BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 323, 11 July 1889, Page 3

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Tn above met on Thursday evening laet. Present: The Mayor (in the Chair) Councillors Dunlop, Lewie, Lucas, Townley, Joyce, Taylor, Harding and Whinray. , BOAD OVEaSEKR'R REPORT. < Taruheru Bridge: Mr Morrison has finished painting and tarring this bridge. Captain < Winter and I have inspected the same, and find that the contract has been done satisiaotorily. We also recommend a final payment. Artesian Well: Very little has been done to ' thia contract daring the last fortnight, owing to some breakage of the engine, I have te — B made arrangements with Mr Thomson, the . harbor engineer, for a hundred tons of Kaiti gravel for repairs. Tenders will be submitted -/• to your Council this evening for forming and gravelling Childers Road. Day labor £l5 18a 4id as per vouchers. Tn regard to the artesian well Cr Townley said he bad passed it several times and noticed no work was being done. Cr Taylor said the boiler had got out of order, and other repairs were being done to the machinery. In reply to Cr Lucas the foreman said he did not know what would be the cost of the ibingle, as Mr Thomson would not give a pries until he knew what it would cost the geard, but he would let the Council have it at the same price, Cr Townley said there were others getting the shingle, and he supposed they would get it cheaply. THE 7IRBBELL. The Fire inspector reported thai'ai bne’atrfire the Brigade was short of seven men and one cadet, owing to their not having heard the bell, and he advised that the Council should devise some means to prevent a recurrence of the trouble, as the men could not be held blameable. Many residents, too, in the upper end of the town were much interested in the matter. Cr Whinrsy said it was a pity they had not got a more strongly toned bell for Carnarvon Street.—Cr Townley said the bell had not been rung during the last fire, so it had no chance of being tested,—Cr Lewis suggested that authority be given for the watchman, or someone, when he bad rung the lower bell - for a while to get a horse from one of the stables and ride up to the upper belt.—Cr Lucas thought it would be a better plan to give five shillings to whoever rung the upper bell first on the occasion of an outbreak of fire, V Ha moved that in consideration of the bell not having been rung during the late fire, in future • sum of five shillings be given to whoever Tang the Carnarvon Street bell first in case or an outbreak of fire,—Cr Whinray .seconded |h* motion, which was carried unanimously, PAYMENT-’. The following accounts were passed;— Library Committee, £l5) Clerk Licensing Bench, £5 5s j M. Morgan, £S Os 8d | A, Gregg, £2 10s) J. Kenny, £9 0s 10d | K, Streeter, £2 18s ; W. Grey, £2 16s) T. Morrison, £3O; J. Cavanagh, £4 8s; G. Humphreys, £3 5s 4d; A. M. Browne, £, 6s 3d ) Lyon and Blair, £1; Postmaster, £1; D. M, Orr, £1 10s; Gaa account, £2 Os id; road scraper, £2 Ils 2d. TBNPSSS, . The following tenders were received for forming and metalling a portion of Childers Road with Waipaoa gravel :—R. Knox, £2oB Us; Doleman and Mclntosh (substituting beach shingle), £169 15a ; D. Malone, £277 10a ; P. McLoughlin, £274 7s. In reply to Cr Townley the Clerk said there was only £l5O on the estimates for the road. ■ The Clerk said Captain Winter had told him that they would not be able to get the Waipaoa gravel for three months yet, Cr Townley thought it would be best to aooept Mr Doieman’s tender. By so doing they would not break faith with any of the other tenderers, as those who had complied with the Conditions were much too high to allow of their being accepted. The Council was not justified in going into such a large expendilure above the estimate, and as there was not a great deal of traffic on the road, he thought ;he beach shingle would be suitable. He proposed that Mr Doieman’s tender be accepted. Cr Taylor seconded. Dr Dunlop said that the use of beach shingle on the road would mean simply throw, ing the money away, as it would ba utterly impossible to make a good road ont of it. Wherever the beach shingle had been used on the roads it had proved a complete failure. In Aberdeen Road this had been the case, and in Carnarvon Street hardly a vestige of the shingle could be seen. And they had no right go outside-the specifications, which disstated that Waipaoa gravel was to be Used for the road in question. If they could not get it there at the estimate, they should cut down the amount required, and call for fresh tenders, and they might get metal elsewhere. Cr Whinray endorsed the remarks and said that to put beach shingle on Ibis road would be a rank farce. There was no doubt the Whataupoko metal was the best stuff that could be put on these sandy formatione. He would sooner none of the tenders be accepted, and see what could be done with the Whataupoko metal. Cr Lucas thought they had no right to accept any of the tenders. The only two complying with the specifications were over £lOO too nigh, and he objected at any rate to the use of beach shingle. He thought they might get the bad parts of the road repaired. Jt would be useless inserting in specifications that certain metal was to be used if they afterwards accepted tenders contrary to the provisions. He moved that the worst parts of the road be done so as to bring the expenditure within the estimates. The Overseer said why Whataupoko metal had not been mentioned was because they jjrould be prohibited the use of the roads. Cy joyoe agreed with Or Lucas, Whatever they were going to do with the road they should make a good job of it. He favored the use of the Whataupoko metal, but as was stated they were shut out from both places. He seconded the amendment. Cr Lewis thought under the circumstances It would be beat to postpone the work so as io make a proper job of it. He was against the use of the beach shingle, The proposition was loat, only the mover apd seconder voting for it. (V gy Dunlop proposed and 0r Hording lesended that fresh tenders be called, Island tnetal to be used, and the quantity to be reduced to thirty yards to the chain. Cr Lucas thought they would be in the tame position next meeting ; it was wrong in putting tenderers to all the trouble and tnen have ft Inform them they were above the 'a- tietimatee, Ck Whinray moved as an amendment that fresh tenders be called in two months' hence, the material to be Whataupoko gravel, and the quantity to be reduced to 30 yards per nhiUn.

Cr Joyce seconded, and the amendment was esrried, those against being Crs Harding, Taylor, Dunlop, and Townley,

Cr Joyce directed attention to the bad state into which Ballance street had got, through the water carrying away a lot of the road.—After considerable discussion it was decided, on an amendment by Cr Joyce, that the Water channel be pitched and groted, the cost not to exceed £lO, A proposition by Cr Whinray was lost, being to have the road formed and a water Channel made. This work Is to be done in conjunction with the Whataupoko Road Board, the Borough being in* terested in the approach to the footbridge.— In the course of the discussion the Borough Overseer said he thought the Road Board's engineer should not hava drained such a large quantity of water into BaUanos street. Some provision ought to have been made to equalise the force of wafer.