MUNICIPAL MATTERS.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 February 1920, Page 5

MUNICIPAL MATTERS.

1 BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETING. The monthly meeting of the New P]y< mouth Borough Council was held kit night- Present: The Mayor/(Mr. Jae. Clarke), Crs. V. J. Hill, W. P. Short, W. A. Collis, A. S. Brooker, R. L, Parkin, A. E. Sykes, and V. Griffiths. ' The monthly official and departmental . reports and the reports of committees were received and adopted. ELECTRIC LIGHT PROFIT,' 1 When a report of the 'General Purposes Committee was under consideration, in which a recommendation was made that the transfer of. .the wnt>l»(of ;w the profits from the ElectrUity Depart- jr ment for the year ending; March iSlit, '.. 1820, be transferred to the General Ac- > count in due course,' Cr. Griffiths moved .„ that the clause be deleted .and urged that ,' the profits should be retained in tha \ Electricity (Department account* itod utilised in the development, of V*»JWI-> branch; ;He said a tM\ departSH*' . would be a necessity, in the neaWdtolL "" and further that those whp pmUidttha<'-'<"-'< profits for the department ahonllinoi- • be called upon to hand them oyer t» another section of the cbmnfonitt?' ••>'.' .The Mayor said that whila thero mfah*. - be something in favor of *W|.. (jr. . ; " Griffiths B{ aid he did not tnlnktt conk' . be done this year at all 'ereqis, as the estimates 'had been, framed on the as< sumption ,that the Electricity Depart* ment'a profits would be tranrttttwT a* irecominended. vThe "borough manager remarked' that the ratepayers were like shareholder, in tho trading concams of the Count! and as such naturaUy looted for tone dwl. dends. He pointed out that in Glasgow which was the foremost tnanJctoafiS in the matter of trading - departments, «», profits from such transactions ««re>d»> voted to the rejief of, rates. No one seconded the motion, and th« matter dropped, Cr, Griffith! rematkuß that ho was satisfied to have given «£' pression to his opinions. GENERAL PURPOBB& ■: the General Purpose* Committee met, the same oounaSoril being (Mefcnt, when the .following matt ters i|reMe«lt 'with:- . IMsLIC CONVENEBBCJSa

V . A no , tl *%tiS9 ..Mi received front the Borough solicitors io the eff«t that had informed them ghat proceedings in connection with application for an injunction. againift the erection of publle wttrvenicnces|h: Upper Brougham Street would :.° B °M:% n with at the M»y twMhnw of i ho "i?l mo Courte in New Plymouth. In a fnblequent letter the Borottgi sok icitors.t alitcd that notice and motion and statalnent of JBlaim hod been made upon the*. ' '''•£ STREET BEAUTIFYING. in a letter by Mr. C. D. Lightbana',a*<jnt the Council's decision rewinding' 4he .permission given to him some tin* ■ptariously to place tree* in Devon Street', after referring to the expenses incurred by him,' which ho did not wiah to lose, without there being soiniQihur to show for it, he said his chief di«euity in getting business people to assist jn supplying tho vasos for the trees was the risk of their destruction by hooli. gans, "who seem to have control of publie property in the city. . . .In tbe interests of citizens it is time it Was stopped, and some of the rascals pun. uhed."— No action was taken. FRANRXE? ROAD NEEDS.

The secretary of the Frankleigh Park Settler?' Association wrote asking-tho Council to reconsider its decision inmgard to water supply along FranMey Koad. Attention was also drawn to the state of tlie water tables and footpath on the Frankley Rond, and the road on Frankleigh Park Hill. The Borough engineer reported that a small pipe would not be satisfactory considering the length to be served by the same. He reported that the footpath was not generally in a bad condition. T!je water tables would be erected and tarred when the plant arrWed on the road fpr resurfacing, tut too definite date could be assigned when that would be powibjft, It was decided to inform the AssoeU ation that the Council could not see ft* way to alter its previous decision until such time as the new water loan should bo carried. .~ v In regard to the footpaths and chan? - nol? it was decided that they would be attended to when the more important works in the borough had been attended to.

The Mayor remarked that It was tha smallest suburb of the town, and ho thought it had received more generous treatment, comparatively, than any other, suburb, having two miles of asphalt road. ELECTRIC LIGHT AND TBAMWAY9 DEPARTMENT. i The Electric Light and Tramways Committee reported making the following, recommendations;—-That Mr. W. II FlDspatrick be informed that the Council cannot see its way to extend the electric light mains to his residence, at Ngamotu Road at the present time owing "to the very heavy demand for current In local. ities where the electric light mains are already erected, but that Ms application . ; v4ll be reconsidered when the worki fa connection with the hydro electric extensions are further advanced. That . provision be made in the estimates of the Westown extensions for the widening of the Tukapa Road, as far as Omata ifRoad, and that prior to the poll 'being >' taken, preliminary ngreembuta be »r- ■) ranged for the acquiring of such landa subject to the poll being favorable. That in view of the heavy additional '■. cost, both in regard to track construe- 3 tion and road widening of the portion of the proposed extension between Omata Road and Wallath Road, the tram terminus be at Omata Road and " '■' not at .Wallath Road as previous!* fan* templated.—The report was adopted, ~K ' GENERAL. '.'•; A.number of property owners apjliet ~'~ for permission enabling them to subdivide land- for building sites without strict compliance with the by-law re street frdntages. Several applications Were received from residents in varloito parts of the Borough for the extension of the water mains to their properties.