MASTERTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 683, 3 February 1881, Page 2

MASTERTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

WORKS COMMITTEE, • k meoting of'the Works Committee was held on Monday evening. • Present— His Woi'ship the Mayor (Chairman) and Cra Bentley, Gapper, McOardlc, and Russell. The question of an artesian well for the Borough was discussed,, The Committee not having suflioient information before it, did not fceljustified/in--recommending, any steps in.the matter' to" the Council. .They directed the attention of the ■ Council to tlie 'fart tot- 'Mr Oockburn had not complied with, ..the, notice to erect fences on his property.'.lif accident having-.ocenrrsd to-a'%idge' in Renall-street, tlie Commitleo recoromeii'ded that a culvert sliould'.be'erettei.an'd the present bridge removed) and that tho atunlps along tlie street should bo grubbed up. The tender of Mr Corpe for the supply of timber -was recommended for acceptance. The foreman's, report, was received and approved, .The following accounts were recommended for payment :

-'• '; " . £ s d tyages.&c ... 18 2, 0 R, Wilsoue, election 10 11 0 Payton&Co, ~, !;; ... 373 T, Price . . ... <■. ~, ,',',. 012 9 Robert Donald, timber ... 19 *j 4 Bowry& King, timber ~ 5 3 7 Bi'iggs, supplies •• ... ,„ 119

MR OOCKBUKN.'S'CASE, It was resolved that the Clerk be instructed to give Mr Cockburn 14 days' notice that unless he erected the fences required by the Council within that time, the. Council would proceed to oroet them at his'expense. • ■...."' RENAM-ST. Tho_ recommendations of. tho Works Committee with regard to.thisstreetwere adopted, and tenders ordered to bo called for the works. . \ Cr'jßish, In movjn/tl|a|;-t|)o stumps should be cleared,' stated that'an'the •Upper Plain people contributed a'good deal in rates, the Council should pay some attention to their safety and comfort, . TIMBER SUPPLY. _ The tender of Mr Corpe for supplying timber to the Council was accented, one or two Councillors being in!favor of it being giyon to a local' Orm, tiiouch' 3d per'fOOft higlipr, but the Council decided to adhere to tjje role of acppptipg the .lowest tender. ■..■■■■■'•''' ■■■■■ BIGOTQ OF CONTRACTS, " Any two members of. the Works Con>' mittee'were authorised lo sign contraots,: .. •:• VICTORIA AND ALBERT-BTKEETS. Or Bentley. drew attention to the state of tho culvert at the angle of these streots and suggested that a coat of metal "be-piit on befocQ Jt became more damaged, He would move-That the Works' Committee .instructed to pee to the matfer, : •-••/' . : 'Or Vile seconded, ; - "•' '.".'•■■ ,' flr'Giip'per stated that'if this were'doive Ke would put in necessary'kerbing.to •protect=- : the : -' -point of the* angle of the sweet,- ':■■'/■"■■' . . t carried.'"., .... "'■ . ■'"' ;'.-;. .(Jt'-r'.BwH'- what : steps '.the Goui]oil::ihte 173 ed to' take, in the matter .ofvnieeting'tfifl" Governor,' He'jid.'nQt 'think the G.qye'rnor wished, to')ia.vo any •fuss liiiade/.and he'-thought they should Jetihim go .through without demonstration:": .'••-''

Or McCardle spoke in an opposite otratn ; and thought they should meet the Governor," and present him with the 'respects of the town; aWftoved-That the Mayor- should mept the' Governor,' and express to him the respect of the Council and the Borough. -Carried. ■■'.-;.' . HAILWAY EOAD. . Cr Gapper pointed out that tho Government'had not yet metalled the. recently, formed: portion of this road, and he thought Wong representation should be marie .tothe-GdvWnmetit'tii have this completed before the winter!: He pointed ■ out'thai jbhe Government had fenced a a portion'of metalled, road made;.by. the.' Council, and handed over an unmetall'ed ' road'by "the diversion. ,'"•■ The Clerk wits instructed to write to 'Jie.,Miriister ; .for Public Works in the matter,. .'-; v ;-,,-, .-, ■.' :' '••:- ' ■■■■.; ::K-.'sAtmfip.iUTOß;V-,•■'."-.-r Cc fientley liad' rather.a peculiar matter forward, .;it :^aß-wth^re|efence.

to the services of Or Russell. They could not vote any salary or fee to a Councillor, hut ho would move-That the sum of £6O should be voted to the Mayor as salary, which should be handed over by him to Or Ruaaell.

Or Gapper could'not Bupport such are-., solution; • He hadjtlway?be,enjn : fjiypi;of paid?{?ractical vmati "to- perfotln tite-ehgineering Tfbjrbof'trie borough" and he objected to a vote of this kind. Cr McCard I le.?puldn't(see , hiß; ; :)vay cfea't to support this motion." Fpr'one reanp, ■they could-nbt say to'a fellow Councillor;' 'even if :p'aid,-.what they' could' Bay to-a paid servant If the,dutieß,were-.taohard-on- Cr. Klissell, let .him resign .and apply' for the post of engineer and borough"surveyor. There' was' -no ;, doubt tha't' Gr ; Russell, as ame.mber ; of-.;the-.'VYorks.Comr', mittee, had saved the Council a great deal, but if the work of the Committee'' became too heavy for .them they should decline to sacrifice theuselves on the altar of public service, but should resign and appoint a paid servant.

Cr Biah, though fully acknowledging the services of Cr Russell, could not vote hi favor of granting him a sum in an illegitimate manner. •

His Worship would say a few words ou this matter. Cr Russell had given him Borne trouble tin one.Or'two occasions, through non-attendance to Works Committee duties, but for a long'time past he had dono all the practical work, the speaker only acting as a sort of clerk to him. His Worship regretted very much that they could not give him a direct vote for ;hia past services. .With regard to the future, he' considered that as the most difficult of the Borough works were done, there would not be a great lot for the commitfoo to do. There was not a bridge required in the Borough, and the. only piece of road nonopened was the ox-' tension of Bennington's line, which would havo to be soon seen to; He did not like, the proposal bofore the meeting, which simply meant to evade the law, but he regretted that tho Council could notin'some way recognise Or Russell's professional services to the Borough. Cr Bentley, in bringing the matter before the Council, expected to have more support from Crs who had expressed an opinion that something should be done to acknowledge Cr Russell's services. Tho only way this could be dono was to vote the Mayor a salary and let him hand it over to Or Russell, and that was the reason he had moved his resolution. After one or two further remarks tho matter was allowed to drop, and tbo Council adjourned. .