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riri COLWYN BAY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. OFFICIALS' DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. SPECIAL COMMITTEE'S REPORT. MOTOR 'BUSES CRITICISED, AN ALLEGED NUISANCE. Mr David Gamble (chairman) presided over iQonthiy meeting of this authority on Tues- to' There were abo present: Messrs T. H. j (vice-chairman), T. Hoskins. J. Berth Hugh Davies, T. E. Purdy, George 11' Sainuel Jones, D. O. Williams, Hugh gh", Wm. Daviee, W. Greenfield, George T. R. Da vice, Joseph Dicken, Edward Hammersley Heena-n, Dr. Loinax Wood, AmnlilVri' Hughes, with the Clerk ((Mr Jas. (M>- T )' ^le Assistant Clerk and Accountant JUT] H. Roberts), the Engineer (Mr Wm. tlerf8' Sanitary Inspector (Mr W. JonZ? ^one>5)> aild the Collector (Mr J. Lewis Officer of Health (Dr. ab-es Williams) was also in attendance. OLD COLWYN MOTOR 'BUS: "A MUDDLED-HEADED POLICY." e Surveyor reported that the railway com- y had commenced running their 'bus on (i lXj° 1st, making 16 journeys daily between Bay and the Queen's Hotel, Old Col- qU/' and that "from observations inado it was that much damaged would be caused by heavy rubber-tyred wheels of the vehicle, Ij. toe 'surface-binding of the road is piokedl up the macadam by the tyres, and the Ijj^dam loosened, greatly increasing the cost nttintenance. With the dry weather now j^P^einced a great nuisance was caused by the amooint of dust thrown up by the 'buses, jo/^eqU'ently it was found imperative to keep Wafer cart at work on the route, as numer- complaints were received. Two 'buses ped to run on the 24th instant)." IjAfr order to minimise the dtust nuisance, the iShways Committee now recommended that jj^raying of the road surface be undertaken ^the Council over the section of the road be- Station-road and the Dingle-road, Coiwyn gi ?"> 2-ud between the Marine Hotel and the t* Hotel. Old Coiwyn, provision for cost to Blade in next year's estimates— £ 46 approxi- uia>te]y, ib .MR; GREENFIELD pointed out that a great justice would be done to a certain section of ratepayers if the road from Groes Bridge to tc attended to, and he moved that words "Groes Bridge" be substituted for Ti1^'0 r°ad" in the recommendation. tW 1 <ia^rrrLan of the Committee (Mr D. O. 1 ^n&ms) accepted the amendment. MR G. BEVAN said that with regard to the jPenditure proposed on tarspraying would not be oouritenanoed by the County Coonail the jj^ffiittee would be well advised to adopt some rpthod of treating the dust nuisance which **uld ensure the use of a certain amount of f^d material, so that part of the could allocated to the county authority. MR HUGH HUGHES asked whether it waa IIot a fact that an item on account of work such now suggested by Mr Bevan had not knocked out by the County Council in the now in dispute between them and the °°unty authority. „MR BEY AN: We are fighting that point in cage for arbitration now. R D. O. WILLIAMS said' several letters been received complaining of the nuisance r*"US6d to householders in oonsesuenoe of the 'bus traffic, and the surveyor's report "^•firmed the writers' views. Hence the T^oirnittoe's recommendation. However, he r0lu'd assure them that the matter was a on6) calling for proonpt attention. The > incurred would, of course, go .to next j^r's estimates so that there was no reason to rf^y the matter. The 'buses would prove an bominable nuisance during the summer time. S~iey had had com plaints about the dust nui- in previous years, the 'buses would very T^teriaJily aggravate the nuiifianoe. The whole was due to the muddle-headed policy ff^c^ted by the Council in regard to the negotia^ J?0* with the Light Railway Company. It was ""ha.t they all might have foreseen. Not only Were they now to be put to that extra expense tn consequence of the 'buses, but by failing to to an arrangement with the Tramway 1 ^pcipany they had lost several thousands of blinds (hear, hear). He had taken a keen Jj^rsona] interest in that question owing to the in regard to maintaining the main and as chairman of the Highways Com- J1)jtt-ee he f-e t muoh the responsibility placed "■bon himself and the committee (hear, hear). MR DICKEN No doubt these motor 'bu£!es a confounded nuisance as regards the dust. 5, have never seen anything in \j54wyn Bay like the present Con- xion of things, and it is high time ^'at the committee looked into the matter. There bo no harm if the committee were to ask he railway company to contribute towards the "Pe,ise incurred in this way. They are the 0a«ae of the nuisance, and they should pay to- Jf-<1.rds the cost of alleviating It (hear, hear). The committee's recommend-atien was •"opted. ^AR-PAVIOR'S STAFF PAY A DIVIDEND. In moving the adoption of the Hfighway Com- tony's report, MR D. 0. WILLIAMS said that tat that was the last meeting for the year a few words with regard to the working of the OQnunitteo during the year would be helpful to those outside the committee and the Council. tIe was glad to say in the first place that the ^aynittee had effected a saving of £ 337 *turiag the year, that being the amount to the .bt side on their estimate balances (bear, tear). The committee had every reason to c°ngTatula.te themselves upon that achievement, 4nd if all the other committees were able to Present, a similar report they would, be placed ery happily. With regard to the tarp.aving partrnent a few remarks had been made by Mr Purdy at a previous meeting, which called a reply, though he (the speaker) had not able to do so at the time, because the Motion to which Mr Purdy was speaking wa t seconded. In view of what bad been said ¡t would be of interest to the Comeili to know tha.t the receipts last year in the tar-paviors' de- partment were £ 787 while the ecsroenditure counted to JB597, leaving a credit balance on jk? year',? working of £ 190 ('hear, hear). Mr Williams Rave the details of the various items Of profit, and added that the repariring of the Ps-ths throughout the district during the year not cost the ratepayers a penny in the way af fates (hear, hear). Moreover, the work done on the Promenade had been done at the actual and in other directions the Council had "befitted; yet they were able to present that favourable financial statement at the end of the ^^r (hear, hear). PURDY said the words attributed to him joy Mr Williams were scarcely correct. He had; PT°ught the matter forward, and still stuck to j"8 guns, though he was not at all antagoratatto Mr Williams' views. He was very pleased; tn hear from the chairman of the committee t they were in so a position in tegard to tho tar-paving accounts, and! he oon- fratulated Mr Williams upon his figures. How- ever, before those figures were annoipioed sev- l. of them were under an impression which lUstiifiod his motion. He entertained a certain pinion at the time, and he had, a right to it. The report w.as unanimously adopted. A NEW MORTUARY WANTED. Mr R. Davies, deputy coroner, wrote making a representation to the Council as to the state the mortuary in Ivy-street, which he do rlbed as badly ventilated and otherwise unfit tor a mortuary. The Clerk reported that he had replied point- out that the Council were under no obliga- to provide a place, and that it was used a matter of courtesy by the police. In answer to Mr Greenfield, The CLERK said it was quite open to the ~°uricil to provide a mortuary if they felt so £ sPOsed, but (Jiero was no obligation upon to do so. If the police wanted a mew "^rtuary they should refer the matter to the Coiunty authority. If on the other b-and the J^erseers thought a new building was necessary had the power to carry out their wishes. Am.phlett added that a letter Lad also been Received from the Coiwyn Bay Ratepayers' ■^sociation dealing with the same matter. .Further questioned, the Clerk said the only ~"n,g for the Council to do if thoy_ -wanted to ° £ oe hands of the proper autlioritiea was to permiiiS&ion to the police to use the pre- building as a mortuary. In fact, there a condition in regard' to tlhe land oin which j* present "building—which wias never intended <Jr mortuary—was erected wihich would pre- them placing a mortuary on the site at alL whole question had been gone into by tie Government Board's officials, but nothing been dome. r MH WM- DAVIES sadd he did not &ink *3ie should put to the groat in-, vol-ved upon such a building wjieii the work devolved upon ciitln&r the County Oounoil or the ohurchwardens (laughter). In moving the adoption of the Sanitary Con>- mittee's report, MR WM. DAVIES (the dhair- man) said that, while he waa sorry he oould not present so satisfactory a report as the chaiirman od the Highways Committee, he felt his own committee could also be congratulated1 upon having endod the year without exceeding their estimate, which under the circumstanoea was quite creditablte (hoar, hear). MEMBER. COMPLAINS OF MIS- INFORMATION. MR PURDY that certain in- formation of an incorrect character had been supplied to some members of the Sanitary Committee, with reference to the drainage of the Rhos-on-Sea estate. He had been to visit the site of the drains three timoa with the sur- veyor and other members of the Sanitary Com- mittee, and while investigating matters relating to the drainage system they were informed that the drain laid by Mr Horton had never boon approved nor tested, and that the sur- veyor had been obliged to lower the Council's drain in order to allow Mr Horton's drain to be oonnected with it properly. He brought that matter forward as indioating why they sometimes "out oross" with their neighbours. He held no brief for Mr Horton, but they as a committee had been misled—rightly or wrongly he would not like to say. MR HUGH HUGHES (interposing) asked whether Mr Purdy was in order in proceeding in that manner without moving an amendment. MR PURDY: III be ruled- bv the Chairman. I am asking for information, and I think I am quite right. In answer to the Chairman, The CLE, RK said that if Mr Purdy had no amendment to move he was out of order. His proper course would be bo bring the matter up when they came to "correspondence and general" on the agenda. MR PURDY intimated that be would act on that suggestion. MR WM. DAVIES: I am very sorry he has been stopped, because he has misled us a great deal so far (kuughter), MR DICKEN: Is Mr Davies not out of order, air? MR DAVIES: I am simply wanting him to go on (laughter). At a later stage MR PURDY proceeded to say he did not want to make any unfair charges against anybody,but he complained that oertam information had been withheld from the committee which should have been given to them. He did not know whether the sur- veyor was at fault or whether the fault lay with the chairman of the Sanitary Committee, but the information which should have been given to the committee should' have been known to the surveyor if hie dad not actually know it, and if the chairman of the commnttee knew it he should have' supplied it to his colv- ieagues. The result was that they bad come to a certain decision in consequence of which the chairman of the Council had' apol to Mr Horton for making a statement which proved incorrect. He did not wish to move a vote of censure upon anybody, but if informa- tion could be kept back in that particular instance it mrght well happen agwn, and it behoved tlhem to see that their minutes generally we're fully and accurately re- corded. MR IITJGH HUGHES: Why does not Mr Purdy complain that no plan was ever presented before the Council] of that particular drain? (hear hear). MR D. O. WILLIAMS: What is before the Council, Mr Chairman? The CHAIRMAN: Nothing. Mr Purdy laa simply made a statement. MR PURDY: Merely given an explanation clearing up a misunderstanding that has been goring on since 1907. (Oh !"). MR WM. DAVIES (chairman of the com- mittee), who replied) at considerable length, said he had repeated the facts of that particular ase so often and' hadi seen so many criaa.-es n his committee that lie had; really 'forgotten Whether he had given Mr Purdy and' others or pofc the information now re,feriied to. He had also com- pletely forgoittoai that, the sewer had been tested and he was very glad) that at his (the speaker x) request mention of that fact had; been made in the Sanitary Inspector's minsutes- Mr Davies then proceedied1 to rci>eat the statement he made some wootks ago relative to the negotiations be- tween the Council and Mr Horton in reference to the drains Jn quce-tiort- He added that the oommittee ha* done everything possible to try and! meet Mr Horton, evom, going the length, on one occasions of spending JE80 on work which they were not legitimately responsible for. The sewer in question had' not even yet been officially tes- ted. MR MORGAN: It was tested by our Sanitary Inspector. MR DA VIES: But not after the plans were brought forward. MR GREENFIELD said the testing' had taken place before the plang were submifctedl. The matter then dropped. THROUGH STORM AND STRESS. MR IIOSKIN8 pointed' out that while thanks had been voted chairmen of other committees for their work during the pest year, the claims of 1\1r Dicken to their gratatudle as chairman of the Lighting Committee had been overlooked. He therefore moved that he be thanked. MR ALLEN seconded. MR BEVAN in supporting said no chairman better deserved their thanks thani Mr Dicken, who had paired through storm and stress in lie position: d'uriiig the year and they were glad to see him looking so well after ooming out of the storm (laughter). The motion was cordially agreed to.

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