MASTERTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10301, 2 August 1911, Page 5

MASTERTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

. ~* MONTHLY MEETING.

' Tire monthly meeting of the Mas- i | ti&rtoin. Borougih Oouii/>l3. was bald, in j the Council Chambers last eviemmg, j there being present: His Worship the j Mayor (Mr J. M. Ooradine), Crs. H. I J. O'Leary, J. Elliott, F. W. Tem- j pie, T. G. Hoar, W. Candy., W. Prag- i hell, J. C. Ewiugton., J. P. Prentice, . and A. Donald. The Manager of the Borough Abattoir submitted the following .'return of stock slaughtered for the month of July:— 121 cattle, 4 calves, 661 sheep and lambs, 90 pig®. These included 22 cows, 25 bullocks, 76 madden iheifers, 4 calves', 233 ewes, 323 wethers, 92 maiden, ewes, 13 lambs, and 90 pigs. The aggregate charges for tlie mionith were £BB 14s 3d. Thie report Was' ad/opted. The caretaker of the Park wrote recomimejidning that the trees outside ■the Park gate be topped >or cut dowm. —lt was decided to have the trees cut dowin. ; The secretary, of the 4 Fire Board wrote laskimg for a plan of stlhe Borougjlii water system.— The request was Town Clerk. ~ . A report ouj the formation .of a footpath qoi. /fche 'n&rth: side of Victoria islfcreet and several other footpaths, was submitted by the Town) Clerk.— The matter was (held over till the (next meeting for consideration.

ENGINEER'S REPORT

The Borough Engineer reported as | foHowa on the work dome on/ the .streets' in the Borough for the .month J ending July 31st, 1911: iMaimtenunice work: Broken, pit and river, metal has Ibeen placed on Akura Road, Queen; Street South., Chapel Street, Hessey Street, Dixon Street, Columiba Road, Rehnll Street, Villa Street, High Strees,.v^ercy, ;\ Street, Lincoln Road, Geofgfe Street, Pine Street, Cole Street, Timothy Street, Hope Street, Herbert Street, Sussex Street, South Road, Heaton Street, and Church Street. The footpaths in Albert Street, Queen. Street, Worksop .Street, Hessey Street, Pownall Street, and High Street have been repaired with sand, etc. Routine work: The usual routine work, such,as the cleaning out of the and the streets of the- Borough has this monith been rather excessive on' account of the heavy rain, and the men have don© v all they possibly could to relieve the storm water, and' I am' glad to say that complaints- were few. Sundry I work; Culverts have been put in for Mr Caiselberg in Sussex Street,. Mr Mutrie in Hesisey Street, a.iud Mr Russell in Herbert Street., The work of taking up and clearing ,the stoim water pipes under the footpath in Albert Street was compiefced. J have had Pane Street scarified and coated •with machine brokeni metal, amid it" is; now in gwxk order, an<t< ought "to last 1 through the summer, amd I would recommend the Council, seeing (that this is the main istreet to the railway siationi, it should he the next one laid down with tar macadam like Queen Street. I have now- the iscariner- at work in Church Street, bringing thi& road up to level ias far as Dixon Street, as lit was in a- very bad istate. The drainage in. Cole Sti'eet and Lincoln Road has also given great trouble tliis montli, but everything was done ito relieve 'tlie ttiuiisance caused by (surface water. Everything si» working satisfactorily at tShie Knead works;, no damage having been caused througlij the river being in flood, and I have had the tank& at >tiie. isewerage f arm deaned out during tlie imonltlx. Tlie foiloAvinig materials liave 'boea plaoed on the roads and' footpathis:- Broken imetal ,272 ,cubic yards,' river meta1,..115 oubac .yards,- 1 sarad for footpaths, 25 cubic yards; istone to yard, 32 cubic yards. Or Hoar took exception to the statement that Perry Street was the main thoroughfare to tine staltion. He considered that the main 'street to the station was Lincoln Road, wlhieh isihould be the next road <to be put down, in tar madadami. Or Temple asked that a financial ■statement be presented each month ■• with - the engineer's report. Tlie Town Clerk was imstruoted vto Isubmiit a huancial i*eport periodically. The report was adopted.