GISBORNE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2481, 21 April 1909, Page 2

GISBORNE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

FORTNIGHTLY. MEETING. The fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council was held last evening. Present : The Mayor ;(Mr. W. D. Lysnar), ; Ors. < Pettie, Sawyer, Somervell, Whinray, Barton, Mann, Sheridan, and Dr. Williams. CORRESPONDENCE. • • A letter ay a a received from the residents of Stanley Road calling the attention of the Council to the deplorable state of the road, and requesting that 'it. be put in order. Also drawing attention to tlje fact tliat there are nine occupied dwellings on the -21 chains and that the occupants lrave no other means of access.—Councillors expressed the opinion that, the road was oiie of the worst in the borough. On the motion ..of Cr. -P.ettie.itnvas decided to do /the' necessary work at the 1 opportunity. v f Messrs Nolan and Sheet, solicitors, -wrote declining the Council’s offer, of £3 10s in connection with they loss of the beast belonging to Mr.. Majhiard at the abattoirs. Tho sum of £7- was demanded. —After a-short discussion it .was resolved - that .Meiers. Nolan and Sheet .should be ashed-; to point out what regulation had been broken in .connection with the. slaughter of. the -beast. : «A telegram was received from' Mr. C. J. Reakes, Government veterinarian, declining to grant the application of E. . Jr-Harrisoii, butcher r -Patutahi, to ■ re- ’ move meat from the abattoirs: on the same, day that it is killed.—lt was decided that Mr. Harrison be granted the use of :a-duplicate key to the abattoirs., in order that he could get his meat earlier than the usual time. The manager of the Gisborne Gas Company wjot-e. stating that the main's would be laid and the lamp/fixed at Awapuni Road as sooh- as jmssible.—Received. ' > j Mr. -F.: W. Mar chant wrote, acknowledging receipt of the plans of-the levels of the..town, and stating that' as soon as lie .Had copies,made of the plans of the town and of the levels he would visit ’Gisborriei. Marchapt added that from .his knowledge of the town ho thought he would ,“e_ able, to Suggest a .scheme..which would give entire satisfaction, and be within the means of the .Council. —Received.. . : // ;... A communication was read from' toe Prime Minister thanking the Mayor and Councillors fo-r..their, expressions of approval. of- the Government’s, potion in connection with . the offer of /a Dread,nought to the Imperial Government. . , From Mr. L. G. P. Spencer, A.M.T. C.E., of NewJPlymouth, bringing under the .notice-of the Council an appliance of his for elevating sewerage. He ■ also offered to come .to Gisborne anddevise and carry out an. economical and efficient scheme, and at the. same time personally superintend the installation of his .system.- —The letter ; was held over until matters at present under consideration are settled. -A wire was read from Messrs Smith .Bros., of Napier, stating that the auxiliary schooner Tuhara was to be despatched., last night with a load of shingle for the Council.—The Mayor explained that the. delay had been occasioned by the. Easter, holidays. , - - ■•'- The secretary of the Freezing Works Industrial Union .Wrote requesting that Thursday, 22nd in§t., be declared a holiday _ From lioon, in order/to allow employees, to visit the freezing works sports and picnic to be held .at/tlie Park racecourse, on that date. A similar letter, was. received from Mr. Ml Osborne, asking for a holiday from 11 a.m.—lt was decided that the former request Be granted. :: - /•_-'? / - ' ’ A.letter was read; signed by the. secretaries of Mr. W. D. Lysnar’s and Mr. •Wi Miller’s election 'committees, requesting the Council to observe the half-, -holiday —for- - the—week—on-- Wedne sd a y, 28th- inst., -: iu. view;’ of they .municipal elections falling on that day. l -—This request was also aeceeded to. ' Mr. E. H. Mann, as agent for-Mr.; -Wnr.- Tattley, Whataupoko, wrote complaining. That the footpath - along the -latter’s property .at Whataupoko had never been completed, and reminding the Council that Mr Tattley had dedicated a .strip of .land to ;the bq.rqiigH. condition" that the Council- formed'/and' -gravelled his footpath, -This offer' the' Council had accepted, —-It was resolved on the motion of Cr. Sawyer, seconded by Civ Sheridan, that the wbifi be done • as early as possible. '>•£ i. From the; Public Works Department giving particulars of a-, cart weighbrige which they have at present for sale.—-Tt was-decided-to send Jth© letter on to the Harbor Board, as the Council are-hot : at present-ril need of-a weighbridge. .yv“ ] THE WATERWORKS CONTRACT. Th'e' Mephah. Ferguson Spiral Steel Pipe" Company ,'Wfqtq' stating that-as, the work- of reinstatement' of .the- main 1 ' pipe line froth’ Wilson’s to the intakpj has be'en, greatly owing to the deviations and extra jWork -which they had been- called' upon to do, they would ask that, the Conned take over .this portion of ;the ' work at once, or allow the,-inspector- to- take- charge, as the. portion was Thelrlreasop. f<?h makingrthetoquest was ■ that they .were,!anxious to- concentrate -their -attention- on the. cingssirig outside, :the gully, portion,; Which they anticipated being able to finish very shortly. Th 6 Mayer- said; that :; they , v could not possibly accede to the as they eould not take-over any portion lof the, line'until'the'whololiad'b'eGm completed. iHemoved nil thial direction;; an{Lto«3 tiiggestion ewas: 'adopted! todi -A- further l communication was feceiyed from the-Spiral--Steel Pipe. Company, enclosing the • following POpyjof >a letter Pdiich' they ’ had'-’ffeceived tftorn Mr., C. Bignell, ‘their*foremanOn Mxv { J. Hayhh arrival ato the works- this •jjriOrn-b ing,'"h,e reported that two- roa'dmeh ’ were ''desttoylhg' -the-Hweir,fat Flood’s i'F t ofd, wkeii'W' passed-thereA M,r, .Hay : ! stbppetj: ijimdj '.asked vtlta,ofoadm'eri why they IWefe'-'ctoingrit Jv One of ■’ the road-'nieu-reinied that hhey told to do it'by White,: who was their boss. Mr : Hay-paid' that theJCPok CdhnciTs’ place to’igivO'Hh© Instruction!, and.'hot White. The roadmen replied .'that ; White had | sa',dkit Ss to come flowiijr and White'"referred-;:to;° lf-’tlhb‘;«roan who b'diiight -To'%airu*-station from Flood l , > and is als^ of the County. Council. From, \vh,at woT.avo learnt, Ke .has.hoeh', trying to 'gfetotfiis weir re.ihoyed '.fof ! some'-tihie; 3 as ,ne- reckons has diverted' t^e 1 vchanpel Of ,; the creek,' , ahd tliiis'Ban ted : it 'to' 'Oaf into the bank, Avhicli Hs'-luS property. 7 Mr:-Hay says that, the .pipe'is now: forming thp; we.ir }! ! and ,that hao&e |o bfe|lowerod. The letteij went orf to say that the' 'crossing was 'oM wliibh" waS’’ passed by not? requiring ,Ahv ‘Work 1 , ! jdene to it. They woulAsk what sthMfie Council: intended to take in the-inatter, as-tllfe : ■weir had evidently been remo-ved on iustrurtlonr- of ■ iho Cook County Oouncil. They further . tiuggebtou ,

the Council should"'consult thp borough solicitors, as they (the company) did not proposo to lower this pipe at then own expense. If the Council requested them to do it as an extra v tliey would be pleased to carry out rthe> wishes of tho Council. "V'. >' In the same connection a letter was read from Mr. J. Hay, borough turncock, giving similar particulars as to the removing of, the weir,, and stating that the tliin coating of concrete over the pipe is now bare, and tlio mains are in danger in case of flood. He referred the matter to. tlie Council’s solicitors, and they advised huh that as the Council had not yet taken over the work it was the contractors’ obligation to se© jhabl .their .work was mot interfered with. * The. Mayor said that he did not think ~ they should take any responsibility, as they had not interfered with the line.. He moved that the Spiral Pipe Company be sent a copy of the overseer’s t report, and be informed that-it was .for them and'not the'Ceuncil to take action., ' ' ’ ' : Cr. Darton thought it was a rather high-handed action on the part of tho County Council. - : The Mayor replied that he did. not think the County Council were responsible for the wbrk being done. Cr." Dar:bon : askcd if it. would not be their duty fo-notify the County Council that they had decided to notify the Spiral Pipe Company of the overseer’s report. - - - , ' ' ' i Cr. Manri thought that the less they interfered in -the matter the better. iHe would support the motion. , : ,r T-he- motion was carried. Cr. Sheridan supported Cr. Darton’s ivie-w, aiid proposed that- a copy of the. icorrespondeupe be -forwarded to the -Coniity Council. — - . The Mayor said that such should only be done on the advice of the borough solicitor;' - - „ ' . ' Cr.; Darton ; seconded tho motion, ■which was. carried. . r . • r. REPORTS. !: : T - The Mayor’s annual report./which is published in’full in this issue, was then a'ead. : _ Cr. Whinray thought that the report was most concise-and clear, and they should be indebted to the Mayor for Compiling it. 1 - ‘ , '• = -Cr. Darton: Hear, hear. ' In answer to Cr. Darton, the clerk stated That in addition they would also receive'Overseer Is and Inspector’s reports. '~ V - ? ’i ; / , / •'' - ; The Overseer (Mr. M. Morgan) submitted J the/- following report :—Gladstone Road,: This road is being broken up and. repaired to Bright Street. I expect- the gravel to arrive from Napier on ’Wednesday, w r heh- the block from Lowe Street’to Peel Street will be tar-, red as soon as“possible. Kaiti.; I have had the drains on Wainui Road and Crawford Road, cleaned odt, other streets are also being attended to. Gravel Pit : Mr. Day informs me that the material for connecting the siding lias come to hand, and the work will be put in hand at once. “Estimate of Expenditure on Streets for past Year.—l have not been able to write up the-full ; details of each street,, for want of-time, but will give it later,-if required. The principal items of expenditure are as. follows : Straker steam avaggon and trailer, £950; hoppers and siding, Kaiteratahi, £300; . hoppers, Patutahi, £125; siding, Gisborne station, £lso'; permanent levels, first payment, £130; widening Russell Street, '£7o; stone, shingling, 'and' •carting,...about £1300; tarring-and kerbing footways, £400; construction esplanade and Awa.piini Roads, £200; street. £522; street watering, £18( ; • maihteiiance bridges, £297 ; quarries, £220; general maintenance 'stre'etS,~dnrins,— and— footways, £4791.. Total, £9591.” ' The Borough Inspector (Mr. J. R. Little) presented'the'following report: “I have-toe' honor to -report to your Council, tha-t the-house-to-house inspection of the._borougli was completed on the 17th inst. > . but no report, on same is yet fo hand from the Heal|li Departftient, .Wellington. Herewith attached to : report ‘^ re toe’ nuinber of building permits issued from ,tho 31st March, 1908, to 31st March, 1909. During that period : 132 permits have been granted/ and the same number of buildings have been erected of alterations made thereto. The yaiuo'bf, buildipgs erected:, in that period amoitnts to £77,332; a fal-ling-off from last* year’s operations of £BOSB, or 23 buildings less than last year. Health Report: Three cases of enteric fever and one of scarlet fever have .been/notified since your last meeting.” ‘ “ li i - The following report- was presented by the nightwatchman fMr W. Fraser) :. ~“I have the honor to- report as follows: An outbreak of fire occurred at W.liataupoko on Monday morning at about 2.45. While on duty in Gladstone Road, neafly’"opposite to Mackrell and Qolley’s. timber yard, I noticed the outhtoak;. an d]gave' the! promptly/ at -the, ,top end bqll, ‘and, then hastened to, thd mail! bell in Bright-Street, and rang thalt-kmd "also. - The fine was in a sixroomed building, belonging to Mr. T. Apdrews, and occupied by a -Mrs. Dickson.” ''.-

The reports of the officers were aclop-Mn.a.-.ssj -vn ..... ;-T.