MEW PLYMOUTH BOROUGH COUNCIL

Taranaki Daily News, 7 August 1917, Page 4

MEW PLYMOUTH BOROUGH COUNCIL

WORKS COMMITTED MEETING. A meeting of the works committee of the New Plymouth Borough Council wpa held last night. Present: The Mayor (Mr. C. H. Burgess), Crs. G. W. Browne, U.J. Dcarc, W. A. Collis, W. F. Short, F. J. Hill, J. Clarke'. ■ FIRE BRIGADE PROPERTY. The New Plymouth Fire Board wrote in connection with their application for the council's consent to sell the land and buildings known as the Central Fire Station and the East End Fire Station, stating that the board was now only indebted to the New Plymouth Borough Council for £1785 and io debenture holders for £SOIXI. The payment to the council, according to agreement, was at the rate of £l5O per annum, which included capital and interest. The debentures were repayable in 1951, and were subject to 5 per cent, interest. The consent asked for from the council was conditional in regard to the money obtained being used for the repayment of tho board's existing indebtedness in regard to land and buildings already owned and erected. It differed from the consent previously obtained inasmuch as tljeland and buildings since acquired were not then the property of the board, and as far as the board knew the money could not be used for any other purpose. The Mayor said it appeared that the money would be held ,Up fjf 34 years. The council had previously pgrecd to consent to the sale that all proceeds of the sale be devoted to the purchase of other lands ;"and buildings for fire brigade but it was not thought that the/%ioney would be tied iip for so long a^period. It was deehied, on the suggestion of the Mayor, £<vask the Fire Board to further considfer'the position.

FRANKLEY ROAD.

Thp- borough solicitors, Messrs Govett and Quilliam, advised that the council was not liable for injury to Mr. T. Jones' land for soil falling on Frankley road or to any passer-by sustaining injury by falling earth. It would be advisable, however, to notify tho public to use care when passing along the road, and that /the engineer should frequently inspect the bank. The borough engineer reported that he had already issued instructions to have notices ejected warning pedestrians not to walk under the bank. The Mayor said there would probablv be another fall on tho road before very long. He suggested that more danger notices should be placed along the road at the.parts most likely to be affected. It was agreed to adopt the payor's suggestion. ' The Frunkley Road Settlers' Association wrote strongly protesting the proposed deviation of this road, as they thought it would make matters much worse than at present, ' *They thought it would be_ advisable to have the two big holes in tho road filial in without delay, as the road > was just about impassable in its present state.- — The borough engineer reported thatfithe matter was in the hands of a committee, who had inspected tho road. BY-LAWS REVISION.

The meeting then proceeded to further consider the draft of revised bylaws submitted by the solicitors, ' • •«