MASTERTON BOROUGHT COUNCIL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1291, 31 January 1883, Page 2

MASTERTON BOROUGHT COUNCIL.

The usual meeting was hnld last evening. Present—His .Worship- the Mayor,- .and: Crs Caselberg;' Chafabeilaiiij per,' Heron, McOardle, Perry and Price. The minutes of previous meeting were read and confirmed, and correspondence :read. '• ■j . K . ''; ' IIOENSR FOlt UPPER KOOJI OF INSTITUTE,. A letter was read, from the Borough Surveyor recommending that a license bo issued to the Library Committee for the upper, room of the Institute, though it was not yet all that lie,should like to see, ' The egress.was.,sufficientanil the building strongienough. -'lls weak'poirit- was .want afventilation, " • .'•> '■ ■ Opinions were expressed,by his Worship and Cr McOardle that as fill ,the .windows opened at the top, the room oould ho well ventilated by their means. , The* Olerk asked whether aui.unconditional license' was to be granted. The application was for a; license for public meetings,-&c, ■- : Or Gapper would object to; a license being granted, if the upper room was to be opened for dancing,, &c., before, the reading room' was olosed. He had, no .objection to dancing, but, the readers or ratepayers should be', protected! The dancers.would be a nuisanee to thosebelow them, Or Caselberg took the same view as Cr Gapper; rnd. said that fa Committee had been appointed to enddavor' to allow, the room to be let without annoying the readers.-. He had moved as a'member Of the Institute Cnmmiftee that the upper room be not ußed till after lO.o'clock, but the motion had not been accepted, It was movod by Cr Heron seconded by Gr McOardle, that the Institute be licensed for 12 months for.the usual fee,' Ct Caselberg moved as an ampndmont that the license be granted without fee, as it would simply be the Council paying itself,

No seconder being found for the amendment, the resolution was put and declared carried on the voices. , ; ~: ; Cr Oaselber?.called for division-.which .resulted as follows Ayes 5-Ors Heron, Feist, McOardle,. Price, and the Mayor; Noqs4-CraCaselberg, Gapper, Chamberlain, and Perryi '' ■ 1

. WORKS COMMITTEE. ; .... ; ; • The Committee reported receiving . the, nveraeor'a-repiirl' as, follows :-";Bentley Bros, are 'making gooil progress in Short Street. TjrisleyliMc6mpleted«22 ohniria fb.rmatioii Malcni'a "street,, and -.will coinmmce metalling this portion'at once. -I would ask, permission to.out a drain 8 x 2 chains in length in" Chapel Street,: to connect two streams." The overseer 'im ■ instructed to get the work done. With referonce to the Town Lands Trust letter re kerbing" Chapel-'st,, it was resolved to reco'mnie.nd;the.Council to do the lievhing upon conditions of x the owners paving nno half of the cost. With reference to G'ruschow's application it jits resolved that the -work be . done in Nursery Eoad provided the property owners pay one half the cost. The soiled-, tile of lands from the Survey Department was considered, and it was resolved that no.action be taken, as none of the lands enumerated offer facilities for serviceable roads in the borough. : Cr Gapper pointed out that the Works Committee had departed from the terms laid down in . the - by-law, re footpaths, with regard to the'application for kerbine: jn Ohapel-st where they had agreed to 6harj»o only half, but the Committee had looked upon this as n special case which the by-law provided for. THo report of the Works Committee was adopted. ;'.V .v. r . : ; FINANCE COMMITTEE. 'Accounts amounting to 129 VCd'were passed for payment. The overdraft waa. roported at £8316s lOd,. > ■ y ' With reference to abyssinian pump Or Caselberg said a smsll boy had. put a.large stono down the pipe, and had .therefore, spoiled its usefulness.' - The Mayor stated that the children hud cut'off the canvas covering and filled the pipe with small stones, The Works Committee intended to have the pipe drawn and re-driven. . v , v Cr;Heron said;ho,"should l'ke to/see whether the pipe had been filled up with sand; or whether, it was filled;by the, children, as in the'fortner case it would be useless to re-drive it. '. :,: LINCOLN EOAD OULVERI, It was moved by Cr Gapper that ihis oulyel't be taken up and the space 5 filled in..! Seconded by Cr Chamberlain, ■, The Mayor said the overseer staled that the'culvert was only useful in the case of an overflow from the river. . ,He (the Mayor) was afraid thfit if-the culvert wa? removed they would have large pools of .nater lying there all. the winter. i Gapper stated that the culvert over the'' town .when the rivy oyerflpwed. b'etjpt to fill it up and keep the water op. tlie ? o(her side, : ; :; Cr Perry thouubt that the filling up of the ctjlvert would cause, the" water to flow oyer the road.) . Cr'Heron moved the CnuijciV was in doubt about the 'rriatier, iit'should be referred back to the Works Ooiq'njittee" for; their report. Or Gapper seconded .—Carried, 'W-'; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. IlvOr lapper mo>ed;fliat the .beted to' supply-the-Xnces for testing the various weighing machines, weights and measures in the Master.toji district, ai he. foqnd a gfeat

difference existed in those nrtjolea inthe Borough, Or Chamberlain seconded.

Or Perry askpd if an Jnspeofor:o! Weights aud Measures was not already ia existence in the Borough, Or Gappejr stated that Sergt. Price was the Inspector, but lie had no appliances whatever for the duty. The (notion was carried. " ' •

,'/.f VABYSSINIANPIPB4 / jVJ - Or Gipper' 1 raoyed';lhat;%e Works ■ Committee have power siniaii pipe drawn, and if they found it filled by stones they might have it redriven, and if filled with.ailt or fine sand r to ; discard it at Vseless. Or McOardle Beconded.rrOarriedi NEW OOURT HOUSE, f 1 "OrPrice moved that the attention'of the Mi niater; of j us(ice: ba j caileid. ,toT |the fact that no ? steps l were being' taie'rf to .build the new v.Gourt House, If the 'Coiinoil did'n'ot soon move in.the matte?,» the vote would lapse, sod tho 7 g'reat'iii"46ti' venience they now Buffered would be •continued. -

: Or MoOardle 1 secbrided buWoiifd likJK the resolution: to go further, and P.Pjot.os that the ,gum ; ,-put- ; doiwn : i for ilk re-'" quire'ments of a growing town like. Masterton,., ... - The Mayor, said' it the Government what a miserable'build- ;• jng-did duty for ( a Oourtßouse at present " arid be did 'not think Masierton'waa being fairly, treated in this matter.

-The motion was put and carried.J ry^j"

". " ' ENGINEER. , V,., ; The Mayor pointed out the engagement ■ with Mr, Russell jhad several plansißtill required completing. ■' !- Cr Heron suggested that the engineer be asked to complete these platis,. they, had been in hand long enough. ' ■ Cr McOardle-moved-that-the-service! - • of..the engineer be'"retained for f another ;three'm<sths, as McOardle)., did not want to see any more tinkering in borough works bj'.amateur. eU|>ineei;B'"Qnt < ! the j j Kl U IV? N U H I The Mayor said he did not think, that thare was any plan very particularly' re- ' quired from the engineer. ihnt-tiie matter ok the plans not yet completed be left in the bands of the Wdrks Committee..!l /An' Or McOardle seconded.—Carried, *' iThe Mayor stated that, he asked to brjng the matter ofMr Stephens ;«t services to:,the the-Counoil. . .. Or Price- moved that' this cord Mr Milner Stephen a beacty;vote of thanks for, his. kindness in healing the • pnoj of the Borough without, charge, arid express the hope,that, he mayibelotig ■ spared to continue his good .work " -He !•-J. stated tha.t.Mr--Stephen .had oonfer'red n -.' great, and he believed-,.lasting benefit On: the poor and afflicted bf, thei.Borough;'' ' • and it was only ' right; that the Couhoil should acknowledge 1 : tho Bemces'''.thus f;'' rendered.- He, (Or'Pribe), noticed;" ; 'that",T'j some of the Councillors' appeared,to, "frpV-.vf-laughing at the i)iea, but he held','that liis'Xir' motion should be oarried as had been benefited,. . ...- i , t^s V , Cr Caselberg: :I shaU .; oppose -.the V■* motion. ; /The Mayor Are you; going to seOiind it?! •. ••• j' {- j ' Or Ciiselberg: Certainly riot, '' '' , The Mayor: -Then you are riot in order (laughter), '' Or McOardle: I will second, it pro forma, but will speak hgainWif'.' This is • a resolution' which the Hospital "Commit-' teo should pass, not the Borough Council, (Or Price: Sanitary matter.). a municipally speaking, The people healed were not " nuisanoes",-, . .•but respectable ratepayers.! 1 Then JtHowi.,) is thedoubtti# (q the benefit < but at any rate it's ndt a indtter for the Council, (Hear I Hear!.!}. ~ , ~. ~. Cr Oftselberg 11 sliall'vote against the motion, as it would make.the council look ■ ,• ridioulous. to outsiders,',' ,simply' \ this, Or Price wishes ttf stamp,Mr Milner ~.,{ Stephen and hii wonderful,ourea with tha. i borough seal,.and. such.a^course.is:not.r desirable.; . I have a great respeoi'for 4ho i:; ;i' mover, and also for MriStephen,: ; I thiuk' Stephen is a;nice old fellow, 'v he is honest—that he believes' iri'himVelf.y ' P waa'standing in "the robni with I noticed that some who,feahie, within-hljf, fourteen feet radiiis aai(| he waii " ' othew a little further away'sajd he wak'a' v fraud atd an old hupjbuK,' , may bo, it is not for the couhcil to aisoussi* * him. let those, whn admire hjni giyejijoi, / (/;XI a substantial testimonial, or get up a. beautiful illuminated memorial as is done for departing policemen, and other gents, but don't ask the council' to stamp #nCy w label hini as genuine .especially as, aome^V doubts have beeii expressed as to his alleged cures. (Laughter). - Cr Feist agreed' with Cr Caselberg, He did not see that Milner Stej-ihen deserved much credit for coming, considering he would not come .without a guarantee of £25. Instead of praising him for coming lie (Cr Feist) would-be more inclined- to '~~" praiao him for going (Hear I Hear I), Or Caselberg Ohj I'd like to have him living amongst us. I'd vote for him as Mayor (laughter) Or Price, said ho did not consider he had really anything to replyto, bqtoould see/that the Reeling of .'was against his resolution. He would point out, however, that it was. a boroiyft matter, as if Milner Stephen healed the suffering poor of the Borough it relieved the other ratepayers nf the.burden of their support; '(Or Caselberg-: Hear! hoar!) Milner Stephen had gjveq"relief to nearly al| whft had j-gona to. an^ ' very many had received benefit. It w.ould, ba very to the ißetough if not o|r"ried- , The niotion was then pqt and lost, only , Cr Price voting for for. it.','" The Council then adjourned.' 11