2) that license was not granted owing to th» •danger incurred by those using the gel-, lery, inasmuch as the stairway "»< (jj* trance to the gallery were uniuitffele in the case of fire or panic; and (ttathat the •gallery is being used by the public although it had been understood thatatuch was forbidden until alteration* were made. The engineer asked to tj,informed as ta-tte precise position 0?96 aurt* ter, and what actlbn was necessary, The Mayor said the. nositiofi wvfc hd which luust be dealt fbe MUf. intendent of the fire brigade had r«i£rted that alterattions were ncceiMw/jMdii •the alterations should be made benre a license wjas granted, Cr. Cliilis said the church tmntoti would Tellingly makotithe necessary alterations. and had'had several ccuMOltatiwre with arohitects. The diffl«flyW to devise a plan of altering the etMawW as desired without tearing tfce «So£t iront of the building topieces. On the motion of Cr, Hayden.aancttded by Cr. Griffiths, it was resolved notify the church trustee* that the necessary alterations must be effMkd before a licence can be issued, and to call, ■upon them to carry out the work immediately. , PUBLIC CONVENIENCES. The borough engineer submitted th» following list of suggested site* inker* public conveniences would benefit both residents and viiitors:—(l) Robe WtMst, near post office; (2) Devon street, aQtve A.M.P. building; (3) near raihnw station; (4) Ariki street; (0) Broudxwn street, near Macky Logan's; (fl) QUI street, just past R. Cook and Co.'s;' (7) Liardet street, 60ft from Devon street, (north); (8) Liardet street, oppoiite boarding house (south); (ft) inside main entrance of Pukokura Park; and (U>) entrance to Marsland Hill reserve. Hie first two sites named mifjht be diseased as likely to be available to bnt a few persons. The railway station, he thought, wao a good one, and during the houay aeason would prove of great convenience to visitors. Ariki street was also a good one, but not so useful as No. 3; the "street was narrow, and there wai a doubt about getting a gravity fall to the sewer. Brougham street was eeatn! and convenient to the shopping area, and ■' easy gravity drainage could be obtained. Gill street would be useful to' a • limited number of persons, and would'be out of the run of holiday traffic. No. 7 and No, 8 were suitable, and at the shopping area extended would prove to bo convenient. No. 9 would be useful to persons visiting the park, especially when crowd* attended the spofta ground. No. 10 would be useful to vMftors. The three, sites He considered most uifful from the point of view of public utility were No. 3, 5 and 7. He wished to disabuse the minds of the more sensitive people, who felt perturbed at the 'idea of a public convenience being placed in a more or Icbs conspicuous place, but thU must be the case; otherwise strangers would not be ablo to find them, and pointed out that in most cities and towsi the conveniences were in prominent places. The unfortunate point in New Plymouth was the narrow street and the lack of wide, open spaces. In this connection a deputation representing property owners in Brougham street waited on the council to protest against the proposed erection of conveniences in that thoroughfare. Messrs H. Brooking, J. B. Boy, and H. . Billing acted as spokesmen, the lastnamed, on behalf of owners now abwnt at the war, and urged that the council'* previous decision, when they ttttad down' the Bame proposal, should be adhered to. The deputation having withdrawn, the council proceeded to discuss the engin* ear's report, Cr. Colli* suggested that as a temperary expedient conveniences imight be erected on the council's land, in Ariki street, near the present ones behind the 1 public library. Tho Mayor said the trouble waa tllat '.that would not be seen. Personally ha ■ did not like the idea of having the oo«- 1 iveniences alongside the footpaths, but the difficulty was where to put them. Or. Browne approved of a suggestion by the engineer that the material the council had in hand should be. halfed, and two conveniences erected at, different sites. Cr. Hayden said that as a councillor he had been subject to threats of personal violence because of the opinion* he held. There could be no doubt public conveniences were badly wanted in the town, and ho thought Brougham street was the moßt suitable site they conld have. It had been argued by the deputation that depreciation in the value of jtlie property would, result, but that had hot happened in any town he knew of. jfn London itself conveniences were found in tlie: most 1 publio"places; j n f ac t ft Jvaa iii such places that tlioy were most •Jratiipd., , , , f Cr. Griffith? favored dividing the ma* joiul in two and erecting one convenience fn Brougham street and another some-, Khore, else later on. t After further discussion it was reJolved, on the motion of the Mayor, seconded by Cr. Short, to deftr decision (>endinm>r|pßrt from 4sg sugineeribs to lie suitability of a -site in4auiet' Lane. " GENERAL, v | A request from the Prankley Road Set- , Iters' Aeaoeiation. -that the position of one or two of the street lights be changed in the new arrangement was agreed to. _ > The Pierrots' Committee was granted a license to run a butcher's shop on Friday and Saturday next. The High School Board Intimated itl approval of,the council's scheme for the drainage of Hendrie street, provided terms could be arranged to enable tho hoard to pay its proportion of the cost by instalments extending over a period of years.—Terms to be arranged as requested. The Egmont Brewery Co. drew attention to the state of Queen Street whcr,e the brewery property encroaches, tlie top of the wall having been washed away.—The engineer reported that if the position was as stated, namely, that, . the whole of the wall wan on tlin strep!, ho would recommend the Council to raise ' . the if the wall tfa* partly on private property both partiss' share the cost!—Tito engineer was *nth. ori«4,to .Without , the nectyituw w.>rfc k a«ori«j)cg with 14» MMpamnJnlfci.