BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 293, 2 May 1889, Page 2

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

An ordinary meeting of the above wae held on Tuesday evening. Present: Tbe Mayor 1 and Ora Whinray, Coleman, Taylor, Joyce, Lucas, Lewis, Dunlop, Townley, and Haroing. Mr Morgan, contractor for the supply of stone, applied for a further extension of time. Cr Taylor spoke in Mr Morgan’s favor, pointing out that the contractor had had many misfortunes and was doing his boat to carry out what he had undertaken. In reply to the Mayor, the Overseer said the Council had not been subjected to any inconvenience by the non delivery. Or Townley suggested that tbe eontraotor be urged to carry on hia work and no definite time of extension be stated. Ora Taylor and Lucas thought this the beat course, being the same as adopted by the County Council, and it was resolved upon. Mt J. R. Brooke applied for leave to fence in unused portion of road at north end of Disraeli street, and undertaking to plank it with trees.—Request agreed to, trees to bo planted according to direction of Council. In respect of a communication from Mr Cannon (Poundkeeper), it was agreed to take over two horses now in Mr Cannon’s charge, pay him the fees, and put them in the new pound. Mr J. Thompson, late R.E., wrote at considerable length in reference to hia claim against the Council for a bonus of £lO for discovery of stone, and stating that he had by his labors saved the local bodies £56,800. Mr Thompson also asked that the Council give him work to pay for his rates for which he had been summoned, and was unable to pay, having been out of work eo long. Tbe Clerk said he could find no record of the first matter, and as to the second £2 Was due.

Councillors favorably regarded Mr Thomp- . son’s application for work, in tbe oiroum- 1 stances, and on the motion of Cr seconded by Cr Harding, the application recommended to the Overseer, -Agreed to. In reference to the claim for £lO Or Joyce ” believed that a bonus had been advertised for, and Or Whinray had no doubt of it though he was satisfied that ths stone brought to them was not found within the specified limits.

It was decided to ask Mr Thompson to make the same reply as previously given. overseer's report. Taruheru Bridge—l would ask your Connoil, when making ont the estimates for the ensuing year, not to forget that the Taruheru bridge will want redecking, aa some of the planks are getting very thin. Water channel— Now that the karbing and footpath have been raised between Lowe and Peel Btreetr, I would recommend your Council to have ths wstor table on the sama side pitched with atone, say 2ft wide and Gin deep, and grouted with cement mortar, as a trial teet. The 5| chains will not cost more than £lO Be at the present price of stone. Shingle—l have got a few truck loads of beach shingle from the harbor works delivered in the depot on the Kaiti at a cheap rate, for ordering repairs to footpaths. Stone contract—Mr Morgan has delivered 700 yarde of broken metal and about 180 yarde of unbroken. The latter I propoee reserving for the crossings. A progress psyment is asked tor, I would ask your Council to have Gladstone Road scraped after the next heavy rain, and the mud used to fill in the footpath where ths kerbing has been raised. It would be advisable for your Council to commence metalling this road, as the stone crossings will stand 8 or 4 inches above the present surface where the roadway has not been metalled. Drains—The contract for cleaning out Noe. 1 and 8 drains is completed. I would recommend a final payment for this work. No. 2 contract would have been finished, but the contractor has been unwell. This will be completed by next meeting. Artesian wall— Mr Gilberd, the contractor, is still pushing on with thia work and ienow down to a depth of 200 ft. I would recommend a progress ay- i ment of 50 per cent, on the depth sunk. Day ’r labor—£s 16s 9d, as per vouchers.

With regard to the bridge several suggestions were made, including that of asphalting it, which Mr Lucas suggested might be practicable, and then Cr Townley moved that the County Engineer be consulted, as that Council had to pay a third of the eoet.— , Agreed tola regard to the water tablee, Cr Laurie proposed, and C" Harding seconded, that the work be done.—Cr Dunlop considered that the work might well be deferred ; they had not a great deal of money to spend, and there was no necessity to do this work at present.— Cr Coleman was of the same opinion ; the opinion among ratepayers was certainly that there should be care in making expenditure.— The motion was carried, there being for : Crs Lewis, Harding, Townley, Lucas, and Joyce. The proposal to put mud on the footpath gave rise to a discussion.—Cr Townley spoke strongly on the way the footpath had been treated—it was a most unbusinesslike thing to lift the kerbing and leave the footpath aa it was without knowing first what was to be done with it. It was a monstrous thing to think of putting mud on the footpath, and then was the footpath to be left until the elements did what they wished to be done Cr Taylor also commented on the way the footpath had been left.—Cr Dunlop said it was a new way of doing things, to put stone in the water channels and mud on the footpaths ; it would be a novelty for people to be walking in the side drains, and the footpaths to be in mud.—Cr Luoaa said the path wae no worse now than ever it was, and whsa the mud off the road dried it would be as hard as granite ; previously it was impossible to get past the Gisborne Standard office. They would not go to the expense of putting > a load of gravel in front of the door, anq > people had to go out near the road. The \ Overseer, in reply to a question from Cr Jg Whinray. said he proposed to put the mud in heaps upon the road, there let it partially dry, and then put it on and cover it with shingle —Cr Loom proposed, and Cr Whinrav seconded, that the work he done.—Cr Townley moved and Cr Joyce seconded, that sand be pnt on tho footpath and then covered with beach ■ shingle. The amendment was lost, there being for : The mover, seconder, and Crs Taylor and Harding. On the reoommenda* tion of Ci- Joyce it was decided that the Overseer make enquiries as to promring a scraper for the mud. Tenders to be called for the metalling of the road. The following tenders were received for orossings :—Spamon and Quinney, £5 each; E. Clements, £8 10s; J. Stewart, £3 8s ; Blair, .£3 18s 9d; 8. Doleman, £3 10s j Oxin, £3 9s 6d; Sherrard, £3 ss: Gregg and Robertson, £3 Is 6d. The last tender wae accepted. Cr Whinray said it would be much better and would not cost any more, to put the stones in the crossings in a diagonal direction. Cr Taylor said that this would give k great deal more work, and the contractors would not do it. It was agreed that the contractors be asked if they were agreeable to do it The following accounts were passed for payment :—J.Shellard, £1 15s; W. Grey, £1 198 44; J. Kenny. £2 2s4d; M. Morgan. £27; H. Gilbeyl, £B7 lOi; J. Cavansgh, £9 5« Rd ; R. Hughes, £4 15s; D. M. Orr, £1 lb fid ; W. G. Seotter, £1 IBs ; A, Parnell, £1 1s ; mnn, Shelton and Co., £1 Ils; Fira Brigade. £3 0a 6d; A. R. Muir, £2 19s | Gas Co., £24 10s 4d.