CAMBRIDGE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Waikato Argus, Volume III, Issue 211, 18 November 1897, Page 3

CAMBRIDGE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

An adjourned meeting of the abov e Council was held on Monday evening at 7.3") p.m., when there were present : His Worship the Mayor (Mr Bach), Crs. G. K. Clark, C. W. Arnold, R, Davis, J. Howe, W. Kscott, and T. Wells.

Akkkaiss of Rent.—Mr G. W. Russell, of Christchurch, wrote on October loth iu reply to clerk's letter informing him that the Council had determined to hold him responsible for the lease of section for the full term of '2l years at it 10 per year, he offered to pay 02 per month and forwarded first cheque for that amount, and added that this was all he o.uld afford to r'o. Ho also ,-sked to be furnished with a statement of amount from Ist March, 1880, to enable him to recover the amount from Sir W. Wasteney, who is moial'y responsible. —lt was moved 1 y Cr. Wells, seconded by Cr. Ksco't and agreed to : " That Mr Russell's offer of £'2 per month in payment of the arrears of rent be accepted, conditionally on his keeping the current rent paid up, and also that h" hand over any recoveries he may make from Sir Wm. Wnstencys, to the extent of the liabilities due to the Council. A COMI'LAINT AUOUT THE POUNDKEKVKK. —Mr C. Faulkner, of Tuuranga, wrote compla : ning that abouc thr. e months back when iu Canibiidge he lo't two hoists, and furnished the poundkeeper with a minute description of them, with instructions to notify him should they come to the pound, and offered to pay all expenses. Last we?k he had enme back to Camhridga to have another look for them. Called upon the poundkeeper, and then learnt that the horses had been impounded during the previous we<k and had been sold. One was sold for 18s and the other for £2. He wanted to know why he had not been notified. After going to the trouble he. had he maintained that it was the poundkeeper's duty to have sent him a wire. He asked for all particulars to be forwarded to him, and that the Dct proceeds be remitted to him. He valued one horse at £S and the other at £lo. The poundkeeper explained that a description of the horses had becu left with him as stated (at h ; s private residence), and at the time it was ree< ivod he said he would do his best to let Mr Faulkner know if they were impounded, but declined any responsibility in the matter. When the animals were impounded the ranger said they had been running on the Cambridge district roads for several months, so he (poundkeeper) thought they could not belong to Mr Faulkner, >vho said they had only been lost a few weeks, and did not trouble to specially inspect them, and even had he done so he would have failed to reco"iiise them fiom the description left, in which one was stated to be branded. As he thought they would not pay for their feed if kept, lie obtained a Magistrates' order and so'd them.—lt was resolved to give Mr Faulkner any information he may require and also remit him the balance of the money.—The Poundkeeper said he could produce evidence, given by Mr Faulkner to the purchaser of one of the horses, that the value of the animals was very different to that stated in the letter.

Advertising The Borough. The New Zealand Photographic Company wrote the Mayor : " You may be aware we have taken quite a number ot views in Cambridge and surrounding district. it has been mentioned to us by some of your leading townspeople that some practical use might be made of them for the benefit of the district. The writer may say that lie has a isited nearly all the watering places and health resorts in connection with the capital cities of Australasia, and is convinced that Cambridge is far ahead of most of them and only requires to be better known robe extensively patronised. When in Auck land, you will doubtless admit, only a limited few know the place for its health giving climate. What has been proposed to us is to advertise the place in some way through our pictures. One suggestion, is to get up a number ot frames to be hung up in some of the railway tions and in places of public resort in Auckland. These frames would contain whatever views you might select from our collection and any other matter you might think would give llic public an idea of the beauty of the place and its facilities tor comfort and pleasure. Some of your business men consider this plan would be successful in bringing more visitors and consequently more prosperity to the district. We shall be glad if you can agree with this opiir'on. Should you think the suggestion worth considering we shall be pleased if you will kindly lay it before the Council."— The Mayor thought the suggestion a very good one, and if say £'2o would help to advertise the place in the manner directed, lie felt sure the tradespeople would subscribe the amount. He understood the Library Committee had some information about the cost of the views, etc.—Eventually the Mayor, Councillors Clark and E cott were appointed to ascertain the cost of advertising the attractions of the Borough by photographs and n port at next meeting. Municipal Cokpokation Act.—Two circulars were received from the Borough Councils of Dunedin and Gore re the " Municipal Franchise Enlargement Bill 1 ' and a copy of the " Municipal Corporations Bill " and " Slaughtei house Bill " had been leceivcd from the member for the district.—There was some little discussion re the Municipal Franchise being enlarged into what was really manhood suffrage, but as it was considered the Municipal Bill covered the same ground, the Mayor and Mr Wells were asked to digest that document and report thereon at a special meeting to be held at noon on Wednesday, the 24th inst.

Financi:. Overdraft at 14th October, £-16 10s lid; accounts since paid, £Ol los Id ; amount lodged, £9 17s ; present overdraft, £9B 9s. Accounts,.—The following accounts weie passed for payment : Kstatc of W. Kincakl, 17s ; A. Deveiell and Co., 9s 2d; C. Crouch, £l7 9s lid; If. Pretec, £0 12s ; W. Dodd, £3 ; J. S. Bond, £1 lis (id ; Waikato Argus, £2 2a ; J. McNeish, 12s ; E. G. Adlard, 7s 6<l ; total, £.'l2 16s Id.

Wokks.—During the month 350 loads of gravel had been put upon the following streets : Duke-street footpath, 2G : Queen-street, (J; Victoria-street, 12 ; Lake-street, o'O; Fencourt road, 10; Crosvenor-street, (j; Taylor-street, 22; "Williams-street, 11; Wild-street, 18; Bryce-street, 30 ; Orey-street, 30 ; Hamilton load, 25 ; Vogel-street, 94.—The Mayor reported that he had inspected the footpath on the eaßt side of Victoriastreet, near Mr Howard's store, and recommended that it be lowered about IS inches at that point and be graded on ei.her side, to which the owners of the adjoining propert cs were willing.—The clerk reported that Mr Harker, the jeweller, had just purchased Mr Moisley's property, and if the footpath was to be lowered the alterations Mr Harker contemplated making would be made in conformity with the new level of the footpath.—lt was resolved to proceed with the work as soon as the written consent of the owners of the adjoining properties was obtained. Thk Wokks Committee.— The discussion re forming the borough into districts for Works Committee purposes, which had been adjourned from the previous meeting, was then resumed.—Cr. Escott's motion was to that effect, and he explained tint the southern district would include all south of Queen-street, the western all to the north and west of Victoria-street, and the eastern all to the north and east of Victoria-street.—On being put the voting was : —For tlie motion : The Mayor, Crs. Escott, Howe and Arnold. Against : Crs. Wells, Clark and Davics.—Cr. Wells asked to be relieved from serving in either of the districts, and tlie following sub-commit-tees were then appointed :—youth dis

trict : Crs. Kscott, Howe and Kerr. K-ist : Crs. Clark, Simpson and Kscott. West : Crs. Wright, Davis and Arnold. In each district the Mayor is chairman of the sub-committee.

Drainage.—Mr 1). Stubbing submitted the followirg report on the drainage of the northern portion of the borough :—I herewith forward yon two plui.s showing levi Is for the drainage of streets north of the Hunilton Road and the Lake. The natural flow of the ground from Vogel street is across doni'in hind, through Wright's, Han oil's, MoCann's, R. Brown's, Roberts', and down the road to Forrest's drain. I have taken the levels through these propel ties which you will find shown on No. 2 plan, the fall being 16ft. Gin. from Vogol-stroot to Fo; rest's drain, a distance, of two miles and a quarter as the drains would run. By ii spection of No. 1 plan it will be readily seen that the fnll for the surface drainage of most of the streets centres at the junction of Williams and Grey-streets, and from this point the main drain would have to be commenced. This locality is now covered with watir to a depth of three feet. From here the main drain would be taken to Vogel street, as shown in green on plan. As the dra'nagc is not to be taken into the Lake, it. must be taken 10 Vorel-street. Tie depth of this drain would vary from Ift. Tin. to 7ft. 2in., would hive IS drain pipes (second-class) under '2\ chains of road, and would cost £36. From this point in Vogel-strcet to Hamilton Road the ground r'ses, anil the main drain, if made in this direction •o Moon's Creek, would have to be at a depth of Bft. lOin. uiv'er 'he Hamilton Road and Oft. 4in , two chains beyond it. After going beyond the Hamilton Road for 8! chains towards the W.dkato River a" fall takes place into a small swamp, and in my opinion a kauri Burning would serve the purpos, best to carry the dramage across swamp to drain on other side. Thence to Moon's creek, or d ain, a distance ot seven elains, there is a natural channel for the water, which would cost a mere tr fie to dig out, but would have to be fasoined and willows planted to prevent tho water getting down and washing 6way the country. I estima'e the cost of this fnm Vogel-strcet .1 unction with Williams-street', to Moon's Cre. k to be £lO7. This would include two and ahalf chains of 18 drain pipes under toads, kauri fluming, and ti-tree put down where the ground is bad to secure it, but does not include the planting of willows. If the drainage could be taken from Vogel-strcet (point marked A) through "the private properties—mentioned previously—to Forrest's drain, the cost would be simply for making 13 chains of drain to Wright's boundary, across the Domain Laud, and one chain of IS drain pipes under one road, £l6. The private parties would make or deepen the. drains through their own properties. There are a few places where it would be impossible to drain uiless under great cost, and in these cases the places would have to be filled up, so as to raise the road. One such spot is in Taylor street at its junction with Grey-street. Re low swamp place in Taylor-street Fast by Sections 471 and 47'2. "This can be drained into Richardson's No. '2 drain at a cost of about £7. Have shown this on plan. New drajn to be made 450 links long to join old drains on McFarlene's section, and then the present drains to be deepened where marked on plan. These are the principal places to be drained." —Cr. Wells said the report g.we them much valuable information which wou'd be of use in the future if they could not see their way to carry it out at the present time.—The plans were very ela • borate ones. —The Mayor thought the drainage could be taken to the Domain lake at a much less cost, and if there were say thrre traps to purify the water it would ml her be a benefit than otherwise.—Cr. Wells agreed, and said it was the sediment that the Domain Board objected to and not the water.—The mattir was left in the hands of the Mayor and Cr. Wells to obtain information as to the cost of carrying the water to the lake.

FoOTJ'ATiis. Tim Mayor said Mr Hewitt wanted a footpath made opposite his property on the Hun<i!ton Road Referred to the West sub-committee to report upon, Old Fire Ladders.—These will be sold at Air \V. J. Hunter's sale at Cambridge on Saturday next. Notices or Mkktixos.—lt was resolved that in future the members should be notified of the date of each meeting a few days prior to such meet-