BOROUGH FOOTPATHS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 1035, 16 August 1911, Page 5

BOROUGH FOOTPATHS.

WORK TO BE DONE.

At last night's meeting of the Masterton 'Borough Council, the Town Clerk reported, in connection with the formation of a footpath on the north .side of Victoria Street, as | follows: To curb, channel and. as* | ipha-lt the path would cost £2OO, to curb and channel and prepare for tar and sand would coat £l4O, while to simply form the path ready to receive tar >and sand would cost £25. Cr Hoar moved that the £l4O scheme be gone on with. He pointed out that the footpath was made considerable (use of, particularly by children going to the side school. He added that the tailing and sanding might ibe. done later out of maintenance'. Cr Temple said he was not in favour of spending isuch a large sum on one .street. There was only £3OO on the estimates for street improvement, and it was unfair that nearly half the amount should 'be spent on one street when many others needed attention. The Mayor suggested that it would be cheaper to asphalt the channel than to put it down in concrete. The Town Clerk .stated that the difference in price would fee £25. He added that in his opinion it would be much wiser to spend the whole £3OO on one street and mate a satisfactory job, than, to .spend £lO here and £2O there on, works that are not of a permanent nature. Cr Hoar's amotion was earned. Cr Elliott asked, while on the question of footpaths, whether the Engineer would bring forward a report on the cost of (tarring and .sanding the south side of Worksop Road. Cr Q'Leary also suggested Dixon I Street. The Engineer said he proposed to do both Worksop Road and Dixon Street out of the ordinary .street maintenance fund. He had been delayed iby .the continued unsettled weather. In answer, to a question from Cr