BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 January 1921, Page 8

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

MONTHLY MEETING. The New Plymouth Borough Council met last night. Present: The Mayor (Mr. F. E. Wilson), Councillors F. J. Hill, J Kibby, V. Griffiths, A. E. Sykes, A. S. Brooker, R L. Parkin, J. W. Hayden and AV. F. Short.* STATE OF HOBSON STREET. Ten ratepayers residing in Hobson Street asked that the road and footpath be attended to in view of the great I amount of traffic it carried, notably on • account of it being the route to the East ■ End beach. The petition was referred to the engineer. EXTENSION OF WATER MAINS. A letter was received from the inspector, Department of Labor, New Plymouth (Mr. W. J. Mountjoy), inquiring what action was proposed in regard to water supply for workers’ dwellings on Pioneer Road. The engineer submitted an estimate on the work, showing the cost at £487 18s 4d. He pointed out that the main would serve not only the Government sections, but eventually all sections en'- route. It was a matter for the council to decide whftt\ proportion the Government must contribute. It was decided to forward a copy of the engineer’s report to the Department asking what proportion the Government was prepared to contribute. ’ An estimate of the cost of laying water pipe ajong Waiwaka Terrace as far as Chilmain -Street, was submitted by the borough engineer, the total amount being £526 life. The matter was referred for consideration when next financial year’s estimates are under review. THE WATER SUPPLY. In his monthly report on the water works, £he engineer stated:— Recently the draw off was at a rate of considerably over the million gallons per day, and must have been nearly an large during the nights, as we found it impossible to recover the day’s loss before the morning draw began again. At< one time we had lost nearly half our storage. ♦. As I found it impossible to recover the loss in the usual way, I gave instructions to keep the reservoir full at all cost (even that of filtering), with the result the storage lias increased but only about 50 per cent of the water is filtered. To maintain the supply at the present rate our filtering plant is inadequate, to give a summer’s supply at this rate, we shall have to do one of three alterations: First, inst/l at least two more filters; or second, enlarge the storage; and third, place more obstacles or restriction* upon the public, with a , view to controlling the use of water. I do not intend going into details here, but will submit a report upon the water .supply later on.