Masterton Borough Council.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3146, 6 March 1889, Page 2

Masterton Borough Council.

The ordinary lortnightly meeting» of the Counoil was held on Tuesday! night.. Present.—The Mayor, and.* Ora Perry, Cullen, Gapper, - Cham? berlain, and.Hessey, , •..The minutes of the last meeting were : read and confirmed. : An, c ! apology was read and accepted from Cr Carman. .

• UNITED AID. BOARD, •' A letter was read from Brown, • Skerrett, and Deane, solicitors, stat- 'y. 1 ing that in order to avoid further fjJ expense they recommended, the T Counoil to pay'the sum ol £105.16s 4|d with costs £7 8s 6d,thepro ;) - portion :due by -. ;the • Masterton' , Borough under'judgment deolared in the Supreme Court,; and: notifying . - that , unless the Counoil intimates within a eek its intention to pay the above olaim together with the* siim of £BS 6s Bjd due February 7th for one quarter, execution willimwe* . diately follow. v. The- Mayor stated .that ;tA> delegates would meet on Tnesda* next, and decide, upon, a united course of action. ; It was resolved to lqt the; matter stand over until after the . meeting of delegates. , •

ODABANTEE. Or Gappcr moved, . and Or Chamberlain seconded that .the guarantee of £76o.'whioh the Town o|erk and his deputy, are required to, enter into at a cost to the Counoilof, £l6 per annum be', reduced to one half. ' , r

It was pointed out by .the. clerk that it was a matter of impossibility for them to have anything like, such a aumin- their-'possession. ■ The motionwaa earned. PUBLIC HOLIDAY. : i : '. ' At the request of the Masterton-y! Opaki Jockey Olub it was resolved that the Mayor proclaim SU Patrick's Day, March 18, a . *. r • STREET WIDENING,. . : . - A memorandum from Mr Coleman. Phillips suggesting that steps should, betaken to widen the top end of Bannister-street and a special area';.' defined over which'a speoial rata, might be struok to cover the cost of • purchasing the required land, and ' that the-Counoil contribute a certain < sum towards the object was ready. The Clerk 'was instructed 'Jo' • investigate the matter andreport' upon, the estimated cost and report - at the next meeting. ' reeobt's. The Works Committee's report! a»'. published in our yesterday's issue, : was read and adopted. , ' : .

. HACKNEY OABRUQES. ' . Hathaway, Inspector of ,'hacfe ney ■ carriages, reported that his attention had been called to the carriage of parcels by 'busses, and that certain licensed holders had complained thereof... He asked'that,. he might be instructed upon'. tb legality of their doing so.'; BefeniLj to the By-laws Committee,' KGASIAUTAWA BLOCK, .' ' , Cr Oullen asked if anything ha 3 been done towards getting a 'road through Ngamatawa.The Mayor explained ©I prcmaty holders objectod to a lino beitijlaid off through their properties. / It would be very desirable to get a road through befote the Bishop's reserve was dealt with, asit had been stated that the trustees "of that property,' would not object to it now. ■ T Cr Chamberlain said there was a road laid off irom each end, but stopped at the Ngamautawa property owned by Messrs A. W. Eenall and W. Perry. There-was a road on the original plan half r a obain wide through those two properties, ' , The Mayor said, the road through the two properties referred was a private rigkt-ot-way common to the, two properties,, but not open to the public, _ • - Cr Hessey thought it would be a great pity to loso the opportunity.of taking the road through.' The Bishop's reserve would be re-let ip couple of months, and he thoughtto ; prevent the . future; . lessee .. from stopping the. present.. thoroughfare. Mr Renal! and Mr Perry should facilitate matters by opening a road through their properties. - The Mayor said, although %

i;:'? ' -u:' road had been put through for Ins and n' Mr Perry's benefit, and they perhaps ;•};■' ' had uo power to prevent people tresis:-:? ■ passing.on it tue ' original owners ■ COuldM-fiO, CrtYullen'. wanted to know what V steps they could take at once to get the road opened. The Mayor said he did not' think the Council could compel them to fence the road. v CrHessey said they did not want , them to. If suoh squabbling was . going on;lie should take Bteps to ■ i stop the "road through the Bishop's reserve, ' _ 1 ' Or Porry offered to fence'a portion of the road on his property at the f Upper Pla\n end. • }The Mayor said thtooad referred to was laid out by tliAtives. The question was could thayio anything \: 1 towards getting the road through. - / Th'e Olerk said on the 2nd May, 1987, the sum of LBB was authorised N to be expended in culverts on the road. Cfr Cullen moved that the works CowHtee be instructed to undertake the:TOrk forthwith of making the ;■ Ngamautawaroad passable for traffic at; a .cost not exceeding LBB, in accordance,with tho resolution of the • 2nd May, 1887. ' Cr Heaaey- pointed out that plans ' and' specifications would be required > and 1 , tenders called. If Or Perry would go with them and agree upon the line the trouble would be ended. Cr (Men said they would get no ■ further advanced by going to look at the land. The resolution he pro--1 ■ posed would give effect to it. ; The Mayor promised to go up and point but the road, Cr Hessey seconded the resolution which was put and carried, and the , 1 meeting adjourned.