BOROUGH COUNCIL.
GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE.
Tha General Purposes Committee of the New Plymouth Borough Council met last night, there being present- his Worship the Mayor (Mr. C. H. Burgess), Crs. J. Clarke, J. W. Hayden, ¥. J. Hill, W- A. Collis, A S. Brookcr, It. 1,. Parkin, and H. V. S. Griffiths.
VOGELTOWN REQUIREMENTS.
The following resolutions, passed by a meeting of Uie Vogeltown ratepayers «n April 2, hilt withheld pending the election of the new council, were forwarded hy the secretary: (1) That in view of the fact that +iie money raised last year for the repairs of the Carrington Road has apparently been spent elsewhere, the council be urged to make the repairing of this road a first charge on the loan to be raised this year; (2) that the council be asked to provide a permanent surfaceman for the Vogeltown district; (3) that in order to protect the road from erosion by storm-water the council be asked to lay down a cement kerb on the Carrington Road, from Shortland Street to the bottom of the hill, and have road tarred to the kerb. The engineer reported that metalling had been commenced on May 20. In regard to surfacemen, he stated the matter had been under consideration, tout it had not been found possible to keep any hard and fast rule, as at times every man had to be concentrated on certain! work. The proposed kerbing would be| of great benefit, if funds were available. The cost was estimated at £333. The matter was referred to the streets nib-committee for consideration when dealing with the question of footpaths. HOUSING TROUBLES.
The borough inspector (Mr. B. Day) Wrote in respect to the housing difficulty and said that some people were living •n houses that did not conform to the bv-lawß. In one case an iron garage had been fitted up as a residence, and an old house in Leach Street, which he had intended asking the district health officer to have pulled down, had been forcibly entered, after having stood empty for two years, and was being put in order by the occupants, The council decided not to take any action in the meantime, recognising the impossibility of occupants getting other p'n.f-po if present residences were condemned.
STREET WIDTHS,
Messrs Sladden and Palmer wrote on behalf of Mr. R. Cock, who proposed cuttins; up his property fronting Victoria and" Mill Roads, asking that as the roads were both less than 68 feet frontage, the council would pass the necessary resolution exempting those portions of the roads affected from the provisions of the Public Works Act, and to get such resolution approved by the Governor-General-in-Council.
Tha engineer reported that Mill Road was probably wide enough for future requirements and Victoria Road for present needs, but he pointed out that in all probability a tram track would be carried up there in the near future. It was decided that the Mill Road be allowed to remain at its present width, but that on the Victoria (Carringtoa) Road the fence line must not be less than 33 feet from the centrt of the roadway.
GENERAL. Oscar Johnson and David Charteris asked the council to form and kerb the footpath fronting their properties in Barribal Street, and also that a light be installed at the corner of Richmond and BaTriball Streets.
The engineer reported that he could not hold out any hope of the work being done for a considerable time. He suggested tha streets sub-committee should inspect the locality before anything was done. Paul Zastrow, Glen Real, wrcte stating that he found access to his property cut off, as the adjoining owners bad had survey made, and when the fence was put up to the line he would have to construct a private entrance. The engineer reported that an entranca could be made for about £5. It was decided to make the entrance as suggested. Correspondence was received from the Health Department in regard to the regulations for the appointment of the Plumbers' Board of New Zealand, and asking the council to nominate an engineer member of the boardOn the recommendation of the engineer Mr. W. H. Morton, engineer to the Wellington City Council, was nominated. The engineer submitted a plan for the widening ef St.- Aubyn Street, at the corner of Queen Street, to a minimum of 17 feet at the corner between the tram rails and the kerb line, reducing to 13 feet at the boarding-house a3 at present, —The matter wa9 deferred.
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