MASTERTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1046, 12 April 1882, Page 2

MASTERTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

BPECUI MEEIDiO,; , : The special meeting to confirm.the rate passed at tho last Council meeting was to have been held at aVquarter to only His'Worshipput in an appearance at; the appointed-time. Crs Casolberg : and Price arrived shortly after, and closely following them Or Gapper. There being still no quorum, those present waited till just on the stroke of 7.80, whon they intended, to. adjourn, but Crß Perry and Chamberlain arrived at that moment,'and business was commenced, and the rate confirmed, Crs Perry and Gapper voting against it, as considering the Library rate too high. "

ORMNAHY MEETING. Present—His Worship the Mayor, and Crs Caselberg, Price, Gapper, Perry, Chamberlain and Feist. The minutes of the last ordinary meeting were read and confirmed, and the correspondence read, THE POUND SITE, A letter was read from the Town Lands Trustees offering to lease to the Council the present pound site at 10s per year, and asking for what purpose the Council required the adjoining seotion, After discußsidn the offer was accepted, no action being taken with respect to the extra piece of ground. . THE COTTAGES. An application was received from. Mr Hoar (who has purchased the lease of one, of the cottage B|tes and one ot tlje cottages, for. removal), asking that he might he allowed to leave the cottage on the ground he had leased till he chose to remove it. He interided to expend money on it to make it inhabitable, and then let it. The application was granted. MASTERTON CLUB. The Council was notified thftt j pharfpr bad been, granted tq'the, Ma'stertfln Club, and fhat tfin iloj'oiifjh wp,uld receive the fees, '. ' ' GAS.

A letter was received from Mr Clemenshaw, consulting gas engineer of Greymouth, placing his services at the disposal of the Borough, and stating that if the Council intended to go on with its scheme no more time should bo lost, aa the winter Was the most profitable pas pi t||a year. tflMMripßljjng poq)p ai^es, The letter was referred to the Gas pom : mittee,'' • •••■- ' MR f. bezar's claim. Mr E, Bezar, into poundkeeper and ranger, applied for arrears alleged to be due to him to the extent of 1718s.

Thp Qlepk, stated that Mr Begai' was indebted to the Council some £lO for rent. .Or Casolberg moved—That the matter be referred to the Clerk to make but a correct statement of the account. If he found money was due' to Mr Bezar it should be paid, Seconded by Cr Price and carrjed. . IWJ% PUJ!? FOOTPATH, A petition was presented, signed by several settlers of the Upper' Plain praying that the footpath from' Chappbst. to Mrs Yates' corner bo constructed as soon as possible, and setting forth that' it was on the iintlei-Blanding tjjat thi§ work wag to bo dono immediately that they had given the land for the same purpose along their frontages, The Mayor said ho did not think any such prqmise could have been niadp, as (lie Council had pot acquired the land fromChapel;street Iq thp'pojnt namep 1 , and until they did so they could not dp the work.

Or Gapper said Mr Ronall had given (he Council leavp to take the ground, but it was than found thatthpy could not take ft without thp consent of Mr Renall's leaseholders. Or Chamberlain thought the peliljpprs had a good claim to have the work done, They l|ad paid a great deal of rates and had never complained as tp where they were expended. There was alsp as rnuph (raflii: on the road as on any in the Burovigh, and it was altogether tpo narrow. It was not safe for either foot passengers or vehicles on a dark night, Ho sjrqngly adyopatei} the work bping done as fiooiras the pouncjl was in funds, The clerk turned up the Jetter tp the ratepayers along the road, which asked them to give thp land, and he pointed out that the promise made jn that was to construct a footpath from Mr§ Yates' corper to the of thp Bprougli and upt from Chapel street to Mrs Yates'. Cr dapper sp] Cr phamherljiin seemed to think no money had been expended on this.ppytion pf the Bprpugb, but he would point out that a great deal had been done and that in a few week's time ovpr 1J35 would have been spent pn this road, Cr Chamberlain said he was sure some promise must have been given to the people to induce (horn to givo their land. The Mayor said it had always been the intention of tho Council to widen the road right through, but no promise could have been given that the lower portion would be done at once as the Council had not yet acquired tho land. Or Gapper stated part of thp work had already been done and the whole was on the schedule of the Works Committee.

Cr Oaselberg moved that the Council take steps to acquire the ten feet of land from Chapol-sfc to the boundary of the Borough at once. Cr Feist seconded the motion which was put apd carried. Cf Chamberlain thpiiffhl a Committee should be appointed''to' wait upon the variom settlers His Worship said it would be sufficient if left in the hands of the Clerk, DEPUTATION. A deputation consisting of Messrs T. and Q, Chamberlain, and J. Hessey waited upon the Council witl) regard to the matter just discussed. ■ MrT. Chamberlain said they came to the Council with a good claim, they paid their rates and required a footpath as badly as many streets in the Borough which had two. The residents were quite willing t" contribute fairly to the work.

The Mayor explained to the doputution that the Council could not construct the path till it acquired the land, and explained the resolution which had just been passed. Mr 6. Chamberlain said he had understood Mr Eenall had given his land, and that was why he gave his; and he had expected to see Mr Renall's fence shifted before the others, Mr Hessy held that the Council had broken faith with the ratepayers in the matter, as the path was promised if the land was given, Or Caselberg explainad that that promise only referred to the upper portion and not to the piece that was now being petitioned for.' Cr Feist stated that, after listening to what had fallen from the various speakers, he had come to the conclusion that the people had given their land on the understanding that Mr Eenall had given bis. They had been asked immediately after Mr Eenall had consented, and before it was found that his tenants had also to give their sanction. There could be no doubt that the Council intended to do the work.

The Mayor informed the deputation that their petition had been met. by the resolution passed, and it then thanked the Gounoil'and withdrew. : WORKS COMMITTEE. The Works Committee's report was read and adopted, WORKS COMMITTIsE REPORT. The j Committee reported that the schedules of the streets of the Borough had been made as presented with the report. . The overseer was instructed by the Committee to rske the footpaths (in

Hopo-street and break die large s'.oiies) also to obtain assistance and get the old timber cut into suitublo sizes at the Upper - Plain saw mill. It was resolved by the Committee that Mr Hoinslow be informed that he must metal Queen-street and Johnston-street as notified, and that he >,; could now obtain metal from the.Wai< poua river-bed, The tender,'of Messrs Bontley Bros, 'at <£9s for the work in Eailway-road and Short-streot was accepted. The engineer submitted his estimate of the cost of works, it was' re. solved to recommend that the following works be undertaken first:—l. Upper Plain road, footpath and filling; 2, Co-lombo-road and Furupuui-Btreet; 8. Bentley-street, about 10chains; 4. Nur-eery-road, drain and formation; 5, Makora-street. This with the contract in .Short-Btreetj will nearly meet the amount allotted in the OBtimates, The following workß were recommended to be.taken ■■ next:— Russell • street, Crayne • street, Villa-street, Eenall-atreet, widening,and footpath. Before the latter is done the title to be obtained from Mr Rcnall. That the Council be asked not to authorise worka,' - not recommended by the Works, ..'' rhitlee. Jmr' Onthe raotiQno!OfQappev{ha Works ConimJtteß we authorised to form that pftipn of thp street acquired from Mr Perry, and do other necessary work there. SPECIAL MEETING. T, he special meeting to consider the by-laws was fixed for May Ist., at 7.80 p.m. BOEOTJOH SOLICITOR, Mr A. R,. Bunny was appointed (by ballot) Borough Solicitor at a retaining fee of £1 Is per annum. QUEEN-ST., IMPROVEMENT, Or Price asked if Mr Arnold had obi' tained Igayg of %Co\uicil or 'its Surveyor to. make alterations doiio to his premises in Queen-street. The Mayor stated that the nature of Mr Arnold's alterations had not infringed any "by-law, but he suggested that the , clerk should write, to the Borough' Surveyor for an explanation. The Council then adjourned.