PALMERSTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 11, 7 December 1878, Page 2

PALMERSTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

r_. "W/BDNJSSPAY, ©BCBMBEB 4TH, 1878. Present— His Worship the Mayor (iv the 'chair), and Councillors Roe, King, Coleumn, Ferguson, Jenssen, and Marsh. i Tha. minutes of ; previous meeting haying been read and confirmed, the. Chairman : read the following PBECIS Of CQBUESPONDENCB. I Telegram, front Secretary to. Treasury. re ; subsidy. Letter from Tow,n Clerk, Wanganpi, relative to the admission, of patients, into the : Wanganui Hospital. From. W. Johnston, M.H.R., relative i to votes for. different works and subsidy to '■ Hospital^ ; From Mr. Ck W-. Firman, relative to.lay- • ing out private street. From, Treasury, duplicate, Touehejr for : moiety of subsidy.' ! From, Collector of Customs, Wanganui, 'relatire. to the refund of a wholesale-license. • Fyrojo, Secretary to, the Treasury, relative ;to tjhe. claim, of Council to, furthpr. subsidy. ' From Under-Secjjetary for Publjc Works, .relative to. the' Vote, fcf! approaches, to, the • Mapawatu. Bridge. • T.HB WANOANT7I HOSPITAL ; Gr. JJBNSSEif moved, and Cr. Ro* te;coridedr—"Thai this Council, accepts the offer made by the. Borough Council' of , W,angftnuj, with, regard to. the admission of ■ patients to. the Hospital at Wauganuu" — Carried. . . -. . ; THB,. PAMIBRS.TOK HOSPITAL. i Proposed by, Or. Commas, seconded by. Cr. FsaGtcsdpt— .'* That on. Hospital Gotn- . m^ttee be. f owned from, this Council to carry injto esejjt certain suggestions."— Carried. A, NBW STREET. . Proposed; by Cp. Rob, ai{d seconded by Ci?. Oox.b4cax.-~? That Atr Eirinun b« informed, m. reply fcp, his appliontipn respecting a private, street laid out through, section IQB7j that clauses of the Corporation, Act, 187-1), 195 and 2^l, must be. complied with, pfeViou? to. the consent of the Coujncil being opined." — Carriei PUBJUO OOMBirTTBE'S. BK^OJST. '•' WT*i jpnr Bublic Works Committee, hare the hoppr to report that vte.hure ac: cepted tenders, for forming tha following cross streets, as under : — Djuie street and Yicfcowa street, at £1 4s 6d per.cliaia; culrerts, each, £2. P^npess street, a^ £1 15s. 6d per. chain \ cu^rerts, £6. Albert street, at J6i 15s per. chain; culverts, each, £2. ' r We would further, make, the ibUpwing recommendations to the. Council, : — (i) That tenders, be. called for supplying metal where* ever. the. Couiicii ixuiy require, on Wde roads, or. footpaths. (2) That the Engineer, Mr Haynji, be! offered 2^ percent, commission, on a$ work required, m, maintaining ma.de. roa,ds. m repair. (^ That the Public. Works Committee, be authpri^ed; to caH; for. tender* for metalling, any ori all of the follo.w^ng streets, provided that auflV cienfc debentures ta co.ver the. cost arft taken up, flit— -Albert street, from, junction of B/oad *treeit to. Qtrty street ; Terrace! do., from junction of da do, to do, do. Qrej dp,, ftoin. ju,nction" 0/ Terraoe, street to Albert street. '' "We. hare aUp. aocapted th*. a.ppjica,' ion of Jo.hn, Celling to. fill the sifeuat^n, i^ixdar 1 the Engineer, advertised m, the JV^anawaxu TiigßSt, wages to. be 7* 6d per. diem." CLAIM BY MB, gBSDJBfi^QN. A claim made, by i^r. Hoiiderson^ late Overseer of Works, for it'ing th,e was rejeoted, bi^t the ra,tvtter .^a. referred biwjk to the Public \lforks Committee, to deal with. '...'■■ ': "' ■ FORMATION OP- ?00TPAXH8. In pursuance with a notice of motion given at last. meeting,^€r. Coi,bjian mo»ed->— : " I^a> V* pi^iw^oi'po^w ii^adt«^^ jt

by Sections 202 and 203 of t lie Municipal Corporations Act, 1876, and all other powers rested m it, by the said Act, the Council of the Borougk of Palmereton iforth ordains as follows : 'Whenever any footway shall be constructed on the side or sides of any street within the Borough, m. '.accordance wj|h the' prof isions of Section ,202 of the sa|d Act, one-half af the cost gf constnuotion of such footway shall be • charge, upon, and be paid by the owners or. or occupiers of the. lands and. building* fpgntirig such fpQtway." \Proposed by Cr. Ooi^srAK, seconded by Cr. Kiko — "That a. special .meeting be. called for Wednesday, the 18th~ instant, at 6.30 p.m.,. for the purpose of -considering the adriaability of passing a bye-law relative to the construction of footpaths within the ' Borough m accordance with Clauses 202 and 203 of the Municipal Corpo rations Act. 1876/'-^Camed. ' " TBMDKHS; ; " ' i , The following "tender* w.eje opened; fog. forming and metalling Cu.ba street v-rt Collins and McCarthy, £148 los 6cr > footpaths and kerbing, at pet^chain; £2 7s 3d. F. Bassett, £206 ss ; footpoths and'kerb. ing, at pjeas cb,iun,^ 18» ; gmvel,"vak j»e^ cubic yard, ss. : t , ". Harrey and McColl, £250; footpaths an* kerbing, at per. chain, £4 7s 6d. Froposed by Cr. Pbrobbpit, seconded bji • Gr. "That tl^e tenfljr, ojf ijjCessra^ C'oUins and McU^tthj be accepted for f.orm-( I ing and. metolling. Cuba street, and that they) be requeued to hand m schedule price foij. - : extra, metalling at per yard."-rr-.Carrie<|. ' . ' ' [■•'■ 'MB. MACKIE AIJD TUB COTOOID.'' %'- r The Town Clerk presented the following^ lettter. from Mr,, ifackie, ; which. Jjiftdjnqfe been received m .time for insertion^ amopg, • the preeit. of correspondence :.— . ~ " '-* " Pajmerston North, December 3rd, 1878>. ; " To. the Maypry and members, of the,. • Borough, Cclu.qciV . ' "GHNMipMESf,— I had hbpec? that ctorma. .the last Session. Of ""Parliament j thi. ■ ! Slaughterrhouae Act, 1877+ would- hare: been so altered; or amended, as to enable.- yojjt, tQ, ; allow; me. to hare' mj «l«ughter.ho}jse 'ajk ■: (copy attached); sanctioned, by, your; letter.' .of July 26th o^f this, yea^ Blu^ gp faj; a^ I am. aware np, such, alteratipn., or^ ameud-. ment has, taken place, and I have thfirer. < fore, respectfully to, request, thajt you* w,&^. instruct the Town Clert to. reriew my_ • ' license for, the ensuing year, of 18J;9i Since. 1 1 pbtainpd. my license from, you, thre*j. | months ago, % have. not.used. the place niuch; I for;, alaughtewng, as most of my nieafha"*.' f conie. l deaVl pecfciuinthaf Qipf . i^oh.. .wili* Icontinjue. to be. thg case, for any particular. length ofjtiniQ, I qannof state, and further. I 1 wpi^d not risk carrying on busujiess. with v out spme. place m, which, to ela ugh ter atj, ! pleasure. Spme. of the people wlio objected '■ to my Blaughter;h,onse, ' haVe. left Palnien* ton, ami thpse, veuq, hate,, conw to lire, m, there places, are noj; disposed to object, so, . ' far as I 'am aware. !Bufc I would 'bieg to, you'send-andihspect the.place^.. and. see if a addition to,th», 1 opperatipss carried on at present, willj prore.a.ny detremen.t to^anyojie;. * ".' ; "Jtani, OtinUemeW) ■ ' " Tours very respectfully, • ! '• Eobbet Macicib. 1.- -. S^wrttl; Councillors MtfxioA that Mx iiaepf, had na3 every opportunity of- procuring. Bliiuglit«;rin», premises elsewTierei. and ip wat^ finally resolved that his application be not entertained-. .'"' ' . * ' v The. Cojjricil- then adjourned until th& ; 18th. instant.