THAMES BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1832, 5 June 1874, Page 3

THAMES BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Borough Council was held at the Council offifeeVlast evening.' Present-The, Maypr, Councillors Kilejour; Wilson, lenshaw, Bhrenfried, Butt, Anthony.. , ("We are compelled, to hold over_ our report of.some .part of the ; ,proceedings, but' give below the more generally.:,interesting matters dealt w,ith.]:i;, iU: Sn'rE <>F Queen OF BEIUTJ;,,MACHIytiUY — 'be I own Clerk ntated' that the chimney of the Queen of Beauty was in.a dangerous state._Jhe ground .had .sunk down, and the other d iy a horse .unk through. '1 he chimney was ott the straight rrvMr, iiud the whole engine-house was sinking.—Mr Anthony said the .street had ; caved in. It was agreed to refer the matter to the Works °5 tom-Jrhe town Clerk'said he had noticed several l'on chimney" in a very 'dangerous icoridilionVr-This subjoet was also referred to.a .committee. ~ Accoitsts was put for electionr amounting ! to - £56 > A nU mber,of^olhe)'iiccounts,^udin ? ,i^ fcf ; 'rt!ing 3 Committee', were presented.-Mr Rhrenfried thought that in future the 'Council should be consulted as to who should go ; to 'ihoSB who pay their own -The , accounts ht(d;been examined the Fx>iance Commiftep, and were payment by the Council. v , f : TEUDRRS.-Tenders' were opened tor the 'pitching -and travelling of Bella-street There were only two tenders ii), both of which were more than double what the engineer had estimated the work Renshaw proposed jlu-h »W - tended should Aft aweptediVM??' j" >4^, and tliat the work be entered ,n pon as -soon ai possiblei-Dr • Eil(Sour ; ,secoAied "the motiohy i which- was o Richmond • street and-' Iv6li»bstoN" stbeet. 'were. opened for the Mixtion of Rolleston-street 'and .;iaflhmond : street. There'were'tliree' tenders;>-a»d- that ot - Mr A. Watson was accepted at £112.

CrLVEUT AT AbIIAHAM • BTItKET. ihe t of the WQr.k^pmraittee;fjis n one t _^ha^ should bo made jnj^^ali'ain-sireet. —Mr Butt said that. he thought this should stand 'iver; as had been'dbrie with-respeci/ to 'works' rec wmeii'dff'tf e]sew!ier?..-t^ r Ehrehf-ii'd moved tliab theavork be done. ' —Tt w»& agreed that the' Work be.doneiJ

. IN'' : WILLIAMSdN-STUEET;-'--The :^ayoi' said the clilvert iii ;f VVillißin-j gon-stre,et,require.a / to,be.cleaned , he'foiind thaVit was.a flit onp, and wouldj goon get :choked ;Up;.again.-rl!t»?. mitierj was referred to the,. Works Committee, j •• Metai,' RerißßD-The Wbrksij 'ommittee reported respecting the metal that - would- be required--on .different.. .streejsi .The whole.amounted to 800 /ards, be-, •-'•sides -what had already been advertised for."' 'It was' aKreedihat;th"e;m.etalshi)Uid be adveriised for,- to be supplied in . tenders- at difcrent places'.; r ; | j ''POSITION' 1 OP"• I'O;iK9HORE,j: ARA.EU ; 'TBiUffT?V AND.'ABFS.. —."Mrj,jßll!t ■ 'moved' " That . this Council 'request, thd '"Mayor to take immedinte stops to obtain all inform ition ''resjjeeting'' thd -leases! ■■■ rights, or. titlSa already: igiven ito private i«di viilli ils,' or : to; coinpAriies on the foreshore 1 or in connection with the tram ray, •and the amounto'f rent due thereon." Mr Butt said he had. information, that there 5 'of H back' rent uncolr ■ vle.pted*on the, aUotmenfcs.pecupied pn. T.he 'foreshore, as much nearly-as the Government had paid to'the natiVeS'- for their rights;. He did not -see whyany .company ishould; monopolise ! .ai?y;,public interest ; ;for : their own .private,.gap, ancl and this was going .on now. .If the members of Council 5 had; taken the matter up and, moved,for a ls committee,ia:the Provincial Council, this 'information might have been had. One of the best -witnesses before suoh a committee, who could ! have told them 1 all 1 about .it/ was the.late Superintendent.. Ji'l he money he hai re- '.. ferred to.was realty revenue belonging to .thU :; .piaceJ. and/ private,! parties, 'were -allowed ■: to. occupy! all; onthe, quiet. ;—-.Dr. . iKilgour..; said;, the first thing was to i?et r . possession. : pf f . the fore.bis, idea ;was, that if j,lip title, of,the Tramway Company was looked into they were bound to repair the wharf, but instead of that they advertised that they: would, take off their boat till some .person, repaired the wharf. , Jhe company had had all tho cream of tho business, arid ,ho -bejieved. they- only had ■'' to pav.a nominal rental of £26;' for wharfs and all, and that iiad never ' been paid:— Dr.' Kilgour said'the Government had . stmt down to the.Mayor asking him how 'he would recommend . that the - traffic should be restored. If the Government Were aware; that the lessees -of the wharf ' " were obliged to. repair/ the wharf' they would have given them notice to do so. —Mr Anthony said that the government would surely never let a wharf to any , .company , without a, clause in the lease ' that they were to'keep it in' repair.-i)r. Kilgour.thought the inftrmation should be obtained by the Eodowment Committee.—Mr:Butt said'there was iiot a man in that Council who knew the position ol the Tararu tramway . Ho thought it was the duty of the Council to make themselves acquainted,.wilh .it. —The ,M»y; r said they had no right to;iiiquire_r'p«peciing the wharfs or the foreshore till, they were handed over to them, the tramway ;.. was w'ithin their.' jurisliction.—Mr Butt thought the subject should be brought, before the Provincial Council That Council had no power in the matter, he knew.rrMr Butt's motion not., beint: seconded, fell to the ground. ; On : tlie . motion of Mr.benshaw, it- was agreed

that it would be desirable to obtain infor* [ matioaoawhattermßtheTramwayCom- ' pany hava theic kase. audalliQfosaia^a

j..Leave of the motion of -Mr Ehrenfried, seconded by Vfr Renshaw, leave of absence was granted to Councillor Kennan.

J The Council adjourned shortly after 10 o'clock.