HAMILTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1439, 22 September 1881, Page 2

HAMILTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Tub usual monthly meeting of the Council was held on Tuesday, when there were present His Worship the Mayor, iUrs. Peat, Jonea, Tippin, Hill, j and Vialou. The Tp.wn Clerk read the result of the polling in the recent elections and the declaration by the Returning Officer that Mcsara. Gaudin, AtcG-arrigle, and Lovet-t, had been duly elected Councillors ; and these gentlemen having made the necessary declaration, took* their seats at the table. !»»>..'»«.- • J The minutes of previous meetings were jJeaft and' confirmed] and the outward correspondence WES read and approved. r A telegram was read ftom the member for the district, intimating that Mr Macffarlane had received instructions from the Government to act at once in 'the matter, of the arbitration between the Borough and the Waikato County, i Messrs Whitalter, and Sheehan, solicitors te the Borough, wrote stating that th,e , necessary oonditiQn>,ba,difceen complied with in regard to the land required for bridge approach,,, on jflie West .side, and that a portion of Seddon's allotment Was now the property of the Borough. In- connection <, with, this subject, the Towi CrerkVead & letter 'from' the Public /■y^jorJcyO/fiQe received last year,* containing the naqfOfl f,OF,_,wi#ibolding the? 10?, for bridge approach. " It was stale 1 that Vhen the Voi-lc fl Mii Been completed and certified. to, the money would be paid.

Jm&j/cierk then laid on the table, plan, Wib., prepared by direction of Mr. D. M. Beere, when Resident Engioear. Cr. McGarrigle thought they ahould proceed with the work without loss of time. Labor was cheap at present, and he saw no reason why the money should be allowed to remain in the Treasury. The Town Clerk pointed out that it would be necessary to have an engineer. Several^me'Tibers^were of opinion that the BerviSe3WV^'GoVeVnthent engineer would, in vieVjToE the prosecution of vpubhe-works-in- the districts-be- obtainable very shortly. Ultimately Ijftvas agcbaflAmihe motion or^theMaVor, to call Wr tenders for the -KflJ^i3^^6UOxdiin£e^with^tb^,idans., pjejparedby MrRM. Beere, to be in by (tiie^e^ meeting of) the fCotfnciij oh the first Monday uuQptober.^ A letter J ltM l read 1 -from Mrs RossWattSj drawing the. attention of the Coundil' l tV ! tfie'dange'r which ihight at any time arise, owing t to. the furze in A ndrews' allotment, T _-' The Town,: Clerk reported that he had written "to Mr Andrews, on th 6 sub!jecl ' • \ ' "\'\ " ll '" ,' ' A letter wasrre'eeived ftotfi 'the/ , underSe'eretary, coveririg acheq 1 ue for £10 7s 3d for the liquidation of the liabilities incurred! in connection with, 'a recent case of distress in Hamilton. ' ->^ The Inspectoral .Uuisances reportea that a drain running through Mr G-. Mays' prpperty ,was.,in a very unwholesome condition. He had spoken to Mr Mays about it, who had threatened -to fill it up.' ' This would be very undesirable, and he therefore begged to' direct the immediate attention of Ihe Council to the matter. --i > " 1 The report waa referred to the Works Committee. A letter eisrned by " Messrs > Lees, Coletnan, and Keep, was read} drawing attention to the bad state oft Firth • street for want of a few loads of gravel. The letter was received. • The following tenders were received for gravelling for the Borough : — C. Carthy, Hamilton EsiPt, Is 2d per cubic yard; Hamilton West, Is 3d ; John Deegari, all parts of the Borough; Is 8d per cubic yard. Ou the motion of Cr. JoneSj the tender of Mr Carthy, was accepted. Cr. MrGr.irriglp'was re-olected a member of the Works and Furze Committees, and it was resolved that the whole Council form the Fin.^nc-e Committee. Attention Jbaving been drawn to the railway crossing in Victoria-street, Cr. Jones said he understood the Department had no intention of forming the street, but The Mayor said the Government invariably teft streets and roads in as good a condition as they found- them, and the matter drooped. The Work" Copimittee reported to tha following effect : — The river bank near Webb'h boundary had bean planted with willows at a cpsfc of £3 10s. They reoommendod that ahout 8 chains of Nixon street be g'ra veiled, and the water channel cleaned ; that aboufc 0 chains of Firthstreet bo gravelled, and a culvert puc in at the junction with -Albert-street; that Kno^c-streefc and portionSxOf Ciarence and Anglesca-streets be formed. After sorao discussion the recommendation contained in the report were adopted, and the Clprk,was instructed to call for tendars for the road formation at once, to be in by the finance meeting the firat Monday in October. On the motion of the Mayor it was resolved that in future a charge of 10s Gd be made for the use of the Borough seal, for 1 sealing law'documents. It was resolved th;it the servioes of Mr Daley, bo retained for the mouth of October. On the suggestion of Cr. Pc it, it was resolved to procure a clock for the Council Chambers. The Town Clerk read the statement of accounts a-, follows : General Account overdraft £442 Ks 2d ; Special Fund account, credit bahnci, £22 8, od. The Council then ro->e.