NEW PLYMOUTH BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 November 1917, Page 8

NEW PLYMOUTH BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The adjourned meeting of the Borough Council was held last night, when there were present: Jib Worship the .Mayor (Mr. C. H. Burgess). Crs. J. Clarke, J. W. Hay den, F. J. Hiil, W. F. Short, E. Griffiths, W. A. Collis, R. J. Deare, ami G. W. Browne. CORRESPONDENCE. i Mr. H. R. Garnham wrote terminating liis agreement with the council for winding and attending to the post office clock. The town clerk wrote to Mr. Garnham pointing out that the terms of the agreement provide that the contract could only be terminated by.the giving gf six months' notice by either party. He therefore assumed that the contract would be terminated on May 20 next. A letter was received from Mr. C'lias. Kyngdon regarding the metal allowance for the road into his property. Tho writer stated that in 1915, on the completion of the contract by the firm of Kyngdon and Douch for the supply of 'O,OOO yards of metal, the borough paid half the cost of reinstating the road on condition tha.t they maintained it for their own traffic on!}'. As the council was still taking metal from his bins he (isked for an understanding as to repairing the roads. He considered that the fairest way would be for the council to allow him a cubic yard for every 300 ' cubic yards hauled by horses, and three cubic yards for every 100 hauled by traction engine. Tho borough engineer (Mr. W, H. Cook) reported that as the road was [I public one, although used almost entirely for private purposes, the council should accept some responsibilitv for upkeep. The road was in good order. In his opinion the fairest arrangement was for both parties to pay equal shares of the cost of the 15 cubic yards of metal that Mr. Kyngdon's proposal would mean. He therefore recommended the payment* of 32s Od to Mr Kyngdon, provided the metal was put on the road. The matter was left in the hands of tho engineer to arrange. i The hon. secretary of the Kawnroa Park Beautifying Societv wrote that Messrs V. H. Beal, S. A. ,H. Robb, T. Petty, A. E. Rullians, J. F. Russell, F. Moverley, and L. 11. Honeyfiehi had been elected members of the executive council, and submitted the list for the council's approval. The election was approved, STABLE DRAIXAGR. Mr. D. JTutclion wrote on behalf of th(i trustees of the estate of T. O. Kelsey, deceased, stating that they had been called on to connect tho stables at the rear of Mr. Gadd~ shop with the sewer in Gill Street. The cost of connection would be considerable in comparison with the small revenue derived from the property, and the drain might have 1o be altered if any building was erected on the property at a future date. He therefore applied oil 'behalf of the trustees for leave to put in a soak pit in lieu of connecting with the sewer, as they had been advised that a soak pit would be quite effectual for the sewerage of the stables. The sanitary inspector reported that the expense of laying a sewer to Gill Street, was prohibitive, and the sower would be of little use for future buildings. A soak pit, properly constructed, would serve the purpose well, and lie recommended that permission be grunted. The borough engineer regretted that he could not endorse the inspector's recommendation. The position of the stable in a very congested business area, alongside a grocer's and a fishmonger's, both places having food exposed.°was such that absolute cleanliness was demanded. Three gullv sumps were set in connection with the present drains, one in Waireka Lane, one in the stable, yard, and the-third inside the stable The yard jnillv diseharses into a pipe drain, which passed under the building to the Gill Street channel. The gully in the stable discharged through pipes to the outside wall at the rear and thence on to the surface of the land. It must be a nuisance all through the year, especially in hot weather, and together with the state of the vacant lots, where horses were run. would form a breeding place for (lies, if not for disease. Further, a soak pit, which might easily become choked with straw, chaff, etc., would but aggravate the troubles attendant upon the existing drainage system. There was no bar to the making of a connection to Gill Street, and lie recommended that it be done, as the best and most sanitary means of dealing with the stable drainage. Tho matter was dealt with at a meeting of tho Sanitation Committee on November 21, and it was then considered tho putting in of soak pits was not advisable. The committee's report was adopted. GENERAL. Permission was granted the committee of the Citizens' Band to take up a collection on Thursday evening, December 0, at Pukekura Park, for the benefit of the bandsmen, in lieu of their raising money by carolling.