BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 371, 31 October 1889, Page 3

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

A sisrtiso of the Borough Council was held on Tuesday night, Present: The Mayor (Captain Tucker) and Ore Whinray, Coleman, Hopburn, Taylor, Lucas, Lewis, Dunlop, and Townley, A request was received from Mr Jackson, tor permission to work out the amount be owed for rates, The request was granted (conditionally), after some discussion on the principle, the opinion being that if there waa the work to be done Jackson should be given an opportunity to do as he desired, OVERSBBB’S REPORT. Mr Wilkinson reported Waikanae Bridge: About 8 feet of the hand rails on the south end have been taken away and the turnstile pulled down. This should be replaced to prevent horses getting on the bridge. 1 would also ask your Counci to have some 9 by I’e put on the present deck parallel vyjth the bridge, as some of the planks are very rotten and will not bold the nails. This will make it last for a few days linger. Owing to the sand having been blown away the iron seats are standing very high above the ground, which is very inconvenient, one being blown'down altogether. A few loads of clay should be placed around the blocks to prevent tbe sand blowing away. They also want a coat o' paint. The footpath from ths Masonic corner to Mr Clark’s shop ia in very good order fur tailing; also tbe cue on tbs north side should have another coat of 1 tar, X think the crossing that was ordered to

be made by your Council some time back at the junction of Gladstone road and Cobden street can be gone on with now. Cr Lucas objected to anything being spent on the iron seals, as they were a luxury which was not appreciated, and some people knocked them about. Cr Whinrny said they had spent some money on the seats and should conserve the property, though there was no doubt there were some people who did damage the seats. Cr Dunlop said it was not those persons who used the ssats that damaged them ; it was those who did not use them. Cr Lewis proposed the sum be authorised, and Cr Whinray seconded.

Or Lucas strongly objected to tbe expenditure of even 80s on the work. They had now a burden on them of £5O a month, and the artesian well speculation would ba a millstone round their necks for the next eleven months. They must not fritter money away like that. He moved that the matter be deferred. Cr Lewis ridiculed the idea of their allow, ing the property to be lost for the sake of 80s, and pointed out that the Overseer recommended tbe work, and they should not have to wait until the public called their attention to these little matters.

The motion was carried, Cr Lucas making an emphatic dissent. In regard to the footpath, Or Whinray thought it should be done, Or Hepburn considered tbe footpaths were in very good order, and did not require any such expense, Cr Whinray said they were spending money on a water cart to keep dust down, and for the small cost he thought the work aught to ba done.

Cr Coleman considered that they should not spend the money on a work that was not urgently necessary ; an examination of their balance-sheet would prove the necessity for conserving their funds. Cr Hepburn moved, and Cr Coleman seconded, that tbe work stand over for tbe present.—Cr Whinray moved that the footbath on the south side be constructed. He thought It could bo dona very cheaply.—Cr Lewis seconded ; some Councillors talked of their having no funds, but he thought they should not go on a penny wise and pound foolish policy. If they referred back for twelve months they would find that these footpaths had cost them a large sum In shingle, and that much of it was put on only to be blown away —Or Lucas agreed that the work ought to be done, and was only sorry it had not been proposed before the money hod been voted f.'.r these seats. The work had been promised to bo done for a long time ; it was a small rwpenss ahd the work would be of groat advantage. It left over much longer the time would he too Ute,-—After further discussion it waa deaided to allow the work to stand over. For l Ci’s Hepburn, Coleman, Dunlop, and Townley ; against: Crs Lucas, Whinray. and LewisIt was considered that there was no need to construct the Crossing at present. Mr J, Kenny made an application for portalssion to remove his fence to the proper line In Aberdeen Road, and also tor permission Io use tfie soil on tbe high part of the road, which ha proposed to reduce to a level with Disraeli Street,—The Mayor said tha application in regard to the fence was unnecessary, and it was decided to refer both mature to the Overseer, giving him power to give authority if he thought advisable.

PAYMENTS. The following accounts were passed for payment • —O'Ryan, £8 Be; bridges account, £18s; Gisborne Standard Company, £2 lie; Town Clark. £l(5 Ifis 4<i; B. Robinson, £4 6s 85; T, Faram, £l3; Nightwatchman. £2 3s 4d ; T. Morrison, £8 ; E, Wilkinson, £lB ; J. Smnill. £1; H, J. Gilberd, £5O; A. Saw. ?er, £1 10a; W. Pool, £2 ss; Morgan and Partington, £1 4<; G. Humphreys, £4 2»; A. Parnell, £1 2a fid; Harbor Board, £2l 9s lid,