BOROUGH MATTERS.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 August 1918, Page 2

BOROUGH MATTERS.

QIMCIAL REPORTS, Following are the reports presented: to the New Plymouth Borough Council for the month of July, by the engineer and the electrical and tmmwaja manager:— mmXEFJR® BEPORT. The engineer (Mr W. H. Cook) reported that metalling work hlad. been done in Arcnue road, Powderham street and Courtenay street; kerbing and channelling in Koibo and FuLford streets; paths attended to in Dawson and Lemon | streets; and patching work in Hobson, Courtenay, Govett, Elliott, Gover and Vivian streets, and Avenue and Carrington roads. Lorry:—TJie motor lorry has been delivered and is in full work, getting metalling pushed on rapidly for this season of the year, the average day's delivery being 48 cubic yards. A portion of the cart shed has been converted into a lorry shed. The floor is of concrete and lighting has been installed. Delivery of metal—Since the commencement of the year (April 1) we have handled 3800 cubic yards metal and gravel-—IGI cubic, yards of gravel used for paths, 114 cubic yards for patching streets, the balance 3540 cubic, yards, metal and for permanent repair work. This gives an average of 40 cubic yai;4s for' each of 98 working days, or .taking the broken weather into account an average of'iV: cubic yards for actual work. , In the whole of the last Tear \some 3000 cubic yawls were handled; at aibove rate we would in 12 months handle nearly 12,000 cubic yards. The bulk of this year's metal has had to be hauled to the extreme limits of the borough. ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT. The Electrical Department manager (Mr R. H. Bartley). reported: A start has been made with the varnishing ot car bodies and the overhaul of the motors, etc., and one car has been completed and in traffic again. As soon as the weather is favorable I propose to effect some repairs to the track and to road adjacent to same in Devon street east, but before any money is spent in this direction, it is absolutely necessary to secure some means of draining the track foundation in this locality.' The business in connection with the Lighting Department still continues to increase, and during the month, 22 applications for the supply have been registered, £8 connections have been made to the mains and 8 additions made to to existing installations. The Waiwakaiho river still remains too high to remove much of the shingle deposited at the intake as mentioned in my report of last month.