MUNICIPAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2682, 24 August 1887, Page 2

MUNICIPAL.

The ordinary meeting of ; the Master. ton Borough Oounoil.waa held last evening at the Institute. Present— His Worship the Mayor (Mr Caselberg),' Councillors Muir, Maoara, Parsons, Oullen, Percy, E.lkins. . The minutes of previous meeting were>read and confirmed. : ( - CORBEBPONPENOB, The following correspondence was read and adopted:—. ;: From Mr A. R. Bunnywith draft lease from the Council to Mr Lang.ro property in Hall-street. • Resolved to complete the lease. From several persons applying to have their names placed on the Burgess roll.—Agreed to. -From Messrs Bell, Gully, and Izard enclosing account in J conneofcibn with the steam fire engine.—Referred to Finance Committee.- From Mr" R. R. Meredith calling attention to the Borough' workmen removing gravel 'frsm the' Waipoua river bed'which was likely to cause a deviation of the

river, and he would hold the Council responsible for any damage done thereby. Referred to the: Works Coraraittee : From Public . Works Office, stating, in response to an application from the Borough re the unemployed, that owing to the large amount of work being now carried out by the Government in North Wairarapa, they could not see.their-way clear.to provide works far the district,'.. It. WaV,; de'cidefi; ihat • the •Town Clerk bo instructed to .coramumcate with the North County Coiinjail asking- them ; to • adopt a similar plan "for .'the 'unemployed as the Borough had- done. From Mr A. W, Ilenall, asking the Council to allow; him to make, a trial of a water supply for fire extinguishing' purposes near the railway" station, with the. steam fire engine.. -It was explained that Mr Eenail intended to bring to bring; the water from the Waipoua in Lincoln Boad, which, if successful, could be brought into the town for the purdoso indicated.-Referred to the Firo Brigade and Committee. PETITION. .... > ■:-A'petitipu was received from several ratepayers of East Ward asking that '.Dixon street be put-in -order,' as the school -children got' over .'their bM tops in water, and that the ratepayers were put to a eeriqius inconvenience through the road not beinr. formed; '•; Mr Macara appeared, in support of ;the, petition":-and said 'that> jhtiugli centrally situated :if was one'' of. the : worat' street's-m : ;;'!■. ■'■ • The. Mayor.. said.; that*- footpaths would be constructed if paid-iorby the ratepayers of the district, ; , Mr Mitoara remarked that as far. as ho was aware the ratepayers in the vicinity were quite willing to paylheir share towards tho construction. >■■• Or Perry thought that, if tho- road was formed it would fulfil all require-, ments of.residents, Or Parsons moved that .the, jnatter .be referred to the .Works Comiaitteo to report. •;. .'. -■■'•.' """ : Mr Macara thought th&s the matter ■ should- be proceeded with at once without delay, as the road was simply impassable, Cr Miiir said that-in the .present ' Btate pf weather tho road cojild pot be formed, they' - must:-wait ; "for';'fine , weather. '.';• ■■■•.;■ :"'-':,,'" ; ..;-" Cr'Ma'oara stated that the.voftd was [ required for the winter not:: the sum' ( mer weather, but lhatjhe could se.c \ nothingfo.ritjust r^ow;hut td-'draiti the-water off. ■■■. - ■ :.- .. , • .Or Parsons motion Was camei.,;'. " ■ GAS COMMITTEE'S REPOBt; •■' ' >' Theieport of the' Go? Golmittee, i containing the 'manager's'^.report, 7 wat * read, and op .the motion of the Mayor, ..■ ,scco.naed\bf Cr-Perryradopted; :• ■ ; 3 / 'Or Cullen again attehtioE i; '-of Je;;0ounoilio the fact that if U » price of gas were: not' reduced,' il 1 would act as a .. .wouliotherwise-iiavothatartiole l -M i ; on.to' their residences/ When peoph ' saw .that consumers wereuotsatisfied, » how oould the Council Expect; an in"' 'f crease in the -gas revenue', • nValsc ? remarked', that several persons had asked him when the tank would be pul in order, Btating that till tmiwas done 1 .they, would not'have the gas-laid'into e theirpremises.-/ ■;•/'-.-'.- : "

.The Mayor .said.-, that : tlfe^.prioe., of. g4s.c6uld.uofc be lowered until the following .-winter, and that.';the Hank would.be. seen to in Hhe 'middle of summer, w ; beu the gas was little usedi ' WOEKS COMMITTEE,,. . ~ - The Works Committee's report was read and adopted, aud the Council adjourned, ■•'•■■ .