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6th J u ly ,
1948.
A S t a t u t o r y M e e t i n g o f the C o u n c i l was h e l d t h i s day a t the
Town C l e r k ' s O f f i c e , Town H a l l , W e x fo r d a t h a l f - p a s t s e v e n
o ' c l o c k p .m .
The members p r e s e n t b e i n g : C ou n cillor
James S i n n o t t ,
A ld e rm e n :
N icholas C o ris h ,
C ou n cillors:
Mayor
( i n th e C h a i r )
George hadden.
James Gaul,_ Thgi^as R o c h e , F r a n c i s C u l l i m o r e ,
■kev|n M o r r i s , TKomas Byrne, Thomas B u ck la n d *
The C o u n ty Manager and Town C l e r k were a l s o
in a tte n d a n ce .
MINUTES.
The f o l l o w i n g m in u te s were s u b m i t t e d f o r r a t i f i c a t i o n and
signature.
Minutes o f t h e C o r p o r a t i o n on the 1 4 t h and 2 8 t h
u l t i m o , M in utes o f t h e G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s Committee on the 3 1 s t
u ltim o.
On th e m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r G aul,
th e m in u te s as s u b m i t t e d ( c o p i e s
t o the members b e f o r e the p r e s e n t
b e e n r e a d , a p p r o v e d and s i g n e d b y
s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r B u c k la n d
o f w h i c h had b e e n c i r c u l a t e d
m e e t i n g ) were ta ken as h a v i n g
the Mayor.
CORRESPONDENCE.
A l e t t e r was r e a d f r o m Coras Iompar E i r e a n n s t a t i n g t h a t the
r e s t o r a t i o n o f the L o c a l W ex fo r d Omnibus S e r v i c e s , had b e e n
a g r e e d t o and i t was hoped t h a t t h e n e c e s s a r y v e h i c l e s w ou ld be
a v a i l a b l e i n th e n e a r f u t u r e .
COBISH MEMORIAL
MASS
On the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r Byrne s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r R oc h e ,
i t was a g r e e d t o a t t e n d the 1 l o ’ c l o c k Mass i n Rowe S t r e e t
Church on Sunday 1 8 th J u l y f o r t h e r e p o s e o f t h e s o u l o f the
late
Alderman R. C o r i s h , T«D.
STREET TRADING.
In r e p l y to C o u n c i l l o r B yrne,
C o u n e e l ’ s o p i n i o n had n o t y e t
the c a s e s u b m i t t e d r e g a r d i n g
ed i n the c o u r s e o f a week o r
HOUSE
IN
t h e Town C l e r k i n t i m a t e d th a t
been r e c e iv e d in con n e ctio n w ith
S t r e e t t r a d i n g , b u t i t 7/as e x p e c t ­
so.
WILLIAM
ST.
In r e p l y t o C o u n c i l l o r B y r n e , the Town C l e r k i n t i m a t e d t h a t
th e p o s i t i o n r e g a r d i n g the hou se a t w i l l i a m S t . b e i n g e r e c t e d
by Mrs- G o o d a l l was b e i n g exam in ed w i t h a view t o a s c e r t a i n i n g
whether the m a t t e r came under th e j u r i s d i c t i o n o f th e County
C o u n c i l as the Road A u t h o r i t y , o r the C o r p o r a t i o n as the Town
P l a n n i n g A u t h o r i t y and t h a t a r e p o r t on the m a t t e r w o u l d be
s u b m i t t e d t o the n e x t m e e t i n g .
SANITARY CONVENIENCES - MAUDLINTOANThe Town C l e r k r e a d a l e t t e r ^ f r o m Mrs* McKnight i n t i m a t i n g th&t
she was p r e p a r e d t o p r o v i d e s a n i t a r y c o n v e n i e n c e s f o r t w e l v e
h o u se s i n Maudlintown p r o v i d e d t h e C o r p o r a t i o n e x t e n d e d th e
sewer to the back o f the h o u s e s and t h a t i t was p o s s i b l e t o
p r o c u r e the n e c e s s a r y
m t e r i a l s and f i t t i n g s .
She was s e e k i n g
e s t i m a t e s f o r the w o r k .
T h i s l e t t e r was c o n s i d e r e d s a t i s f a c t o r y
and i t was a g r e e d t h a t th e C o r p o r a t i o n swwer be e x t e n d e d t o the
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ba ck o f th e h o u s e s as s u g g e s t e d by t h e Bcr ough S u r v e y o r i n a
previous r e p o r t.
SEATS AT JOHN STREET AND ST.
JOHN'S ROAD.
The B o r o u g h S u r v e y o r was t o be d i r e c t e d to have s e a t s p r o v i d e d
i n John S t r e e t and S t . J o h n ' s Road as s o o n as p o s s i b l e .
PUBLIC CONVENIENCES.
In r e p l y t o C o u n c i l l o r Gaul the Town C l e r k i n t i m a t e d t h a t the
p r o o f s o f th e s p e c i f i c a t i o n r e g a r d i n g p u b l i c c o n v e n i e n c e s had
b e e n r e f e r r e d t o the Borough S u r v e y o r f o r c h e c k i n g and t h a t
t h e p l a n and s p e c i f i c a t i o n w o u ld be s u b m i t t e d to the Department
f o r a p p r o v a l d u r i n g th e com in g week.
S I IE STREETS FROM THE QUAY
A r e c o m m e n d a ti o n was s u b m i t t e d fro m the G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s
Committee t h a t the C o r p o r a t i o n s h o u l d ta k e o v e r r e s p o n s i b i l i t y
f o r t h e m a i n t e n a n c e o f the s i d e s t r e e t s l e a d i n g fro m th e quays
f ro m the W e x f o r d Harbou r Co:amis s i o n e r s
This r e c o m m e n d a ti o n
was a g r e e d t o on the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r Gaul s e c o n d e d by
C o u n c i l l o r B u c k la n d , bu t w i t h C o u n c i l l o r Byrne d i s s e n t i n g .
VACANT SEAT
On t h e m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r G a u l, s e c o n d e d b y Alderman C o r i s h
i t was u n a n i m o u s l y a g r e e d t o d e c l a r e t h e s e a t f o r m e r l y h e l d
by R o b e r t I/ioran v a c a n t , i n a c c or dance w i th the P r o v i s i o n s
o f the L o c a l Government ( A p p l i c a t i o n o f E n a c tm e n t s ) O rd er,
1 898, and th e f o l l o w i n g D e c l a r a t i o n was s e a l e d and s i g n e d .
DECIn RATION.
i t was a g r e e d aft th e r e q u e s t o f C o u n c i l l o r M o r c i s t h a t the
v a c a n c y be n o t f _ l l e d u n t i l the Septe m ber m e e t i n g .
STATE PENSIONS.
A r e s o l u t i o n S ub m the K i l k e n n y C o r p o r a t i o n i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h
an i n c r e a s e o f p e n s i o n s t o Cfi uil S e r v a n t s and o t h e r S t a t e
p w n s i o n e r s , was d e f e r r e d ba ck f o r an e x p l a n a t i o n o f what was
c o v e r e d b y th e term ’’ o t h e r S t a t e P e n s i o n e r s " .
NAMING OF NEW HOUSES.
A l e t t e r was r e a d fro m the Vi/exford Trade C o u n c i i l a s k i n g th e
C o r p o r a t i o n t o commemorate t h e memory o f the l a t e Alderman
ft. C o r i s h , T . D . and Commodore John B a r r y , by naming some o f
the new H o u sin g Schemes a f t o r them.
On tho s^ugges-ticri o f
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne d i s c u s s i o n o f t h i s m a t t e r was a d j o u r n e d u n t i l
th e h o u s e s were r e a d y MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES.
A l e t t e r was r e a d f r o m t h e S e c r e t a r y o f t h e A s s o c i a t i o n o f
^ r i s h M u n i c i p a l A u t h o r i t i e s i n t i m a t i n g t h a t t h e an n u a l C o n f e r e n c e
w o u l d be h e l d a t Dungarvan on the 2 3 r d , 2 4 t h , a n d 2 5 t h Sep tem ber
n e x t and the Town C l e r k p o i n t e d o u t t h a t under th e R u l e s o f
the A s s o c i a t i o n the D e l e g a t e s a p p o i n t e d i n 1945 , s h o u l d
c o n t i n u e t o r e p r e s e n t t h e C o u n c i l u n t i l a f t e r th e n e x t E l e c t i o n
but as reqie s t e d l a s t y e a r he was p l a c i n g the l e t t e r b e f o r e the
C ou n cil.
t h a t C oBorough
u n c i l l o r Gaul Council
and the Town
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The 1'iayor p r o p o s e d
Clerk
-3 *
who had r e p r e s e n t e d the C b u n c i l
f o r th e p a s t t h r e e y e a r s
bo a p p o i n t e d #
Ald erm an C o r i s h s e c o n d e d .
C ou n cillor
Byrne p r o p o s e d t h a t C o u n c i l l o r B u ck la n d be one o f the
D elega tes,
C o u n c i l l o r M orris secon d ed , but C o u n c i l l o r
B u c k l a n d w o u ld n o t a l l o w h i s name t o g o f o r w a r d and i t was
withdraw n.
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne th e n p r o p o s e d t h a t Alderm an
Hadden bo one o f the D e l e g a t e s and C o u n c i l l o r Roche
seconded.
On a p o l l b e i n g t a k e n , t h e r e v o t e d f o r Alderman
H adden:C ou n cillors:
B u c k la n d ,
M orris,
B yrne,
R o c h e , Aldorman C o r i s h . . . ( 5 ) .
For C o u n c i l l o r G a u l : C ou n cillors*
Buckland, C u l li m o r o ,
A ld e rm a n C o r i s h
and the M ayor.
M orris,
R o c h e , Gaul and
(7)
F or the Town C l e r k : Ald erm an Cormsh,
the M a y o r.
C ou n cillor;
B y rne ,
C u llim ore,
Gaul and
(4)
Alderm an Hadden and C o u n c i l l o r Gaul were d e c l a r e d e l e c t e d
t o r o p r e s e n t the C o r p o r a t i o n a t the C o n f e r e n c e ,
HOUSING REPORT
The f o l l o w i n g p r o g r e s s r e p o r t o f the H ou sin g E n g i n e e r i n
c h a r g e o f the e r e c t i o n o f 72 h o u s e s a t S l i p p e r y Green was
su bm itted :1,F o u n d a t i o n s have b e e n marked out f o r 69 h o u s e s and
e x c a v a t i o n s ar e w e l l a d v a n c e d .
559 c u b i c y a r d s e x c a v a t i o n
has been d o n e .
6 , 3 7 2 a s s o r t e d c o n c r e t e b l o c k s made.
Tempor ar y a c c e s s
O ffice
road to s ix
and cement s t o r e
constructed.
erected.
Framing f o r work s h op e r e c t e d .
Moulds f o r d o o r b l o c k s made.
The f o l l o w i n g
is
the number o f men e m p l o y e d : \
1 Foreman, 1 T i m e k e e p e r ,
1 b o y , 2 Watchmen. 11
1 Carpenter,
19 L a b o u r e r s ,
1 Carter,
REPORT RE 16 HOUSE CONTRACT
The Town C l e r k r e p o r t e d t h a t Mr. C a r s o n , C o n t r a c t o r f o r
16 h o u s e s a t ^ l i p p e r y G re e n had t e r m i n a t e d h i s C o n t r a c t on the
25th u lt im o .
Order had b e e n i s s u e d t o the Borough S u r v e y o r t o
take immed iato s t e p s t o have the C o n t r a c t c o m p l e t e d b y D i r e c t
Labour;
t o ta ke an i n v e n t o r y o f the work done and o f a l l
m a t e r i a l s , p l a n t a n d m a c h i n e r y on t h e S i t o .
GRASS AT ST. I BAR rS CEMETERY.
In r e p l y t o a q u e r y the Town C l e r k i n t i m a t e d t h a t i n s t r u c t i o n s
had b e e n i s s u e d t o have th e g r a s s c u t Pit the ab o v e c e m e t e r y .
SALARY OF Ma YOR
In a c c o r d a n c e w i t h n o t i c e g i v e n A i d . C o r i s h moved t h a t
th e saLary o f the Mayor f o r th e y e a r 1 9 4 7 / 4 8
be r e v i s ed
t o £ 2 0 0 . i n s t e a d o f the £ 1 5 0 , p a i d h im .
The m o t i o n was s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r Gaul and u n a n i m o u s l y A g r e e d t o .
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19th J u ly ,
1948,
A m e e t i n g o f th e G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s Committee was h e l d t h i s day
a t the Town C l e r k ' s O f f i c e , Town H a l l , W e x f o r d a t h a l f - p a s t
seven o ' c l o c k p.m .
The members p r e s e n t b e i n g
James S i n n o t t ,
A ld e rm e n :
E sq.,
iviayor,
( I n th e C h a i r ) .
G e o r g e Hadden and N i c h o l a s C o r i s h .
C ou n cillors:
James G a u l, Thomas R o c h e ,
Thomas B u c k l a n d .
The D e p u ty C o u n ty wia n a g e r ,
a l s o in a tten d a n ce.
Thomas Byrne,
and
Borough S u r v e y o r and Town C l e r k were
CEMETERY.
A r e p o r t and s k e t c h map was r e c e i v e d f r o m th e B o r o y g h S u r v e y o r
sh o w i n g t h a t 165 s i n g l e g r a v e s p a c e s c o u l d be made a v a i l a b l e i n
S e c t i o n B„ a t S t . I b a r ' s C e m e te r y , and a f t e r some d i s c u s s i o n i t
was a g r e e d thsfc th e q u e s t i o n o f f i x i n g p r i c e s f o r t h e s e g r a v e s
s h o u l d be r e f e r r e d t o t h e Au gust S t a t u t o r y M e e t i n g .
On t h e
m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r G au l, s e c o n d e d by Alderm an C o r i s h
i t was a g r e e d t o recommend the County Manager t o employ two e x t r a
men t o c l e a n up S t . I b a r ' s C e m e t e r y .
WAGES
INCREASE.
W ith r e f e r e n c e t o t h e M in ute s o f t h e 5 t h i n s t . when the q u e s t i o n
o f an i n c r e a s e o f wages t o th e C o r p o r a t i o n e m p l o y e e s was under
c o n s i d e r a t i o n , the Town C l e r k i n t i m a t e d t h a t more c a s u a l w o r k e r s
were now e m p l o y e d th an was m e n t i o n e d on the 5 t h J u l y , a n d on the
m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r G a u l, s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r Byrne, i t was
u n a n i m o u s l y a g r e e d t h a t a l l l a b o u r e r s e m p l o y e d by th e C o r p o r a t i o n
s h o u l d r e c e i v e an i n c r e a s e o f l l / - p e r week as f r o m 6 t h May, and
t h a t t h e Manager be a u t h o r i s e d t o e x p e n d w h a t e v e r sum was n e c e s s a
o v e r and above th e E s t i m a t e s t o c o v e r t h i s i n c r e a s e *
The q u e s t i o
o f men e m p l o y e d on t h e H ou sin g D e v e lop m en t work , which i s f i n a n c e d
out o f C a p i t a l A c c o u n t , i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h e e r e c t i o n o f 88 hour:
a t S l i p p e r y G re e n , was a l s o r a i s e d , and, on th e m o t i o n o f the Mayo
s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r G a u l , the n e c e s s a r y f i n a n c i a l a ccom m o d a tin n
t o e n a b l e t h e s e men to be p a i d th e i n c r e a s e d r a t e , w i t h e f f e c t as
f r o m 6 t h May, was u n a n i m o u s l y a g r e e d t o .
»
RELIEF GRANT WORKS.
The q u e s t i o n o f t h e payment o f men e n g ag ed on R e l i e f Gra nt Works
was then r e f e r r e d t o , and on th e m o t io n o f C o u n c i l l o r B y rne ,
s e c o n d e d b y th e Mayor, i t was a l s o u n a n i m o u s l y a g r e e d t o g r a n t
t h e s e men the i n c r e a s e w i t h e f f e c t as from t h e 6 t h May, and t o
r e q u e s t the M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l Government t o i n c r e a s e the g r a n t ,
i f n e c e s s a r y , t o e n a b l e th e work t o be c o m p l e t e d .
72 HOUSi; SCHEME.
A r i s i n g out o f the r e p o r t o f the H o u s in g E n g i n e e r o n - t h e p r o g r e s s
o f 72 h o u s e s a t S l i p p e r y G re e n , th e Mayor r e f e r r e d t o the q u e s t i o n
o f t h e use o f s t e e l s a s h e s i n t h e s e h o u s e s and p o i n t e d out u n l e s s
C a r p e n t e r s were a b s o r b e d v e r y s h o r t l y t h e y w ould l e a v e Town a n d
t h e C o r p o r a t i o n m i g h t f i n d t h e m s e l v e s i n the p o s i t i o n o f n o t
h a v i n g s u f f i c i e n t Tradesmen t o c a r r y out the Scheme, s o i t was
a g r e e d , on the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r G a u l, s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r
Byrne t o recommend the County Manager t o p r o v i d e t i m b e r s a s h e s
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instead o f
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repa
i
sp ecified .
r s - F ootpaths
.
In r e p l y t o Alderman C o r i s h the Borough S u r v e y o r s t a t e d t h a t the
h o l d up on th e r e p a i r s t o f o o t - p a t h s was due t o s h o r t a g e o f cement
b u t he h o p e d t o have the r e p a i r s c a r r i e d out i n th e c o u r s e o f a
few d a y s .
FLOODING.
The B oroug h S u r v e y o r was a s k e d to r e p o r t on f l o o d i n g a l l e d g e d t o
have ta k e n p l a c e i n the g a r d e n o f a house i n D a v i t t Road, N o r t h ;
o c c u p i e d by B y r n e .
The Borough Surveyor* was a l s o a s k e d t o examine
and r e p o r t on f l o o d i n g a t t h e p r e m i s e s o f Mr. Myles Redmond,
Barrack S t r e e t .
NAME PLATE- BRIDE ST,
In rpjbly t o the Mayor the B o r o u g h S u r v e y o r i n t i m a t e d t h a t he
w o u ld have a Name P l a t e e r e c t e d a t the Main S t r e e t end o f B r i d e
Street.
CHIMNEY -
CORNMARKET.
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne drew t h e a t t e n t i o n o f t h e B oroug h S u r v e y o r t o a
chimney a t Cornm arket w h i c h he c o n s i d e r e d d a n g e r o u s .
CORNER - NEW LANE
In r e p l y t o Alderman Hadden t h e Town C l e r k i n t i m a t e d t h a t t h e y
had now r e a c h e d a s t a g e r e g a r d i n g t h e r e m o v a l o f a c o r n e r at the
J^ew Lane where ^ r s . G o o d a l l had a g r e e d to d e d i c a t e the n e c e s s a r y
l a n d , and the B o r o u g h S u r v e y o r was now e n g a g e d i n making a s k e t c h
o f the p rop osed f e n c e .
12 HOUSES - MAUDLINTOWN.
I n r e p l y t o a f u r t h e r q u e r y toy Alderm an Hadden, th e Town C l e r k
i n t i m a t e d t h a t he had h e a r d n o t h i n g f u r t h e r f r o m Mrs. McKnight
r e g a r d i n g the p r o v i s i o n o f S a n i t a r y c o n v e n i e n c e s f o r h o u s e s a t
W i l l i a m S t r e e t s i n c e hhe i n f o r m e d hito t h a t she was i n v i t i n g te n d e r~
f o r th e w o r k .
TRAFFIC REGULATIONS.
At th e r e q u e s t o f the S a f e t y F i r s t A s s o c i a t i o n o f I r e l a n d i t was
a g r e e d t o a p p r o v e o f t h e i r campaig n t o have a 30 m . p . h . s p e e d
l i m i t i n b u i l t up a r e a s .
A r i s i n g o u t o f t h i s l e t t e r the q u e s t i o n o f t r a f f i c r e g u l a t i o n s
i n the Borough was r a i s e d and i t was d e c i d e d to c o n s u l t w i t h the
S u p e r i n t e n d a n t o f th e Garda and r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f the W e x fo r d
Chamber o f Commerce.
SUPPLEMENTARY ALLOWANCE OF PETROL - 72 HOUSES.
The Mayor r e a d a l e t t e r he had r e c e i v e d f r o m Mr. Thomas 0 TL e a r y ,
C o n t r a c t o r f o r th e s u p p l y o f sa nd and g r a v e l f o r t h e e r e c t i o n
o f 72 h o u s e s a t S l i p p e r y G r e e n , i n t i m a t i n g th at t h e Department
o f Industry and Conwerce had r e fu se d to grant him a supplementary
a l l o w a n c e o f p e t r o l to h a u l t h e 3and and g r a v e l , and requestin g
t h e C o r p o r a t i o n t o make r e p r e s e n t a t i o n s w i t h a view t o o b t a i n i n g
the n e c e s s a r y p e t r o l a l l o w a n c e .
i t was d e c i d e d t o make r e p r e s e n ­
t a t i o n s to t h e Dep art ment of I n d u s t r y and Commerce and the Depart­
ment o f L o c a l Gov ernment.
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BROUND RENTS - ABBEY ST, & CO RNMARKET.
I n r e p l y t o a q u e r y t h e Town C l e r k i n t i ma ted t h a t s o f a r no
replfy: had b e e n r e c e i v e d f r o m t h e owners o f g rou n d R e n ts at
Cornm arket and Ab bey S t r e e t w h i c h t h e C o r p o r a t i o n w i s h e d t o
p u r c h a s e , and he p r o m i s e d t o communicate f u r t h e r w i t h the
C o r p o r a t i o n S o l i c i t o r i n th e m a t t e r «
CONDITION ' OF
QJJAYS.
At' the r e q u e s t o f C o u n c i l l o r Byrne i t was a g r e e d t o a s k the
M e d i c a l O f f i c e r s o f H e a l t h f o r r e p o r t s on the c o n d i t i o n o f t h e
<*uays w h i c h C o u n c i l l o r Byrne s t a t e d were a d an g er t o h e a l t h
th rough stagnan t water l y i n g th e re LETTING OF
HOUSES.
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne i n t i m a t e d t h a t he p r o p o s e d t o r a i s e the q u e s t i o n s
a t the n e x t m e e t i n g r e g a r d i n g the l e t t i n g o f h o u s e s , an d the Town
C l e r k aske d him to &-ve him n o t i c e o f t h e q u e s t i o n s i n w r i t i n g .
DERELI CT
SITES.
The '^own C l e r k p r e m i s e d t o examine the p o s s i b i l i t y o f t a k i n g
a c t i o n u nd e r t h e A c q u i s i t i o n o f D e r e l i c t S i t e s A c t , 1940 i n
r e s p e c t o f a h ou se a t Richmond T e r r a c e w h i c h had b e e n l e f t i d l e
f o r a number o f y e a r s .
STREET TRADING.
I n r e p l y t o a q u e r y the Town C l e r k I n t i m a t e d t h a t no r e p l y had
y e t b e e n r e c e i v e d f r o m C o u n s e l on the c a s e s u b m i t t e d u nd e r the
S t r e e t T r a d i n g A c t , 1 9 2 6 , and he was a s k e d t o cd n s u l t w i t h t h e
C o r p o r a t i o n S o l i c i t o r w i t h a v i e w go h a v i n g a r e p l y e x p e d i t e d
o r t o have the c a s e s u b m i t t e d t o a n o t h e r C o u n s e l .
OVERDRAFT
ACCOMMODATION.
On t h e m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r G a u l, s e c o n d e d b y C o u n c i l l o r Byrne,
i t was u n a n i m o u s l y a g r e e d t o r e q u e s t the s a n c t i o n o f the M i n i s t e r
f o r L o c a l Government t o O v e r d r a f t A c com m o d a tion on t h e M u n i c i p a l
A c c o u n t f o r the p e r i o d 1 s t A p r i l t o 3 0 t h S e p t e m b e r , 1 9 4 8 , i n
the sum o f E i g h t Thousand F i v e Hundred r o u n d s .
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3 r d A u g u s t,
A
1948
s p e c i a l m e e t i n g o f t h e G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s Committee o f the
C o r p o r a t i o n was h e l d
Town H a l l ,
this
day a t th e Town C l e r k ’ s O f f i c e ,
W e x ford a t h a l f - p a s t s e v e n o ’ c l o c k p .m .
The members jbresent b e i n g
C ou n cillor
James S i n n o t t ,
Mayor
( i n th e C h a i r ) .
Alderm an G e o r g e Hadden.
C ou n cillors
Gaul and B y r n e .
The C o u n ty Manager,
also
H ou sin g E n g i n e e r ,
and Town C l e r k were
in atten d an ce.
S Y M P A T H Y
At the
o u t s e t the ^ a y o r p r o p o s e d t h a t
t h e sympathy o f the
C o r p o r a t i o n be e x t e n d e d t o C o u n c i l l o r K e v i n M o r r i s
death o f h is
b r o t h e r Thomas,
on the
and t h a t the M e e t i n g a d j o u r n
a 3 a mark o f r e s p e c t bo h i s memory.
C o u n c i l l o r Gaul
s e c o n d e d t h e m o t i o n w h ich was s u p p o r t e d by C o u n c i l l o r Byrne,
Alderm an Hadden,
the County Manager and Town C l e r k .
The iVAa y o r a l s o p r o p o s e d a v o t e
f a m i l y on th e d e a t h o f S e r g e a n t
S iotchana.
o f sympathy t o th e C o r i s h
John B e a l e
of
the Garda
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne s e c o n d e d t h i s m o t i o n which
w h i c h was s u p p o r t e d b y C o u n c i l l o r G a u l ,
th e County Manager and Town C l e r k .
adopted in r e s p e c t f u l
silen ce,
Alderman Hadden,
B o t h m o t i o n s were
*nd £he s p e c i a l m e e t i n g th en
term inated.
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A m e e t i n g o f the G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s Committee ( w i t h o u t t h e P r e s a )
was h e l d a t t h e c l o s e o f t h o abov e m e e t i n g f o r the p u r p o s e
o f c o n s i d e r i n g a r e p o r t f r o m th e Cou n ty Manager on the recommencl'i
t i o n o f th e C o r p o r a t i o n t h a t wooden s a s h e s s h o u l d be p r o v i d e d
f o r t h e 72 h o u s e s b e i n g e r e c t e d a t S l i p p e r y G reen i n l i e u
o f s t e e l s a s h e s p r o v i d e d f o r i n tho E s t i m a t e :
The f o l l o w i n g c o r r e s p o n d e n c e b e t w e e n t h e H ou sin g E n g i n e e r and
Town C l e r k was r e a d : !,Mrc T„
J„ M i l l a r ,
H ou sin g E n g i n e e r ,
I am d i r e c t e d by the Deputy C o u n ty Manager t o s t a t e
t h a t a t t h e i r M e e t i n g on th e 1 9 t h i n s t a n t the Vi/exford
C o r p o r a t i o n u n a n i m o u s l y a d o p t e d a r e s o l u t i o n recommend­
i n g t h a t wooden s a s h e s be s u b s t i t u t e d f o r the s t e e l
s a s h e s p r o p o s e d f o r the 72 h o u s e s i n c o u r s e o f c o n s t r u c ­
t i o n a t S l i p p e r y G r e e n ; and t o r e q u e s t y o u r o b s e r v a t i o n s
on t h i s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n , t o g e t h e r w it h a n e s t i m a t e o f
th o e x t r a c o s t , i f an y, i n v o l v e d .
The Manager w o u ld
a l s o l i k e y o u r o b s e r v a t i o n s on the s u g g e s t i o n made a t
t h c C o r p o r a t i o n m eetin g that the maintenance c o s t o f
s t e e l s a s h e s w o u l d be f a r i n e x c e s s o f t h e m a in te n a n c e
c o s t o f ti m b e r sa sh e s.
Town C l e r k ”
"Town C l e r k ,
Re 72 Houses S l i p p e r y G r e e n *
I n r e p l y t o y o u r l e t t e r o f t h e 2 1 s t i n s t . re C o r p o r a t i o n s
r e s o l u t i o n re co m m en d in g t h e use o f t i m b e r window frames
and s a s h e s i n s t e a d o f s t e e l windows (a s t e n d e r e d f o r ) be
u s e d i n th e ab o v e scheme,.
I w is h t o i n f o r m y o u t h a t
I have g on e i n t o t h e c o s t and f i n d t h a t ti m b e r windows
w i l l c o a t £ 1 9. 6 . 0 . (n in e te e n pounds, s ix s h i l l i n g s )
p e r h o u s e e x t r a o r £ 1 , 5 8 9 . o v e r the e s t i m a t e d c o s t o f
s t e e l windows.
I n r e p l y t o th e l a s t p a r a g r a p h o f y o u r l e t t e r , r e
m a i n t e n a n c e c o s t o f s t e e l as a g a i n s t t i m b e r , I s h o u l d
l i k e t o s a y t h a t i n my o p i n i o n w i t h th o t i m b e r t h a t i s
a v a i l a b l e f o r j o i n e r y w o r k , a t p r e s e n t , m a in te n a n c e c o s t
o f t i m b e r windows w i l l be g r e a t e r th a n t h a t o f s t e e l ,
I m ig h t m e n t i o n a c o n c r e t e exam ple o f s t e e l s a s h e s
The Bungalows b u i l t e i g h t y e a r s a g o by the C o r p o r a t i o n
a t D e v e r c a u x V i l l a s have s t e e l s a s h e s .
I i n s p e c t e d some
o f t h o s e t o - d a y and f i n d t h a t a l t h o u g h t h e y have b e e n
i n uso f o r e i g h t y e a r s a n d , i n a l a r g e number o f c a s e d ,
have n o t b e e n p a i n t e d s i n c e e r e c t i o n th ey a r e i n a v e r y
g o o d s t a t e o f r e p a i r and s o u n d .
I should a ls o lik e
t o r r e n t i o n t h a t o v e r t h e p a s t 25 y e a r s I have u s e d s t e o l
s a s h e s and have f o u n d them s a t i s f a c t o r y .
I s h o u l d l i k e t o p o i n t o u t t h e r e were no q u a n t i t i e s
t a k e n out i n fehe B i l l f o r t i m b e r w n dow s, c o n s e q u e n t l y
^ c o u l d n o t g i v e an a l t e r n a t i v e p r i c e .
I f t i m b e r s a s h e s and f ra m e s a r e to be made on th e S i t e ,
p r o g r e s s o f t h e work w i l l d e f i n i t e l y be h e l d u p .
P en din g a d e c i s i o n f r o m the Manager I am h o l d i n g up th e
making o f c i l l s a n d t i n s e l s .
H ou sin g E n g i n e e r # ”
©: Wexford Borough Council
I n view o f th o r e p o r t o f t h o Housing E n g i n e e r , t h e County
Manager i n t i m a t e d t h a t ho was o p p o s i n g th o r e c o m m e n d a t i o n o f
th e C o r p o r a t i o n t o p r o v i d e woodon s a s h e s on th e g r o u n d o f c o s t ,
t o d out t h a t the m a t e r i a l s f o r t h e making o f
-2 -
onc window i n t h e s e h o u s e s w o u l d c o s t £ 5 . 1 8 . 3 . p l u s £ 5 . 1 0 . 0 .
f o r m a n u f a c t u r e , making th e t o t a l c o s t £ 1 1 . 8 . 3 . whereas
a
s t e e l window c o u l d be p u r c h a s e d f o r a p p r o x i m a t e l y £ 5 . 0 . 0 .
I t was a l s o p o i n t e d out t h a t the e x t r a £ 2 0 . 0 . 0 . p e r h o u s e
w o u l d mean an i n c r e a s e i n r e n t s , a n d t h a t i t w ould ta ke a p p r o x i m a t e l y
s i x t o s e v e n months l o n g e r t o c o m p l e t e the j o b w i t h a c o n s e q u e n t
in c r e a s e in overhead expenses.
The a t t i t u d e o f t h e members, h o w e v e r , a p p e a r e d t o be i n f a v o u r o f
p r o v i d i n g w o o d e n s a s h e s s o t h a t work c o u l d be made a v a i l a b l e f o r
C a r p e n t e r s , a l t h o u g h i t was v e r y c l e a r l y i n d i c a t e d t o them t h a t
t h e p r o v i s i o n o f h o u s e s wa3 a b u s i n e s s p r o p o s i t i o n and n o t f o r t h e
p u r p o s e o f p r o v i d i n g e m p l o y m e n t.
A f t e r a l e n g t h y d s c u s s i o n , h o w e v e r , i t was a g r e e d , bn t h e m o t i o n
o:? C o u n c i l l o r G a u l, s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r Byrne, t o r ecommexid th e
C o r p o r a t i o n , a t t h e i r m e e t i n g d u e t o be h e l d on the 9 t h i n s t a n t ,
t o a g r e e to th e p r o v i s i o n o f wooden s a s h e s .
Ald erm an Hadden
d i s s e n t e d from t h i s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n .
©: Wexford Borough Council
9th August,
1948*
A S t a t u t o r y M e e t i n g or th e C o r p o r a t i o n was hel«k t h i s day a t the
Town C l e r k ' s O f f i c e , Town H a l l , W e x f o r d a t h a l f - p a s t s e v e n o f
c l o c k p.m*
The members p r e s e n t b e i n g : C ou n cillor
Jq.mes S i n n o t t ,
Mayor
( i n th e C h a i r ) .
Ald erm an G e o rg e h a d d e n .
C o u n c i l l o r s ; - James G a u l,
P a trick B iorney.
Thomas B y r n e ,
Thomas Buc k l a n d and
The County Manager and Town C l e r k w e r e a l s o
in a tte n d a n ce .
MINUTES.
The f o l l o w i n g M in u te s ( c o p i c s o f w h i c h had b e e n c i r c u l a t e d t o
the member^fcri o r t o t h e m e e t i n g ) were s u b m i t t e d f o r r a t i f i c a t i o n
and s i g n a t u r e : M in u t e s o f th e C o r p o r a t i o n on th e 6 t h u l t i m o ,
G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s Committee on the 1 9 t h u l t i m o and 3 r d i n s t a n t .
^n t h e m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r R o c h e , s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r G au l,
the m i n u t e s as s u b m i t t e d were t a k e n a s te v i n g b e e n r e a d , a p p r o v e
and s i g n e d by the M ayor.
SYMPATHY.
The mayor moved t h a t the sym path y o f the C o r p o r a t i o n be e x t e n d e d
t o C o u n c i l l o r B i e r n e y on the d e a t h o f h i s u n c l e s , th e l a t e
L a u r e n c e Tu rn er and w i l l i a m H ore, and t o James T u r n e r , a member
o f th e F i r e B r i g a d e , on th e d e a t h o f h i s f a t h e r .
C ou n cillor
Byrne s e c o n d e d the m o t i o n w h i c h was s u p p o r t e d by a l l the member
p r e s e n t and a.dopted i n ' r e s p e c t f u l s i l e n c e .
The Mayor a l s o moved t h a t the sympathy o f th e C o r p o r a t i o n be
e x t e n d e d t o His L o r d s h i p , the B i s h o p , and the C l e r g y o f the
D bce se o f Ferns on the d e a t h o f R e v . Mogue O ' B r i e n , C . C . ,
C a stleb rid g e.
T h i s m o t i o n was s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r R o c h e ,
s u p p o r t e d by a l l th e members p r e s e n t , by the Town C l e r k , and
adopted in r e s p e c t f u l s i l e n c e .
traffic
regulations.
I n r e p l y t o C o u n c i l l o r Byrne the Town C l e r k s t a t e d t h a t he had
had a d i s c u s s i o n w i t h the S u p e r i n t e n d e n t o f the Garda on T r a f f i c
R egu la tion s.
He was m e e t i n g r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f the Chamber o f
Commerce i n the n e a r f u t u r e an^tie w o u l d then make a r e p o r t t o
the C o r p o r a t i o n .
STREET TRADING.
In r e p l y t o C o u n c i l l o r Byrne $he Town C l e r k a l s o s t a t e d t h a t the
o p i n i o n o f *«r. C e c i l L a v e r y , K .C . on S t r e e t T r a d i n g had b e e n
r e c e i v e d t h a t m o r n in g , a nd, was a t p r e s e n t b e i n g c o n s i d e r e d .
He (Town C l e r k ) p r o p o s e d t o c i r c u l a t e amongst t h e members a
c o p y o f t h e c.nse s u b m i t t e d fry the C o r p o r a t i o n S o l i c i t o r and a
c o p y o f Mr. i j a v c r y Ts o p i n i o n when tn e m a t t e r c o u l d be d e a l t w i t h
PRICES * FOR
GRAVES.
The f i r s t b u s i n e s s w as t o f i x p r i c e s f o r g r a v e s p a c e s f o r
S e c t i o n B. o f S t . I b a r ! s C e m e t e r y .
The Town C l e r k r e p o r t e d t h a t
t h e r e were a t p r e s e n t a v a i l a b l e i n th e C em e te r yO.7
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310
25
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graves@ £ 8 . 10.
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11 £ 6 . 1 0 .
M 11 &5 . 1 0 .
2
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0. each,
0. each.
0 . e a c h , (m ainly in n o n - c a t h o l i c
S ection s).
a l l the r e m a i n i n g l o w e r - p r i c e d g r a v e s were a l s o i n n o n - c a t h o l i c
S e c t i o n s w i t h the e x c e p t i o n o f the 1 0 / - g p a v e s i n S e c t i o n A.
I t was t h e r e u p o n u n a n i m o u s l y a g r e e d , on the m o t i o n o f the Mayor,
s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r Byrne t o recommend t h e County Manager t o
f i x the f o l l o w i n g p r i c e s f o r g r a v e s p a c e s i n S e c t i o n B. i n
l i e u o f t h o s e f i x e d by him on the 2 3 rd A u g u s t , 1 9 4 6 , namely ,
p l o t s b o r d e r i n g the walks £ 5 . 0 . 0 . , p l o t s i n s e c o n d Rowe f r o m
the w^lks £ 3 . 0 . 0 . and a l l o t h e r i n t e r i o r p l o t s 3 ^ / - .
Sa SHES FOR WINDOWS 72 HOUSE SCHEME.
A r e co m m e n d a tio n was s u b m i t t e d f r o m the G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s Committee
t h a t t im b e r s a s h e s be p r o v i d e d f o r the 72 h o u s e s i n c o u r s e o f
c o n s t r u c t i o n a t S l i p p e r y G re en a t an e s t i m a t e d i n c r e a s e o f
£ 1 , 3 8 9 . 0 . 0« o v e r th e p r i c e o f s t e e l w i n d o w s .
T h is r e c o m m e n d a ti o n
gave r i s e t o a l e n g t h y d i s c u s s i o n ,
Some o f the members h e l d
t h a t wooden s a she s s h o u l d be p r o v i d e d s o t h a t work w ou ld be made
a v a i l a b l e f o r C a r p e n t e r s , a l t h o u g h i t was p o i n t e d o u t t h a t i f i t
was d e c i d e d t o p r o v i d e wooden s a s h e s t h e y w o u l d n o t be made on
the S i t e , b u t would be p u t up f o r t e n d e r by J o i n e r y Firms and i t
was q u i t e p o s s i b l e the C o n t r a c t w o u l d be s e c u r e d by a Firm o u t s i d e
o f W exford.
Other members o p p o s e d the p r o v i s i o n o f wooden s a s h e s
on the g ro u n d o f c o s t , the n e c e s s a r y i n c r e a s e o f r e n t , and the
d e l a y i n c o m p l e t i n g the Scheme, w h i c h t h e H ou sin g E n g i n e e r had
s t a t e d w ould be f r o m s i x t o s e v e n m o n th s .
E ventually C o u n cillo r
Byrne moved the a d o p t i o n o f th e Committee r e c o m m e n d a t i o n and
C o u n c i l l o r Gaul S e c o n d e d .
C o u n c i l l o r Buck land p r o p o s e d as an Amendment t h a t the m a t t e r be
a d j o u r n e d u n t i l p r i c e s were o b t a i n e d far* .the s u p p l y o f wooden
s a sh e s c o m p l e t e .
C o u n c i l l o r Roche s e c o n d e d .
On a show o f hands
three v o te d f o r
the Amendment and f o u r a g a i n s t .
The Amendment
v.as d e c l a r e d Icb t an d the r e c o m m e n d a t i o n a d o p t e d by f o u r v o t e s f o r ,
to three a g a i n s t .
HOUSING REPORT.
The f o l l o w i n g r e p o r t f r o m the H ou sin g E n g i n e e r f o r
July was s u b m i t t e d : -
the month o f
" R e i n f o r c e m e n t l a i d and f o u n d a t i o n s r e a d y
f o r c o n c r e t e i n 24 h o u s e s .
Excavations
p r a c t i c a l l y c o m p l e t e d i n 16 h o u s e s .
The w orkshop and o f f i c e i s p r a c t i c a l l y c o m p l e t e d .
The f o l l o w i n g i s the number o f men e m p lo y e d on the
Schem e: 2 c a r p e n t e r s , 1 mason,‘l p p p » m ason , 28 l a b o u r e r s ,
1, boy.
1 carter,
P r o g r e s s f o r the month was v e r y g o o d .
There were
22 h ou r s p e r man l o s t d u r i n g the month c a u s e d by wet
tim e. M
POLITICAL PRISONERS
In a c c o r d a n c e w i t h N o t i c e g i v e n C o u n c i l l o r Byrne moved
" t h a t the C o r p o r a t i o n r e q u e s t the M i n i s t e r f o r J u s t i c e t o
hand o v e r the remains o f a l l t h o s e e x e c u t e d f o r P o l i t i c a l
r e a s o n s s i n c e 1932 , s o t h a t t h e y may be i n t e r r e d i n f a m i l y
B urial G rou nds.M
The Mayor s e c o n d e d t h i s m o t i o n w h i c h was u n a n i m o u s l y
agreed, to .
©: Wexford Borough Council
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3
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LETTING OF ARTIZAN rS DWELLINGS.
C o u n c i l l o r Byrno a s k e d ghe County Manager i f he was s a t i s f i e d t h a t
houses were b e i n g 3e t i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h the Bye-Laws a d o p t e d by
The C o r p o r a t i o n , and the Manager e x p l a i n e d t h a t , g e n e r a l l y s p e a k i n g ,
he was s a t i s f i e d t h a t the h o u s e s were b e i n g l e t i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h
the R e g u l a t i o n s .
There w o r e , he s a i d , one o r two c a s e s w h i c h gave
r i s e t o d o u b t , b u t he now p r o p o s e d t o iasue an a d v e r t i s e m e n t c a l l i n g
f o r a p p l i c a n t s f o r the t e n a n c y o f s u b s i d i z e d h o u s e s as t h e y became
vacant.
When the a p p l i c a t i o n s were r e c e i v e d t h e y w o u l d be exam in ed
by the M e d i c a l O f f i c e r s and H e a l t h I n s p e c t o r a f t e r w h i c h a p a n e l
would be drawn up, s e t t i n g o u t the p o s i t i o n on t h e p a n e l o f e a c h
applican t.
They w o u l d t h e n be a l l o c a t e d h o u s e s as t h e y became
v a c a n t w i t h o u t any r e f e r e n c e t o him u n t i l the p a n e l was e x h a u s t e d .
Each p e r s o n w o u ld be i n f o r m e d by the 1'own C l e r k o f h i s p o s i t i o n on
the p a n e l and i f he d i d n o t gake a v a c a n t h ou s e when h i s t u r n came
a f u r t h e r a p p l i c a t i o n w o u l d n o t be c o n s i d e r e d u n t i l the p a n e l was
e x h a u st e d .
This was c o n s i d e r e d s a t i s f a c t o r y .
PUBLIC CONVENIENCE►
In r e p l y t o the Mayor, the Town C l e r k i n t i m a t e d t h a t the p r o p o s a l s
o f the C o r p o r a t i o n f o r the p r o v i s i o n o f a p u b l i c c o n v e n i e n c e w ere
s u b m i t t e d t o the D epartm en t o f L o c a l Government f o r a p p r o v a l on
the 12 th u l t i m o b u t s o f a r s a n c t i o n had n o t b e e n r e c e i v e d , b u t he
(Town C l e r k ) d i d n o t c o n s i d e r t h e r e was undue d e l a y .
I t was d e c i d e d , h o w e v e r , t h a t the Town C l e r k s h o u l d as k the Depart men t
£o e x p e d i t e a d e c i s i o n on t h i s m a t t e r .
RECEPTION AND OPENING uF TENDERS.
In r e p l y t o a q u e s t i o n by the wia^or as to w h e t h e r i t was the f u n c t i o n
o f the C o r p o r a t i o n o r the Manager t o r e c e i v e a n d open t e n d e r s , the
Town C l e r k p o i n t e d o u t t h a t under S e c t i o n 28 o f the County Management
•*ct, 1940, the C o u n c i l o f a County o r any e l e c t i v e Body c o u l d make
R e g u l a t i o n s p r e s c r i b i n g the p r o c d d u r e t o be f o l l o w e d i n r e g a r d t o
the r e c e i p t
and e x a m i n a t i o n o f t e n d e r s .
However, as t h i s power
was n o t s e t o u t i n the s e c o n d S c h e d u l e t o tho A c t , o f 1940 w h ich
s p e c i f i c a l l y s o t o u t the f u n c t i o n s r e s e r v e d to the e l e c t e d members
o f the C o u n c i l a d o u b t had alw ay s e x i s t e d as to w h e t h e r o r n o t the
O n a g e r or C o u n c i l s h o u l d make s u c h r e g u l a t i o n s .
Under the
County Management ( R e s e r v e d F u n c t i o n s ) O rd e r , 1948 t h i s d o u b t had b e e n
c l c a r d d up by s e t t i n g o u t t h a t the making o f s u c h r e g u l a t i o n s was
a m a tt e r t o be p e r f o r m e d d i r e c t l y by the C o u n c i l and i t was open t o
the C o u n c i l t o make s u c h r e g u l a t i o n s f o r s u b m i s s i o n t o the M i n i s t e r
f o r L o c a l Government f o r s a n c t i o n .
I t was s u g g e s t e d by the Mayor t h a t the ^own C l e r k s h o u l d d r a f t
r e g u l a t i o n s and su bm it them t o the C o u n c i l f o r a p p r o v a l .
SEWER RODS.
In r e p l y t o a q u e r y the Town C l e r k i n t i m a t e d t h a t the C o r p o r a t i o n
had n o t a s e t o f se w e r c a n e s as the Bor ough S u r v e y o r a d v i s e d t h a t
the canes a t p r e s e n t p r o c u r a b l e w e r e o f s u c h p o o r q u a l i t y as t o be
u seless.
The Manager i n t i m a t e d t h a t an o r d e r had b e e n m a d e s ome
years a g o t h a t c a n e s be p u r c h a s e d a n d i t was a g r e e d t h a t a s e t s h o u l d
be o b t a i n e d w i t h o u t d e l a y .
CORNER AT Borough
WILLIAM ST. Council
©: Wexford
The Town Clv.rk s t a t e d ,
in r e p l y
to a f u r t h e r q u e r y ,
t h a t he had
-4 -,
a s k e d the a c t i n g B o r o u g h S u r v e y o r t o s u b m i t p r o p o s a l s f o r the
w i d e n i n g cf the c o r n e r a t the j u n c t i o n o f Upper B a t t S t r e e t and
W illiam S t r e e t .
NEW 1 2 ” M I N m
INCREASE OF
u ------------------------
In r e p l y t o t h e mayor the Town C l e r k i n t i m a t e d t h a t c o r r e s p o n d e n c e
had ta k e n p l a c e b e t w e e n the C o n t r a c t o r s f o r th e Waterworks
Improvement Scheme, the C o n s u l t i n g E n g i n e e r s an d the C o r p o r a t i o n
O f f i c i a l s r e g a r d i n g an i n c r e a s e o f 1 1 / - p e r week f o r men e n g a g e d
on the
l a y i n g o f a p ip e l i n e fro m C o o lre e to W exfordThe
C o n t r a c t o r s wante
th e p r i o r s a n c t i o n o f t h e C o r p o r a t i o n b e f o r e
p a y i n g t h i s i n c r e a s e , b u t the a t t i t u d e o f th e O f f i c i a l s was
t h a t i t was p r i m ^ r l y a m a t t e r f o r the C o n t r a c t o r s a n d tho Mens 1
U nio n, and when the work on
the C o n t r a c t w as f i n i s h e d i t was
f o r the C o n t r a c t o r s t o s a t i s f y the C o n s u l t i n g E n g i n e e r s , t h a t
t h e i r c l a i m f o r any i n c r e a s e i n wages u n d e r the Wages V a r i a t i o n
C l a u s e o f the C o n t r a c t , was j u s t i f i e d MEMORIAL - COMMODORE BARRY.
Al derm an xladden r e f e r r e d t o the d e c i s i o n o f the C o n g r e s s o f the
U n i t e d S t a t e s o f A m e r i c a t o p r e s e n t a M e m o ria l t o be e r e c t e d i n
I r e l a n d t o the L i to Commodore John B a r r y ( f a t h e r o f th e A m e r i c a n
i^avy) and s u g g e s t e d t h a t e v e r y s t e p p o s s i b l e s h o u l d bo ta k e n t o
have t n i s m e m o r i a l e r e c t e d i n W e x f o r d w h i c h w :s the b i r t h - p l a c e
o f Commodore B a r r y .
Two s i t e s were s u g g e s t e d f o r t h e e r e c t i o n
o f t h i s M e m o r i a l, n am ely, th e F a y t h e and the B a l l a s t Bank a t
the mouth o f the r i v e r S l a n e y and W e x f o r d Harbour where Commodore
^ a r r y l e a r n o d h i s s a i l i n g and f r o m where h ^ L e f t t o make a w o r l d ­
wide name f o r h i m s e l f as tho ’’ F ou n d e r o f the Uni t o d S t a t e s N a v y . ”
There was i n W e x f o r d , Alderman Hadden c o n t i n u e d , a c o m m i tt e e
d e a l i n g w i t h t h i s m a t t e r 5 u t f r o m i n q u i r i e s he had made he had
a s c e r t a i n e d t h a t the l a s t few m e e t i n g s o f the Com mittee w h i c h had
b e e n c a l l e d , had f a l l e n t h r o u g h f o r want o f a quorum.
I t was
now s u g g e s t e d t h a t th e Town C l e r k s h o u l d w r i t e t o the S e c r e t a r y
o f the Committee s u g g e s t i n g the s e t t i n g up o f a J o i n t Committee
w i t h the members o f th e C o r p o r a t i o n so t h a t a l l s t e p s p o s s i b l e
w o u l d be t a k e n t o s e c u r e t n a t t h i s m e m o r i a l w ould be e r e c t e ^ l n
W exford.
A r i s i n g o u t o f t h i s m a t t e r the Mayor r e f e r r e d t o a
County W e x f o r d man, R e v . B r o . A i d a n Whelan o f Tagmon whose l i f e
a m b i t i o n i t was t o s e e a m e m o ria l e r e c t e d t o Commodore B a r r y and,
f o r h i s s e r v i c e s i n t h i s c o n n e c t i o n had b e e n p r e s e n t e d by P r e s i d e n t
Truman w i t h the pen w i t h w h i c h he had s i g n e d the 3 0 , 0 0 0 d o l l a r
B a rr y lUc m o r i a l Monument B i l l r e c e n t l y p a s s e d by C o n g r e s s , and p r o p o s
ed t h a t the c o n g r a g u l a t i o n s o f the C o r p o r a t i o n be e x t e n d e d t o
B r o . Whelan on t h i s s i g n a l h o n o u r .
^ ld e rm a n H a d d e n s c c o n d o d t h i s
m o t i o n w h i c h was a g r e e d t o .
VENTILATION COUNCIL
CHAMBER
Alderman hadden r e f e r r e d t o the n e e d f o r v e n t i l a t i o n i n the
C o u n c i l Chamber and i t was d e c i d e d to ask f o r a r e p o r t f r o m the
Borough S u r v e y o r on what c o u l d bo done to im p ro v e t h i s ,
Tho
m e e t i n g th en t e r m i n a t e d .
©: Wexford Borough Council
—
16th August,
1940.
A s p e c i a l m e e t i n g o f the G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s Committee was h e l d
t h i s day a t the Town C l e r k ’ s O f f i c e , Town H a l l , W e x f o r d a t
h a l f - p a s t s e v e n o ’ c l o c k p .m .
The members p r e s e n t b e i n g : C ou n cillor
James S i n n o t t ,
Mayor
alderm en:
C o r i s h and Hadden.
C ou n cillors:
Roche,
M orris,
(in
Byrne,
the C h a i r ) ,
C ullim ore
The Cou n ty manager and Town C l e r k were a l s o
and B u c k l a n d .
in a tten d a n ce.
WINDOW SiiSHES FOR 72 HOUSES
w i t h r e f e r e n c e t o m i n u t e s o f the 9 t h i n s t a n t when a r e s o l u t i o n
was a d o p t e d t o p r o v i d e t i m b e r s a s h e s f o r the 7 2 - h o u s e s a t
S l i p p e r y G re e n i n
l i e u o f s t e e l s a s h e s e s t i m a t e d f o r , the
M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l Government under d a t e o f the 1 3 t h i n s t a n t
by l e t t e r No. H. 7 5 2 5 / 1 3 / 4 8 i n t i m a t e d t h a t , a p a r t fitom t h e ' e x t r a
c o s t i n v o l v e d , he n o t e d t h a t the p r o p o s a l w ou ld d e l a y the d o m p l e t i o n
o f the Scheme f o r s e v e n m o n t h s .
W h ile the M i n i s t e r a p p r e c i a t e d
th e d e s i r e o f th e C o r p o r a t i o n to p r o v i d e e x t r a work f o r c a i t p e n t e r s
he c o u l d n o t a g r e e t o any p r o p o s a l th '-t w o u l d s o s e r i o u s l y r e t a r d
the p r o v i s i o n o f much n e e d e d h o u s e s .
The M i n i s t e r p o i n t e d ou t
t h a t the Scheme a t S l i p p e r y G reen o n l y p r o v i d e d an i n s t a l m e n t o f
the C o r p o r a t i o n ^ t o t a l h o u s i n g n e e d s , and t h a t i t was open t o the
C o r p o r a t i o n by e x p e d i t i n g the c o m p l e t i o n o f t h e i r p l a n s f o r f a u t h o r
sc h e m e s , t o a r r a n g e f o r employment on the p r e p a r a t i o n o f j o i n e r y
f o r f u r t i i e r schemes o f any c a r p e n t e r s who may be a v a il a b l e f o r su ch
work«
A l e n g t h y d i s c u s s i o n f o l l o w e d d u r i n g w h ich a s u g g e s t i o n was made
t h a t a d e p u t a t i o n s h o u l d be a p p o i n t e d t o a w a i t on the M i n i s t e r
and e x p l a i n the v ie w s o f the C o r p o r a t i o n , b u t e v e n t u a l l y C o u n c i l l o r
B u ck la nd p r o p o s e d t h a t the d e c i s i o n o f the M i n i s t e r be a c c e p t e d
and C o u n c i l l o r C u l l i m o r e s e c o n d e d .
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne, however,
p r o p o s e d as an Amendment t h a t the M i n i s t e r be a s k e d t o r e c o n s i d e r
h i s d e c i s i o n and a l l o w the s u b s t i t u t i o n o f ti m b e r f o r s t e e l s a s h e s ,
Alderman C o r i s h s e c o n d e d .
On the Amendment b e i n g p u t t o the M e e t i n g f o u r v o t e d f o r and f o u r
again st.
The Mayor t h e r e u p o n gave h i s c a s t i n g v o t e i n f a v o u r
o f t h e f Amendment w h i c h was d e c l a r e d c a r r i e d as the s u b s t a n t i v e
m o t io n *
The m e e t i n g th en t e r m i n a t e d .
©: Wexford Borough Council
23rd August,
1948.
A m e e t i n g o f the Goar-ral P u r p o s e s Committee -of the C o r p o r a t i o n
was h e l d t h i s day a t the Town C l e r k f s O f f i c e , Town H a l l ,
W e x f o r d a t h a l f - p a s t s e v e n o ’ c l o c k p .m .
The members p r e s e n t b e i n g
C ou n cillor
James S i n n o t t ,
Aldermen:
C ou n cillors:
mayor
( i n the C h a i r ) .
G e o r g e Hadden and Nicholas C o r i s h .
Edward H o w li n , Thomas B yrne, P a t r i c k B i e r n e y ,
Thomas B u c k la n d and James G a u l.
The C ou n ty Manager and Town C l e r k were a l s o
in a tte n d a n ce .
SYMPATHY.
the o u t s e t the mayor p r o p o s e d t h a t the sympathy o f the
C o r p o r a t i o n be e x t e n d e d t o a form er member, Mr. Raymond E.
C o r i s h , on the d e a t h o f h i s m o t h e r - i n - l a w , the l a t e Mrs.
K in sella .
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne s e c o n d e d t h i s m o t i o n w h i c h wa§
s u p p o r t e d b y a l l th e members p r e s e n t , by th e ^own C l e r k and
Cou n ty Manager and a d o p t e d i n r e s p e c t f u l s i l e n c e .
At
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne p r o p o s e d t h a t th e sympathy o f th e C o r p o r a t i o n
be e x t e n d e d t o the F r a n c i s c a n Order on the d e a t h o f the R e v .
F r . A n g c l u s H o l l i s , a f o r m e r G u a rd ia n o f the Community i n
W exford.
C o u n c i l l o r Gaul s e c o n d e d t h i s m o t i o n w h i c h was
s u p p o r t e d by a l l the members
p r e s e n t , by the County Manager
and Town C l e r k , and a d o p t e d i n r e s p e c t f u l s i l e n c e .
PROPERTY AT CORNMARKET AND
ABBEY STRICT.
Ald erm an C o r i s h a s k e d i f the
r£own C l e r k had any word i n
c o n n e c t i o n w i t h the p r o p o s a l o f the C o r p o r a t i o n t o a c q u i r e
1 l h o u s e s a t Abbey S t « and Cornm ar ket .
The Town C l e r k r e p l i e d t h a t l a s t week th e P a r l i a m e n t a r y
S e c r e t a r y t o the M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l Government had c a l l e d
on him i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h i s m a t t e r , when he (Town C l e r k )
e x p l a i n e d t o the P a r l i a m e n t a r y S e c r e t a r y the d i f f i c u l t y o f the
im m ediate a c q u i s i t i o n o f th e Fee S im p le w h ich was a c o n d i t i o n
o f p u r c h a s e l a i d down i n the s a n c t i o n o f the M i n i s t e r .
He had s u g g e s t e d t o mr* C o r i s h t h a t s a n c t i o n m i g h t be g i v e n t o
the p u r c h a s e o f the p r o p e r t y w i t h o u t the immed iate a c q u i s i t i o n
o f the Ground R e n t s , and he had r e c e i v e d a t e l e p h o n e message
f r o m the Dep art ment t h a t a f t e r n o o n , t h a t a p r o p o s a l f r o m the
C o r p o r a t i o n on the l i n e s s u g g e s t e d t o the P a r l i a m e n t a r y S e c r e t a r y
w o u ld t e c e i v e immed iate s a n c t i o n , and i n the meantime he had
b e e n a u t h o r i s e d t o c o m p l e t e th e p u r c h a s e i n a n t i c i p a t i o n o f
such s a n c t i o n .
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne t h e r e u p o n p r o p o s e d and
Alderm an C o r i s h s e c o n d e d t h a t th e County Manager be r ecommended
to r e q u e s t the M i n i s t e r t o s a n c t i o n the p u r c h a s e o f t h e s e h o u s e s
w i t h o u t the immed iate q j C q u i s i t i o n o f the Ground R e n t s , and t h a t
n e g o t i a t i o n s be c a r r i e d on, w i t h a l l s p e e d , f o r the n u r r h a s c
o f the Fee S i m p l e .
SEPTEMBER
MEETING.
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The Mayor s u g g e s t e d t h a t as the Town C l u r k w o u l d be g o i n g on
h o l i d a y s on the 1 s t Sep tem ber t h a t a m e e t i n g s h o u l d be h e l d on
3 0 t h i n s t a n t t o d i s c u s s H ou sin g o n l y , and t h i s was agiieed t o .
STRUCT TRADING.
The n e x t b u s i n e s s was t o c o n s i d e r the o p i n i o n o r H r . C e c i l
L a v c r y , K .C . on S t r e e t T r a d i n g .
A c o p y o f Ivir. L a v e r y f s o p i n i o n ,
t o g e t h e r w i t h the o p i n i o n o f th e C o r p o r a t i o n S o l i c i t o r and the
c a s e s u b m i t t e d t o C o u n s e l , had b e e n c i r c u l a t e d am ongst the
members p r i o r t o the m e e t i n g , and a f t e r a l e n g t h y d i s c u s s i o n ,
the Mayor gav e n o t i c e o f m o t i o n t h a t he w ou ld move a t the
n e x t S t a t u t o r y M e e t i n g t h a t the Market Bye-Laws o f 2 1 s t O c t o b e r ,
j 8 7 8 be amended by th e d e l e t i o n o f C l a u s e 5 ( 2 ) , w h i c h C l a u s e
c o n s t i t u t e d a m a rk et f o r l i v e f o w l s i n Rowe S t . and the Main
S t . , f r o m Anno S t . t o the Redinond Monument and i n th e B u l l r i n g .
TRAFFIC
REGULATIONS.
r e p o r t was s u b m i t t e d f r o m th e Town C l e r k on c o n v e r s a t i o n s he
had had w i t h t h e S u p e r i n t e n d e n t o f the Garda and r e p r e s c n t a t i v e s
o f the W e x f o r d Chamber o f Cbmmerco on s u g g e s t e d T r a i f i c R e g u l a t i o n s
f o r the Borough.
A c o p y o f t h i s r e p o r t had a l s o been c i r c u l a t e d
t o the members p r i o r to th e M e e t i n g .
A f t e r some d i s c u s s i o n i t
was d e c i d e d t o r e q u e s t the S u p e r i n t e n d e n t o f the Garda, two
r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f the Chamber o f Commerce, ^he W e x f o r d
D e v e lo p m e n t A s s o c i a t i o n , the W e x f o r d Trades C o u n c i l , the
D r a p e r s ’ and B o o t m e r c h a n t s f A s s o c i a t i o n and th e M a s ter B a k e r s ’
A s s o c i a t i o n t o m e e t th e C o r p o r a t i o n on a s u i t a b l e o c c a s i o n t o
discu ss this m atter.
a
COMMODORE Ba RRY MEMORIAL C O.ilMlTTEE .
I t was a g r e e d t h a t a J o i n t M e e t i n g o f the C o r p o r a t i o n and the
e x i s t i n g Commodore ^ a r r y M em orial Committee
De h e l d on
T u e s d a y , th e 3 1 s t i n s t . a t 8 . 3 0 . p . m .
HOUSE
a
T CHARLOTTE
"
STREET.
t h e r e q u e s t o f C o u n c i l l o r Byrne r e p o r t s and c o r r e s p o n d e n c e
d e a l i n g w i t h the h o u s e a t C h a r l o t t e S t . were s u b m i t t e d t o the
m e e t i n g , and the m e e t i n g i n f o r m e d t h a t wha t f u r t h e r a c t i o n w o u l d
bo ta k e n i n th e m a t t e r was a t p r e s e n t under c o n s i d e r a t i o n .
At
MAINTENANCE OF HARBOUR.
l e t t e r was r e a d f r o m th e W e x f o r d Harbour C o m m i s s io n e r s a s k i n g
f o r a c o n t r i b u t i o n tow a rd s the m a i n t e n a n c e o f the H arbo u r, and
on t h e m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r G a u l, se c o n d e d , by Alderman C o r i s h ,
i t was agree d t o s u g g e s t to the Harbour Coinmis s i o n e r s t h a t a
Committee co m p o sed o f r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f th e Harbour B oa rd , the
Cou n ty C o u n c i l and the C o r p o r a t i o n s h o u l d be c o n v e n e d t o c o n s i d e r
the w h o le q u e s t i o n o f W e x f o r d H a r b o u r .
a
IMPORTATION OF COAL.
I t v/as d e c i d e d to u r g e C or a s I o m p a i r E i r e a n n t o have some o f the
c o a l u s e d on the r a i l w a y i m p o r t e d t h r o u g h e i t h e r W e x f o r d or
R o s s la r e Harbour.
RELIEF
GRANTS.
In r e p l y t o a q u e r y by the Mayor, the TCwn C l e r k s e a t e d t h a t
no i n t i m a t i o n had y e t b e e n r e c e i v e d r e g a r d i n g R e l i e f G rants f o r
the W i n t e r , a l t h o u g h i t was u s u a l t o r e c e i v e a n o t i f i c a t i o n
a b o u t May or Juno, and t h a t a G ra nt had b e e n r e f u s e d f o r the
c o n s t r u c t i o n o f a r o a d f r o m S u m m e rh ill t o W h i t e m i l l owing t o
the low l a b o u r c o n t e n t o f the j o b .
I t was d e c i d e d t o c o w m u r ^ « * w i t u the Depart men t a s k i n g what g r n n t s wmii J
ava ila ble fo r
the coming
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FOOTPATHS.
C o u n c i l l o r Gaul a s k e d the Town C l e r k t o r e s u r r e c t a
p r o p o s a l made some y e a r s a g o t o c o n c r e t e the f o o t - p a t h s
t o the h o u s e s a t M a u d ljn to w n and W o l f e Tone V i l l a s .
lead in g
DISTILLERY HOUSE.
I n r e p l y t o Alderman Hadden the 'I1own C l e r k i n t i m a t e d t h a t the
h o u se a t D i s t i l l e r y was now p r a c t i c a l l y c o m p l e t e d and w o u l d bo
a d v e r t i s e d f o r l e t t i n g i n the c o u r s e o f a w e e k,
VENTILATION - COUNCIL CHAMBER.
The T0wn C l e r k a l s o i n f o r m e d Alderman Hadden t h a t the q u e s t i o n
o f the 7 D n t i l a t i o n o f C o u n c i l Chamber had b e e n r e f e r r e d t o the
E n g i n e e r f o r a r e p o r t , and the County Manager i f i f o r m e d Alderm an
Hadden t h a t the a l t e r a t i o n o f the ^ o r n c r a t Back S t - an(^ J o h n ’ s
Gate S t . w o u ld be c o n s i d e r e d f o r i n c l u s i o n i n the n e x t r e l i e f
G r a n t s , and t h a t the c o m p l e t i o n o f the Back S t . / ^ o r n m a r k e t
c o r n e r w o u l d be e x p e d i t e d .
ROSE
ROCK.
In r e p l y t o C o u n c i i 3 . o r Byrne i t was s t a t e d t h a t the Manager and
O f f i c i a l s were c o n s t a n t l y i n t o u c h w i t h the i n s a n i t a r y c o n d i t i d a :
o f Rose R ock T e r r a c e , and t h a t an o r d e r had b e e n made t h a t day
Z
' - prepq-pp ti.on o f a p r o v i oi Dr a i nago Order*
i n (*ounoo bi^n
w ith th is p l ice.
RECEPTION AND OPENING OF TENDERS.
The n e x t b u s i n e s s was t o c o n s i d e r d r a f t r e g u l a t i o n s
prepared
by the Town C l e r k f o r th e r e c e p t i o n and e x a m i n a t i o n
o f tenders.
A c o p y o f the p r o p o s e d r e g u l a t i o n s i s a t t a c h e d t o t h e s e M i n u t e s .
A f t e r some d i s c u s s i o n i t was U na nim ou s ly a g r e e d , on the m o t i o n
o f the Mayor, s e c o n d e d by Alderman C o r i s h t o f o r w a r d t h e s e d r a f t
r e g u l a t i o n s t o the M i n i s t e r f o r L o c i l Government f o r p r o v i s i o n a l
approval.
0DHER BUSINESS.
The Mayor r e q u e s t e d
attended t o : -
the Town C l e r k
to have
the f o l l o w i n g m a t t e r s
Tho c o n d i t i o n o f t h e F a ythe a t Swan View.
The s u r f a c e o f K c y s e r ’ s L a n e .
Tho s c a v e n g i n g o f Ernmot P l a c e and the s u r f a c e
o f Emmet P l a c e .
BRAVERY OF MICHAEL GOODISON.
The mayor a l s o r e f e r r e d to the b r a v e r y o f M i c h a e l G o o d i s o n ,
■kmmct P l a c e , who had w i t h i n th e p a s t s i x months s a v e d two p e o p l e
f r o m d row n in g a t ^ o x f o r d , and s u g g e s t e d t h a t t h i s s h o u l d be
b r o u g h t u n d er th e n o t i c e o f The I r i s h S o c i e t y f o r awards f o r
gallan try.
HORSE RIVER.
C o m p la in t was made r e g a r d i n g the c o n d i t i o n o f t h e Ho^se R i v e r
u ndernc th the a r c h e s f r o m Rope *Valk y a r d t o the ^uay, and i t
was d e c i d e d t o r e q u e s t the E n g i n e e r f o r a r e p o r t on the c o n d i t i o n
o f t h i s p c t o f the r i v e r .
The E n g i n e e r was a l s o a s k e d t o r e p o r t on a gap i n the w a l l a t
the G o l d e n P i l l a r Lane w h i c h , i t was a l l e g e d , the C o r p o r a t i o n
-Employees made w h i l e c l e a n s i n g the S t o n e B r i d g e R i v e r .
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LIGHTING - WHITEROCK VIEW & WOLPE TONE VILLAS.
I t was a l s o a g r e e d t o ask th e E l e c t r i c i t y S u p p ly Board i f t h e y
c o u l d now u n d e r t a k e the P u b l i c l i g h t i n g o f ^ h i t e r o c k View and
^ o l f c Tone V i l l a s .
PLAYGROUND-
iviAUDLINTOWN.
The a t t e n t i o n o f the Borough S u r v e y o r was t o be c a l l e d t o the
f a c t t h a t c h i l d r e n wore u s i n g the w a l l a r o u n d the p l a y g r o u n d
a t M a u d lin t o w n as a c y c l c t r a c k , and t o r e q u e s t him t o make
s u g g e s t i o n s f o r the p r e v e n t i o n of t h i s dangro us p r a c t i c e .
x
*
i
•. •*
The me ^ t i ng the n t e r m i n a t e a .
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B O R O U G H
REGULATIONS
FOR
OF
THE
WE X F O R D .
RECEPTION
AND
EXAMINATION
of
T E N D E R S
Tho Mayer, A ld erm en and B u r g e s s e s
W exford,
A c t i n g by the C o u n c i l ,
conferred
Act,
Order,
1948;
en ablin g us,
for
by v i r t u e
on us by S o c t i o n 28 o f
1940;
of
the Borough o f
of
the power s
the C o u n ty Management
th e C ou n ty Management
(Reserved F u n ction s)
and e v e r y o t h e r power i n t h a t b e h a l f
do
h e r e b y make the f o l l o w i n g R e g u l a t i o n s
the r e c e p t i o n and e x a m i n a t i o n 6f> t e n d e r s f o r
supply o f goods,
th e e x e c u t i o n o f w o r k s ,
the
or any o t h e r
p u r p o s e f o r w h i c h tho C o r p o r a t i o n may l a w f u l l y have
in vited
the s u b m i s s i o n o f
tenders.
(1)
A l l t e n d e r s s h a l l be d e l i v e r e d t o t h e ( ^own C l e r k
( o r h i s d e p u t y ) a t h i s o f f i c e i n the 'x'own H a l l ,
Afoxford n o t l a t e r th an th o time p r e s c r i b e d i n
the a d v e r t i s e m e n t 6d i n v i t a t i o n t o t e n d e r .
(2)
A l l t e n d e r s r e c e i v e d i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h tho
p r e c e d i n g R e g u l a t i o n s s h a l l bo l a i d by tho Town C l e r k
( o r h i s d e p u t y ) b e f o r e the m e e t i n g o f the C o r p o r a ­
t i o n o r G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s Committee o f the C o r p o r a ­
t i o n n e x t f o l l o w i n g the l a t e s t d a t e f i x e d f o r the
r e c e i p t o f such t e n d e r s .
(3)
A l l t e n d e r s r e c e i v e d s h a l l be o p e n e d by the Mayor
o r Chairman a t a m e e t i n g o f the C o r p o r a t i o n or
G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s Com mittee who s h a l l t h e r e u p o n number
and i n i t i a l e a c h s u c h t e n d e r and f o r t w i t h d e l i v e r
same t o the Town C l e r k ( o r h i s d e p u t y ) f o r t r a n s m i s s i o n
t o the County Manager f o r f u r t h e r c o n s i d e r a t i o n and
any n e c e s s a r y a c t i o n t h e r e d n .
(4)
The p a r t i c u l a r s o f the names and a d d r e s s e s o f a l l
p e r s o n s or f i r m s f r o m whom t e n d e r s a r e r e c e i v e d i n
a c c o r d a n c e w i t h t h e s e R e g u l a t i o n s and, s o f a r as
p o s s i b l e , the amounts t h e r e o f s h a l l be r e c o r d e d by
tho Town C l e r k i n the m i n u t e s o f the m e e t i n g a t w h i c h
t h e y ar e o p e n e d .
(5)
These R e g u l a t i o n s s h a l l n o t a p p l y t o t e n d e r s f o r the
s u p p l y o f g o d s , the e x e c u t i o n o f w o r k s , or any o t h e r
p u r p o s e , the c o s t o f w h ich i s e s t i m a t e d n o t t o e x c e e d
th e sum o f £ 5 0 . 0 . 0 . ( F i f t y P o u n d s ) .
(6)
These R e g u l a t i o n s s h a l l come i n t o f o r c e when a p p r o v e d
by th e M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l Government and s h a l l rem ain
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i n f o r c e u n t i l a R e s o l u t i o n o f the C o u n c i l t e r m i n a t i n g
same s h a l l have r e c e i v e d th e a p p r o v a l o f th e M i n i s t e r
f o r L o c a l G overn mentIn w i t n e s s w h e r e o f the Common S e a l o f
and B u r g e s s e s
this
of
the Mayor, Alderman
the Borough o f W e x f o r d was h e r e u n t o a f f i x e d
day o f
1948,
i n the p r e s e n c e
of
___ _______________________________ MAY OR
________________________________TOWN CLERK
The f o r e g o i n g R e g u l a t i o n s made i n p u r s u a n c e o f S e c t i o n 28
of
the County Management A c t ,
(R eserved F u n ction s)
Order,
1940 ,
19 48 ,
and the County Management
a r e h e r e b y a p p r o v e d by me,
the M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l Government t h i s
day o f
1948.
MINISTER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
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A m e e t i n g o f the G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s Committee was h e l d t h i s
day a t the Town C l e r k ' s O f f i c e , Town H a l l , W e x f o r d a t h a l f p a s t s e v e n o rc l o c k p.m*
The members p r e s e n t b e i n g : C ou n cillor
James S i n n o t t ,
Mayor
(in
the C h a i r ) .
N icholas Corish*
Counc j l l o r s ^
Byrne>
B u c k la n d ,
H ow lin and M o r r i s .
SYMPATHY.
E i L o r s h i p , The Mayor s p o k e o f the g r e a t l o s s s u s t a i n e d
b y the C hurch and I r e l a n d on the d e a t h o f the l a t e D r.
?aschal R obinson, Papal N uncio.
He went on t o s a y t h a t the
r i n c i o was a v e r y d i s t i n g u i s h e d Ghurchman and £he d oy en o f
the D i p l o m a t i c C orp s i n t h i s c o u n t r y .
He (mayor) had the
p l e a s u r e o f m e e t i n g him on the 7 0 0 t h a n n i v e r s a r y o f the f o n d i n g
o f the F r a n c i s c a n Order i n t h i s t o w n .
He p r o p o s e d t h a t
the sympathy o f the C o r p o r a t i o n be e x t e n d e d to the Churc h
and t o the F r a n c i s c a n O r d e r x p a r t i c u l a i l y , and t h a t t h e y
a d j o u r n t h i s m e e t i n g as a mark o f r e s p e c t .
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne s e c o n d i n g t h i s m o t i o n , s a i d he a l s o had the
h o n o r s o f m e e t i n g the N u n c i o and f o u n d him y e r y u na ssum in g,
a g r e a t Churchman and a g r e a t s t a t e s m a n .
Alderman C o r i s h , C o u n c i l l o r s
V.iems^ives w i t h t h i s vo t e .
M orris,
H o w li n ,
B u ck la n d a s s o c i a t e d
The Cou n ty Manager who had a l s o the p l e a s u r e o f m e e t i n g the
f a p a l N u n c i o , on the o c c a s i o n o f h i s v i s i t t o W e x f o r d , spoke
o f hi.i o u t s t a n d i n g q u a l i t i e s
and e s p e c i a l l y h i s h u m i l i t y ^
ih e Town C l e r k a l s o a s s o c i a t e d h i m s e l f w i t h the
b e h a l f o f the S t a f f .
Vote on
I t was d e c i d e d t h a t the •t'apal f l a g be f l o w n a t h a l f - m a s t
as a n ar k o f r e s p e c t .
The m e e t i n g t h e n te r m i n a t e d \
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ti Uii boiiljeiiiUOA' ,
S t a t u t o r y Heo t i n g o f the C o u n c i l o f the i .o r o u g h o f ' e x f o r d v;as
h e l d t h i s f a y a t the
Town C l e r k ' s O f f i c e , 0?own:..H a l l , W e x f o r d a t
h & l f p.:.st s e v e n o ’ c l o c k , p .m .
a
Members p r e s e n t b 6 &ng
James S i n n o t t ,
Ald e rm e n
E s q , v Mayor ( i n
: N ich olas C orish ,
the C h a i r } .
George Hadden.
C o u n c i l l o r s ; - Thomas B y r n e , Thomas R o c h e , K e v in M o r r i s , James C a u l ,
Thomas B u c k l a n d , F r a n c i s J u l l i m o r e and P a t r i c k M i e r n e y .
The
County Manager and A c t i n g Town ul e r k were a l s o i n a t t e n d a n c e .
MINUTES .
T he f o l l o w i n g M in utes were s u b m i t t e d f o r r a t i f i c a t i o n and s i g n a t u r e ;
M in u tes o f t h e
C o r p o r a t i o n on 9 t h u l t , , M in utes o f the
General
P u r p o s e s Committee on 1 6 th u l t . , 2 3 r d . y l t * . , 3 0 t h u l t .
On the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r G a a l , s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r
Roche the
m i n u t e s as s u b m i t t e d were t a k e n as h a v i n g b e e n r e a d > a p p r o v e d , and
s i g n e d b y the M ayor.
A r i s i n g o u t o f the m i n u t e s C o u n c i l l o r .Tyrne a s k e d when w o u ld
D i s t i l l e r y House be a d v e r t i s e d , and was i n f o r m e d b y the County
Manager, t h a t i r was h i s i n t e n t i o n t o a d v e r t i s e i t t h i s w ee k.
C o u n c i l l o r Myrne a l s o a s k e d what was the p o s i t i o n r e g a r d i n g
i n s t a l l a t i o n o f S a n i t a r y C o n v e n i e n c e s a t '- R o s e Rock,, when t h e County
Manager e x p l a i n e d what had b e e n done up t o the p r e s e n t In t h i s c a s e .
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne a l s o r e f e r r e d t o the q u e s t i o n o f R e l i e f G ra n t s t i n s
y e a r , and a s k e d i f any g r a n t had b e e n made a v a i l a b l e , v/hen he was
i n f o r m e d t h a t the C o r p o r a t i o n had n o t y e t g o t any n o t i f i c a t i o n o f a
gra n t so f a r .
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne p r o p o s e d t h a t I n v ie w o f unemployment
b e i n g on th o upward t r e n d , t h e y s h o u l d c a l l on the Depart men t f o r a
g r a n t , t h i s was s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r Gaul and was p a s s e d
unanim ously•
SYMPATHY.
The Mayor p r o p o s e d a v o t e o f sympathy w i t h Mr. W i l l i a m K eh oe , Town
H a l l , on th e d e a t h o f h i s s i s t e r , t h i s m o t i o n was s e c o n d e d by
C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s , a l l the o t h e r members, County Manager and A c t i n g
Town C l e r k , on b e h a l f o f the s t a f f and on h i s own b e h a l f , a s r o c i a t e f
them selves w ith t h is v o t e .
STREET
LIGHT1IMG.
R e f e r e n c e was made t o the l i g h t i n g a t YTh i t e R oc k View, W o l f g Tone
V i l l a s , D e v e r e u x V i l l a s , and i t was d e c i d e d t o g e t i n t o u c h w i t h th e
E*. S . B* and Gas Works t o have t h i s m a t t e r r e m e d i e d .
Alderm an Hadden as k e d had a n y t h i n g b e e n done y e t , w i t h r e g a r d t o a
s u g g e s t i o n t h a t a r e p o r t be made on the v e n t i l a t i o n o f the C o u n c i l
Chamber, and was i n f o r m e d by the A c t i n g Town C l e r k t h a t no s u c h
r e p o r t had y e t come t o hand*
RELIEF OF RATEPAYERS.
A r e s o l u t i o n f r o m the Galwa y B oroug h C o u n c i l r e q u i r e d " t h a t s e r i o u s
r e p r e s e n t a t i o n s be made t o the Government t o i n t r o d u c e l e g i s l a t i o n
t o come t o the r e l i e f o f the r a t e p a y e r s p a r t i c u l a r l y In the Urban
A r ea s , where the b u r d e n o f r a t e s ha s now become i n t o l e r a b l e a n d t h a t
copdbes o f t h i s r e l o l u t i o n be f b r w a r d e d t o the M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l
Gov ernment, the A s s o c i a t i o n o f M u n i c i p a l A u t h o r i t i e s , and e a c h
M unicipal A u t h o r i t y ” *
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when on the p r o p o s i t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r B y r n e , s e c o n d e d b^ C o u n c i l l o r
G a u l, t h i s p e s o l u t i & n was a d o p t e d u n a n i m o u s l y .
BUILDING
SITES.
Re s o l u t i o n s b y Alderm an C o r i s h and C o u n c i l l o r G a u l, t h a t S i t e s b e
a c q u i r e d f o r th e B u i l d i n g o f f u t u r e h o u s e s was d i s c u s s e d a t l e n ^ i ,
when the Countjn Manager e x p l a i n e d t h .t p l a n s had b e e n p r e p a r e d f o r
th e p a r a d i s e Row a r e a , and B a t t S t r e e t a r e a and p r p p o s a l s a l s o had
b e e n made f o r o t h e r l a n d d , o u t - s i d e the B o r o u g h .
He s u g g e s t e d t h a t
a s m a l l Committee be a p p o i n t e d t o examine t h e v a r i o u s S i t e s i n the
Town and on a p r o p o s i t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r G a u l , s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r
E o c h e , th e f o l l o w i n g Committee was a p p o i n t e d ;
A l d e r m e n t C o r i s h and Hadden.
C o u n c i l l o r s 5 B u c k l a n d , G a u l, M o r r i s , and l i a y o r , the Committee a g r e e d
t o meet a t 7 o 1c l o c k p .m . on F r i d a y the 1 7 t h i n s t . when t h e y w o u l d
v i s i t the v a r i o u s s i t e s w i t h the County i-lanager a nd Bo r o u g h
Surveyor <
TOWN
HALL
SITES.
C o u n c i l l o r I.Iorris p r o p o s e d t h a t the d e c i s i o n o f th e C o r p o r a t i o n ,
b u i l d t h e Town H a l l on the S i t e a t Redmond Pna c e be r e s c i n d e d *
C o u n c i l l o r C ullim ore seconded t h is p r o p o s i t i o n *
to
The Mayor e x p l a i n e d t h a t he was s t i l l o f th e o p i n i o n t h a t
I t was
an i d e a l s i t e f o r a Town H a l l and t h e r e u p o n ' p r o p o s e d a d i r e c t
n e g a t i v e t o C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s *s p r o p o s i t i o n , Alderman C o r i s f t s e c o n d e d
th is p r o p o s itio n .
^ p o l l was t h e r e u p o n
iiaken on C o u n c i l l o r s M o r r i s *
r e s o l u t i o n w h i c h r e s u l t e d as f o ® o w s , f o r :
A ld e rm an Hadden, C o u n c i l l o r s B u c k l a n d , B y r n e ,
and R o c h e . 6 .
A g a i n s t ; Alderm an C o r i s h ,
C o u n c i l l o r s G a u l,
Liorris,
B ierney,
CuiLMimbre-,
and M ayor.
4.
The m o t i o n v/as t h e r e u p o n c a r r i e d #
LOANS FOR
BUILDING
NEW HOUSES
The f o i l - o w i n g r e s o l u t i o n n was q u b m i t t e d f r o m the '^tFhurles Urban
D i s t r i c t C o u n c i l , ,! That as the c o s t o f B u i l d i n g i s s o h e a v y most
l o c a l A u t h o r i t i e s f e e l t h a t , iJ M e s s the l o c a l b u r d e n i s e a s e d
c o n s i d e r a b l y , i t w i l l h o t be p o s s i b l e t o p r o c e e d w i t h the
f u l l heavy
demand f o r h u u ses w h i c h i s b&dng made on a l l C o u n c i l s . T h a f t t h e F i n i s t e r
f o r L o c a l Government
be r e q u e s t e d t o have l e g i s l a t i o n amended t o
p e r m i t t h e payment o f the s u b s i d y o f s i x i $ i ~ s i x two t h i r d s p e r c e n t ,
f o r a l l h o u s e s e r e c t e d by l o c a l
A u th orities",
I t was p o i n t e d ou t t h a t the C o r p o r a t i o n some ti m e a g o , had r e q u e s t e d
t h a t two t h i r d s s u b s i d y be made a v a i l a b l e ' u p t o £ 6 0 0 . b u t m a t e r i a l s
and l a b o u r c o s t s h - d i n c r e a s e d s i n c e then-*
On the p r o p o s a l o f
C o u n c i l l o r B y r n e , s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r R o c h e , i t was a g r e e d t h a t
t h i s r e s o l u t i o n be a d o p t e d ,
STATE
PENSIONERS.
A r e s o l u t i o n f r o m the K i l k e n n y C o r p o r a t i o n was as f o l i H o w s , " t h a t we
r e q u e s t the Government t o g r a n t an immediate i n c r e a s e t o a l l C i v i l
S e r v i c e and o t h e r S t a t e P e n s i o n e r s , t h a t c o p i e s o f t h i s R e s o l u t i o n
be s e n t t o the T a o i s e a c h , the T a n a i s t e and the K v i i s t e r f o r F i n a n c e ,
a l s o t o e a c h L o c a l A u th o r i t y f,* was d i s c u s s e d a t l e n g t h and e v e n t u a l l y
on the ^p r o p o s i t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r B u c k l a n d , s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r
G a u i, i t was a d o p t e d w i t h the f o l l o w i n g a d d i t i o n ^ " t h a t the p e n s i o n s
s h o u l d be b a s e d on s e r v i c e and f i x e d b e f o r e 1 9 4 7 .
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Borough Council
STREET TRADING.
L o t i o n by h i s W or d sh ln tha
H, iv n r
v< ~i r. h
o'-■"»r»rl
4~rs
1qf i
__o f .
-i- - n l
5 (2)
o f Liarket B y e - l a w s was a d j o u r n e d .
LCUIT FOR
A rER VJORIIS IMPROVE! ::,TT SCHEIE
There was s u b m i t t e d f o r e x e c u t i o n on p a r t o f the C o r p o r a t i o n
a Deed o f
o r t g a g e w h e r e b y s e c u r i t y w o u l d be g i v e n t o
C o m m i s s io n e r s o f P u b l i c V/orks i n I r e l a n d f o r repayment o f
l o a n £ 1 2 , 4 0 0 . 0 . 0 . b o r r o w e d f o r th e p u r p o s e o f l a y i n g a
new Main f r o m C o o l r e e t o 7 e x f o r d .
I t was .:ioved by C o u n c i l l o r
Gaul and s e c o n d e d b y C o u n c i l l o r B i e r n e y and r e s o l v e d ; " t h a t
our C o r p o r a t e S e a l be a f f i x e d t o the Deed o f M ortgage o f t h i s
now rea.d, w h e r e b y s e c u r i t y i s g i v e n t o th e Commissi o n e r s o f
P u b l i c Morks i n I r e l a n d f o r the rep ayment o f the Sum o f £ 1 2 , 4 0 0 .
Pounds, p r o p o s e d t o be a d v a n c e d b y them t o us under the L o c a l
Govern ment ( S a n i t a t r y S e r v i c e s ) A c t s 1878 t o 19 48." The M ortg age
Deed was t h e r e u p o n s e a l e d and s i g n e d ’ on b e h a l f o f the C o r p o r a t i o n .
CO-OPT ION IN R00.
OF
a LDERI
; J" KORAN.
C ou n cillor
o r r i s p r o p o s e d t h a t L t . Sean 0 ' F l a h e r t y , be
a p p o i n t e d t o f i l l the v a c a n t s e a t c a u s e d b y t h e r e s i g n a t i o n o f
A lderman Il o r a n .
C o u n c i l l o r C u llim ore seconded th is p r o p o s i t i o n .
T he Mayor p r o p o s e d Mr. M i c h a e l M a r t i n , e x member o f the C o r p o r a t i o n ,
w h i c h p r o p o s a l was s e c o n d e d by Alderman C o r i s h .
The Kayor
went on t o sa y t h a t th e I r i s h La boi r P a r t y had n e v e r r e g a i n e d
the s e a t l o s t t o t h e i r p a r t y , c a u s e d b y th e d e a t h o f th e
L te Alderman R . C o r i s h and f o r t h a t r e a s o n he was now p r o p o s i n g a
member o f t h a t aa r t y .
Alderman Hadden t h o ght t h a t i t was
o n l y i n t e r p r e t i n g th e w i s h e s o f the e l e c t o r a t e t o s e l e c t a
man fro m the p a r t y l o s i n g the s e a t t h e r e o f .
A f t e r s u c h d i s c u s s i o n a p o l l was t a k e n when t h e r e
Mr * 0 1F la. he r t y :
voted fo r
Alderman H ard en, C o u n c i l l o r s B y r n e , R o c h e ,
and C u l l i m o r e .
.
B u ck la n d
orris,
S.
For Mr. - M a r t i n :
Alderman C o r i s h and C o u n c i l l o r s G a u l, D i e r n e y ,
Ur. S .
and M ayor.
4.
O ' F l a l i e r t y was a c c o r d i n g l y a p p o i n t e d t o the s e a t .
H0USING
LOANS.
On the p r e p o s i t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r G a u l, s e c o n d e d b y C o u n c i l l o r
B y r n e , a u t h o r i t y was g i v e n t o r a i s e l o a n s o f £ 1 6 , 5 0 0 . f o r t h e
e r e c t i o n o f 15 h o u s e s a t S l i p p e r y Green and on th e p r o p o s a l
o f Alderman C o r i s h , s e c o n d e d b y C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s , a u t h o r i t y was
g i v e n t o r a i s i n g o f l o a n o f £ 9 1 , 0 0 0 . ‘ f o r the e r e c t i o n o f 72
houses at S l i p p e r y Green.
The m e e t i n g t h e n t e r m i n a t e d .
C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s c o m p l a i n e d t h a t James Malone o f D a v i t t R oa d ,
S o u t h , had b e e n r e f u s e d employment on the S l i p p e r Green H o u s in g
Scheme and a l l e d g e d t h a t t h i s r e f u s a l was due t o p o l i t i c a l v i c t i m i s a t i o n .
I t was a ^ r e e " t o o b t a i n a w r i t t e n r e p o r t f r o m the H o u s in g E n g i n e e r .
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20th September,
1948
A m e e t i n g o f the G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s Committee o f
th e C o r p o r a t i o n
was h e l d t h i s day a t the Town C l e r k ’ s O f f i c e , Town H a l l , W e x fo r d
a t h a l f - p a s t s e v e n o Tc l o c k p .m .
The members p r e s e n t b e i n g ; James S i n n o t t , E s q . ,
Hayor
(in
the C h a i r ) .
Alderman C o r i s h and Hadden.
C ou n cillors:
O’ F l a h e r t y , C u l l i m o r e ,
and B u c k la n d .
M orris, B y r n e , B ierney,
The County Manager, B o r o u g h S u r v e y o r and Tov/n C l e r k were a l s o
in a tte n d a n ce .
SYi PATHY.
At the o u t s e t the Mayor p r o p o s e d t h a t the sympathy o f the
C o r p o r a t i o n be e x t e n d e d t o Mr. T hornas J , I L i l l a r , H o u s in g
E n g i n e e r on the d e a t h o f h i s f a t h e r .
C ou n cillor
Byrne
s e c onded the . n o t i o n vh i c h was s u p p o r t e d by a l l the members
p r e s e n t , by th e County Manager, B o r o u g h S u r v e y o r and Town
C l e r k and a d o p t e d i n r e s p e c t f u l s i l e n c e .
WELCOME - ITEV/ I'IETBER .
The Mayor e x t e n d e d a w lecome t o C o u n c i l l o r
0 ’ F l a h e r t y who was
c o - o p t e d t o the C o r p o r a t i o n on the 6 t h i n s t . and who had s i g n e d
the D e c l a r a t i o n o f A c c e p t a n c e o f O f f i c e i n the p r e s e n c e o f
C o u n c i l l o r s C u l l i m o r e and M o r r i s .
PREMISES AT V.’ESTGATE.
A l e t t e r was r e a d f r o m the C o r p o r a t i o n S o l i c i t o r r e g a r d i n g
prem i C0 U cL"tj 0 s t g a t e h e l d under l e a s e f r o m the C o r p o r a t i o n
a t a r e n t o f Z 25. 0 . 0 . p e r annum.
The Lease was f o r a p e r i o d
o f 3 l y e a r s f r o m 1s J November, 1932 and c o n t a i n e d a c o v e n a n t to
keep i n b e i n g th e P u b l i c a n ’ s L i c e n c e a t t a c h e d t o th e p r e m i s e s ,
In March, 1936 the C o r p o r a t i o n o b t a i n e d an e j e c t m e n t d e c r e e
a g a i n s t the th e n l e s s e e , -Mr. P a t r i c k McCabe, w h i c h was d u l y
e x e c u t e d , and j r . McCabe moved i n t o the d w e l l i n g house and
p rem is es a d j o i n i n g , and a p p l i e d t o have the L i c e n c e r e s t r i c t e d
t o t h a t p r e m i s e s , and c a r r i e d on the L i c e n s e d b u s i n e s s th t h e s e
prem ises s o l e l y .
T h i s r e s t r i c t i o n was g r a n t e d and th e p r e m i s e s
th e s u b j e c t o f the Lease c e a s e d t o be L i c e n s e d .
In November,
1936 the N a t i o n a l Bank L t d . , as M o r t g a g e e s o f the La te Mr.
McCabe’ s p re i s e s a p j l i e d f o r and were g r a n t e d an Order o f
r e s t i t u t i o n i n r e s p e c t o f the p r e m i s e s and p a i d up the a r r e a r s
of rent due.
I he S o l i c i t o r s o f t h e N a t i o n a l Bank had now w r i t t e n t o the
C o r p o r a t i o n S o l i c i t o r t o know i f , i n th e c . r c u r n s t a n c e s , the
C o r p o r a t i o n w o u ld e x e c u t e an e n d o r s e m e n t on the Lea se w a i v i n g
the Covenant f o r u s e r o f the p r e m i s e s c o m p r i s e d i n t h a t Lease
as L i c e n s e d p r e m i s e s .
The p o s i t i o n now a p p e a r e d t o be t h a t th e Bank had r e c e i v e d a
p r o p o s a l f o r the p u r c h a s e o f t h e s e p r e m i s e s by M e s s r s . Nunn c; Co
M a l s t e r s , b u t b e f o r e c ample t i n g the purcha.se M e s s r s . Nunn
I n s i s t e d on a w a i v e r o f t h e c o v e n a n t r e g a r d i n g th e m a in t e n a n c e
of a p u b lica n ’ s L icen ce.
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W & *9
The w hole q u e s t i o n r e s o l v e d i t s e l f t o one o f s e c u r i t y f o r th e
r e n t and i t was u n a n i m o u s l y d e c i d e d , on the m o t i o n of the 11a y o r ,
s e c o n d e d b y C o u n c i l l o r B u ck la n d t o a g r e e t o e x e c u t e the w a i v e r
r e q u e s t e d b y th e Bank i f t h e C o r p o r a t i o n S o l i c i t o r was s a t i s f i e d
th at t h e r e was ample s e c u r i t y by the new t e n a n t s f o r the r e n t o f
th e p r e m i s e s ,
SUBSTITUTION - TIMBER FOR STEEL SASHES.
With r e f e r e n c e t o p r e v i o u s d i s c u s s i o n s on the s u b j e c t o f t h e
s u b s t i t u t i o n o f tim ber f o r s t e e l sashes in the 1 l houses in
c o u r s e o f c o n s t r u c t i o n a t S l i p p e r y G re e n , t h e Town C l e r k r e a d
the f o l l o w i n g m in u te o f a C o n f e r e n c e h e l d on th e 1 6 th i n s t . on t h i s
sub je c t : "16th Septem ber,
1948.
A d v e r t i n g t o :i..nutes o f m e e t in g o f Housing C o n s u l t a t i v e
C o u n c i l h e l d on 2 4 t h u l t i m o
when a d i s c u s s i o n t o o k p l a c e on th e
use o f s t e e l s a s h e s i n th e 78 h o u s e s i n c o u r s e o f e r e c t i o n at
S l i p p e r y Green and when Mr. H o w l i n , as Chairman o f the W e x f o r d
T rad es C o u n c i l , s u g o - s t ed t h a t he s h o u l d a r r a n g e a C o n f e r e n c e
b e t w e e n O f f i c i a l s o f the C a r p e n t e r s ’ S o c i e t y , O f f i c i a l s o f the
C o r p o r a t i o n and O f f i c i a l s o f the D epart ment o f Loca}. Government
w i t h a v i e w t o s e t t l i n g th e d i f f e r e n c e w hich had a r i s e n , s u c h a
c o n f e r e n c e was h e l d t h i s day a t the Town C l e r k ' s O f f i c e a t 8 . 3 0
p .m.
I 'r. John H o w l m , Chairman o f the W e x f o r d T r a d e s ’ C o u n c i l p r e s i d e d
and the o t h e r s p r e s e n t w e r e : R epresentin^ the j a r p e n t e r s ’ S o c i e t y : - M essrs. BcB ntee, O rganiser,
Wm. T c G r a t h , D en is L a c e y , J a s . Browne and J . P a r l e .
R e p r e s e n t i n g W e x f o r d C o r p o r a t i o n : - T . I>. S i n n o t t , County Manager;
T . J . M i l l a r , H o u sin g E n g i n e e r ;
and John J . B y r n e , iow n C l e r k ,
who a c t e d as S e c r e t a r y t o the m e e t i n g .
R e p r e s e n t i n g the B i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l G o v e r n m e n t : - Brendan C o r i s h ,
Parliam entary S e c r e t a r y ;
and M a r t i n S c o t t , H o u s i n g I n s p e c t o r .
The Chairman op e ned the p r o c e e d i n g s b y s e t t i n g o u t the f a c t s w h i c h
l e d up t o the d i s p u t e and Mr. McEntee s e t out the v r i o u s o b j e c t i o n s
o f t h e C a r p e n t e r s t o th e use o f s t e e l windows a d m i t t i n g at the
same time t h a t t i m b e r s a s h e s w ould be d e a r e r .
The County Manager,
on b e h a l f o f the C o r p o r a t i o n O f f i c i a l s , i n t i m a t e d t h a t the q u e s t i o n ,
s o f a r as t h e y w e r e c o n c e r n e d , r e s o l v e d i t s e l f :_nt o h a v in g much n e e d e d h o u s e s e r e c t e d w i t h th e l e a s t p o s s i b l e d e l a y and a t th e
lowest p o s s ib le c o s t .
Mr. IIcGrath s t a t e d t h a t h i s o b j e c t i o n was
m a in l y b a s e d on the l o w e r i n g o f t h e s t a n d a r d o f c r a f t s m e n a s , he
p o i n t e d o u t , a p p r e n t i c e s wer e n o t g e t t i n g th e e x p e r i e n c e o f s e e i n g
t i m b e r s a s h e s made, w i t h t h e r e s u l t t h a t when t h e y c o m p l e t e d t h e i r
a p p r e n t i c e s h i p t h e y were u n a b l e t o c a r r y o u t an i m p o r t a n t work i n
their trade.
The H o u s i n g E n g i n e e r i n t i m a t e d t h a t t h e e x t r a c o s t o f
p r o v i d i n g tim b er s a s h e s would be £ 1 , 3 8 9 i n r e s p e c t o f th e 72 h o u s e s .
A q u e s t i o n o f th e number o f c a r p e n t e r s a v a i l a b l e
s a s h e s and c a r r y out th e o t h e r c a r p e n t r y work on
a l s o d i s c u s s e d and Mr. McEntee, on b e h a l f o f t h e
t h a t a l l the men r e c u s e d would be made a v a i l a b l e
on the o t h e r han d, g u a r a n t e e d employment f o r the
S c h em e .
t o make t h e s e
the scheme was
S o c i e t y , guaranteed
i f th e C o r p o r a t i o n
d u r a t i o n o f the
A f t e r a l e n g t h y d i s c u s s i o n an ad jo u rn m e n t was a g r e e d o n , and Mr.
C o r i s h and Lir. S c o t t i n t e r v i e w e d the r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f the
C a r p e n t e r s S o c i e t y w i t h o u t th e a t t e n d a n c e o f t h e C o r p o r a t i o n O f f i c i a l s .
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A f t e r the a d jo ijr n m e n t Mr. C o r i s h s u g g e s t e d t h a t h a l f o f th e
h o u s e s s h o u l d be c o m p l e t e d w i t h t i m b e r s a s h e s and h a l f w i t h
s t e e l s a s h e s , and he p r o p o s e d t o make su ch a r e c o m m e n d a ti o n
t o t h e M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l G ov ernment.
Eventually i t was a g r e e d t h a t the C a r p e n t e r s 1 R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s
w o u ld r e c o i l end t h e i r S o c i e t y t o a g r e e t o h a l f s t e e l and h a l f
t im b e r s a s h e s , and the Q o r p o r a t i o n R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s u n d e r t o o l : t o mal:e
a s i m i l a r r e c o m m e n d a t i o n t o th e C o r p o r a t i o n , and on the
C a r p e n t e r s a g r e e i n g t o s u p p l y a l l th e C a r p e n t e r s r e q u i r e d b y
the C o r p o r a t i o n th e County Manager under t o o l : t o g u a r a n t e e employment
f o r the d u r a t i o n o f the H ou sin g Schemes and t o examine th e
p o s s i b i l i t y o f c r e a t i n g a permanent s t a f f o f j o i n e r s t o make
windows , , c . f o r th e v a r i o u s h o u s i n g schemes i n c o n t e m p l a t i o n .
On the m o t i o n o f th e Chairman, s e c o n d e d b y ~'T « Browne, a V ote
o f than ks was p a s s e d t o a l l t h o s e who had a t t e n d e d the
C o n f e r e n c e w h i c h then t e r m i n a t e d .
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne r a i s e d s t r o n g o b j e c t i o n t o any co m p ro m is e on
t h i s m a t t e r and t h o u g h t t h a t the C o r p o r a t i o n s h o u l d i n s i s t on t h e
p r o v i s i o n o f t i m b e r s a s h e s , b u t a f t e r some d i s c u s s i o n i t w a s
a g r e e d on a show o f hands b y f i v e v o t e s f o r t o t h r e e a g a i n s t
t o a d o p t t h e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s c o n t a i n e d i n the Minute ab o v e
referred to .
72 HOUSE SCHEME
The Town Cleric s u b m i t t e d a r e p o r t on the c o s t s
p r e s e n t H o u s in g Scheme a t S l i p p e r y G r e e n .
of
th e
From t h i s i t was s e e n t h a t on the b a s i s o f h i s ' e s t i m a t e and
c h a r g i n g a r e n t o f 12/ 6d . p e r week e x c l u s i v e o f r a t e s t h e r e
w ould be a l o s s t o the C o r p o r a t i o n o f a p r o x i m a t e l y C l , 8 0 0 .
per annum.
T h is m a t t e r was d i s c u s s e d a t l e n g t h , and a p r o p o s a l made t o
send a d e p u t a t i o n t o th e M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l Government t o
d i s c u s s t h i s v/h o l e q u e s t i o n o f H o u s i n g F i n a n c e , b u t i t was
e v e n t u a l l y a g r e e d th at th e C o r p o r a t i o n d i s c u s s the m a t t e r on
T u e s d a y , 5 t h O c t o b e r a t 7 . 3 0 p .m . and i n the meantime the
Town C l e r k was t o c i r c u l a t e amongst th e members a c o p y o f
the r e p o r t he had s u b m i t t e d .
V7AIL AT CHILDRENST PLAYGROUND.
With r e f e r e n c e t o a c o m p l a i n t a t a p r e v i o u s m e e t i n g t h a t the
c h i l d r e n a t Maudl i n t o w n were u s i n g the w a l l o f th e p l a y g r o u n d
as a c y c l e t r a c k , the" A c t i n g B o r ou g h S u r v e y o r r e p o r t e d t h a t t o
p r e v e n t t h i s p r a c t i c e w ould r e q u i r e th e e r e c t i o n o f c o n c r e t e
b lo c k s at about three yards apar$.
In c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h i s
r e p o r t the Town C l e r k s t a t e d t h a t the County Manager d i d n o t
recommend thp
on o f b l o c k s as susa-po-hoci W
Engineer
and the p r e s e n t m e e t i n g t h o u g h t t h a t the e r e c t i o n o f b l o c k s w ould
be a g r e a t e r danger t o th e c h i l d r e n , and i t was d e c i d e d t o take
no f u r t h e r a c t i o n i n the m a t t e r .
HORSE
RIVER.
R e f e r r i n g t o a p r e v i o u s c o m p l a i n t r e g a r d i n g the Horse R i v e r
a l e t t e r was r e a d f r o m the A c t i n g B or ou g h S u r v e y o r int. i m a t i n g
t h a t t h o r o u g h c l e a n s i n g o f the r i v e r was c a r r i e d out r e c e n t l y ,
and the s u g g e s t i o n t h a t the r e c e n t f l o d .ng o f t h e s o u t h Main
S t . was due t o t h e a r c h e s f r o m the Rope a l k y a r d t o King S t r e e t
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b e i n g ch ok e d was e n t i r e l y w i t h o u t f o u n d a t i o n .
He had
p e r s o n a l l y ex am in ed the a r c h e s and f o u n d t h e r i v e r p e r f e c t l y
c l e a r r i g h t down t o the Quay.
T h i s gave r i s e t o a d i s c u s s i o n r e g a r d i n g f l o o d i n g a t
two p o i n t s o f th e S o u th Main S t . and i t was u n a n i m o u s l y a g r e e d ,
on the m o t i o n o f Alderman Hadden, s e c o n d e d b y the Mayor, t h a t th e
Borough S u r v e 3Tor submit a r e p o r t and e s t i m a t e o f th e c o s t o f
d e a l i n g w i t h th e s e w era g e a t the two p o i n t s m e n t i o n e d .
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BMPLQYI~ENT GRANTS.
A l e t t e r a d d r e s s e d t o the County Manager f r o m the Department
o f L o c a l Government i n t i m a t i n g t h a t t h e Employment Grant f o r
the B o r o u g h w ould be £ 3 , 2 5 0 . 0 . 0 . , s u b j e c t t o a l o c a l c o n t r i b u t i o n
o f £ 4 6 0 - was r e a d .
S t r o n g d i s s a t i s f a c t i o n was e x p r e s s e d at
the r e d u c t on o f th e Grant b ytj 50^/ and on t h e m o t i o n o f
C o u n c i l l o r B y r n e , s e c o n d e d b y C o u n c i l l o r C u l l i m o r e ^it was a g r e e d
t o a s k the D e p a r t m e n t , i n v ie w o f th e l a r g e number u nem ployed
i n ' V e x f o r d , f o r th e same g r a n t as i n p r e v i o u s y e a r s .
WE,CF0RD H. RE OUR CO v7.SS
ITER^ .
No a c t i o n was t a k e n on a l e t t e r f r o m the Harbour C o m m i s s io n e r s
i n t i m a t i n g , t h a t t h e County C o u n c i l had r e f u s e d t o a t t e n d a
s u g g e s t e d C o n f e r e n c e t o c o n s i d e r the f u t u r e o f t h e W e x f o r d
Harbour *
CONDITION OF *UAYS.
A c o m p l a i n t r e g a r d i n g the c o n d i t i o n o f t h e g u l l i e s and
c h a n n e l s on t h e Quay was r e f e r r e d t o t h e Co. H .O.H . f o r
report *
a
CATTLE MARKET.
A s u g g e s t i o n b y t h e County Manager t h a t th e C o r p o r a t i o n m ig h t
c o n s i d e r the p o s s i b i l i t y o f a c q u i r i n g an e n c l o s e d arrea o f
6 , 1 5 0 s q u a re y a r d s a t Redmond Road
f o r use as a c a t t l e m a r k e t , was
m entioned,
and i t was d e c i d e d t h a t t h e County Manager s h o u l d
examine the m a t t e r f u r t h e r .
SURFACE OF KEYEF.1S LANE9
S '"'ST PL-.CE
a
ALLEN STREET .
The Mayor drew the a t t e n t i o n o f the B o r o u g h S u r v e 3^or t o the
c o n d i t i o n o f th e s u r f a c e o f K e y s e r ’ s Lane, Emmet P l a c e ajid
A l l e n S t . and r e q u e s t e d th at some r e p a i r s b e c a r r i e d o u t .
The a t t e n t i o n o f th e S u r v e y o r was a l s o d i r e c t e d t o the f a c t t h a t
Emmet P l a c e was n o t b e i n g swept r e g u l a r l y .
N UISANCE AT STONE BRIDGE.
C o m p la in t was made by C o u n c i l l o r C u l l i m o r e t h a t a g r a v e n u i s a n c e
e x i s t e d a t S t o n e B r i d g e Lane owing t o th e e x i s t e n c e o f some
d e r e l i c t house t h e r e w h i c h were the s u b j e c t o f a C l e a r a n c e
Order a number o f y e a r s a g o , and i t was d e c i d e d , on the m o t i o n
o f AH erman C o r i s h , s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r B i e r n e y t o take
s t e p s t o have t h e owners o f the p r o p e r t y c l e a r and l e v e l th e S i t e .
APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO PRINT AN
0^'r ICIA L GUIDE OF yEEO-UrO.
An a p p l i c a t i o n f r o m M e s s r s . E. J . Burrow c- ^ o . L t d . f o r
p e r m i s s i o n t o p r i n t an o f f i c i a l g u i d e o f W e x f o r d was r e f u s e d .
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MEMORIAL FROM RESIDENTS OF S£A VET.:
AVENUE.
R e f e r e n c e was made t o a m em o ria l s u b m i t t e d some months ag o b y
the r e s i d e n t s o f Sea View Avenue and a r e p o r t was r e a d f r o m
the B o r o u g h S u r v e y o r t o the e f f e c t t h a t t h i s was p r i v a t e
p r o p e r t y , and the C o r p o r a t i o n c o u l d n o t i n t e r f e r e , b u t i t
was d e c i d e d t o a s k the S a n i t a r y I n s p e c t o r f o r a r e p o r t as t o
w h e t h e r or n o t th e c o n d itio n o f t h e Avenue was i n s a n i t a r y a t t h e
present tim e.
DOOR OF OFFICE - TOWN HA L7 .
C o m p la in t was made by Alderrran Hadden t h a t an Order o f th e
C o r p o r a t i o n some months a g o t o have t be d o o r l e a d i n g t o the
g i r l s ’ o f f i c e i n the Town H a l l r e - h u n g on the o p p o s i t e s i d e ,
had n o t b en c a r r i e d o u t , b u t i t was d e c i d e d t o a w a it f o r some
time t o see i f t h e new p a r t i t i o n e r e c t e d i n t h e o u t e r o f f i c e
w ould o b v i a t e the n eed f o r h a n g in g t h e d o o r .
C.■■UNO1L CHAIXER- SOUND PROOF,
C o m p la in t was a l s o made b y Alderm an Harden t h a t no a t t e m p t
had y e t b e e n made t o t r y and make t h e C o u n c i l Chamber sou nd
p r o o f , and the Alderman o f f e r e d t o s u p p l y h i m s e l f th e n e c e s s a r y
b l a n k e t s t o c a r r y o u t an e x p e r i m e n t o f h a n g i n g b l a n k e t s o v e r tl:
d o o r , w i t h a v ie w t o k e e p i n g o u t the sound o f d a n c e bands i n tii
a d j o i n i n g room.
VENTILATION OF COUNCIL OIL-. J.JR .
a r e p o r t was r e a d f r o m the P o r o u g h Su rv ey c r on v e n t i l a t i o n o f
t h e C o u n c i l Chamber and i t was d e c i d e d t o i n s t r u c t Mr. l I c N a l l y
to experim ent w it h a system o f v e n t i l a t i o n by the p r o v i s i o n
o f a b O c . r d a b o u t 6 " i n d e p t h i n th e b o t t o m s a s h o f th e w in d o w .
DELAY IN SAN3TIOI35fG PRCPOaJD
PUBLIC' LAVATORY.
o m p l a i n t was a l s o made r e g a r d i n g t h e d e l a y i n s a n c t i o n i n g the
p r o p o s e d p u b l i c l a v a t o r y , and t h e Town C l e r k was a s k e d t o
communicate w i t h the D epart m ent o f L o c a l Government w i t h a
v ie w t o h a v i n g s a n c t i o n e x p e d i t e d .
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4th O ctob er,
1948
A Q u a r t e r l y m e e t i n g o f th e C o u n c i l was h e l d t h i s day
a t the Town C l e r k ' s O f f i c e , Town H a l l , 7 / s x f o r d a t h a l f p a s t se v e n o f c l o c k p } m.
The members p r e s e n t b e i n g ; James S i n n o t t ,
Aldermen:
E sq .,
Mayor,
(in
G e o r g e Hadden and
th e C h a i r ) .
N icholas C orish .
C o u n c i l l o r s : Frank C u l l i m o r e , Thomas B u c k l a n d , Mevin
M o r r i s , Thomas B y r n e , John 0 ! F l a h e r t y , James G a u l, and
P atrick B ierney.
The County Manager and Town C l e r k were a l s o i n a t t e n d a n c e .
MINUTES.
The f o l l o w i n g m in u t es were s u b m i t t e d f o r r a t i f i c a t i o n
and s i g n a t u r e , m i n u t e s o f the C o r p o r a t i o n on 6 t h u l t .
and m in u t e s o f the G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s Committee on th e 2 0 t h
u ltim o.
OBJECTION - COUNCILLOR MORRIS.
A r i s i n g out o f th e m i n u t e s C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s ob e c t e d
t o t h e m in u t e s o f the m e e t i n g o f th e C o u n c i l on th e 61th
u l t i m o b e i n g s i g n e d on th e ground t h e y were i n c o r r e c t
i n as much as no r e f e r e n c e ::ad b e e n made b y t h e A c t i n g
Town C l e r k t o a c o m p l a i n t made by the C o u n c i l l o r , t h a t
James Malone o f D a v i t t R oa d , S o u th had b ee n r e f u s e d
employment on the S l i p p e r y Green H ou sin g s c h e m e , and
C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s had c o n t e n d e d t h a t t h i s r e f u s a l was
due t o p o l i t i c a l v i c t i m i s a t i o n .
The members r s c a l l e d
C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s ’ s c o m p l a i n t w h i c h was made i t the
c l o s e o f the m e e t i n g , and i t had b e e n d e c i d e d t o a s k f o r
a r e p o r t f r o m the H ou sin g E n g i n e e r .
A d i s c u s s i o n t o o k p l a c e as t o w h e t h e r or n o t the M in u tes
s h o u l d be s i g n e d and r e f e r e n c e t o C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s f s
c o m p l a i n t e m b od ie d i n the M in utes o f the c u r r e n t m e e t i n g ,
b u t i t was e v e n t u a l l y d e c i d e d n o t t o s i g n the Minutes
o f t h e 6 th u l t i m o u n t i l th e Town C l e r k had an o p p o r t u n i t y
o f r e c t i f y i n g t i e in by the i n s e r t i o n o f a minute 9 c o v e r i n g
C o u n cillo r M o r r is f s com plain t.
R egarding C o u n c i ll o r
o r r i s Ts c o m p l a i n t i t was
t o i n v e s t i g a t e the m a t t e r a t the m e e t in g o f t h e
P u r p o s e s Committee due t o be h e l d on the l : . t ' i
and t o have i n a t t e n d a n c e the H ousin g E n g i n e e r ,
the sh op s te w a r d and the S e c r e t a r y o f the I r i s h
and G e n e r a l VjorkdrB1 U n i o n .
decided
General
instant,
Mr. M a lo n e ,
Transport
I t was a g r e e d t h a t t h e m i n u t e s o f the 2 0 t h i n s t a n t be
taken as h a v i n g b e e n r e a d , and t h e y were s i g n e d b y th e Mayor.
WAGES OF
OARffi NTERS .
The County Manager r e f e r r e d t o a s t a t e m e n t he had made
a t the l a s t m e e t i n g t h a t th e wages o f c a r p e n t e r ' s w e r e
£ 7 . 18 . 0 . p e r week.
A t the time t h a t t h i s q u e s t _ o n
was as k e d he had t u r n e d t o th e B o r o u g h S u r v e y o r who had
made a m en ta l c a l c u l a t i o n and had now a d m i t t e d he wars
wrong.
The County Manager t h e r e f o r e a p o l o g i s e d f o r
the e r r o r and s t a t e d t h a t t h e c o r r e c t wages o f c a r p e n t e r s
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Alderman G o r i s h r e f e r r e d t o a d i s c u s s i o n a t a p r e v i o u s
m e e t i n g r e g a r d i n g R e l i e f G ra nts and c o n t r a d i c t e d th e
s t a t e m e n t made a t t h a t m e e t i n g , t h a t th e Gr n t s f o r
1948 had b e e n r e d u c e d b y 50/?
T h i s gave r i s e t o a
d i s c u s s i o n , d u r i n g w h . c h v a r i o u s o p i n i o n s '.*;ere g i v i n ,
and i t was e v e n t u a l l y d e c i d e d th a t th e Town C l e r k s h o u 1d
l a y on the t a b l e
a t the ne~:t m e e t i n g a l i s t o f G ra nts
r e c e i v e d by the C o r p o r a t i o n f o r 1 9 4 6 / 7 and 1 9 4 7 / 8 .
0 HOTELS CT. rUAYS.
In r e p l y t o C o u n c i l l o r I l o r r i s th e Tovm C l e r k s t a t e d
t h a t he had r e c e i v e d a r e p o r t f r o m the E o r o u g h P u r v e y o r
on th e c o n d i t i o n o f t h e c h a n n e l s and g u l l i e s on the Quays
and an o r d e r had b e e n made t o draw th e a t t e n t i o n c f the
Harbour C o m m i s s io n e r s
t o t h e i r c o n d i t i o n , and r e q u e s t
them t o have them c l e a n e d *
PROPOSED ERECT' CI~ CF PUBLIC CONVENE-Jr.E.
In r e p l y t o Alderman -'or.mh as t o what was the p o s i t i o n
r e g a r d i n g the p r o p o s e d pu’ l i e l a v a t o r y , t h e Tour. C l e r k
i n t i m a t e d t h a t he r e c e i v e d a t e l e p h o n e message t h a t
e v e n i n g f r o m the Departmen t t o th e e f f e c t t h a t ^ l e t t e r
would i s s u e t h a t d a y , and w o u l d s t a t e t h a t t h e P la n s
f u r n i s h e d were u n s u i t a b l e i n a number cf p a r t i c u l a r s .
The c o n t a i n e d no p r o v i s i o n f o r v e n t i l a t i o n or the l i g h t i n g
o f th e i n t e r i o r o f th e s t r u c t u r e , and th e a b s e n c e o f
b a f f l e w a l l s w ould make th e compartment v i s i b l e t o
passersby.
Having r e g a r d t o t h e i m p o r t a n c e o f p r o v i d i n g
a s t r u c t u r e o f p l e a s i n g a p p e a r a n c e and one v/h c h was
s u i t a b l e i n a l l r e s p e c t s i t was su^ge stec" t h a t t h e
C o r p o r a t i o n might c o n s i d e r the d e s i r a b i l i t y o f a p p o i n t i n g
an A r c h i t e c t f o r the p r e p a r a t i o n o f P l a n s .
The p r e s e n t
m eeting c o u l d n ot see t h e i r
way t o a p p o i n t i n g an
A r d h i t e c t , w h i c h , i n t h e l r . ^ p i n i o n , w o u l d c a u se f u r t h e r
u n n e c e s s a r y d e l a y i n p r o v i d i n g t h i s much n e e d e d c o n v e n i e n c e
and d e c i d e d t h a t the l o r o u g h S u r v e y o r s h o u l d be a s k e d
t o amend h i s P2an t o
p l y w i t h the
observation s of
the D e p a r t m e n t, and t h a t t h e y s h o u l d be r e s u b m i t t e d
f o r sa n ction w ithout d e la y .
STOITEERIEC-.-E I AFE.
In r e p l y t o C o u n c i l l o r ^ u l l .more th e Town C l e r k i n t i mated
t h a t he was making i n q u i r i e s as t o th e name and a d d r e s s
o f t h e ov/ner o f p o r t on o f the p r o p e r t y a t St i n e b r :.dge
Lane w i t h
a vie w t o t a k i n g s t e p s t o have the derm; x t
S i t e s th ere c l e a r e d and l e v e l l e d .
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jl
J)±-jLJ«
The f o l lo w in g a c k n o w le d g e m e n ts o f v o t e s c f sympath y
p a s s e d on the d e a t h o f m r c h b i s h o p R o b i n s o n , P a p a l
N u n c i o , were r e c e i v e d f r o m His E x c e l l e n c } ? ’, G in o P a r a ,
and R e v . F r . C h a r l e s , O.F
v I h a s t e n t o a c k n o w le d g e w i t h many than ks
our l e t t e r
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o f y e s t e r d a y t r a n s m i t t i n g the r e s o l u t i o n 01 sympathy
p a s s e d by the W e x f o r d C o r p o r a t i o n on th e d e a t h o f His
E x c e l l e n c y , Most R e v , D r . P a s c h a l R o b i n s o n O.F>;
N uncio A p o s t o l i c , R . I . P .
I w o u ld be v e r y g r a t e f u l i f y o u w o u ld c o n v e y my g r a t i t u d e
t o the members o f the C o r p o r a t i o n f o r t h e i r c o n d o l e n c e
on t h i s sad o c c a s i o n and I s h a l l f o r w a r d t h e i r k i n d
message t o th e H o l y F a t h e r .
I know i t w i l l g l a d d e n
the h e a r t o f H i s H o l i n e s s t o lea-rn o f t h i s t r i b u t e o f
d e v o t i o n and l o y a l t y t o the H oly S e e .
I would l i k e a l s o t o add a work cf g r a t i t u d e t o y o u f o r
y o u r k in d e x p r e s s i o n o f g r i e f w h i c h I a p p r e c i a t e d v e r y
Much. ?l
"Please
c o n v e y t o the 1'/ e x f o r d C o r p o r a t i o n the s i n c e r e
thanks o f th e I r i s h F r a n c i s c a n s f o r t h e i r v e r y k..nd
v o t e o f sympathy on the d e a t h o f t h e T o s t Rev* P a s c h a l
R ob in son , O .F .I'. ( R . I . P . )
We a p p r e c i a t e the t h o u g h t f u l f i e s s and k i n d n e s s o f our
g o o d f r i e n d s , the members o f the Wexf o r (^Corpora t . on,
i n moving su ch a r e s o l u t i o n , as
a ls o th eir fee lin g
a l l u s i o n t o the l a t e N u n c i o ( R . I . P . )
W ith rene w e d thanks and ' e s t w i s h e s t o y o u r s e l f . "
Ac know l e d g e ments were
I s o r e c e i v e d f r o m I ; e s s r s .. T h o m s
J . M i l l a r , and W i l l i a m K c h o e , and the f a m i l y o f t h e l a t e
Mury J . K i n s e l l a .
CORRES POITDENJ E
a c k n o w le d g e m e n t s were a l s o r e a d f r o m th e Departmen t o f
L o c a l Government r e H ou sin g S u b s i d y and the ;•-epart: _ent
of Finance re i n c r e a s e o f Pensions t o C i v i l O e r i n t s , e t c .
ir. 30RT,v..I0r OF COAL
A l e t t e r was r e a d f r o m C o r a s IOmpair E i r e a n n s e t t i n g ou t
the r e a s o n s why i t would n o t be an e c o n o m i c a l p r o p o s i t i o n
t o i m p o r t t h e i r c o a l r e q u i r e m e n t s t h r o u g h the p o r t s o f
R o s s l a r e and W e x f o r d J and w h i l s t t h e members a g r e e d t h a t
i t would n o t be p o s s i b l e t o b r i n g i n l a r g e q u a n t itife<
o f c o a l I n t o W e x fo r d t h e r e was n o r e a s o n why i t c o u l d
n o t be b r o u g h ^ r i n t o R o s s l a r e H a r b o u r , and on tho
s u g g e s t i o n o f Alderman C o r i s h , I t was d e c i d e d t o p r e s s
C oras I o m p a i r E i r e a n n t o i m p o r t sd me o f t h e i r c o a l
req u irem en ts through R o s s la r e Harbour.
LIGHTS AT DEVEREAUX VILIAS
a ND
WHITE ROCK VI_T:.b WOLFE
T o r e y t* -fZ S 7 ~
A l e t t e r was r e a d f r o m the E l e c t r i c i t y S u p p l y Boa rd
r e g a r d i n g an e x t e n s i o n o f the p u b l i c l i g h t i n g s y s t e m t o
D e v e re a u x V i l l a s , White R o ck View and W o l f e Tone V i l l a s ,
and i n t i m a t e d t h a t ow i n g t o an a c u t e s h o r t a g e o f b r a c k e t s
t h e y were u n a ble a t p r e s e n t t o c a r r y out an e x t e n s i o n ,
b u t as so o n as the p o s i t i o n im p ro v e d the C o r p o r a t i o n ' s
r e q u i r e m e n t s would r e c e i v e - im m ediate a t t e n t i o n *
. .
GAS LIGHTING.
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A t t e n t i o n was a l s o c a l l e d t o th e g a s l i g h t i n g i n ' o l f e
Tone V i l l a s a r e a and i t was d e c i d e d t o r o u e s t the Gas
Co. t o make an i m p r o v e m e n t .____________________________________
ELECTRICITY VALUATION TARIFF.
C o m p la in t was a l s o made r e g a r d i n g the p r e s e n t h i g h
v a l u a t i o n c h a r g e s f o r e l e c t r i c i t y and i t was a g r e e d
t o r e q u e s t the E l e c t r i c i t y S u p p l y 3 ° a r d t o c o n s i d e r the
p o s s i b i l i t y o f making a r e d u c t i o n .
CEMETERY
STAFF.
The m e e t i n g t h e n p r o c e e d e d w i t h the A g en d a, and t h e
f i r s t m a t t e r was a q u e s t i o n by Alderman C o r i s h r e g a r d i n g
the S t a f f a t S t . I-'-'ar 1s C e m e t e r y .
Alderman Cor s h
p o i n t e d out t h a t f o r some time p a s t i t had b e e n n e c e s s a r y
t o s end a member o f th e permanent S t a f f t o t h e C em ete ry
whenever a g r a v e had t o be open ed or c l o s e d , and a f t e r
some d i s c u s s i o n i t was a g r e e d , on the m o t . o n o f
Alderman
C o r i s h , s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r Gaul t o r e q u e s t the County
Manager t o examine and r e p o r t on t h e p r e s e n t C em etery S t a f f .
DERELICT SITES.
Alderman Hadden r a i s e d the q u e s t i o n o f th e a c q u i s i t i o n
o f D e r e l i c t S i t e s and the c o 3 t s i n v o l v e d i n o p e r a t i n g
the A c t o f 10 40 , and p r o p o s e d t h a t r e p r e s e n t a t i o n s be
made t o the M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l Government p o i n t i n g out
the d i f f i c u l t i e s the C o r p o r a t i o n had e x p e r i e n c e d o p e r a t ­
i n g the A c q u i s i t i o n ofl D e r e l i c t S i t e s A c t , 1940 w i t h a
r e q u e s t t h a t the p r o c e d u r e be s i m p l i f i e d .
C ou n cillor
Gaul s e o o n d e d t h i s m o t i o n w h i c h v/as a g r e e d
bo.
REPORT PROI.! HOUSING SITES 1 COLZKITT 3S.
A r e p o r t f r o m a s p e c i a l Committee who had examined
Hou sing S i t e s recommended the a c q u i s i t i o n o.C 74 a c r e s o f
la n d o u t s i d e t h e B or o u g h f o r the a c c o m m o d a ti o n o f GG4
h o u s e s , an d t h a t the p e r m i s s i o n o f t h e ' V e x f o r 0. County
C o u n c i l be s o u g h t t o t h e a c q u i s i t i o n o f t he l a n d m
guestion.
Th_s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n was u n a n i m o u s l y ac-opted
on th e m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r B y r n e, s e c o n d e d b y H-'S
Wor s h i p t he I,lay or .
EXTENSION OF -.PROUGH BOUNDER LJS .
A s e c o n d r e c o u . i e n d a t i o n f r o m the same s p e c i a l Committee
was t o the e f f e c t t h a t the C o r p o r a t i o n take immeax. te
s t e p s t o e x t e n d t h e Borough B o u n d a ry , and on the
otion
o f Alderman C o r i s h , s e c o n d e d by wC o u n c i l l o r B y r n e , i t
was a g r e e d t h a t th e B or ou g h S u r v e y o r s h o u l d p r e p a r e a
P r e l i m i n a r y Hap, a nd t h a t a s p e c i a l m e e t i n g be c a l l e d
t o examine t h i s , and d e c i d e what a d d i t i o n s were n e c e s s a r y
t o the tow n .
HOUSING ASSOCIATION.
A l e t t e r f r o m the Emergency H ousin g A s s o c i a t i o n was
marked Mr e a d . M
RESOLUTI N - CASK ILL URBAN DISTRICT
*~
00OTr* l I -~
A r e s o l u t i o n f r o m the C a s h e l Urban D i s t r i c t C o u n c i l
p r o t e s t i n g a g a i n s t the p r o p o s e d new L i c e n c i n g B i l l , was
a d o p t e d on the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r R o c h e , s e c o n d e d
by C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s .
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PUZLIC AARKET.
A m o t i o n by His .'/o rsh ip the Mayor t h a t p o r t i o n o f the
Market Bye-Lav;s c o n s t i t u t i n g the Main S t . and the
B u l l R i n g as a p u b l i c m a r k e t , be d e l e t e d w i t h a v ie w
t o p r e v e n t i n g S t r e e t T r a d i n g , v;as d i s c u s s e d a t l e n g t ' -■
and as the f l a t t e r had b e en b e f o r e the r e c c n t C o n f e r e n c e
o f the A s s o c i a t i o n o f M u n i c i p a l A u t h o r i t i e s and r e f e r r e d t o
the E x e c u t i v e o f t h a t Aody f o r s p e c i a l s t u y , i t v/ g s
d e c i d e d t o a d j o u r n t h e m a t t o r s in e d i e .
PROGR 13S REPORT .
A p r o g r e s s r e p o r t f r o m t h e H o u s in g E n g i n e e r i n r e s p e c t
o f th e 72 and 16 house Schemes a t S l i p p e r y G r e e n , was
r e a d and c o n s i d e r e d s a t i s f a c t o r y .
CLERICAL STAFF - HOUSES.
A r i s i n g out o f t h e s e r e p o r t s C o u n c i l l o r Ayrne a s !:e d i f
a r e p o n t a p p o i n t m e n t had b e e n made t o the C l e r i c a l
S t a f f on the h o u s e s , and he was i n f o r m e d t h a t the o n l y
ap p o i n t m e n t made had be e n as a r e s u l t o f a o o i .i p o ti ti .v e
e x a m i n a t i o n i n th e County Some months a g o .
Com p la in t was a l s o
ade r e ^ r d i n g the l e t t i n g o f f o f
men on m o r n in g s when a s l i g h t r a i n f a l l o c c u r r e d , and
i t was i n s t a n c e d on S a t u r d a y m or n in g l a s t t h a t th e men
c o u l d have commenced work a t 9 o ' c l o c k .
I t was d e c i d e d
t o draw t h e a t t e n t i o n o f the H ou sin g Eng-.necr t o t h i s , m a t t e r .
RECEPTION AND E~AM I N A T jN OF TEiTOEA „ .
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne r e f e r r e d t o the R e g u l a t .one a d o p t e d
some time a g o r e g a r d i n g th e r e c e p t i o n and e x a m i n a t i o n
o f t e n d e r s and asked why the p r o c e d u r e l a i d down i n
t h e s e r e g u l a t i o n s ha d n o t b e e n c a r r i e d o u t , and t e n d e r s
f o r housl ng m a t e r i a l s s u b m i t t e d t o the C o r p o r a t i o n .
The Town C l e r k r e p l i e d t h a t th e t e n d e r s r e f e r r e d t o b y
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne had a c t u a l l y b e e n o p e n ed prior t o the
a d o p t i o n o f t h e s e r e g u l a t i o n s , and as w e l l t h a t the
r e g u l a t i o n s had no b i n d i n g e f f e c t u n t i l t h e y r e c e i v e d
the a p p r o v a l o f the F i n . s t e r f o r L o o a l Gov ern ment.
Such
a p p r o v a l had n o t y e t b e e n r e c e i v e d .
T he C ou n ty Manager f u r t h e r a g r e e d t o l a y th e t e n d e r s
r e c e i v e d f o r . n a t e r i a l s on t h e t a b l e a t th e n e x t a o o t i n g .
STEEL SASHES.
Length y
P e c r s on
d ispu te
sashe s ,
m a tt e r .
c o r r e s p o n d e n c e was r e a d f r o m M e s s r s . Sm it h and
and th e C o n g r e s s o f I r i s h Unions r e ^ a r .l„n o the
tecl
w i t h th e C a r p e n t e r ’s Union o v e r th e use Of iiU
b u t i t was d e c i d e d t o take no a c t .on i n t h e
^MAINTENANCE OF HARBOUR.
A l e t t e r f r o m the 'Vexford Harbour C o m m i s s io n e r s r e q u e s t i n g
the C o r p o r a t i o n t o maAe a ‘ Grant tow a rd s the m a in t e n a n c e
o f the Harbour v/as r e a d , and a f t e r s ome d i s c u s s i o n
i t was d e c i d e d t o ask the Harbour Commiss i o n e r s t o s e n d
an a p p l i c a t i o n t o the C o r p o r a t i o n v; i t h d e f i n i t e p r o p o s a l s
fif what work th ey p r o p o s e d t o c a r r y out f r o m the Grange.
The m e e t in g t h e n t e r m i n a t e d .
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5th O ctober,
1940,
A s p e c i a l m e e t i n g o f th e G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s C o ^ n i t t e e was
h e l d t h i s day a t the Town C l e r k s O f f i c e , Town H a l l ,
eidTorti,
a t ha I f - p a s t s e v e n o * c l o c k p*.d.
The members p r e s e n t . e :. n '_ :His W o r s h i p ,
the Hay o r ,
i n the C h a i r .
A l d e r mn G o r i s h and Hadden:
C ou n cillors;
Roahe,
B ierney,
J*F laherty.
T he m e e t i n g had be en c o n v e n e d t o c o n s i d e r a r e p o r t lade
by the Town C l e r k on the 3 0 t h u l t i m o r e g a r d i n g t h e e s t i m a ted
A l l - i n - c o s t f o r tfye 88 h o u s e s a t p r e s e n t i n c o u r s e o f c o n s t r u c t i o n
at S l i p p e r y Green.
Copy o f the Town J l e r k * s r e p o r t i s a t t a c h e d
t o t h e s e minute s .
The m e e t i n g gave t h i s m a t t e r v o r y s e r i o u s c o n s i d e r a t i o n and
tool: s t r o n g e x c e p t i o n t o t h e f a c t t h a t once t h e C orporat on
s t a r t e d t o e r e c t h o u s e s b e f o r e the d e v e lo p m e n t o f the - i t e w s
c o m p l e t e d , the Depart ment w i t h d r e w the employment Schemes
0 rant w h i c h had b e e n o r i g i n a l l y made f o r t h i s d e v e l o p m e n t .
The members c o n s i d e r e d t h a t . f t h r o u g h t h e i r e a g e r n e s s t o
e r e c t much n e e d e d h o u s e s t h e y had s t a r t e d t h i s worl: -.s soon
as was p o s s i b l e , t h a t i t was n o t e u i t a b l e t h e y s h . u l d be
penal i s ed b y l o s s o f the Grant and c o n s i d e r e d t h a t the
s u b s t i t u t i o n o f t h e T r a n s i t i o n a l D e v e lo p m e n t Grant had : e c n
c o m p e n s a te d f o r the l o s s o f th e D ev elo p m en t G r a n t , and m
t h e i r o p i n i o n th e T r a n s i t i o n a l Grant was i n t e n d e d
t o meet
th e g r e a t l y i n c r e a s e d c o s t s o f b u i l d i n g .
T he s e c o n d q u e s t i o n ta k e n up was th e amount - o f t h e T r a n s i t i o n a l
Development. G ra nt, and th e T o r n C l e r k i n t i m a t e d t h a t he had
no o f f i c i a l word as t o what uhe G ' r a n t w ould be" \e yond the f a c t
t h a t he had bee n p a i d a t the r a t e o f £ 3 0 0 . 0 . 0 . p e r h o use i n
r e s p e c t o f the 16 Housfe Scheme.
Tlie t } i i r d / q u e s t i o n ta ken up w~.s t h a t o f the d e d u c t i o n r± s u b s i d y ,
and t h e . memberspc o n s i d e r e d tipat t he #l i m i t o f £350* 0 . 0 p e r
.bouse, on v/hich" s u b s i d y ' w o u l d > be p a i d was* much t o o s m a l l h a v i n g
regard to present b u ild in g c o s t s .
.
A f t e r a g e n e r a l d i s c u s s i o n i t wac d e c i d e d t h a t the Town C?.erk
s h o u l d ^ e ^ a r e a memorandum o f p o i n t s t o b e ,,r a d e t o th e L ' i n i s t e r
f o r L o c a l / o n t h i s q u e s t i o n o f H o u sin g F i n a n c e , f o r c o n s i d e r a t i o n
by a f u r t h e r m e e t i n g o f the C o m m itt e e .
©: Wexford Borough Council
B O R O U G H
0 F
WE X FORD.
Town C l e r k * s O f f i c e ,
Town H a l l , W e x f o r d .
3 0 th S e p t e m b e r ,
A Chara,
As
g i v e you
t i o n and
together
r e n t and
(A)
r e q u e s t e d by th e G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s C o m m i t t e e , I
h e r e u n d e r the e s t i m a t e d A l l - i n c o s t o f th e a c q u i s i ­
d e v e l o p m e n t o f the H o u s i n g S i t e a t S l i p p e r y G r e e n ,
w i t h e r e c t i o n o f 88 h o u s e s t h e r e o n '
the p r o b a b l e
t h e a n n u a l c h a r g e on the r a t e s .
ACQUISITION AND SITE DEVELOP. ISITT
£
3,220.
( 1 ) C o s t o f Land
I
n
q
u
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r
y
,
l
e
g
a
l
and
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e
l
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m
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a
r
y
(2 )
Expenses
400.
(3 ) S i t e developm ent ( O r i g i n a l l y e s t im a t e d
a t £ 8 , 5 0 0 ) now e s t i m a t e d a t
9,5 00 .
£j.3 , 120
Average £1 50 .
(B)
per house.
ERECTION OF 16 HOUSES
£
( 1 ) C o n t r a c t f o r 16 h o u s e s ( o r i g i n a l l y
£ 8 3 2 . 2 . 0 . p e r h o u s e ) now e s t i m a t e d
a t £ 1 ,1 0 0 or
( 2 ) C l e r k of V;Tor ks ( or i g i n a l l y e s t i m a t e d
a t £ 3 5 0 ) now e s t i m a t e d at
(3) C on tin gen cies
17,600.
600.
200.
£18.400.
A v e r a g e per house £ 1 , 1 5 0 .
(C)
ERECTION OF 72 HOUSES
£
( 1 ) Estim ated c o s t of e r e c t i o n at
£1,430* each
( 2 ) H ou sin g E n g i n e e r
(3) C on tin gen cies ( in c lu d in g estim ated
in creases since o r ig in a l estim ate)
.
102,960.
1,300.
3 ,740.
£108.000.
A v er ag e £ 1 , 5 0 0 per h o u s e s
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194
.
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2
-
S U M M A R Y.
£
(A)
A c q u i s i t i o n and S i t e D e v elo p m e n t
15 .,1 20 .
(B )
E rection
o f 16 h o u s e s
18,400*
(C)
E r e c t i o n o f 72 h o u s e s
1 0 8 y0 0 0 .
G ro ss T o t a l f o r
88 h o u s e s
£139,520
Estim ated average a l l - i n c o s t , say,
Less e s t i m a t e d Grant f r o m T r a n s i t i o n a l
D e v e lop m e n t Fund
1,600.
300.
£1,300.
Repay £ 1 , 3 0
i n 50 y e a r s
3
(a n n u it y ^ 4 . 5 .0* per
Less s u b s i d y at 2 / 3 r d on
w ith in t e r e s t
cent)
£350.
at
55.
9,
£4^•
Add a d m i n i s t r a t i v e e x p e n s e s %
on
average b u i l d i n g c o s t s (a p p ro x . £ 1 , 4 5 0 . )
7.
T o t a l annual ch a rges
£52.
5.
13.
6.
4«
o .
5 , ___v
1 l.
3.
Econom ic Rent £ 1 . 0 . 3 .
T a k in g the a v e r a g e a l l - i n
c o st at £ 1 ,6 0 0 .
W e e k ly
Per annum
To r e p a y same w ould c o s t
A d m i n i s t r a t i v e Ex p e n se s
£68 •
7.
TOTALS
Dedui s u b s i d y (1 9 3 2 A c t )
75.
9.
Deduct 5F .D .F . g r a n t
I f a rent of
charged
12 /od.
1—
£
9§
0.
5.
0.
0.
1.
6.
2.
5.
18.
0.
4.
1.
8 . 1l .
3. 10.
65.
6.
1 2 . 15 .
8.
0.
1.
5.
A.
1.
1l .
52.
1l .
3.
1.
0.
2.
32.
10.
.
12.
3.
20.
1.
8.
7.
8.
jber week
The C o r p o r a t i o n w o u ld have
t o meet p e r house
T h i s w ould mean an a n n u a l c h a r g e
or l / 5 - g d . i n the £1
i n the R a t e s
of £ 1 ,7 6 7 .
©: Wexford Borough Council
6. 8 .
- 3-
On the f o r e g o i n g b a s i s
d i s t r i b u t e d as f o l l o w s
t h e a n n u a l c h a r g e w o u ld be
Per Annum
r
.
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Per w e e k .
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.
• .
.
J
7T enant
State
C orporation
£32 10 0 .
22 .13 . 4.
20. 1. 8 .
.
£75.
The t o t a l a n n u a l c o s t
t o th e
.
5.
.
.
0.
.
.
.
•
£1 . 8 . 11.
t e n a n t w ould b e j W eek ly
Y early
Rent
R a t e s on an assumed
V aluation of £7. J
3 3 / 4 d i n t h e .£1
12. 6 .
8. 9
7. 8 .
12. 6 .
32 10
.
.
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6.
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17.
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£44.
3.
J0II1T J. ZYn r :
Town C l e r k .
©: Wexford Borough Council
11th O c t o b e r ,
1948.
A l i e e t i n g o f t h e G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s Go . i t t e e ’..as h e l d
t h i s day a t the Town C l e r k * s O ffio e , Town H a l l , r7e::;?o r d
a t h a l f - p a s t s e v e n o 1c l o c k p . m .
T he members p r e s e n t
be i n g : James S i n n o t t ,
E sq .,
Mayir
(in
the C h a i r ) .
Alderman Hadden and Cor..,sh.
C ou n cillors:
Roche,
Byrne,
0 1F l a h e r t y , M o r r i s , Ho’ ; l „ n ,
Gaul and C u l l i m o r e .
The County Manager and Town C l e r k were a l s o i n
G.t t e n d a n c e .
01D I\r E PI]IT. IONS T CO MITTEM.
The members f i r s t met as an Old Age P e n s i o n s * Committee
and d e t a i l s o f th dr d e c i s i o n s o f c l a i m s and q u e s t i o n s
w i l l be f o u n d i n t h e R e g i s t s r .
r7hen the members, a c t i n g
s an Old Age P e n s i o n s Committee ,
had d o n c l u d e d t h e i r e x am in at i o n o f c l a i m s ancl que l t i o n s*. ,
the Mayor c o m p l a i n e d o f the g e n e r a l a t t i t u d e o f
r.
F o x , I n v e s t i g a t i o n O f f i c e r , to w a r d s C l a i m a n t s and P e n s i o n e r s
The '.!ayor s t a t e d t h , .t on t h e 9 t h i n s t a n t he had made an
a p p o i n t m e n t w i t h I:r . F o x t o g e t h e r w i t h a pens .oner
named lira* Murray, a g a i n s t whom the I n v e s t i g a t i o n MC'ficer
had r a i s e d a q u e s t i o n .
The
a y o r s t a t e d t h a t th e g e n e r a l a t t i t u d e o f Mr. Mox
to w a rd s t h i s l a d y was a "foullyi n g one and on tv/o occas.-.ons
d u r i n g the I n t e r v i e w , aid In p r e s e n c e o f the
a ~ o r and
an oth -jr I n v e s t i g a t i o n 0±f i c c r , ; ! r . Leahy, c a l l e d t h i s
woman a l i a r .
Subsequently durhg the
course
o f the i n t e r v i e w Mr. Mo x s a i d ,
" I f I o h l y t o l d y o u , Mr.
a y o r , what t h i s l a d y
y o u and y o u r w i f e , y o u w ou ld be s u r p r i s e d . •'
said about
The Mayor s t a t e d t h a t a t the time he t o o k s t r o n g e x c e p t i o n
t o any r e f e r e n c e b e i n g made t o h3is w i f e a n d , a l t h o u g h
p r e s s e d , Mr; Fo x d id not e x p l a i n the remar k he It, d m i d e .
The members o f th e Old A0e P e n s i o n s ’ Com m itt ce e t o o k s t r o n g
e x c e p t i o n t o th e remarks o f the i n v e s t i g a t i o n O f f i c e r t o
the Mayor, who had c a l l e d on him as a p u b l i c r e p r e s e n t a t i v e
t o see i f a n y t h i n g c o u l d be done t o d e a l w..th the
p r o p o s e d r e d u c t i o n i n Mrs. M u r r a y ’ s p e n s i o n , and e v e n t u a l l y
Counci l l o r r-y rne, p r o p o s e d t h a t the Committee e n t e r a
s t r o n g p r o t e s t a g a i n s t Mr. F o x ’ s a t t i t u d e t o Old A ge
P e n s i o n e r s and C l a i m a n t s , and t h a t t h i s p r o t e s t be
f o r w a r d e d t o the M i n i s t e r f o r S o c i a l W e l f a r e .
C ou n cillor
Howlin s e c o n d e d the p r o p o s a l , w h i c h was u n a n i m o u s l y a d o p t e d .
POLITICAL VICTIMISATI0M.
©: Wexford Borough Council
7 i t h r e f e r e n c e t o m i n u t e s o f l a s t m e e t in g when J u n c i l l c r
M o r r i s c o m p l a i n e d t h a t Mr. James Malone o f D<.v:.tt '.load,
M o rth , had been th e s u b j e c t o f p o l i t i c a l v i c t i i s a t . . o n
- 2 M r . H o w lin s a i d t h e y ( u n i o n r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s * ) w ere t h e r e
out o f c o u r t c s y t o th e C o r p o r a t i o n , n o t t h a t t h e y were
r e s p o n s i b l e t o the C o r p o r a t i o n f o r any a c t : . 0:1 t o the
u n i o n might t a k e .
They r e s e r v e d the i l 0 ht o f a t r a d e s
u n i o n , r & p p e s e n t i n g s one 1 ,1 0 0 p e o p l e i n the town t o
answer any q u e s t i o n s t h e y c a r e d t o a n s w e r , and o n l y what
they cared t o answer.
THE COMPLAINT:
Hr. 1L l o n e made a s t a t e m e n t i n w h i c h he s a i l he had
b e e n e mployed a t th e H ors o R i v e r and was k e p t on b y
the C o r p o r a t i o n a f t e r w a r d s .
He was t o l d t h a t w o r k e r s
a t the Horse R i v e r h-.d b e e n s t o p p e d and t h a t a l l c a s u a l
l a b o u r i n th e C o r p o r a t i o n had b e en s t o p p e d , t h a t c a s u a l
l a b o u r s were o b j e c t i n g t o h i s b e i n g k e i on - t h a t
t h e y were s t o p p e d and he was n o t i n the T r a n s p o r t U n i o n .
H e d i d n o t want t r o u b l e , and he asked the sh op "s tew: r d
i n the C o r p o r a t i o n i f he c o u l d j o i n th e T r a n s p o r t U n i o n ,
.nd he ( s t e w a r d ) s a i d he c o u l d .
He wouat t o t h e T r a n s p o r t
rooms.
Mr. H ow lin a sized him i f he b e l o n g e d t o any
o t h e r u n i o n , and he s a i d he b e l o n g e d t o the I r i s h U n i o n .
( I r i s h E n gin eerin g U nion).
Mr. How lin s a i d i t w o u ld
be n e c e s s a r y f o r him t o ^ e t a c l e a r a n c e f r o m I r . D i c k
K eating.
He t o l d a u n i o n o f f i c i a l a b o u t the _ _ a t t e r ,
and he s a i d n o t t o t h i n k o f t r a n s f e r r i n g - t h a t he
he ,r d so nc one s ay at a Tr ade s C o u n ci 1 i.iee t m g t hat onee
a man was i n a u n i o n he was a l l r i g h t .
Ee d „ d n o more
a b o u t the m a t t e r unt i l he went t o Mr. K i l l e r on 2 8 t h
August.
He had b e e n s t o p p e d i n the C o r p o r a t i o n on
th e Wednesday n i g h t p r e v . . . u s t o t h a t .
Mr. M i l l a r t c l d
him t h a t t r o u b l e n i g h t be c a u s e d , and t o se e I t . I l o w l m .
He a c t an o f f i c i a l o f t h e I r i s h U nion, and t h e y *'oth
went t o Mr. H o w l i n .
The o f f i c i a l o f the I r i s h U nion
t o l d Mr. How lin th a t he was i n th e I r i s h Uni :n ana t h a t
e v e r y t h i n g was !,0 . K . "
Mr. How lin s a i d he h a i n o o b j e c t i o n
t o h i s s t a r t i n g w o r k on the h o u s i n g s c h e m d . Mr. Howli n
was asked i f he c o u l d be t r a n s f e r r e d t o the T r a n s p o r t
Union and he s a i d " C e r t a i n l y •"
DID MOT WANT ANY TRQU-V.EC o n t i n u i n g , Mr. Malone r e f e r r e d t o a c o n v e r s a t i o n w i t h
a nan who, he s a i d , i n f o r m e d him he had b e e n t o l d t h a t
he (Mr. M l o n e ) c o u l d n o t g e t any j o b
on t h e h o u s e s .
The nan a l s o t o l d him t o t u r n i n t o w ork on the f o l l o w i n g
morning - t h a t he had 110 o b j e c t i o n t o him and d i d n o t
t h i n k any o f the men had.
He d i d n o t lMke t o t u r n i n
f e a r i n g t h e r e w o u l d be troibLe.
An o f f i c i a l c f th o I r i s h
Union saw Mr. Howlin on the Monday, and t o l d him he had
s e n t a l e t t e r t o th e sh op s t e w a r d t o g e t t h e f e e l i n g s o f
the men.
On T u e s d a y , a man b e l o n g i n g t o an E n g l i s h
u n i o n t u r n e d i n , and t h e r e was no o b j e c t i o n t o him.
Mr. How lin t o l d him ( H r . M alone) he had s e t t l e d i t w i t h
the sh op s t e w a r d t o c a l l a m e e t i n g t o s e c hth a t t h e y were
g o i n g t o do a b o u t him.
Ho g o t word f r o m M e s s r s . P i e r c e f s
t o tu r n i n t o w o r k , and a man t o l d him he was s p e a k i n g
t o a member o f the C o r p o r a t i o n who t o l d him t h a t f he
d i d n o t tu r n i n t o P i e r c e *s he w ould have t o g e t o u t
o f the C o r p o r a t i o n .
Mr. Howlin - I w o u ld l i k e t o know how l o n g he was
e m p loyed by the C o r p o r a t i o n a t th e time tMat he r e q u e s t e d
membership o f the T r a n s p o r t U n i o n .
Mr. iia lo n e
-
©:
Wexford
I was
e m p loy ed f rBorough
o m 1 s t S e p t . Council
l a s t year,*
T ho Mayor rem arked t h a t t h o c h a r g e
was p o l i t i c a l v i c t i m i s a t i o n .
t h a t had been-made
Mr.
o r r i s s a i d i t l o o k e d l i k e t h a t t o him he c a u s e
members o f an E n g l i s h Union and the men who were n o t
members o f the T r a n s p o r t Union - members o f o t h e r u n i o n s t u r n e d In w i t h o u t q u e s t i o n , and i t was m a i n t a i n e d i t was
p o l i t i c a l v i c t i m i s a t i o n , n o t t h a t Mr. Malone w an te d a
j o b i n the C o r p o r a t i o n , a s , th an k God, hp had a j c \ ,
b u t t h e y d i d n o t want a r e c u r r e n c e - t h a t t h e i r members
w o u ld be v i c t i m i s e d f o r t h e i r p o l i t i c a l a f f i “. i a t mis •
LOT !& CLE-*R iEi _^EiR
II r . Howlin s a i d t h e y w e r e t h e r e out o f c o u r t e s y t o the
C o r p o r a t i o n b e c a u s e o f the ...any c o u r t e s i e s t h a t the
C o r p o r a t i o n had shown them i n the t r a d e s u n i o n movement,
p a r t i c u l a r l y i n the T r a n s p o r t U n i o n .
They had n o o b l i g a t i o n
t o come t h e r e t o me t any c h a r g e s - t h e r e *..Te r e o t h e r
ways and means i f t h e r e wa>- any g r i e v a n c e a g a i n s t them
as a b o d y .
The c o m p l a i n t seemed t o have b e e n made
b e c a u s e he happened t o h o l d c e r t a i n p o l i t i c a l a f f : . l : . a t _ o n s .
Mr. M o r r i s s a i d 11 Thanks be t o God th e man had a j o b , and
he ( H r . H o w li n ) w ould s a y ’"Shanks be t o God and than ks
t o t h e T r a n s p o r t Un. o n '1 t h a t he had a j o b a p p l i c a ' . l e
t o the T r a n s p o r t Un^on.
I f any o b j e c t i o n had b e e n
r a i s e d he would n o t be i n the j o b .
Mr. Malone was
em p loy e d f o r c l o s e on a y e . r i n t h e C o r p o r a t i o n when he
was a p p r o a c h e d t o j o i n t h e T r a n s p o r t U n i o n .
Trouble
won d have be-,n c a u s e d and he ( H r . Howl n) had an own t h a t
d u r i n g the y e a r he was e m p lo y e d i n the C o r p o r a t i o n he
had l a p s e d as a member o f the I r i s h E n g i n e e r s 1 U n i o n .
Mr. I a l o n e came t o ;'oin the T r a n s p o r t U n i o n .
The r u l e
was t h a t a man c o u l d n o t t r a n s f e r t o a n o t h e r un..on u n i e s s
h had a c l c a r a n c e f r o m h i s o r i g i n a l u n i o n .
He t o l d
Mr. Malone t h a t under th e r u l e s o f t h e T r a d e s C o u n c i l
and t r a d e s u n i o n i s m g e n e r a l l y he c o u l d n o t t a k e him
u n t i l he Hrought a c l e a i a n c e f r o m t h e S a c . o f the d r i s h
E ngineers* Union.
On the Monday hk i n q u i r e d f r o m the
S e c . o f the I r i s h E n g i n e e r s * Union i f .t was a l l r i g h t
t o t a k e Mr. M alo n e , and he s a i d i t was n o t th u t he was n o t a c l e a r member o f t h e u n i o n .
'.fte rw a rd s,
he came t o him ( Mr. M alone) and s a i d nThe man i s a l l
r i g h t now i f you want t o t r a n s f e r h i m . n
C o n t i n u i n g , Mr. H o w l m r e f e r r e d t o the p a s s i n g o f a
r e s o l u t i o n a t a m e e t i n g on 1 8 th “‘a y , t o th e e f f e c t
th a t th e b u i l d i n g s e c t i o n be c l o s e d untH the
employment
o f a l l the members.
He s a i d he t r i e d t o p r e v e n t t h a t
being p assed .
He as k e d t h a t t h e r e s o l u t i o n be amended,
b u t the r e a s o n g i v e n was t h a t s e n had b e e n e m p lo y e d who
h^d had a c o n t i n u i t y o f em p loy m e n t, p a r t i c u l a r l y d u r i n g
the war y e a r s , w h i l e th e u n f o r t u n a t & v b u i l d e r s * l a b o u r e r s
g o t no work a t a l l , and t h o s e men were e l i g i b l e t o go
on a b u i l d i n g scheme w h i l e sien who were a p p r o p r i a t e b y
t h e i r t r a d e s u n i o n and p r o f e s s i o n were n o t g e t t i n g easy
chance.
He p o i n t e d out t h a t c e r t a i n o f th e c r a f t s m e n
r e f e r r e d t o w ou ld g e t , p e r h a p s , o n l y t h r e e m o n t h s 1
work i n the y e a r , and t h a t as some had l a r g e f a m i l i e s
t h e y s h o u l d be c o n s i d e r e d .
E ventually t i n t r e s o lu t i o n
was amended, and he .might say t h a t the T r a n s p o r t U:i_?n,
a l t h o u g h a p p r o p r i a t e i n th e b u i l d i n _ l i n e , had n e v e r
ta ke n e x c e p t i o n t o any o t h e r u n i o n man b e i n g empl y e d
p r o v i d e d he was a t r a d e s 1 u n i o n i s t .
The™ had. u n d e r s t o o d
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t h a t on employment quest ions on the b u l l i n g s i d e t h e y
w o u l d be a n s w e r a b l e t o the H o u s i n g E n g i n e e r a n d o f f i c i a l s
o f th e C o r p o r . t . o n , and n o t t o th e members o f th e C o r p o r a ­
tion •
They would l i k e t o 3 0 1 a d i r e c t i o n on th-.t on
b e h a l f o f t h e i r un .n, b e c a u s e th e y had s t i . . l a l o t o f
unem ployed members i n tho p a r t i c u l a r s e c t .on,
raid would
l i k e t o know i f i t would 00 .n o r d e r f o r t h o s e p e o p l e t o
c ome t o a Gor nor a 1 1 on ie e t i n g t o a i r the i r ^ r „ e v a n e e s •
CORPORATION
position
Tho dT-.y or s a i d the p o s i t i o n was t h a t the C o r p o r a t i o n had
a b o & o l u t e l yxJ n o t h i n a^ t o do w i t h the employment
o f men.
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. r • H ow lin s a i d he v~.s g l a ' t o h ear t h a t .
He w a s s o r r y
t h a t I . r . ITa l o n e d i e n o t b r i n g a l o n g h i s t r a d e s u n i o n
o fficia l.
At th e j.a s t m e e t i n g o f the T r a d e s J o u n c ~ l
ai.
e x p l a n a t i o n va.s a s k e d f o r .
A rath er long d ie c u s s io n
t o o k p l a c e , and the c r e d e n t i a l s o f a n o t h e r man t h e
T r a n s p o r t Union were 7/ i t h i n t h e i r r i g h t s and d.:.d a c t e d
v e r y f a i r l y i n t h a t p a r t i c u l a r c a s e and any o t h e r c a s e s
t h a t had come up b e f o r e .
He s e n t a l e t t e r t o th e shop
s t e w a r d t o t r y t o g e t th e f e e l i n g s o f t h e .e:., and i f
ho c o u l d n o t d o t h a t , t o
c a l l a s p e c i a l m eeting.
That s p e c i a l m e e t i n g was
h o l d on the T h u r s d a y n i g k t o f
t h a t wee k, and th e c r e d e n t i a l s o f a n o t h e r man a7do ha J
t u r n e d i n were e x a m i n e d .
I t t u r n e d o u t tk.
tkat
h..d b e e n em p lo y e d
s a 1 '"-ourer a t P i e r c e T.1 , and c n l y
g o t a c o u p l e o f . o n t a s ! w o r k i n the y:^ r •“ kwi’ c s i n
the Case o f : " r . Fa I o n e , he had beu n i n c o n t i n u o u s e m p l o y ­
ment f o r a l l the v.e.r ye ere and a c o n s i d e r a b l e t i n e b e f o r e
that.
Ho was a few weeks u nem ployed i n P iercers f o r 1. c k
o f m a t e r i a l s , and he t u r n e d i n t h e n a s c h a r a e hand m
th e C o r p o r ; . t i o n .
He wr.s l a i d o f f i n a a r t i c u l a r
w e e k , and c o u l d tu r n i n on the b u i l d i n g s i t e w. t h i n
a few d a y s .
The y c o n s i d e r o d t h a t v e r y u n f . i r i n v ie w
o f th e number o f ..ien t h e y h a d .
Mr. Malone £t t e d
he had an o p p o r t u n i t y o f r e t u r n i n g t o P i e r c e s 1 and he
(Mr. H o w l i n ) t h o u g h t th t p r o v e d c o n c l u s i v e l y t h a t
the c se was f a i r l y met b y tIrei r c o m m i t t e e and a v e r y
fa ir d e cis io n arrived a t .
Mr. I a l o n e s a i d ho vv.s n i n e months out o f P i e r c e s *
and a man th- t had t u r n e d i n t o the h o u s i n g s . , t e
h a d been i n the p l a s t i c f a c t o r y f o r n e a r l y a y e a r , and
had b e e n o n l y a b o u t a f o r t n i g h t i d l e , and t h e r e was n o
o b j e c t i o n t o him a t a l l .
Fr . Howlin s a i d th ~ t m n had be e n e m p lo y e d en th e b u i l d i n g
o f the Mouldex F a c t o r y .
He r e t u r n e d t o P i e r c e s * t o w o r k ,
and he g o t , ho ( T
r . Hov.’ l i n ) tl o u g h t , a month or f i v e weeks
whon he was unemployed a g a i n .
He was engaged i n th e
b u ild in g lin e previous to th a t .
Th ere were n e . d : s - s o f Mr.
M a l o n e f s u n i o n and the o t h e r e n g i n e e r s * u n i o n , am th e
T r a n s p o r t Union t o o k no o b j e c t i o n .
STILL IM NThIKED THERE
.S POLITICAL VUv/Iddd. a. d N -
Mr. M o r r i s s ^ I d he w o u ld l i k e t o s a y th :.t th e c_.se v .s
n o t made p e r s o n a l l y a g a i n s t Mr. H ow lin b e c a u s e o f p o l i t i c a l
a ffilia tion s.
He w ould l i k e t o kmow i f d r . Howl-.11 g o t
a c l e a r a n c e f r o m e v e r y o n e , be c o u s e he ( N r . k o r n s ) ’ nww
a men who was 3 7 / - or 3 8 / - i n a r r e a r s and was n o t a s k e d
fo r a clea ra n ce.
He s t i l l m a i n t a i n e d t h e r e was v i c t i m i s a ­
t i o n under t h o s e c i r c u m s t a n c e s .
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Mr. H o w lin s a i d t h a t i n e v e r y c_.se a man who Gam- t o
j o i n t h e T r a n s p o r t Union was as ed i f he was a me mer
o f the T r a n s p o r t Union or _ny o t h e r un:.en f o r m e r l y ,
and i n any c a s e i n w h i c h he knew t h e y were members t h e
c l e a r a n c e had t o be s e c u r e d .
Members o f the T r a d e s
C o u n c i J knew th e t r o u b l e t h a t had b en c a u s e d b y t a k i n g
in p eop le in a r r e a r s from another u n ion .
He was n e t d o u b t ­
i n g Mr. N o r r i s * s w o r d , b u t he th o u g h t the u n i o n v e r y l a x
t o l e t away s u c h a t ' j i n g •
Mr. M o r r i s - When I t . ' a l o n e a p p r o a c h e d I t .
a j o b , h a d n Tt he a c l e a r c. r d ?
Lr.
H ow lin -
Mr. Malone f o r work.
I ’ m not
in a p o s i t i o n to
illa r
for
answer t h a t .
I had a c l e a r c a r d when I a s k e d L r . M i l l a r
Hr . H ow lin s a i d t h a t even i f Hr. Malone ba.i a c ..r d f r o m
the I r i s h T r a n s p o r t and G e n e r a l *7orkers* U n i o n , he w ou ld
s t i l l , i n t h e i r o p i m : n , n o t be e l i g i b l e f o r employment
on the' h o u s i n g scheme, b e c a u s e he had a l t e r n a t i v e e m p l o y ­
ment and r e f u s e d t o take i t .
Mr. Ma 1 one s a i d he was s e n t f o r f r o m P i e r c e s * i n d u l y ,
and he w o u ld have b e e n out i n Au gust a g a i n , and he t h o u g h t
he had the r i g h t t o s t p out o f i t .
Mr. How lin s a i d t h a t w h e t h e r the C o r p o r a t i o n i n v e s t i g a t e d
the m a t t e r or n o t d i d n o t make one w h i t o f d i f f e r e n c e t o
the I r i s h T r a n s p o r t and G e n e r a l W o r k e r s ’ U n i o n .
T heir
members would make the r u l e s and w o u ld c a r r y them out
w h e t h e r t h e y c o i n c i d e d w i t h the v i e w s o f t h e C o r p o r a t i o n
or n o t .
COULD NOt .ALLOV/ COER3 1 017 Mr. T . Byrne s a i d he b e l i e v e d any i n d i v i d u a l s h o u l d be
a l l o w e d t o p ursu e any c a l l i n g he d e s i r e d .
I t u a s n o t tfae
f u n c t i o n o f a t r a d e un..cn or o f a p u b l i c a u t h o r i t y t o
d i c t a t e what employment people s h o u l d p u r s u e .
i? or x a r s
the a t t e m p t s o f the Government t o d i r e c t p e o p l e i n t o
s p e c i f i c employment had b e e n o p p o s e d v e r y s t r e n u o u s l y ,
and the G o v e rn m e n t’ s a t t e m p t s t o d r a g o o n p e o p l e had b e e n
b r o k e n down.
Why s h o u l d a t r a d e u n i o n be a l l o w e d t o d o
it?
He w a n t e d t o be f i r and f r a n k .
Another statem ent
was t h a t c e r t a i n t h i n g s were n o t m a t t e r s f o r the C o r p o r a t i o n .
The C o r p o r a t i o n was e l e c t e d by thd f r e e d e m o c r a t i c v o t e s
o f the p e o p l e .
The C o n s u l t a t i v e C o u n c i l was s e t up
b e c a u s e o f some new playtii.-.ng o f th o M i n i s t e r , b u t any
a c t i o n t o be ta k e n i n p u r s u a n c e o f employment on \u l d i n g
s h o u l d be ta ke n by members o f the C o r p o r a t i o n as d u l y
e l e c t e d r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f the p e o p l e .
a h irty -sa ::
p e o p l e c o n t e s t e d f o r the aemcership o f t h e C o r p o r a t i o n and
t w e l v e were e l c t e d .
The p e o p l e d e c i d e d t h e s e t w e l v e
were t b e b e s t e q u i p p e d t o d i r e c t t h e i r p o l i c y f o r the
ensuing*three
years.
They were., endeaveUfrin*£' t o do' ‘t h a t
ana he was p r e p a r e d . . t o . c o - o p e r a t e :.Yi t h - ’th e " t n i c u n i.o n s, b u t he
"ho*not allenv the c e . : r c i • o f the C o r p o r a t i o n mate any
p o s i t l ' m t h e y t o o k . c::c o p t i o n t o .
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A i d . N ,r C o r ic h s a i d ho o b j e c t e d s t r o n g 1 " t o
any icmber o f the C o r p o r a t i o n w i t h the e :;s e > £_.,n o f „
C " * n c i l l o r Roche g o i n g i n t o s c h o o l t o t e - . c h .
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r
C ou n cillor
o r r i s woulcl o b j e c t t o him ( A l e . C o r i s l i )
g o i n g "behind the c o u n t o r and dema n d i n g f u l l w a g e s .
B i c r n c y w ould o b j e c t t o him g o i n g i n t o P i c r c c s as a
c r a f t s m a n and the Mayor w o u l d o b j c c t t o him g o i n g 111
a p rin ter.
T r a d c U nions must gu ard t h e i r men. o r s 1
Trade u n i o n i s m was a c c e p t e d b o t h by Church and St .to
Mr * Byrne
-
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as
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everywhere
I agree.
Mayor - Tow, C o u n c i l l o r 2 m e ,
you g o t y o u r c b a n c o .
A i d . C o r i s h - T h i s C o r p o r a t i o n by i t s s i l e n c e gave a ' . s e n t
t o v/hat the M i n i s t e r s a i d a t th e m e e t i n g i n t h e Town H a l l
a b o u t the C o n s u l t a t i v e C o u n c i l .
Mr.
J.
Gaul -
I d isagreed .
\
A i d . C o r i s h - I \kn ow t h i s i s a m a t t e r f o r t lie t r a d e s u nxbn.
I m e n t i o n e d t h a t the n i g h t i t was b r o u g h t up b e f o r e b u t
t h e r e was a s t a t e m e n t ,aadc t h a t n i g h t , p r o b a b l y t h r o u g h
ignorance.
I t was s a i d the s e c r e t a r y c f th e br .sh L bour
P a r t y r e f u s e d t o b r i n 0 . r . Malone . n t o th e T r a n s p o r t U nion •
I am s e c r e t a r y o f the I .' our P . r t y and I have n o t h : . n 0 t o
do w i t h the Tran s p o r t U n i o n .
Hr. K. C. M o r r i s made .
It;;;or -
I d id not hear
that statem ent b ein g
I t w *s made.
A id . C orish -
I t may have b e e n m d e
in m istake*
Hr. G a u l s a i d the m a t t e r w as one f o r the t r a d e u n i o n and
n o t f o r th e C o r p o r a t i o n , b u t C o u n c i l l o r Culli.iore was w i t h i n
h is r ig h t s
i n b r i n g i n g i t b e f o r e the C o r p o r a t i o n .
Mr. F . C u l l i m o r e - 7hy d i d Hr. Hi l i a r .si: b r . " a l o n e t h a t
a u e s t i o n when he w o n t t o .si: f o r work?
bbs n et that a matter
f o r the t r a d e u n i o n ?
FEARED T RQELE;
Mr. M i l l a r s a i d he f e a r e d t h e r e w o u l d h . v c b e e n t r o u b l e
the j o b i f Mr. Malone had b e e n e m p l o y e d .
'Ir.
C ullim ore
- He had a d e a r
book.
MAYOR - On the s t a t e m e n t t o - n i g h t
p o litica l.
on
That was v i c t i m i s a t i o n .
i t was p r o v e d
.t was n o t
Mr. M o r r i s - I t d i d n o t c o n v i n c e u s .
I t proved p o l i t i c a l
v ictim isa tion .
The a c c u s a t i o n was n o t d e n i e d .
Mayor - I t was p o i n t e d out t h a t when he f i r s t i n d o a p p l i c a ­
t i o n he was n o t a member when he made a p p l i c a t . . o n f o r th e
T ra n sp ort Union.
I t i s a ma t £ e r f o r a t r a d e un.-cn .
For i n s t a n c e , th e T y p o g r a p h i c a l A s s o c i a t i o n r u l e s would
n o t a l l o w C o u n c i l l o r I o r r i s t o go i n t o our j o b .
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Mr. M o r r i s - Th ere i s n o c o m p a r i s o n b e t w e e n a layman
g o i n g i n as a p r i n t e r and a tradesman g o i n g m as a l a b o u r e r .
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M r . T . Roche s a i d th e C o r p o r a t i o n was the e m p l o y i n g b o d y
and had a m o r a l r e s p o n s i b i l i t y and an i n t e r e s t .
Tlv.t
i n t e r e s t was n o t b e i n g s u s t a i n e d *
The Mayor s a i d he was n o t t a k i n g d i c t a t i o n f r o m an y o u t s i d e
body.
T he C o n s u l t a t i v e 0 o u n c i 1 wa s n o t s e t t i n ^ i t s e l f
up a s d i c t a t o r s .
Th ere was n e t p r o t e s t when the m i n i s t e r
s u g g e s t e d i t s h ould be l e t u p .
fir.
Gaul -
I p rotested afterw ards.
r . Byrne s a i d .that a t a s u b s e q u e n t C o r p o r a t i o n . . c i t i n g
C o u n c i l l o r s B u c k l^ n d , d ' o r r i c and h im self* o b j e c t e d t h a t i t
was n o t a C o n s u l t a t i v e b u t a D i r e c t i v e Counc -1.
Mnyor - The C o r p o r a t i o n u n a n i m o u ls y a g r e e d t o i t ..n the
M in is te r 's presen ce.
hen tJ e M i n i s t e r t u r n e d h i e lac!::*
members changed t h e i r viev:s a week a f t e r w a r d s .
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d r . J. 0 * F l a h e r t y s a i d i t was s t r a n g e t o say u1l*
s t e w a r d s a i d Mr. Malone a1as n o t t o be e m p lo y e d on t h»
L *- Ii a l t :
un: n .
He
•
Mayor - He was n o t e l i g i b l e t o t^ ke up the *
-i ia
o
was em p lo y e d by the C o r p o r a t i o n f o r 12 montl:
a r e s o l u t i o n on our b o o k s t h a t o n l y t r -.d e u n _cn lad'our be
em ployed.
..
Mr. 0 * F l a h e r t y
- He was a J r a d e u n i o n i s t .
Mayor - I have n o t h i n g :.^..:,nst him .
I still
a mat t e r f o r th e t r a d e una m t o s e t t l e .
hold t h is
is
I r . C u l l i m o r e s a i d the C o r p o r a t i o n had heard t h e d o c r o t a r y
o f the T r a n s p o r t Union a n d s h o u l d a l s o hear the o e c r e t a r y
of
i-r. M a l o n e ’ s U n i o n .
The Mayor s a i d i t was
r.
a l o n e ’ s b u s i n e s s t o have b r o u g h t
th e s e c r e t a r y o f h i s u n i o n t o the C o r p o r a t i o n .
A i d . C o r i s h s a i d he had m e n t i o n e d at the p r e v a us m e e t i n g
t h a t th e s e c r e t a r y o f t h o e n g i n e e r i n g un .on s h o u l d be p r e s e n t
and Mr. M o r r i s s a i d he v o u l d o b j e c t t o h i a t t e n d i n g .
Mr. E. Howlin s a i d he w o u l d n o t l i k e Mr. B y r n e f s s t a t e m e n t
t h a t the C o n s u l t a t i v e C o u n c i l was s e t up a t the whim o f
th e M i n i s t e r t o g o fro.,, th e C o r p o r a t i o n .
The members
had a c c e p t e d the M i n i s t e r ’ s s u g g e s t i o n i n s i l e n c e
nd t h e
M i n i s t e r i n t e n d e d the C n s u l t a t i v e C o u n c i l t o a s s i s t m
i m p r o v i n g th e h o u s i n g c o n d i t i o n s .
The C o r p o r a t i o n ’ e r e
d o i n g t h e i r b e s t t o c a r r y ou t t h a t i n t e n t i o n .
C ou n cillor
Byrne s h o u l d w ith d r a w i t .
Mr. Byrne - I w i l l d o n o s u c h t h i n g .
on the f i r s t n i g h t .
Mayor m e e t in g
I made
yeelf
clea r
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne a g r e e d onthe f i r s t n a0h t .
The
a g r e e s t o l e - v e th e m a t t e r t o
the t r a d e u n i o n .
Mr. C u l l i m o r e s a i d t h a t t h e r e p o r t o f the d i s c u s s i o n w o u ld
make i t ap p ea r t h a t Mr. Malone was i n t r a d e un':. n a r r e a r s .
In f a i r n e s s t o him the S e c r e t a r y o f h i s
u n i o n s h o u l d be
b r o u g h t t o the n e x t meet ing..
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Ilay o r - I t i s a p i t y he d i d n o t b r i n g him t o - n i g h t .
A r c wo g o i n g t o r e - o p ^ n th o w h o l e d i s c u s s .on?
TRa DE UNION TO SETT IE IT
On a show o f hands i t w s d e c i d e d
bp s i x v o t e s t o f i vcT t~o~l o a ve the l a t t e r i n th e t r a d e u n i o n
to deal w ith i t .
G RANTS.
The n e x t b u s i n e s s was a s t a t e m e n t by tho Town b l e r k o f the
G ra nts r e c e i v e d by t h e C o r p o r a t i o n d u r i n g th e y e r s 1 9 4 5 / 4 7
and 4 7 / 4 8 .
T he f o l l o w i n g was t h e Town j l e r k f s r e p o r t reALLOCATION OF GR.Xa'S FROi: EIIPLOY :X"T b b iJ X ^
VOTE
19 4S /47.
On 2 7 t h J u l y , 19<
n o t i f i e d t h a t the
Urban w..s £ 3 , 2 0 0 .
£455. 0. 0. t o t a l
On 2 6 t h A u g u s t ,
a l l y suggested.
' ( R U / 2 1 3 / 3 ) the County Manager was
amount p r o v i s i o n a l l y a l l o c a t e . " t o . o x f o r d
0. 0 , plus a l o c a l co n tra "ration of
£ 3 ,5 5 5 . 0. 0.
1946,
the f o l l o w i n g p r o p o s a l s
( 1 ) C o m p l e t i o n o f open s p a c e a t Temperance ?.ow
( 2 ) C h i l d r e n s 1 p l a y g r o u n d at Maud1 i n t own
John S t r e e t
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B a l a n c e i n Road *7orks
ore p r o v is io n
550.
1, 100.
80 3.
1.205.
£3,C55
.
On 1 9 th F e b r u a r y , 1 9 4 7 , a r e c u e s t was r e c e i v e d f r o m t h e
Department f o r the s u b m i s s i o n o f the n e c e s s a r y P l a n s b e .
t o c o v e r w o r k s c o s t i n g £ 3 , 3 5 5 . and the f o l l o w i n g schemes
were s u b m i t t e d on 1 0 t h I b . r c h , 1 9 4 7 ; ( 1 ) Open sp ce
(2) C h ild r e n s ’
(3) Clearance
(4) Com pletion
a t T e m p e r ,n e e Row /we1 l Lane
P l a y g r o u n d a t M a u dlintow n
o f D e r e l i c t S i t e a t Cornm r k c t
of road a t Browne’ s H i l l
S0 2.
1,098.
390.
£2 ,8 3 5 .
On 1 4 th May, 1 9 4 7 , H o . f s ( 1 ) , ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) above were
approved t o t a l l i n g £ 2 ,0 9 0 . le a v in g a b a lca n c o of £ 1 ,5 6 5 ,
o f w h i c h £ 7 0 0 . was a l l o c a t e d t o the Co. C o u n c i l f o r
f o o t p a t h work on th e Duncannon R o a d .
out
1947/48.
On 2 8 t h Hay, 194*8, a p r o v i s i o n a l a l l o c a t i o n o f £ 3 , 3 0 0
p l u s a l o c a l c o n t r i b u t on o f £ 4 7 0 . ( t o t a l £ 3 , 7 7 0 ) was
in tiirja te d and on 1 8 t h J u l y , 1947 the f o l l o w i n g .jchemos were
s uhini 1 1 Jd : V
( 1 ) S t r e e t w i d e n i n g a t Back S t r e e t / C grnmarbict
( 2 ) S t r e e t s u r f a c i n g a t Corn.narket / j o h n 1s Gate
" St.
( 3 ) S t r e e t w i d e n i n g a t Redmond Road
£ 1 ,20 0.
2,170.
.400.
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On 2 9 / 8 / 4 7 ,
th o a b o v e Schemes were a p p r o v e d b y
*Phono*
I t w i l l be s e e n f r o m the ..b ov e t h a t th e Grant o f £ 3 , 2 0 0 *
f o r 1 9 4 6 / 7 was n o t i n o p e r a t i o n u n t i l 1 9 4 7 / 8 w i t h the
Grant o f £ 3 , 3 0 0 . a l l o c a t e d f o r 1 9 4 7 / 8 and t h a t th e sun
o f £ 3 , 2 5 0 . p lijs a l o c a l C o n t r i b u t i o n o f £ 4 3 0 . f gr th e
y e a r 1 9 4 8 / 9 com pares f a v o u r a b l y w i t h tb,e G ra n t s f o r 1 S 4 S /4 7
..nd 1 9 4 7 / 4 8 . P e r r y C a r r i g f o o t p a t h Grant was a s p e c i a l
one ow ing t o a b n o r m a l unemployment due t o c l o s i n g o f t h e j
fou n d aries. ”
In r e p l y t o C o u n c i l l o r l y r n e as t o what money was d i v e r t e d
by tho C o r p o r a t i o n t o the County C o u n c i l t o s u r f a c e
W i l l i a m S t r e e t und t o make a f o o t p a t h t o 1 'e r r y J a r r a g , th e
Town C l e r k r e p l i e d t h a t he had n o t t h i s i n f o r m a t i o n as i t
was a m a t t e r f o r th e ’ " o x f o r d County C o u n c i l .
Govn c a l l o r
Byrne th e n s u g g e s t e d t h a t t h e Town C l e r k was t r y i n g t o c a m o u f l
the f i g u r e s , t o w h i c h rem ark th e Ma^or and Town J l e r k
t o o k s t r o n g e x c e p t i o n , and the 1lay or i n s i s t s ' t h a t the r e m a r k
be w it h d r a w n b e f o r e , ho a l l o w e d C o u n c i l l o r l y r n e t o s p e / . k
fu rth er.
I t was e v e n t u a l l y d e c i d e d t o r e ; u e s t th e County
•^ngin.er t o s e t o u t t h e Urban G ra nts d i v r t o d t o 7Je:a2rd
County C ounc i 1 d u r i n g the y e a r s i n que c 1 1 o n .
rpr?y
.Lilli.:
•
The f i l e o f t e n d e r s r e c e i v e d i n c o n n e c t i o n
e r e c t i o n o f 72 h o u s e s a t S l i p p e r y Green b y
was . . I s o l a i d on the t a b i c t o g e t h e r w i t h a
H o u s in g E n g i n e e r on h i s e x a m i n a t i o n o f t h e
f o r th e s u p p l y o f t i l e s .
w i t h th e
d i r e c t labour
r e p o r t f r o m th e
Tenders r e c e i v e d
On the H ousin g E n g i n e e r Ts r e p o r t b e i n g re a J. the members
c o n s i d e r e d th a t the matter had been s a t i s f a c t o r i l y d e a l t
wi t h .
R e f e r e n c e was a l s o m..c.e t o the f a c t t h a t a t e n d e r f or t h e
s u p p l y o f s t e e l windows had b e e n r e c e i v e d a : ' t e r the
l a t e s t d a t e , s e t out i n t h e a d v e r t i s e m e n t c a l l i n 0 f o r
t h e s e t e n d e r s , and the ' -.nager a s k e d f o r a : i r o c t a e n as
t o w h e t h e r o r n o t t h i s t e n d e r s h o u l d be c o n s i d e r s : * . , and
after a short d is c u s s io n
t was u n a n i m o u s l y a g r e e d t o
recommend t h e County Lana^cr t o ta ke t h i s t end o r i n t o
c o n s i d e r a t i o n when e x a m i n i n g the t e n d e r s r e c e i v e d f o r s t e e l
wind ows .
LETTER PROi: 0EAU2ZR 02 C0J2ERCE RE
FIX' KG OF REI'Tl*.
J. e -.... ........
j. vjo
A l e t t e r was r e a d f r o m the W e x f o r d Chomier
r e g r d i n g the f i x i n g o f R e n t s f o r C o r p o r a t i o n h o u s e s , .nd
i t w s d e c i d e d t o i n f o r m t h e Chamber t h a t th e whole q u e s t i o n
o f H ousin g F i n a n c e was under c o n s i d e r a t i o n by t h e J o r p o r a t i o n
and t h a t no r e n t s had y e t b ee n f i x e d f o r new h o u s e s .
t r a i i :" s e r v i c e .
C o m p la in t was a l s o m de r e g a r d i n g the time t a b i c o f the
R o s s i , r e Harbour - Cork, t r a i n s e r v i c e s , and i t '.a s d e c i d e d
t o make r e p r e s e n t a t i o n s t o Coras I o m p a i r Efc'cann t o improve
the t r a i n s e r v i c e s t o and f r o m the Harbour and th e S o u t h
of Irelan d.
ACQUISITION OF HOUSES
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Alderman C o r i s h asked th e County Manager t o e : : a . a n e the
p o s s i b i l i t y o f a c q u i r i n g h o u s e s a t T r i n i t y S t . on th e
Duggan E s t a t e ,
The m e e t i n g th en t e r m i n a t e d .
16th O c t o b c r , 1948.
Committee
A mect i n g o f the G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s / o f t h e C o r p o r a t i o n
was h o l d t h i s day a t the Town C l e r k 1s O f f i c e , Town Hr. 1 l ,
W e x f o r d a t ha I f - p a s t eighib o * c l o c k p .m .
The
ic..i':crs p r e s e n t b e i n g : -
K is \‘o r c h . . p ,
the
i r ror
(in
t h e Cir . r ) .
Alder:.ion Hadden and C o r i s h . .
C o u n cillo rs B u ck lm d ,
and r>o r r i s *
G aul, B ie r n e y , Byrne,
The County Manager a n d T own C l o r l : wore a l s o
•
•i
0 fF l a h e r t y
in a tte n d a n ce.
;
SYMPAT HY.
The ' ra / o r moved t h a t th e .sympathy o f the C o r p o r a t i o n be
e x t e n d e d t o the widow and f a m i l y o f t h e l a t e R o b e r t
D o n n e l l y , Town P l a n n i n g A d v i s o r t o th e C o r p o r a t i o n .
The
o t i o n was s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r 3 y r r i e ; s u p p o r t e d
by a l l th e members p r e s e n t ;
by th e County Manager and
Town C l e r k a n d a d o p t e d i n r e s p e c t f u l s i l e n c e .
GRANTS.
W i th r e f e r e n c e t o m i n u t e s c f th e l a s t : ...acting a l e t t e r
was r e a d f r o m the County E n g m e e r
e t t m g out the Urban
Gfkmts w h i c h had b e e n d i v e r t e d t o th e County C o u n c i l
d u r i n g th e y e a r s 19 4G /47 and 1 9 4 7 / 4 8 , .:i the County
Nana g e r i n t i m a t e d t h a t he had made, a s p e c i a l a p p l i c a ­
t i o n f o r a Grunt a t the time the f o u n d r i e s . w e r e c l o s e d ,
owing t o 1 ck o f raw a . . t e r i a l .'
*
WATER SUPPLY
R e f e r e n c e was made t o the r e c e n t c u t t i n g o f f o f the
w a t e r sup 1 J , and the Town C l e r k o x p l i m e d t h ^ t t h i s was
n e c e s s a r y , d u e t o the f a c t t h a t c e r t a i n v & l v e s had t o be
put on t o the o l d main, and as the w a t e r had t o be tu r n e d
o f f a t C o o l r e e , t h e p i p e s d r a i n e d c a u s i n ^ a i r ' l o c k s when
t he s u ; ; p l y ' was a g a i n ? t u r n e d o n , as £ r e s u l t o f whi c h
a c o n s i d e r A b le p o r t i o n o f the Town v/as w i t h o u t w a te r
f o r a - o u t 48 h o u r s .
.
,
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne a s k e d i f t h e pumps a t Eden V a le were
i n w o r k i n g o r d e r , and i t was d e c i d e d t o r e q u e s t a r e p o r t
f r o m the B or o u g h S u r v e y o r a t t h e n e x t m e e t i n g .
ST AT UT ORY : E17i INC-.
I t was d e c i d e d t h a t th e S t a t u t o r y m e e t i n g , due t o be.
h e l d on i o n d a y , 1 s t p r o x . , w h i c h was a I l o l y d a y , s h o u l d
be h e l d a t 8 . 3 0 on T u e s d a y , 2nd id e m .
TENDERS.
In r e p l y t o a query i t v/as s t a t e d t h a t t e n d e r s had b e e n
r e c e i v e d f o r the s u p p l y o f b o o t s and o i l c o a t s f o r
w o rim e n , and t h a t a d e c i s i o n w o u l d be t a k e n on the t e n d e r s
i n th e n e x t few d a y s .
©: Wexford Borough Council
PROPOSED PUBLIC CONVt-flTIiNCi;.
In r e p l y t o a
qu ery th e Town C l e r k iritir.iated t h a t a
i
a r e p o r t had b e e n r e c e i v e d f r o m th e B o r o u g h S u r v e y o r on
a l e t t e r f r o m the M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l Government on the
p r o p o s e d p u b l i c l a v a t o r y , and an Order had b e e n made
d i r e c t i n g t h e S u r v e y o r t o amend h i s P l a n , e t c . In
accordance w i t h the D epart ment ’ s reco im n e n d a tio n s .
In re p ly to a -uery regarding the p o s i t i o n of proposed
n i t a r y convenience fo r the house at John S t . occupied
; by W illia m iioGrath, the Town C lerk i n t i a ted that t h i s mat
was v ow b e f ore the Gour t s .
T he meeting then terminated
©: Wexford Borough Council
2nd November, 1948*
A S ta tu to r y meeting of gia C ouncil was held t h is day
a t the Town C l e r k ’ s O f f i c e , Town H a U , Wexford a t h a l f p a s t sight o ’ clo ck p.m.
The members presen t being
His W o r s h ip ,
the Cba i r )•
fiHermen:
the Mayor,
C o u n c i l l o r James £>innott ( i n
G e o rg e Hadden a n d N i c h o l a s C o r i s h .
C ou n cillors:
Thomas B yrne, P a t r i c k B i e r n e y , Thomas
B u c k l a n d , Thomas ^ o c h e , Edward H o w li n ,
John 0 ’ F l a h e r t y , K e v i n M o r r i s and James
G aul.
*X‘ho C o u n t y Manager a n d Town C l e r k were a l s o
in a tten d a n ce.
MINUTES.
With r e f e r e n c e t o m i n u t e s o f the 4 th u l t i m o when an
o b j e c t i o n was r a i s e d by C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s t e th e
m in utes o f t h e 6 t h S e p t e m b e r , the Town C l e r k r a a d
a minute he had i n s e r t e d w h i c h had b e ^ n i n a d v e r t e n t l y
o m i t t e d by the A c t i n g '^'own C l e r k .
T h is was c o n s i d e r e d
s a t i s f a c t o r y and the M in utes o f the 6 t h Sepfcenritoer were
s i g n e d by the Mayor.
™
The f o l l o w i n g m in u t e s f o r t h e month o f Octob^p^ C^pi^e
o f w h i c h had b e e n c i r c u 3 ^ e d t o th e members
t # th#
m e e t i n g , were s u b m i t t e d f o r r a t i f i c a t i o n and snfenafcure,
M in utes o f the C o r p o r a t i o n on the 4 t h u l t i m g * M in utes e f
the G e n e r a l Purpce es Committee on th e 5 t h , l i f c h a*<} 1 6 t h
u ltim o.
On the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r G a u l, s e c o n d e d b y C o u n c i l l o r
Byrne, the M in ute s as s u b m i t t e d , were ta ken as h a v i n g
b e e n r e a d , a p p r o v e d a n d s i g n e d by the Mayor, and i t was
a g r e e d o n in ^ t o th e
l a t e hour rsf the m e e t i n g t h a t
q u e s t i o n s a r i s i n g o u t o f the m i n u t e s s h o u l d be d e a l t
w i t h a t t h e G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s Committee due t o be h e ld
on the 9 t h i n s t a n t .
TRAFFIC REGULATIONS.
With r e f e r e n c e t o a p r e v i o u s d e c i s i o n t o c a l l a j o i n t
m e e t i n g o f the C o r p o r a t i o n and o t h e r p e r s o n s i n t e r e s t e d
i n T r a f f i c R e g u l a t i o n s , th e Town C l e r k r e a d the names
o f t h o s e who had b ee n a p r o i n t e d b y the Chamber o f Commerce,
the W exford D r a p e r s ’ and B o o t m e r c h a n t s ’ A s s o c i a t i o n and
the W e x fo r d T r a d e s ’ C o u n c i l , and i t was d e c i d e d t o I n v i t e
t h e s e g e n t le m e n ^ t o meet the C o r p o r a t i o n on the 1 5 t h i n s t a n t
a t 8 , 3 0 . p .m .
SUPERANNUATION.
ACT.
1948.
In a c c o r d a n c e w i t h N o t i c e g i v e n , Alderman G o r i s h moved
t h a t s t e p s be ta k e n t o a d o p t P a r t 1 1 l o f the L o c a l Government
(Superannuation) A c t, 1948.
The M a y o r s e c o n d e d t h i s
m o t i o n and i t was a g r e e d t h a t the Town C l e r k s h o u l d
su b m it
a Memorandum, t o the members on th e p r o v i s i o n o f t h i s
P a r t o f the A c t , and t h a t the n e c e s s a r y m o t i o n be p l a c e d
on the Agenda f o r the December S t a t u t o r y M e e t i n g .
LIGHTING OF TOrftfN HALL.
w i t h N o t i c e g i v e n , Alderman C o r i s h moved
©: Wexford Borough Council
In a c c o r d a n c e
moved th a t the County Manager obtain an Estimate f o r
providing f l u o r e s c e n t l i g h t i n g in the i own C le r k ’ s
O ff i c e and in the Town H a l l .
C o u n c illo r Gaul seconded
th is motion, and a f t e r some d is c u s s io n i t was agreed,
with C o u n c illo r Byrne d i s s e n t i n g , th at the Manager
obtain the necessary e s tim a te , and th a t the Town Clerk
give the members some idea o f the o p e r a tio n a l cob ts
as compared w ith the p resen t l i g h t i n g system .
UNEMPLOYMENT SBBEMES.
In a c c o r d a n c e w i t h N o t i c e g i v e n , C o u n c i l l o r Byrne moved
t h a t the County Manager s e e k a f u r t h e r G ra nt o f £ 3 , 0 0 0 .
f ro m th e Unemployment R e l i e f Fund s o as to r e l i e v e
Unemployment i n the Borough o f W e x f o r d ,
The Town C l e r k th en r e a d f o r t h e m e e t i n g an o f f i c i a l
c o m m u n i c a t i o n f r o m the D epart ment s e t t i n g o u t t h a t
the G ra n t p r o v i s i o n a l l y f i x e d f o r the Urban A r e a f o r
1 9 4 8 / 4 9 , was £ 3 , 2 5 0 . 0 . 0 . p l u s a L o c a l C o n t r i b u t i o n
o f £ 4 6 0 . making the t o t a l amount a v a i l a b l e £ 3 , 7 1 0 .
The County Manager a l s o recommended t h a t t h i s G ra nt
be u t i l i s e d tow a rd s the c o n s t r u c t i o n o f a new r o a d f r o m
S u m m e rh ill t o W h i t e m i l l , a nd p o i n t e d o u t t h a t the E s t i m a t e
f o r t h i s r o a d was £ 4 , 9 5 0 . w h i c h w o u l d l e a v e a f u r t h e r
£ 1 , 2 4 0 . t o be p r o v i d e d .
The Mayor t h e r e u p o n moved t h a t the G ra n t be a c c e p t e d
and a p p l i e d t o the p a r t c o n s t r u c t i o n o f t h i s r o a d .
C ou n cillor
Gaul s e c o n d e d the m o t i o n w h i c h was a g r e e d t o .
The Mayor a l s o moved t h a t the C o r p o r a t i o n a p p l y to the
Department f o r a n e x t r a G ra nt s o as t o e n a b l e the Road
t o be c o m p l e t e d , and C o u n c i l l o r Byrne s e c o n d e d th is
m o t i o n , w h i c h was a l s o a g r e e d .
In view o f the d e c i s i o n t o a p p l y f o r an e x t r a G ra nt t o
c o m p l e t e the r o a d , C o u n c i l l o r B y r n e w i t h d r e w h i s o r i g i n a l
m otion .
I t was a l s o d e c i d e d t h a t the Bor ough S u r v e y o r be i n s t r u c t e d
t o have the reece3s a r y documents f o r w a r d e d t o the Depart men t
t h i s week, and t h a t the i own C l e r k when f o r w a r d i n g same
and a p p l y i n g f o r the e x t r a G ra nt s h o u l d r e q u e s t the D epart m ent
to e x p e d it e s a n c t io n .
TOWN HALL SITE.
In a c c o r d a n c e w i t h n o t i c e g i v e n , C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s
moved t h a t the C o r p o r a t i o n d i s p o s e o f the Town H a l l S i t e
a t Redmond Monument.
C o u n c illo r O 'F la h e rty seconded
the m o t i o n .
The Mayor and Alderman C o r i s h o b j e c t e d t o
th e S i t e b e i n g s o l d , and on a show of hands s even v o t e d
f o r the m o t i o n and f o u r a g a i n s t .
I t was a c c o r d i n g l y d e c l a r e d c a r r i e d , and a g r e e d t h a t t e n d e r s
be i n v i t e d by p u b l i c a d v e r t i s e m e n t f o r t h e S i t e .
NUMBERING OF HOUSES.
In accordance with n o tic e giv en , C o u n c illo r O’ F lah erty
motred thatthe Corporation taken steps to have a l l houses
in the Borough properly numbered in s t r e e t s .
C o u n c illo r
Byrne seconded th is motion which w as agreed t o , but
i t was decided to del&e from i t the Main S t .
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LIGHTING 0 ? WOLFE TONE VILLAS AND WHITE ROCK VIEW±
The n e x t b u s i n e s s was t o c o n s i d e r an e s t i m a t e f r o m the
E l e c t r i c i t y S u p p l y Boa rd f o r th e p u b l i c l i g h t i n g o f Wolfe
Tone V i l l a s and White Rock V i e w , t o g e t h e r w i t h a r e p o r t
f r o m the Counth
manager t h e r e o n a
The Board under
d a t e ox the 2 5 t h u l t i m o a s k e d f o r a sum o f
£ 3 9 : 7- 0 > t o e r e c t th o n e c e s s a r y s w i t c h w i r e , t o g e t h e r
w i t h the a n n u a l
cos t o f l i g h t i n g the lamps .
The manaper r e p c r t e d t h a t i n h i s o p i n i o n s u c h C a p i t a l Expendi­
t u r e was a m a t t e r f o r :he E!b c t r i c i t y S u p p l y B oa rd , and s h o u l d
n o t he b o r n e by th e C o r p o r a t i o n ^
T h is m a t t e r crave r i s e t o a l e n g t h " d i s c u s s i o n ; a t the end o f
whi^-h. C o u n c i l l o r Byrne p r o p o s e d .hat the Manager ; s o b s e r v a t i o n s
be c o n v e y e d t o the E l e c t r i c i t y S u p p l y Boa rd , as th e c o n s i d e r e d
o p i n i o n o f ghe C o r p o r a t i o n
C o u n c i l l o r Roche s e c o n d e d
the m o t i o n w h i c h was u n a n i m o u s l y a g r e e d t o 5
I t was a l s o d e c i d e d t o i n q u i r e f r o m the Board i f t h e y w e r e
p r e p a r e d t o p u t an e x t r a l i g h t a t D e v e r e a u x V i l l a s and an
e x t r a l i g h t a t the Dis t i l l e r y Road a t the new h o u s e s r e c e n t l y
e r e c t e d b y Mr * P h i l i p B» P i e r c e *
PUBLIC LIGHTING GENERALLY«
A r i s i n g out o f t h i s matter a g e n e r a l d is c u s s io n t o o k p la c e
r e g a r d i n g Jrhs p u b l i c l i g h t i n g , and i t was p o i n t e d o u t t h a t
f r o m t i m e t o time lamps were o u t f o r s e v e r a l n i g h t s , and
r e f e r e n c e was a l s o made t o the l i g h t i n g o f Paul Quay, but
the Town C l e r k p o i n t e d o u t t h a t t h i s was a m a t t e r e n t i r e l y f o r
the W ex fo rd Harbour Conjnis s i o n e r s ,
The Town Clerk a l s o
i n t i m a t e d t o the m e e t i n g t h a t he was a w a r e the E l e c t r i c i t y
Sue l y Board d i d o p e r a t e a p a t r o l t o i n s p e c t the l i g h t s ,
and i n h i s o p i n i o n i t w o u l d n o t be r e a s o n a b l e t o e x p e c t the
Board t o o p e r a t e a n i g h t l y p a t r o l , and he f u r t h e r s t a t e d
t h a t he f o u n d the l o c a l s t a f f o f t h e Boa rd most o b l i g i n g
whenever he drew t h e i r a t t e n t i o n t o a p u b l i c lamp b e i n g o u t
of operationHis e x p e r i e n c e s i n c e the Bo r d u n d e r t o o k the
p u b l i c l i g h t i n g o f th e town was t h a t w hen ever he n o t i f i e d
them o f a lamp b e i n g o u t i t was r e p a i r e d i m m e d i a t e l y ,
ACQUISIT10N _0FJPR0PERTY^
The n e x t b u s i n e s s was t o c o n s i d e r r e q u e s t s f r o m the owners
o f v a r i o u s p r o p e r t i e s t h a t th e C o r p o r a t i o n s h o u l d a c q u i r e
ghenu
The f i r s t r e q u e s t v/as f r o m the owners o f h o u s e s i n
C o r r j ^ r k e t o c c u p i e d by 0 :L e a r y and C a r l e y .
I n the o p i n i o n
o f the County Manager t h e s e w o u l d be o f no v a l u e t o the C o r p o r a ­
t i o n e x c e p t they c o u l d v e a c q u i r e d a t a r e a s o n a b le c o s t andhheld
^‘ or s u b s e q u e n t s t r e e t w i d e n i n g .
~.t was d e c i d e d t o d e f e r c o n s i d e r a t i o n o f t h i s p r o p o s a l as i t
i n v o l v e d th e e x a m i n a t i o n o f a l a r g e Scheme o f S t r e e t widening.
The s e c o n d r e q u e s t was f o r the a c q u i s i t i o n o f two vacant
houses^ t h r e e o c c u p i e d h o u s e s and a y a r d a t Abbey S t . and
i t was d e c i d e d t o n e g o t i a t e w i t h the owner f o r these p r o p e r t i e s .
The t h i r d was a h o u s e a t J o h n ' s Gate S t « o c c u p i e d by T e r e n c e
Dempsey, and the f o u r t h a h o u se a t T a l b o t S t , o c c u p i e d by
a man named S u t t o n *
I n t h e s e c a s e s i t was d e c i d e d t h a t reports
s h o u l d i-o o b t a i n e d f r o m the Borough S u r v e y o r w i t h a v ie w to
c o n s i d e r i n g i f i t w o u l d be a d v i s a b l e f c r th e C o r p o r a t i o n to
a c q u i r e them.
©: Wexford Borough Council
~ 4 -*
INCREASE OF RENTS.
The Mayor s t a t e d t h a t f o r some time p a s t he had been^
i n u n d a t e d w i t h a p p l i c a t i o n s f r o m p e o p l e who had r e c e iv e d
n o t i c e s o f i n c r e a s e s o f r e n t and i n m o s t c a s e s t h e y had
b e e n i n f o r m e d t h a t i t was due t o i n c r e a s e d r a t e s , b u t whereas
the r a t e s had b e e n i n c r e a s e d by 3 / 4 i n the £ . some o f the
r e n t s wore b e i n g i n c r e a s e d b y 3 / - t o 4 / - p e r week.
He s t a t e d t h a t i f the p e o p l e w an te d p r o t e c t i o n t h e y s h o u l d
joir
a Town T e n a n t s 5 League and he u n d e r t o o k t o c o n v e n e
a p u b l i c m e e t i n g i n the n e a r f u t u r e w i t h the o b j e c t o f f o r m i n g
s u c h a l e a g u e , and he a p p e a l e d t o
the p e o p l e t o a t t e n d t h i s
m e e t i n g and j o i n same.
CIRCULATION OF COUNTY MANAGER'S ORDERS
AMONGST
MEMBERS?
"
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne c o m p l a i n e d t h a t
f o r some time p a s t
the
County M a n a g e r 's O rd e r s
had n o t
been C i r c u la t e d
and r e q u e s t e d
t h a t f o r th e f u t u r e the p r i n c i p a l Orders made b y th e Manager
s h o u l d fce c i r c u l a t e d t o the members w i t h the M in utes and
Agenda f o r e a c h S t a t u t o r y m e e t i n g *
DANGER SIGNS,
I t wax d e c i d e d t o r e q u e s t the County Manager t o have Danger
s i g n s e r e c t e d a t the Fay the S c h o o l .
GRAVE DIGGERS.
Compkint was a g a i n made r e g a r d i n g th e g r a v e d i g g i n g S t a f f
a t C r o s s t c w n Cemeter y and on the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r Byrne,
s e c o n d e d by Al derm an C o r i s h , i t was d e c i d e d t o r e q u e s t the
County Manager t o em p loy an e x t r a man f o r work i n the
Cem etery and f o r c a s u a l
w ork i n th e C o r p o r a t i o n
when t h e r e
was n o t s u f f i c i e n t work t o k e ep him e m p l o y e d i n the
cem etery.
CONDITION OF ROADWAY.
C o u n c i l l o r 0 ’ F l a h e r t y c o m p l a i n e d o f t h e c o n d i t i o n o f the
j u n c t i o n o f H i l l S t . a n d John S t . and i t w a s d e c i d e d t o
draw the a t t e n t i o n o f the County E n g i n e e r t o th e m a t t e r .
HOUSING LOAN.
There was s u b m i t t e d t o the m e e t i n g a Deed o f M ortgage whereby
s e c u r i t y w ould
g i v e n t o the C o m m i s s io n e r s o f P u b l i c Works
f o r a l o a n o f £ 1 6 , 5 0 0 . 0 . 0 « f o r the e r e c t i o n o f 16 w o r k i n g
c l a s s d w e l l i n g s a t S l i p p e r y G re en , and the f o l l o w i n g R e s o l u t i o n
was moved b y Alderm an C o r i s h , s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r H o w lin ,
and r e s o l v e d " t h a t our C o r p o r a t e s e a l fee f i x e d t * the Deed
o f Mortgage on t h i s d a t e now r e a d , w hereby s e c u r i t y i s g i v e n
t o the C o m m is s io n e r s o f p u b l i c Works i n I r e l a n d f o r the
repaym ent o f the sum o f £ 1 6 , 5 0 0 o p r o p o s e d t o be a d v a n c e d
by them t o us under the H o u s in g o f the Wor king C l a s s e s '
■nCtS . ,?
The Deed o f M ortgage was t h e r e o n s e a l e d a n d s i g n e d on the
p a r t o f the C o r p o r a t i o n - ,
The meeting then terminated*
©: Wexford Borough Council
8 t h November,
1948=
A mooting o f the General Purposes' Committee was h eld th is
day a t the Town C le r k 's O f f i c e , Town h a l l , Wexford, a t h a l f ­
p a st seven o 'c l o c k p.m.
The members presen t b e i n g : His W o r s h ip ,
Aldermen:
The Mayor
(in
the C h a i r ) .
G e o rg e Hadden and N i c h o l a s P. C o r i s h .
C ou n cillors:
John 0 ' F l a h e r t y , K e v i n M o r r i s , Thomas Byrno,
P a t r i c k B i e r n e y and Thomas B u c k l a n d *
The C o u n ty Manager and Town C l e r k were a l s o
in atten d an ce.
PROGRESS REPORT - 72 HOUSE
•SCHfcitflB.
The r e p o r t o f the H o u s in g E n g i n e e r on the p r o g r e s s o f th e
e r e c t i o n o f 72 h o u s e s a t S l i p p e r y G reen up to the en d o f
O c t o b e r was r e a d , and s e v e r a l members i n t i m a t e d t h a t t h e y
had i n s p e c t e d the p r o g r e s s and were a s t o n i s h e d a t the amount
o f work t h a t had b e e n done s i n c e the commencement, and c o n g r a g u l a
t i o n s were e x t e n d e d t o
t h e H o u sin g e n g i n e e r and the workmen
e m p l o y e d on the Scheme.
DEPUTATION - UNEMPLOYED MENS' ASSOC IApPION,
A d e p u t a t i o n f r o m the Unemployed m e n s ' A s s o c i a t i o n c ame
b e f o r e the m e e t i n g and a s k e d t o have the R e l i e f Grant work
p u t i n hands b e f o r e C h r i s t m a s .
The men a l s o t h o u g h t t h a t
t h o s e o u t o f work l o n g e s t s h o u l d be e m p l o y e d f i r s t and a s k e d
the C o r p o r a t i o n to t r y and have the s y s t e m amended w hereby
t h o s e i n r c c e i p t o f the h i g h e r r a t e o f Uriemployment A s s i s t a n c e
received f i r s t preferen ce.
The d e p u t a t i o n then w it h d r e w and the C o r p o r a t i o n c o n s i d e r e d
the t w o p o i n t s r a i s e d , .
As r e g a r d s th e commencement o f the R e l i e f Scheme b e f o r e
C h rist m a s the Town C l e r k i n t i m a t e d t h a t the P l a n s , e t c .
f o r t h e new r o a d f r o m S u m m e rh ill c r o s s to W h i t e m i l l had b e e n
s e n t t o the Depart ment on S a t u r d a y .
He f u r t h e r s t a t e d
t h a t he had b e e n i n t e l e p h o n i c c o m m u n i c a t i o n w i t h the head
o f the rtoad S e c t i o n on S a t u r d a y m or n in g and he d i d n o t
a n t i c i p a t e any d e l a y i n s a n c t i o n i n g th e p r o p o s a l s s u b m i t t e d .
The Town C l e r k was a s k e d t o kee p i n t o u c h w i t h the Department
w i t h a v ie w t o h a v i n g s a n c t i o n t o the p r o p o s a l s e x p e d i t e d .
The q u e s t i o n o f the employment o f men gave r i s e to a l e n g t h y
d i s m i s s i o n , d u r i n g w h i c h i t was p o i n t e d o u t t h a t t h e s e R e g u l a ­
t i o n s were f r a m e d on a n a t i o n a l b a s i s and d i d n o t a p p l y to
W e x fo r d a l o n e .
I t was s e e n t h a t i t w o u l d be v e r y d i f f i c u l t t o s u g g e s t any
ag r e e m e n t t o t h e s e R e g u l a t i o n s w h i c h w ou ld be e q u i t a b l e t o
a l l c o n c e r n e d , a n d i t was e v e n t u a l l y d e c i d e d , on the
s u g g e s t i o n o f th e Mayor, t h a t the M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l Government
be askud to p e r m i t o f some o f the l o w e r r a t e d Unemployment
A s s i s t a n c e R e c i p i e n t s , who had b e e n o u t o f work f o r a c o n s i d e r a b l e
t i m e , t o be e m p l o y e d on the Scheme.
PUBLIC LIGHTING.
With r e f e r e n c e to m in u t e s o f l a s t m e e t i n g when a d i s c u s s i o n
t o o k p l a c e r e g a r d i n g th e r e q u e s t o f t h e E l e c t r i c i t y S u p p l y Board ,
t h a t tho C o r p o r a t i o n s h o u l d p a y vthe c o s t o f s w i t c h w i r e , a
l e t t e r was r e a d fro m t h e Board p o i n t i n g
o u t t h a t the r e v e n u e
f r o m p u b l i c l i g h t i n g d i d n o t r e c o u p th e
expenditure in cu rred
©: Wexford Borough Council
by the i n s t a l l a t i o n work such as the e x te n sio n o f switch wire
or n e t - w o r k e x t e n s i o n s , and the c o s t o f s u c h works s h o u l d be
b o r n e by the L o c a l A u t h o r i t y c o n c e r n e d ,
I t was d e c i d e d t o
r e f e r t h i s m a t t e r b a c k t o the E l e c t r i c i t y Suot l y Board ,
p o i n t i n g o u t t h a t the h o u s e s now b e i n g e r e c t e d b y the
C o r p o r a t i o n were a l l b e i n g w i r e d f o r E l e c t r i c i t y and a s k i n g
the Board i f i t was i n t e n d e d t h a t the C o r p o r a t i o n w o u l d have
t o pay f o r the e x t e n s i o n ' of t h e i r n e t w o r k t o t h i s a r e a *
TRAIN SE RVICE- ROSSLARE HBR./STH.
OF IRELAUD.
A l e t t e r was r e a d f r o m Coras I o m p a i r E i r e a n n r e g a r d i n g the
t r a i n s e r v i c e f r o m R o s s l a r e Hartoour t o Cork and as t h i s was
merely a r e i t e r a t i o n o f the p o in ts made by the Town C l e r k
i n h i s l e t t e r o f t h e 2 6 t h u l t i m o , i t was d e c i d e d t o r e f e r
the m a t t e r b a ck f o r f u r t h e r c o n s i d e r a t i o n , p o i n t i n g o u t t h a t
the C o r p o r a t i o n d i d n o t c o n s i d e r the Company’ s r e p l y s a t i s f a c t o r y
PROPOSED PUBLIC CONVENIENCE.
In r e p ly to a query the 'fown Clerk intim ated th at a r e v is e d
Plan of the proposed p u b lic la v a to r y had been forwarded to
the Department o f Local Government.
HOUSING SITE- WATERLOO ROAD.
The Mayor made a s u g g e s t i o n t h a t the p r o p o s e d h o u s i n g S i t e
a t W a t e r l o o Road d h o u l d be d e v e l o p e d as s o o n a s p o s s i b l e ,
and l a i d o u t f o r p r i v a t e b u i l d i n g s .
The Town Clerk p o in ted out th a t ha waj a w a itin g the
»»*c#a&ary maps from the Borough Surveyor to make a Cob^UIs orjf
P u rc h a se Order a c q u i r i n g the n e c e s s a r y l a n d , and as s o o n
as he r e c e i v e d t h i s he w o u l d make the O rd er and a p p l y f o r a
Gra nt t o d e v e l o p the S i t e *
HOUSING.
In c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h i s m a t t e r o f H o u s i n g , the Cou n ty Manager
p o i n t e d o u t t h a t wir. P h i l i p P i e r c e had s e v e n h o u s e s , p a r t i a l l y
c o n s t r u c t e d a t D i s t i l l e r y Road.
Mr. P i e r c e was p r e p a r e d t o
s e i l t h r e e b e t t e r c l a s s h o u s e s , p a r t i a l l y c o n s t r u c t e d , f o r the
sum o f a Thousand Pounds, and f o u r b u n g a l o w s , p a r t i a l l y
c o n s t r u c t e d f o r th e sum o f £ 1 , 1 4 0 . 0 . 0 . P l u s l e g a l c o s t s
in each c a s e ,
On the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r Byrne, s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r
B i e r n e y , i t v/as u n a n i m o u s l y a g r e e d t o a u t h o r i s e the Manager
t o p u r c h a s e t h e s e h o u s e s f r o m Mr. P i e r c e , a t the f i g u r e s
m entioned,
NUISANCE ON FAIR DAYS.
C o u n c i l l o r Roche c o m p l a i n e d o f a n u i s a n c e i n H i l l S t . on
F a i r days t h r o u g h c a t t l e b e i n g h e r d e d on the f o o t p a t h o u t s i c i e
f o u r o f the C o r p o r a t i o n h o a s e s t h e r e , and p r o p o s e d t h a t a
man be em p lo y ed on e a c h f a i r day t o k e e p the c a t t l e o f f tho
footpath .
The Mayor s e c o n d e d t h i s p r o p o s i t i o n which was
agreed t o .
ROSE ROCK TERRACE.
C o m p l a i n t was a l s o made r e g a r d i n g the c o n d i t i o n o f Hqb e Rock
T e r r a c e , and the Town C l e r k p r o m i s e d t o communicate with the
S o l i c i t o r s f o r t h e owners the fo llo w in g m o r n i n g .
©: Wexford Borough Council
QUAYS .
On th e m o t i o n o f Alderm an Hadden, s e c o n d e d Vy t h e Mayor,
i t wa§ d e c i d e d t o r e q u e s t the M i n i s t e r f # r L o c a l Government
t o e x p e d i t e the making o f an Order h a n d i n g o v e r the l i a b i l i t y
o f the Quays f r o m th e W e x f o r d Harbour C o m m i s s io n e r s t o the
W e x f o r d County C o u n c i l , and t h a t the f i v e T . D . f s o f the
C o u n ty be a s k e d to i n t e r e s t t h e m s e l v e s i n t h i s m a t t e r *
Sa n i t a r y
abbey
conveniences
ST. HOUSES.
-
'
In r e p l y t o Ald erm an C o r i s h i t was s t a t e d t h a t the
p r o p o s a l s o f the Borough S u r v e y o r f o r t h e p r o v i s i o n o f s a n i t a r y
c o n v e n i e n c e s f o r h o u s e s a t Abbey S t . r e c e n t l y a c q u i r e d by
the C o r p o r a t i o n had b e e n r e c e i v e d and t h a t an Order would
be made on the m a t t e r the f o l l o w i n g m o r n i n g .
CEMETERY STAFF.
I t v/as a l s o s t a t e d t h a t th e w h o le q u e s t i o n o f the g ra v e
d i g g i n g S t a f f a t S t . I b a r ' s C em etery w o u l d be r e v i e w e d
by the Manager on the 9 t h i n s t a n t .
HOUSES AT SLIPPERY GREEN.
The Town C l e r k w as a s k e d t o b r i n g b e f o r e the n e x t m e e t i n g
the f i n a n c i a l p o s i t i o n o f the h o u s e s a t p r e s e n t i n c o u r s e
o f c o n s t r u c t i o n a t S l i p p e r y G r e e n , and i f i t was then f o u n d
n e c e s s a r y , a s p e c i a l m e e t i n g c o u l d be a r r a n g e d t o d e a l w i t h
the m a t t e r .
HOUSE AT TRINITY ST.
BY KELLY.
OCCUPIED
The a t t e n t i o n o f th e S a n i t a r y I n s p e . c t o r was t o be c a l l e d
t o the c o n d i t i o n o f the house a t T r i n i t y S t . o c c u p i e d b y K e l l y .
The meeting then term in ated^
©: Wexford Borough Council
15th
Novem ber,
1946.
A m e e t i n g o f th e G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s Committee w a s ‘ h e l d
t h i s day a t the Town C l e r k ' s O f f i c e , Town H a l l , W e x fo r d
a t h a l f - p a s t seven o ' c l o c k p.m .
The members p r e s e n t being: His W o r s h i p ,
AM ermen:
the Mayor
(in
th o C h a i r ) .
G e o rg e Hadden and N i c h o l a s C o r i s h .
C ou n cillors:
Thomas B u c k la n d , P a t r i c k B i e r n e y , Thomas
B y rne , James G a u l, Thomas R o c h e , K e v i n
M o r r i s and Sean O ' F l a h e r t y .
The D e pu ty County ma nager, M r. T. F . McDermot, the
Bo rough S u r v e y o r and Town C l e r k were a l s o i n a t t e n d a n c e *
SYMPATHY.
B e f o r e the b u s i n e s s o f the m e e t i n g commenced, the Mayor
moved t h a t th e sympath y o f the C o r p o r a t i o n be e x t e n d e d
t o C o u n c i l l o r MQr r i s on the d e a t h o f h i s A u n t, th e l a t e
Mrs* Mary M o r r i s o f Ca * r i g e e n S t r e e t , W ex ford*
C ou n cillor
Gaul s e c o n d e d the m o t i o n w h i c h was s u p p o r t e d by a l l the
members p r e s e n t , by the i'own C l e r k a n d a d o p t e d i n r e s p e c t f u l
s i l e nee •
OLD nGE PENSION.
The Town C l e r k i n t i m a t e d t h a t he had r e c e i v e d a l e t t e r
fr o m th e I n v e s t i g a t i o n O f f i c e r , t h a t u n l e s s the q u e s t i o n
r a i s e d r e g a r d i n g W i l l i a m Q u i n l i s k was d e c i d e d a t tho n e x t
m e e t i n g , he w o u ld r e f e r t h e m a t t e r t o the C e n t r a l Committee
fc r d e c i s i o n *
I t was a g r e e d , h o w e v e r , t h ^ t t h i s q u e s t i o n
s h o u l d be a d j o u r n e d u n t i l 22 nd i n s t a n t .
DAMAGE
TO
TREES.
•n. r e p o r t w as r e a d f r o m th e Borough S u r v e y o r r e g a r d i n g
damage t o t r e e s , a n d the Mayor made a l e n g t h y a a p p e a l
t o the p u b l i c t o p r e v e n t t h i s wanton d e s t r u c t i o n , and
s t a t e d he w o u l d have no h e s i t a t i o n i n recommending t h a t
a p r o s e c u t i o n be t a k e n a g a i n s t any p e r s o n f o u n d damaging
t r e e s o r o t h e r p u b l i c p r o p e r t y i n the Town* Alderman
C o r i s h , C o u n c i l l o r s Byrne and O ' F l a h e r t y s t r o n g l y s u p p o r t e d
the m a y o r ' s a p p e a l , and i t was d e c i d e d to a s k the Garda
t o use t h e i r b e s t e n d e a v o u r s t o c a t c h o f f e n d e r s , s o t h a t
t h e y m ig h t be b r o u g h t t o j u s t i c e *
CHILDRENS ' PLAYGROUND.
AT MrtL'DLIfiTOWlf.
C o m p l a i n t was a l s o made t h a t a number o f h a r d y boys were
u s i n g the c h i l d r e n s ' p l a y g r o u n d a t Mau dlintow n as a h u r l i n g
p i t c h , and a f t e r some d i s c u s s i o n i t was d e c i d e d t h a t a n o t i c e
be e r e c t e d on t h i s p l a y g r o u n d t h a t h u r l i n g and f o o t b a l l
were p r o h i b i t e d *
In t h i s c o n n e c t i o n , a l d e r m a n Haaden gave n o t i c e o f m o t i b n ,
t h a t he w ou ld mo/e a t the n e x t s t a t u t o r y m e e t i n g , ’’ t h a t
the C o r p o r a t i o n take s t o p s to p r o v i d e h u r l i n g and f o o t b a l l
g ro u n d s f o r b o y s . ”
HYDROSTa TS AT EDEMVALE.
A r e p o r t was r e a d from the Borough S u r v e y o r r e g a r d i n g the
c o n d i t i o n o f the h y d r o s t a t s
a t E d e n v a l e , a n d ifc was d e c i d e d
t o r e q u e s t the C o n s u l t i n g E n g i n e e r s f o r a r e p o r t t h e r e o n .
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NEW ROAD - SUMMERHILL TO WHITEMILL.
The Town Clerk intim ated that the proposals o f the
Corporation to provide a’ new road from Summerhill to
W h item ill under the cu rrent y e a r ’ s R e l i e f Grant Scheme,
had been approved, and the Borough Surveyor intim ated
th at he proposed to s t a r t wcrk on the 22nd in s t a n t , but
as a r e s u l t o f an a p p e a l made by members, the Sirveyor
agreed, th at i f at a l l p o s s i b l e , to commence on Thursday
next*
In r e p l y t o a q u e r y by C o u n c i l l o r byrn e r e g a r d i n g an
e x t r a G ra nt t o compte te t h i s r a o d , the Mayor i n t i m a t e d
t h a t he had had „a c o n v e r s a t i o n w i t h the M i n i s t e r f o r
L o c a l Government on S a t u r d a y and he f e l t h o p e f u l t h a t the
e x t r a money w o u l d be p r o v i d e d .
The i^ayor a l s o i n t i m a t e d t h a t as a member o f th e G . A . a .
he had had c o n v e r s a t i o n s w i t h the Park C om m itt e e , and
s u g g e s t e d t o them t h a t t h e y s h o u l d s e n d a d e p u t a t i o n t o
the C o r p o r a t i o n t o d i s c u s s the m a t t e r o f w a l l s & c.
REPAIRS TO CERTAIN STREETS.
The Borough S u r v e y o r i n t i m a t e d t h a t he was i n t o u c h w i t h
the Cou n ty E n g i n e e r r e g a r d i n g th e p u r c h a s e o f m a t e r i a l s t o .
r e p a i r a number o f s t r e e t s i n the fown, and he was a s k e d
to e x p e d it e t h i s work.
I n s t r u c t i o n s were a l s o g i v e n t o
the Borough S u r v e y o r t h a t t ; & v & l l f a c i n g Emmet P l a c e
h o u s e s s h o u l d be l i m e w ash e d .
KEHOE’ S -
BRIDE STREET.
C o m p l a i n t was made by C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s r e g a r d i n g the
f l o o d i n g o f K e h o e s ’ , B r i d e S t . , and i t w a s a g r e e d t h a t i f
i t was the f a u l t o f the p e r s o n who owned the a d j o i n i n g
h o u s e , t h a t n o t i c e s h o u l d be s e r v e d r e q u i r i n g ab a t e m e n t
of nuisance.
TRINITY ST. SEWERAGE NUISANCE.
C o m p la in t v/as a l s o made by tho Mayor r e g a r d i n g th e s e w e r a g e
a t the p r e m i s e s o f K e l l y s ' , T r i n i t y S t . , and the Town C l e r k
i n t i m a t e d t h a t he had i n s t r u c t e d t h e H e a l t h I n s p e c t o r t o
b r i n g t h i s m a t t e r t o the n o t i c e o f the M e d i c a l O f f i c e r o f
He a 1 t h .
NUISANCE AT ROSE ROCK.
I t was a g r e e d t h a t the Town C l e r k s h o u l d a s c e r t a i n i f h i s
i n s t r u c t i o n s t o the owners had b e e n c a r r i e d out r e g a r d i n g
the d e f e c t i v e d r a i n a g e a t Rose ^ o c k , and i t was f u r t h e r
a g r e e d by C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s , s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r B i e r n e y
t h a t i f the work were n o t p u t i n hands i m m e d i a t e l y , t h a t
the C o r p o r a t i o n s h o u l d do i t t h e m s e l v e s and r e c o v e r the c o s t s
i n v o l v e d f r o m the o w n e r s .
JUNCTI0 N_OF HOHN ST./H ILL S T » *
C o u n c i l l o r 0 ’ F l a h e r t y a g a i n r a i s e d the q u e s t i o n o f the
s u r f a c e o f th e r o a d - w a y a t th e j u n c t i o n o f John S t . and
H i l l S t . , and th e Town C l e r k i n t i m a t e d t h a t he had alrea d y
w r i t t e n to the County E n g i n e e r on t h i s m a t t e r , and had
r e c e i v e d an a c k n o w l e d g e m e n t .
He (Town Clerk) was again
a s k e d to communicate w i t h the County E n g i n e e r on th is m a t t e r .
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CONDITION OF NO. 1,
FhTtHE .
THE
C o m p l a i n t wa3 made r e g a r d i n g the c o n d i t i o n o f Ne>. 1 ,
The F a y t h e , o c c u p i e d by Mrs. Joh n son, and the Town C l e r k
i n t i m a t e d t h a t d e s p i t e s e v e r a l r e q u e s t s t o th e M e d i c a l
O f f i c e r o f H e a l t h , a r e p o r t had n o t y e t b e e n r e c e i v e d ,
and he was i n s t r u c t e d t o r e q u e s t t h e M e d i c a l O f f i c e r
to d eal w ith t h is matter im m ediately.
DISTILLERY HOUSE.
In r e p l y t o a q u e r y r e g a r d i n g D i s t i l l e r y H ouso, the
B oroug h Surveyor i n t i m a t e d t h a t i t was a l r e a d y b e i n g
w i r e d , and t h a t th e o n l y o t h e r work n e c e s s a r y was the
p a i n t i n g o f the f r o n t d o o r .
NAME
PLATES.
The B oroug h S u r v e y o r was t o be a s k e d to have name p l a t e s
p r o v i d e d f o r S t . B r e n d a n ’ s Road and B r i d e S t .
CONFERENCE AT COUNTY COUNCIL.
On t h e m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r G au l, s e c o n d e d by Aiderinan
Hadden, 'Ehe Mayor and C o u n c i l l o r B u c k la n d , t o g e t h e r w i t h
the Town C l e r k and B oroug h P u r v e y o r , i f n e c e s s a r y , were
a p p o i n t e d t o a t t e n d a C o n f e r e n c e b e t w e e n the r p p r e s e n t a t i v e s
o f the W e x f o r d County C o u n c i l and the Urban C o u n c i l s i n
t h e C o u n ty , t o c o n s i d e r the w h o l e q u e s t i o n o f the urban
a u t h o r it ie s b u ild in g houses, ou tside th e ir d i s t r i c t ,
and th o e x t e n s i o n o f t h e i r b o u n d a r i e s ,
TRAFFIC
RE GULtTIONS,
The n e x t bus! n e s s was a d e p u t a t i o n f r o m the W e x f o r d
Chamber o f Commerce, £he W e x f o r d D a p e r s ’ and B o o t m e r c h a n t s ’
A s s o c i a t i o n and the W e x f o r d T r a d e s 7* C o u n c i l t o d i s c u s s w i t h
the C o r p o r a t i o n the q u e s t i o n o f ( P r a f f i c R e g u l a t i o n s i n the
Borough.
The m e e t i n g t o o k up the r e p o r t o f the Town C l e r k d a t e d
2 0 t h A ugust, f o l l o w i n g c o n v e r s a t i o n s he had had w i t h the
S u p e r i n t e n d a n t o f the Garda and r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f the
Chamber o f Commerce on t h i s m a t t e r , and a f t e r e x a m i n a t i o n
the f o l l o w i n g s u g g e s t i o n s were u n a n i m o u s l y a g r e e d t o ,
( 1 ) That p a r k i n g s h o u l d be a l l o w e d on the sea s i d e o n l y
o f the Quays w i t h the e x c e p t i o n o f the C r e s c e n t where
p a r k i n g s h o u l d bo a l l o w e d on the l a n d s i d e .
"No P a r k i n g ’1
n o t i c o s s h o u l d be p r o v i d e d bn the l a n d s i d e o f the Quays
and " P a r k i n g " n o t i c e s on t h e s e a s i d e .
I t was f u r t h e r
a g r e e d t h a t a p e r i o d o f 20 m i n u t e s w a i t i n g a l l o w a n c e
s h o u l d bo made f o r the p u r p o s e o f t r a n s a c t i n g bus i n e s s
a t any p r e m i s e s on the "No P a r k i n g " S i d e .
In c o n n e c t i o n w i t h p a r k i n g a t the i&uays i t was d e c i d e d
t o make r e p r e s e n t a t i o n s t o the Harbour C o m m i s s io n e r s t o
r e q u e s t the owners o f t i m b e r s t o r e d t h e r e o n t o have i t
t i d i e d up.
( 2 ) I t was a g r e e d t h a t the new open s p a c e a t Se&kar S t r e e t
s h o u l d be d e s i g n a t e d as a p a r k i n g p l a c e , and t h a t p a r k i n g
should be a l l o w e d on tho s o u t h s i d e o f the B u l l r i n g and
Common Quay S t . , f r o m w i t h i n 3 0 ' o f T r a y n o r ’ s c o r n e r fco
w i t h i n 30* o f the Quay.
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I t was f u r t h e r a g r e e d t h a t Cornm arket s h o u l d be
d e s i g n a t e d as a p a r k i n g p l a c e and t h a t p a r k i n g be
p e r m i t t e d on t h e s o u t h s i d e o f the s t r e e t s l e a d i n g t o
th e Q ua y s,
In c o n n e c t io n w i t h s u g g e s t i o n s that
Cornm ar ket s h o u l d bo made a p a r k i n g p l a c e , i t was
d e c i d e d t h a t p a r k i n g s h o u l d take p l a c e
e i t h e r h e ad
or r e r e t o the f o o t p a t h s .
on
( 3 ) A s u g g e s t i o n t h a t d a n g e r s i g n s s h o u l d be p l a c e d •
at the j u n c t i o n o f S t . J o h n ’ s R o a d / j o h n S t , , G eorg e
S t ' / ^ b b e y S t . , Main S t . / K i n g S t . , M i l l R o a d / J o s e p h
S t . / K i n g S t - , P a r n e l l S t . / T r i n i t y S t . , Lambert P l a c e /
/{ing S t , , and a t Mary S t . / J o h n S t . / S c h o o l S t . , v/as
a lso agreed,
(4 ) I t was a l s o a g r e e d t h a t where s t r e e t s or r o a d s
were c o n v e r g i n g on main r o a d s t h e y s h o u l d be marked
,:H a l t , - Maj or r o a d a h e a d . ”
This w ou ld a p p ly to s u ch
Pl 8 c e s as S t . J o h n ’ s Rea d / J o h n S t . , Main S t . / K i n g S t . ,
P a r n e l l S t . / T r i n i t y S t . , Lambert P l a c e / K i n g S t . an d
the s t r e e t s l e a d i n g t o the Qua ys.
( 5 ) I t was f u r t h e r a g r e e d t h a t an a r r o w s i g n s h o u l d be
p l a c e d a t the j u n c t i o n o f the Faythe and W i l l i a m S t .
marked
Through Trunk R o a d , ” d i r e c t i n g th r o u g h t r a f f i c
down W i l l i a m S t , , and t h a t an i l l u m i n a t e d a r r o w s i g n
s h o u l d be p l a c e d under the o l d c i t y o f Cork p r e m i s e s
a t Paul Quay and a t the C r e s c e n t .
( 6 ^ ^ s u g g e s t i o n by the Garda t h a t a s p e e d l i m i t s h o u l d
be p l a c e d on m otor t r a f f i c i n the town was s t r o n g l y
o p p o s e d b y the Chamber o f Commerce, and i t was a g r e e d
t h a t n o t h i n g f u r t h e r s h o u l d be d o n e i n t h i s c o n n e c t i o n
p e n d i n g the r e s u l t of an i n q u i r y i n t o an a p p l i c a t i o n
f o r s u c h a ’’ s p e e d l i m i t ” In th e town o f B r a y .
W ) I t was a l s o a g r e e d to s u g g e x t t o the Garda t h a t
a trial s h o u l d be g i v e n to a t e m p o r a r y r o u n d a b o u t a t
Redmond Monument and a t the j u n c t i o n o f H i l l S t . and
Sjaw u l l ^oad*
( 8 ) I t was f u r t h e r a g r e e d t h a t the s u g g e s t e d p a r k i n g
R e g u l a t i o n s s e t o u t ab ove s h o u l d n o t o p e r a t e a f t e r 6 . 3 0 p .m .
The meeting then term inated.
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22nd
N ove'm ber,
1948 /
A meeting o f the General Purposes Committee of the
Corporation was h e ld th is d a y at the Town C le r k 's
O f f i c e , Town H a l l, Wexford a ) fo a lf-p a s t seven o ’ clo ck
p.m.'
The members p resen t b e i n g : C ou n cillor
James S i n n o t t ,
Mayor,
( i n the ^ h a i r ) .
Aldermen:
G e o rg e Hadden and N i c h o l a s C o r i s h * *
il
» *
•
C ou n cillors:
Thomas B y r n e , Edward H o w l i n , James
G a u l , P a t r i c k B i e r n e y , Sean 0 ’ F l a h e r t y ,
Thomas B u c k la n d , K e v i n M o r r i s and Thomas
no c h e .
The C o u n ty Manager a n d Town C l e r k were a l s o
attendance.
in
FAIR DAYS.
The Town C l e r k i n t i m a t e d th&t he had b e e n a s k e d b y tho
l o c a l n ew sp a p e r s t o c o m p l e t e the f a i r s alm a n ack f o r the
year, 1949.
On e x a m i n a t i o n the d a t e showed t h a t the
d a t e o f the Beeember f a i r o f 1949 f e l l on the 2 7 t h ,
and a s C h r i s t m a s day was a Sunday, T u e sd a y , the 2 7 t h
w o u l d be a p u b l i c h o l i d a y under the H o l i d a y s ’ A c t s ,
and i t was more than l i k e l y t h a t i t w o u l d be d e c l a r e d
a Bank H o l i d a y by the G ov ern men t, and t h e y asked what
day w o u l d be f i x e d f or t h e h o l d i n g o f the f a i r .
It
was s u g g e s t e d t h a t the f i t r be h e l d on vi/ednesday,
2 8 t h Decem ber, 1949, b u t b e f o r e com ing t o a d e c i s i o n
i t was d e c i d e d t o c o n s u l t w i t h the b o u n t y Committee
of a g ricu ltu re.
WATERSUFPLY CONNECTIONS.
A C i r c u l a r l e t t e r under d a t e o f 2 9 t h O c t o b e r , 1948,
No. 1 . 6 5 / 4 8 , r e l a t i n g to house connections to w atersupply and sewerage Schemes was read from the M in iste r
fo r L ocal Government,
The Minis ter suggested that
a survey should be made o f a number of houses not connect
ed to the sewerage and water system s, and ste p s be taken
to have these houses connected as s oon as p o s s i b l e ,
As
the C irc u la r recommended that in c e r ta in cases work
should be c a r r ie d out by the Corporation themselves, anu
the c o b t spread over a period not exceeding 30 y e a r s,
the County Manager r e f e r r e d i t to the Corporation f o r
a d ir e c t i o n on p o l i c y .
A f t e r some d is c u s s io n i t was
decided to have the survey made, and to send a copy
of the C irc u la r to each member of the C o u n c il.
RECONDITIONING OF HOUSES.
C i r c u l a r l e t t e r s , H.56 and H. 5 7 , 1 8 t h O c t o b e r , 1948
f r o m the M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l Government on H ousin g
programme and D i r e c t La bour Schemes came up f o r c o n s i d e r ­
a t i o n , and i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h the r e c o n d i t i o n i n g cf
e x i s t i n g h o u s e s i t was p o i n t e d o u t t h a t 1l s u c h h o u s e s
had a l r e a d y b e e n a c q u i r e d and n e g o t i a t i o n s were p r o c e e d i n g
f o r 16 h o u s e s a t T r i n i t y S t . , and 5 h o u s e s a t n b b e y S t ,
DERELICT SI TES.
to a lengthy d is c u s s io n , during which.
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Borough Council
-Lhis gave r i s e
tho c o n d i t i o n o f v a r i o u s d e r e l i c t s i t e s i n the Town
was m e n t i o n e d , and i t was t h o u g h t th a t a map s h o u l d
be p r e p a r e d s e t t i n g o u t t h e s e s i t e s w i t h a v ie w t o
t h e i r a c q u i s i t i o n f o r the e r e d t i o n o f h o u s e s .
F u r t h e r c o n s i d e r a t i o n o f th o C i r c u l a r s was a d j o u r n e d
t o g i v e tho members an o p p o r t u n i t y o f c o n s i d e r i n g the
v a r i o u s p o i n t s s e t o u t by the M i n i s t e r ,
STREET NUMBERING.
I t was s u g g e s t e d t h a t the n e x t s t r e e t t o bo numbered
sh o u ld be
St.
DANGEROUS CONDI TION OF HOUSES.
A t t e n t i o n was c a l l e d t o the d a n g e r o u s c o n d i t i o n o f tho
h o u se a t C a s t l e H i l l S t . o c c u p i e d b y Mrs. C a r r o l l , and
the s a n i t a r y c o n d i t i o n o f the h o u s e a t C a s t l e H i l l S t ,
o c c u p i e d by Miss M a r s h a l l .
The Town Clerk was asked to p l a c e on the t a b l e a t the
n e x t m e e t i n g the f i l e toC c o r r e s p o n d e n c e r e l a t i n g to
p r o v i s i o n o f s a n i t a r y a c c o m m o d a t i o n fo r t h e h o u s e at
w illia m S t . o c c u p i e d b y H i g g i n b o t h a m ,
SEWERAGE AT ROSE ROCK.
I n r e p l y t o a q u e r y , tho Town C l e r k s t a t e d t h a t he
u n d e r s t o o d f r o m th e Bor ough S u r v e y o r t h a t the C o r p o r a t i o
workmen w e r e t o commence t h i s m o r n in g t o l o w e r th e
C o r p o r a t i o n end o f the d r a i n a t Rose H ock .
PROPERTY AT STONEBRIDGE
E a flE T --------------------------
In r e p l y t o C o u n c illo r O ' F l a h e r t y , th e ‘^own C-lerk
i n t i m a t e d t h a t he had « » © c o r r e s p o n d e n c e r e l a t i n g
to tho ovnerahip o f praperty a t &to*iefc*idge Lano, but
up to the p rese n t had not been able to f i x d e f i n i t e
r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r such ownership.
HOUSING SCHEMES - LAYING
OFF O F ' mEnT
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne- c o m p l a i n e d o f men b e i n g l a i d o f f the
h o u s i n g schemes a t S l i p p e r y G re e n , and th e Town C l e r k
was a s k e d t o c o n v e y the view s o f the C o r p o r a t i o n on
t h i s m a t t e r t o the H o u s in g E n g i n e e r .
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne a l s o a s k e d i f th e men who had b e e n
d i s m i s s e d f r o m the H ou s in g Scheme had b e e n a l l o w e d
a l l the b e n e f i t s t o w h i c h t h e y were e n t i t l e d under
th e H o l i d a y s ( E m p l o y e e s ) A c t s o f 1 9 3 9 , and th e Town
C l e r k i n t i m a t e d t h a t he had p a i d them a l l he was l e g a l l y
e n t i t l e d to pay.
HOUSE AT 3 ,
0 TCONNELL AYE.
C o u n c i l l o r Roche c o m p l a i n e d t h a t t h e r e was a l e a k
i n th e be d room o f No. 3, 0 fC o n n e l l n v e n u e , o c c u p i e d
by Mrs. D o y l e .
PUBLIC CONVENIENCE.
With r e f e r e n c e to the e r e c t i o n o f a p u b l i c c o n v e n i e n c e
a t S e l s k a r , the ©own C l e r k s t a t e d t h a t he had had a
t e l e p h o n e mess age f r o m th e D epa rtm en t t o tho e f f e c t t h a t
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-3 -
tiaa r«vl&©4 Piaja^r wore not considered s a t i s f a c t o r y .
*‘ h i l e some o f the d i f f i c u l t i e s d i s c u s s e d in the o r i g i n a l •
P l a n had boon r e m e d i e d t o a c e r t a i n e x t e n t , the arpearance
o f the s t r u c t u r e i n the r e v i s e d P l a n w o u l d be u n s i g h t l y ,
and the i n t e r n a l l a y o u t r e q u i r e d i m p ro v e m e n t .
The
M in ister co n sid ered i t ad visable
t h a t the C o r p o r a t i o n
s h o u l d a d o p t the s u g g e s t i o n a l r e a d y made by him, t o e m p l o y
and a r c h i t e c t .
He had b e e n , h o w e v e r , i n f o r m e d t h a t the
S i t e w o u l d be the s u b j e c t o f an i n s p e c t i o n by the Town
P l a n n i n g A d v i s o r 4 w i t h i n the n e x t few d a y s .
T h i s r e p o r t gave r i s e t o a l e n g t h y d i s c u s s i o n on w hether
o p n o t an a r c h i t e c t s h o u l d be e m p l o y e d , b u t on the m o t i o n
o f C o u n c i l l o r G a u l, s e c o n d e d b y C o u n c i l l o r B y r n e , i t was
a g r e e d t o d e f e r c o n s i d e r a t i o n o f the m a t t e r u n t i l the
Town P l a n n i n g a d v i s o r o f the Department had v i s i t e d the
Town.
OTHER BUSINESS.
C o m p l a i n t was a l s o made r e g a r d i n g the c r o s s i n g t o the
F r i a r y c h a p l e a t John S t . , and t o a w a l l a t C o r r y f3
Terrace,
Alderm an C o r i s h c o m p l a i n e d o f the c o n d i t i o n of the f o o t ­
p a t h o u t s i d e th e e n t r a n c e to the C a p i t a l Cinema a t King
S t . , and the Town C l e r k was a s k e d t o draw the a t t e n t io n of
the C o u n t y E n g i n e e r t o i t «
The Town C l e r k was a l s o a s k e d t o g e t i n t o u c h H&fcin w i t h
the County E n g i n e e r r e g a r d i n g the c o n d i t i o n o f the f u n c t i o n
o f John S t , / H i l l S t C o m p l a i n t was a l s o made r e g a r d i n g the c o n d i t i o n o f
f o o t p a t h a t the c o r n e r o f G ib son S t .
EMPLOYMENT
the
OF LABOURERS.
R e f e r e n c e was a l s o made to tne f a c t t h a t o n l y 13 l a b o u r e r s
were e m p l o y e d on the new r o a d Scheme, and th e Borough
S u r v e y o r was t o be a s k e d i f more men c o u l d p o s s i b l y be
employed b e f o r e C h ristm as.
HOUSING LOAN.
There was s u b m i t t e d t o tho m e e t i n g f o r a p p r o v a l and
s i g n a t u r e b y the Mayor a Form o f A p p l i c a t i o n t o the
M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l Government r e q u e s t i n g s a n c t i o n t o
the r a i s i n g o f a l o a n o f £ 9 0 , 0 0 0 .. f o r the p u r c h a s e and
d e v e l o p m e n t o f a H ou sin g S i t e a t S l i p p e r y G reen and the
e r e c t i o n o f 72 h o u s e s , and on the m o t i o n o f the Mayor,
s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r G au l, i t was u n a n i m o u s l y r e s o l v e d
t h a t a Loan o f £ 9 0 . 0 0 0 be r a i s e d f o r the above p u r p o s e .
The Form o f H p p l i c a t i o n f o r s a n c t i o n was t h e r e u p o n
s i g n e d b j . -» the *wa y o r and c o u n t e r s i g n e d by the Town C l e r k .
The m e e t i n g th en t e r m i n a t e d ,
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6th
December,
1948.
A S ta tu to r y meeting was held th is day at the Town
C le r k ! s O f f i c e , Town H a l l , O x f o r d a t h a l f r p a s t
seven o ’ clo ck p.m.
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•
The members p resen t b e i n g : -
•
t
C ou n cillor
James S i n n o t t
(Mayor)
i n th e C h a i r .
Aldermen Hadden and C o r is h .
C ou n cillors:
Roche, M orris,
and G a u l .
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H o w lin ,
B yrne,
The County Manager and Town Clerk were a l s o
a tte n d a n c e .
B u c k la n d ,
in
MINUTES.
The f o l l o w i n g m i n u t e s were s u b m i t t e d f o r r a t i f i c a ­
t i o n and s i g n a t u r e , m i n u t e s o f C o r p o r a t i o n on the
2nd u l t i m o , G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s f Committee on the 8 t h ,
1 5 t h , 22nd and 2 9 t h u l t i m o .
UNEMPLOYMENT SCHEMES.
A r i s i n g o u t o f the M in utes o f the 2nd u l t i m o
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne r e f e r r e d t o a d i s c u s s i o n on Unemploy­
ment Schem es, and p o i n t e d o u t t h a t i t v/as n o t c o r r e c t
t h a t he had w it h d r a w n h i s o r i g i n a l m o t i o n - t h a t
the County AUa n a g e r seekw* f u r t h e r G rant o f £ 3 , 0 0 0 .
f r o m the Unemployment R e l i e f Fund ao as t o r e l i e v e
Unemployment i n ^ e x f o r d , he m e r e l y d e f e r r e d the m o t i o n
p e n d i n g an answer f r o m the M i n i s t e r t o a p r o p o s a l
by the AUa y o r , t h a t the Depart ment be a s k e d f o r an
e x t r a Gra nt t o e n a b l e the r o a d f r o m S u m m e rh ill to
W h i t e m i l l t o be c o m p l e t e d .
The Town Clerk intim ated t h a t he would embody th is
c o r r e c tio n in the Minutes of the presen t meeting,
and on the motion of C o u n c illo r Gaul, seconded by
C o u n c illo r Roche, the minutes as submitted were
taken as laving been rea d , approved and signed by
the Mayor.
HOUSING FINANCE.
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne r e f e r r e d t o the m i n u t e s o f the m e e t i n g
o f 8 th u l t i m o when a d i s c u s s i o n t o o k p l a c e on
H ou sin g F i n a n c e , and i t was d e c i d e d t h a t as somn as the
n e c e s s a r y f i g u r e s w ere
r e c e i v e d f r o m t h e Department
r e g a r d i n g the amount o f Grant t o be r e c e i v e d f r o m the
T r a n s i t i o n a l D e v e lo p m e n t Fund, t h a t a s p e c i a l m e e t i n g
s h o u l d be h e l d t o c o n s i d e r i t .
The Town C l e r k i n t i m a t e d t h a t he had n o t y e t
received
an o f f i c i a l i n d i c a t i o n f r o m the D epart ment, b u t had
b e e n i n f o r m e d u n o f f i c i a l l y t h a t the Grant w ou ld be £ 4 0 0 .
per h o u s e .
He was now e n g a g e d i n amending the f i g u r e s
and i t was a g r e e d t h a t th e m a t t e r s h o u l d be d i s c u s s e d
a t a m e e t i n g o f the G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s 1 Committee on the
13th i n s t .
SYMPATHY.
On the motion of C o u n c illo r Gaul, seconded by C o u n c illo r
Byrne a vote of sympathy was passed with C o u n c illo r Bierney
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1 the death of h is aunt, Mr s”.^"Redmond.'of Barrack S t.A l l the
i:-3moers a s s o c i a t e d themselves w ith the vote inclu ding the Manager
r nd Town C le rk .
On the motion of the Mayor, secortdcjd by G ou n cill
Aor?j.s and sui ported hy a l l the ..members' p re se n t,'’- *iQcl,lidiAg the
er.-^nd Town Civ 14^ a**v6'tit ->f s ^mp a thy .vice's .pas's cd wi
Mt*.
wa*:*cs .-r.lonc, Deputy C ^ p t " m of the Fire Bri .q®, . an the de.ath of
h is mother.
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HIGHER PAY FOR GARDA SIOCHANA .
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•.
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I n a c c o r d a n c e ' w i t h n o t i c e g i v e n C o u n c i l l o r n oche moved
,:t h a t t h i s C o r p o r a t i o n , c o n s c i o u s and a p p r e c i a t i v e o f
the h i g h e f f i c i e n c y o f the Garda S i o c h a n a , p l e d g e the
s u p p o r t o f the C o r p o r a t i o n , w i t h the Garda i n t h e i r
e f f o r t s to secure h igh er ra tes o f p a y .”
T h i s m o t i o n was s e c o n d e d by the W
Aa y o r and u n a n i m o u s l y
adoptedMAYOR'S COURTS.
C o u n c i l l o r Roche a l s o moved " t h a t the C o r p o r a t i o n r e q u e s t
the iVii n i s t e r f o r J u s t i c e to r e s t o r e the e r s t w h i l e f u n c t i o n s
o f the AUa y o r s o f E i r e , w h er eby th ey - Mayors - had the
a u t h o r i t y t o h o l d and p r e s i d e a t the B o r o u g h C o u r t t o
hear m ih o r o f f e n c e s . ”
Alderm an C o r i s h s e c o n d e d t h i s m o t i o n .
T h is p r o p o s a l gave r i s e t o some d i s c u s s i o n , d u r i n g w h i c h
i t was s u g g e s t e d t h a t the v i e w s o f the o t h e r Mayors o f I r e l a n d
s h o u l d be s o u g h t b e f o r e a d e c i s i o n was r e a c h e d .
On the p r o p o s a l t o r e - e s t a b l i s h t h e s e C o u r t s b e i n g p u t
t o the m e e t i n g , h o w e v e r , i t was d e f e a t e d by f i v e v o t e s
a g a i n s t to t h r e e f o r .
C o u n c i l l o r RocShe r e t i r e d f r o m the m e e t i n g a t t h i s
as he had a n o t h e r a p p o i n t m e n t .
SUPERANNUATION ACT,
stage
1948.
The n e x t b u s i n e s s was t o c o n s i d e r the a d o p t i o n o f P a r t
1 1 l o f the L o c a l Government ( S u p e r a n n u a t i o n ) A c t , 1 9 48 ,
and t o d e c i d e the number o f e m p l o y e e s t o w h i c h the A c t s h o u l d
apply.
T h i s m a t t e r gave r i s e t o a l e n g t h y d i s c u s s i o n
b u t i t was e v e n t u a l l y a g r e e d , on the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r
Byrne, s e c o n d e d >y Ald erm an C o r i s h t h a t the n e c e s s a r y
n o d . e e be i s s u e d o f the i n t e n t i o n o f the C o r p o r a t i o n t o
a d o p t P a r t 1 1 l o f the A c t an d t h a t i t s h o u l d a p p l y t o
tw e n t y -fiv e C orporation em ployees.
HURLING & FOOTBALL PITCH.
In a c c o r d a n c e w i t h notice g i v e n Alderm an Hadden movefl t h a t
the C o u n c i l take s t e p s to p r o v i d e h u r l i n g and f o o t b a l l
p i t c h e s i n th e Town, and a s k e d the County Manager t o x e c u r e
a f i e l d b e t w e e n the Fay t h e and the Rocks f o r t h i s p u r p o s e ,
and t o i n v e s t i g a t e the m a t t e r g e n e r a l l y .
C ou n cillor
Gau] s e c o n d e d the m o t i o n w h i c h w a s s u p p o r t e d by C o u n c i l l o r
Byrne, Alderman C o r i s h , C o u n c i l l o r s B u c k la n d , O ' F l a h e r t y and
the M a y o r .
I n t h i s c o n n e c t i o n , h o w e v e r , the Mayor p o i n t e d
o u t t h a t the p r o v i s i o n o f s u ch p l a y i n g p i t c h e s w o u l d i n v o l v e
c o n s i d e r a b l e e x p e n s e a i d i n v i e w o f the hnge h o u s i n g programme
f a c i n g the C o r p o r a t i o n , he t h o u g h t n o t h i n g s h o u l d be done
e x c e p t t o e xamine th e p o s s i b i l i t i e s o f t h e m a t t e r .
The
m o t i o n was u n a n i m o u s l y a d o p t e d .
WIRING OF OLDER CORPORATION
HOUSES.
"
In accordance w ith n o tic e g iv en Alderman Corish moved
that the County Manager examine the p o s s i b i l i t y of w iring
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■
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th e i r o l d e r h o u s e s f o r e l e c t r i c i t y ,
C o u n c i l l o r 0 TF l a h e r t y
s e c o n d e d the m o t i o n w h i o h was a g r e e d t o , b u t w i t h an
eden.dum t h a t n o t h i n g s h o u l d be done w i t h o u t c o n s u l t i n g
the t e n a n t s on the m a t t e r *
••
.
*
CIRCULAR
RE
HOUSING.
The n e x t b u s i n e s s ucas to c o n s i d e r the C i r c u l a r s H. 5 6 / 6 7
f r o m th e M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l Government r e H ou s in g ( c o p i e s
o f w h i c h - had a l r e a d y b e e n f u r n i s h e d to the numbers) .
In
t h i s c o n n e c t i o n a l e t t e r w as r e a d f r o m the M i n i s t e r f o r
L o c a l Government under d a t e o f the 1 s t u l t i m o No. H. 6 2 1 8 4 / 4 8
s e t t i n g o u t t h e p r o c e d u r e n e c e s s a r y t o o b t a i n G rants u nd er
£>E<j#ion 5 o f th e H ou sin g o f the Labo.urers 1 A c t , 1937, and
s u g g e s t e d t h a t a f r e s h s u r v e y s h o u l d be c a r r i e d o u t of h o u s e s
a t p r e s e n t r e g a r d e d as u n f i t f o r human h a b i t a t i o n , b u t w h i c h
could
made f i t a t a r e a s o n a b l e expr.nse ,
A 3d erman Hadden
p r o p o s e d t h a t t h e ^ s u r v e y be c a r r i e d o u t , and the Mayor s e c o n d e d
the' p r o p o s a l w hich was u n a n i m o u s l y a g r e e d t o , and i t was
f u r t h e r d e c i d e d t h a t i t s h o u l d be done s t r e e t by s t r e e t ,
PROPOSEP PUBLIC LAVATORY.
i h e n e x t b u s i n e s s was t o c o n s i d e r a l e t t e r f r o m th e M i n i s t e r
f o r L o c a l Government r e g a r d i n g th e p r o p o s e d p u b l i c l a v a t o r y .
x his' m a t t e r had b e e n b e f o r e th e G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s T Committee
a t a r e c e n t m e e t i n g when the Town C l e r k g ave a resume o f
a t e l e p h o n e c o n v e r s a t i o n he had had w i t h the Dep art ment on
t h is matter#
The Minis t e r f s l e t t e r , w h i c h was d a t e d 22 nd u l t i m o , i n t i m a t e d
t h a t the r e v i s e d P l a n s s u b m i t t e d were n o t s a t i s f a c t o r y *
While
the d e f e c t s o b s e r v e d m the o r i g i n a l i-'lan had b e e n r e m e d i e d
t o a c e r t a i n e x t e n t the a p p e a r a n c e o f th e s t r u c t u r e i n the
r e v i s e d P l a n w o u l d be u n s i g h t l y , and the i n t e r n a l l a y - o u t
r e q u i r e d improvement,
A t t e n t i o n was drawn t o the r e s t r i c t e d
e n t r a n c e t o the mens f s e c t i o n , the
unbalanced p r o p o r t io n in g
o f the two t y p e s o f c o n v e n i e n c e and the u n u s u a l d e s i g n o f
the C a r e t a k e r ’ s l o c k - u p .
The open f l o o r s p a c e i n the womens*
s e c t i o n s h o u l d be l a r g e r , a n d the wash hand b a s i n was n o t
s a t i s f a c t o r i l y p laced .
In the c i r c u m s t a n c e s the M i n i s t e r
c o n s i d e r e d i t a d v i s a b l e t h a t the C o r p o r a t i o n a d o p t the s u g g e s t i o n
c o n t a i n e d i n th e D e p a r t m e n t ' s l e t t e r o f t h e 4 t h O c t o b e r , t h a t
an A r c h i t e c t s h o u l d be a p p o i n t e d f o r t h e p r e p a r a t i o n o f P l a n s
f o r the c o n v e n i e n c e .
C o u n c i l l o r Gaul p r o p o s e d the a p p o i n t m e n t o f a n a r c h i t e c t
and Alderm an Hadden s e c o n d e d , b u t s t r o n g o p p o s i t i o n to
t n i s c o u r s e was a p p a r e n t f r o m o t h e r members and on a v o t e
b e i n g t a k e n , f o u r v o t e d f o r and f i v e a g a i n s t the a p p o i n t m e n t
o f an A r c h i t e c t , and the mayor d e c l a r e d the p r o p o s a l l o s t .
I t was, h o w e v e r , d e c i d e d t o r e f e r the m a t t e r b a ck t o the
Borough S u r v e y o r w i t h i n s t r u c t i o n s t o r e v i s e th e P lan s i n
a c c o r d a n c e w i t h the D e p a r t m e n t ' s s u g g e s t i o n s .
AGRICULTURAL
GRANT S .
R e s o l u t i o n f r o m th e Cork County C o u n c i l r e g a r d i n g
A g r i c u l t u r a l G ra nts i n Urban A r e a s was marked ,fr e a d ,f on the
m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r B y r n e , s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r OrF l a h e r t y
VANDALISM.
C o u n c i l l o r Gaul r e f e r r e d t o the v a n d a l i s m c a r r i e d o u t
a t the j u n c t i o n o f B a t t S t r e e t a n d W i l l i a m S t r e e t when
a r e c e n t l y e r e c t e d f e n c e had b e e n c u t and t h e s t a k e s t o r n
th e g r o u n d , and i t was d e c i d e d t o d r a w the a t t e n t i o n
ol the Garda S i o c h a n a t o t h i s m a t t e r .
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-4' TOWN’ HALL - SITE .
On£ t e n d e r was r e c e i v e d f o r the S i t e a t Redmond Monument
known as " t h e Town H a l l S i t e , " and* o n ' b e i n g op ene d i t
was found, t o be f r o m Mr. P a t r i c k M e y l e r .of N o rt h End G a r a g e ,
who. o f f e r e d £3 00* (T hree Hundred..founds ) .
C o u n c i l l o r B u c k la n d p r o p o s e d t h a t t h i s
accepted.
A ld e rm an Hadden s e c o n d e d .
o f f e r be nob
• .
C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s , h o w e v e r , p r o p o s e d t h a t the o f f e r be .
a c c e p t e d , ' b u t t h e r e was no s e c o n d e r , and' i t was a c c o r d i n g l y
d e c i d e d n o t t o a c c e p t the o f f e r ; FAIR
DAY.
A l e t t e r was r e a d f r o m the W e x f o r d Branch o f t h e I r i s h
Union o f D i s t r i b u t i v e Workers and C l e r k s r e q u e s t i n g the
C o r p o r a t i o n t o change the d a t e o f th e December F a i r f r o m
T u e sd a y , 2 8 t h i n s t ,
T h ^ e t t e r p o i n t e d o u t t h a t i t was
u s u a l f o r the shops i n W e x f o r d t o c l o s e f o r a t M a s t two
days a f t e r C h r i s t m a s , b u t as S t . S t e p h e n ’ s day f e l l on
Sunday the u s u a l p u b l i c h o l i d a y w o u l d be on Monday.
Dece m ber, 2 7 t h .
Consequently ’ i f the f a i r was h e l d on
T u e s d a y , th e s h o p s w o u l d , o f n e c e s s i t y , be o p e n ed and th e
a s s i s t a n t s r e q u i r e d t o w ork and l o s e a h o l i d a y u s u a l l y
g r a n t e d t o them.
On the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r B yrne, s e c o n d e d
by C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s i t was a g r e e d t h a t the Town C l e r k
c o n s u l t w i t h the County Committee o f Agriculiiure as t o
c h a n g i n g th e F a i r t o the 2 9 t h i n s t a n t . , and i f th ey were
a g r e e a b l e t h a t s u c h a change shoigild be madeGRANTS.
The n e x t b u s i n e s s was t o c o n s i d e r c o r r e s p o n d e n c e f r o m the
M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l Gov ernment, r e g a r d i n g G r a n t s .
Under
d a t e o f 2 7 t h u l t i m o by l e t t e r No. RU215/131 the M i n i s t e r
r e f e r r e d t o a l e t t e r f r o m the Town C l e r k d a t e d 6 t h idem
r e q u e s t i n g an i n c r e a s e i n the a l l o c a t i o n o f the G ra nt f o r
the p r o p o s e d r o a d f r o m S u m m e rh ill t o W h i t e m i l l , and s t a t e d
t h a t i n the f i r s t i n s t a n c e the a l l o c a t i o n cf monies was
a m a t t e r f o r the P a r l i a m e n t a r y S e c r e t a r y t o t h e M i n i s t e r
f o r F i n a n c e who had f i x e d the G ra n t to ^ e x f o r d C o r p o r a t i o n
at £ 3 ,2 5 0 ., s u b je c t to a l o c a l c o n t r ib u t io n o f £460.
The M i n i s t e r , However s t a t e d t h a t a t p r e s e n t t h e r e was
no p o s s i b i l i t y o f i n c r e a s e the G r a n t .
A second l e t t e r
u nder date o f 2 3 rd u l t i m o , No. RM/32 was r e a d f r o m the
M i n i s t e r i n w h i c h he p o i n t e d o u t t h a t i t was open t o the
Borough Surveyor t o e m p lo y any s u i t a b l e man i n r e c e i p t o f
unemployment a s s i s t a n c e , and t h a t he had a f r e e s e l e c t i o n
the b e s t men a v a i l a b l e f o r t h e w o r k .
A r e p o r t was
a l s o r e a d f r o m the B or o u g h S u r v e y o r r e g a r d i n g the d i f f i c u l t y
oi o b t a i n i n g s t o n e , and the Manager i n t i m a t e d he v/as g i v i n g
a d i r e c t i o n t o the Borough S u r v e y o r t o use' the a v a i l a b l e s t o n e
a t C o r r y ?s T e r r a c e and the o l d p o r t e r ’ s l o d g e a t the County
H osp ital.
In t h i s c o n n e c t i o n C o u n c i l l o r Byrne p r o t e s t e d a g a i n s t
the s m a l l number o f men e m p l o y e d , and i t w as d e c i d e d t o
r e q u e s t the Bo r ou g h S u r v e y o r t o i n c r e a s e the number as
s o o n as p o s s i b l e .
C o u n c i l l o r O’ F la h e r t y se c o n d e d .
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne a l s o p r o t e s t e d a g a i n s t th e s m a l l amount
o f the G r a n t , and p r o p o s e d £ h a t a p p l i c a t i o n be made
t o the M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l Government f o r a f u r t h e r Grant
o f £ 3 , 0 0 0 , t o r e l i e v e unemployment i n the Town.
C ou n cillor
H ow lin s e c o n d e d .
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I
- b 'I t was a l s o d e c i d e d t o c o n v e y the f e e l i n g s o f the
C o r p o r a t i o n t o t h e P a r l i a m e n t a r y S e c r e t a r y t o th e
M i n i s t e r f o r F i n a n c e r e g a r d i n g the number o f unemp
l o y e d i n the Town and
r e q u e s t i n g him t o make
a v a ila b le a fu r th e r £ 3 ,00 0. fo r th eir r e l i e f *
POOR QUALITY OF BREAD.
The Mayor r e f e r r e d t o the p o o r q u a l i t y o f b r e a d b e i n g
s u p p l i e d t o the ri'own i n the l a s t few months and i t w as
d e c i d e d t o as k the M a s t e r B a k e r s f A s s o c i a t i o n i f t h e r e
was any p a r t i c u l a r r e a s o n f o r t h i s .
FREE FUEL SCHEME.
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne s t a t e d he u n d e r s t o o d t h a t r e c i p i e n t s
u n d e r the F r e e F u e l Scheme were b e i n g c h a r g e d an e x t r a
3 d . p e r cwt* f o r t u r f S u p p l i e d , and he a s k e d the Town
C l e r k t o r e q u e s t the Manager t o r e - a d j u s t the p r i c e
p a i d f o r t u r f i i n t h e F u e l Scheme s o as t o o b v i a t e
the n eed o f r e c i p i e n t s p a y i n g a n e x t r a 3 d .
The meeting then term inated.
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8th
Decem ber,
1948.
’ A S p e c ia l Meeting of the Wexfford Corporation was held on th is
• day at the Town C lerk*s O f f i c e , Town H a l l ,
^ e x fa rd , at h a lf-p a slj ei^hi?
oi clo c k p *£1,
The members p r e s e n t were:
p resid in g .
C ou n cillors
James S i n n o t t
(* . o y o r )
A ldermen Corish and Hadden, C o u n c illo r s OfF la h e r ty ,
\
B u c k la n d , B i e r n e y , B y r n e ,
M o r r i s and C u l l i m o r e ,
the County Lanager and
the A s s i s t a n t t o the Town C l e r k were a l s o i n a t t e n d a n c e .
The Hayor i n f o r m e d the M e e t i n g t h a t the C o r p o r a t i o n had b e e n
sp ecially
convened t o c o n s id e r
sending o f d e le g a t e s
the p r o v i s i o n o f f i n a n c e
t o c o v e r the
t o a D i r e c t Labour Housing Scheme i n L a n c a s h i r e .
The County Manager s t a t e d th a t he had r e c e i v e d a c o i n a u n i c a t i o n
from the Depart men t o f L o c a l Government, under d a t e December l o t , .
i n t i m a t i n g t h t D e p a r t m e n t a l O f f i c i a l s were t r a v e l l i n g t o S t . H e l e n s ,
Lanchshire,
th ere.
O fficer
t o i n s p e c t a D i r e c t Labour B u i l d i n g Scheme b e i n g c a r r i e d
The Department s u g g e s t e d t h a t th e C o r p o r a t i o n might send t h e
in charge
o f D i r e c t Labour o p e r a t i o n s
t h e y m ig h t a l s o c o n s i d e r th e
C ou n cil.
out
in W e x ford tow n, and t h a t
sending o f a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e
o f the T r a d e s
The Manager s a i d t h a t he had agreed i m m e d i a t e l y t o the
s e n d i n g o f the H ou sin g E n g i n e e r ,
Mr. H i l i a r .
He c o u l d se e t h e a d v a n t a g
th a t would come f r o m the i n s p e c t i o n o f the Liethods em p lo y ed i n a Scheue
o f t h i s k i n d , and c o u l d s e e ,
Corporation.
too,
t h a t su ch a v i s i t
might r e p a y th e
He had b ee n i n f o r m e d t h a t th e p r i n c i p l e
was r a t h e r p e r f e c t l y d e v e l o p e d i n t h i s Scheme,
e x p e r i e n c e g a i n e d by the e x a m i n a t i o n o f
of con su ltation
and he t h o u g h t t h a t th e
such a s y s t e m would h e l p i n
p e r f e c t i n g l o c a l m a ch in e r y and r e d u c i n g c o s t s .
C ou ncillor Byrne vehemently opposed the sending of anyone to
England to in spect any D irect Labour Scheme.
<
;exford had p r a c t i c a l
experience of d i r e c t Labour Schemes, and he proposed that nobody be sent
He e s p e c i a ll y opposed the Idea of, sending anybody other than a member or
an O f f i c i a l of the C orporation.
The Mayor said that he a l s o p e r s o n a lly
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opposed the sending of a person who was n e ith er a member nor an O f f i c i a l
of the Corporation, and he thought th at the Corporation g e n e r a lly v'ouldi
(2)
Alderman Dr* Hadden supported the i d e a .
He -thought i t was
sound and " b e l i e v e d tha.t the co st of s e n d i n g such a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e w o u l d
n o t be g r e a t e r
than
the c o st o f running, t . i e i r
own Scheme fo r
one
day.
He c o u l d n o t but think t h a t , at l e a s t , a d a y f s co stin g s would be
saved
by the e x p e r i e n c e g a i n e d .
Other members o f
the C o r p o r a t i o n h a v i n g e x p r e s s e d t h e m s e l v e s ,
Alderman C o r i s h p r o p o s e d t h a t
necessary fina n ces
the C o r p o r a t i o n make a v a i l a b l e
t o send Mr. M i l l a r ,
The Mayor s e c o n d e d t h is m o t i o n .
H ousin g E n g i n e e r ,
to
the
St* H e l e n s .
•
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne p r o p o s e d t h a t the. C o r p o r a t i o n make n o money
available
j>o c o v e r
the
sending o f anybody t o S t , H e le n s,
C ou n cillor
M o r r i s s e c o n d e d t h i s amendment.
The amendment was put to the m e e t i n g and
f o r and four a g a i n s t .
The Mayor d e c l a r e d
ca rried , f i v e
vofc:ijn£
the amendment ca rrie d
and the m e e t i n g e n d e d .
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A meeting of the General Purposes : Coiiimittee was he-1<
th is day at the Town C le r k 's O f f i c e , Town H a ll- VVexf
at h a l f - p a s t se ve n o ’ clock p-mThe members preser.
b e i n g :•Councillor James S in n o t t, Mayor (in the Chair) .
aldermen Corish and Hadden*
C ou n cillors:
G au l, B i e r n e y , B u ck la nd ,
M o r r i s , and 0 TF l a h e r t y
Byrne,
Ho'v.'.i'
The County Manager, Borough S u r v e y o r and Town C l e r k
were a l s o i n a t t e n d a n c e .
Dangerous
conditio n
of
nousE
at
FAYTHE.
C o u n c i l l o r H ow lin drew the a t t e n t i o n o f t h e Borough
S u r v e y o r t o the d a n g e r o u s c o n d i t i o n o f a h o u se a t
F a y t h e o c c u p i e d , or f o r m e r l y o c c u p i e d , by a p e r s o n
named J o h n s t o n and r e q u e s t e d him to a t t e n d t o the
m a t t e r i m m e d i a t e l y as he c o n s i d e r e d i t a danger t o
passers-by•
SANITARY ACCOMMODATION FOR HOUSES AT
WILLIAM S T .
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne a s k e d what p r o g r e s s had b e e n made
r e g a r d i n g th e p r o v i s i o n o f s a n i t a r y c o n v e n i e n c e s :?or
h o u s e s a t W i l l i a m S t . owned by Mrs. ittcKnight. and th
Town C l e r k i n t i m a t e d t h a t he had g i v e n mrs . McKnigh1
.
a map sh owing where t h e C o r p o r a t i o n p r o p o s e d to e;:te:
t h e i r sew er t o e n a b l e h e r t o o b t a i n E s t i m a t e s .
-rt
was a g r e e d t h a t the Town C l e r k s h o u l d communicate wi
Mrs. McKnight a g a i n on t h i s n a t t e r *
FLOODING.
R e f e r e n c e was made to f l o o d i n g i n the g a r d e n o f the
h ouse a t D a v i t t Road? N o r t h , ’ o c c u p i e d by B yrne, fro m
the g rou n ds o f the C o n se n t o f Mercy S c h o o l , and the
Borough S u r v e y o r was a s k e d t o s u b m i t an u p - t o - d a t e
r e p o r t on t h i s m a t t e r .
Alderman C o r i s h r e f e r r e d t o f l o o d i n g a t the premiser,
o f Mr. F f r e n c h , S p a f i e l d flouoe, and the Town C l e r k
i n t i m a t e d t h a t he had p a s s e d Mr« F f r e n c h ! s c o m p l a i n t
t o the Borough S u r v e y o r t h a t a f t e r n o o n .
DANGEROUS PIER.
C o u n c i l l o r B i e r n e y r e f e r r e d to what he c o n s i d e r e d t o
be a d an gerou s p i e r a t W a t e r l o o Road, b u t the B oroug’
S u r v e y o r i n t i m a t e d t h a t , i n h i s o p i n i o n , i t v/as n o t
dangerous•
UNEMPLOYMENT GRANT VORKS.
A g e n e r a l d i s c u s s i o n t o o k p l a c e on the number o f men
e m p loy ed on the p r e s e n t r e l i e f Grant works and nMr .
McNally i n t i m a t e d t h a t a t th e p r e s e n t time t w e n t - n i n
men w e r e em p loyed and as s o o n as he was ii/a p o s i t i o n
to commence the sewer ia f u r t h e r t w e l v e w ould be
employed.
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A discussi.on took place* a ls o reg a rd in g the employment
of-men on these works and i t was conveyed .to the Borough
Surveyor th at i t was the unanimous opinion of the Corpora­
tio n that some of the lower rated^ r e c i p i e n t s of .unemploy­
ment a s s is ta n c e should be employed# .
• REPAIRS TO ChRTx-xIN STREETS.
R e f e r e n c e was made t o a d e c i s i o n a r r i v e d a t some time
ago t o r e p a i r c e r t a i n s t r e e t s i n the ^ w n and the
Borough S u r v e y o r e x p l a i n e d t h a t up t o t h ^ p r e s e n t he
had b e e n u n a b l e t o o b t a i n the n e c e s s a r y s t o n e .
FOOTPATHS.
R e f e r e n c e was a l s o made t o a p r o p o s a l s ome time ago
t o c o n c r e t e f o o t - p a t h s l e a d i n g to c e r t a i n h o u s e s a t
M au dlintown and r t o l fe Tone *V i l l a s , and i t was e x p l a i n e d
t h a t when t h i s d e c i s i o n was a r r i v e d a t , cement was
i m p o s s i b l e to o b t a i n , and t h a t i n v ie w o f r e c e n t i n c r e a s e s
i n wages, i t w o u l d now be n e c e s s a r y to r e v i s e the Es t i m a t e ,
s o i t was d e c i d e d t o a s k the Borough S u r v e y o r t o s u b m i t
a f r e s h e s t i m a t e s o t h a t the n e c e s s a r y Loan m ig h t be a p p l i e d
f o r t o c a r r y out t h i s work.
ROOFS OF TWO HOUSE
^BBEY-ST."
aT
Alderman Hadden r e f e r r e d t o the c o n d i t i o n o f the r o o f s
o f two h o u s e s a t ^.bbey S t , r e c e n t l y a c q u i r e d by the W e x f o r d
C o r p o r a t i o n , and i t was p o i n t e d o u t u n l e s s s o m e t h i n g
was done v e r y q u i c k l y w i t h t h e s e r o o f s , the w a l l s w o u l d
b e g i n t o d i s i n t e g r a t e due t o w a t e r f l o w i n g down.
The
Borough S u r v e y o r , h o w e v e r , e x p l a i n e d t h a t a t the preseiti
time he c o u l d n o t g e t a s u i t a b l e mason t o c a r r y out t h i s
work, and C o u n c i l l o r Byrne i n t i m a t e d t h a t he was aware
o f a p l a s t e r e r who was i d l e and p r o m i s e d t o s end him t o
the Borough Su rveycr the f o l l o w i n g m o r n i n g .
The A,*ayor
suggested that a
c o v e r i n g o f some n a t u r e , s u c h as a
t a r p a u l i n , s h o u l d be p l a c e d on the r o o f u n t i l i t was
p o s s i b l e t o have i t p r o p e r l y r e p a i r e d .
E ven tu ally, i t
was d e c i d e d t h a t t i e Borough P u r v e y o r s h o u l d t r y and
change the mason he had w i t h one o f the y o u n g e r masnns
on the h o u s i n g Scheme who w o u l d be b e t t e r a b l e t o deal
w i t h work on a h i g h r o o f .
DISTILIERY
HOUSE.
1 ' 1■- ■» 1
-—
R e f e r e n c e was a l s o made to the d e l a y i n completing the
r e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f the Dis t i l l e r y House and Mr, M cN ally
e x p l a i n e d t h a t ^ t h e o n l y t h i n g to be done was the i n s t a l l a ­
t i o n o f E l e c t r i c i t y and the C o n t r a c t o r was a t p r e s e n t
d e a lin g with t h i s .
HOUSE AT MONCK ST.
C om p la in t was a l s o made r e g a r d i n g the c o n d i t i o n o f the
house a t inonck S t . o c c u p i e d by Mrs, C a s s i d y , and
the
Borough S u r v e y o r was asked to examine i t .
The Borough S u r v e y o r was a l s o a s k e d t o have immediate
r e p a i r s c a r r i e d out to a broken f o o t - p a t h o u t s id e o f
R e i l l y s ’ , The F a y t h e , which had b e e n b r o k e n up some
c o n s i d e r a b l e time a g o ,
The
FIXING OF RENTS FOR 86 HOUSES.
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Wexford
Borough Council
next business was to consider the f i x i n g of rents
-3 -.
i
i
,
f o r the 88 h o u s e s a t p r e s e n t * i n c o u r s e o f c o n s t r u c t i o n
at* S l i p p e r y G r e e n .
The Town ' C l e r k Ts r e p o r t on this,
m a t t e r w h i c h had b e e n f u r n i s h e d t o the members under
d a t e o f the 3 0 t h S e p te m b e r , was now r e a d , and he (Town
C l e r k ) i n t i m a t e d t h a t he had b e e n i n f o r m e d by the
Dep art ment o f L o c a l Government t h a t a sum o f £ 4 0 0 , p e r
h o use m ig h t be e x p e c t e d f r o m the T r a n s i t i o n a l D e v e lo p m e n t
Fund, ' This w o u l d r e d u c e t h e a n n u a l c o s t t o the r a t e s
t o £15* 1 6 , 8 . p e r h ouse or £ 1 , 3 9 3 . p e r annum, w h ich
w o u ld be e q u i v a l e n t t o a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1/ 2 d* i n the pound
on the r a t e s .
•
I n t h i s c o n n e c t i o n , h o w e v e r , i t was p o i n t e d o u t t h a t ,
a sum o f £ 7 , 5 . p e r house was i n c l u d e d f o r a d m i n i s t r a t i o n
e x p e n s e s w h ich c o v e r e d c o l l e c t o r 1s c o m m i s s i o n a t a p p r o x i ­
m a t e l y £ 4 . 1 5 . O'.
I t was t h o u g h t t h a t r e p a i r s w ould
n o t be n e c e s s a r y t o new h o u s b s f o r a t l e a s t t e n y e a r s and
i f , s a y , £ 4 . p e r h ouse w e r e taken f r o m the c h a r g e on
the r a t e s i t w o u l d r e d u c e i t t o a p p r o x i m a t e l y £ 1 , 0 0 0 .
or 1 0 d. i n the p ou n d .
C o u n c i l l o r Buck la nd s t r o n g l y o p p o s e d a S u b s i d y o f
£ 1 5 . 1 6 . 8 . p e r h ou se f r o m the r a t e s and s u g g e s t e d t h a t
the C o r p o r a t i o n s h o u l d n o t g r a n t any h i g h e r s u b s i d y than
t h a t g r a n t e d i n r e s p e c t o f p r e v i o u s h o u s i n g Schemes w h ich
was a p p r o x i m a t e l y £5 to £6 p e r h o u s e .
T h is m a t t e r gave
r i s e t o a v e r y l e n g t h y d i s c u s s i o n , a t the e n d of w h i c h
C o u n c i l l o r H o w l i n p r o p o s e d t h a t the C o r p o r a t i o n g r a n t
a s u b s i d y o f £ 7 . 1 0 . p e r h o u s e , w h i c h was s e c o n d e d by
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne and u n a n i m o u s l y a g r e e d t o .
I t was
f u r t h e r d e c i d e d t h a t the T0wn C3e r k s h o u l d r e c a s t the
f i g u r e s on a s u b s i d y o f £ 7 . 1 0 . p e r house fro m the
C o r p o r a t i o n , and a r e n t o f 1 2 - 6 d. p e r week, w h ich i n
the c o n s i d e r e d o p i n i o n o f the C o r p o r a t i o n was the
maximum t h a t c o u l d be e x p e c t e d and s u b m it the
r e s u l t a n t f i g u r e s t o the Department o f L o c a l Government
w i t h a r e q u e s t t h a t t h e y s h o u l d b r i d g e the gap by a
Grant f ro m the T r a n s i t i o n a l D e v e lo p m en t Fund.
LICENCE FOR ABBEY CINEMA.
L i c e n c e i n r e s p e c t o f the Abbey Cinema under the
C i n e m a t o g r a p h , A c t , 1909 was s i g n e d and i n t h i s c o n n e c t i o n
i t was d e c i d e d t o draw tho a t t e n t i o n o f a i l the Cinemas
t o the R e g u l a t i o n p r o h i b i t i n g p e o p l e standing or s i t t i n g
i n the p a s s a g e s , and t o reqi£ s t them t o p l a y the f u l l
N a t i o n a l Anthem a t the c l o s e o f e a c h e x h i b i t i o n and n o t
the a b b r e v i a t e d few l i n e s a t p r e s e n t p l a y e d *
a
LEASES - WESTGnTE.
On
it
at
for
the m o t i o n o f the Mayor, s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r Buckland
was u n a n im o u sly a g r e e d t h a t new L e a s e s on p r o p e r t y
the W e s tg a t e s h o u l d bo g r a n t e d to M e s s r s . Nunn & Co.
a period of 3l years.
MEETING OF CORPORATION ON
m
v9
n n E ' m1 m r- r1-. — —
C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s r e f e r r e d t o a m e e t i n g of the Corporation
h e l d on the 8 th i n s t a n t a t whch the r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f faho
P r e ss were n o t p r e s e n t . , and i n t i m a t e d t h a t o b j e c t i o n had
be e n ta ken to ttis by one o f the l o c a l n e w s p a p e r s , and
i n t h i s c o n n e c t i o n C o u n c i l l o r Bu ck la nd p r o p o s e d t h a t a
r e p o r t be g i v e n to the p r e s s w hich was s e c o n d e d b y C o u n c i l l o r
M o r r is and u n a n im o u sly a g r e e d t o .
1
©: Wexford Borough Council
C o u n c i l l o r B u ck la nd a l s o p r o p o s e d t h a t the C o r p o r a t i o n
c o n f i r m the p r e v i o u s r e s o l u t i o n , t h a t the P r e s s be i n ­
v it e d to a l l m eetin gs;
t h a t the C o r p o r a t i o n p l a c e on
r e c o r d t h a t t h e y have no d e s i r e to c o n d u c t t h e i r b u s i n e s s
h e h i n d c l o s e d d o o r s and t h a t the O f f i c i a l s be i n s t r u c t e d
t o i n v i t e the P r e s s to a l l m e e t i n g s .
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne
secon d ed t h i s m otion which wasagreed t o .
Alderm an
C o r i s h and C o u n c i l l o r OfF l a h e r t y , -h o w e v e r , p o i n t e d out
t h a t the C o r p o r a t i o n s h o u l d be a l l o w e d t o meet i n Committee
when t h e y p l e a s e d and the Ma^or e x p l a i n e d •t h a t a t any time
when a me mber o f the C o r p o r a t i o n w i s h e d t o sp eak i n
Committee such a r e q u e s t had always b e en r e s p e c t e d by the
P r e s s r e p o r t e r s and h i s remarks w e re n o t p u b l i s h e d .
As r e g a r d s the m e e t i n g on th e 8 th December the
Mayor e x p l a i n e d t h a t i t was c o n v e n e d i n a r u s h on a Hojjryday
and i t was p u r e l y an o v e r s l g h - t t h a t the r r e s s had n o t b e e n
in vited .
The m e e t i n g t h e n t e r m i n a t e d .
©: Wexford Borough Council
3 r d Jan uary,
1949.
A S t a t u t o r y m e e t i n g o f the C o r p o r a t i o n was h e l d
t h i s day a t the ^own C l e r k Ts O f f i c e , Town H a l l ,
W e x fo r d a t h a l f - p a s t s e v e n o ?c l o c k p*m.
The
members p r e s e n t b e i n g : C ou n cillor
James S i n n o t t ,
Mayor*
( i n the C h a i r ) .
Alderm an G eorg e Hadden*
C ou n cillors:
Edward H o w li n , Thomas Byrne, P a t r i c k
Bierney^. James Gaul, K e v i n M o r r i s ,
Thomas B u ck la n d and John O ' F l a h e r t y .
The County Manager and Town C l e r k were a l s o
attendance•
At the o u t s e t the Mayor w i s h e d a l l
o f f i c i a l s a v e r y happy New Year.,
in
the members and
SYMPATHY.
The Mayor p r o p o s e d t h a t t h e sympathy o f the C o r p o r a t i o n
be e x t e n d e d t o the r e l a t i v e s o f the l a t e R i c h a r d D o y l e ,
S o u t h Main S t . , £ f o r m e r member o f the C o r p o r a t i o n , and
t h a t the sympathy o f the C o r p o r a t i o n be e x t e n d e d to Mr.
Wm* K e a r n e y , a p u b l i c r e p r e s e n t a t i v e on the d e a t h o f h i s
sister.
C o u n c i l l o r Gaul s e c o n d e d b o t h m o t i o n s w h i c h
were s u p p o r t e d by a l l the members p r e s e n t , by the County
Manager and Town C l e r k and a d o p t e d i n r e s p e c t f u l s i l e n c e .
ARREST
OF
CARDINAL
MINDSZENTY
The Mayor n e x t r e f e r r e d t o the a r r e s t and d e t o n t i o n o f
Car d i n a l M i n d s z e n t y , C a r d i n a l P rim ate o f Hungary and
p r o t e s t e d s t r o n g l y a g a i n s t t h i s a c t i o n o f the H ungarian
Government tow ard s a P r i n c e o f the C a t h o l i c Ch u rc h , The
p r o t e s t was s t r o n g l y s u p p o r t e d by a l l the members p r e s e n t ,
by the County Manager and Town C l e r k , and a t the c l o s e o f
th e d i s c u s s i o n i t was p r o p o s e d by His W or sh ip , The Mayor,
C o u n c i l l o r James S i n n o t t , s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r B y r n e,
and u n a n i m o u s l y r e s o l v e d , "That we, the Mayor, Ald erm en
and B u r g e s s e s o f th e Borou gh o f -Vexford, i n m e e t i n g a s s e m b l
ed r e g i s t e r ou r g r a v e a n x i e t y and p e r t u r b a t i o n a t t h e
news o f the a r r e s t and d e t e n t i o n o f Ca? d i n a l M i n d s z e n t y ,
whose h i g h o f f i c e , d i s t i n g u i s h e d t a l e n t s a n d e s s e n t i a l
humanity have e v e r b e e n d e v o t e d t o a s s e r t i n g , s e c u r i n g
and d e f e n d i n g th e p r i n c i p l e s o f t r u t h , j u s t i c e and
f r e e d o m , and t h a t we, as r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f a p e o p l e who
have s a c r i f i c e d much d u r i n g the c e n t u r i e s t o a c h i e v e f u l l
f r e e d o m , r e q u e s t the immediate r e l e a s e o f t h e C a r d i n a l
Prim ate;
" T h a t we f u r t h e r s t r o n g l y s u p p o r t the r e q u e s t o f our
I r i s h Government, t h a t a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e , d e s i g n a t e d by
them be allcw ed f r e e a c c e s s t o the C a r d i n a l P r i m a t e .
Freedom t o p r a c t i c e en d t e a c h r e l i g i o n i s tb e b i r t h r i g h t
o f f r e e - b o r n men;
i t is a rig h t declared iiT ^ o n stitu tio n
and as r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f a p e o p l e who a b h o r r e l i g i o u s
i n t o l e r e n c e we f u r t h e r r e q u e s t t h a t the C a t h o l i c Church
i n Hungary be g u a r a n t e e d &hat f r e e d o m o f r e l i g i o u s p r a c t i c e
and e d u c a t i o n w h ich i t er\pys amongst a l l f r e e d o m - l o v i n g
peop les;
and t h a t t h i s m e e t i n g a d j o u r n as a f u r t h e r e x p r e s s ­
i o n o f our g r a v e c o n c e r n . ”
©: Wexford Borough Council
3 r d Jan uary,
-
1949.
2-
I t was a l s o a g r e e d t h a t a t e l e g r a m i n the terms o f the
a b o v e r e s o l u t i o n be f o r w a r d e d i m m e d i a t e l y t o th e Prime
M i n i s t e r o f Hungary.
A r i s i n g ou t o f the f o r e g o i n g the f o l l o w i n g f u r t h e r
r e s o l u t i o n was a l s o u n a n i m o u s l y a d o p t e d on the m o t i o n
o f His W o rsh ip , The Mayor, s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r B y n n e•
1fThat a c o p y o f the above r e s o l u t i o n be t r a n s m i t t e d to
the H oly See w i t h a r e n e w a l o f our l o y a l t y and a f f e c t i o n
t o th e S o v e r e i g n P o n t i f f , t o g e t h e r w i t h an e e x p r e s s i o n o f
our s i n c e r e sympathy w i t h Him i n His p r e s e n t t r i a l s and
s o r r o w s . 11
The m e e t i n g t h e n t e r m i n a t e d .
©: Wexford Borough Council
l O t h January,
1 9 49 .
An a d j o u r n e d S t a t u t o r y m e e t i n g o f the C o r p o r a t i o n was
h e l d t h i s day a t the Town C l e r k ' s O f f i c e , Town H a l l ,
W ex fo r d a t h a I f - p a s t s e v e n o Tc l o c k p .m .
The members
present b e in g :His W o r s h ip ,
the Mayor
(in
the C h a i r ) •
Alderm en C o r i s h and Hadden*
C ou n cillors:
Sean 0 TF l a h e r t y , P a t r i d k B i e r n e y ,
Edward How lin, Thomas R o c h e , Thomas
Byrne, James G au l, Thomas B u ck la nd
and K e v i n M o r r i s *
The County Manager and low n C l e r k were a l s o
in attendance.
MINUTES,
On the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r R o c h e , s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r
Gaul the m in u tes o f the C o r p o r a t i o n on the 6 th & 8 th and
G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s Committee on the 1 3 t h u l t i m o , c o p i e s o f
w h ich had b e e n f u r n i s h e d t o the members, were tffk e n as
h a v i n g b e e n n o a d , a p p r o v e d and s i g n e d by the Mayor.
SYMPATHY,
The Mayor moved t h a t the sympathy o f the C o r p o r a t i o n be
e x t e n d e d t o the R e v . Fr <> B u t l e r , R.C„A-. on the d e a t h o f
h i s mother c
C o u n c i l l o r Gaul s e c o n d e d the m o t i o n which
was s u p p o r t e d by a l l the members p r e s e n t , by t h e 'Town
C l e r k and a d o p t e d i n r e s p e c t f u l ^ s i l e n c e .
The Mayor a l s o
moved t h a t the sympathy o f the C o r p o r a t i o n be e x t e n d e d
t o Miss E v a l i n e P h i l l i p s o f t h e f' 1'own C l e r k ’ s O f f i c e , on
th e d e a t h o f h e r a u n t , the l a t e M r s „ S t a f f o r d .
This
m o t i o n was a l s o s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r G a u l, s u p p o r t e d
by the members p r e s e n t and a d o p t e d i n r e s p e c t f u l s i l e n c e .
a RR^ST
OF,
CARDINAL
MINDSZENTY .
R e f e r r i n g t o minutes o f th e 3 r d i n s t a n t when the meetirg
a d o p t e d a r e s o l u t i o n o f p r o t e s t a g a i n s t the a r r e s t and
d e t e n t i o n o f C a r d i n a l M i n d s z e n t y , the f o l l o w i n g l e t t e r
was r e a d from Most R ev , Dr t S t a u n t o n , L o r d B i s h o p o f
Ferns:MI b e g t o a c k n o w l e d g e , w i t h t h a n k s , r e c e i p t o f y o u r
l e t t e r , w i t h the c o p y o f the e x c e l l e n t l y w o rd ed r e s o l u t i o n
o f the C o r p o r a t i o n on the a r r e s t o f C a r d i n a l M i n d s z e n t y ,
The r e s o l u t i o n showed a c l e a r a p p r e c i a t i o n o f the s i g n i f i ­
c a n ce o f the a r r e s t o f the C a r d i n a l .
J t v/as n o t o n l y h i g h
i n p r i n c i p l e , b u t p e r s o n a l , f o r c e f u l and p r a c t i c a l , and
the a d j o u r n m e n t o f the m e e t in g gav e i t the f i n a l marked*
genuine f e e l i n g .
I n e e d n o t s a y t h a t I was g l a d and
p ro u d t h a t the C o r p o r a t i o n o f W ex fo rd v/as one o f the f i r s t
p u b l i c b o d i e s i n I r e l a n d to r e g i s t e r i t s c o n d e m n a t i o n o f
t h i s a t t a c k on the C h r i s t i a n f a i t h and on w o r l d w i d e C h r i s t i a n
s e n t i m e n t , and I know t h a t a l l our r e p r e s e n t a t i v e b o d i e s
have the same sympathy w i t h t h i s g r e a t s p i r i t u a l l e a d e r o f
a s orely tr ie d n ation.
w is h i n g e v e r y b l e s s ing^ the iNew Year t o a l l
ana t o y o u r s e l f p e r s o n a l l y . ”
the members
©: Wexford Borough Council
-2 -
1 0 t h Ja n ua ry ,
1949;
COMPLAINT AGAINST INVESTIGATION
OFFICER.
nVith r e f e r e n c e t o Minutes o f the 1 1 t h O c t o b e r l a s t
when a c o m p l a i n t was made b y the iViayor a g a i n s t the
a t t i t u d e o f I n v e s t i g a t i o n O f f i c e r F o x , a l e t t e r was
r e a d f r o m the Department o f S o c i a l W e l f a r e i n t i m a t i n g
t h a t the c o m p l a i n t had be en i n v e s t i g a t e d and s u i t a b l e
n o t i c e ta k e n o f the o c c u r r e n c e c o m p l a i n e d o f .
RESOLUTION RE Ga RDA
SICCHANA.
With r e f e r e n c e t o m in u t e s o f 6 t h u l t i m o when a
r e s o l u t i o n v/as a d o p t e d u r g i n g i n c r e a s e d pay f o r the
Garda S i o c h a n a , a f o r m a l a ckn ow le d g em en t was r e c e i v ­
ed f r o m the .department of F i n a n c e and a l e t - . e r was
r e a d f r o m the C h i e f S u p o r i n t e n d a n t t h a n k i n g the
members o f th e C o r p a a t i o n f o r t h e i r k i n d a p p r e c i a ­
t i o n o f the e f f i c i e n c y o f th e Garda S i o c h a n a .
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF VOTE
OF SYMPATHY.
A l e t t e r was r e a d a l s o fro m C o u n c i l l o r B i e r n e y a c k n o w l e d g e in g r e c e i p t o f v o t e o f sympathy p a s s e d w i t h him a t l a s t
mee t i n g .
WEXFORD CINEMAS
With r e f e r e n c e to m in u t es o f 1 3 t h u l t i m o when c o m p l a i n t
was made r e g a r d i n g s e a t s i n the Cinemas and th e p l a y i n g
o f an a b b r e v i a t e d v e r s i o n o f the N a t i o n a l Anthem a l e t t e r
v/as r e a d from th e P r o p r i e t o r s o f the C a p i t a l Cinema t o
the e f f e c t t h a t t h e y had n e i t h e r c h a i r s n o r s e a t s a v a i l ­
a b l e t o p ut i n the p a s s a g e s e v e n i f t h e y were r e q u i r e d .
IJ-'he l e t t e r a l s o s t a t e d t h a t t h e v e r s i o n o f the N a t i o n a l
Anthem p l a y e d , was a s o u n d - o n - f i l m v e r s i o n w h i c h was
e x h i b i t e d and p l a y e d
i n p r a c t i c a l l y e v e r y Cinema i n
I r e l a n d , and th e y u n d e r s t o o d t h a t i t had b e e n a g r e e d
on b e t w e e n the Cinemas and th e Government.
In t h i s
c o n n e c t i o n C o u n c i l l o r H ow lin s t a t e d t h a t he was p r e s e n t
i n the C a p i t a l Cinema on the 6 t h i n s t a n t .
h i m s e l f and
saw s e a t s b e i n g p l a c e d i n the p a s s a g e s .
I t was a l s o
s t a t e d t h a t a new v e r s i o n o f the N a t i o n a l Anthem v/as
b e i n g p l a y e d i n th e Abbey Cinema s i n c e the i s s u e o f the
Tov/n Oie r k t s l e t t e r .
I t was a g r e e d t h a t C o u n c i l l o r Howl i n 1s c o m p l a i n t s h o u l d
be b r o u g h t t o the n o t i c e o f the p r o p r i e t o r s o f the
C a p i t a l Cinema and the Town S e r g e a n t was d i r e c t e d t o
subm it w e e k l y r e p o r t s on h i s i n s p e c t i o n s o f the t h r e e
C in e m as•
RELIEF GRANT.
A l e t t e r was r e ^ d f r o m the P a r l i a m e n t a r y S e c r e t a r y t o
the M i n i s t e r f o r F i n a n c o on the s u b j e c t o f the a p p l i c a t i o n
o f the C o r p o r a t i o n f o r l s u p p l e m e n t a r y Grant f o r t h e
r e l i e f o f Unemployment.
T h is s t a t e d t h a t the Grant o f
£ 3 , 2 5 0 . a l r e a d y s a n c t i o n e d , r e p r e s e n t e d a p r o - r a t a prop or V. ' j
o f the moneys made a v a i l a b l e t o p r o v i d e work f o r men i n
r e c e i p t o f Unemployment a s s i s t a n c e i n the c o u n t y as a whole
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-31 0 t h Jan uary,
1949.
In a d d i t i o n , a s p o c i a l Grant am oun tin g t o £ 6 , 1 0 0 . v/as
made i n the c u r r e n t f i n a n c i a l y e a r tow ard s the c o s t o f
the W e x fo r d Waterworks Scheme.
The P a r l i a m e n t a r y S e c r e t a r y had a s c e r t a i n e d t h a t the
number o f men i n the Urban a r ea a t p r e s e n t i n r e c e i p t
o f unemployment a s s i s t a n c e was n o t abnorm al f o r t h i s
time o f the y e a r and r e g r e t t e d he v/as u n a b l e t o r e ­
commend any f u r t h e r Gra nt as i t w o u ld h o t be p o s s i b l e
f o r him to make an e x c e p t i o n i n r e s p e c t o f an i n ­
d ivid u al area.
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne i n t i m a t e d t h a t he
c o u l d n o t a c c e p t t h o vie w s o f the P a r l i a m e n t a r y S e c r e t a r y ,
t h a t unemployment a t p r e s e n t was normal and s t a t e d th a t
some f o r t y men had l e f t W exford on S a t u r d a y l a s t to
s o c k employment i n E n g la n d and on the m o t i o n o f
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne, s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r H o w lin i t
was a g r e e d t o ask the P a r l i a m e n t a r y S e c r e t a r y t o
recon sid er h is d e c is io n .
HOUSING FINANCE
R e f e r r i n g t o m in u te s o f the 1 3 t h u l t i m o when a d i s c u s s i o n
t o o k p l a c e on tho s u b j e c t o f H ou sin g F i n a n c e the Town
C l e r k i n t i m a t e d t h a t when p r e p a r i n g the f i g u r e s he wa s
under the i m p r e s s i o n t h a t the r a t e
o f i n t e r e s t was 3J # .
He had s i n c e a s c e r t a i n e d t h a t the r a t e was o n l y 3-J/o and
had r e v i s e d the f i g u r e s a c c o r d i n g l y b e f o r e w r i t i n g the
f o l l o w i n g l e t t e r t o the M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l G o v e rn m e n t: "IE am d i r e c t e d by the W e x f o r d C o r p o r a t i o n t o r e f e r t o
p r e v i o u s c o r r e s p o n d e n c e on th e s u b j e c t o f the e r e c t i o n
o f 16 and 72 ( T o t a l 8 8 ) h o u s e s a t S l i p p e r y G re e n , W e x f o r d ,
under the Housing o f the Working C l a s s e s ’ A c t s , and t o
s t a t e t h a t a t a r e c e n t m e e t i n g the q u e s t i o n o f f i x i n g
r e n t s t h e r e f o r , was under c o n s i d e r a t i o n .
The A l l - i n - C o s t o f t h e s e d w e l l i n g s
id e stim a te d a s f o l l o w s : (A)
and the f i n a n c i n g
ACQUISITION AND SITE DEVELOPivE NT.
£
3,220.
( 1 ) C o s t o f Land
( 2 ) I n q u i r y , l e g a l and p r e l i m i n a r y
expenses
(3)
400.
S J to d e v e lop m e n t ( O r i g i n a l l y
e s t i m a t e d a t £ 8 , 5 0 0 ) now e s t i m mated a t
9,500
£13,120.
Averago,
approximate ly,£ 1 5 0 . per house.
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t>
* t't
1 0 t h Ja n ua ry ,
( B)
ERECTION
OF
16
1949*
HOUSES.
(1) Contract fo r 16 houses ( O r i g i n a lly
2.
p4T h o u * « ) n o * * * f c ! A a t * a 1 &
1 7 , 6©0 .
at £ 1 , 1 0 0 . or
( 2 ) C l e r k o f Works ( o r i g i n a l l y e s t i m a t e d
a t £ 3 50 ) now e s t i m a t e d a t
600 ,
(3)
200,
C on tin gen cies
l 8 f 400.
Average
(C)
p e r house £ 1 , 1 5 0 .
ERECTION OF
(1) E stim a ted c o s t
£1,430 each
72 HOUSES.
of e re ctio n at
£
102, 960.
(2)
Housing E n g i n e e r
1, 3 0 0 .
(3)
C on tin gen cies
in cre a se since
3, 740 r
(in clu d in g estim ated
o r ig in a l estim ate)
£108. 000.
Average
£1,500 per house.
S
U
M M
A
R
Y,
£
(A)
A c q u i s i t i o n and s i t e
(B)
E r e c t i o n o f 16 h o u s e s
(C)
"
72
G ross T o t a l f o r
d e v e lop m e n t
"
88 h o u s e s
Repay £ 1 , 2 0 0 i n 50 y e a r s w i t h i n t e r e s t
at
( a n n u i t y £ 4 , 1 „ 2^ d. p e r c e n t )
108, 000.
£ 1 3 9 , 500 r
(
Net c o s t
18, 4 0 0 -
1-------- 1 -------- 1
Average a l l - i n - c o s t , say,
Le ss e s t i m a t e d G ra nt f r o m T r a n s i t i o n a l
Develo pment Fund
13 , 1 2 0 .
Add a d m i n i s t r a t i v e e x p e n s e s @
on
average b u i l d i n g c o s t s (apprcx* £ 1 ,4 5 0 )
600
430.
200
c
48 14^
7. 5, 0
c
r
.
D e du ct s u b s i d y o f 2/rds on £ 3 5 0 «
55 .19 .
9, 9 .
/
a
Ded uct Rent a t 1 2 / 6 d * p e r week
4 6 . 10 *
32,10
£14.
The C o r p o r a t i o n , h a v i n g c o n s i d e r e d the f o r e g o i n g
f i g u r e s u n a n im o u sly d e c i d e d
( 1 ) Th at t h « r a n t o f 12/6<5. p e r h o u e e p « r
6
was t h «
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0
0.
0. 0,
1 0 t h Ja nuary ,
1949 .
5 -.
maximum t h a t the a v e r a g e workman c o u l d be e x p e c t e d t o
p ay more e s p e c i a l l y h a v i n g regar d t o the T a ct t h a t ^the
r a t e d w i l l amount t o a p p r o x i m a t e l y & / 6 d . p e r week i n
a d d i t i o n t o the r e n t .
(2)
That the C o r p o r a t i o n c o u l d n o t c o n t i n u e t o bu rden
the Hates w i t h a s u b s i d y o f £14*. p e r house i n d e f i n i t e l y ,
and i f s u c h a d u b s i d y was n e c e s s a r y b u i l d i n g o f w o r k i n g
cl?, ss h o u s e s w ould have t o come t o a c o m p l e t e s t o p .
I n the c i r c u m s t a n c e s , the C o r p o r a t i o n a g r e e d t o
make a l o c a l c o n t r i b u t i o n o f £7., 1 0 * 0 - p e r h o u s e , and
s h o u l d be g l a d i f the d i f f e r e n c e was made up by a f u r t h e r
c o n t r i b u t i o n f r o m th e T r a n s i t i o n a l D ev elopment Fund*
As some o f t h e s e h o u s e s are now p r a c t i c a l l y ready
f o r l e t t i n g , I am t o r e q u e s t a d e c i s i o n on t h i s m a t t e r
as s o o n as p o s s i b l e .
As no r e p l y had y e t b e e n r e c e i v e d f r o m the Department t o
the a b o v e c o m m u n ic a t io n i t was d e c i d e d t o a d j o u r n the
m a t t e r u n t i l n e x t m e e t i n g and i n the meantime the County
Manager was a s k e d t o a l l o c a t e t e n a n c i e s s o t h a t i m m e d i a t e l y
the p e n t was f i x e d the p e r s o n s t o whom t h e h o u s e s w e re
a l l o c a t e d c o u l d take up r e s i d e n c e .
In t h i s ' c o n n e c t i o n
the Mayor a g a i n p o i n t e d o u t , f o r th e i n f o r m a t i o n o f t h e
g e n e r a l p u b l i c , t h a t the C o r p o r a t i o n had n o t h i n g w h a t e v e r
t o do w i t h the l e t t i n g o f h o u s e s ,
RECEPTION
a ND
EX^I/IINa TION OF TENDERS.
On the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r B y r n e , s e c o n d e d by a l d e r m a n
C o r i s h the f o l l o w i n g r e g u l a t i o n s w hich had r e c e i v e d the
p r o v i s i o n a l a p p r o v a l o f the M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l Government
f o r the r e c e p t i o n and e x a m i n a t i o n o f t e n d e r s were u na nim ou s­
l y a d o p t e d and s e a l e d and s i g n e d on the p r t o f t h e C o r p o r a ­
tion ; B O R O U G H
REGULATIONS
FOR
T
WE,
OF
W E X F O R _D.
THE RECESSION AND EXAMINATION
OF
N D
E
E R S.
the Mayor, a l d e r m e n and Burgess
We x ford ,
a c t i n g by the C o u n c i l ,
1940;
O rd er,
in g u s,
1948;
the BOrough o f
by v i r t u e
c o n f e r r e d on us by S e c t i o n 28 o f
net,
of
the County Management
of
the powers
the County Management
(Reserved F u n ction s)
and e v e r y o t n e r power i n t h a t b e h a l f e n a b l ­
do h e r e b y make th^ f o l l o w i n g R e g u l a t i o n s
r e c e p t i o n and e x a m i n a t i o n o f
the e x e c u t i i o n o f w o r k s ,
for
the
t e n d e r s f o r the s u p p l y o f g o o d s ,
or any o t h e r p u r p o s e f o r w h i c h
V
the C o r p o r a t i o n may l a w f u l l y have i n v i t e d t h e s u b m i s s i o n
of ten d ers.
i*
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A l l t e n d e r s s h o u l d bd marked r,Tender f o r
rt
, lOth Jaiuafcy,
and s h o u l d be d e l i v e r e d t o
his
deputy)
Wexford,
at h is
not la te r
O ffice
1949.
the Town C l e r k
in the
(or
Torn H a l l ,
than the ti m e p r e s c r i b e d
a d v e r t i s e m e n t or i n v i t a t i o n t o t e n d e r .
i n the
Ten ders may
a l s o be f o r w a r d e d by p r e p a i d p o s t a d d r e s s e d t o "The
Town C l e r k ,
Town C i e r k * s
so as t o r e e c h
O ffice,
the s a i d o f f i c e
Town H a l l ,
n ot l a t e r
W exford ,"
than t h e
time
p r e s c r i b e d i n the a d v e r t i s e m e n t o r i n v i t a t i o n t o t e n d e r .
a
separate
l o c k e d r e c e p t a c l e s h a l l be a v a i l a b l e f or
tenders f o r
e a c h commodity or w o r k and t e n d e r s
marked s h a l l ,
on r e c e i p t ,
so
be p l a c e d i n the a p p r o p r i a t e
recep ta cle•
A ll
t e n d e r s r e c e i v e d i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h the p r e c e d i n g
R egu lations
deputy)
s h a l l be Ip i d by the
before
1own C l e r k
(or h is
the m e e t i n g o f the C o r p o r a t i o n or
G e n e r a l P u rp o se s Committee o f the C o r p o r a t i o n n e x t
follow in g
the l a t e s t d a t e f i x e d f o r
of
the r e c e i p t
such t e n d e r s .
-rt-11 t e n d e r s r e c e i v e d s h a l l be op ened by th e Mayor or
a t a meeting o f
Chairman,
the C o r p o r a t i o n or G e n e r a l
P u r p o s e s Committee, who s h a l l thereupon number and
i n t i i a l e a c h s u ch t e n d e r a n d f o r t h w i t h
t o the Town C l e r k
(or his
deputy)
th e Count y manager f o r f u r t h e r
d eliver
same
f o r tr a n s m is s io n t o
c o n s i d e r a t i o n a n d any
necessary a c t io n thereon.
The p a r t i c u l a r s
persons
of
the names and a d d r e s s e s
or f i r m s fro m whom t e n d e r s
accord an ce w ith these R e g u la tio n s
possible,
of a ll
are r e c e i v e d
and,
in
s o f ar as
the amounts t h e r e o f s h a l l be r e c o r d e d by
the Town C l e r k i n the m in u te s
of
the m e e t i n g a t w h i c h
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th e y a r e o p e n e d .
10th
6.
These R e g u l a t i o n s
supply o f goods,
purpose,
7,
1949.
s h a ll not apply to te n d e rs
the e x e c u t i o n o f w o r k s ,
the c o s t
the sum o f £ 5 0 .
January,
o f which is
for
the
or any o t h e r
estim ated not to exceed
( F i f t y Pounds)-
These R e g u l a t i o n s
sh all
by the M i n i s t e r f o r
come i n t o f o r c e when a p p r o v e d
L o c a l Government and s h a l l r e m a in
i n f o r c e u n t i l a R e s o l u t i o n o f the C o u n c i l
same s h a l l have r e c e i v e d the a p p r o v a l
term inating
o f the M i n i s t e r
f o r L o c a l G overn m en t.
In w i t n e s s w h e r e o f the Common S e a l o f
the Mayor, a l d e r m e n
and Burge says o f the Borough o f ^ e x f o r d was h e r e u n t o a f f i x e d
T en th day o f
Ja nuary,
i n t he p r e s e n c e
this
One Thousand Nine Hundred and F o r t y - n i n e ,
of
JAMES SINNOTT
MAYCR .
JOHN J,
TOWN CIERK.
DECEMBER
BYRNS
FAIR,
1949,
On the m o t i o n o f the Mayor, s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r G au l,
i t was u n a n im o u s ly a g r e e d t o f i x the Decem ber, 1949 f a i r f r a
Wednesday, December, 2 8 t h .
In t h i s c o n n e c t i o n Alderman C o r i s h s t a t e d t h a t a number o f
f a r m e r s and c a t t l e
d e a l e r s had p o i n t e d out t o him t h a t no m a t t e r
what day the December
f a i r was h e l d o n ; i t v/as u s u a l l y a f a i l u r e
and the s u g g e s t i o n was made t o him, t h a t no December F a i r s h o u l d
be h e l d b u t a f a i r s h o u l d be h e l d on th e 1 s t Tuesday i n J a n u a ry .
The members, hov/ever, d i d not f a v o u r t h i s s u g g e s t i o n and no
a c t i o n was t a k e n .
FLUORESCENT LIGHTING OF TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE.
Two t e n d e r s were p r e s e n t e d f o r
the Town C l e r k ’ s O f f i c e : (1 )
(2 )
the f l u o r e s c e n t l i g h t i n g f f i r
Mr. N. J, Hore, and
Mr. Thomas Q u i g l e y .
I t was d e c i d e d t o r e f e r the t e n d e r s t o the Borough S u r v e y o r
f o r a r e p o r t as w e l l as a r e p o r t f r o m t h e Town C l e r k as t o the
e s t i m a t e d c o s t o f t h i s l i g h t i n g compared w i t h the p r e s e n t l i g h t ­
ing c o s ts .
LIGHTING OF
CORPORATION HOUSE S .
^ r i s i n g o u t o f t h i s m a t t e r o f l i g h t i n g , the T0wn C l e r k
i n t i m a t e d t h a t a l e t t e r was b e i n g s e n t t o the t e n a n t s o f t h e
©: Wexford Borough Council
10th
o f the C o r p o r a t i o n h o u s e s
fcr e le c t r ic it y .
January,
on th e s u b j e c t
1949%
ofw ir in g
them
PUBLIC LIGHTING GENERALLY*
C o m p la in t was a l s o made r e g a r d i n g the p o s i t i o n o f the l i g h t
a t F i s h e r ’ s Row and the l i g h t i n S e l s k a r x 'la c e *
I n both^
c a s e s i t was t h o u g h t t h a t w i t h a s l i g h t s h i f t i n g o f t h e l i g h t
on the b r a c k e t the l i g h t w o u l d be b e t t e r d i s t r i b u t e d , an ^ ^he
Town C l e r k i n t i m a t e d t h a t he would ta ke up t h i s m a t t e r w i t h
the E l e c t r i c i t y S u p p l y Board SANITa RY CONVENIENCES ~ 12 HOUSES
AT MnUDLINTOWN
In r e p l y t o a q u e r y the Town C l e r k i n t i m a t e d t h a t the p r o v i s i o n
o f s a n i t a r y c o n v e n i e n c e s f o r 12 h o u s e s a t W i l l i a m S t . had b e e n
commenced and t h a t i n s t r u c t i o n s had b e e n g i v e n t o t h e B o r o u g h
S u r v e y o r t o l a y the C o r p o r a t i o n p o r t i o n o f t h e i r s e w e ra g e
extens i o n .
ROSE
ROCK
TERRACEl
R e f e r e n c e was a l s o made t o the se w e ra g e a t Rose ^ o c k T e r r a c e
and the tbwn C l e r k i n t i m a t e d t h a t the m a t t e r had b e e n d i s c u s s e d
by the Manager and the Borough S u r v e y o r t h a t a f t e r n o o n when i t
had b e e n d e c i d e d t o r e q u e s t t h e S o l i c i t o r s f o r t h e owners t o
a r r a n g e an a p p o i n t m e n t b e t w e e n the C o n t r a c t o r sand the Borough
P u r v e y o r s o t h a t the l a t t e r c o u l d s e e I f tne work had b e e n
s a t i s f a c t o r i l y c a r rie d out,
R e f e r e n c e was a l s o mq.de t o t h e p r o v i s i o n o f a s a n i t a r y c o n v e n i e n c e
f o r t h e house a t Rose Rock T e r r a c e o c c u p i e d by a man named
F u r l o n g and i t was recommended t h a t immediate s t e p s s h o u l d be
ta ke n t o compel the p r o v i s i o n o f a w a t e r c l o s e t i n t h i s p r e m i s e s DEFECTIVE DRAINAGE nT SEESKh. R ,
In r e p l y to a q u e r y by fil derman Hadden the ¥own C l e r k s t a t e d
t h a t he had i n s t r u c t e d the H e a l t h I n s p e c t o r t o take w h a t e v e r
s t e p s were n e c e s s a r y t o d e a l wit-h a d e f e c t i v e d r a i n a g e s y s t e m i n
Selskar-.
a ld e rm a n Hadden c o m p l a i n e d o f the c o n d i t i o n o f the
wat er s p r i n g a t W o lfe ‘l o n e V i l l a s and i t was d e c i d e d t o r e q u e s t
a repcr t fro m the Borough S u r v e y o r t h e r e o n *
NEW
BOOSTER
HOUSE-
C o u n c i l l o r Howlin c o m p l a i n e d o f th e p o s i t i o n o f the new b o o s t e r
house a t Monument C r o ss and i t was e x p l a i n e d t h a t t o p u t i t i n
any o t h e r p o s i t i o n w o u ld i n t e r f e r e w i t h the County S u r v e y o r ’ s
Pirns f o r road-m aking.
DEFECTIVE RANGE . & c .
C o u n c i l l o r O ' F l a h e r t y complai ned r e y a r d i n g the c o n d i t i o n o f the
r -ngo a t No. 6 b , H i l l S t . , the c o n d i t i o n o f t b e r o o f o f No. 9
O ' C o n n e l l - v e n u e und the f l o 6 d i n g o f the p r e m i s e s a t No. 1 H i l l
t
o ccu p ie d by “ i l l i a m T ie r n e y . '
’
DISTII LFfiY HOUSE.
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'L'lC que s t i o n was a l s o r a i s e d r e g a r d i n g th e c o m p l e t i o n o f
the
■;
~9“ *
1 0 t h Ja n ua ry ,
1949
D i s t i l l e r y House and th e b o r o u g h S u r v e y o r was t o be a s k e d
for a report.
FOOTEiTH
AT
KING
ST.
C o m p la in t was a l s o made r e g a r d i n g the c o n d i t i o n o f the
f o o t p a t h o u t s i d e t h e e n t r a n c e t o th e C a p i t a l Cinema at^ i n §
S t . a n d t h e Town C l e r k w as d i r e c t e d t o draw the a t t e n t i o n o f
the County E n g i n e e r to t h i s .
ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY
a BBEY ST.
aT
F u r t h e r r e f e r e n c e was made t o the p r o p o s a l t o a c q u i r e t h r e e
o c c u p i e d and t w o v a c a n t h o u s e s t o g e t h e r w i t h a y a r d a t «-bbey
S t , f r o m Mrs . C h r i s t i n a McKnighitu
M rs. McKnight a s k e d f o r a
sum o f £ 7 5 0 . f o r th o p r o p e r t y w h i c h was s u b j e c t t o a g round r e n t
o f £25 . p e r annum and i n t i m a t e d t h a t the t o t a l income fro m th e
p r o p e r t y was £ 2 . 1 0 . 6 . p e r w e ek.
The Borough S u r v e y o r r c c o m n e n
ed the a c q u i s i t i o n o f th e p r o p e r t y on the assumed maximum l i f e
o f f i f t e e n y e a r s , and i t was u n a n i m o u s l y a g r e e d , on the m o t i o n
o f C o u n c i l l o r Byrne, s e c o n d e d by a l d e r m a n Hadden t h a t the
Manager be a u t h o r i s e d t o p u r c h a s e a t the p r i c e named by M rs.
w cK night b u t b e f o r e d o i n g s o s h o u l d t r y fcn s e c u r e i t a t a l e s s o r
figu re .
GRa TUITY - LnTE KATHLEEN .LACEY.
On the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r B y r n e , se c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r 0 T
F l a h e r t y th e payment o f a sum o f £ 2 1 0 . t o the r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s
o f the ii te K a t h l e e n L a c e y , under S e c t i o n 28 o f the L o c a l
Government ( S u p e r a n n u a t i o n ; A c t , 1 9 48 , was u n a n i m o u s l y a g r e e d
to.
HOUSE nT JOHN’ S GATE ST.
The Borough S u r v e y o r w as t o be a s k e d to r e p o r t on the house
a t J o h n ’ s Gate S t . o c c u p i e d by T e r e n c e Dempsey w h i c h had b e e n
o f f e r e d t o the C o r p o r a t i o n f o r p u r c h a s e *
CONDITION OF ^JnYS.
C o u n c i l l o r M o r r is com plained o f the c o n d i t i o n o f the ^uays and
was d e c i d e d to have them cleaned.,
J:
POOR QUALITY OF BREAD.
C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s a s k e d i f any r e p l y had b e e n r e c e i v e d f r o m t h e
M aste r B a k e r s ’ a s s o c i a t i o n r e g a r d i n g the q u a l i t y o f b r e a k b e i n g
s u p p l i e d f o r s ome time p a s t and on b e i n g t o l d t h a t no r e p l y had
b e e n r e c e i v e d p r o p o s e d t h a t the M i n i s t e r f o r a g r i c u l t u r e be a s k e d
t o s u b s i d i s e the p r o p o s e d new w h i t e f l o u r t o the same e x t e n t as
the p r e s e n t f l o u r was s u b s i d i s e d s o t h a t i t w ould be w i t h i n the
r e a c h o f th e o r d i n a r y w o r k i n g man t o p u r c h a s e w h i t e breaH*
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne s e c o n d e d t h i s m o t i o n w h i c h was a g r e e d t o .
HOUSES
,-iT NORTH S I D E
OF MARY S T .
-tlderman Hadden a s k e d t h a t a r e p o r t be s u b m i t t e d by the B oroug h
S u r v e y o r a t t h e n e x t m e e t i n g on th e c o n d i t i o n o f the h o u s e s on
the n o r t h s i d e o f Mary S t ,
K.iTION^L MONUMENTS.
.-ilderman Hadden r e f e r r e d t o a p r o p o s a l made some
time ag o t o
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10th January,
19 49 .
to s c h e d u l e the o l d Town w a l l and ^ e s t g a t e as N a t i o n a l
monuments and was i n f o r m e d t h a t i t was t h o u g h t new l e g i s l a t i o n
was b e i n g i n t r o d u c e d to d e a l w i t h t h i s m a t t e r .
I t was d e c i d e d
'•haf- the 'i 'own C l e r k s h o u l d i n q u i r e f r o m the
N a t i o n a l Monuments
Committee i f s u c h l e g i s l a t i o n was i n c o n t e m p l a t i o n .
On the
s u g g e s t i o n o f Alderm an Hadden i t was a g r e e d t o i n v i t e e s t i m a t e s
.+ or the r e s t o r a t i o n o f t wo p i l l a r s remov ed some y e a r s a g o f r o m
the f o u n t a i n i n the B u l l r i n g .
Thu m e e t i n g
then t e r m i n a t e d .
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17th January,
1949.
m e e t i n g o f the G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s * Committee was
h e l d t h i s day a t the Town ^ l e r k Ts O f f i c e , Town H a l l ,
Vi/exford a t h a l f - p a s t s e v e n o f c l o c k p.m..
The memters
present b e in g :His W o r s h ip ,
the Mayor,
i n the C h a i r c
Al derm an C o r i s h and Hadden,
C ou n cillors:
Sean 0 ?F l a h e r t y , Edward H o w li n , Thomas Byrne.
P a t r i c k B i e r n e y , James Gaul. Thomas B u c k la n d .
and K e v i n M o r r i s ,
The County Manager,
a ls o in atten d an ce.
Borough S u r v e y o r and Town C l e r k were
HOUSING LOa NS
With r e f e r e n c e t o m i n u t e s o f l a s t m e e t i n g the Town C l e r k
r e a d a l e t t e r f r o m the M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l Government under
d a t e o f the 1 2 t h i n s t a n t i n w h ich he s t a t e d t h a t the i n c r e a s e
i n i n t e r e s t on Loans f r o m the l o c a l l o a n s Fund w h ich became
e f f e c t i v e as f r o m the 5 t h May, 1 9 48 , w o u ld be o f f s e t v»y a
f u r t h e r s t a t e s u b v e n t i o n s o t h a t l o c a l a u t h o r i t i e s w o u l d be
i n the same p o s i t i o n so f a r as t h e i r H ousin g F i n a n c e s were
c o n e r n e d as i f t h e y were b o r r o w i n g money a t the r a t e o f
The M i n i s t e r f u r t h e r s t a t e d t h a t i f the n l l - i n - C o s t o f t h e
Scheme w o r k e d a t £ 1 , 6 0 0 . p e r house and the C o r p o r a t i o n d e c i d ­
ed t o l e t the h o u s e s a t 1 2 / 6 d , p e r week e x c l u s i v e o f r a t e s
f o r slum c l e a r a n c e p u r p o s e s , the l o s s to the r a t e s w ould
be a p p r o x i m a t e l y £ 8 . 1 5 , C. p e r annum*
a l d e r m a n C o r i s h moved t h a t the C o r p o r a t i o n f i x the r e n t s
a t 1 2 / 6 d o p e r h ouse p e r wwek - C o u n c i l l o r Gaul s e c o n d e d
Other members a t f i r s t o p p o s e d the f i x i n g o f r e n t s u n t i l
the M i n i s t e r was a g a i n asked t o i n c r e a s e the s t a t e s u b ­
v e n t i o n s o i$hat th e l o s s t o the C o r p o r a t i o n w o u ld n o t be
more than £ 7 , 1 0 . 0* p e r h o u s e .
A f t e r a l e n g t h y d i s c u s s i o n Alderm an C o r i s h amended h i s
p r o p o s a l t o the e f f e c t t h a t t h e r e n t o f 1 2 / 6 d . w ou ld o n l y
a p p l y t o the 16 h o u s e s , and t h i s was u n a n i m o u s l y a g r e e d t c
Aidbrman Hadden th en p r o p o s e d t h a t a c a s e be made t o the
M i n i s t e r under the f o l l o w i n g t h r e e h e a d s : (1)
t h a t the o r d i n a r y Grant i n a i d be i n c r e a s e d p r o p o r t i o n a t e
t o the i n c r e a s e i n the c o s t o f b u i l d i n g ,
(2)
t h a t i t s h o u l d be c l e a r l y s e t o u t what the a c t u a l s t a t e
G ra n t w o u l d be t o e q u a l i s e the i n c r e a s e i n the i n t e r e s t
rate .
(3)
t h a t the C o r p o r a t i o n s h o u l d have b e e n g r a n t e d p o r t i o n
o f the c o s t o f the d e v e lo p m e n t o f the S i t e ,
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne s e c o n d e d t h i s m o t i o n w h i c h was u n a n i m o u s l y
agreed to.
R e p o r t s were r e c e i v e d f r o m the Bor ough S u r v e y o r on
the f o l l o w i n g m a t t e r s : v
(1)
(2)
(3)
The c o n d i t i o n
o f the r a n g e a t No. 35 , H i l l S t ,
The c o n d i t i o n
o f the d r a i n a g e a t No, 2, H i l l St*
The c o n d i t i o n
o f the Hdusel a t ffohn*s Gate S t , o c c u p i e d
by T e r e n c e Dempsey,
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-2(4)
(5)
(6)
(7 )
(8)
(9)
(1 0 )
(1 1 )
(1 2 )
(13)
(1 4 )
17th January,
1949.
The c o n d i t i o n o f h o use a t Pay th o o c c u p i e d by Mrs.
Johnston.
F l o o d i n g o f B y r n e s f , D a v i t t Road, N o r t h .
F l o o d i n g o f F f r e n c h s T, S p a f i e l d .
The p i e r a t W a t e r l o o R o a d .
n.n e s t i m a t e f o r th e p r o v i s i o n o f c o n c r e t e f o o t p a t h s f o r
152 h o u s e s .
G e n e r a l r e p a i r s t o s t r e e t s and f o o t p a t h s .
The c o n d i t i o n o f M rs. C a s s i d y s T h o u se a t Monck S t .
The f o o t p a t h a t R c i l l y s ' , The F a y t h e .
The f o u n t a i n a t W o lfe Tone V i l l a s j
House a t 0 T0 o n n e l l a v e n u e , o c c u p i e d by John Hynes.
House on the n o r t h s i d e o f Mary S t .
STOKE BRIDGE L.^NE
C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s r a i s e d the q u e s t i o n o f the c o n d i t i o n
o f S t o n e B r i d g e Lane and the Town C l e r k i n t i m a t e d t h a t
he c o u l d g e t no s a t i s f a c t i o n f r o m the own- r s r e g a r d i n g
t h i s m a t t e r and i t was d e c i d e d t o a c q u i r e the grou n d
under the a c q u i s i t i o n o f D e r e l i c t S i t e s T n e t , 1 9 4 0 .
W.C. «s *iT ’^BBEY ST.
In r e p l y t o a q u e r y the b o r o u g h S u r v e y o r i n t i m a t e d t h a t
he e x p e c t e d t o have the i n s t a l l a t i o n o f W . C . ’ si n the
nbbey S t . h o u se s c o m p l e t e d w i t h i n two w e e k s .
DISTILLERY HOUSE.
C o u n c i l l o r Buck land r a i s e d a q u e s t i o n regarding the
c o m p l e t i o n o f r e p a i r s t o D i s t i l l e r y House and i t was
a g r e e d t h a t th e Borough S u r v e y o r and te n a n t s h o u l d
meet on the S i t e and d i s c u s s what f u r t h e r r e p a i r s
were n e c e s s a r y .
PUBLIC LnV-VrORY.
The ii.uyor r e f e r r e d to the p r o p o s a l to e r e c t a p u b l i c
l a v a t o r y and the Borough S u r v e y o r i n t i m a t e d t h a t he had
not y e t
time to r e d e s i g n i t , and i t was a g r e e d , on the
m o t i o n o f -alderman Hadden, s e c o n d e d by the Mayor, t h a t the
Borough S u r v e y o r s h o u l d send b a ck the P lan s t o the D e p a r t ­
ment w i t h e^ch o f the c r i t i c i s m s o u t l i n e d b y th e Depart men t
attended t o .
house h T f .; y t h s
FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY DOL^N.
R e f e r e n c e was made to the d a n g e ro u s c o n d i t i o n , o f house
a t F aythe f o r m e r l y o c c u p i e d by D o la n , and the Town C l e r k
was, as ked t o take up t h i s m a t t e r w i t h the r e p r e s e n t a t i v e
o f the owner.
FOOTP.iTH ./J REDMOND RD.
Alderm an C o r i s h r e f e r r e d t o the c o n d i t i o n o f the f o o t p a t h
a t Redmond Road, and the Borough s u r v e y o r was i n s t r u c t e d
t o take s t e p s to have t h i s c l e a r i n g marked.
EXPLANATION OF COUNCI ILOR MORRIS
RE ' DiiNCE.
C o u n c i l l o r Morrs r e f e r r e d t o a dance w h ich was a d v e r t i s e d t o
be h e l d i n the Town H a l l on Thursday n i g h t by the ^ n n i s c o r t h y
S o c i a l C lu b, and i n t i m a t e d t h a t i t was n o t t h i s c l u b t h a t had
©: Wexford Borough Council
-3 17th January,
asked
1949.
him t o a c t as M.C*
The Town C l e r k i n t i m a t e d ^ h a t the H a l l had n o t been
a l l o c a t e d t o the k n n i s c o r t h y S o c i a l Club b u t t o a p e r s o n i : i
th e Town o f VVexfbrd, and i n v i e w o f the f a c t thati^hiad
b e e n t r a n s f e r r e d t o an o u t s i d e Body w i t h o u t the c o n s e n t
o f the C o r p o r a t i o n , i n s t r u c t i o n s had b e e n g i v e n t o have tho
dance c a n c e l l e d .
The m e e t i n g th en t e r m i n a t e de
©: Wexford Borough Council
24th January,
1949.
n m e e t i n g o f the G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s f Committee f o r
c o n s i d e r a t i o n o f H ou sing was h e l d a t th e Town C l e r k ' s
O f f i c e , t h i s day a t h a l f - p a s t s e v e n o Tc l o c k p .m .
The members p r e s e n t b e i n g : His w o r s h i p ,
The Mayor Q o u n c i l l o r
James S i n n o t t
( i n the Cha.
«.lderman Hadden and C o r i s h .
C ou n cillors:
T h o s . B u c k la n d , P a t k . B i e r n e y , T h o s . Byrne,
Ed. H ow lin , Sean 0 TF l a h e r t y and K e v i n M o r r i s
The County Manager and Town C l e r k were a l s o
in atten dance,
A P P 0 1 NTMrj InIT UF HuUSxNG
ENGINEER >
I J v/as i n t i m a t e d t o the m e e t i n g t h a t the s a n c t i o n o f the
M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l Government had b e e n o b t a i n e d t o the
a p p o i n t m e n t o f a H ou sin g E n g i n e e r t o s u r v e y l a n d o u t s i d e
the Borough w h ich would accommodate a p p r o x i m a t e l y 800
houses.
WATERLOO R0>*D C . P . O .
I t was a l s o i n t i m a t e d t h a t the Order had b e e n made
i n r e s p e c t o f the a c q u i s i t i o n o f l a n d a t W a t e r l o o f o r
Housing and t h a t the M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l Government had
be e n
sked t o e x p e d i t e the h o l d i n g o f the n e c e s s a r y i n q u i r "
HOUSES ACQUIRED FROM MESSRS. P. PIERCE
& CO.
In r e p l y t o C o u n c i l l o r O’ F l a h e r t y the Town C l e r k s t a t e d
t h a t so f a r i t had n o t b e e n p o s s i b l e t o o b t a i n P l a n s o f
the h o u s e s a c q u i r e d f r o m M e s s r s . P i e r c e & 6 o . b u t he had
w r i t t e n t o the o f f i c e s o f th e l a t e Town P l a n n i n g A d v i s o r
t o see I f t h e y had c o p i e s and p r o m i s e d t o e x p e d i t e t h e
ma t t e r .
S I T E S ’ COMMITTEE
On the s u g g e s t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r O’ F l a h e r t y i t was d e c i d e d
t h a t the members o f the Committee s h o u l d meet on S a t u r d a y
5 t h p r o x . t o i n s p e c t b u i l d i n g s i t e s i n the n o r t h e nd o f th ,
Town.
L-iV-iTORIES FOR HOUSES IK CORNI/kiR KET .
In c o n n e c t i o n vith the p r o v i s i o n o f l a v a t o r i e s f o r the h o u s e - a t Cornmarket i t was s t a t e d , i n r e p l y t o a q u e r y by ^ l d e r m 0'
C o r i s h , t h a t the Borough S u r v e y o r w f s h e l d up by l a c k o f
c i s t e r n s , but C o u n c i l l o r M o r r is r e p l i e d t h a t p l e n t y o f
c i s t e r n s were a v a i l a b l e i n Town.
The m e e t i n g th en t e r m i n a t e d .
©: Wexford Borough Council
5 1 s t Janus ry,
1949.
a t the r e q u e s t o f the County Manager, th e F o l l o w i n g
members o f th e W e x for d C o r p o r a t i o n a t t e n d e d a t the
Town H a l l t h i s e v e n i n g a t 7 . 5 0 p .m . f o r an i n f o r m a l
d i s c u s s i o n on the a p p l i c a t i o n s r e c e i v e d f o r t h e 88 h o u s e s
a t S l i p p e r y G re en :
His L o r s h i p ,
The mayor,
C ou n cillor
James S i n n o t t ,
(in
the 0
-ilderm an C o r i s h .
C ou n cillors:
James G a u l, T h o s . B u ck la nd , Patk* B i e r n e y ,
T h o s . B y r n e , Edward H owlin, Sean J ’ F l a h e r t y ,
T h o s . C u l l i m o r e a n d Thos* R o c h e .
The Counfcy Manager and Town C l e r k w e r e a l s o
attendance•
in
a p p l i c a t i o n s f r o m p e r s o n s q u a l i f i e d under the l o t t i n g
R e g u l a t i o n s and f r o m p e o p l e a n x i o u s t o t r a n s f e r f r o m
C o r p o r a t i o n h o u s e s , were r e a d by the Town C l e r k , and
a f t e r some d i s c u s s i o n the m e e t i n g u n a n i m o u s l y recommend­
ed t h a t the f o l l o w i n g s h o u l d be i n c l u d e d i n the l e t t i n g s ; Edward Byrne, P a t r i c k S q u a r e .
Den is Doran, High S t .
Thcs . C u l l i m o r e , Green S t .
Garda D. 0 fN e i l l , (who was t o be c h a r g e d
a r e n t b a s e d on l / 3 r d
subs i d y ) .
The f o l l o w i n g were a l s o s t r o n g l y recommended th o u g h th e y
d i d n o t a p p e a r t o be e l i g i b l e under the r e g u l a t i o n s .
O’ N e i l l , D i s t i l l e r y Roa d ,
Hogan, &outh Main, S t .
The m e e t i n g t h e n tormina t e d .
©: Wexford Borough Council
7th February,
1949.
A S t a t u t o r y m e e t i n g o f the C o u n c i l was h e l d t h i s
day a t the Town C l e r k ’ s O f f i c e , Town H a l l , ^ e x f o r d
a t h a l f - p a s t sewen o ’ c l o c k p.m. The members p r e s e n t
bein g:His L o r s h i p ,
The Mayor,
C o u n c i l l o r 1 James ^>innott ( i n
the Cha
Alderm an N i c h o l a s C o r i s h .
C ou n cillors:
James Gaul, P a t r i c k B i e r n e y , Edward H ow lin ,
Sean 0 ’ F l a h e r t y , Frank C u l l i m o r e and K e v i n
M orris.
MINUTES,
On the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r Gaul, s e c o n d e d by Hlder man
C o r i s h the f o l l o w i n g m i n u t e s , c o p y o f w h ich had b e e n
c i r c u i t e d t o the members w i t h the Agenda, were ta ke n
as hawig b e e n r e a d , a p p r o v e d a nd s i g n e d by th e M a y o r : Minutes o f C o r p o r a t i o n on 3 r d & 1 0 t h u l t i m o , GeneraL
P u r p o s e s Committee on 1 7 t h and 2 4 th t o g e t h e r w i t h
m in u t es o f an i n f o r m a l m e e t i n g w i t h the Cou nty Manager
on the 3 1 s t u l t i m o .
MARKING AT_REDMOND RD.
Y
A r i s i n g ou t o f the minutes
were r a i s e d ;
the f o l l o w i n g q u e s t i o n s
A lderman C o r i s h as k e d why the mark in g o f t £ e f o o t ­
p a t h a t Redmond ^ o a d had n o t b e e n c a r r i e d o u t i n
a c c o r d a n c e w i t h the d i r e c t i o n s ^ i v e n t o the Bor ough
P u r v e y o r on the 1 7 t h u l t i m o and the i own C l e r k s t a t e d
t h a t as the Borough S u r v e y o r was p r e s e n t a t the m e e t i n g
i n q u e s t i o n he had n o t b e e n g i v e n an o f f i c i a l d i r e c t i o n
i n w r i t i n g t o have t h i s d o n e , b u t w o u l d do so i m m e d i a t e l y .
TENDERS,
FLUORESCEtot SIGHTING OF
TOWN CLERK' S OFFICE.
Alderman C o r i s h a l s o r e f e r r e d t o t e n d e r s r e c e i v e d
f o r f l u o r e s c e n t l i g h t i n g f o r the ’I own C l e r k ’ s o f f i c e s
and the Town C l e r k r e p l i e d t h a t he had r e c e i v e d a
r e p o r t f r o m the Borough s u r v e y o r b u t as the t e n d e r s
v a r i e d as t o the ty p e o f lamps t o be s u p p l i e d , the
Borough S u r v e y o r had s u g g e s t e d t h a t f r e s h t e n d e r s
fce a s k e d f o r i n a c c o r d a n c e wiibh it'new s p e c i f i c a t i o n ,
*nnd ho proi.-.is d t o ’ isePu^ i n v i t a t i o n s t o tender* ift
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FOOTPATH a 'T ENTRANCE TO
CAPITAL"CINEMA
In r e p l y t o Alderman C o r i s h the Town C l e r k i n t i m a t e d
t h a t he had communicat ed w i t h the C0unty E n g i n e e r
r e g a r d i n g the c o n d i t i o n o f a f o o t p a t n a t the e n t r a n c e
t o the C a p i t a l Cinema i n King S t . qnd i n t i m a t e d t h a t
he w ould se e the County E n g i n e e r w i t h a v ie w t o h a v i n g
this r e p a ir e d ,
INFORMAL DISCUSSION vVITH_ COUNTY MANAGER
RE ALLOCATION OF HOUSES'AT SLlfPERY GREEN.
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne r e f e r r e d
t o the i n f o r m a l d i s c u s s i o n s
©: Wexford Borough Council
held
-2 -
7th February,
1 9 49 .
w i t h the' County Manager on the 3 1 s t u l t i m o r e g a r d i n g the
l e t t i n g o f h o u s e s and i n t i m a t e d t h a t i t had b e e n s t a t e d
o u t s i d e the C o u n c i l Chamber t h a t he had o b j e c t e d t o c e r t a i n
persons bein g a l l o c a t e d h ouses.
He e m p h a t i c a l l y d e n i e d t h i s s t a t e m e n t a n d the Mayor and
o t h e r members s t a t e d t h a t no o b j e c t i o n had b e e n made by
any member t o the p e r s o n s c o n s i d e r e d by the Manager t o be
e lig ib le .
The Mayor a l s o q u o t e d the r e g u l a t i o n s l a i d down by the
D epart men t o f L o c a l Government r e g a r d i n g the l e t t i n g o f
houses *
OMISSION OF COUNCILLOR’ S NAME.
C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s p o i n t e d o u t t h a t h i s name had b e e n
o m i t t e d f r o m the Minute o f the d i s c u s s i o n w i t h the Co.
Manager on the ab o v e s u b j e c t .
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF VOTE OF SYMPATHY.
A l e t t e r was r e a d f r o m Miss E v a l i n e P h i l l i p s a c k n o w l e d g i n g
the v o t e o f sympathy p a s s e d w i t h h e r on the d e a t h o f h e r a u n t .
SYMPATHY
The Mayor moved t h a t the sympathy o f the C o r p o r a t i o n be
e x t e n d e d t o the County S e c r e t a r y , Mr. T.
. McDermot, on
th e d e a t h o f h i s f a t h e r .
T h is was s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r
Byrne, s u p p o r t e d by a l l the members p r e s e n t ;
by the County
Manager and Town C l e r k , and a d o p t e d i n r e s p e c t f u l s i l e n c e .
SUPERANNUATION ACTV 1 9 4 8 .
In a c c o r d a n c e w i t h n o t i c e g i v e n on 1 3 t h December, the
f o l l o w i n g r e s o l u t i o n was p r o p o s e d by C o u n c i l l o r G a u l,
s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r Byrne and u n a n i m o u s l y a d o p t e d : " t h a t P a r t 1 1 l o f the L o c a l Government ( S u p e r a n n u a t i o n ) ,
A c t , 1948 be a d o p t e d as on and f r o m 1 s t A p r i l , 1949, and
t h a t the maximum number o f p e r s o n s t o be a t any one time i n
the employment o f the C o u n c i l as permanent s e r v a n t s be
fix e d at 2 5 . M
LOAN OF £ 9 0 , 0 0 0 .
There was s u b m i t t e d f o r e x e c u t i o n on the p a r t o f the
C o r p o r a t i o n a Deed o f Mortgage whereby s e c u r i t y w ould be
g i v e n t o the Com m issio n e r s o f P u b l i c Works i n I r e l a n d
f o r a Loan o f £ 9 0 , 0 0 0 p r o p o s e d t o be a d v a n c e d by the Board
t o the C o r p o r a t i o n under the Housing o f the f o r k i n g C l a s s e s
A c t s , 1 8 9 0 - 1 9 4 8 , and on the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r G au l,
s e c o n d e d by ^ld e rm an C o r i s h the f o l l o w i n g r e s o l u t i o n was
u na nim ou sly a d o p t e d : "T h a t our C o r p o r a t e s e a l be a f f i x e d to the Deed o f m ortg a g e
o f t h i s d a t e now r e a d , whereby s e c u r i t y i s g i v e n t o the
C om m issio n ers o f P u b l i c ..orks i n I r e l a n d f o r the r epayment
ol the sum o f £ 9 0 , 0 0 0 ( N i n e t y th ousa nd Pounds) p r o p o s e d t o
be a d v a n c e d by them t o us under the H ou sing o f the Working
Classes Acts 1890 -19 48 ."
LICENCE FOR ABBEY CINEMA.
©: Wexford Borough Council
On the m o t i o n ol C o u n c i l l o r G au l, s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r
Byrne a L i c e n c e under the C in e m atog ra p h A c t , 1909 was e x e c u t e d
-3 -
7th February,
1949.
i n r e s p e c t o f the Abbey Cinema f o r t h e y e a r e n d i n g 3 0 t h
Ja n ua ry , 19 5 0 .
STONE BRIDGE LANE.
In a c c o r d a n c e w i t h the r e c o m m e n d a ti o n o f the G e n e r a l
P u r p o s e s ’ Committee d a t e d 1 7 t h u l t i m o i t was u n a n i m o u s l y
a g r e e d , on the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r B yrne, s e c o n d e d by
C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s t h a t a P r e l i m i n a r y Order be made under
the a c q u i s i t i o n o f D e r e l i c t S i t e s ’ A c t , 1940 , i n r e s p e c t
o f th e p r e m i s e s known as S tone B r i d g e Lane.
NAMING of n e w h o u s e s .
Three m o t i o n s a p p e a r e d on the Agenda f o r the naming o f the
new h o u s i n g Scheme a t S l i p p e r y G re e n .
These were as f o l l o w s
Alderman C o r i s h i n t e n d e d t o p r o p o s e
88 h o u s e s r.
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne i n t e n d e d t o p r o p o s e
f o r the 16 h o u s e s .
"C orish V illa s " f o r th e
"S t. A id a n ’ s Crescent"
C o u n c illo r 0 'F la h e rty intended to propose
C r e s c e n t " f o r the 16 h o u s e s .
"Ig n a tiu s Rice
At the o u t s e t i t was a g r e e d t h a t any name s e l e c t e d s h o u l d be
i n the I r i s h f o r m o n l y and t h e r e u p o n Alderm an C o r i s h p r o p o s e d
t h a t the 88 h o u s e s be named "Ardan Mhic F h e o r a i s , " The Mayor
Seconded.
C o u n c i l l o r 0 ' F l a h e r t y w it h d r e w h i s m o t i o n i n f av o u r o f the
I r i s h v e r s i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r B y r n e ' s m o t i o n and p r o p o s e d t h a t
t h a t 16 h o u s e s be named " C r o i n Naoimh M a o d h o i g . " C o u n c i l l o r
Byrne s e c o n d e d t h i s
m otion.
Alderman C o r i s h ’ s m o t i o n was f i r s t p u t t o the m e e t i n g and
v/as d e f e a t e d by f o u r v o t e s f o r t o f i v e a g a i n s t .
C ou n cillor
O’ F l a h e r t y ’ s m o t i o n was th en p u t t o the m e e t i n g when f i v e
members v o t e d f o r a nd the r e m a i n i n g f o u r d i d n o t xzote.
This l a t t e r m o t i o n was d e c l a r e d c a r r i e d and 16 o f the h o u s e s
named " C r o i n Naoimh M a o d h o i g . "
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.
In a c c o r d a n c e w i t h n o t i c e g i v e n Alderman C o r i s h m o v e d " t h a t
the M i n i s t e r f o r ^ o c a l Government be a s k e d to make a v a i l a b l e
a Grant f o r the d e v e l o p m e n t o f a ^ i t e or S i t e s f o r a ■p r o x i m a t e l y
80C h o u s e s even th ou g h t h e s e ^ i t e s may be
used f o r b u i l d i n g
w ith in a s h o rt p e r io d of t h e ir d evelopm ent."
The Mayor s e c o n d e d
this
m o t i o n and s u g g e s t e d t h a t a d e p u t a t i o n s h o u l d a w a i t
on the M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l u overnment to d i s c u s s w i t h him n o t
o h l y the q u e s t i o n o f Grants f o r S i t e D ev e lo p m e n t b u t a l s o
the g e n e r a l p o s i t i o n o f h o u s i n g f i n a n c e s , the r e g u l a t i o n s
g o v e r n i n g the l e t t i n g Df h o u s e s , e t c . e t c .
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne and O’ F l a h e r t y s u p p o r t e d Alderman C o r i s h ’ s
p r o p o s a l , C o u n c i l l o r Byrne i n t i m a t i n g t h a t i n h i s o p i n i o n
h o u s i n g s h o u l d be a n a t i o n a l c h a r g e .
C o u n c i ll o r ^ u llim ore thought t^at the e r e c t i o n o f houses a t
the p r e s e n t tim e was o u t o f the q u e s t i o n as t h e y w e r e th r o w i n g
too great:
a bu rde n on the R a t e p a y e r s who w ould be u n a b l e to
meet any f u r t h e r l i a b i l i t y and t h a t the r e n t s c h a r g e d were much
©: Wexford Borough Council
-4 7th
February,
1949.
t o high. Tor the m a j o r i t y o f wage e a r n e r s .
Alderman
C o r i s h f s p r o p o s a l , h o w e v e r , was u nanim ously a d o p t e d ,
t o g e t h e r w i t h a p r o p o s a l by His w o r s h i p , fhe ^ a y o r ,
s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r C u l l i m o r e , t h a t t h e m i n i s t e r
f o r i^ocal Government be r e q u e s t e d t o r e c e i v e a
d e p u t a t i o n f r o m the C o r p o r a t i o n t o d i s c u s s the
m a t t e r s above r e f e r r e d t o .
DELETION OF ARTICLE 2 OF HOUSING
BYE-LAWS.'
In a c c o r d a n c e w i t h n o t i c e g i v e n C o u n c i l l o r Byrne
moved t h a t the p e r m i s s i o n o f the M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l
Government be s o u g h t t o d e l e t e A r t i c l e 2 o f the
Laws made by the C o r p o r a t i o n on the 2 1 s t A u g u s t , 19o3
w i t h r e s p e c t t o h o u s e s d i v i d e d i n t o s e p a r a t e t e n e m e n ts *
C o u n c i l l o r Rowlin secon d ed t h is m otion w h ic h w a s
sut p o r t e d by C o u n c i l l o r O’ F l a h e r t y , the Mayor, and
unanimously a g r e e d t o .
MOTION RE FANNING &EEVEREAU}
FUNDS WITH REGARD TO OLD AGE~~p £ nSIONERS.
In a c c o r d a n c e w i t h n o t i c e g i v e n C o u n c i l l o r 0 ’ F l a h e r t y
moved " t h a t the C o r p o r a t i o n c a l l on the M i n i s t e r
f o r S o c i a l 7 / e l f are to i n s t r u c t h i s I n v e s t i g a t i o n
O f f i c e r s t o d i s r e g a r d s uch amounts as the Fanning
Fund and the D e v e re a u x Fund when a s s e s s i n g the
income o f Old Age P e n s i o n e r s . !l
C o u n c i l l o r M o r r is s econ d ed t h i s m o t i o n w h i c h was
s u p p o r t e d by a l l the members p r e s e n t an d u n a n i m o u s l y
a g reed t o .
During the d i s c u s s i o n on t h i s m o t i o n i t was p o i n t e d
out t h a t t h e s e two Eunds w e r e p e c u l i a r to W ex fo rd town
a l o n e and c o u l d »e ta ken away a t any time by tho
V i n c e n t de Paul S o c i e t y who a d m i n i s t e r e d them, and
i t w as a l s o a g r e e d t h a t the M i n i s t e r f o r S o c i a l W e l f a r e
s h o u l d be a s k e d i f the Law la i d down t h a t c h a r i t a b l e
payments s h o u l d be ta k e n i n t o ac c o u n t when a s s e s s i n g
the amounts o f a p p l i c a n t s f o r P e n s i o n s .
ONTRIBUTTON TO IRISH TOURIST
ASSOCIATION.
The Mayor moved t h a t a c o n t r i b u t i o n o f £ 2 0 . be i n c l u d e d
i n the E s t i m a t e s f o r the e n s u i n g y e a r to th e Funds o f
the ^ r i s h T o u r i s t A s s o c i a t i o n .
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne s e c o n d e d
the m o t i o n W±ch was u n a n i m o u s l y a g r e e d t o , b u t i t was
d e c i d e d t h a t the a t t e n t i o n o f tho ' i ' o u r i s t Board s h o u l d be
drawn to the v e r y l i t t l e p u b l i c i t y g i v e n t o County W e x fo r d
where t h e r e w e r e some o f the f i n e s t s tr a n d s i n th e c o u n t r y ,
as w e l l as f i r s t c l a s s h o t e l s .
RESOLUTION FROM GALWAY BOROUGH
COUNCIL?
On the m o t i o n o f the Mayor, s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r
0 ’ F l a h e r t y the f o l l o w i n g r e s o l u t i o n f r o m the Galway
Borough C o u n c i l v/as u n a n im o u sly a d o p t e d : ’’ That t h e
t o make a
Insurance
t o an end
M i n i s t e r f o r .Local Government be r e q u e s t e d
P u b l i c A p p e a l t o l a r g e f i r m s , Trade U n i o n s ,
Companies, Banks, e t c * t o a s s i s t i n b r i n g i n g
the e x i s t i n g d e p l o r a b l e h o u s i n g c o n d i t i o n s by
©: Wexford Borough Council
7th February,
-5 -
194 9 .
by b u i l d i n g Tor t h e i r e m p l o y e e s and members and t h a t
c o p i e s o f t h i s r e s o l u t i o n be c i r c u l a t e d to L o c a l
H ou sin g A u t h o r i t i e s . M
RESOLUTION
FROM BRAY
URBAN C O U N C I L .
'the f o l l o w i n g R e s o l u t i o n f r o m the Bray Urban D i s t r i c t
C o u n c i l was s u b m i t t e d , b u t the C o r p o r a t i o n h e l d t h a t
t h i s was a m a t t e r f o r the t r a d e s c o n c e r n e d , and^
d e c i d e d t o r e f e r i t t o the Wexford Trades C o u n c i l *
" t h a t h a v i n g r e g a r d to the d e a r t h o f s k i l l e d l a b o u r
i n the B u i l d i n g Trade a t t h e p r e s e n t t i m e , t h i s
ou n cil
v ie w s w i t h u n e a s i n e s s the Rule o p e r a t i n g i n t h e s e Trades
( v i z . B r i c k l a y e r s , C a r p e n t e r s , P l a s t e r e r s an d Plum bers)
whereby o n l y the s on s o f t h o s e who ar e p r e s e n t l y w o r k i n
i n t h e s e t r a d e s c an be a p p r e n t i c e d .
We l o o k on t h i s
r u l e as b e i n g v e r y a r b i t r a r y and i s c a l c u l a t e d t o c r e a t e
a m on op oly f o r t h o s e c o n c e r n e d and, a t the same t i m e ,
impose a b o y c o t t a g a i n s t a number o f young men who would
be a n x i o u s t o become a p p r e n t i c e s to the Trades named.
That c o p i e s o f t h i s R e s o l u t i o n be s e n t t o the M i n i s t e r
f o r L o c a l Government, the t h r e e 6 o u n t y T .D. Ts , t h e P r e s s
and e v e r y l o c a l a u t h o r i t y i n f i i r e . "
UNEMPLOYMENT.
C o m p la in t was made t h a t t h e r e w e re a f e w c a r p e n t e r s
i d l e i n the Town and i t was d e c i d e d t o as k the H ou sin g
E n g i n e e r i f he c o u l d employ them.
I t was a l s o i n t i m a t e d
t h a t W i l l i a m Crean and h i s s o n , who were b o t h p l a s t e r e r s ,
were i d l e and i t was a g r e e d to a s k the Borough S u r v e y o r
or Housing E n g i n e e r i f e i t h e r o f them c o u l d em p lo y them,
MALICIOUS INJURY CLAIM.
C o u n c i l l o r Gaul r e f e r r e d t o a r e c e n t c a s e In the High
Cou rt where the C o r p o r a t i o n had b e e n c b c r e e d f cr the
sum o f £ 1 , 1 2 0 . i n r e s p e c t o f m a l i c i o u s i n j u r y t o a
p r e m i s e s i n the IVfein S t . as a r e s u l t o f f i r e . , f o r w h i c h
an em p lo y e e had b e e n s e n t e n c e a t o a term o f im p riso n m e n t
as the i n s t i g a t o r .
C o u n c i l l o r Gaul p o i n t e d o u t tha-t i n
h i s o p i n i o n the I n s u r a n c e C o . ’ s who were r e c e i v i n g premiums
t o cover s u ch l o s s s h o u l d be made r e s p o n s i b l e .
He p o i n t e d
o u t t h a t the C o r p o r a t i o n must m a i n t a i n a F i r e B r i g a d e i n the
Tcwn a t v e ry he^vy e x p e n s e t o the R a t e p a y e r s f o r the p u r p o s e
o f p r o t e c t i n g p r o p e r t y b u t w hen a Claim a r o s e u nd er a F i r e
P o l i c y , as i n the p r e s e n t c a s e , the I n s u r a n c e Companies
i n s i s t e d bn the i n s u r e d p e r s o n making an a p p l i c a t i o n t o the
C ou rts f o r c o m p e n s a t i o n f o r M a l i c i o u s I n j u r y .
He t h e r e u p o n ,
p r o p o s e d t h a t the M i n i s t e r f o r J u s t i c e be c a l l e d on t o amend
the law i n t h i s r e s p e c t s o as t o e n s u r e t h a t the Companies
r e c e i v i n g premiums f o r f i r e c o v e r pay t h e i r Claims i n s t e a d
o f h a v i n g the R a t e p a y e r s m u l c t e d .
The Mayor s e c o n d e d t h i s
m o t i o n w h i c h v/as u n a n im o u s ly a g r e e d t o .
DISMISSAL OF IviaN ON GRANT WORK.
1he Mayor r e f e r r e d t o the d i s m i s s a l o f a man named
Hayes on the Grant work ^and i t was d e c i d e d to r e q u e s t
the b o r o u g h S u r v e y o r to g i v e tiiis man a f u r t h e r c ha nce
as he had b e e n o u t o f work f o r a c o n s i d e r a b l e t i m e , and
was n o t i n a p o s i t i o n to g i v e a hun dred p e r c e n t o u t p u t
i n the f i r s t week o f h i s e m ploym en t.
©: Wexford Borough Council
-67th February,
1949
HOUSE AT DEVEREAUX VILLAS OCCUPIED BY
SUB-TENANT.
C o u n c i l l o r B i o r n e y r e f e r r e d to a h o use a t D e v e re a u x
^ i l l a s f o r m e r l y o c c u p i e d by Mrs. Kehoe and now i n the
p o s s e s s i o n o f s u b - t e n a n t named B o l g e r , a n d " the County
Manager e x p l a i n e d t h a t the p o s s e s s i o n o f t h i s house
was b e i n g e x a m in e d .
PROPOSED PUBLIC IAVATORY.
Q u e r i e s were a l s o as k e d r e g a r d i n g the p o s i t i o n o f the
Plans f o r the p r o p o s e d p u b l i c l a v a t o r y a n d th e
Qbwn
C l e r k e x p la in e d t h a t he had n o t y e t r e c e i v e d the r e v i s e d
Plans from the Borough S u r v e y o r and i t was d e c i d e d t «
r e q u e s t the Borough S u r v e y o r t o e x p e d i t e t h e m a t t e r .
©: Wexford Borough Council
14th February,
A s p e c i a l m e e t i n g o f the C o r p o r a t i o n was h e l d t h i s
p u r s u a n t t o the m a y o r ’ s r e q u i s i t i o n ,
O ffice,
p .m .
Town H a l l ,
at
the
1949*
day
lown C i e r k f s
« e x f o r d at h a l f p a s t seven o ’ c lo c k
The members p r e s e n t b e i n g : -
His W o r s h ip ,
The Mayor,
C ou n cillor
James S i n n o t t
( i n the C h a i r ) •
Alderm an N i c h o l a s C o r i s h .
C ou n cillors:
James G au l,
P a trick Bierney,
Thomas Byrne,
Edward H ow lin,
Thomas R o c h e ,
John 0 ’ F l a h e r t y ,
and K e v in M o r r i s ,
The Town C l e r k was a l s o
in atten dan ce,
SENTENCE IMrOSED ON CAi DINAL PRIMATE
CF - HUNGARY.
The Mayor s t a t e d t h a t he had c o n s i d e r e d i t h i s
convene
the m e e t i n g i n o r d e r
register
duty to
t h a t t h e C o r p o r a t i o n m ig h t
t h e i r p r o t e s t a g a i n s t the sa v a g e s e n t e n c e r e c e n t l y
p a s s e d on C a r d i n a l M i n d s z e n t y ,
P r im a te
of hungary,
and moved
the f o l l o w i n g r e s o l u t i o n : "T h a t we, the Mayor, Aldermen and B u r g e s s e s
o f the Borough o f -Vexford i n S p e c i a l M e e ti n g
a s s e m b l e d , pis. ce on r e c o r d our p r o f o u n d h o r r o r
and d e t e s t a t i o n a t the s a v a g e s e n t e n c e im p osed ,
a f t e r an a l l e g e d t r i a l , on His Em in ence, J o s e p h ,
C a r d i n a l M i n d s z e n t y , A r c h b i s h o p o f i^sztergom,
and P r i n c e P rim ate o f Hungary, f o r no o t h e r
o f f e n c e than h i s o p p o s i t i o n t o the communist
m a s te r s o f the C a t h o l i c p e o p l e o f Hungary i n
t h e i r a t t e m p t to impose a n t i - G o d d o c t r i n e s on
his f l o c k .
"And t h a t we once a g a i n t e n d e r t o Our H oly
F a t h e r , 1 ope Pius X l l , our s i n c e r e sympathy
i n His p r e s e n t t r i a l s and a f f l i c t i o n s , t o g e t h e r
w i t h a f u r t h e r e x p r e s s i o n o f our l o y a l t y and
a f f e c t i o n to the Holy S e e . "
The R e s o l u t i o n was s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i ] l o r Byrne,
by a l l
the members;
by the Town
supported
and u n a n i m o u s l y a d o p t e d .
The m e e t i n g then t e r m i n a t e d .
©: Wexford Borough Council
16th February,
1949»
A s p e c i a l n e s t i n g o f the G e ne ral P u r p o s e s ' Committee
was h e l d t?i i s n i ^ h t a t ttie Town C l e r k ' s C i l i c e , n. t
8 . 15 p : cjL.ock p.m .
James S i n n o t t 5 Mayor
( i n the C h a i r ) .
A1 de r man Hadden,
Counci] l o r s :
Byrne, R o c h e , B i e r n e y , G au l, B u c k la n d ,
H o w lin , O’ F l a h e r t y and M o r r i s .
Mr. H- F , D o y l e ,
acted for
the Town C l e r k »
HOUSING SITUATION.
C o u n c i l l o r by rn o r a i s e d tne q u e s t i o n o f 3 l l a b o u r e r s
whose s e r v i c e s had b e e n d i s p e n s e d w i t h on the b u i l d i n g
S i t e owing t o a t r a d e d i s p u t e and s t a t e d t h a t g r e a t
h a r d s h i p w a s b o i n g i n f l i c t e d on t h e s e men as t h e y
had b e e n d e n i e d b e n e f i t i n the Labour Exchange -and
c l a i m d that tl
;
ti .
s Employ *s, had t.
’
The Mayor e x p l a i n e d t h a t i t was p u r e l y a Trade
Union d i s p u t e and t h a t e v e r y o n e knew tho p o s i t i o n
in regard t h e r e to .
C o u n c i l l o r B u ck la nd c o m p l a i n e d
th t th e y had n o t b e e n i n f o r m e d o f the s t r i k e , the
f i r s t i n t i m a t i o n he h a v i n g g o t o f i t b e i n g i n the
l o c a l p a p e r s and a s k e d i f t h e r e was any c o r r e s p o n d e n c e
f r o m the masons i n r e g a r d to t h i s m a t t e r , whereupon
the A c t i n g C l e r k r e a d a c o m m u n ic a t io n d a t e d Ja n ua ry ,
2 7 t h , 1949 f r o m ra t r i c k C u l l e n , Branch S e c r e t a r y o f
G u i l d o f I n c o r p o r a t e d B r i c k and S t o n e l a y e r s Trade
Union, i n t i m a t i n g , i n t e r a l i a , t h a t they c o u l d n o t
a c c e d e to the r e q u e s t o f the C o r p o r a t i o n t o a l l o w
t h e i r members t o do any work on txhe mass c o n c r e t e
h o u s e s e t h e r than the f i r e p l a c e s and f l o o r s ,
C o u n c i l l o r ' O’ Flahf.-rty p r o p o s e d a n d C o u n c i l l o r
Byrne s e c o n d e d t h a t t h e C o r p o r a t i o n r e q u e s t a
r e p r e s e n t a t i v e o f t h e masons, a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e
o f the T r a n s p o r t Union, H ousin g E n g i n e e r a nd
County Manager t o a t t e n d a m e e t i n g t o be h e l d
on Monday, n e x t . 2 1 s t i n s t a n t .
T h is w as unanim ou s­
ly agreed t o .
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne a s k e d t h a t a s p e c i a l
n o t e be t a k e n t h a t no r e p o r t had b e e n made t o the
members by the o f f i c i a l s o f the C o r p o r a t i o n f o r one
week on t h i s m a t t e r o f the h o u s i n g d i s p u t e .
Counc 3 l i or Gaul moved t h a t the sympathy o f th e
C o r p o r a t i o n be e x t e n d e d t o the widow o f the l a t e
N i c h o l a s C o n n o l l y , an em p loyee o f t h e C o r p o r a t i o n ,
who d i e d s u d d e n l y «
He s t a t e d t h a t he was f o r m e r l y a member o f th e
C o r p o r a t i o n and o t h e r p u b l i c B o d i e s and an e x c e l l e n t
p u b lic represen tative.'
C o u n c i l l o r M orris secon d ed
t h i s p r o p o s i t i o n , and the o t h e r members a s s o c i a t e d
t h e m s e l v e s w i t h the n r o p o s i t i o n , a n d the A c t i n g
Town C l e r k , o n b e h a l f ^ h i m s e l f and the S t a f f .
©: Wexford Borough Council
-21 0 th F e b ru a ry ,
1949.
C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s p r o p o s e d t h a t the C o r p o r a t i o n
e x t e n d t h e i r sympathy t o Mr. Bob Brennan and Miss
Anne Brennan on the d e a t h o f t h e i r s i s t e r , Mrs.
G riffin .
C o u n c i l l o r Roche s e c o n d e d t h i s p r o p o s i t i o n .
The Mayor s p o k e a t l e n g t h on t h e o u t s t a n d i n g
q u a l i f i c a t i o n s o f Mr. Bob Brennan and the many
i m p o r t a n t p o s i t i o n s h e had h e l d i n I r e l a n d and
e l s e w h e r e and tho f a c t t h a t he was one o f the
o u t s t a n d i n g I r i s h m e n o f our t i m e .
INVESTIGATION OFFICER.
C o u n c i l l o r H ow lin s t a t e d he was v e r y d i s s a t i s f i e d
w i t h sthe a t t i t u d e and r emarks made by the I n v e s t i g a t i o n
O f f i c e r t o an o l d age p e n s i o n e r an d p r o p o s e d t h a t
Mr. Fox be r e q u e s t e d t o a t t e n d a m e e t i n g o f the
C o r p o r a t i o n which was to be h e l d on ivionday n e x t ,
2 1 s t w i t h a v ie w t o c l a r i f y i n g t h e p o s i t i o n .
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne s e c o n d e d t h i s p r o p o s i t i o n and
ad ded t h a t the u l d Age P e n s i o n e r i n q u e s t i o n s h o u l d
a l s o be r e q u e s t e d t o a t t e n d .
The m o t i o n wqs p a s s e d u n a n i m o u s l y whereupon the
meeting te r m in a te d .
©: Wexford Borough Council
2 1 s t -Feby. ,* 1 9 4 9 .
A m e e t i n g o f th e G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s 1 Committeew as h e l d t h i s
day a t the Town C l e r k ’ s O f f i c e , Town H a l l , W e x f o r d , a t h a l f ­
p a s t s e v e n o ’ c l o c k p .m .
The members p r e s e n t b e i n g : His Wor s h i p ,
The iviayor, C o u n c i l l o r
C h a i r ) ...
A ld e rm e n :
N i c h o l a s C o r i s h a n d G eorge Hadden.
C ou n cillors:
Thomas R o c h e ,
Thomas - t f y r n e ,
Kevin M o rris ,
The County Manager,
a ls o in atten d an ce.
James S i n n o t t ,
( i n the
Sean 0 ’ F l a h e r t y , Edward H o w li n ,
P a t r i c k B i e r n e y , Thomas B u c k la n d ,
James Gaul and Frank C u l l i m o r e .
Bor ou g h S u r v e y o r and Town C l e r k w e r e
SYMPATHY.
The Mayor moved t h a t the sympathy o f the C o r p o r a t i o n be
e x t e n d e d t o Alderman D r. Hadden on t h e d e a t h o f h i s c o u s i n .
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne seconded th e mot i o n w h i c h was s u p p o r t e d by
a l l the members p r e s e n t , by the County Manager and Town C l e r k ,
and a d o p t e d i n r e s p e c t f u l s i l e n c e .
Alderm an Hadden r e t u r n e d
thanks f o r the v o t e o f sym p a th y.
PARADE
ON
ST.
PATRICK’ S Da Y .
A t t h e r e q u e s t o f F o r s a C o sa n t a i t was a g r e e d , on th e m o t i o n
o f the laa y o r , s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r Byrne, t o c o - o p e r a t e , i n
the o r g a n i s a t i o n o f a p arad e p r o p o s e d t o be h e l d on S t . P a t r i c k ’ s
day.
16 HOUSES TRINITY ST.
On the m o t i o n o f the Mayor, s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r Gaul i t
was u n a n i m o u s l y a g r e e d t o recommend the C o r p o r a t i o n t o p u r c h a s e
16 h o u s e s a t T r i n i t y S t . f o r the sum o f £ 2 , 5 2 0 . s u b j e c t t o a
g ro u n d r e n t o f a p p r o x i m a t e l y £ 2 7 . p e r annum and th e s a n c t i o n
o f t h e M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l Government.
The Bor ough Sir veyor had r e p o r t e d i n f a v o u r o f the p u r c h a s e
and i n t i m a t e d t h a t - i t would c o s t £ 1 ; 2 4 0 . t o p r o v i d e s a n i t a r y
c o n v e n i e n c e s and c a r r y o u t minor r e p a i r s *
HOUSING FINANCES.
L e t t e r s w ere r e a d f r o m the M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l Government re
Housing D ev elopmen t G r a n t s , and the p r o p o s a l o f the C o r p o r a t i o n
t o s e n d a d e p u t a t i o n t o the M i n i s t e r t o d i s c u s s m a t t e r s r e l a t i n g
to
Housing™
As r e g a r d s the d e v e lo p m e n t Gra nt the M i n i s t e r p o i n t e d ou t
t h a t the c o s t o f d e v e l o p m e n t was i n c l u d e d i n the c o s t o f
ths Scheme f o r the purpcs e o f c a l c u ] a t i o n o f the T r a n s i t i o n a l
Dev elopment Gra nt, and i f Grants weremade a v a l i a b l e f rom
the Emergency and Employment Schemes Vote the t o t a l d e v e lo p m e n t
c o s t w o u l d h a ve to be e x c l u d e d f r o m the ccs t o f t h e Scheme.
‘•‘S r e g a r d s the p r o p o s e d d e p u t a t i o n th e M i n i s t e r r e q u e s t e d t h a t
a memorandum s e t t i n g ou t i n d e t a i l the p o i n t s w h i c h the d e p u t a t i o n
w is h e d t o d i s c u s s and the amendments w h i c h , i n t h e i r o p i n i o n , ,
c o u l d be made w i t h advantage- i n e x i s t i n g p r a c t i c e .
^t was s een t h a t w i t h the amount o f b u s i n e s s to be t r a n s a c t e d
at th e p r e s e n t m eeting th a t these l e t t e r s c o u l d n ot r e c e i v e
©: Wexford Borough Council
-2-
21st
F e ty ,,
1949.
the a t t e n t i o n t h e y d e s e r v e d a n d i t was d e c i d e d t o h o l d a
s p e c i a l m e e t i n g on the 23 rd i n s t a n t a t 7 * 3 0 p .m . to c o n s i d e r
the two c o m m u n ic a t io n s ab o v e r e f e r r e d to *
DISMISSAL OF MAN ON RELIEF
GRANTS.
The Mayor r e f e r r e d t o the d i s m i s s a l o f a man named Hayes
on the R e l i e f Grant s by the fo rem an and the Borough S u r v e y o r
e x p l a i n e d t h a t he had d i r e c t e d h i s d i s m i s s a l , s o i t w-.s
u n a n im o u s ly a g r e e d w i t h o u t d i s c u s s i o n to recommend the Borough
S u r v e y o r t o g i v e t h i s man a n o t h e r c h a n c e .
FOOTPATH OUTSIDE CAPITOL CINEMA.
A l e t t e r w a s r e a d f r o m the County E n g i n e e r i n t i m a t i n g t h a t
he had r e f e r r e d the c o m p l a i n t o f the C o r p o r a t i o n r e g a r d i n g
the c o n d i t i o n o f the f o o t p a t h o u t s i d e the K ing S t , e n t r a n c e
t o th e C q p i t o l Cinema t o the a s s i s t a n t E n g i n e e r f o r a t t e n t i o n .
ROSE ROCK.
C o m p la in t was made by C o u n c i l l o r M o r r is a nd o t h e r members
r e g a r d i n g the c o n d i t i o n o f the s e w e ra g e a t Rose R o c k , and
the Borough S u r v e y o r i n t i m a t e d he was n o t p r e p a r e d t o a p p r o v e
o f the w o r k i n i t s p r e s e n t fo rm and s t a t e d he w ould make a
w r i t t e n r e p o r t to the County Manager on the p o s i t i o n ,
DRnIN ~T O ’ NEILL’ S HOUSE, WYGRa M.
A3d erman C o r i s h r e f e r r e d t o the c o n d i t i o n o f the a r a i n from
Mr. O’ N e i l l ’ s h t Wygrairr, and the Borough S u r v e y o r was i n s t r u c t e d
t o i n s p e c t and r e p o r t , ,
ROOFS OF HOUSES AT ABBEY ST.
A lderman Hadden r e f e r r e d t o the c o n d i t i o n o f the r o o f s o f
the h o u se s a t A b b e y S t . and the ^orou gh S u r v e y o r i n t i m a t e d
t h a t he was a r r a n g i n g t o have the n e c e s s a r y r e p a i r s c a r r i e d
o u t a s s o o n as p o s s i b l e *
DISMISSAL OF Ca RTERS.
In r e p l y t o C o u n c i l l o r B i e r n e y the Borough S u r v e y o r s t a t e d
t h a t C a r t e r s had b e en d i s m i s s e d f r o m w ork on the R e l i e f Gra nt s
and a l o r r y r e t a i n e d , b u t the Borough S u r v e y o r e x p l a i n e d t h a t
t h e r e v / as o n l y a p p r o x i m a t e l y a d a y ’ s work f o r the l o r r y .
SURFACE OF S TREETS.
A g a i n , the Mayor r e f e r r e d t o the c o n d i t i o n o f th e s u r f a c e o f
K e y s e r f s Lane and Emmet P l a c e and C o u n c i l l o r Byrne r e f e r r e d
t o the s u r f a c e o f M a r y ’ s Lane.
The Borough S u r v e y o r p r o m i s e d
t o have
r e p a i r s c a r r i e d o u t i n the n e a r f u t u r e .
RANGE
OF NO. 35 HILL&T.
On th e m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r
Byrne, s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r
B i e r n e y i t v/as a g r e e d t o recommend
the County Manager
to
p r o v i d e a new r^nge f o r No. 3 5 , ' H i l l S t .
FOOTPATH a T REDMOND ROAD,
Alderman C o r i s h r e f e r r e d t o the d e c i s i o n o f the C o r p o r a t i o n
some time ago t o have the f o o t p a t h a t Redmond Monument p a i n t e d
v/ith w h i t e l i n e s and the Borough S u r v e y o r i n t i m a t e d t h a t i n
©: Wexford Borough Council
-3 21st
F e b y .,
1949.
h i s o p i n i o n i t w o u l d be a w aste o f money t n d o t h i s a t the
p r e s e n t t i m e , as the g ro u n d was t o o damp
1 b u t i t was d e c i d e d t h a t i t s h o u l d be dont? as s o o n as
poss i b l e .
PUBLIC
CONVENIENCE.
The q u e s t i o n o f th e p r o v i s i o n o f a p u b l i c l a v a t o r y was
again
r a i s e d by a l d e r m a n C o r i s h ard a f t e r some d i s c u s s i o n C o u n c i l l o r
Gaul p r o p o s e d t h a t an a r c h i t e c t be a p p o i n t e d i n a c c o r d a n c e
w i t h tho s u g g e s t i o n o f the M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l Government*
C o u n cillo r 0 ’ F laherty seconded,
C o u n c i l l o r R o c h e , h ow e v e r , p r o p o s e d t h a t the d e s i g n s h o u l d
be l e f t i n the hands o f the Borough S u r v e y o r , whom, he
t h o u g h t was q u i t e c a p a b l e o f d e s i g n i n g a p u b l i c l a v a t o r y *
Alderm an C0r i s h S u g g e s t e d as a f u r t h e r amendment
t h a t th e Borough S u r v e y o r s h o u l d g o t o th e Dep art men t and
d i s c u s s w i t h the o f f i c i a l s t h e r e the P la n s a n d amendments
r e q u i r e d by them.
The Mayor s e c o n d e d t h i s m o t i o n and i t was
a g r e e d th a t C o u n c i l l o r R o c h e ’ s and A ld e rm an C o r i s h ’ s m o t i o n
s h o u l d be ta ken as one amendment, and w ere d e c l a r e d c a r r i e d
by e i g h t v o t e s f o r t o t h r e e a g a i n s t .
OLD
a GE
PENSIONS.
At t h i s s t a g e , m r . James F ck , Old Age P e n s i o n s ' I n v e s t i g a t i o n
O f f i c e r a t t e n d e d , a t th e r e q u e s t o f the C o r p o r a t i o n , t o
answer c o m p l a i n t s made, t h a t he had p a s s e d rem arks i n
c o n n e c t i o n w i t h the a t t i t u d e o f the C o r p o r a t i o n i n d e a l i n g
w i t h the Claims o f John C a r l e y , W i l l i a m S t .
^ t the o u t s e t ,
i t was d e c i d e d t h a t th e C o r p o r a t i o n s h o u l d r e s o l v e i t s e l f
i n t o an Old Age t e n s i o n s ’ Com mittee, b u t the Town Clerk
i n t i m a t e d t h a t a n e x t r a c t f r o m the M inuces i n c o n n e c t i o n
w i t h t h i s m a t t e r w ould be ? e n t by Mm t o th e M i n i s t e r f o r
S o c ia l W elfare.
C o u n c i l l o r How lin who had made t h i s c o m p l a i n t t o the p r e v i o u s
m e e t i n g s t a t e d t h a t he was i n f o r m e d by C o r l e y t h a t Mr. Fox
met him ( C a r l e y ) a b o u t
1 5 t h i n s t a n t and s t a t e d t h a t
Mb u t f o r some o f your f r i e n d s i n the C o r p o r a t i o n you w o u l d
have had the t e n s i o n n in e months a g o . "
When a s k e d i f he had a n y t h i n g t o s a y r e g a r d i n g t h i s s t a t e m e n t
Mr. Fox i n t i m a t e d t h a t a n y t h i n g he d i d was i n a c c o r d a n c e
w i t h h i s i n s t r u c t i o n s , and h i s i n s t r u c t i o n s i n the p r e s e n t
i n s t a n c e w ere, t h a t he was n o t t o d i s c u s s w i t h the Committee
a n y t h i n g e x c e p t a m a t t e r r e l a t i n g t o a C la im , Q u e s t i o n o r
a p p l i c a t i o n , and i n the oa^-e o f C a r l e y the p a p e r s were a t
p r e s e n t i n the hands o f the Minmster f o r S o c i a l W e l f a r e .
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne i n t i m a t e d t h a t he t o o k a v e r y s e r i o u s
view ol t h i s m a t t e r and s t a t e d t h a t u n l e s s an a p o l o g y was
g i v e n he w o u ld a sk the C o r p o r a t i o n t o r e s i g n as an Old
itge P e n s i o n s ’ C om m ittee.
In c o n n e c t i o n w i t h the q u e s t i o n o f d e l a y i n
t h i s m a t t e r the Town C l e r k p o i n t e d o u t t h a t
C a i l e y had o n l y be e n d e c i d e d by the Committee
December l a s t , and the I n v e s t i g a t i o n O f f i c e r
t h e r e was no d e l a y on h i s p a r t .
d e a l i n g w it h
the C laim o f Mr.
on 6 t h
s t a t e d th a t
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----------------
21st
F e b y .,
1949.
A fter
some d i s c u s s i o n the I n v e s t i g a t i o n O f f i c e r and the
C la im a n t w it h d r e w f r o m the m e e t i n g and the Town C l e r k
i n t i m a t e d t h a t he c o u l d take no a c t i o n on th e m a t t e r
b e f o r e the Committee u n l e s s the s t a t e m e n t s made by C o u n c i l l o r
Ho.vlin were r e d u c e d t o w r i t i n g and s i g n e d .
C o u n c i l l o r i i o w l i n i n t i m a t e d t h a t he w ou ld make the n e c e s s a r y
s t a t e m e n t i n w r i t i n g and the m a t t e r t h a n d r o p p p d #
MnSOHS7 STRIKE.
At t h i s s t a g e the members t h e n r e s o l v e d t h e m s e l v e s i n t o
a m e e t i n g o f t h e G e n e r a l Pur* p o s e s 1 Committee and the Town
C l e r k had to w ith d r a w t o a t t e n d a C o n f e r e n c e i n c o n n e c t i o n
w i t h a s t r i k e o f masons on Mie b u i l d i n g s i t e .
Reference
was made t o a s p e c i a l me; t i n g o'? the Committee h e l d on
the 1 8 t h i n s t a n t when i t was d e c i d e d t h a t r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s
o f the masons and the o f f i c i a l s o f the C o r p o r a t i o n be i n ­
v i t e d t o a t t e n d the p r e s e n t m e e t i n g .
The Mayor s t a t e d t h a t a C o n f e r e n c e was h e l d on Sunday a t
the r e q u e s t o f the Chairman o f the 1‘r a d e s ’ C o u n c i l and was
a t t e n d e d by the P a r l i a m e n t a r y S e c r e t a r y t o the m i n i s t e r f o r
L o c a l Government, the County Manager, H o u s in g E n g i n e e r , th e
Town C l e r k , h i m s e l f , the Chairman o f the Trades C o u n c i l and
t h r e e r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f t h e masons, when th e m a t t e r was
d i s c u s s e d a t l e n g t h , b u t no d e c i s i o n a r r i v e d rj t , and the
Conference adjourned u n t i l th is ev en in g ,
th is stage
C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s a s k e d a l d e r m a n C o r i s h i f he had made a
s t a t e m e n t t h a t the s t r i k e was a Fian na F a i l r a c k e t and
.ild erman C o r i s h a d m i t t e d t h a t he d i d make s u c h a s t a t e m e n t
t o one o f the maso ns.
The C ou n ty Manager
s t a t e d t h a t on th e p r e v i o u s Monday
week a r e p o r t was made t o him by the H ou sin g E n g i n e e r t h a t
the masons w o u ld n o t p u t s i l l s , h e e l b l o c k s , and o t h e r
p r e c a s t m a t e r i a l s i n t o the c a v i t y w a l l c o n c r e t e h o u s e s .
He a s k e d the xxousing E n g i n e e r i f i t w o u l d be any b r e a c h o f
a Trades Union P r i n c i p l e i f he a s k e d the men t o do t h i s
and the h o u s i n g ^ n g m u u r r e p l i e d MN o . M &e (Cou nty Manager)
th en i n f o r m e d the H ousing E n g i n e e r t h a t i f any man r e f u s e d
t o do that work he s h o u l d be d i s m i s s e d .
He had th e n t o
l e a v e Town f o r L u b l i n and when he r e t u r n e d on S a tu rd a y
l a s t he r e c e i v e d an i n v i t a t i o n f rcm t h e Chairman o f the
Trades r C o u n c i l t o a t t e n d the C o n f e r e n c e above r e f e r r e d
t o by the Mayor.
hG had p o i n t e d o u t to Mr. H ow lin t h a t
he u n d e r s t o o d t h e r e had b e e n a m e e t i n g o f th e C o r p ora t i n
on the p r e v i o u s n i g h t and t h a t as an o f f i c i a l he d i d n o t
p r o p o s e t o ta k e any a c t i o n o u t s i d e the a c t i o n t h e y m ig h t
have t a k e n .
At the C o n f e r e n c e c e r t a i n s u g g e s t i o n s were made l§y the
O f f i c i a l s o f the C o r p o r a t i o n t o b r e a c h the d i f f i c u l t y
w h i c h had a r i s e n , b u t the s u g g e s t i o n s w e r e n o t a c c e p t e d
and a s f ar as he c o u l d s e e the p o s i t i o n was the same as
i t was on Sunday.
C o u n c i l l o r 0 ' F l a h e r t y th en s t a t e d t h a t he w is h e d t o
p r o p o s e t h a t the Co r p o r a t i o n take g r e a t e x c e p t i o n to the
s t a t e m e n t made by a l d e r m a n C o r i s h c h a r g i n g c e r t a i n members
w i t h b e i n g r e s p o n s i b l e f o r the s t r i k e on th e H ousing S i t e
a t S l i p p e r y Green and t h a t i t i s the o p i n i o n o f the C o r p o r a t i o n
t h a t the s t a t e m e n t made by the Alderm an was a pure f l i g h t o f
h is im agination.
~lderrnan C o r i s h s t a t e d he made no a l l e g a t i o n
t h a t any member o f the C o r p o r a t i o n was r e s p o n s i b l e , b u t he
b e l i e v e d t h a t the s t r i k e was e n g i n e e r e d by the Fian na F a i l P a r t y *
T h is c h a r g e
©: Wexford Borough Council
o f ^ld erm an C o r i s h ’ s was d i s c u s s e d a t g r e a t le n g th
_/
-
2 1 s t F e b y.,
19 49 .
b u t n o t h i n g c o u l d be done i n tho m a t t e r as a l d e r m a n
C o r i s h r e f u s e d t o w i t h d r a w what he s t a t e d t o be h i s
b elief *
A t t h i s s t a g e r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f the masons t o g e t h e r
w i t h Mr. i i o w l i n , S e c r e t a r y o f the T r a n s p o r t Union and
Chairman o f the T r a d e s : C o u n c i l came b e f o r e the C o r p o r a ^
t i o n when i t was s t a t e d that n e g o t i a t i o n s were s t i l l
g o i n g on b e t w e e n the O f f i c i a l s o f the C o r p o r a t i o n and the
masons w i t h a v ie w t o a s o J t l e m e n t • and Other m e t e r s s u g g e s t ­
ed t h a t the C o r p o r a t i o n s h o u l d n e t i n t o r e f e r e b u t t h a t the
p r e s e n t d i s c u s s i o n be a d j o u r n ' J t o a l l o w n e g o t i a t i o n s t o
proceed.
The s e c r e t a r y o f th e masons ? Union s t a t e d t h a t s i n c e the
s t r i k e s t a r t e d , t h e r e had b ee n a l o t o f t a l k and the
masons had b e e n a c c u s e d o f s a b o t a g i n g the H o u sin g e f f o r t o f
the Gov ernment,
They had *een a c c u s e d o f b e i n g b a c k e d by
a c e r t a i n p o l i t i c a l p a r t y and tlr. t was a l i e .
They d i d n o t s t r i k e f o r the rake o f s t r i k i n g or f o r
s a b o t a g e and he c o u l d n o t see w hy the m a t t e r i n d i s p u t e
was n o t s e t t l e d b e f o r e the
st r i k e t o o k t o o k p l a c e .
E v e n t u a l l y i t was d e c i d e d n o t t o d i s c u s s the m a t t e r f u r t h e r
u n t i l n e g o t i a t i o n s w i t h tho masons had b e e n c o n c l u d e d .
The m e e t i n g
then t e r m i n a t e d .
©: Wexford Borough Council
23 rd F e b r u a r y ,
1949
s p e c i a l m e e t i n g o f the G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s * Committee ^ s h e l d
t h i s day a t the Town C l e r k ' s O f f i c e , Town H a l l , W e x ford a t
h a l f - p a s t s e v e n o ’ c l o c k p-m*
The members p r e s e n t b e i n g . —
a
His L o r s h i p ,
The Mayor,
C ou n cillor
James S m n o t t
( i n the C h a i r ) <*
aid erman G ecr g e Hadden.
C ou n cillors:
■'•'homas R o c h e , Thomas Byrne, Edward H o w li n , Kuvin
M o r r i s , Thomas Bu ck la nd and Sean 0 TF l a h e r t y .
-Che County Manager^ h o u s i n g E n g i n e e r a nd Town C l e r k were a l s o
in atten dan ce.
MASONS* STRIKE.
The Town C l e r k i n t i m a t e d t h a t a t a p r e v i o u s meeting^members
o f the C o r p o r a t i o n had s t a t e d t h a t t h e y were no o f l i c i a l l y
i n f o r m e d o f t h e s t r i k e o f the maso ns.
In t h i s c o n n e c t i o n he p o i n t e d o u t t h a t the s t r i k e t o o k p l a c e
on F r i d a y , 1 1 t h i n s t a n t .
On Monday, 1 4 t h i n s t a n t , a s p e c i a l
me t i n g o f t h e C o r p o r a t i o n was h e l d f o r a s p e c i f i c
p u r p o s e and
i t was a d j o u r n e d w i t h o u t t r a n s a c t i n g any o t h e r b u s i n e s s .
C o n s e q u e n t l y i t w as n o t p o s s i b l e t o make an o f f i c i a l r e p o r t on
the S t r i k e , as as w e l l , he was under the i m p r e s s i o n t h a t the
members were w e l l awnre o f what the s t r i k e was a b o u t .
He th e n gave
a resume o f th e s t e p s ta k e n w i t h a v ie w t o e n d i n g
t h i s d i s p u t e , and e x p l a i n e d t h a t a t the r e q u e s t o f the Chairman
o f the -‘-ra des f u o u n c i l , the P a r l i a m e n t a r y S e c r e t a r y t o the
M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l Governmen t;
the Mayor, Co. M arag er,
H ousin g E n g i n e e r , and h i m s e l f had met three r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f
the masons on Sunday l a s t and a f t e r a l e n g t h y c o n f e r e n c e had
had a d j o u r n e d u n t i l Monday n i g h t *
Both o f t h e s e c o n f e r e n c e s
p r o v e d a b o r t i v e , bu t i n a finaki e f f o r t t o s e t t l e the d i s p u t e the
Manager and th e Mayor had a t t n n d e d and a d d r e s s e d a m e e t i n g o f
the masons, a f t e r the c o n f e r e n c e on Monday n i g h t s 'i’hey th e n
l e f t the masons t o take a b a l l o t , b u t i t a p p e a r e d t h a t t h i s b a l l o t
was a d j o u r n e d t o m i d - d a y on T u e sd ay ,
n t the vaAxus m e e t i n g s the
masons were g i v e n a g u a r a n t e e t h a t i f t h e y l a i i one l i n t e l s , s i l l s
and h e e l b l o c k s i n the f o u r p a r t l y - c o n s t r u e t o i mass c o n c r e t e
h o u s es they w o u ld n o t be a s k e d t o p l ^ c e t h e s e a r t i c l e s i n any
f u r t h e r m a s s c o n c r e t e h o u s es
b e f o r e the m a t i n g o f the masons on Tuesday, t h i s g u a r a n t e e was
c o n f i r m e d i n the f o l l o w i n g l e t t e r t o the S e c r e t a r y o f th e wiasons
Union:
T,I am d i r e c t e d by t h o W exford Go. manager t o a d v e r t t o y o u 1 l e t t e r
o f the 2 7 t h u l t i m o w h e r e i n you i n t i m a t e d t h a t y o u r members w o u ld
n o t c a r r y ou t any work on h o u s e s e r e c t e d i n mass c o n c r e t e o t h e r
than f i r e p l a c e s , and f l o o r s , and t o h i s i n t e r v i e w s w i t h
r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f the masons on the 20 th and 2 1 s t i n s t a n t when
t h i s m a t t e r was was e x a m i n e d a t l e n g t h .
As i n t i m a t e d t o y o u r
r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s , and as c o n f i r m e d by him, t o the m e e t i n g o f y o u r
b r a n c h on the 2 1 s t i n s t . , the Manager i s p r e p a r e d t o a c c e p t y o u r
c o n d i t i o n s f o r the c u r r e n c y o f the p r e s e n t scheme and t o g o v e r n
the h o u se s t o be b u i l t i n t h a t sc h e m e9 t h a t , i s , t h a t the masons
be n o t asked t o p l a c e i n p o s i t i o n p r e - c a s t l i n t e l s , h e e l b l o c k s
or window s i l l s i n mass c o n c r e t e h o u s e s ,
-tie a d o p t s t h i s a t t i t u d e
on the u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h a t the masons, a p p r e c i a t i n g the p o s i t i o n
i n w h i c h th e C o r p o r a t i o n and i t s o f f i c i a l s a r e p l a c e d w i t h f o u r
c a v i t y w a l l mass c o n c r e t e h o u s e s p a r t l y c o n s t r u c t e d , w i l l
p e r m i t oi the c o m p l e t i o n o f t h e s e f o u r h o u s e s as p l a n n e d by the
n gin eer*
ne w is h e s t o c o n f i r , as p o i n t e d o u t t o y o u r r e p r e s e n t a ties
©: Wexford Borough Council
-223rd.F eby.,
1949.
a l r e a d y , t h r t the f i n i s h i n g o f t h e s e h o u s e s w i t h o u t the a i d
o f masons w ou ld add an e x t r a c o s t o f £ 4 5 . p e r h o u s e .
He a p p e a l s
i n the s t r o n g e s t p o s s i b l e way t o tho masons to a g r e e t o t h i s
a r r a n g e m e n t s o as t o permit o f the r e - e m p l o y m e n t o f the l a b o u r e r s
and a r a p i d c o m p l e t i o n
f the p r e s e n t sc hem e, m i s e , l e n e a s ,
John J . B yrne, C l e i r u ^ c h an B h a i l e . "
The members saw t h a t n o t h i n g f u r t h e r c o u l d be done b e y o n d what
the o f f i c i a l s hnd a l r e a d y d o n e to s e t t l e t h i s d i s p u t e and i t
v/as u n a n i m o u s l y a g r e e d , on the mbb i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r B yrne,
s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r O ' F l h e r t y , t h a t the f a c t s as r e p o r t e d
by the Town C l e r k be p u b l i s h e d and t h a t the C o r p o r a t i o n a p p r o v e
o f the p r o p o s a l s o f the O f f i c i a l s to c o m p l e t e the e n t i r e S l i p p e r y
G re e n Xio u s i n g Scheme i n 10'' mass c o n c r e t e w a l l s .
HOUSING.
The m e e t in g then c o n s i d e r e d the c o r r e s p o n d e n c e f r o m the
M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l Government r e g a r d i n g a d e p u t a t i o n t o
d i s c u s s h o u s i n g , and i t was d e c i d e d t h a t the Town C l e r k s h o u l d
d r a f t a memorandum f o r a p p r o v a l by the C o r p o r a t i o n on th e
follow in g lin e s ;(1)
Cos t of' D e v e lop m en t o f ^>ite and Grnnts f o r ,
( a)
(b )
(2)
Increase
(a)
(b)
(c)
(3)
Develo pment G m n t e v e n i f d e v e l o p e d S i t e i s b u i l t on
i n s i d e tv/o y e a r s ,
The q u e s t i o n o f d e v e l o p i n g r nd b u i l d i n g a t the same
time as b e i n g more economic-.
in c o s t
o f b u i l d i n g s i n c e 1939.
T r a n s i t i o n a l D e v e lop m e n t Fund G r a n t .
S u b s i d y under **ct o f 1 9 3 2 .
n ^ r e s e n t 2/3rds of C a p ita l
amount t o £ 3 5 u ,
S u b v e n t i o n t o improve i n c r e a s e d i n t e r e s t r a t e *
L ettin g R egu lation:
( a ) P e r s o n s s u f f e r i n g from T . B . r e s i d i n g i n one room:
( b ) P e r so n s r e s i d i n g i n c ondemned h o u s e s .
(c) Q uestion o f f a m i l i e s r e s i d i n g in overcrow ded h o u s e s .
The m e e t in g then t e r m i n a t e d .
©: Wexford Borough Council
7 t h March,
1949.
A S t a t u t o r y M e e tin g o f the C o r p o r a t i o n was h e l d t h i s day
a t the Town C l e r k ’ s O f f i c e , Town H a l l , W e x f o r d , a t h a l f ­
p a s t seven o ’ c l o c k p.m .
The members p r e s e n ^ e i n g r James S i n n o t t ,
Aldermen:
E sq.,
Mayor
(in
the C h a i r ) *
George Hadden and Nicholas C o r i s h #
C ou n cillors:
James Gaul, P a t r i c k B i e r n e y , F r a n c i s C u l l i m o r e ,
K e v i n M o r r i s , John 0 ‘ F l a h e r t y , Thomas B y r n e .
The County Manager an d Town C l e r k ,
were a l s o i n a t t e n d a n c e .
MINUTES
The f o l l o w i n g minutes were s u b m itted f o r r a t i f i c a t i o n and
signature: Minutes o f C o r p o r a t i o n on the 7 t h u l t i m o ,
Committee on 1 8 t h , 2 1 s t and 23 rd u l t i m o .
G eneral Purposes
On the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r Byrne, s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r
G au l, the minutes as s u b m i t t e d , c o p i e s o f which had b e en
s u p p l i e d t o the members w i t h the Agenda f o r the p r e s e n t
m e e t i n g , were ta ken as h a v i n g b e e n r e a d , a p p r o v e d and
s i g r e d by th e Mayor.
PROPOSED PUBLIC LAVATORY
A r i s i n g o u t o f the m in u t e s C o u n c i l l o r Byrne and Alderman
C o r i s h r e f e r r e d t o the q u e s t i o n o f the p r o v i s i o n o f a
p u b l i c l a v a t o r y and the Town C l e r k i n t i m a t e d th at he was
com m u n ic atin g w i t h the Depart men t o f L o c a l Government
w i t h a view t o a r r a n g i n g an a p p o i n t m e n t b e t w e e n the
Borough P u r v e y o r and the D e p a r t m e n t ’ s E n g in e e r to d i s c u s s
v a r i o u s p o i n t s a r i s i n g o u t o f the Plan s u b m i t t e d .
DISMISSAL OF MAN ON RELIEF GRANTS
C o u n c i l l o r ^yrne r e f e r r e d t o a d i s c u s s i o n a t a r e c e n t m e e t i n g
r e g a r d i n g the d i s m i s s a l o f a man named Hayes f r o m the R e l i e f
Grants and s t a t e d t h a t no e f f o r t had b e e n made t o r e i n s t a t e
t h i s man d e s p i t e the unanimous w is h o f the C o r p o r a t i o n e x p r e s s e d
t o the Borough S u r v e y o r .
I n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h the Grants Alderm an
C o r i s h r e f e r r e d t o the f a c t t h a t the l o r r y was s t i l l w o r k i n g and
i t was d e c i d e d t o ask the Borough S u r v e y o r f o r a s t a t e m e n t as t o
how l o n g the l o r r y was employed a f t e r the d i s m i s s a l o f the C a r t e r s
and he was a l s o t o be a s k e d to e x p e d i t e th e r e i n s t a t e m e n t o f Hayes
HOUSE
AT
DEVEREAUX
VILLAS.
In r e p l y t o a q u e s t i o n by C o u n c i l l o r B i e r n e y itvvas s t a t e d
t h a t n o t i c e had be e n s e r v e d on the o c c u p i e r o f a h o use a t
D ev erea ux V i l l a s t o v a c a t e the p r e m i s e s .
RANGE
AT
NO.
35 .
HILL ST.
The q u e s t i o n o f the p r o v i s i o n o f a ran ge f o r No. 3 5 ,
was r e f e r r e d t o the County Manager.
H ill St.
SYMPATHY
©: Wexford
Borough Council
On the m o t i o n o f the Mayor,
s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r Byrne,
the
7 t h March,
1949,
sympathy o f the m e e t i n g was e x t e n d e d t o C o u n c i l l o r B i e r n e y on the
d e a t h o f h i s m o t h e r - i n - l a w , the l a t e Mrs. L a c e y , f o r w h i c h v o t e
C o u n c i l l o r Bierney r e t u r n e d thanks.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS OF VOTES
OF SYMPATHY
Ackn owledgmen ts o f r e s o l u t i o n s p a s s e d a t p r e v i o u s m e e t i n g s
were r e a d f r o m ,
(1)
His L o r d s h i p , The B i s h o p o f F e r n s , a c k n o w l e d g i n g the
r e s o l u t i o n p r o t e s t i n g a g a i n s t the s e n t e n c e im p o se d on
C ard inal M indszenty.
' ( 2 ) From the K ev . John B u t l e r , a c k n o w l e d g i n g the v o t e o f
sympathy p a s s e d w i t h him on the d e a t h o f h i s m o t h e r .
( 3 ) From W. S . K e a r n e y , E s q . , a c k n o w l e d g i n g the v o t e o f
sympathy p a s s e d w ithh im on the d e a t h o f h i s s i s t e r .
LETTER FROM MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE
RE SUBSIDY ON FLOUR.
A l e t t e r was a l s o r e qd from the M i n i s t e r f o r A g r i c u l t u r e ,
i n t i m a t i n g t h a t i n view o f the g r e a t e r d i e t e t i c v a l u e o f 75/^
e x t r a c t i o n f l o u r he was n o t p r e p a r e d to s u b s i d i s e the p r o d u c t i o n
o f f l o u r o f the l o w e r e x t r a c t i o n .
LETTER FROM DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE RE
ALLOCATION OF GRANTS.
A l e t t e r was r e a d f r o m the P a r l i a m e n t a r y S e c r e t a r y t o the
M i n i s t e r f o r F i n a n c e on the s u b j e c t o f the R e l i e f Grants
a l l o c a t e d t o W e x ford f o r y e a r l 9 4 9 , and s t a t e d i t w ould n o t be
p o s s i b l e t o make an e x c e p t i o n i n r e s p e c t o f a n i n d i v i d u a l a r e a .
I t was d e c i d e d t o r e q u e s t the P a r l i a m e n t a r y S e c r e t a r y t o r e c o n s i d e r
h i s d e c i s i o n .In t h i s m a t t e r .
PURCHASE OF
16 HOUSES AT TRINITY S T .
On
the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r Byrne, s e c o n d e d by His W o r s h ip , The
Mayor, a re co m m e n d a tio n f ro m the G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s Committee
d a t e d 2 1 s t u l t i m o , t h a t 16 h o u s e s a t T r i n i t y S t . be p u r c h a s e d ,
s u b j e c t to the s a n c t i o n o f the M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l Government was
u na nim ou sly a g r e e d t o .
COMPLETION OF HOUSING SCHEME IN
MASS CONCRETE
On the m o t i o n o f the Mayor, s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r O ' F l a h e r t y
a re co m m e n d a tio n from the G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s f Committee under d a t e
o f the 2 3 rd u l t i m o r e g a r d i n g the c o m p l e t i o n o f the S l i p p e r y Green
Housing Scheme i n mass c o n c r e t e was u n a n im o u s ly a d o p t e d .
ELECTRIC SCAVENGING CART
On
the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r Byrne, s e c o n d e d by Alderm an C o r i s h
it
was u na nim ou sly a g r e e d t o a u t h o r i s e the r a i s i n g o f a Loan o f
£ 1 , 4 0 7 . f o r the p u r c h a s e o f a n E l e c t r i c S v a n e n g in g C a r t .
APPOINTMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE TO IRISH PUBLIC
BODIES * INSURANCE CONFERENCE.
©: Wexford Borough Council
to a t t e n d
Tne n e x t b u s i n e s s was t o a p p o i n t a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e
the
7th
a n n u a l g e n e r a l m e e t in g o f J-rish
C o u n c illo r M orris p roposed th a t
G u llim o re
M arch,
1949.
p u b lic B od ies M utual In su ra n c e s
C o u n c i l l o r B yrne be a p p o i n t e d .
ijtd .
C ou n i^lor
seconded.
Alderm an C o r i s h p r o p o s e d t h a t
seconded.
On a show o f
Mayor and four f o r Mr. B yrne,
v o t e i n f a v o u r o f h i m s e l f and
t h e Mayor be a p p o i n t e d and C o u n c i l l o r
hands b e i n g ta k e n f o u r v o t e d f o r the
whereupon the Mayor gave h i s c a s t i n g
was t h e r e u p o n a p p o i n t e d .
PROTEST AGAINST THE ATTEMPT OF WATERFORD
HARBOUR COMMISSIONERS TO HAVE THE PORT OF
ROSSLARE CLOSED.
On the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r G au l, s e c o n d e d by b o u n c i l l o r
the f o l l c w i n g r e s o l u t i o n was u n a n i m o u s l y a d o p t e d : -
Byrne,
11That we e m p h a t i c a l l y p r o t e s t a g a i n s t the a t t e m p t o f W a t e r f o r d
Harbour C om m issio n ers to have the P o r t o f R o s s l a r e c l o s e d and
p l e d g e our f u l l s u p p o r t t o the R o s s l a r e D e v e lop m e n t A s s o c i a t i o n
th eir e f f o r t s to prevent t h i s ."
in
In c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h i s m o t i o n Alderman C o r i s h s u g g e s t e d t h a t
Coras I o m p a ir E i r e a n n be as k e d t o f a c i l i t a t e the a r r i v a l and
d e p a r t u r e o f b o a t s a t R o s s l a r e Habbour by the p r o v i s i o n o f a
more s u i t a b l e t r a i n s e r v i c e .
RESOLUTION FROM CARLOW COUNTY COUNCIL.
The f o l l o w i n g r e s o l u t i o n was s u b m i t t e d f r o m the Carlow County C o u n c i l ,
"T h a t the Carlow County C o u n c i l p r o t e s t a g a i n s t the c o l l e c t i v i s a t i o n
o f ou r t r a n s p o r t s y s t e m as b e i n g a f u r t h e r s t e p to w ard s Communism."
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne p r o p o s e d the a d jo u r n m e n t o f c o n s i d e r a t i o n o f t h i s
R e s o l u t i o n u n t i l m o r e p a r t i c u l a r s were a v a i l a b l e as t o th e p r o p o s a l s
o f - the Go v ernment to d e a l w i t h t r a n s p o r t s y s t e m and C o u n c i l l o r 0 f
F laherty seconded.
The Mayor took s t r o n g e x c e p t i o n t o the w o r d i n g o f the R e s o l u t i o n ,
" t h a t the c o l l e c t i v i s a t i o n o f the T r a n s p o r t s y s t e m was £ f u r t h e r
s t e p towards communism" and p o i n t e d o u t t h a t n e i t h e r the p r e s e n t n o r
p r e v i o u s uo v e r n m e n t s , to h i s knowDe d g e, had ta k e n any s t e p tow ards Communism
i n t h i s c o u n t r y , and p r o p o s e d t h a t t h e r e s o l u t i o n be marked " r e a d . "
Alderman Hadden s e c o n d e d t h i s m o t i o n w hich was a d o p t e d by f i v e
f o r to f o u r a g a i n s t .
*
votes
&
RECEPTION AND EXAMINATION OF TENDERS
Under date o f the 2 8 t h u l t i m o by l e t t e r No. G. 1 1 1 / 3 0 - 6 9 3 the
M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l Government f o r w a r d e d c o p y o f the R e g u l a t i o n s
made by the C o r p o r a t i o n f o r t h e r e c e p t i o n and e x a m i n a t i o n o f t e n d e r s
d u ly a p p r o v e d o f fey him.
MOTION RE CHARGE MADE BY ALDERMAN
CORISH.
The n e x t b u s i n e s s was the f o l l o w i n g m o t i o n i n the name o f C o u n c i l l o r
O I F l a h e r t y , "Th a t th e C o r p o r a t i o n s e t up a Committee t o i n q u i r e i n t o
the c h a r g e made by Alderman C o r i s h t o the e f f « c t t h a t the Fian na
F a i l P a r t y and t h e i r r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s on the C o u n c i l a r e r e s p o n s i b l e
f o r t h e s t r i k e o f masons e m p l o y e d on the C o r p o r a t i o n H o u sin g ^ i t e
•a t S l i p p e r y G r e e n . “
©: Wexford Borough Council
7th
M arch,
1949.
At the o u t s e t th e Mayor p o i n t e d o u t t h a t the m o t i o n was e n t i r e l y ,
ouis o f o r d e r as i t d i d n o t c o n c e r n the b u s i n e s s o f the C o u n c i l and
t h a t no member o f the C o u n c i l had b e e n a c c u s e d by Alderman C o r i s h ,
b u t he (Mayor) d i d n o t w ish t o p u t any obstacle i n the way o f the
C o u n c i l l o r i n moving h i s m o t i o n p r o v i d e d he d e l a t e d t h e w o r d s Mand
t h e i r r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s on t h i s C o u n c i l . ' '
C o u n c i l l o r Gaul h e l d t h a t i f the m o t i o n was n o t e n t i r e l y i n o f d e r
i t s h o u l d be r u l e d o u t c o m p l e t e l y and Alderman Hadden a g r e e d .
C o u n c i l l o r O’ F l a h e r t y i n t i m a t e d t h a t a l t h o u g h the m o t i o n a p p e a r e d
i n h i a name i t was n o t one d r a f t e d by him b u t was p u t down by d i r e c t i o n
o f t h e Fian na F a i l P a r t y , and he moved th e m o t i o n as i t a p p e a r e d on
the Agenda.
C o u n c i l l o r M orris se c o n d e d .
A l e n g t h y d i s c u s s i o n t o o k p l a c e on w h e t h e r o r n o t t h i s m o t i o n was i n
o r d e r and e v e n t u a l l y , as C o u n c i l l o r O ’ F l a h e r t y r e f u s e d to amend the
m o t i o n i n any way, t h e Mayor r u l e d t h a t i t was o u t o f o r d e r and c o u l d
n o t be d i s c u s s e d by t h e C o r p o r a t i o n .
ANNUAL ESTIMATES MEETING.
On the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r B yrne, s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r B i e r n e y i t
was u n a n im o u sly a g r e e d t h a t the an nual e s t i m a t e s m e e t i n g o f the C o r p o r a ­
t i o n s h o u l d be h e l d on th e 2 1 s t i n s t . * t 7 . 3 0 p . m . and t h a t the members
s h o u l d meet on the 1 4 t h i n s t a n t a t 8 . 3 0 p .m . f o r i n f o r m a l d i s c u s s i o n s on
the E s t i m a t e s .
ATTENDANCE OF MAYOR AT CIVIC RECEPTION.
C o u n c i l l o r M o r r is a s k e d i f
Clonmel on the 6 t h i n s t a n t
been a s k e d when he a r r i v e d
the u n v e i l i n g o f a memorial
the Mayor had a t t e n d e d c i v i c r e c e p t i o n i n
and the Mayor e x p l a i n e d t h a t he had m e r e l y
i n C l o n m e l, f o r a f o o t b a l l m a tch , to a t t e n d
there.
C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s was s a t i s f i e d .
REDUCTION OF SUPPLY OF MILK UNDER
NATIONAL FREE MILK SUPPLY SCHEME.
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne c o m p l a i n e d o f th e m o n th ly r e d u c t i o n i n the s u p p l y
o f m i l k under the N a t i o n a l F re e M ilk S u p p l y Scheme f r o m 71^ t o 16 g a l l o n s
p e r month and a s k e d f o r a n e x p l a n g t i o n .
The Town C l e r k r e p l i e d t h a t
the C o r p o r a t i o n had n o t h i n g w h a te v e r t o do w i t h th e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n
o f the iMational Free M il k S u p p l y Scheme s i n c e 1 s t A p r i l l a s t when i t
had b e e n handed o v e r t o the C0unty C o u n c i l u nd e r t h e H e a l t h A c t ,
and t h a t C o u n c i l l o r Byrne s h o u l d ask f o r t h i s i n f o r m a t i o n a t a m e e t i n g
o f the County C o u n c i l o f w h i c h he was a member.
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne i n s i s t e d t h a t he was e n t i t l e d to the i n f o r m a t i o n
a t the m e e t in g o f th e C o r p o r a t i o n and th e town C]e r k i n t i m a t e d t h a t
he was n o t i n a p o s i t i o n t o g i v e t h i s *
The Manager p o i n t e d o u t , h o w e v e r , t h a t C o u n c i l l o r Byrne v/as l o n g
enough i n p u b l i c l i f e t o know t h a t i f he had g i v e n r e a s o n a b l e
n o t i c e o f t h i s q u e s t i o n a r e l y w ou ld have b e e n a v a i l a b l e f o r him a t
the p r e s e n t m e e t i n g o f the C o r p o r a t i o n even thou gh he was n o t , under
any c i r c u m s t a n c e s , e n t i t l e d t o i t a t th e C o r p o r a t i o n as t h a t Body
had n o t h i n g w h a te v e r to do w i t h the a d m i n i s t r a t i o n o f th e r r e e M il k
Scheme.
The p u b l i c O f f i c i a l s i n the C ou n ty , the Manager c o n t i n u e d ,
had always b e e n o b l i g i n g and c u r t i o u s t o p u b l i c r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s and
i f C o u n c i l l o r Byrne had a s k e d t o have t h i s i n f o r m a t i o n a t the p r e s e n t
m e e t in g i t would have be e n t h e r e / and i n t i m a t e d 'th a t the i r l f o r m a t l b n w o u ld
-be o b t a i n e d and g i v e n to the C o r p o r a t i o n a t a s u b s e q u e n t m e e t i n g .
J-he m e e t in g t h e n t e r m i n a t e d .
—
b
©: Wexford Borough Council
14th
M arch,
1949.
A, M e e t i n g o f the C o r p o r a t i o n as an E s t i m a t e s C o a jn i tt e e was
h e l d t h i s day a t the 'town C l e r k ! s O f f i c e , Town H a l l , W e x f o r d ,
a t n i n e o ’ c l o c k p .m . ' ?he members p r e s e n t b e i n g : His W o r s h ip ,
The Mayor,
(in
the C h a i r ) .
Alderman Hadden.
C ou n cillors:
G au l,
M orris,
Byrne and OfF l ah e r t y .
DEPUTATION FROM G . A . A ,
At the o u t s e t a D e p u t a t i o n was r e c e i v e d f ro m the ^ a e l i c
A t h l e t i c A s s o c i a t i o n r e g a r d i n g the e r e c t i o n o f a w a l l a r o u n d
t h e i r f o o t b a l l gro u n ds a t S u m m e r h i l l .
The D e p u t a t i o n p o i n t e d
o u t t h a t u n l e s s the w a l l was c o m p l e t e d w i t h i n a p e r i o d o f t h r e e
weeks they b e l i e v e d t h e y w ou ld l o s e the S e n i o r F o o t b a l l ma tch,
p r o v i s i o n a l l y a l l o c a t e d t o W e x f o r d on May* 1 5 t h .
The County Manager e x p l a i n e d t o the D e p u t a t i o n t h a t he had
d i s c u s s e d t h i s m a t t e r w i t h the Borough S u r v e y o r t h a t e v e n i n g and
had g i v e n i n s t r u c t i o n s f o r t h e work o f e r e c t i n g the w a l l t o be commenced
f o r t h w i t h and i t was e v e n t u a l l y d e c i d e d , i f a t a l l p o s s i b l e ,
t h a t the Borough S u r v e y o r s h o u l d s t a r t work on the w a l l the
f o l l o w i n g day •
The D e p u t a t i o n e x p r e s s e d s a t i s f a c t i o n w i t h the a s s u r a n c e o f the
Manager that the w a l l w o u l d be c o m p l e t e d w i t h i n a p e r i o d o f t h r e e
weeks and thanked the members f o r r e c e i v i n g them.
ESTIMATES
The m e e t i n g th e n p r o c e e d e d t o d i s c u s s the E s t i m a t e s s u b m i t t e d by
the County Manager and the f i g u r e s c o n t a i n e d t h e r e i n w ere ta k e n
s e r i a t im .
As r e g a r d s th e Reads E s t i m a t e C o u n c i l l o r Byrne c o m p l a i n e d t h a t
v e r y p o o r s e r v i c e was b e i n g r e n d e r e d f o r the amount i n c l u d e d
f o r r e p a i r s and s u g g e s t e d t h a t t h i s e s t i m a t e s h o u l d be r e d u c e d
by One Hundred r o u n d s .
This was n o t l o o k e d on w i t h f a v o u r by the o t h e r members and
the C o u n c i l l o r d i d n o t p r e s s h i s p o i n t .
On the s u g g e s t i o n o f Dr.
Hadden i t was a g r e e d t o e x a m in e , d u r i n g the coming y e a r , the
p o s s i b i l i t y o f c o m p l e t e l y m e c h a n i s i n g the Roads S c a v e n g i n g D e p a r t m e n t .
On the E s t i m a t e f o r S a n i t a r y S e r g i c e s i t was p o i n t e d o u t t h a t the
c o s t o f p r o v i d i n g c h e m i c a l s f o r the p u r i f i c a t i o n o f th e w a t e r s y s t e m
was £ 5 7 0 . and the c o s t o f e l e c t r i c i t y f o r w o r k i n g the p l a n t £ 1 2 0 .
w h ich l e f t o n l y £ 1 6 0 . f o r r e p a i r s .
On the Hous i n g E s t i m a t e a s u g g e s t i o n was made t h a t a H ou sin g
I n s p e c t o r s h o u l d be a p p o i n t e d and the Manager p r o m i s e d to c o n s i d e r
t n i s d u r i n g the y e a r .
A f t e r ex am in in g th e E s t i m a t e f o r G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s the m e e t i n g came
t o the c o n c l u s i o n t h a t t h e y c o u l d n o t a l t e r any o f the ite m s
c o n t a i n e d i n the E s t i m a t e s , as a w h o l e , w h i c h c a l l e d f o r a Rate o f
3 4 / 2 d . i n the Found, and on the m o t i o n o f the Mayor, s e c o n d e d by
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne i t was u n a n im o u sly a g r e e d t o recommend the C o r p o r a t i o n
to a d o p t a M u n i c i p a l Rate o f 3 4 / - i n the Ppund;
The Manager, and '/own
C l e r k I n the meantime t o f u r t h e r examine t h e i r E s t i m a t e s With a view
t o r e d u c i n g them by 2d . i n the Pound.
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14 th March,
1949.
R e v e r t i n g t o the E s t i m a t e f o r S a n i t a r y S e r v i c e s , a t t e n t i o n was
c a l l e d to the r e c e n t announcement o f t h e Minis t e r f o r
Local
Government t h a t Grants w o u ld be a v a i l a b l e f o r the r e l i e f o f
f l o o d i n g i n c e r t a i n a m a s , and the Manager i n t i m a t e d th a t he
had a l r e a d y as k e d the Borough S u r v e y o r t o s u b m it p r o p o s a l s
i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h f l o o d i n g a t John S t . , S e l s t e r S t . and
King S t . w i t h a v ie w to a p p l y i n g f o r a G r a n t .
INTENTION OF GAS. CO. TO DISCONTINUE
PUBLIC LIGHTING.
I t was p o i n t e d o u t t h a t the W e x f o r d Gas Consumers C o . had i n t i m a t e d
t h e i r i n t e n t i o n o f d i s c o n t i n u i n g the p u b l i c l i g h t i n g a t W o l f e Tone
V i l l a s and W h i t e r o c k View a f t e r the p r e s e n t l i g h t i n g s e a s o n , and t h a t
u n l e s s the C o r p o r a t i o n a g r e e d to pay the E l e c t r i c i t y ^ u p p i y Board the
c o s t o f e x t e n d i n g t h e i r n e t work s t h i s area w o u l d be w i t h o u t l i g h t n e x t
w i n t e r , and on the m o t i o n o f ^ o \ } n i c l l o r b y r n e , s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r
Gaul, i t was u n a n i m o u s l y a g r e e d t h a t the C o r p o r a t i o n s h o u l d a g r e e t o
pay the c o s t o f p r o v i d i n g a p u b l i c l i g h t i n g s e r v i c e i n t h e s e two a r e a s .
BONUS TO OFFICE STAFF
On the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r G au l, s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r B y r n e, i t
was u n a n i m o u s l y a g r e e d t h a t a p p r o v a l be g i v e n to the p r o p o s a l o f the
W exfo rd County Manager t o g r a n t a bonus o f 1 1 / p e r week t o m a r r i e d
members o f the C l e r i c a l S t a f f and 5 / 6 d . p e r week t o s i n g l e p e r s o n s
and g i r l s , w i t h e f f e c t as fro m 2 9 t h May, 1 9 4 8 .
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th en t e r m i n a t e d .
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2 1 s t March,
The
day
annual
a t the
seven
E stim a te s m eetin g of
Town C l e r k f s O f f i c e ,
o ’ clo ck
1949.
t h e C o r p o r a t i o n was h e l d t h i s
Town H a l l , W e x f o r d a t h a l f - p a s t
p .m .
The members p r e s e n t b e i n g : His W ars hip,
The Mayor,
i n the C h a i r .
Alderman C o r i s h and Hadden.
C ou n cillors:
James Gaul, P a t r i c k B i e r n e y , Thomas Bu ck la nd ,
Thomas Byrne, Edward H ow lin , K e v in M o r r i s , F r a n c i s
C u l l i m o r e and Sean 0 ? F l a h e r t y .
The County Manager and ’1 own C l e r k were a l s o Ja a t t e n d a n c e .
ESTIMATE
The m e e t i n g a g a i n t o o k up the e x a m i n a t i o n o f the County M a n a g e r ’ s
E s t i m a t e c€ E x p e n d i t u r e and R e c e i p t s f o r t h e y e a r e n d i n g 3 1 s t March,
1950 , and d e c i d e d t o take e a c h ite m s e r i a i m .
The f i r s t i t e m was the
E s t i m a t e f o r the M aintena nce o f r a d s , and C o u n c i l l o r Byrne a g a i n
c o m p l a i n e d o f the v e r y p o o r s e r v i c e the C o r p o r a t i o n r e c e i v e d f o r the
amount e x p e n d e d and a f t e r some d i s c u s s i o n i t was u n a n im o u s ly d e c i d e d
t o l e a v e the sum o f £-700. c o n t a i n e d i n the E s t i m a t e s , b u t t o r e q u e s t
the Borough P u r v e y o r t o s u b m i t p r o p o s a l s f o r the E x p e n d i t u r e o f t h i s
sum d u r i n g the e n s u i n g . y e a r .
On the E s t i m a t e f o r S a n i t a r y S e r v i c e s the q u e s t i o n was r a i s e d
r e g a r d i n g the c o n d i t i o n o f th e walks a t S t . I b a r ’ s Cemetery and i t
v/as p o i n t e d o u t t h a t w i t h the amount a l l o w e d f o r m a i n t e n a n c e ,
namely, £ 1 0 0 . i t w o u l d be i m p o s s i b l e t o d o any b i g j o b on the w a l k s ,
and i t was d e c i d e d t h a t i n any Scheme f o r t h e e x t e n s i o n o f the
Cemetery the q u e s t i o n o f th e w alks w ould be taken i n t o c o n s i d e r a t i o n .
A l s o a r i s i n g o u t o f th e E s t i m a t e f o r s a n i t a r y s e r v i c e s Alderman
C o r i s h r e f e r r e d t o the p o s i t i o n o f the H e a l t h I n s p e c t o r and p o i n t e d
o u t t h a t p r e v i o u s l y he was a vfc o l e - t i m e O f f i c e r o f th e C o r p o r a t i o n ,
now he was an O f f i c e r o f the W ex fo rd County C o u n c i l , and c o u l d o n l y
g i v e p a r t - t i m e s e r v i c e to the C o r p o r a t i o n , a n d . h e , Alderman C o r i s h ,
u n d e r s t o o d t h a t a l a r g e p o r t i o n o f the r u r a l a r e a had b e e n added t o
h is d i s t r i c t .
Alderm an C0r i s h asked the Oounty Manager t o e xamine the
p o s i t i o n and the Manager e x p l a i n e d t h a t the w h o le q u e s t i o n o f s a n i t a r y
and H e a l t h S e r v i c e s was now i n the t r a n s i t i o n a l s t a g e and i t was v e r y
d i f f i c u l t t o s e e what w o u l d happen, b u t he p r o m i s e d to ke ep the m a t t e r
un e r r e v i e w d u r i n g th e y e a r .
PROPOSED PUBLIC CONVENIENCE.
The q u e s t i o n was a l s o r a i s e d r e g a r d i n g the p r o p o s e d p u b l i c c o n v e n i e n c e
f o r the xown, and the Town fc le r k i n t i m a t e d t h a t he had a s k e d the L o c a l
Government Department to a r r a n g e an a p p o i n t m e n t w i t h t h e i r E n g i n e e r i n g
A d v i s o r s o t h a t the Borou gh S u r v e y o r c o u l d c o n s u l t w i t h him as t o the
matters in d is p u t e .
On the E s t im a t e f o r Hou sing C o u n c i l l o r Byrre a g a i n r a i s e d the
q u e s t i o n o f a H ou sin g i n s p e c t o r and the s u p e r v i s i o n o f r e p a i r s and
the County Manager p r o m i s e d t o examine t h i s m a t t e r i n the n e a r f u t u r e .
PAINTING OF ARTIZAN’ S DWELLINGS
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As regards the p a in tin g of the A r t i z a p ’ s dwellings the/Town Clerk
.
intimated that he envisaged a sum of *,300. as slxowea l a s t year, and
2 1 s t March,
1949.
d e c i d e d t o ask the Borough S u r v e y o r t o s u b m it p r o p o s a l s
h o u s e s he i n t e n d e d to p a i n t w i t h t h i s sum.
as
t o what
GENERAL PURPOSES ESTIMATE
On the E s t i m a t e f o r G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s , r e f e r e n c e was made t o the
d i s c o n t i n u a n c e o f an A . R . P . S t o r e , and a s u g g e s t i o n was made, t h a t
the M i n i s t e r f o r D e f e n c e s h o u l d be a s k e d t o ta ke b a c k a r t i c l e s a t
p r e s e n t i n th e c u s t o d y o f the C o r p o r a t i o n or a l t e r n a t i v e l y ,
p r o v i s i o n s h o u l d be made t o s t o r e t h e s e a r t i e l e s i n one o f th e
C orporation S to re s ,
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne r e f e r r e d t o th e r e d u c t i o n i n Home A s s i s t a n c e
by the County C o u n c i l , as a r e s u l t o f the c e s s e r o f the E . C . A .
Grant a n d p r o p o s e d t h a t the C o r p o r a t i o n pr o t e s t a g a i n s t the
d i s c o n t i n u a n c e o f t h i s Grant and t o r e q u e s t the M i n i s t e r f o r
S o c i a l S e r v i c e s t o c o n t i n u e i t u n t i l he was i n a p o s i t i o n t o
i n t r o d u c e a c o m p r e h e n s iv e S o c i a l S e r v i c e s S Q h e m e .
C ou n cillor
H o w l i n s e c o n d e d t h i s m o t i o n w h ich was a g r e e d t o .
In t h i s c o n n e c t i o n , the b o u n t y Manager
a l l o w a n c e was na de by the S t a t e due t o
and as a r e s u l t of t h i s d i s c o n t i n u a n c e
to r e d u c e the amount p a i d e a c h week t o
A ssistan ce.
p o in te d o u t t i f i t this
Emergency c o n d i t i o n s ,
i t w o u l d be n e c e s s a r y
r e c i p i e n t s o f Home
On the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r Byrne, s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r
B i e r n e y , i t was a l s o a g r e e d t o r e q u e s t the M i n i s t e r f o r S o c i a l W e l f a r e
t o c o n t i n u e the F r e e F u e l Scheme f o r the Summer o f 19 49, and i n
c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h i s Scheme Alderman C0r i s h r e f e r r e d t o the c h a r g e ,
b u t i t was p o i n t e d o u t t h a t t h i s w o u l d be b a s e d on a p e r c e n t a g e o f
the c o s t o f the f u e l .
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne a l s o r e f e r r e d t o t i ^ q u e s t i o n o f the p r o v i s i o n o f
meals f o r n e c e s s i t o u s s c h o o l c h i l d r e n and i t was d e c i d e d t o a s k e a c h
S c h o o l i n Tcwn t o s t a t e the a v e r a g e number o f c h i l d r e n i n n e e d o f
f r e e meals and when t h i s was a v a i l a b l e t o t a k e up the whole q u e s t i o n
w i t h the M i n i s t e r f o r H e a l t h .
A l s o a r i s i n g o u t o f t h e G en er al
P u r p o s e s E s t i m a t e i t was d e c i d e d t h a t an o f f i c e s h o u l d be p l a c e d a t
the f o o t o f the Town H a l l s t a i r s t o f a c i l i t a t e t h o s e who were c h a r g e d
w i t h the d u ty o f c o l l e c t i n g a t d a n c e s , e t c .
I t was a l s o a g r e e d , on the m o t i o n of Alderman ^ o r i s h ,
the c o n d i t i o n o f the u r i n a l i n the Town H a l l .
t o examine
This c o m p l e t e d the e x a m i n a t i o n o f the E s t i m a t e o f E x p e n d i t u r e and
R e c e i p t s , and i n r e p l y to a q u e r y the Manager s t a t e d t h a t a f t e r
c o n s u l t a t i o n w i t h the Town ° l e r k he had b e e n a b l e t o take a f u r t h e r
2d . i n the £ o f f the E s t i m a t e by i n c r e a s i n g the sen ount e s t i m a t e d
t o be r e c e i v e d by way o f Rent o f A r t i z a n ! s d w e l l i n g s .
The Town C l e r k th en a s k e d the m e e t i n g i f t h e r e w e r e any f u r t h e r
q u e r i e s a r i s i n g ou t o f the E s t i m a t e , and t h e r e were n o n e , b u t
C o u n c i l l o r B uck la nd r a i s e d the q u e s t i o n o f C r e d i t B a l a n c e s , w h i c h
he 3 t a t e d were shown i n the a u d i t e d a c c o u n t s f o r the y e a r ended
3 1 s t March, 1 9 4 7 .
He a l s o s t a t e d t h a t i n the E s t i m a t e f o r the
c u r r e n t y e a r the amount t o be r a i s e d was c o n s i d e r a b l y i n e x c e s s
o f the E s t i m a t e o f n e t E x p e n d i t u r e a d o p t e d by the C o r p o r a t i o n .
T h is gave r i s e t o a v e r y l e n t h y d i s c u s s i o n , a t the e n d o f w h i c h ,
C o u n c i l l o r Gaul moved t h a t the m e e t in g a d j o u r n u n t i l tne 2 8 t h
i n s t a n t t o e n a b l e the County Manager and Town C l e r k t o examine the
p o i n t s r a i s e d by C o u n c i l l o r B u c k l a n d .
©: Wexford Borough Council
2 1 s t March,
T h i s m o t i o n was s e c o n d e d by t
agreed t o .
1S49
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne and u n a n i m o u s l y
On tie m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r B y r n e , s e c o n d e d b y Alderman C o r i s h ,
the d e c i s i o n o f th e E s t i m a t e s Committee g r a n t i n g a p p r o v a l t o the
p r o p o s a l o f the Countv Manager t o pay a bonus t o the C l e r i c a l S t a f f
v/as u n a n im o u s ly a d o p t e d .
The m e e t i n g th en t e r m i n a t e d .
©: Wexford Borough Council
28th
An a d jo u r n e d
O ffice,
Town
M arch,
E s t i m a t e s m e e t i n g was h e l d
H a ll, W exford a t h a l f - p a s t
1949.
t h i s day a t th e low n
sev e n o ’ c lo c k p .m .
J e r k ’s
The members p r e s e n t b e i n g : His W o r s h ip ,
The Mayor,
( i n the C h a i r ) .
Alderman G eorge Hadden and N i c h o l a s C o r i s h .
C ou n cillors:
Thomas B u ck la n d , P a t r i c k B i e r n e y , Thomas Byrne Eastward
H o w li n , Thomas R o c h e , F r a n c i s C u l l i m o r e , K e v i n M o r r i s ,
and Sean O’ F l a h e r t y .
The County Manager and Town C lerk were a l s o i n a t t e n d a n c e .
w i t h r e f e r e n c e t o p o i n t s r a i s e d by C o u n c i l l o r B u ck la n d a t the l a s t
m e e t i n g the County Manager r e a d a l e n g t h y r e p c r t w h i c h had b e e n
p r e p a r e d by the T0wn C l e r k , on h i s d i r e c t i o n , on the m a t t e r s r a i s e d
by the C o u n c i l l o r .
IJt a p p e a r e d t h a t
the C o u n c i l l o r ’ s c a s e r e l i e d upon th ree c o n t e n t i o n s : -
(1)
rhe e s t i m a t e d c r e d i t s i n the a c c o u n t s
y e a r e n d i n g 3 1 s t March, 1 9 4 7 .
o f the C o r p o r a t i o n f o r
(2)
The E s t i m a t e o f E x p en ses and D e t e r m i n a t i o n o f the Rate
Pound f o r y e a r e n d i n g 3 1 s t March, 1 9 4 9 .
(3 )
The amount w h i c h c o u l d be e x p e c t e d t o be p r o d u c e d by a Ra te
1 d . i n th eP ou nd .
the
i n the
of
As r e g a r d s th e f i r s t p o i n t the Manager q u o t e d f i g u r e s t o show
t h a t th e n e t d e b i t b a l a n c e on the C o r p o r a t i o n A c c o u n t s a t 3 1 / 3 / 4 7
was £ 1 0 , 1 6 7 . 5 . 1 l . and t h a t t h e r e were p o t e n t i a l a s s e t s a g a i n s t
t h i s d e b i t o f £ 1 4 , 1 8 0 . 1 7 . 4 . l e a v i n g on the f a c e o f th e a c c o u n t s
a n e t f i g u r e o f a s s e t s in e x c e s s o f l i a b i l i t i e s o f £ 4 , 0 1 3 . 1 l . 5 .
Having ex am ined th e v a r i o u s a s s e t s the Manager p o i n t e d o u t t h a t , i n
h i s o p i n i o n , o n l y £ 1 2 , 4 1 2 . 1 6 . 3 . o f t h i 3 c o u l d be r e g a r d e d a s b e i n g
r e a l i s a b l e le a v in g a p o s s i b l e c r e d i t balance o f £ 2 ,2 4 5 . 10. 4.
The Manager then p r o c e e d e d t o d e a l w i t h the A c c o u n t s f o r the y e a r
e n d i n g 3 1 s t March, 1949, and showed t h a t a t t h e 3 1 s t March, 1949 ,
even i f a l l a s s e t s were c o l l e c t e d t h e r e would be a n e t d e b i t b a l a n c e
o f £ 2 ,2 6 3 . 8 . 4 . but a f t e r taking i n t o a c c o u n t a s s e t s , w h ic h c o u l d
not r e a s o n a b l y be e x p e c t e d t o be r e a l i s e d , am oun tin g t o £ 1 , 0 7 6 .
the
p o s s i b l e d e b i t was £ 3 , 3 3 9 . 8 . 4 . and e v e n a l l o w i n g f o r an amount o f
£ 2 , 5 3 3 . i n c l u d e d i n the 1 9 4 8 / 4 9 E s t i m a t e s f o r d e b i t b a l a n c e s , the
C o r p o r a t i o n w ou ld n o t have a c r e d i t b a l a n c e .
As reg a rd s the amount to be r a i s e d by a r a t e o f 1 d . i n the Pound,
v a r i o u s f i g u r e s were shown f o r p r e v i o u s y e a r s as t o what a 1 d . w o u l d
produce.
I t was p o i n t e d out th a t in the E s t i m a t e f o r 1 9 4 8 / 4 9 the
A c t i n g Town C le rk had e s t i m a t e d a 1 d . t o p r o d u c e £ 1 0 0 . w h i c h o n l y a l l o w e d
£ 1 , 3 1 5 . to p r o v i d e f o r d i s c o u n t s , r e m i s s i o n s on new b u i l d i n g s , e t c . ,
v a c a n c i e s , d e s t i t u t e p e r s o n s , w h ich was n o t c o n s i d e r e d t o be s u f f i c i e n t .
I t was a l s o p o i n t e d out that a v a l u a t i o n l o s s o f £ 1 , 0 8 3 . was e s t i m a t e d
f o r in the coming y e a r , and th a t w i t h the i n c r e a s e d v a l u a t i o n , 1 d .
would p r o d u c e £ 1 0 0 . .
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This r e p o r t gave r i s e to a very le n g th y , d i s c u s s i o n , . a t th e end o f
which, i t was a g a i n d e c i d e d , on tne m otion o f C o u n c i l l o r Byrne,
28th
March,
1949.
seconded by C o u n c illo r M orris, to a djourn u n t i l Monday A p r i l , 4 th ,
and in the meantime a copy of the A b stra ct of Accounts f o r the
y e a r ended 3 1 s t March, 1948 was to be fu rn ished to C ou n cillo rs
Buckland, Cullim ore, Aderman Corish and The Mayor.
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne r a i s e d th e q u e s t i o n o f a r e c e n t r e d u c t i o n i n the
a l l o w a n c e t o Home A s s i s t a n c e R e c i p i e n t s and the Manager e x p l a i n e d
the p os i t i o n .
C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s and the o t h e r members c o m p l a i n e d t h a t i n a r e c e n t
l e t t i n g o f h o u s e s , v a c a n c i e s o f some o f them were n o t a d v e r t i s e d i n
the u s u a l way, b u t the Manager p o i n t e d o u t t h a t l a s t y e a r he had
i n v i t e d a p p l i c a t i o n s by a d v e r t i s e m e n t f r o m a l l p e r s o n s i n Town i n
need o f new h o u s e s .
The m e e t i n g th e n t e r m i n a t e d .
©: Wexford Borough Council
4th
A n a d j o u r n e d E s t i m a t e s m e e t i n g v/as h e l d
Town C l e r k ’ s O f f i c e . ,
Town H a l l ,
W exford
seven o ’ c lo c k p .m .
Tho m e m b e r s p r e s e n t
His L o r s h i p ,
The k a y o r -
A p ril,
1949,
t h i s d a y a t the
at h a lf-p a st
b e in g :-
i n the C h a i r .
Alderm en C o r i s h and Hadden,
C ou n cillors:
G a u l , Bu ck la nd , B i e r n e y , Byrne, H o w lin ,
0 TF l a h e r t y , C u l l i m o r e , Roche and M o r r i s *
The County Manager and Tov/n C l e r k were a l s o
in attendance*
The m e e t i n g t o o k up the b u s i n e s s where i t had b e e n a d j o u r n e d
on the 2 8 t h i n s t a n t t o e n a b l e the Town C l e r k t o f u r n i s h a l l
the members w i t h a c o p y o f the a b s t r a c t s o f a c c o u n t s f o r 1 9 4 6 / 4 7
and 1 9 4 7 / 4 8 .
The A b s t r a c t f o r t h e y e a r e n d i n g 3 1 s t March, 1948 showed a
n e t d e b i t b a l a n c e on the M u n i c i p a l A c c o u n t s o f £ 9 , 0 5 7 . 1 2 * 6 *
A g a i n s t t h i s t h e r e were p o t e n t i a l a s s e t s o f £ 7 , 0 2 7 . 1 . 4 .
l e a v i n g the l i a b i l i t i e s i n e x c e s s o f a s s e t s a t £ 2 , 0 3 0 . 1 1 . 2 .
From t h e s e p o t e n t i a l a s s e t s , h o w e v e r , w o u l d have to be ta ken
c e r t a i n sums n o t i m m e d i a t e l y r e a l i s a b l e s u ch as o u t s t a n d i n g
r a t e s and r e n t s .
C o u n c i l l o r Bu ck la n d v/ent t h r o u g h the a b s t r a c t f o r 1 9 4 7 / 4 8
and r e f e r r e d t o the v a r i o u s item s o f e x p e n d i t u r e , w hich , i n
h i s o p i n i o n , had e x c e e a e d th e E s t i m a t e a l l o w e d by. the
C o r p o r a t i o n i n 19 47 . b u t the Manager d i d n o t a g r e e t h a t the
f i g u r e s g i v e n s h a v e d any i n c r e a s e on t h e e s t i m a t e s and s a i d
t h a t i t was e n t i r e l y a m a t t e r o f how the f i g u r e s were
in terpreted.
The p r i n c i p a l item o f ' e x p e n d i t u r e o b j e c t e d t o by the members
was f o r the m a in te n a n c e o f ^ r t i z a n ’ s d w e l l i n g s , w h ich amounted
t o £ 1 , 8 8 8 . 1 5 . 5 . f o r Wages, and £ 5 5 3 . 1 6 . f o r m a t e r i a l s .
- t i l the members were o f o p i n i o n th at the p r o p o r t i o n o f Wages
t o m a t e r i a l s was e x t r e m e l y h i g h , and h e l d t h a t t h i s w a s due
t o l a c k o f s u p e r v i s i o n over the w ork b e i n ' ; c a r r i e d o u t .
E v e n t u a l l y C o u n c i l l o r B uck la nd p r o p o s e d the c d e l e t i o n o f the
sum o f £ 1 , 0 0 0 . i n c l u d e d i n T a ble C. ( d e t e r m i n a t i o n o f the
Rate i n th e Pound) t o meet p o r t i o n o f the sum o f £ 2 , 6 7 4 . due
t o the County C o u n c i l ,
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne s e c o n d e d the m o t i o n .
B e f o r e t h i s m o t i o n was put t o the m e e t i n g the County Manager
p o i n t e d ou t t h a t , i n h i s o p i n i o n , the Rate o f 3 4 / - a s k e d
f o r by him was e s s e n t i a l t o m a i n t a i n the M u n i c i p a l s e r v i c e s
o f the Tov/n f o r the y e a r e n d i n r 3 1 s t March, 1 9 5 0 .
At 31st
March l a s t , the Manager p o i n t e d o u t . the C o r p o r a t i o n owed
the W ex ford County C o u n c i l , on f o o t o f Demands, the sum o f
£2,674.
The a r r e a r s on f o o t o f the County C o u n c i l E s t i m a t e s
had be eh c o n s i d e r a b l y r e d u c e d i n r d c e n t y e a r s by an nual
i n s t a l m e n t s o f £ 1 , 0 0 0 , . and i t was w i t h the o b j e c t o f f u r t h e r
r e d u c i n g th e s e a r r e a r s th a t the sum o f £ 1 , 0 0 0 . was i n c l u d e d
i n the E s t i m a t e s f o r 1 9 4 9 / 5 0 *
C o u n c i l l o r Gaul moved the a d o p t i o n o f t h e Rate E s t i m a t e o f
3 4 / - p r o p o s e d by the County Manager, and a ld e r m a n C o r i s h
s e c o n d e d , b u t t h i s m o t i o n was r u l e d t o be a d i r e c t n e g a t i v e
and a P o l l v/as oaken, on C o u n c i l l o r Buck land rs m o t i o n , t h a t
the sum o f £ 1 0 0 0 . i n c l u d e d 1 dr t he purpcs e o f r e d u c i n g the
d e b i t b a l a n c e to the County C o u n c i l , be d e l e t e d , when t h e r e
v o t e d f o r the m o t i o n , C o u n c i l l o r s Cui i i more , R o c h e , 0 ’ F l a h e r t y
Howlin, Byrne, B i e r n e y , M o r r is and B u c k l a n d . . ................................(8)
A g a i n s t the m o t i o n , C o u n c i l l o r s Gaul, a ld e rm a n C o r i s h
Hadden and The M ayor......................................................................7. \
(4 )
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li
— - *
- •
________
4th
-tipril,
1949
The n o t i o n t o d e l e t e the sum o f £ 1 , 0 0 0 . towards the r e d u c t i o n
o f th e County C o u n c i l d e b i t b a l a n c e was d e c l a r e d c a r r i e d *
B e f o r e the f o r m a l R e s o l u t i o n s a d o p t i n g the Rate E s t i m a t e s
were t a k e n , C o u n c i l l o r Bu ck la nd a s k e d f o r f u r t h e r infnrm a i o n
r e g a r d i n g the amount p r o d u c e d by a Rate o f 1 d . i n tne round,
and was i n f o r m e d t h a t i n 1 9 4 7 / 4 8 a Rate o f 2 9 / 6 d * p r o d u c e d
£ 3 4 ,4 4 0 . or £ 9 7 . 5 . 5. f o r 1d.
I n 1 9 4 8 / 4 9 a Rate o f 3 3 / 4 d .
p r o d u c e d £ 3 9 , 3 4 2 . or £98 * 7 . 1 . f o r 1 d .
For 1 9 4 9 / 5 0 . the
Re te was e s t i m a t e d t o p r o d u c e £ 1 0 0 . p e r 1d .
As no f u r t h e r q u e s t i o n s a r o s e on e i t h e r the Rate E s t i m a t e s
or the a c c o u n t s , C o u n c i l l o r Gaul p r o p o s e d th e a d o p t i o n of^
the E s t i m a t e o f Expense s s e t f o r t h i n f a b l e a . w hich p r o v i d e d
for
,
Urban R o a d s ............................... £ 8 , 1 7 5 .
Sanitary S e r v i c e s . . . . . . . .£ 1 1 ,3 8 4 ,
Housing S e r v i c e s . . . . . . . . . £ 1 4 , 8 0 2 .
G e n e r a l Urban P u r p o s e s . . . £ 3 1 , 3 1 4 .
Alderm an C o r i s h soe.nnded t h i s n o t i o n w h ich was u n a n i m o u s l y
CL t o .
His W orsh ip , The Mayor, t h e r e u p o n p r o p o s e d the a d o p t i o n
o f the E s t i n t e o f R e c e i p t ? s e t f o r t h i n T a b le B. w h ich
estim ated R eceipts f o r ,
Urban R o a d s ............................. - . * £ 6 , 4 3 0 .
S a n i t a r y S e r v i c e s ........... . . . £ 1 , 3 0 0 .
Hous i n g ......................................... £ 1 2 , 040 .
G e n e r a l Urban P u rp oses . . . . £ 6 , 1 0 5 .
This m o t io n was s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r Buckland and was
a l s o una nimou sly a g r e e d t o 0
The n e x t m o t i o n was t o a d op t Table C. ( d e t e r m i n a t i o n o f the
Rate i n the P o u n d ) .
This T a b le showed an e s t i m a t e d g r o s s
e x p e n d i t u r e ol£ 6 5 , 6 7 5 , and R e c e i p t s £ 2 5 , 8 7 5 . l e a v i n g the
n et e s t i m a t e d e x p e n d i t u r e t o be r a i s e d by R a tes a t £ 3 9 , 8 0 0 .
To t h i s l a t t e r sum, i n th e o r i g i n a l e s t i m a t e , £1,000-.
had b e e n added to meet p a r t o f the d e b i t b a l a n c e duo to
the County C o u n c i l , but as i t had b een d e c i d e d by R e s o l u t i o n ,
above m e n t i o n e d , t o d e l e t e t h i s £ 1 , 0 0 0 . the n e t amount r e q u i r e d
to be r a i s e d by Rate was £ 3 9 , 8 0 0 . which on the b a s i s o f 1d.
p r o d u c i n g £1 0 0 , would r e q u i r e a M u n i c i p a l Rate o f 3 9 8 d .
or 3 3 / 2 d . i n the Pound.
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne t h e r e u p o n p r o p o s e d the a d o p t i o n
o f Table
C. p r o v i d i n g f o r a n e t amount t o be r a i s e d by a M u n i c i p a l
Rate of £ 3 9 , 8 0 0 * and to meet same th a t a Rate o f
33/2d.
i n the Pound be a g r e e d on to c a r r y on the M u n i c i p a l S e r v i c e s
f o r the year e n d i n g 3 1 s t March, 19 50 .
Tins m o t i o n was s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r Roche and u na n im ou sly
agreed to .
On the moti on o f C o u n c i l l o r G au l, s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r
Roche an e s t i m a t e d o v e r - e x p e n d i t u r e o f £ 4 0 0 . was u na nim ou sly
a p p r o v e d i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h Housing S e r v i c e s f o r y e a r ended
3 1 s t March, 1949 .
©: Wexford Borough Council
The b u s i n e s s o f th e E s t im a t e s m e e t ih g h a v i n g now c o n c l u d e d
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne p r o p o s e d a h e a r t y v o t e o f c o n g r a g u l a t i o n
to the Manager, Town C i e r k and C o u n c i l l o r Buckland f o r the
a b l e manner i n which the t h r e e o f them had d e a l t w i t h the E s t i m a t e s
ESTIMATE OP .JCPEK5ES A1ID DETGRHIKa TIOK OX? THE RATES IN TIE
POUND BY AN URBAN AUTHORITY
’7 E X F O R D
CORP-ORA. T I O N .
E s t i m a t e o f c i . p c n s e s and d e t e r m i n a t i o n o f th e r a t e s i n the pound f o r
the l o c a l f i n a n c i a l y e a r e n d i n g on the 3 1 s t March, 1 9 5 0 .
TABLE
A.
EXPENDITURE.
Service
Purpose
Amount E s t i m a t e d
__________
. _
Adopted
Estim ated
b yJ
by
Manager
C ou n cil(4)
(3)
o
£
1175
1175
70 00
7000
of Expenditure.
(2)
(i)
O r d i n a r y ro-id works
S p e c i a l Grant works
Urban Roads
.
*
TOTAL
Sanitary
S anitary.
8,175
11,384
11,384
Housing o f the forking
i C lasses
i
* Sma 11 D w ellin & s Ac qu is i t i o n
Ac t s
<
TOTAL
.
.
.
.
.
.
1
1
j
i
!
11,384
I
\
1
•
Hous ng
i
.
8,175
11,384
TOTAL
.
<
J
j
14,222
*
J
14,222
|
!
580
14,802
b80
*
14,802
|
1
v,.
'
GENERAL URBAN
i
PURPOSES:
C ou n jy C o u n c i l
S ervices:
Main Roads
ivlain Roads
P ublic A ss ista n ce
Public A ss ista n ce
M ental H o s p i t a l
Mental H o s p i t a l
H e a l t h (County)
H ealth (County)
General Purposes
G e n e r a l P u rp o se s (C o u n t y )
_ (C o u n t y )
’’'S e p a r a t e c h a r g e s ] S e p a r a t e c h a r g e s
U:nemp 1 oyme nt A s s t *
Unemployment Ass i s t a n c e
Oth e r
Urban
Purpose s "
T o u r i s t D ev elopment
„ V o c a t io n a l Education
Other p u r p o s e s
M a t e r i a l s , m a ch ine ry & s t o r e s
TOTAL
31,314
1274
7051
3205
1261
3066
1274
7051
3205
1261
3066
1215 °
825 y
1215
825
20^
1507 /
11390
500
^0
1507
11390
500
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. 31,314
.
T'ALLE
lj.
RECEIPTS .
a KOUFj.
S ervice
Nature o f R e c e i p t s
(2)
(1)
Urban Roads
Sanitary
Housing
!
A d o p te d by
Council
E 11 imat e d
by
fanager
(3)
.
(4)
S t a t e Grants
£
6430
O
iO
6430
TOTAL
6430
6430 -
Sanitary R eceipts
1300
1300
TOTk L
1300
1300
6750
4590
6950
4590
500
500
Hous. ing o f the / o r k i n g
C lasses:
Rent s
S t a t e Gra nt s
Other r e c e i p t s
Small D w e l l i n g s
A c q u is itio n Acts
......................
- r
*
TOTAL
i
G e n e r a l Urban
Purpose s
ESTIl&TEU
S t a t e G rants
Other R e c e i p t s
M a te r ia ls expense (b a la n c e )
M achinery e x p e n s e ( b a l a n c e )
.
i
1
TQTa L
1 2 ,0 4 0
jL1840
.............. t....................
i
-
5525
580
5525
580
1 6105
i
6105
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_
CALCULATION
ESTIMATED
GROSS
EXPENDITURE
(Ti.BLE - k.)
NATURE OF SERVICE
roads
'
PUBLIC «.SSIST.xNCE
MENTAL HOSPITAL
HF T .TX HXj. (\ nv- U
O TTTJTV
U l'j i _L )/
GENERAL PURPOSES
SEPARATE CILiRGES
UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE
OTHER URB..N PURPOSES
Ra TES
3
£
£
UREUN ROa DS
S-.NIT-iRY SERVICES
HOUSING
GENERAL URBa N PURPOSES
COUNTY COUNCIL SERVICES: -
THE
8,175
11,384
14,802
IN
NET
ESTIMATED
RECEIPTS
ESTIMATED
(Ta b l e e . ) EXPENDITURE
D
Cj
-L •
OF
4
£
6,430
1,300
i z
,
s #
o
THE
FOUND.
CALCULATION OF SUM TO be r a i s e d
ESTIivixiTE D ESTIMATED
AMOUNT
DEBIT
CREDIT
LEVIABLE,
Ba La NCE
Bu La NCE
(I F a NY)
(IF ANY)
5
6
n
£
£
£
1,745
10,084
2,^62
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NIL
NIL
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NIL
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Ra TE IN THE POUND
ThE Va l u a t i o n of
AREa ( £ 2 4 , 0CC)
PENCE
1 Q
f<i
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1 0 0 . 8 4
2^.62
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3,066)
215).
/
1 ,
825
13,417
NIL
6,105
825
7,312
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NIL
NIL
NIL
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7 , 3 1 2
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,
8 . 2 5
7 5 . 1 2
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TOT a L GENERAL RATE
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1949, the C o u n c i l d i d by r e s o l u t i o n a a o p t the e s t i m a t e of' e x p e n s e s s e t f o r t h i n T a b l e s A, B and C and d i d a l s o Vy
r e s o l u t i o n d e te r m in e i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h the s a i d e s t i m a t e the r a t e s s e t f o r t h i n column 8 o f Ta ble C t o t e the r a t e s i n
pound t o be l e v i e d f o r the s e v e r a l p u r p o s e s s p e c i f i e d i n the s a i d e s t i m a t e f o r the f i n a n c i a l y e a r e n d i n g on the 3 1 s t day
L a rc h, 1 9 5 0 .
T
©: Wexford Borough Council
4th r*pril,
1949.
f o r the y e a r j u s t commenced.
C o u n c i ll o r M orris seconded
t h i s m o t i o n w h i c h was s u p p o r t e d by C o u n c i l l o r H o w l m and
wilder man C o r i s h , who a l s o c o n g r a g u l a t e d the Rate C o l l e c t o r s
on t h e i r m a g n i f i c e n t c o l l e c t i o n f o r the y e :.r j u s t e n d e d .
C o u n c i l l o r Bu ck la nd s t a t e d he w i s h e d t o be a s s o c i a t e d w i t h
the Vote o f thanks to the Manager and Town C l e r k f or the
a b l e manner i n w h i c h they had p r o d u c e d f i g u r e s i n answer
t o the v a r i o u s q u e s t i o n s r a i s e d by him d u r i n g the p a s t
t h r e e iyeeks .
The Mayor a l s o a s s o c i a t e d h i m s e l f w i t h th e Vote o f thanks
and r e f e r r e d t o the d i f f i c u l t i e s w h i c h had c o n f r o n t e d the
two o f f i c i a l s d u r i n g the p a s t t h r e e weeks#
He t h o u g h t t h a t
w ith t h e /pjU H Sftf
f i g u r e s w h ich had ta ke n p l a c e a t t h e i r
v a r i o u s m e e t i n g s i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h E s t i m a t e s t h a t th ey
had b o t h a c q u i t t e d t h e m s e l v e s a d m i r a b l y and had g i v e n
the members o f the C o r p o r a t i o n a l l the i n f o r m a t i o n t h e y
could p o s s ib ly g iv e .
He was p e r s o n a l l y aware o f the c o n s i d e r ­
a b l e amount o f o v e r t i m e t h e two o f f i c i a l s had worked i n
o r d e r t o p r o d u c e the na ss o f f i g u r e s andaccourt.3 w h i c h had
b e e n as k ed f o r i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h e s e e s t i m a t e s .
fte
p a r t i c u l a r l y c o n g r a g u l a t u d the o f f i c i a l s on t h e i r r e d u c t i o n
o f the Town Rate E s t i m a t e by no l e s s than l / - i n the Pound
and p o i n t e d o u t t h a t t h i s was e n t i r e l y due t o t h e i r c a r e f u l
w atch o v e r the E x p e n d i t u r e o f the C o r p o r a t i o n d u r i n g the
year ju s t ended.
He c o n g r a g u l a t e d the Rate C o l l e c t o r s and the R a t e p a y e r s
f o r the m a g n i f i c e n t na t e c 0l l e c t i o n , . . tho Rent C o l l e c t o r s
f o r t h e Ren t C o l l e c t i o n and a l l the O f f i c i a l s and Em ployees
o f the C o r p o r a t i o n g e n e r a l l y .
He a g a i n r e f e r r e d t o the r e c e n t M a l i c i o u s I n j u r y Cl aim
v/hich had c a u s e d the R a t e p a y e r s o f the Town no l e s s th an
l / - i n the r o u n d , a n d p o i n t e d ou t t h a t , i n h i s o p i n i n, the
Lqw s h o u l d bo amended to see t h a t I n s u r a n c e Companies
7;ho were r e c e i v i n g f i r e premiums t o c o v e r f i r e l o s s , s h o u l d
be made meet t h e i r l i a b i l i t i e s when t h e s e a r o s e and n o t
t r a n s f e r them t o l o c a l R a t e p a y e r s .
- - 0O0- A Q u a r t e r l y m e e t i n g o f the C o r p o r a t i o n was h e l d
a t the c l o s e o f th e a b o v e m e e t i n g .
The members p r e s e n t
b e i n g the same as a t the a d j o u r n e d E s t i m a t e s m e e t i n g .
MINUTES.
The f o l l o w i n g m i n u t e s , c o p i e s o f w h i c h had b e e n c i r c u l a t e d
t o the members were s u b m i t t e d f o r r a t i f i c a t i o n and s i g n a t u r e
m in u te s o f C o r p o r a t i o n on 7 t h u l t . , E s t i m a t e s Committee
on 1 4 t h u l t i m o and E s t i m a t e s m e e t in g s on 2 1 s t and 2 8 th u l t .
n r i s i n g out o f the Minutes o f the 7 t h u l t i m o when the Mayor
was a p p o i n t e d t o a t t e n d the a n n u a l M e e t i n g o f I r i s h P u b l i c
B o d i e s Mutual I n s u r a n c e s , C o u n c i l l o r Byrne p o i n t e d ou t
tiyat i t a p p e a r e d i n the m in u te s t h a t he had s e c o n d e d the
a p p o i n t m e n t o f the Mayor, w h i l e i n a c t u a l f a c t , h i s a p p o i n t ­
ment had b e e n s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r B i e r n e y and the Town
C l e r k p r o m i s e d t o make the n e c e s s a r y c o r r e c t i o n i n t h o s e
m inutes.
*
n.ls o a r i s i n g o u t o f the m in u tes o f the 7 t h u l t i m o when i t
was d e c i d e d to p u r c h a s e 16 h o u s e s a t T r i n i t y S t . C o u n c i l l o r
-byrnc a s k e d what th o p o s i t i o n was and was i n f o r m e d t h a t the
p u r c h a s e had been s a n c t i o n e d b u t t h a t the p r o p e r t y had n o t
y e t b e e n t r a n s f e r r e d t o the C o r p o r a t i o n .
He was a l s o i n f o r m e d
t h a t as s o o n as the p r o p e r t y became v e s t e d i n the C o r p o r a t i o n
t h a t t e n d e r s would be i n v i t e d f o r the p r o v i s i o n o f t h o n e c e s s a r y
s a n i t a r y accommodation.
_______________________________ __________
©: Wexford Borough Council
4th x%pril, 1 9 49 .
The Mayor r e f e r r e d to the New D ra in ag e ^ c t a t p r e s e n t
b e f o r e the O i r e a c h t a s w h ich p r o v i d e d f o r S t a t e G ra nts
f o r the r e l i e f o f f l o o d i n g by L o c a l a u t h o r i t i e s , and was
i n f o r m e d t h a t p r o p o s a l s were b e i n g s u b m i t t e d t o the
M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l Government f o r the r e l i e f o f f l o o d i n g
a t King S t . and S e l s k a r S t .
On the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r R o c h e , s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r
B i e r n e y the m in u t e s as s u b m i t t e d were t h r e u p o n t a k e n as
h a v i n g b e e n r e a d , a p p r o v e d and s i g n e d by the Mayor.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF VOTE OF S qviPVi'hY.
it l e t t e r was r e a d f r o m Mr. T. F-. McDermot, C o u n t y - S e c r e t a r y ,
a c k n o w l e d g i n g the Vote o f Sympathy p a s s e d w i t h him on the
d e a t h of h i s f a t h e r .
ALLOCATION
of
GRANTS.
a l e t t e r was a l s o r e n d f r o m the ^ 0n t r o i l e r , S p e c i a l
Employment Schemes O f f i c e s r e g a r d i n g the a l l o c a t i o n o f
Gra nts f o r tho r e l i e f o f Unemployment i n W ex for d Urban
u r e a and s t a t e d he c o u l d add n o t h i n g t o h i s l e t t e r o f the
1 9 t h Ja nus>r y l a s t .
FIXING OF QUARTERLY MEETING.
On the m o t i o n o f a l d e r m a n C o r i s h , s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r
Roche i t w as a g r e e d t o h o l d a Q u a r t e r l y meetin g of the
C o u n c i l .on Monday, 2 7 t h June, 19 49, a t h a l f - p a s t seven
o ' c l o c k p.m,
TENDERS
RE CONCRETE MIXER.
S i x t e n d e r s were r e c e i v e d f o r t h o s u p p l y
m ixer.
They were f r o m ,
No,
NO.
No.
No.
No.
No.
1.
2r
3.
4.
ij .
6,
of a concrete
M e s s r s , Goodwin Barsby £ 2 7 0 . and £ 3 4 0 . F . O . Q . D u b l i n .
M e ta llu rg y L td*, £270. plus duty, F.O .Q . D u b lin .
S t e e l e 6c C o . , New R o s s . £ 2 8 0 . F . O . R . New R o s s .
R. & J. O’ Dwyer, £ 3 4 0 . F . 0 . w,. W e x f o r d .
J. H. Eamt.s & S o n . £ 4 9 2 . ex D u b l i n ,
i v u l l ^ r 1s M achinery C o . , L t d . £ 2 7 0 . F . O . Q . D u b l i n .
The t e n d e r s had been ex-trained by the Borough S u r v e y o r who
made th e f o l l o w i n g r e p o r t
-i Char a ,
Re C o n c r e t e m ix e r - Q u o t a t i o n s .
H e r e w i t h my r e p o r t on t e n d e r s . f p r 7 / 5 c o n c r e t e
mixer.
F o r c o n v e n i e n c e I have numbered the t e n d e r s as
fo llo w s:No. 1 . M e s s r s . Goodwin B a r s b y .
No. 2-. M e t a l l u r g y L t d . ,
No. 3-. S t e e l e & Co.
No. 4-. R. & J. Dwyer.
No. 5 . J * H. Ea'm' s .
No. 6 . M i l l a r f s xvichy. C0 . L t d .
We asked f o r a 7 / 5 c o n c r e t e m i x e r c o m p l e t e w i t h
l o a d e r and h o i s t and o n l y No. 4 . & 6 . comply w i t h t h i s
request.
However, t u i s s h o u l d n o t , i n my o p i n i o n , r u l e
out the o t h e r t e n d e r s ,
©: Wexford Borough Council
•
^i t h the e x c e p t i o n o f t e n d e r No. 3 . the m i x e r s
q u o t e d f o r a r e oi l o r e i g n m a n u fn ctu r e and are c o n s e q u e n t l y
s u b j e c t t o an i m p o r t d uty o f 40%.
T h e r e f o r e , on the
4th a p r i l ,
1949.
q u e s t i o n o f p r i c e a l o ; o , the I r i s h made m ix e r w i l l be much
c h e q p c r t o p u r c h a s e • u n d o u b t e d l y i t has n o t some o f the
u p - t o - d a t e f e a t u r e s o f the f o r e i g n b u i l t m a ch ines *^I
f o u n d the l a r g e r mix r b u i l t by t h i s Co. r e a s o n a b l y g o o d ,
b u t t h e i r r e p a i r s e r v i c e , p o s s i b l y due to e m e r g en c y c o n d i t i o n s ,
was v e r y p o o r .
The Co. can a l s o f i t a b a rr o w h o i s t ^ and
s h o u l d be w r i t t e n t o f o r p a r t i c u l a r s b e f o r e any d e c i s i o n
i s made.
f u r t h e r p o i n t t o n o t e a b o u t the t e n d e r s !:ind
i l l u s t r a t i o n s s u b m i t t e d , o n l y the I r i s h Co. m e n t i o n s the
qu estion of ru a ra n tee .
This g u a r a n t e e o n l y c o v e r s the c o s t
o f tho ncwpf r where same i s p r o v e d t o be d e f e c t i v e owing
t o f a u l t y d e s i g n , m a t e r i a l or workmanship w i t h i n a p e r i o d
o f 12 m onth s, wc w ou ld be l i a b l e f o r the f i t t i n g c o s t s .
I recommend t e n d e r No. 3, s u b j e c t t o amendment i f
d e s i r e d t h a t a b a rr o w h o i s t be f i t t e d .
it
is
F o r a c a n an B h a r d a i s . "
On the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r Byrne, s e c o n d e d b y C o u n c i l l o r
Roche i t was u n a n i m o u s l y d e c i d e d t o recommend the County
Manager t o a c c e p t the t e n d e r o f M e s s r s . S t e e l e & C o . ,
New Ross i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h the r e c o m m e n d a ti o n o f the
Borough S u r v e y o r .
PREMISES »*T ST0NEBR1DGE.
a d v e r t i n g to m in u t e s o f the 7 t h F e b r u a r y l a s t when the
C o r p o r a t i o n d i r e c t e d the p r e p a r a t i o n o f a P r e l i m i n a r y
Order under the A c q u i s i t i o n o f D e r e l i c t S i t e s ^ c t , 1 9 40 ,
i n r e s p e c t o f p r e m i s e s a t S t o n e b r i d g e Lane the f o l l o w i n g
r e p o r t was r e a d f r o m thd Borough S u r v e y o r t o g e t h e r w i t h
a r e c o m m e n d a t i o n f r o m the County Manager t h a t the C o r p o r a ­
t i o n s h o u l d a r p o i n t a Committee t o examine th e S i t e .
!,.n Chara,
Re D e r e l i c t S i t e
- S t o n e b r i d g e L ane.
I h i v e i n s p e c t e d the d e r e l i c t S i t e a t S-^onebridge
Lane w h ich i t i s p r o p o s e d s h o u l d be a c q u i r e d .
I wish t o
s u b m it th e f o l l o w i n g comments on tho p r o p o s a l b e f o r e g o i n g
ahead w i t h
the p r e p a r a t i o n o f a Map.
( 1 ) The r e q u i s i t i o n o f t h i s
s i m p l y be the a s s u m p t io n o f
s h o u l d have b e e n c o m p e l l e d
the c l e a r i n g and l e v e l l i n g
p r o t e c t io n against trespass
S i t e by the C o r p o r a t i o n w i l l
a l i a b i l i t y w h i c h the owners
to d is c h a r g e years ago, v is *
o f the S i t e and i t s p r o p e r
or unlawful u s e r ere.
(2) I u n d e r s t a n d t h a t the S i t e i s s u b j e c t t o a ground r e n t
o f £ 1 0 . p e r annum, t h e r f o r e I assume t h e r e w i l l be a c e r t a i n
sum p a y a b l e by way o f c o m p e n s a t i o n t o the o w n e r s .
The
s i t e i s v a l u e l e s s t o the C o r p o r a t i o n .
( 3, The S i t e i s s e p a r a t e d by a bou n da ry w a l l f r o m the lan ew a y
(y/hich i n c i d e n t a l l y i s p r i v a t e p r o p e r t y ) by what was the
x r o n t . . 1 l o f a row ol s m a l l c o t t a g e s .
T h is w a l l c o n t a i n s
a sumber o f window and d o o r opes t h r o u g h w h i c h t r e s p a s s
ako-s p la c e . Tlx s c opes a r e b e i n g i n t e r f e r e d w i t h bv
v u r - t de a6 £n c i c s ,]nd the v/flH i s b e c o m i n g u n s t a b l e and i s
l i k e l y to bo i s o u r c e o f dan ger t o p e r s o n s who f r e q u e n t t h i s
S i t e or use the l a n o w a v ,
J-xequc.nt t n i s
*>
V.
f r o n Pf h SUf ? ^ y <-)t h ^ ^ g g c s t l o n t o a c q u i r e t h i s S i t e a r i s e s
- n d t h f u
L
^
become a s o r t o f dumping ground
properties^
boundary w a l l g i v e s ea s y a c c e s s to a d j o i n i n g
©: Wexford Borough Council
4th
A p ril,
1949.
(5 ) I f c a l l e d on to j u s t i f y tho c o m p u l s o r y a c q u i s i t i o n o f
t h i s s i t o i t w ould bo d i f f i c u l t to do s o on any grounds
e x c e p t t h a t same i s a n u i s a n c e t o the p e o p l e o c c u p y i n g
a d j o i n i n g p r o p e r t i e s and i s b e i n g u s e d as an u n a u t h o r i s e d
dump.
I s u g g e s t t h e r e f o r e t h a t t h e r e i s an e a s i e r way o f e l i m i n a t i n g
the n u i s a n c e s c a u s e d by t h i s S i t e t h a n ' g o i n g to the e x p e n se ^
o f a c q u i r i n g a s i t e we do n o t want*
-^hcro a r e two a l t e r n a t i v e s
v i z *: ( a ) R e p a i r the Boundary w a l l by l o w e r i n g same t h r e e f e e t
and b u i l d i n g up s o l i d l y a l l opes a t laneway l e v e l and
p u t t in g a proper c o n c r e t e capping studded w ith broken
g l a s s t o p r e v e n t t r e s p a s s a?id f u r t h e r d e t e r i o r a t i o n o f
the w a l l by tho w e a t h e r .
OR
(b) C a u s i n g the lan ew a y to be c l o s e d a t the e n t r a n c e by a
p roper u n -c lim a b le gate*
Only two p e o p l e have a r i g h t t o
use t h i s lan e w a y and tho p r o v i s i o n o f a p r o p e r gatew a y
w i l l p r e v e n t t r e s p a s s and c o n s e q u e n t n u i s c n c e s , e t c * ”
On the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r B y rne , s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r
0 ’ F l a h e r t y , the f o l l o w i n g Committee were a p p o i n t e d t o
i n s p e c t the S i t e a t 5 p .m . on S a t u r d a y n e x t , the 9 t h i n s t * ,
nam ely, a l d e r m a n Hadden and ^ o r i s h , C o u n c i l l o r s B u ck la n d ,
Roche and the ivl y o r .
HOUSES A T FAYTHE FORMERLY OCCUPIED
BY DOL-J.N & GIBSON S T . BY
S C .iL L .iN .
A r i s i n g o u t o f D e r e l i c t S i t e s , c o m p l a i n t was made r e g a r d i n g
the c o n d i t i o n c f the hou se a t G i b s o n S t . , o c c u p i e d . b y S c a l l a n
and a d e r e l i c t ^ i t e a t The F a y t h e where a house f o r m e r l y
s t o o d o c c u p i e d by Dolan*
ns r e g a r d s the hou se a t G i b s o n S t . i t was p o i n t e d o u t
t h a t t h i s had b e e n r e c e n t l y condemned as u n f i t f o r human
h a b i t a t i o n a n d t h a t no u s e f u l p u r p o s e c o u l d be s e r v e d by
i n s p e c t i n g same.
As r e g a r d s the S i t e a t Faythe the Manager p r o m i s e d t o takd
up the m a t t e r i m m e d i a t e l y w i t h the owner as i t was a d a n g e r
to p a s s e r s -b y .
MEMORI A L
FROM R ESID E N TS
Lei NE
BYRNE’ S
m e m o rial was f e a d f r o m the r e s i d e n t s o f Byrnes * Lane
c a l l i n g a t t e n t i i o n t o a D e r e l i c t S i t e t h e r e , and i t v/as
u n a n im o u sly d e c i d e d t o o b t a i n a r e p o r t f r o m the Bornngh
Surveyor.
a
A U D I T O R 'S REPORT ON
VOC i T I ONa L EDUC.-iTION J/OtoMITTEE ._
The r e p o r t o f th e L o c a l Government. A u d i t o r on h i s a u d i t
o f the a c c o u n t s o f Tov/n o f W ex fo rd V o c a t i o n a l E d u c a t i o n
Committee f o r y e a r ended 3 1 s t March, 1948, was s u b m i t t e d
and shov/ed a C r e d i t B a la n c e a t the c l o s e o f the y e a r £ f
£835. 12. 1 l .
On th e m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r Byrne^ s e c o n d e d
by C o u n c i l l o r Roche the rEPCrt and a c c o u n t s were u n a n i m o u s l y
adopted.
MEMO 1 FROM ROSSL^RE
HBR. DEVELOPMENT &OARD.
©: Wexford Borough Council
There v/as s u b m i t t e d t o the m e e t i n g a memorandum f r o m the
Rosa Lar e Harbour D evelop ment Board on the p o s i t i o n o f
4th
A p ril,
1949,
Ross I";r e Harbour and the members unanimously pledged th e ir
s u p p o r t t o the Board i n t h e i r e f f o r t s t o p r e v e n t the Harbour
b e i n g c l o s e d a t the r e q u e s t o f the W a t e r f o r d Harbour Commiss­
ioners .
REPORT RE FREE MILK.
The f o l l o w i n g r e p o r t was f r a d f r o m the County S e c r e t a r y on
the a d m i n i s t r a t i o n o f the N a t i o n a l Free M ilk S u p p l y Grant
i n the Borough d u r i n g the y e a r c r d e d 3 1 s t March, 1 9 4 9 .
I!The amount o f t h i s Gr^nt a l l o c a t e d 1?o the Urban D i s t r i c t o f
W e x f o r d , f o r the c u r r e n t ye-ir i s £ 9 0 8 . 0 . 0»
I t was the/ same f o r
the y e fi.r 1 9 4 7 / 4 8 and w i l l be the same f o r 1949/50*,. The m i l k i s
a l l a / v e d i n r e s p e c t o f c h i l d r e n \*p t o th e age o f . 5 y e a r s and depends
c i r c u m s t a n c e s o f th e p e r s o n s t o whom the m i l k i s gr-antedv-
on thkv.
Qn tho recoiiiiuendation o f the H e a l t h V i s i t o r (Nurse Dal y ) r t h i s
p r a c t i c e was c o n t i n u e d when the s e r v i c e was t r a n s f e r r e d t o the County
C o u n c i l , under the H e a l t h A c t , and the q u a n t i t i e s recommended were g r a n 4,
ed w i t h o u t q u e s t i o n . .
Towards the end o f the y e a r i t v/as r e a l i s e d t h a t the amount o f the
Grant was b e i n g e x h a u s t e d , (qxl s t e p s were t a k e n to keep w i t h i n the
amount a l l o w e d , as was done i n o t h e r D i s t r i c t s .
A c c o r d i n g l y the q u a n t i t i e s a l l o w e d were r e d u c e d to J p i n t p er day in
a ll cases;
some c a s e s were d i s c o n t i n u e d a l t o g e t h e r *
The e x p e n d i t u r e
t o the end o f D ecem ber, amounted t o £ 7 3 7 . 0 , 0 . w h i c h l e f t £ 1 7 1 * 0 . 0 .
a v a i l a b l e f o r the 3 months t o the 3 1 s t March, 1 9 4 9 .
January month
w h i c h had b e e n i s s u e d amounted t o £ 1 0 0 . 0 . 0 . and f o r the ^onths
of
F e b r u a r y and March t h e r e was the b a l a n c e o f £ 7 1 . f o r d i s t r i b u t i o n .
Th is amount would a l l o w f o r o n l y p a r t o f F e b ru a r y a t the f u l l r a t e
and none f o r M a r c h .'
I t was c o n s i d e r e d more e q u i t a b l e t o r e d u c e the m a j o r i t y than t o
d iscon tin u e a l l ;
t h i s was d o n e .
The e x p e n d i t u r e to the 3 1 s t March,
is e stim a te d a t about £900:
and the Grant is £ 9 0 8 . M
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne h e l d t h a t i f the p r i c e o f m i l k had i n c r e a s e d the
Government s h o u l d have beeh a s k e d t o i n c r e a s e the amount o f th e Grant
b u t i t v/as p o i n t e d o u t t h a t the p r i c e o f m i l k had net b e e n i n c r e a s e d and
the Grant was the same f o r the p r e v i o u s y e a r s o t h a t the t o t a l q u a n t i t y
o f m i l k dis t r i b u t e a was the same as 1 9 4 7 / 4 8 , b u t a p p a r e n t l y t o o much
m i l k had b e e n d i s t r i b u t e d d u r i n g the Summer months w h ich made i t n e c e s s - ^
a r y t o r e d u c e the q u a n t i t y t o e a c h p e r s o n during the months o f F e b r u a r y
and March.
C o u n c i l l o r s 0 rF l a h e r t y , How lin and Roche th o u g h t t h a t the
d i s t r i b u t i o n o f m i l k s h o u l d have been exam in ed more c a r e f u l l y i n the
e a r l y s t a g e s s o t h a t a more e q u i t a b l e d i s t r i b u t i o n c o u l d have ta k e n
p l a c e o v e r the w hole p e r i o d *
RESOLUTION FROM FERIviOY URBnN
DISTRICT COUNCIL.
The f o l l o w i n g r e s o l u t i o n f r o m the Formoy Urban D i s t r i c t C o u n c i l v/as
a d o p t e d on the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r Roc he s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s
’’ B e a r i n g i n mind the aims o f Comhdail N a i s i u n t a na G a e d h i l g e and the
tremendous s u c c e s s w h i c h has a t t e n d e d i t s
e f f o r t s t o r e v i v e the
N a t i o n a l Language
as the s p o k e n l a n g u a g e t h r o u g h o u t the 32 c o u n t i e s
o f I r e l a n d , the C o u n c i l r e s p e c t f u l l y s u g g e s t s t h a t the g r a n t h i t h e r t o
a v a i l a b l e t o ^n Corrhahail s h o u l d be r e s t o r e d and i n c r e a s e d i m m e d i a t e l y .
(The g r a n t a mounted t o £ 8 , 0 0 0 . l a s t y e a r and i t i s now p r o p o s e d t o
reduce i t to £ 6 ,0 0 0 * ) "
©: Wexford Borough Council
TENDERS
FOR TURF - CHEAP FUEL SCHEME.
• S i x t e n d e r s were r e c e i v e d f o r the s u p p l y o f
t u r f under the Cheap
uel S c heme f o r
the Summer o f 1 9 4 9 . They w e r e f r o m M e s s r s . - H . Wilson
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4th A p r il,
1949
J. J- S t a f f o r d & S o n s , Vim- K i n s e l l a , The L o c # 6 r m a in Co.-Op*
cu d James F f r e n c h who q u o t e d £ 2 . p e r t o n , and f r o m Mr. W i l l i a m
■I'oylo, John S t . who - u o t e d £ 1 . 18£). p e r t o n .
On the m o t i o n
o f tha Mayor, seconde'd by C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s i t was u n a n i m o u s l y
d e c i d e d t o recommend the C o u n ty Manager t o a c c e p t the Tender o f
Mi*- W i l l i a m D o y l e .
On the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r Byrne s e c o n d e d
by C o u n c i l l o r n oche i t w as a l s o a g r e e d to r e q u e s t the M i n i s t e r
f o r S o c i a l W e l f a r e to p e r m i t the c o n t r i b u t i o n o f r e c i p i e n t s b e i n g
r e d u o ^ d d to 6d . i n s t e a d o f 8 d . a t p r e s e n t .
TRESPASS TO GARDENS AT WILLIAM
ST.
OomjrJ a i n t w as r e n d f r o m Mr* ^m. K e l l y o f Upper Wm. St. r e g a r d i n g
tvDsrv.ss on h i s p r o p e r t y f r o m the M au dlintow n P l a y g r o u n d and i t
was c t . c i d n d t o a s k the Bor ough S u r v e y o r f o r a r e ip o r t on what c o u l d
be done
o hnve t h i s grou n d a d e q u a t e l y f e n c e d .
HOUSE nT DOLPHIN RCUD.
A r e p o r t was r e a d from the Borough Survey or on the house a t No*
14 , D o l p h i n Road, f o c m n r l y o c c u p i e d by Mrs. S i n n o t t , who hod gone t o
itm erlca.
I t a p p e a r e d t h a t the range had b e e n removed fro m the d w e l l ­
i n g and s u b s t i t u t e d by a f i r e p l a c e w h i c h had b e e n taken fro m one o f
the u p s t a i r s r o o m s .
In t h i s c o n n e c t i o n C o u n c i l l o r Byrne a g a i n
s u g g e s t e d the a p p o i n t m e n t o f a Hou sing I n s p e c t o r b u t the Mayor
p o i n t e d o u t t h a t th e y had j u s t s p e n t a c o n s i d e r a b l e amount o f time
i n t r y i n g t o r e d u c e the R a t e s and i f C o u n c i l l o r B y r n e rs s u g g e s t i o n
was a d o p t e d i t w o u ld mean an i n c r e a s e o f 3 d . or 4 d . i n the pound*
E v e n t u a l l y C o u n c i l l o r AAo w l i n p r o p o s e d th at i n s t r u c t i o n s be g i v e n
t o t n s Rent C o l le c t o r s t o examine each house in t h e i r d i s t r i c t a t
l e a s t on ce In e v e r y t h r e e months.
Th is was s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r
Byrne and u n a n im o u s ly a g r e e d .
The m e e t i n g th en t e r m i n a t e d *
©: Wexford Borough Council
1 1 th A p r i l , 1 9 4 9 ,
A mee t i n g o f t h o General. P u rp o se s Committee was h e l d t h i s day
a t the Town C l e r k ' s O f f i c e , Torn H a l l , W e x fo r d a t h a l f - p a s t
s t v e n o ’ c l o c k p . in*
The members p r e s e n t b e i n g : His k'cr s h i p . The Mayor,
Aldermens
C ou n cillor
James S i n n o t t
(in
the Chnir ) •
G eorge Hadden and N i c h o l a s C o r i s h .
C ou n cillors:
James Gaul,Thomas R o c h e , P a t r i c k B i - r n e y ,
Byrne, Thomas B u ck la n d , K e v i n M o r r i s .
T'he County Manager,
in atten d a n ce.
Thomas
Bo r o u g h S u r v e y o r and Tov/n C l e r k were
also
PROPOSALS RE FLOODING.
The p r o p o s a l s o f the Borou gh S u r v e y o r r e l a t i n g -to f l o o d i n g a t
K in g S t . and S e l s k a r S t . w e r e s u b m i t t e d f o r c o n s i d e r a t i o n and
the Borough S u r v e y o r e x p l a i n e d them i n d e t a i l .
. i f t e r a g e n e r a l d i s c u s s i o n , the p r o p o s a l s r e l a t i n g t o King
S t . were a d o p t e d on the m o t i o n o f the Mayor, s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r
Byrne, and the p r o p o s a l s i n r e l a t i o n t o S e l s k a r S t . , on the
i.iotion of C o u n c i l l o r
a u l , s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r B i e r n e y .
STONE BRIDGE La NE.
With r e f e r e n c e to a p r e v i o u s d s c u s s i o n on the p r o p o s a l t o
a c q u i r e the S tone B r id g e Lane usa D e r e l i c t S i t e a r e p o r t was
r e c e i v e d f r o m a S p e c i a l Com m itt ee, who i n s p e c t e d t h e ^>ite on
the 9 t h i n s t .
- h e Committee c o u l d n o t recommend i t ^ a c q u i s i t i o n
and a f t e r a l e n g t h y d i s c u s s i o n i t was a g r e e d to recommend t o
the p e o p l e who had a c c e s s t o the Lane t o p u t a g a t e on i t and
p ro v id e themselves w ith k e y s .
HOUSE aT FaYTHE OCCUPIED BY
DOLa N.
C o m p la in t was a g a i n made r e g a r d i n g th e c o n d i t i o n o f a house a t
F a y t h e , f o r m e r l y owned and o c c u p i e d by Thomas L>olan and now i n
a d e r e l i c t c o n d i t i o n , and the Tov/n C l e r k p o i n t e d o u t t h a t he
had w r i t t e n t o the S o l i c i t o r s on s e v e r a l o c c a s i o n s on t h i s m a t t e r
o u t had n o t reci:. ved a rep jby, and the Borough Su rveyor u n d e r t o o k
to p i a c e a h o a r d i n g around the S i t e d u r i n g the n e x t few d a y s .
DERELICT SITE
a
T BYRNE’ S LiNE .
With r e f e r e n c e t o p r e v i o u s d i s c u s s i o n s on the c o n d i t i o n o f a
D e r e l i c t S i t e a t -Byrne’ s Lane the B oroug h s u r v e y o r in t im a te d that
t h i s was one a c q u i r e d by Omnibus Crder some y e a r s ago and around
7 h i c : i a h o a r d i n g had b e e n . r o o t e d , b u t had bee n blow n down and
■’he m a t e r i a l s s t o l e n .
^.t was u n a n i m o u s l y a g r e e d^ on th e n o t i o n
o f the wla y o r , s e c o n d e d by ^ ld erm a n Hadden t h a t a Housing P lan
o n o u l u be p r e p a r e d i o r the W i l l i a m St* e nd o f t h i s a r e a s and,
on the- m o t i o n ol^ tn e iviayor, s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r Gaul t h a t
- h o a r d i n g s h o u l d be e r e c t e d to p r o t e c t the C o r p o r a t i o n p r o p e r t y
a t vifillian) S t .
v
PURCHASE
of smoke
testing
apparatus.
©: Wexford Borough Council
In r e p l y t o C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s the Borough S u r v e y o r i n t i m a t e d t h a t
he was p r o c u r i n g a smoke t e s t i n g mach ine and w ould make a f i n a l
t e s t on the Roe Rock sew era g e i n a few days *
RO.-tD WORKS AND HOUSE P O IN T IN G .
In r e p l y to C o u n c i l l o r Byrne, i t w as i n t i m a t e d t h a t tho
Borough S u r v e y o r had b e e n a s k e d t o p r e p r e a Road Work
Scheme i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h the amount o f money a l l o c a t e d
t o the C o r p o r a t i o n i n the c u r r e r j t y o a r and t h a t he had a l s o
b e e n asked t o i n t i m a t e what C o r p o r a t i o n house's ho was
p r o p o s i n g t o p a i n t ;d u r i n g the coming y e a r .
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne
a l s o asked t h a t a m o n th ly r e p o r t be s u b m i t t e d on the c o s t
o f r e p a i r s t o h o u s e s and t h i s was a g r e e d t o .
FIN^NCl^L RE-PORT.
On the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r B y r n e, s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r
M o r r i s the County Manager was a s k e d t o make a r e p o r t on th e
f i n a n c i a l p o s i t i o n o f the C o r p o r a t i o n e v e r y t h r e e m o n th s.
RGiDS a ND FOOTPATHS.
<^u s t i o n s were r a i s e d by tho Mayor, nlb rm an C o r i s h and C o u n c i l l o r
Gaul r e g a r d i n g the c o n d i t i o n o f Roe. ds and F o o t p a t h s and the
B o r ough^Sur v o y o r i n t i m a t e d t h a t he w o u l d be h a v i n g r e p a i r s
c a r r i e d out i n the near f u t u r e .
PROPOSED PUBLIC La V. i TORY.
In r e p l y t o a f u r t h e r q u er y tho ^ o r o u g h S u r v e y o r i n t i m a t e d
t h a t f r e s h Plans f o r the p r o p o s e d p u b l i c l a v a t o r y had b e e n
f o r w a r d e d by him t o the D e p a r t m e n t s T e c h n i c a l A d v i s o r . .
RANGE AT NO.
55,
HILL S T .
C o u n c i l l o r O rF l a h e r t y c o m p l a i n e d o f th e d e l a y i n p r o v i d i n g
a r a n g e f o r No. 3 5 , H i l l S t . and the Borough S u r v e y o r i n t i m a t e d
t h a t as s o o n as he had a mason a v a i l a b l e he would have tho
ran g e p r o v i d e d .
ROOF OF HOUSE a T ->BBEY S T .
In r e p l y t o a query by Alderm an Haudon the Borough S u r v e y o r
i n t i m a t e d t h a t he had now r e c e i v e d sleets f o r t h e Abbey S t .
h o u s e s and the work was now p r o c e e d i n g .
REPORT OF RENT COLLECTORS.
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne r a i s e d
the q u e s t i o n o f th e r e p o r t s t o
be made by the Rent C o l l e c t o r s on A r t i z a n ' s d w e l l i n g s and
i t w a s a g r e e d t h a t the f i r s t r e p o r t s s h o u l d be s u b m i t t e d
a t the end o f June.
FOUNTAIN
IN BULLRING.
-alderman Hadden asked what was the p o s i t i o n r e g a r d i n g the
r e p a i r s t o the f o u n t a i n i n the B u l l r i n g and the Town ^ l e r k
i n t i m a t e d he u n d e r s t o o d from the Borough S u v e y o r t h a t he was
i n v i t i n g t e n d e r s from L o c a l S t o n e c u t t e r s f o r t h e c a r r y i n g
out o f r e p a i r s ,
a le r m a n Hadden a l s o as ked t h a t t h e M i l o
Stone i n the B u l l r i n g , w h i c h i n d i c a t e d the number o f m i l e s
to L u b l i n , and w h ich had been removed d u r i n g the Emergency
s h o u l d be r e p l a c e d ,
PRIVATE LIGHTING OF MAUDLINCPOWN
i
.HOUSES.
“
©: Wexford Borough Council
^ u^ c i l l o r M o rr is r a i s e d the q u e s t i o n r e g a r d i n g the p r i v a t e
l i g h t i n g o f the h o u s j s a t M audlin town, and the Town ^le rk
i n t i _ - . t ^ d t h a t he had b e e n i n t o u c h w i t h the ^ l e , c t r i c i t y
11th A p r i l ,
1949,
S u p p l y Board f o r some time p a s t on t h i s m a t t e r b u t r e c d v e d
no s a t i s f a c t i o n , a s , i n the o p i n i o n o f the Board the number
o f consumers w o u l d n o t w a r r a n t the e x t e n s i o n o f t h e i r n e t
works•
AC K N 0
IVLLD
G M L N T
OF VOTE QF SYMIk THY.'
The f o l l o w i n g le t t c r was r e a d f r o m the C a r d i n a l S e c r e t a r y
o f S t a t e , a n d i t was ar* d e r e d t h a t i t be i n s e r t e d i n the m in utes
11DAL Vh TICANO, l i
March,
28,
1949
Dear Mr. Byrne,
A t the g r a c i o u s tadding o f the Holy F a t h e r ,
I am t o a c k n o w le d g e r e c e i p t o f th e d e v o t e d message o f
sympathy and s o l i d a r i t y w h i c h you s e n t to Him i n the
name o f t h e Mayor, a l d e r m e n and B u r g e s s e s o f the Borough
o f W e x fo rd on the o c c a s i o n o f th e c o n d e m n a t i o n o f His
■Eminence C a r d i n a l M i n d s z e n t y ,
The pa t e r n a l h e a r t o f His H o l i n e s s , weighted
down beneqtyh the b u r d en o f t h i s g r e t s o r r o w , has d e r i v e d
c o m f o r t and c o n s o l a t i o n f r o m the many e x p r e s s i o n s o f p r a y e r '
f u l sympathy and s u p p o r t e x t e n d e d t o Him by His b e l o v e d
I ris h ch ild ren .
t h e r e f o r e , b i d s me a s s u r e you
The P o n t i f f
o f His c o r d i a l t h a n k f u l n e s s , and, as an added t o k e n o f His
a p p r e c i a t i o n , He im p a r ts t o you and
the members o f W ex ford
C o r p o r a t i o n His p a t e r n a l i p o s t o l i c B l e s s i n g *
With s e n t i m e n t s
o f h i g h e s t e e m and r e g a r d ,
I remain.
Yours s i n c e r e ,
T. B. M o n t i n i ,
S u b st * ”
OVERDR;.FT g c c OMMOD.i.TION.
On the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r Byrne, s e c o n u e d by Alderman
C o r i s h i t was u n a n i m o u s l y °«grced t o a u t h o r i s e o v e r d r a f t
ac com m odati on on C a p i t a l a c c o u n t i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h S l i p p e r y
Green Housing Schemes i n the sum o f £ 4 3 , 0 0 0 . f r o m 1 s t S e p te m b e r ,
1948, to 3 1 s t March, 1949, and i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h a c q u i r e d
hou ses i n the sum o f £ 1 0 , 0 0 0 . f ro m 1 s t S e p t e m b e r , 1948
u n t i l l o a n a r r a n g e m e n ts a r e co m p le te d *
EASTER COMMEMORATION.
On the
M orris
Church
^unday
of a ll
m o t i o n o f Counci]_]_or Byrne, se co nd e d by C o u n c i l l o r
i t was a g r e e d to a t t e n d th e 1 l o ’ c l o c k Mass i n the
o f the Immaculate C o n c e p t i o n , Rowe S t . on E a s t e r
w h i c h was to be c e l e b r a t e d f o r the r e p o s e o f the s o u l s
t h o s e who f o u g h t f o r I r i s h fr e e d o m *
©: Wexford Borough Council
The^O f f i c e r i n command o f ^ e x f o r d B a t t a l i o n F o r s a Cosanta
i n v i t e d the Mayor, Alderman and C o u n c i l l o r s t o a t t e n d a t
the Cermonies to take p l a c e on E a s t e r Monday a t S t . P e t e r ’ s
-
11th A p r i l ,
The Mayor p r o p o s e d t h a t tho C o r p o r a t i o n a t t e n d
1949.
the C e r m o n i e s •
fi]d erman C o r i s h s e c o n d e d .
C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s however p r o p o s e d t h a t "we take no p a r t i n
th is show .”
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne s e c o n d e d .
'I'hese two p r o p o s a l s gave r i s e t o a l e n g t h y and a c r i m o n i o u s
d i s c u s s i o n d u r i n g w h i c h C o u n c i l l o r ^ a u l i n t i m a t e d t h a t as
the whole t h i n g ‘a p p e a r e d t o be p o l i t i c a l he was n o t t a k i n g
any p a r t i n i t .
A f t e r some time C o u n c i l l o r Bu ck la n d p r o p o s e d t h a t the m a t t e r
be l e f t t o the d i s c r e t i o n o f i n d i v i d u a l members to a t t e n d
i f t h e y wished*.
C o u n c i l l o r n o che s e c o n d e d .
B e f o r e the m o t i o n s were put t o the m e e t i n g the Town C l e r k
e x p l a i n e d t h a t i f C o u n c i l l o r B u c k l a n d fs m o t i o n was a d o p t e d
the C o r p o r a t i o n w ould n o t be a t t e n d i n g as a C o r p o r a t e Body
b u t o n l y as i n d i v i d u a l s and on a show o f hands 6 v o t e d f o r
C o u n c i l l o r B u c k l a n d f s m o t i o n and t h r e e a g a i n s t .
$he mntibn
was a c c o r d i n g l y d e c l a r e d c a r r i e d and on b e i n g p u t as a
s u b s t a n t i t i v c m o t i o n was d e c l a r e d c a r r i e d by the same v o t i ’ .ng,
C o u n c i l l o r Gaul n o t t a k i n g p a r t .
The m e e t in g th en t e r m i n a t e d .
©: Wexford Borough Council
2nd
May,
1 9 49 .
A S t a t u t o r y M e e t i n g o f the C o r p o r a t i o n was h e l d t h i s day
a t the ?own C l e r k f s O f f i c e , Tov/n H a l l , W e x f o r d a t h a l f ­
p a s t s e v e n o ’ c l o c k p .m .
The members p r e s e n t b e i n g ? James S i n n o t t ,
Esq*,
Mayor
( i n the C h a i r ) ,
Councillor& jJames S a u l , John 0 ?F l a h e r t y ,
M o r r i s , Thomas Buckland#
Thomas B yrne, K e v i n
The County Manager and Tov/n C l e r k were a l s o i n a t t e n d a n c e .
ADOPTION
OF
MUNICIPAL
RATE
On the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r Byrne, s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r
0 !F l a h e r t y the f o l l o w i n g R e s o l u t i o n was u n a n i m o u s l y a d o p t e d ; " t h a t a M u n i c i p a l Hate o f 3 3 / 2 d . ( T h i r t y Three S h i l l i n g s and
Two F e n c e ) i n the Pound be made i n the n e t t a s s e s s i b l e v a l u e
o f p r o p e r t y w i t h i n the Borough o f W e x fo r d t o s u p p l y the
d e f i c i e n c y i n the M u n i c i p a l Fund as show n
i n an E s t i m a t e
o f E x p en ses r e q u i r e d t o p e r m i t o f the M u n i c i p a l A d m i n i s t r a ­
t i o n o f the s a i d Borough t o be c a r r i e d o u t i n the y e a r e n d i n g
3 1 s t March, 1 9 5 0 , as c o n s i d e r e d and a d o p t e d on the 4 t h A p r i l ,
1949."
DExiTH OF M IN IS T E R FOR LOCaL GOVERNMENT.
The- Mayor t h e n r e f e r r e d t o the t r r g i c d e a t h v/hich had ta ken
p l a c e on the 2 9 t h u l t i m o o f Mr. T. J. Murphy, M i n i s t e r f o r
L o c a l Government and moved th a t the sympathy o f the C o r p o r a ­
t i o n be e x t e n d e d t o h i s w i f e and fan i l y and t o the members
o f the Government i n t h e i r g r e a t l o s s .
The Mayor r e f e r r e d
t o the unassuming c h a r a c t e r and hones'ty o f p u r p o s e o f the
la to Mr. Murphy and p a r t i c u l a r l y t o h i s u n t i r i n g e f f o r t s t o
seek a s o l u t i o n f o r the h o u s i n g p r o b l e m i n t h i s c o u n t r y .
The Mayor a l s o p r o p o s e d t h a t the m e e t i n g s t a n d a d j o u r n e d
u n t i l the 9th i n s t a n t as a mark o f r e s p e c t t o h i s memory.
C o u n c i l l o r OfF l a h e r t y , o n . h i s own b e h a l f and on b e h a l f o f
the Fianna F a i l P a r t y i n W e x f o r d , w h ich he r e p r e s e n t e d i n
t h e C o r p o r a t i o n , s e c o n d e d '” the r e s o l u t i o n .
I t was s u p p o r t e d by a l l the members p r e s e n t by the County
Manager and Town C l e r k and a d o p t e d i n r e s p e c t f u l s i l e n c e .
I t was a l s o -a g r ee d t h a t an e x p r e s s i o n o f sympathy s h o u l d be
f o r w a r d e d t o a r e l a t i v e o f the l a t e M i n i s t e r who was 2i member
o f the Order o f P e r p e t u a l a d o r a t i o n , W e x f o r d .
The meetin g then a d j o u r n e d .
GENER.L
PURPOSES COMMITTEE.
A m e e t i n g o f the G e n e r a l P u rp o se s f Committee v/as h e l d a t
th e c l o s e o f the ab ove m e e t i n g .
The members p r e s e n t b e i n g thesame as a t the S t a t u t o r y M e e t i n g .
F i v e t e n d e r s were r e c e i v e d f o r tlie w i r i n g o f 72 h o u s e s a t
S l i p p e r y Green f o r e l e c t r i c i t y .
They were f r o m Mr. D. W i l l i s ,
F r a n c i s S t . £ 5 37 ^ 1 0:
Mr. James Kehoe, N orth Main S t . £ 5 9 3 ;
N i c h o l a s J. Horc, R a d i o House £ 6 9 3 ;
Thomas W. Q u i g l e y £7181.4:
Q u igley £725:
On the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s , s e c o n d e d
by C o u n c i l l o r O ' F l a h e r t y i t was u n a n i m o u s l y d e c i d e d t o recommend
the County Manager t o a c c e p t th e t e n d e r o f Mr. W i l l l a - .
©: Wexford Borough Council
9th May,
19 49 .
An a d j o u r n e d S t a t u t o r y m e e t i n g o f th e C o u n c i l was h e l d
t h i s day a t the Town C l e r k ’ s O f f i c e , Town H a l l , Wex ford
a t h a l f - p a s t s e v e n o ' c l o c k p .m .
The m e m b e r s p re s e n t b e i n g : His Warship, The Mayor,
A ld e rm en :
C ou n cillor
Janes S i n n o t t
( i n the C h a i r ) .
Hadden and Coris^hi
C ou n cillors:
B u c k la n d ,
B y r n e,
O 'F la h erty ,
The County Manager and Town C3e rk were a l s o
Roche and M o r r i s .
in attendance.
MINUTES
The f o l l o w i n g m in u t e s ( c o p i e s o f w h i c h had b e e n c i r c u l a t e d amongst
th e members) were s u b m i t t e d f o r r a t i f i c a t i o n and s i g n a t u r e : Minutes o f a d j o u r n e d E s t i m a t e s M e e t i n g on 4 t h u l t i m o , Minutes
o f Q u a r t e r l y M e e ti n g on 4 t h u l t i m o , Minutes o f General p u r p o s e s *
Committee on 1 1 t h u l t i m o and 2nd i n s t .
C o u n c i l l o r Bu ck la nd o b j e c t e d t o the use o f a c e r t a i n w o r d i n
th e Minutes o f p r o c e e d i n g s o f the a d j o u r n e d E s t i m a t e s m e e t i n g
h e l d on the 4 t h u l t i m o and the Town C l e r k p r o m i s e d t o expunge
i t f r o m the m i n u t e s •
A l s o a r i s i n g ou t o f the m in u t e s o f the 4 t h u l t i m o C o u n c i l l o r
B uck la nd r e f e r r e d t o the manner i n w h i c h t h e y had b e e n w r i t t e n .
He c o m p l a i n e d that a l t h o u g h he had made a l e n g t h y s t a te m e n t on
th e f i n a n c e s o f the C o r p o r a t i o n t h a t t h i s was d i s p o s e d o f by the
Town C]e r k i n a m a t t e r o f t h r e e l i n e s w h i l e s p e e c h e s by the
Mayor and County Manager had r e c e i v e d much more s p a c e .
C ou n cillor
Btjckland c o m p l a i n e d that i n the Minute the T0wn C l e r k had
r e c o r d e d an o p i n i o n o f h i s , b u t he ( C o u n c i l l o r B u ck la n d ) c l a i m e d
t h a t he q u o t e d f a c t s and f i g u r e s and d i d n o t g i v e a p e r s o n a l
opin ion .
I t was d e c i d e d t h a t C o u n c i l l o r B u c k l a n d fs o b j e c t i o n be r e c o r d e d
i n the m in utes of the p r e s e n t m e e t i n g .
On th e m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r
O ' F l a h e r t y the m in utes as s u b m i t t e d were t h e r e u p o n t a k e n as h a v i n g
b e e n r e a d , a p p r o v e d and s i g n e d by the Mayor.
FANNING AND DEVEREAUX FUNDS.
A l e t t e r v/as r e a d f r o m the Department o f S o c i a l W e l f a r e
a c k n o w l e d g i n g r e c e i p t o f a R e s o l u t i o n o f the C o r p o r a t i o n on the
7th, F e b r u a r y l a s t , and s t a t e d t h a t as Grants f r o m the Fann in g
and D evereaux Funds were p a i d i n c a s h , s u c h Gra nt s must be
t r e a t e d as means when p a i d t o p e r s o n s i n r e c e i p t o f
or c l a i m i n g
Old Age P e n s i o n s .
On the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r Byrne, s e c o n d e d
by C o u n c i l l o r 0 ’ F l a h e r t y , i t was d e c i d e d th at t h i s m a t t e r be
b r o u g h t t o the p e r s o n a l a t t e n t i o n o f the M i n i s t e r f o r S o c i a l
Welfare .
PROTEST AGAINST IRELAND BILL.
The f i r s t b u s i n e s s was to c o n s i d e r the f o l l o w i n g m o t i o n ,
s p e c i a l n o t i c e had b e e n g i v e n by His 'Worship, The Mayor,
o f which
’’Th at t h i s C o r p o r a t i o n p r o t e s t i n the most e m p h atic
manner a g a i n s t the I r e l a n d B i l l a b o u t t o be e n a c t e d
i n the B r i t i s h ParliantBent p r o v i d i n g f o r the p e r p e t u a ­
t i o n o f the u n j u s t and i l l e g a l p a r t i t i o n o f our
Country;
and that we c a l l on a l l I r i s h men
and
women a t home and ab ro a d t o use e v e r y means w i t h i n ( i n i q u i t o u s
t h e i r power t o p r e v e n t the p a s s i n g i n t o law o f t h i s ( M e a s u r e . ”
©: Wexford Borough Council
9th May,
1949,
In moving the m o t i o n i n h i s name, the Mayor s t a t e d he w o u l d
n o t l i k e to c r e a t e any atm o sp h ere t h a t w o u ld be d e t r i m e n t a l
t o t h e i r r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h G r e a t B r i t a i n , b u t i t was o n l y
r i g h t t h a t t h e y s h o u l d make t h e i r p r o t e s t b e c a u s e God n e v e r
o r d a i n e d t h a t t h i s c o u n t r y s h o u l d be d i v i d e d .
C ou n cillor
Byrne s e c o n d e d and s a i d t h e y s h o y l d p l e d g e t h e i r s u p p o r t whole h e n r t e d l y t o pr v e n t the p a s s i n g this B i l l *
C ou n cillor
O ' F l a h e r t y , on b e h a l f o f Fianna F a i l P a r t y s u p p o r t e d the
m o t i o n as d i d Aljdcrman C o r i s h , C o u n c i l l o r ^ f e o c h e , Bu ck la n d
and M o r r i s .
Alderman Hadden, a l t h o u g h w h o l e h e a r t e d l y w i t h the C o r p o r a t i o n
i n t h e i r i n t e n t i o n t o g e t r i d o f the B o r d e r , t h o u g h t t h a t
the worsfc b a r r i e r towards t h i s . an b i t i o n v/as i g n o r a n c e w h i c h
u n f o r t u n a t e l y was n o t a l t o g e t h e r on one s i d e , an d i n a t t e m p t ­
i n g t o condemn the B r i t i s h Government, as the R e s o l u t i o n d i d ,
t h e y were d e a l i n g w i t h a symptom and not w i t h the a c t u a l
r o o t o f the d i s e a s e *
He r e g r e t t e d t h e r e f o r e t h a t he would
have to v o t e a g a i n s t t h e m o t io n *
The County Manager s t a t e d t h a t as an
v/ould l i k e t o a s s o c i a t e h i m s e l f w i t h
b e l i e v e d t h e r e was no r e a s o n w h a te v e r
layman c o u l d s e e f o r th e p r e s e n t B i l l
in su ltin g .
o r d i n a r y Ir i s h m a n he
the R e s o l u t i o n and
as f a r as l a w y e r or
w h i c h was g r a t u i t o u s l y
The Town C l e r k a l s o s u p p o r t e d the m o t i o n w h i c h was u n a n i m o u s l y
a d o p t e d w i t h Alderm an Hadden d i s s e n t i n g .
I t v/as f u r t h e r a g r e e d t h a t c o p i e s o f tho R e s o l u t i o n be s e n t
t o the B r i t i s h R e p r e s e n t a t i v e i n I r e l a n d , r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s
o f F o r e i g n C o u n t r i e s a c c r e d i t e d to I r e l a n d and the B r i t i s h
Prime M in is t e r .
Arising out o f t h i s m o t i o n the Mayor a p p e a l e d f o r more
s u p p o r t f o r the A n t i - P a r t i t i o n League i n W e x f o r d .
CONGRATULATIONS TO REV. MOTHER.
The Mayor moved t h a t the c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s o f th e C o r p o r a t i o n
be e x t e n d e d t o Mother M arga re t Mary o f the A d o r a t i o n Convent
on the o c c a s i o n o f h e r G o ld e n J u b i l e e .
C o u n c illo r O 'F la h erty
s e c o n d e d , the m o t i o n wh i c h was s u p p o r t e d by a l l the members,
by the County Manager an d Town C l e r k and u n a n i m o u s l y a d o p t e d .
CONGRATULATIONS TO CHRISTIAN BROS.
The Mayor a l s o moved t h a t t h e c o n g r a tu 3 s tio n s o f the C o r p o r a t i o n
be e x t e n d e d t o the C h r i s t i a n B r o t h e r s on the o c c a s i o n o f t h e i r
Centenary in W exford.
T h i s m o t i o n was s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r
R o c h e , s u p p o r t e d b y a l l the members, by the County Manager and
Tov/n C l e r k , and a l s o u n a n i m o u s l y a d o p t e d .
HOUSING PROGRAMME.
The n e x t b u s i n e s s was to c o n s i d e r d r a f t Housing Programme
f o r 1949/50.
In t h i s c o n n e c t i o n C o u n c i l l o r O ' F l a h e r t y c o m p l a i n e d
o f the
number o f h o u se s b e i n g e r e c t e d i n the S o u t h end o f the
Town as compared w i t h the N orth,
and a f t e r some d i s c u s s i o n i t
was d e c i d e d t o h o l d a s p e c i a l m e e t in g i n Committee on the 1 6 t h
i n s t a n t t o c o n s i d e r H ou s in g m a t t e r s i n g e n e r a l .
REPORT ON RATE COLLECTION.
A r e p o r t on the Rate c o l l e c t i o n f o r y e a r e n d i n g 3 1 s t March
showed t h a t the a v e r a g e c o l l e c t i o n was 9 9 . 3 $ w h i c h was c o n s i d e r e d
very s a t i s f a c t o r y .
©: Wexford Borough Council
9th May,
1949.
REPORT ON RENT COLLECTION.
A r e p o r t on t h e r e n t c o l l e c t i o n showed a r e d u c t i o n i n the
a r r e a r s s i n c e 3 i s t March, 1948 o f £ 8 3 .
T h is was a l s o
c o n s i d e r e d s a t i s f a c t o r y and th e Mayor, C o u n c i l l o r Byrne
and o t h e r members c o n g r a t u l a t e d t h o R a t e p a y e r s and Rent
and Rate C o l l e c t o r s on the s a t i s f a c t o r y c o l l e c t i o n s .
EXECUTION OF MORTGri.BE DEED.
The n e x t b u s i n e s s w a s t o e x e c u t e a Deed o f Mortgage
w h e r e by s e c u r it y w o u l d be g i v e n t o the N a t i o n a l Bank
on the payment o f a Loan o f £ 1 4 2 0 . f o r th e pur* c h a s e o f an
E l c t r i c S c a v e n g i n g C a rt and on the m o t i o n of C o u n c i l l o r
Byrne, s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r ' R o c h e , the f o l l o w i n g r e s o l u t i o n
was u n a n i m o u s l y a d o p t e d :
’’ That i n p u r s u a n c e o f the c o n s e n t
o f the L o c a l Government M i n i s t e r d a t e d 2 4 t h day o f March,
1949 the C o r p o r a t i o n d o b o r r o w f r o m th o N a t i o h a l Bank L t d .
the sum o f £ 1 4 2 0 . f o r the p u r c h a s e o f an E l e c t r i c S c a v e n g i n g
L o r r y s a i d l o a n t o be i n l i e u o f the l o a n o f £ 1 1 5 0 . p r o v i d e d
f o r i n th e C o r p o r a t i o n ’ s R e s o l u t i o n o f the 7 t h O c t o b e r , 1 9 4 0 .
w h i c h was n o t a v a i l e d o f and t o be r e p a i d t o the Bank b y
h a l f - y e a r l y instalm en ts spread over a p e r i o d o f f i v e years
w i t h i n t e r e s t t h e r e o n a t one h a l f p e r c e n t ,
under the I r i s h
B a n k s 1 r a t e r i s i n g and f a l l i n g t h e r e w i t h f r o m t i m e t o time
b u t a t no time t o be l e s s than £ 4 . p e r c e n t , s a i d l o a n t o
be s e c u r e d by a Mortgage o v e r the r a t e s s u p p l e m e n t a l t o
the M ortgage d a t e 3 7 t h day o f O c t o b e r , 1 9 4 0 .
and t h a t tho
S e a l o f the C o r p o r a t i o n be a f f i x e d t o the s a i d S u p p l e m e n t a l
Mortgage . ”
The M ortg age Deed was t h e r e u p o n s i g n e d and s e a l e d on th e
p a r t o f the C o r p o r a t i o n .
SCHOOL
MEALS.
Tho Town Ci? r k s u b m i t t e d a r e p o r t on the meals p r o v i d e d under
The E d u c a t i o n ( P r o v i s i o n o f Meals ^ c t s ) i n the v a r i o u s s c h o o l s
i n the Town, and a f t e r some d i s c u s s i o n i t was a g r e e d t h a t a
Committee o f f o u r , w i t h the Mayor, be a p p o i n t e d t o examine
this q u e stio n .
The f o l l o w i n g were a p p o i n t e d t o a c t
His Wcr s h i p , The M a y o r : C ou n cillors:
Roche,
3uckland,
on the Committee v /it h
Alderm en:
C o r i s h and Hadden.
I t was a l s o d e c i d e d to o b t a i n a r e p o r t f r o m the C h i e f M e d i c a l
O f f i c e r o f H e a l t h on the v a lu e o f the p r e s e n t meal p r o v i d e d ,
as a g a i n s t the v a l u e o f m i l k , p a r t i c u l a r l y i n the Summer m o n t h s .
STREET
TRADING.
On the q u e s t i o n o f S t r e e t T r a d i n g , a m o t i o n a p p e a r e d i n the name
o f the Mayor t o s o t up a su b-Com m ittee t o c o n s i d e r and r e p o r t
on the b e s t moans o f p r e v e n t i n g t h i s ;
a m o t i o n by C o u n c i l l o r
Byrne condemning the i n a c t i o n o f t h e C o r p o r a t i o n on t h i s m a t t e r ;
t o g e t h e r w i t h a R e s o l u t i o n f r o m tho W e x fo r d Chamber o f Commerce!
On the m otion o f the Mayor, seconded by C o u n c i l o r B y r n e , i t was
agreed t o form a Committee o f the whole C o r p o r a t i o n and t o
i n v i t e the Chamber o f Commerce t o a p p o i n t r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s to
d i s c u s s the matter w i t h the C o r p o r a t i o n .
©:
Wexford
Borough
Council
ou t o f a m o t i o n i n the name o f C o u n c i l l o r Byrne
ERECTION
a risin g
OF TV/0-ROOMED
DWELLINGS.
ca llin g
9 th May, 1 9 4 9 .
on the County Manager t o c o n s i d e r th e a c q u i s i t i o n o f
D e r e l i c t S i t e s n i n the Town w i t h a view t o e r e c t i n g t w o - r o o m e d
d w e l l i n g s f o r a g e d p e o p l e , C o u n c i l l o r Byrne f o r m a l l y moved
t h i s m o t i o n w h i c h w a s s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r Roche and a g r e e d
t o a f t e r the County Manager had i n t i m a t e d t h a t i n s t r u c t i o n s
had b e e n g i v e n t o the Borough S u r v e y o r t o p r e p a r e a Map o f
D e r e l i c t S i t e s i n the Town.
RESOLUTION FROM ATHLONE U .D .C .
A R e s o l u t i o n f r o m the A t h l o n e Urban D i s t r i c t C o u n c i l c a l l i n g
f o r an e x t e n s i o n o f the L o c a l Government ( R a t e s and Small
D w e l l i n g s ) A c t , 1948 , t o embrace h o u s e s up t o £ 1 0 . v a l u a t i o n
v/as marked " r e a d " .
RESOLUTION PROM BIRR U .D .C .
On the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r 0 TF l a h e r t y , s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r
Byrne, the f o l l o w i n g r e s o l u t i o n f r o m the B i r r Urban D i s t r i c t
C o u n c i l was
-nii-p
/T*/
"T h a t we, tho W e x fo rd C o r p o r a t i o g ^ e q u e s t th e M i n i s t e r f o r
L o c a l Government
1 . To p e r m i t th e C o u n c i l
t o i n c r e a s e the r e n t s o f t h e i r h o u s e s a t p r e s e n t
o c c u p i e d by t e n a n t s i n c l u d i n g h o u s e s i n r e s p e c t o f
which s u b s id y i s p a y a b le .
( b ) t o use the i n c r e a s e f o r th e p u r p o s e o f e n a b l i n g the
C o u n c i l to f i x r e n t s o f h o u s e s now i n the c o u r s e o f
e r e c t i o n or to be e r e c t e d i n the f u t u r e a t s u c h a
f i g u r e w h i c h p r o s p e c t i v e ttenants can p a y , w i t h o u t
p l a c i n g a f u r t h e r undue b u r d e n on the r a t e s .
( a)
2.
I f n e c e s s a r y t o i n t r o d u c e le g i s l a t i o n t o e n a b l e payment
o f f u l l s u b s i d y b a s e d on the r e n t s ( n o t i n c l u d i n g t h e
i n c r e a s e ) a t w h ich the h o u s e s a r e now 3e t . M
PROTEST AGAINST RE-INTRODUCTION OF
DANCE Ta X.
In a c c o r d a n c e w i t h N o t i c e g i v e n C o u n c i l l o r M o r r is moved a
p r o t e s t a g a i n s t the r e i n t r o d u c t i o n o f the Dance Tax i n the
B u d g e t, and a f t e r some d i s c u s s i o n i t was u n a n i m o u s l y a g r e e d ^
on the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s , s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r
Byrne, t h a t the M i n s t e r f o r F i n a n c e be r e q u e s t e d to oxempt
f r o m t h i s Tax s h o r t d a n c e s , i . e . up t o 1 2 - 0 m i d n i g h t run
b y S o c i a l and o t h e r C l u b s .
LICENCE FOR CINEMA PALACE.
On the m o t i o n o f the Mayor, s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r Roche a
L i c e n c e under the Cinematogra ph A c t , 1949 , was s e a l e d and
s i g n e d i n r e s p e c t o f the P a l a c e Cinema.
PLAYING OF NATIONAL ANTHEM.
On the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s , s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r
Roche i t was a g r e e d t o r e q u e s t 'the C a p i t a l and P a l a c e Cinemas
t o pT’ ornre a r o c o r d o f the N a t i o n a l ^nthem s i m i l a r to the
one u s ed i n the Abbey Cinema.
©: Wexford Borough Council
9th May, 19 49 .
SUPERANNUATION
ALLOWANCE.
On the m o t i o n o f the Mayor, s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r Byrne i t
was u n a n i m o u s l y a g r e e d t h a t a p p r o v a l be g r a n t o d t o an i n c r e a s e
o f £59* 1 9 . p e r annum under the S u p e r a n n u a t i o n a l lcw anco
p a y a b l e t o Miss M.T. Walsh w i t h e f f e c t as fro m 1 s t November,
1946 and t h a t A u t h o r i t y be g i v e n t o the County Manager t o
e x c e e d the E s t i m a t e on the G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s A c c o u n t by
£ 2 0 5 . i n the c u r r e n t y e a r s o as t o p r o v i d e f o r t h i s i n c r e a s e d
allow a n ce•
INCREASES FOR OFFICIALS.
I t was a l s o a g r e e d on the m o t i o n o f the Mayor, s e c o n d e d b y
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne to a u t h o r i s e an i n c r e a s e o f
in accordance
w i t h the s a n c t i o n o f the M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l Government d a t e d
3 0 t h u l t i m o , No. G. 2 9 6 / 2 on the s a l a r i e s o f the f o l l o w i n g
O fficers:John J. Byrne, Town C l e r k .
Henry F . D o y l e , A c c o u n t s C l e r k .
P. K . M cN ally , Borough S u r v e y o r .
T. J. M i l l a r , Housing E n g i n e e r .
G. M. F o r d e , H ousin g E n g i n e e r .
A u t h o r i t y v/as f u r t h e r g i v e n to the County Manager to
i n c r e a s e the e x p e n d i t u r e on the G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s f A c c o u n t
f o r year e n d i n g 3 1 s t March, 1950 by a sum o f £ 3 5 0 . t o c o v e r
this in c r e a s e .
APPLICATION RE SB iC E FOR SnLB
CRAFTS. E T E .
OF HOME
An a p p l i c a t i o n was s u b m i t t e d f r o m Mr. T , j , O ' B r i e n , House
A g e n t on b e h a l f o f a g rou p o f l a d i e s a n x i o u s t o s t a r t a
m ark et f o r th e s a l e o f far m p r o d u c e , home c r a f t s , e t c . f o r
s p a c e i n the NewMarket f o r t h i s p u r p o s e , bu t i t was d e c i d e d
t h a t the C o r p o r a t i o n S o l i c i t o r s h o u l d be a s k e d t o a d v i s e
as t o w hether or n o t t h i s c o u l d be a l l o w e d by the Market
Bye- L a w s .
TRESPASS nT BYRNE'S Hi NE .
R e p o r t s f r o m t h e B o r o u g h S u r v e y o r on t r e s p a s s a t B y r n e 's
Lane, Upper W i l l i a m S t . , Urban Road r e p a i r s , and the p a i n t i n g
o f A r t i z a n s ' d w e l l i n g s were c o n s i d e r e d and a d j o u r n e d u n t i l
the n e x t m e e t i n g when the Bor ough P u r v e y o r w o u ld be i n a t t e n d a n c e .
HOUSING REPORT.
The r e p o r t o f the Hou sing E n g i n e e r f o r the month o f A p r i l
was s u b m i t t e d and c o n s i d e r e d s a t i s f a c t o r y , b u t the E n g i n e e r
was t o be a s k e d t o t r y and a b s o r b t h o s e l a b o u r e r s who w e r e
l e t o f f the Hois in g Scheme some time ag o as a r e s u l t o f a
strike
b y the m a so n s.
DERELICT SITE AT REDMOND R & D .
On the m o t i o n o f the Mayor, s e c o n d e d by ^ u u n c i l l o r Byrne,
the Count y Manager was d i r e c t e d t o have a Map p r e p a r e d o f a
D e r e l i c t S i t e a t Redmond Road s o t h a t a P r e l i m i n a r y Cr der m ig h t
be made u nd e r the a c q u i s i t i o n o f D e r e l i c t S i t e s A c t , 1 9 4 0 .
ACQUI S I T ION OF 4 . 3 6 2 ACRES
~0F La ND.'
r>n
m o t i o n <y£ tne Mayor, s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r Roche a
r e co m m e n d a tio n f r o m the County Manager t h a t 4 . 3 6 2 a c r e s o f l a n d a t
o i s n o p s w a t e r be a c q u i r e d f r o m Mr. J a s . Browne f o r the sum o f
£.400.
©: Wexford Borough Council
s u b j e c t t o an a n n u i t y o f £ 4 , 3 . 1 0 . w hich w ould r e q u i r e t o be
a p p o r t i o n e d as i t c o v e r e d o t h e r l a n d s and p r e m i s e s as w e l l
was u n a n i m o u s l y a d o p t e d .
The m e e t in g t h e n t e r m i n a t e d .
©: Wexford Borough Council
16th May,
1949,
A m e e t i n g o f the G en er al P u rp o s e s Committee ( i n Com m itt ee) was
h e l d t h i s day a t t h e Town C l e r k ' s O f f i c e , Town H a l l , W e x f o r d a t
h a l f - p a s t s e v e n o ' c l o c k p .m .
The members p r e s e n t b e i n g i e
His w o r s h i p ,
The M§ryor, C o u n c i l l o r
James S -in n o tt
Alderm en:-
G eorg e Hadden and N i c h o l a s C o r i s h .
(in
the C h a i r ) *
Co u n c i l l o r s : -Thomas B u c k la n d , James G au l, P a t r i c k B i e r n e y , Thomas
Byrne, K e v i n M o r r i s , Sean O ' F l a h e r t y and Thomas Roche*
•The County Manager,
attendance ,
Borough S u r v e y o r and 'i'own C l e r k were a l s o
in
SYMPATHY.
B e f o r e the m e e t i n g commenced C o u n c i l l o r M o r r is moved t h a t the
sympathy o f the C o r p o r a t i o n be e x t e n d e d t o th e r e l a t i v e s o f the
l a t e La u r en c o Cummins,, a f o r m e r member o f the C o u n c i l .
T h is
was s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r B y rne , ai p p o r t e d by a l l the members
p r e s e n t , by the C ou n ty Manager and Town C l e r k an d a d o p t e d i n
rcspe& tful s ile n c e .
The May oil p r o p o s e d t h a t the sympathy o f the C o r p o r a t i o n be
e x t e n d e d t o Mr. G a r r e t D o y l e , an e m p l o y e e , on the d e a t h o f h i s
mother whose l a t e husband had a l s o b e e n an o l d e m p lo y e e o f the
C orporation.
T h is m o t i o n was s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r G au l, s u p p o r t ­
ed by a l l the members p r e s e n t , by the County Manager and Town C l e r k
and a l s o a d o p t e d i n s i l e e n c e .
HOUSING.
The m e e t i n g had be e n co n v e n e d s p e c i a l l y t o c o n s i d e r the p r o v i s i o n
o f h o u s e s and the Town C l e r k e x p l a i n e d t h a t a C o n f e r e n c e w i t h
D c p r t m e n t a l O f f i c i a l s had b e e n h e l d on S a t u r d a y , a t w h i c h the
e n t i r e p o s i t i o n f o r the Town, had b e e n r e v i e w e d .
A general d i s ­
c u s s i o n too k p l a c e on tho D i s t i l l e r y Road and W a t e r l o o Road S i t e s
and i t was u n a n i m o u s l y a g r e e d , on tho m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r B y r n e ,
s e c o n d e d b y a ld e rm a n C o r i s h t h a t the D i s t i l l e r y Road S i t e be
commenced as s oon as p o s s i b l o t o g e t h e r w i t h the W a t e r l o o Road S i t e ,
and t h a t d e v e lo p m e n t and b u i l d i n g work s h o u l d be c a r r i e d out
sim ultaneously.
As r e g a r d s th e typo o f house t o be e r e c t e d i t was
d e c i d e d , on the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r B y rne , s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r
O ' F l a h e r t y , t h a t a house s i m i l a r t o the one a t p r e s e n t i n c o u r s e
o f c o n s t r u c t i o n a$r S l i p p e r y Green s h o u l d be p l a n n e d f o r the
D i s t i l l e r y Road S i t e on the b a s i s o f 2 / 3 r d s s u b s i d y f o r Slum
C learan ce.
As r e g a r d s the W a t e r l o o Road S i t e , a l e n g t h y d i s c u s s i o n t o o k p l a c e
as t o the type o f h ouse t o be e r e c t e d t h e r e , and i t was a g r e e d
to
recommend the C o r p o r a t i o n , on the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r B y r n e ,
s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r O ' F l a h e r t y to e r e c t a h o use f o r norm al
h o u s i n g p u r p o s e s on the b a s i s o f l / 3 r d s u b s i d y .
Alderman Hadden
r e f e r r e d t o a p r o p o s a l made some y e a r s ag o t o c o n s t r u c t a r o a d
f r o m D a v i t t Road S o u th
to W aterloo.
The Tov/n C l e r k p o i n t e d out
t h a t h i s r e c o l l e c t i o n t o t h i s p r o p o s a l was t h a t su ch a r o a d c o u l d
o n l y be p r o v i d e d as an a c c o m m o d a tio n r o a d as t h e r e was s u ch a
c o n s i d e r a b l e amount o f r o c k t h a t house b u i l d i n g w o u ld be a v e r y c o s t l y
proposition .
I t was a g r e e d , h o w e v e r , t o have th e p r o p o s a l f u r t h e r
examined and i f a t a l l p o s s i b l e t o a p p l y f o r
a R e l i e f Grant t o have
i t ca rried out.
In r e p l y t o a qufcry as t o the p r o g r e s s o f the
r e p a i r s t o a c q u i r e d h o u s e s a t Abbey S t . tho B oroug h Sir v e y o r
i n t i m a t e d th at two h o u s e s had been r no f e d , and a main s ewer p r o v i d e d ,
as w e l l as c e r t a i n r e p a i r s t o some o f the d w e l l i n g s .
©: Wexford Borough Council
16th May,
19 49 .
I t was p o i n t e d out t o the B oroug h S u r v e y o r t h a t the
C o r p o r a t i o n e x p e c t e d t h e s e r e p a i r s to be c a r r i e d o u t i n
a c c o r d a n c e w i t h h i s e s t i m a t e and no a l t e r a t i o n s w e r e t o be
made o u t s i d e the items he e s t i m a t e d f o r •
PROPOSED PUBLIC LAVATORY.
A v e r y l e n g t h y dl s c u s s i on t ook p l a c e i n c o n n e c t i o n w it h
th e p r o p o s e d p u b l i c l a v a t o r y and the Borough S u r v e y o r e x p l a i n e d
t h a t th e d r a f t p l a n had b e e n a p p r o y e d by the O f f i c i a l s o f the
D epartm en t L o c a l Government, and the f i n a l P l a n was i n c o u r s e
of preparation.
He h o p e d t h a t work on t h i s w o u l d be commenced
in August n e x t .
The g e n e r a l p o s i t i o n i n t h i s c o n n e c t i o n was
c o n s i d e r e d to be v e r y u n s a t i s f a c t o r y and i t was u n a n i m o u s l y
a g r e e d , on the s u g g e s t i o n o f the Mayor, t h a t the BoDuragh
S u r v e y o r be i n s t r u c t e d t o have tfiae f i n a l P lan s c o m p l e t e d and
s u b m i t t e d to the Department f o r a p p r o v a l b e f o r e the end o f
th e p r e s e n t w e e k .
The n e x t q u e s t i o n r a i s e d was the u n s a t i s f a c t o r y c o n d i t i o n o f
the n o n - c o n c r e t e s t r e e t s o f the '^own, and the Borough S u r v e y o r
i n t i m a t e d t h a t t h e y had a l r e a d y commenced work a t Emmet P l a c e .
His d i f f i c u l t y was to o b t a i n mach iner t o c r u s h the s t o n e , b u t
he had a l r e a d y 70 tons o f c r u s h e d s stone i n s t o c k .
A f t e r a v e r y l e n g t h y d i s c u s s i o n i t was a g r e e d , on the m o t i o n
o f the Mayor, s e c o n d e d by Alderman Dr. Hadden, t h a t the Town
C l e r k s h o u l d r e q u e s t Mr. D o r i s , 0 Ou n t y E n g i n e e r f i r s t t h i n g
on the f o l l o w i n g m orn in g t o s e l l the C o r p o r a t i o n some 1 5 0 - 2 0 0
to n s o f c r u s h e d s t o n e t o e n a b l e s t r e e t r e p a i r s t o be c a r r i e d o u t .
C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s r e f e r r e d t o th e c o n d i t i o n o f the s e w e r a g e a t
Rose Rock and the Borough S u r v e y o r i n t i m a t e d t h a t the C o n t r a c t o r
was a t p r e s e n t r e l a y i n g the D ra in a g e t h e r e .
The Borough
S u r v e y o r h e l d ( a l t h o u g h the Town C l e r k d i d n o t a g r e e w i t h him)
t h a t he had no r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r s e e i n g t h a t the d r a in a g e
was p r o p e r l y l a i d .
N e i t h e r had he any r e s p o n s i b i l i t y o f
i n s p e c t i n g i t u n t i l the w ork was done, and i t w as supT'Osed t o
c o n n e c t v /it h the C o r p o r a t i o n s ewer age s y s t e m .
I n t h i s c o n n e c t i o n the T0v/n C l e r k p o i n t e d o $ t t o the m e e t i n g
t h a t the County Manager had made an Order some c o u p l e o f week s
ago d i r e c t i n g th e Borough S u r v e y o r t o e n t e r and c a r r y o u t the
work.
This Order had b e e n t r a n s m i t t e d t o ivjr . M cN ally , v/ho
e x p l a i n e d th a t when he r e c e i v e d the Op d ?r f r o m the Town C l e r k
the Contractor had c a l l e d and t o l d him he was r e l a y i n g the
s y s t e m , and i n t h e c i r cumst a n c e s he th o u g h t i t a d v i s a b l e t o
g i v e him an o p p o r t u n i t y o f c o m p l e t i n g the w o r k .
C o u n c i l l o r O ' F l a h e r t y r e f e r r e d t o the p r o v i s i o n o f w a t e r
c l o s e t3 f o r the Hore E s t a t e a t Wygram, and the ’^own C l e r k
i n t i m a t e d tha t the owner had b e en i n f o r m e d t h a t u n l e s s th e s e
were p r o v i d e d w i t h i n s e v e n d a y s C o u rt P r o c e e d i n g s w o u l d
i s s u e . The m e e t i n g then t e r m i n a t e d .
©: Wexford Borough Council
23rd May,
1949.
A. m e e t i n g o f th e G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s ' Committee was h e l d
t h i s day a t the Town C l e r k ' s O f f i c e , Town H a l l , W e x f o r d ,
a t h a l f - p a s t s e v e n o ' c l o c k p .m .
The members p r e s e n t
b e in g :His W o r s h ip ,
Chs i r ) *
Aid orman:
Tho Mayor,
C ou n cillor
James S i n n o t t
(in
the
N icholas C o ris h .
C ou n cillors:
James § g u l , P a t r i c k B i e r n e y , Thomas Byrne,
Sean O 'H a h e r t y , Thomas R o c h c , Thomas Bixkland.
The County Manager,
a ls o in attendance.
Borough S u r v e y o r and Town C l e r k were
At the o u t s e t the i'own C l e r k i n t i m a t e d t h a t he had b e en
d i r e c t e d by th e W e x fo r d County Manager t o r e a d f o r the
i n f o r m a t i o n o f the C o r p o r a t i o n th e f o l l o w i n g Order ho had
made on t h e 1 9 t h i n s t . r e g a r d i n g Mr. P. K. M cN ally , Borough
Surveyor : " B e i n g p e r s o n a l l y aware o f th e c o n d u c t and c o n d i t i o n o f
Mr. P. K. M cN ally , Borough S h r v e y o r , a t a m e e t i n g o f the
W e x f o r d C o r p o r a t i o n on Monday, the 1 6 t h i n s t a n t , as a
C om m ittee, and h a v i n g c o n s i d e r e d the w r i t t e n and v e r b a l
a p o l o g i e s o f Mr. McNally f o r t h i s c o n d u c t and c o n d i t i o n ,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED t h a t :
( a ) A g r a v e c e n s u r e be r e c o r d e d on Mr. M c N a l l y Ts F i l e .
(b)
Mr. McNally make a p u b l i c a p o l o g y t o the m e e t i n g o f the
W e x fo r d C o r p o r a t i o n on Monday, the 23 rd i n s t a n t ;
the
f o r m o f a p o l o g y t o be a p p r o v e d by th eCou n ty Manager.
V
(c)
Any r e c u r r e n c e oiG c o n d u c t by M r. M cN ally , s u c h as
t h a t r e f e r r e d t o i n t h i s Order be v i & i t e d b y immediate
suspe n s i o n . "
The Borough S u r v e y o r then r e n d the f o l l o w i n g 3e t t e r a d d r e s s d d
by him t o the Mayor and members o f tho Carp o r a L i o n * f,A C h a i r d h e ,
my
I wi. sh to t e n d e r t o you my s i n c e r e a p o l o g i e s f o r
and b e h a v i o u r a t your m e e t i n g on the 1 8 t h
ndition
ins ta n t f
cd
I t i s h a r d l y p o s s i b l e t o j u s t i f y s u c h c o n d u c t on
the p a r t o f one o f your O f f i c i a l s and e v e n l e s s s o t o g i v e
r e a s o n s , b u t owing t o p r i v a t e t r o u b l e s my h e a l t h has been
a t a low ebb f o r some time p a s t .
C o n s e q u e n t l y I have bee n
u n a b l e t o g i v e f u l l a t t e n t i o n to my work as w e l l as h a v i n g
become v e r y i r r i t a b l e i n my g e n e r a l demeanour.
I r e a l i z e tho s o u r c e o f annoyance I have b e e n t o
you f o r somo time p a s t b u t I hope the n e a r f u t u r e w i l l
r e l i e v e me o f p e r s o n a l w o r r i o s and t h a t l e a n make amends
f o r t h o so l a p s e s .
tha
not
I t r u s t y o u w i l l a c c e p t t h i s a p o l o g y and b e l i e v e
t my c o n d u c t was th o r e s u l t o f my p h y s i c a l c o n d i t i o n
i n any way w i l f u l . 1'
©: Wexford Borough Council
and
The
Mayor, on b e h a l f o f the C o r p o r a t i o n a c c o p t e d Mr. M c N a l l y ' s
a p o l o g y on t h i s o c c a s i o n and a s k e d him t o be more c a r e f u l i n
23rd May,
1949
in
th e f u t u r o r e g a r d i n g c o - o p e r a f c a t i o n w i t h the members
o f th e C o r p o r a t i o n *
^11 the o t h e r members i n t i m a t e d t h a t they
were p r e p a r e d t o a c c o p t Mr. M c N a l l y Ts a p o l o g y on t h i s
o c c a s i o n and Mre McNally r e t u r n e d thanks t o the members
f o r the c o n s i d e r a t i o n g i v e n to him*
REPAIRS TO STREETS.
The 11own C l e r k i n t i m a t e d t h a t i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h a
d i s c u s s i o n at tho l a s t m e e t i n g r e g a r d i n g r e p a i r s t o
s t r e e t s ho had bean i n c o m m u n ic a t io n w i t h the County
E n g i n e e r who was p r e p a r e d t o s e l l tho C o r p o r a t i o n a p p r o x i m a t e l y
150 to ns o f b r o k e n s t o n e s and the Borough S u r v e y o r was asked
t o make immediate a r r a n g e m e n ts w i t h Mr. D o r i s t o take d e l i v e r y
o f t h e s e s t o n e s and thus c a r r y out u r g e n t r e p a i r s to s t r e e t s
and a t tho same time a b s o r b a c e r t a i n amount o f u n s k i l l e d
labour,
JAMES CONNOLLY MEMORIAL MASS.
An i n v i t a t i o n was r e c e i v e d f r o m the I r i s h Labour P a r t y r e q u e s t i n g
the C o r p o r a t i o n t o a t t e n d th e annual Jame«s C o n n o l l y M em orial
Mass t o bo h e l d i n the Church o f the A s s u m p t io n , B r i d e S t . on
the 2 9 t h i n s t a n t a t 1 2 - 0 n o o n .
On t h e m o t i o n o f the May o r , s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r B u ck la n d ,
i t was u n a n im o u sly d e c i d e d t o a t t e n d t h i s M a ss.
REQUEST FROM TRiiDES COUNCIL RE
EMPLOYMENT OF SKI LIE- D TRADESMEN.
A l e t t e r was a l s o r e a d f r o m W ex fo rd T r a d e s ' C o u n c i l u r g i n g
the C o r p o r a t i o n t o ta k e e v e r y s t e p p o s s i b l e t o e x p e d i t e the
e r e c t i o n o f h o uses s o t h a t t h e r e would be no n e c e s s i t y f o r
s k i l l e d e m p lo y e es t o l e a v e the town, and i t was d e c i d e d t h a t
no f u r t h e r a c t i o n c o u l d be t a k e n on t h i s m a t t e r be y o n d what
had been done a t the m e e t i n g on the 1 6 t h i n s t a n t .
EMPLOYMENT OF APPRENTICES.
circu la r
Government
Labour Hous
the Trades
a
l e t t e r was r e a d f r o m the M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l
r e g a r d i n g employment o f a p p r e n t i c e s on d i r e c t
i n g Schemes, and i t was d e c i d e d t o f o r w a r d i t t o
Council f o r n b s e r v a tio n s .
TENDERS.
Tenders f o r the s u p p l y i f manhole c o v e r s and p a i n t f o r 72
houses a t S l i p p e r y Green w ere s u b m i t t e d , a n d on the m o t i o n
o f C o u n c i l l o r Byrne, s e c o n d e d by All ernun C b r i s h t h e y were
r e f e r r e d t o the County Manager w i t h a r e co m m e n d a tio n t h a t he
a c c e p t the l o v / e s t t e n d e r i n o a c h c a s e ,
MLARRY WEESH : S IA NE" REPCR T FROM HEALTH INSPECTOR.
A r e p o r t f r o m the H e a l t h I n s p e c t o r on tho p r e m i s e s a t F a y t h e ,
known as ,:L a r r y W e l s h ' s Lane” was s u b m i t t e d and c o n s i d e r a t i o n
was d e f e r r e d t o e n a b l e the Town C l e r k t o a s c e r t a i n th e names
o f the cwners o f the Lane, i f p o s s i b l e .
O 'LEARY - V - CORPORATION.
The Mayor r e f e r r e d t o tho d i s p u t e b e t w e e n Mr. T. O ' L e a r y and
the C o r p o r a t i o n O f f i c i a l s and a s k e d what was the p o s i t i o n .
The County Manager e x p l a i n e d t h a t the a c t u a l p o s i t i o n was
s u b j u d i c e , b u t the f a c t s w e r e ,, t h a t the Housing E n g i n e e r had
been c o m p e l l e d t o r e j e c t as U n s u it a b le , g r a v o l , s u p p l i e d by
Mr. 0 fL e a r y f o r the Housing S i t e , as a r e s u l t o f w h i c h Mr c
0 : L e a r y was taking a n a c t i o n a g a i n s t th e C o r p o r a t i o n t o compel
them t o c o m p le t e the C o n t r a c t .
In v i ew o f the M an ag er's
s t a t e m e n t the m a t t e r was n o t f u r t h e r d i s c u s s e d .
©: Wexford Borough Council
23rd May,
STREET
1 9 49 ,
TRADING.
The n e x t b u s i n e s s was t o r e c e i v e a D e p u t a t i o n f r o m the
W exford Chamber o f Commerce t o c o n s i d e r the q u e s t i o n o f
S t r e e t T radin g.
'inhe D e p u t a t i o n cons i s t o d o f M e s s r s .
E. H a s s e t t , J. G. Byrne, S o l i c i t o r ,
E. C o r i s h , R i c h a r d
S i n n o t t , H e r b e r t C o f f e y and E . McCarthy, S e c r e t a r y .
The
C o r p o r a t i o n S o l i c i t o r was i n a t t e n d a n c e to a d v i s e the
C orporation.
The Mayor opened the p r o c e e d i n g s by i r f orming th e D e p u t a t i o n
t h a t the C o r p o r a t i o n were a n x i o u s t o do e v e r y t h i n g p o s s i b l e
t o p r e v e n t S t r e e t T r a d i n g by o u t s i d e p e r s o n s i n the Town b u t
i t a p p e a r e d f r o m the a d v i c e t h e y r e c e i v e d f r o m t h e i r S o l i c i t o r
t h a t owing t o the p r e s e n t s t a t e o f the law i t w o u l d be v e r y
d i f f i c u l t , i f not im p o s s ib le , to prevent th is Trading.
Mr. H a s s e t t a s s u r e d the C o r p o r a t i o n t h a t tho members o f the
Chamber o f Commerce were w h o l e h e a r t e d l y b e h i n d them i n any
e f f o r t t h e y w ould make t o p u t a s t o p t o t h i s p r a c t i c e , and
Mr. Byrne, S o l i c i t o r , s u g g e s t e d t h a t the o n l y s o l u t i o n w h ich
he xsould se e was a p r o s e c u t i o n under S e c t i o n 2 o f th e S t r e e t
T r a d in g A c t , 1926 , bu t i n t i m a t e d he was n o t q u i t e s a t i s f i e d
t h a t s u c h a p r o s e c u t i o n would s u c c e e d .
The C o r p o r a t i o n S o l i c i t o r c o n s i d e r e d i t m ost i n a d v i s a b l e t o
b r i n g a p r o s e c u t i o n w h i c h he a l s o f e l t c o u l d n o t s u c c e e d , and
he t h o u g h t t h a t an u n s u c c e s s f u l p r o s e c t u i o n w o u ld p u t the
C o r p o r a t i o n i n a much v/orse p o s i t i o n than a t p r e s e n t .
A f t e r a l e n g t h y d i s c u s s i o n the Mayor moved t h a t a C o n f e r e n c e
s h o u l d be h e l d b etw een the C o r p o r a t i o n S o l i c i t o r , Mr. Byrne,
S o l i c i t s r , the County Manager, Town C l e r k , and a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e
o f the Chamber of Commerce t o c o n s i d e r what s t e p s , i f any,
c o u l d be ta ken t o d e a l w i t h t h i s m a t t e r .
T h is was s e c o n d e d
by C o u n c i l l o r Buckland, a n d u n a n i m o u s l y a g r e e d t o , a f t e r w h i c h
Mr. Has s e t t r e t u r n e d thanks, on b e h a l f o f tho Chamber o f Commerce
t o the C o r p o r a t i o n f o r r e c e i v i n g t h e i r r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s , a n d
a g a i n a s s u r e d the C o r p o r a t i o n t h a t the Chamber w o u l d be b e h i n d
The m e e t i n g th en t e r m i n a t e d .
©: Wexford Borough Council
1 s t June,
1 9 49 .
A sps d a l m e e t i n g o f the C o r p o r a t i o n was h e l d t h i s day
( p u r s u a n t t o the M ayorrs r e q u i s i t i o n ) a t the Town C l e r k ' s
O f f i c e ^ Town Hall^ “ e x f o r d a t h a l f - p a s t s e v e n o ' c l o c k p.m .
The members p r e s e n t b e i n g t His W o r s h ip , The Mayor ( i n
A ld erm en:
the C h a i r ) .
C o r i s h a n d Hadden,.
C o u n c i l l o r s ^ . Bu ck la n d ^ G a u l* B yrne,
M crris,
0 !H a h e r t y .
The m e e t i n g had b e e n s p e c i a l l y c o n v e n e d t o c o n s i d e r
tho p r o p o s e d t r a n s f e r o f the L o c o m o t i v e Department o f
Coras I o m p a i r E i r e a n n f r o m Wexf.ord t o R o s s l a r e Harbour%
In a d d i t i o n t o t h e C o r p o r a t i o n , r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s were i n
a t t e n d a n c e f r o m tho Wex ford Chamber o f Commerce, W ex fo r d
Trades C o u n c i l , Fianna F a i l , F i n e G a e l , I r i s h Labour Party^
Clann na P o b l a c t a and N a t i o n a l Labour P a r t y ,
The Mayor o u t l i n e d the r e a s o n f o r c a l l i n g the m e e t i n g and
p o i n t e d ou t t h a t the t r a n s f e r w o u l d i n v o l v e a p p r o x i m a t e l y
40 men*
In a d d i t i o n i t v/as p o i n t e d o u t t h a t i t m ight a l s o
i n v o l v e tho d i s m i s s a l as r e d u n d a n t o f t e n or t w e l v e e m p l o y e e s *
--ill th e members pro s e n t and tho r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f the o t h e r
Bodies r e a l i s e d the grave
concern t h i s p rop osed t r a n s f e r w as
t o the Tcwn o f Wexford a nd d e c i d e d t h a t e v e r y t h i n g p o s s i b l e s h o u l d
be done t o p r e v e n t i t t a k i n g p l a c o •
I t was f u r t h e r p o i n t e d o u t t h a t the f i v e T v D . ' s f o r t h e County
had ‘b e e n a l r e a d y a p p r o a c h e d by the R a i l w a y men e f f e c t e d and
a sked to \is>ei t h e i r i n f l u e n c e t o have the L o c o m o t i v e Department
l e f t in W exford.
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne p r o p o s e d th at the p r e s e n t
m e e t i n g as r e p r e s e n t i n g a l l s e c t i o n s o f the Community p!b dge
our s u p p o r t t o t f c f i v o T.D* *s i n t h e i r e f f o r t s t o ke ep t h i s
T'^ i r h n e n t i n Town.
C o u n c i l l o r O ' F l a h e r t y s e c o n d e d the motion,
v/hich was u n a n im o u sly a g r e e d t o ,
I t was th e n S u g g e s t e d t h a t a
D e p u t a t i o n s h o u l d be a p p o i n t e d t o a w a i t on the Chairman o f
oras Iompair E i r e a n n t o p l a c e t h e vie w s o f the c i t i z e n s b e f o r e
him on t h i s v e r y i m p o r t a n t m a t t e r , and i t was f u r t h e r d e c i d e d
t h a t the D e p u t a t i o n s h o u l d c o n s i s t o f the F i v e T . D . ' s , r e p r e s e n ­
t a t i v e o f ^ e x f o r d C o r p o r a t i o n , Chan b e r o f Commerce, Harbour Board,
Trades C o u n c i l w i t h an o b s e r v e r f r o m the Department o f I n d u s t r y
and Commerce^ J n so f a r as t h o C o r p o r a t i o n were c o n c e r n e d i t
s a g r e e d on the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r Gaul, s e c o n d e d by
C o u n c i l l o r ^ O ' F a l h e r t y t h a t the Mayor s h o u l d r e p r e s e n t the
C vrpora o io n on the Deputation*
Tho m e e t i n g th en t e r m i n a t e d .
©: Wexford Borough Council
13th June,
1949.
A S t a t u t o r y m e e t i n g o f the C o r p o r a t i o n was h e l d t h i s day
a t the Town C l e r k f s O f f i c e , Town H a l l , W e x f o r d a t h a l f p a s t s e v e n o ’ c l o c k p .m .
The members p r e s e n t b e i n g : His W o r s h ip ,
A ld e rm e n :
C ou n cillor
James S i n n o t t ,
Mayor,
(in
the C h a i r ) .
Hadden and C o r i s h ,
C ou n cillors:
T. Byrne,
S.
0 !F l a h e r t y ,
P. B i e r n e y and J. G a u l.
The b o u n t y Manager and Town C l e r k were a l s o
in a tten d a n ce .
SYMPA THY
At th e o u t s e t the Mayor moved t h a t th e sympathy o f the
C o r p o r a t i o n be e x t e n d e d t o Mr. F i n t a n O ’ Con nor, C o r p o r a t i o n
S o l i c i t o r on t he d e a t h o f h i s m o t h e r .
The Mayor r e c a l l e d
t h a t t h e members o f the O’ Connor f a m i l y had s e r v e d th e
C o r p o r a t i o n f a i t h f u l l y and e f f i c i e n t l y f o r t h r e e g e n e r a t i o n s
and s t a t e d t h a t a l t h o u g h the l a t e Mrs. O’ Connor was o f a
r e t i r i n g n a t u r e she was w e l l known f o r her c h a r i t a b l e d i s p o s i t i o n .
C o u n c i l l o r Gaul s e c o n d e d the m o t i o n w h ich v/as s u p p o r t e d b y
a l l the members p r e s e n t and by the County Manager and Town C l e r k .
The Mayor a l s o p r o p o s e d t h a t the sympathy o f the C o r p o r a t i o n
be e x t e n d e d t o Mr. Sean S i n n o t t , Mount Johh, on th e d e a t h o f
his w i f e .
The Mayor r e c a l l e d t h a t Mr. S i n n o t t was a f o r m e r
member o f
the C o r p o r a t i o n and b o t h he and h i s w i f e had g i v e n
t r o j a n s e r v i c e i n the N a t i o n a l Cause when i t was n o t p o p u l a r
t o be a member o f a N a t i o n a l O r g a n i s a t i o n .
C o u n c i l l o r OfF l a h e r t y
s e c o n d e d the m o t i o n v/hich v/as s u p p o r t e d by a l l the members and
by the C0u nty Manager and ^own C l e r k .
The Mayor, f u r t h e r moved t h a t the sympathy o f the C o r p o r a t i o n
be e x t e n d e d t o the r e l a t i v e s o f the l a t e J o s e p h K i n g s b u r y ,
a f o r m e r member o f the C o u n c i l .
T h is m o t i o n v/as s e c o n d e d by
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne, s u p p o r t e d by a l l the members p r e s e n t and by
the Cou n iy Manager and Town C l e r k .
The t h r e e
m o t i o n s were a d o p t e d
i n r e s p e c t f u l s i l e n c e and on
the m o t i o n o f t h e Mayor, s e c o n d e d b y C o u n c i l l o r Gaul i t was
a g r e e d as a f u r t h e r m a r k o f r e s p e c t t o the memory o f t h r e e
v e r y o l d W ex fo r d C i t i z e n s t h a t the f h e e tin g s h o u l d s t a n d
adjourned u n t i l F rid a y , 17th i n s t .
©: Wexford Borough Council
17th
June,
1949•
An adjourned S ta tu tor y meeting of the Council was held t h i s day at the
T o w n C l e r k * s O f i c e , T o w n H a l l , Wexford, at h a l f - p a s t seven o *clo c k
p . 91.
The members p r e s e n t b e i n g ; His W o r s h i p , The Mayor, C o u n c i l l o r
James S i n n o t t ,
in the C h a i r .
Alderman IT. C o r i s h .
C ou n cillors:
T . B y r n e , K. M otfris, E. H o w l i n ,
The County Manager and Town C l e r k were a l s o
F. C u l l i m o r e and S . 0 * F l a h e r t y •
in a t te n d a n c e .
The f o l l o w i n g m in u tes were s u b m i t t e d f o r r a t i f i c a t i o n and s i g n a t u r e
Min utes o f C o r p o r a t i o n on the 9 t h u l t i m o , G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s C o .a u itte e
on 1 6 th and 2 3 r d u l t i m o and C o r p o r a t i o n on 1 s t i n s t a n t .
A r i s i n g ou t o f the M in utes o f the 9 t h i n s t a n t when a R e s o l u t i o n was
s u b m i t t e d f r o m the B i r r Urban D i s t r i c t C o u n c i l the a t t e n t i o n o f th e
Town C l e r k was c a l l e d t o the f a c t t h a t t h i s R e s o l u t i o n a p p e a r e d i n
the m in utes as h a v i n g b e i n g u n a n im ou sly a d o p t e d where as the R e s o l u t i o n
had been marked " r e a d " . The Town C l e r k i n t i m a t e d t h a t he had n o t e d
t h i s e r r o r i n th e minut es and had made th e n e c e s s a r y a l t e r a t i o n w i t h
a c r o s s r e f e r e n c e t o the m in utes o f the p r e s e n t m e e t i n g . On th e m o t i o n
o f Alderman C o r i s h , s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r B y r n e , the m in utes as s u b m i t t e d
wer-3 then t a k e n as h a v i n g b e e n r e a d , a p p r o v e d and s i g n e d by th e Mayor*
SYMPATHY.
The Mayor moved t h a t the sympathy o f th e m e e t in g be e x t e n d e d
C o u n c i l l o r Thomas B uck la nd on the d e a t h o f h i s s i s t e r - i n - l a w
The m o t i o n was s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r Byrne and s u p p o r t e d b y
the members p r e s e n t by the County Manager and Town C l e r k ana
in r e s p e c t f u l s i l e n c e .
to
.
a ll
adopted
With r e f e r e n c e t o a r e s o l u t i o n o f sympathy a d o p t e d a t a r e s e n t - m e e t i n g
w i t h the r e l a t i v e s o f the l a t e T. J . Murphy, M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l
Government the f o l l o w i n g ack n ow le d g e m e n ts w ere r e a d : tfD2P.iRTi::„NT OF LOCAL GOVERI.II^M1,
CUSTOM HOUSE,
DUBLIN.
4 t h June,
1949*
Dear Mr. B y r n e ,
I have been a s k e d t o c o n v e y t o you the s i n c e r e th an ks
and g r a t e f u l a p p r e c i a t i o n o f Mrs. Murphy and the f a m i l y o f the l a t e
Mr. T . J . Murphy, T . D . , M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l Government, f o r y o u r k i n d e
e x p r e s s i o n o f sympathy i n t h e i r sad b e r e a v e m e n t .
Yours s i n c e r e l y ,
©: Wexford Borough Council
,,
„
P rivate S e c r e t a r y . ”
J " ar It:r• ^ y rn e ,
DEPARTMENT 01 TIIL3
"S'
I g r e a t l y a p p r e c i a t e d the k in d message0® ?*-!::. 1 6 , May," 19 i s " /
—
*
■*J - O — 1- — a j .
17th
Juno,
1949.
sympathy which you, on b e h a lf of tho Wexford C orporation, wore
good enough to send me on the dealbh of the la to Mr. T. J. Murphy,
M i n i s t e r f o r Local Government.
Pleaso accep t, and c o n v o y to your
members, my s i n c e r e t h a n k s .
Yery t r u l y y o u r s .”
"OFFICE OF THE MINISTER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT
DUBLIN C .8 .
2 0 t h May,
1949.
Dear Mr. B y rne ,
I have been asked by the M in ister fo r Local
Government t o e x t e n d }ro you, on b e h a lf of the s t a f f of the
Depa rtm en t o f Local GovernasAt, t h e i r sin cere thata fo r your k i n d
e x p r e s s i o n o f sympathy on tho death o f tho l e t * Mr* T* J . Murphy,
'T'-D., M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l Gov ernmant•
Mr** Murphy md the fam ily o f the la te M lnlator,
to whom tho contents of youi* me*a«ge h»vo |*50n convoyed*
t h i s message o f ackn ow le d gm en t*
Join l a
* oum s i n ^ r e l y *
The fo llo w in g l e t t e r was read from Mother Margaret Mary, Superioress
o f the Convent of Pejjpptual A doration aoknovd edging the Vote of
C o n g r a t u l a t i o n on the attainment of her Golden J u b ile e : CONVENT OF PERPETUAL ADORATION,
WEXFORD,
22nd May, 1 9 4 9 .
Dear Mr. B y rne ,
I b e g to thank you, and through you tho
members of the Corporation of Wexford, f o r your very mind co n g ra tu la tio n s
on tho attainment of my Golden fiVjbilGc o f R e lig io n s Prefotr*i«a*^
I n the y e a r s t o c omo, as l o n g as the g o o d God
s p a r e s me, I s h a l l s t i l l be m i n d f u l of you and the members, in
my p r a y e r s a t t h o f o o t o f the T a b e r n a c l e .
Yours s i n c e r e l y i n J . C .
MOTHER MARGARET Ma RY,
S u p r . ,f
And tho f o l l o w i n g l e t t e r was r e ^ d f r o m the S u p e r i o r C h r i s t i a n
B r o t h e r s , acknowle d g in g the R e s o l u t i o n o f C o n g r a t u l a t i o n a d o p t e d
by tho Corp o r a t i o n on the c e l e b r a t i o n o f t h e i r C e n t e n a r y i n W e x f o r d ,
CHRISTIAN BROTHERS,
WEXFORD.
3 0 t h May, 1 9 4 9 .
Dear Mr. Byrne,
In c o n n e c t i o n w i t h the r e s o l u t i o n o f c o n g r a t u l a t i o n
a d o p t e d by tho C o r p o r a t i o n a t t h e i r m e e t i n g on the 9th i n s t . I
vis h to r e t u r n s i n c e r e t h a n k s .
The C h r i s t i a n B r o t h e r s f o o l d e e p l y g r a t e f u l t o
the members o f tho C o r p o r a t i o n for* the many k i n d t h i n g s s a i d a b o u t
us and I ask you t o c o n v e y t o them our s i n c e r e s t t h a n k s .
I a l s o w is h
to thank you f o r y o u r p e r s o n a l
‘' C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s .
Yours s i n c e r e l y ,
©: Wexford Borough
S u p e r i o r •Council
W. E. NIXON,
17th
June,
1949
LETTER FROM PALACE CIirEUA RE
pLAYikO tiV n a t i o n a l Aiftki ;::7
A l e t t e r v/as r e a d fro m the Manager, P a l a c e Cinema, a c k n o w l e d g i n g t h e
R e s o l u t i o n o f t h e C o r p o r a t i o n r e q u e s t i n g the p l a y i n g o f a s p e c i a l
r e c o r d o f th e N a t i o n a l Anthem, p o i n t i n g ou t th e d i f f i c u l t i e s o f g e t t i n g
p a t r o n s t o s t a n d u n t i l the N a t i o n a l Anthem v/as f i n i s h e d .
The m e e t i n g
a p p r e c i a t e d t h a t e v e r y e f f o r t was b e i n g made by th e P a l a c e Cinema t o
meet t h e w i s h e s o f the C o r p o r a t i o n , b u t a t th o same time i t v/as d e c i d e d
t o a g a i n r e q u e s t them t o p r o c u r e a r e c o r d
the f u l l A nthem i n s t e a d
o f the a b b r e v i a t e d F i l m v e r s i o n .
PROVISION OF PUBLIC LAVATORY.
A r i s i n g ou t o f the Minutes C o u n c i l l o r Byrne a g a i n r e f e r r e d t o th e
p r o v i s i o n o f a p u b l i c l a v a t o r y and the Town C l e r k i n t i m a t e d t h a t Mr.
F o r d e , A c t i n g Borough S u r v e y o r v/as e n g a g e d i n p r e p a r i n g a new P l a n
t o meet the o b j e c t i o n s r a i s e d by the Department o f L o c a l Government
t o the o r i g i n a l s u b m i t t e d by Mr. M c N a l l y .
Mr. F orde had p r o m i s e d him t o have the Plan a v a i l a b l e on Monday when he
w o u ld f o r w a r d i t t o D u b l i n w i t h a r e q u e s t t h a t the m a t t e r be t r e a t e d as
one o f u r g e n c y .
In t h i s c o n n e c t i o n the Mayor r e f e r r e d t o the r e q u e s t
o f the Harbour C o m m issio n e r s t h a t th e C o r p o r a t i o n s h o u l d open and m a i n t a i n
tv/o c l o s e d l a v a t o r i e s on the Quay, b u t the Tov/n C l e r k s a i d t h a t he v/as
u n a b le t o f i n d any S t a t u t o r y A u t h o r i t y p e r m i t t i n g the C o r p o r a t i o n t o a d o p t
t h i s c o u r s e , b u t a t the r e q u e s t o f th e Mayor p r o m i s e d t o examine th e l e g a l
p o s i t i o n a g a i n and see I f t h e r e was anyway ou t o f the d i f f i c u l t y .
DERELICT SITES.
In r e p l y t o a qu ery by C o u n c i l l o r Byrne r e g a r d i n g the s u r v e y o f a o r e l i c t
S i t e s i n the Town, the County Manager i n t i m a t e d t h a t the S u rv e y had b e e n
c o m p l e t e d and a Map was b e i n g p r e p a r e d f o r th e i n f o r m a t i o n . o f t h e
C o r p o r a t i o n sh ow in g the p o s i t i o n o f the D e r e l i c t S i t e s i n the Tov/n.
RESIGNATION OF COUNCILLOR ROCHE.
The f i r s t b u s i n e s s v:ss t o r e c e i v e the r e s i g n a t i o n o f “ C o u n c i l l o r Thomas
Roche as a member o f the C o r p o r a t i o n . The Tov/n C l e r k I n t i m a t e d t h a t
C o u n c i l l o r R o c h e ’ s r e s i g n a t i o n was d a t e d 1 1 t h i n s t a n t ;
he Tov/n C l e r k
had r e c e i v e d I t on the l.' t h idem f r o m w h i c h . d a t e the r e s i g n a t i o n became
e f f e c t i v e under the P r o v i s i o n s o f the L o c a l Government ( A p p l i c a t i o n o f
E n actm ents) O r d e r , 1898 as amended by the L o c a l G overn m en t^ Act, 1 9 4 1 .
I t was seen t h a t the C o r p o r a t i o n c o u l d n o t d o a n y t h i n g In t h i s m a t t e r
e x c e p t t o d e c l a r e the S e a t v a c a n t , b u t b e f o r e d o i n g t h i s C o u n c i l l o r
M o r r i s p r o p o s e d the thanks o f t h e C o r p o r a t i o n t o C o u n c i l l o r R o c h e f o r
h is e x c e l l e n t s e r v ic e w hile in O f f i c e .
The Mayor s e c o n d e d t h e
m o t i o n w h i c h was u n a n im o u sly a d o p t e d .
I t v/as a g r e e d t h a t the Sea t be d e c l a r e d v a c a n t and the n e c e s s a r y
d e c l a r a t i o n o f V a c e n c y be s e a l e d and s i g n e d .
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VOCATIONAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
A r i s i n g o u t o f t h i s m a t t e r i t was r e p o r t e d t h a t b o t h C o u n c i l l o r Roche
and Alderman Mcran, who had r e s i g n e d h i s S e a t l a s t y e a r , were members
o f the Town o f W e x f o r d V o c a t i o n a l E d u c a t i o n Committee and under S e c t i o n
1 l ( 2 ) o f the V o c a t i o n a l E d u c a t i o n A c t , 1930 were d i s q u a l i f i e d f o r
c o n t i n u i n g t o be members o f t h i s Com m itt ee, and th e n e x t two i t e m s on
th e Agenda were t o f i l l t h e s e tv/o v a c a n t s e a t s .
The Mayor t h e r e u p o n p r o p o s e d t h a t C o u n c i l l o r s 0 f F l a h e r t y and M o r r i s be
c o - o p t e d t o f i l l the tv/o v a c a n c i e s , b u t C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s a s k e d i f i t
would be p o s s i b l e t o a p p o i n t C o u n c i l l o r Roche as a n o n —C o r p o r a t i o n
member.
©: Wexford Borough Council
17th
June 5
1949 e
The Town C l e r k s t a t e d t h a t he w o u l d n o t l i k e t o g i v e a r u l i n g
on t h i s p o i n t w i t h o u t s t u d y i n g the l e g a l p o s i t i o n and t h e r e u p o n
C o u n c i l l o r M o rri3 asked the Mayor t o w i t h d r a w h i s name which he
(Mayor) a g r e e d to do. and C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s s e c o n d e d the appoint**
ment o f C o u n c i l l o r J^hn O ' F l a h e r t y as a member o f th e V o ca tio n a l
E d u c a t i o n C o m m ittee .
Th is p r o p o s i t i o n was u n a n i m o u s l y a g r e e d t o , and the f i l l i n g o f
the s e c o n d v a c a n c y v/as a d j o u r n e d u n t i l the Q u a r t e r l y m e e t i n g to
e n a b l e the ^own C l e r k t o examire the l e g a l p o s i t i o n .
ERECTION OF HOUSES AT WATERLOO ROAD
£ nd BISHOPSWa TER.
The G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s Committee recommended t h a t the h o u s e s a t
B i s h o p s w a t e r be e r e c t e d f o r Slum Cle a r a n c e on the b a s i s o f 2 /3 r d s
s u b s i d y and the h o u s e s a t W a t e r l o o Road f o r norm al h o u s i n g on
the b a s i s o f l / 3 r d s .
A f t e r some d i s c u s s i o n on the m e r i t s o f a Tenant P u rcha se Scheme
f o r W a t e r l o o Road i t was d e c i d e d t o d e f e r c o n s i d e r a t i o n o f t h i s ,
and on th e m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r Byrne, s e c o n d e d b y C o u n c i l l o r
H o w lin , the Committee r e co m m e n d a tio n t h a t Slum C l e a r a n c e h o u s e s
be p r o v i d e d a t B i s h o p s w a t e r was u n a n i m o u s l y a d o p t e d .
PURCHASE OF HOUSES FROM MESSRS. P .
PIERCE <Sc CO.
On the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r Byrne, s e c o n d e d by Alderman C o r i s h
a Deed o f Conveyan ce f r o m M e s s r s * P h i l i p P i e r c e & C o . , to W e x f o r d
C o r p o r a t i o n i n r e s p e c t o f a pl&t o f g r o u n d and s e v e n p a r t i a l l y
e re c te d houses a t D i s t i l l e r y Hoad, was se a le d and signed on
bohalX o f tte
LICENCE FOR CAPITOL CINEMA.
On tho m o t i o n o f the Mayor, s e c o n d e d by Alderman C o r i s h a L i p e n c e
i n r e s p e c t o f the P a l a c e Cinema f o r the y e a r t o 3 0 t h A p r i l , ]L950
was s e a l e d and s i g n e d on th e p a r t o f th e C o r p o r a t i o n .
A r i s i n g out o f t h i s the Town C l e r k i n t i m a t e d t h a t i n r e s p o n s e
t o a q u e r y he had r e c e i v e d no r e p l y f r o m the Management o f the
C a p i t o l Cinema t h a t t h e y p l a y the N a t i o n a l ^nthem i n l i e u o f the
a b b r e v i a t e d F&lm V e r s i o n .
& number o f members t o o k e x c e p t i o n
t o the f a i l u r e o f the Management t o r e p l y and r e q u e s t e d the Town
C l e r k t o a g a i n c om m u n ic -te w i t h them on t h i s n a t t e r .
CHANGING OF PLACE N.iJE)S .
There v/ero s u b m i t t e d t o the m e e t i n g a c o p y o f th e L o c a l Governemt
(Chan ging o f P l a c e Names) R e g u l a t i o n s , 1949 w h i c h s e t o u t the
p r o c e d u r e t o be a d o p t e d t o change the name o f any S t r e e t , Townland
or Town.
A m otion a l s o appeared
on the Agenda i n the nemo o f C o u n c i l l o r
o ’ F l a h e r t y t h a t a s m a l l Committee be a p p o i n t e d t o examine a n d
r e p o r t on the change n e c e s s a r y .
C o u n c i l l o r O ' F l a h e r t y moved
t h i s m o t i o n w h i c h v/as s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r Mr r r i s and u n a n i m o u s l y
adopted.
The f o l l o w i n g Committee was a g r e e d o h : Alderman
C o r i s h , C o u n c i l l o r s O ' F l a h e r t y , Byrne w i t h His w o r s h i p , The Mayor.
TEMPORARY COVER FOR GRAVES.
a m o t i o n i n the nsnao o f the Mayor th a t an o r n a m e n ta l t e m p o r a r y
c o v e r f o r g r a v e s a t S t . l i a r ’ s Cem etery be o b t a i n e d v/as mihved
by His w o r s h i p , The Mayor'.
In moving the m o t i o n the Mayor i n t i m a t e d t h a t he d i d n o t ask f o r
a d e c i s i o n a t p r e s e n t as he r e a l i s e d how d i f f i c u l t i t was to
change local c u s t o m s , b u t on s e v e r a l o c c a s i o n s he had a t t e n d e d
f u n e r a l s a t S t . l i a r ' s Cemetery and he t h o u g h t t h a t the l e n g t h
o f time i t was n e c e s s a r y f o r mourners to s t a n d o v e r a g r a v e w h i l e
i t was b e i n g f i l l e d i n was u n n e c e s s a r y h a r d s h i p on p e o p l e f i l l e d
with g r i e i .
In a d d i t i o n the work o f f i l l i n g i n a g r a v e i n a
h u r r y i s p r a c t i c a l l y s l a v e r y and p a r t i c u l a r l y when two or t h r e e
f u n e r a l s o c c u r w i t h i n 15 t o 30 m in u te s o f e a c h o t h e r .
©: Wexford Borough Council
17th
June,
194 9 .
His s u g g e s t i o n was t h a t an orn a m e n tal c o v e r s hould be provided which
could be l a i d o v e r the g r a v e , on w h i c h mourners could p lace wre&ths
and f l o w e r s and d e p a r t f r o m the C e m e t e r y ,
The grave could then bo
f i l l e d i n b y the g r a v e d i g g e r s a f t e r th e departure o f tho mourners
and he t h o u g h t i t w o u l d s a v e a l o t
of unnecessary g r i e f .
C o u n c i l l o r M o r r is s e c o n d e d tho m o t i o n w h i c h was s u p p o r t e d b y
p r a c t i c a l l y a l l the members, b u t C o u n c i l l o r Byrne w h i l e n o t a g a i n s t
the p r o p o s a l t h o u g h t i t s j o u l d bo d e f e r r e d t o e n a b l e tho v ie w s o f
the g e n e r a l p u b l i c t o be o b t a i n e d .
I t was t h e r e f o r e a g r e e d t o
a d j o u r n t h i s m a t t e r t o the n e x t S t a t u t o r y m e e t i n g .
Ba RRY MEMORIAL COMMITTEE.
A m o t i o n i n tho names o f the Mayor and Aid orman C o r i s h t h a t R e v .
BrOi A i d a n bo a s k e d t o sp e ak t o the C o r p o r a t i o n and a J o i n t Committee
o f the B a r r y Memorial was n e x t on the Agenda and the Town C l e r k
e x p l a i n e d t h a t B r o . A i d a n had b e e n i n c o m m u n i c a t i o n w i t h him and
had a g r e e d t o meet th e C or p ora t i o n on the 2 0 t h i n s t a n t t o g e t h e r w i t h
the members o f the B a r r y M em orial Com mittee , and the Mayor e x p l a i n e d
as he w o u l d be on h i s way to S l i g o a t the time t o a t t e n d the
T e c h n i c a l C o n g r e s s he c o u l d n o t be p r e s e n t .
WIRING OF CORPORATION HOUSES FOR
electricity.
With r e f e r e n c e t o a d e c i s i o n some time a g o to a s c e r t a i n the views
o f the t e n a n t s o f the Coip o r a t i o n h o u s e s , on the s u g g e s t i o n t h a t th e
C o r p o r a t i o n s h o u l d w i r e t h e i r h o u s e s f o r e l e c t r i c i t y on a w e e k l y
repayment b a s i s the ,J-'own C l e r k i n t i m a t e d t h a t 141 r e p l i e s had be en
r e c e i v e d f r o m t e n a n t s who were a n x i o u s t o a v a i l o f the Scheme, a n d
on the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s , s e c o n d e d by a ld erm an C o r i s h i t
was d e c i d e d t h a t a S p e c i f i c a t i o n s h o u l d be p r e p a r e d .
?JLsLCLUTIC 1l FROM KILLARNBY U .D .C.
The f o l l o w i n g R e s - l u t i o n f r o m th e K i l l a r n e y U .D .C . was s u b m i t t e d .
’’ That v/e a s k the M i n i s t e r f o r I n d u s t r y and Commerce t o h o l d an
i n q u i r y as t o tho s y s t e m o f t h e Lie c t r i c i t y S u p p l y Board i n f i x i n g
c h a r g e s f o r e l e c t r i c i t y and g e n e r a l l y i n t o t h e i r a d m i n i s t r a t i o n . "
C o u n c i l l o r How lin p r o p o s e d the a d o p t i o n o f t h i s R e s o l u t i o n and
rman C o r i s h s e c o n d e d i t , and i t was u n a n i m o u s l y a d o p t e d .
a ]x
r tr i s n g ou t o f t h i s ° o u n c i l o r H o w lin , f u r t h e r p r o p o s e d t h a t the
E i c t r i c i t y S u p p l y Board be askec: t o a p p o i n t c o l l e c t o r s f o r the Town
and p o i n t e d ou t the h a r d s h i p s wh:l hh p o o r p e o p l e e n d u r e d by h a v i n g
t o make payment o f the A c c o u n t t o the E . S . B . a t the l o c a l o f f i c e s
o f the B o a r d .
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne a l s o s e c o n d e d t i . i s m o t i o n w h i c h was
unanim ously-*dented.
On the m o t i o n o f the Mayor s e c o n d e d by
C o u n c i l l o r 0 F l a h e r t y i t was u n a n i m o u s l y a g r e d d t o r e q u e s t the M i n i s t e r
f o r L o c a l uovernment t o a u t h o r i s e tho o b t a i n m o n t o f O v e r d r a f t
accom m odati on on th e M u n i c i p a l a c c o u n t i n the sum o f £ 8 , 5 0 0 . t o the
3 0 th S e p te m b e r , 1 9 49 .
REMOVAL OF C . I . E . LOCOMOTIVE
DEPT, TO Ri3SL--iRE FROM WEXFORD.
With r e f e r e n c e t o m in u t e s o f 1 s t i n s t a n t when a C o n f e r e n c e had b e en
h e l d w i t h r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f v a r i o u s P o l i t i c a l P a r t i e s , W e x fo r d
Chamber o f Commerce and Trades C o u n c i l r e g a r d i n g the p r o p o s e d t r a n s f e r
by Coras Iompaar E i r e a n n o f t h e i r L o c o m o t i v e Department f r o m W o x for d
oo R o s s I n r e Habbour the iown C lu rk i n t i m a t e d t h a t ho had communicated
w i t h the Chairman who had r e p l i e d th a t i n v i e w o f t h e number o f
p e r s o n s t o be r e p r e s e n t e d on the p r o p o s e d d e p u t a t i o n he would come
t o W oxford t o s e e them on Tuesd ay 2 1 s t i n s t a n t a t 7 p .m .
The Town
^ l e r k f u r t h e r i n t i m a t e d t h a t he had r e q u e s t e d t h o members o f the
D e p u t a t i o n to meet a t 5^30 p .m . on th e 2 1 s t t o make the c a s e t h e y
p r o p o s e d t o p u t b e f o r e Mr. C o u r t n e y and as the Mayor w o u l d n o t bo in
a t t e n d a n c e i t was u n a n i m o u s l y a g r e e d , on tho m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r M orris,
s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r K ow lin , t h a t C o u n c i l l o r Byrne should represent
tne
oip o r a t i o n on th e p r o p o s e d d e p u t a t i o n
©: Wexford Borough Council
i
17th
June,
1949*
WATER SUPPLY TO TOWN.
In c o n n e c t i o n w i t h the s e r i o u s p o s i t i o n o f th e w a t e r s u p p l y t o the
Town tho 'Town C l e r k made the f o l l o w i n g r e p o r t : Sdnce A p r i l 19 48 th o f o u r pumps a t E d e n v a l e had b e e n g i v i n g t r o u b l e .
The M a n u f a c t u r e r s were as k e d t o s end an e x p & r t t o examine and
r e p a i r th o m e T h is nan o n l y . a r r i v e d i n W exford d u r i n g th e l a s t
month and p u t the f o u r pumpsnworkrag tJDiier.
For a s h o r t time
a f t e r h i s v i s i t the f o u r pumps work ed a t 10 0% e f f i c i e n c y b u t t h e n
two began t o g i v e t r o u b l e and o n l y w o rk e d a t a p p r o x i m a t e l y 50/a.
E v e r y e f f o r t was made t o p r o c u r e the immedia te r e t u r n c f the
f i t t e r b u t w i t h o u t a v a i l an d e f f o r t s w e r e made t o have the pumps
a d ju s t e d by l o c a l f i t t e r s but w ithou t s u c c e s s .
E v e n t u a l l y the C a r e t a k e r a t E d e n v a l e was a b l e t o r e s t o r e one o f
the pumps t o f u l l w o r k i n g c a p a c i t y and v/as s t i l l en g a g e d i n
t r y i n g to v/ork the f o u r t h w h i c h was s t i l l o n l y w o r k i n g a t 50 $ e f f i c ­
iency.
The p r e s e n t p o s i t i o n was tha*tthe i n f l o w i n t o the R e s e v o i r
v/as a p p r o x e 3 5 0 , 0 0 . g a l l o n s p e r day w h i l e the c o n s u m p t i o n was
e s t i m a t e d a t 6 5 0 . 0 0 0 . l e a v i n g 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 . g a l l o n s b e i n g ta ken f r o m
s to r a g e each day.
F or t h e i n f o r m a t i o n o f the C o r p o r a t i o n and
the G e n e r a l p u b l i c i t
was p o i n t e d o u t t h a t i n the y e a r 1940 when the R e s e v o i r went c o m p l e t e l y
d ry the r a i n f a l l f o r the p e r i o d January to May was 1 7 . 6 0 ” and tho
r a i n f a l l f o r t h e c u r r e n t y e a r o v e r the same p e r i o d was o n l y 8 . 2 0 ”
or l e s s th an h a l f o f the 1940 r e c o r d .
I t was pointed out that had i t not been f-Or t h e w a t e r f r o m E d e n v a l e
the Tov/n would now be without a supply a n d i t was o n l y
by r e d u c in g the consumption-to the a b s o l u t e minimum t h a t i t w o u l d
bo p o s s ib le t o keep the R e s e v o i r f rom g o i n g dr^ry a f t e r the n e x t
two-'to thi^oe weoks . T h i s r e p o r t gave- r i s e t o a v e r y l e n g t h y
d is c u ss io n d u r in g 'which C ou n cillo r H ow lin ' c d r h g la in e d he had b ee n
informed th at a t l e a s t 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 g a l l o n s o f / w a t e r was was'ted e a c h • »
day due t o l e a k a g e s an d b u r s t p i p e s , and s u g g e s t e d t h a t ' t h e - .
Borough S u r v e y o r s h o u l d bo a s k e d t o r e p l y - t o the f o l l o w i n g q u e s t i o n s
f o r tho n e x t m e e t i n g : .
■j 4 •* t r.. v l f . i t ti*:( i\
ir r
• v ,r*v...$ a t 1 ,
'f f i c i e n c y but
th e n
( 1 ) what was d6ne s i n c e January l a s t by way o f i n s p e c t i o n s f o r *
leakages?.
( 2 ) TI f he w a s :.informed o f w a s t a g e o f w a t e r and i f s o what a c t io n
. . / ho t o o k ? .1 : c 'J . i ' i t • r>> u t
oh u t s u e c . «
.
( 3 ) When i n s p e c t i o n f o r l e a k a g e and w astag e com menced;
t&c ttunfcop
o f men em p lo y e d and the p u r p o s e f o r w h ich t h e y wei»e e n g a g e d on
t h is work.
■
L ..
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•
C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s , C o u n c i l l o r C :F l a h e r t y , 'AH.ermain C o r i s h a n d tho
Mayor a l l -state 4 t h e y were aware t h a t i n s p e c t i o n s o f a v e r y r i g i d
n a tu r e had ta ken %
plac*e r e c e n t l y , $nd t h a t e v e r y plumber i n Town
was e n g a g e d i n r e p a i r i n g d e f e c t i v e f i t t i n g s , e t c .
The q u e s t i o n o f u s i n g John S t . R e s e v o i r w a s cons i d e r e d a nd i t w . a s
u n a n im o u sly a g r e e d that, t h i s ' s h o u l d b e done w i t h c h l o r i n a t i o n o f
the s u p p l y , and t h e Mayor made a s t r o n g a p p e a l t o t h e p u b l i c t o
a v o i d w a ste o f the w a t e r .
•
On the m o t i o n o f the Mayor, s e c o n d e d by u bund i l l o r : Byrne i t wa's
u na nim ou sly a g r e d d t h a t a v a l u a t i o n l i m i t o f £ 1 , 5 0 0 . be p l a c e d
on Loans t o be made under hhe Sm all D w e l l i n g s A c q u i s i t i o n A c t s . -The
County Manager, r e a d f r o th e C o r p o r a t i o n a l i s t o f 16 t e n a n t s he had
p r o v i s i o n a l l y s e l e c t e d f o r some o f tho new, h o u s e s a t S l i p p e r y G r e e n .
The Mayor r e f e r r e d t o a p a r a g r a p h i n the Sunday-. C h r o n i c l e * o f June,
1 2 t h v/hich s t a t e d t h a t r-ats as b i g as c a t s were i n v a d i n g W e x f o r d Town
and t h a t Merchants f s a c k s had; been d e s t r o y e d and a s e v e n months o l d
baby b i t t e n , Ho d e s c r i b e d ^the Pa ra gr a p h as a n y t h i n g b u t s e n s a t i o n a l
j o u r n a l i s m and s u r g e s t e d t h a t th o v ie w s o f the C o r p o r a t i o n S o l i c i t o r
s h o u l c bo o b t a i n e d as t o w h e t h e r o r hh<t t h e P a r a g r a p h was l i b e l l o u s -
©: Wexford Borough Council
27th
June,
1949.
A Q u a r t e r l y M e e tin g o f the C o r p o r a t i o n was h e l d tinis day
a t the Town H a l l , w e x f o r d a t h a l f - p a s t s e v e n o f c l o c k p .m .
The memlii)ers p r e s e n t b e i n g : His W o r s h ip ,
C h air)•
A ld erm e n:
The Mayor,
C ou n cillor
James S i n n o t t
( i n the
N i c h o l a s C o r i s h and George Hadden.
C ou n cillors:
P. P i e r n e y , T. B u c k la n d , S . ( ^ F l a h e r t y , J.
G a u l, T. Byrne, E. H ow lin , K. M o r r is and F .
C u llim ore.
The County Manager, C o r p o r a t i o n S o l i c i t o r and Town C l e r k
were a l s o i n a t t e n d a n c e .
SYMPATHY.
B e f o r e the b u s i n e s s o f the m e e t i n g commenced C o u n c i l l o r Byrne
mowed t h a t th e sympathy o f the C o r p o r a t i o n be e x t e n d e d t o the
r e l a t i v e s o f the l a t e Sean Kennedy, an o u t s t a n d i n g member o f the
G.A.A.. i n W e x f o r d County and i n the N a t i o n a l Movement.
The
Mayor s e c o n d e d the m o t i o n w h ich was s u p p o r t e d by a l l the members
p r e s e n t , by the County Manager and Town C l e r k and a d o p t e d i n
respectfu l silen ce.
The Mayor t h e n r e f e r r e d t o two t r a g e d i e s w h i c h had t a k e n p l a c e i n
tho Town on the p r e v i o u s e v e n i n g by the d row n in g o f a young man and
a ch ild .
He moved t h a t the sympathy o f tho C o r p o r a t i o n bo e x t e n d e d t o the
R u t t l e d g o f a m i l y on the t r a g i c d e a t h o f t h o i r c h i l d b y drowning
a t Wexford
and w i t h Mr. James McCormack M . P . S . I . on the d e a t h
o f h i s s o n by d row n in g i n W e x f o r d H a r b o u r .
C o u n c i l l o r Byrno s e c o n d e d
the m o t i o n w h i c h was s u p p o r t e d by a l l the members p r e s e n t , by the
County Manager and Town C l e r k and a d o p t e d i n r e s p e c t f u l s i l e n c e .
ELECTION
OF
MEW
MAYOR.
The f i r s t b u s i n e s s v/as to e l e c t a Mayor w ho w o u ld h o l d O f f i c e u n t i l
the Q u a r t e r l y m e e t i n g due t o be h e l d b e t w e e n 2 3 rd Juno and l&fc'
J u l y , 1950 and u n t i l h i s s u c c e s s o r had b o e n a p p o i n t e d and made
a d e c la r a t io n of acceptance of O f f ic e .
C o u n c i l l o r Gaul p r o p o s e d the r e - e l e c t i o n
and Alderman C o r i s h s e c o n d e d .
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne p r o p o s e d the e l e c t i o n
C o u n c i l l o r M orris se co n d e d .
On a P o l £ b e i n g
taken t h e r e
of C ou n cillor
James S i n n o t t
o f C o u n c i l l o r Thomas B u ck la n d ,
woted f o r C o u n c i l l o r B u c k l a n d : -
C ou n cillors:
C u l l i m o r e , M o r r i s , How lin, Byrne OfF l a h e r t y and
B u c k l a n d ......................................................................................................................................... ( 6 ) #
Fon C o u n c i l l o r S i n n o t t : C ou n cillors:
G aul,
B i e r n e y , A ld erm en:
Hadden,
C o r i s h and The Mayor
(5).
The Layo r t h e r e u p o n d e c l a r e d C o u n c i l l o r B u c k la n d Mayor f o r the
e n s u i n g y e a r and a s s u r e d him o f h i s c o - o p e r a t i o n and s u p p o r t d u r i n g
h i s term o f O f f i c e .
©: Wexford Borough
the D e c l a r a t i Council
on of Acceptancc
C o u n c i l l o r Buck land t h e r e u p o n mado
at
27th
June,
1949.
O f f i c e p r e s c r i b e d by the M u n i c i p a l C o r p o r a t i o n s
( I r e l a n d ) A c t , 1940 w h i c h v/as w i t n e s s e d by C o u n c i l l o r s
Byrne and M o r r i s .
The new Mayor was th en i n v e s t e d w i t h the r o b e s and c h a i n
o f O f f i c e and on t a k i n g the Ch air r e t u r n e d thanks t o the
members f o r h i s e l e c t i o n .
He r e f e r r e d t o the H ou sin g Progrqmme f a c i n g th e C o r p o r a t i o n
and t o the f i n a n c i a l i m p l i c a t i o n s o f t h i s Programme.
He
r e f e r r e d to the Law a u t h o r i s i n g the C o r p o r a t i o n t o a c q u i r e
d e r e l i c t S i t e s and s t a t e d t h a t the l e g a l and o t h e r c o s t s o f
a c q u i s i t i o n were much t o o h i g h .
He r e f e r r e d t o the p r o p o s e d
b o u n d a r y e x t e n s i o n and th e p r o v i s i o n o f S i t e s f o r p r i s r a te
p e r s o n s w i s h i n g t o e r e c t - . / d w e l l i n g h o u s e s , as w e l l as t o
tho p r o v i s i o n o f f u n d s f o r t h i s p u r p o s e under tho Sm all
D w ellings A c q u i s i t i o n A c t s .
PIXINB
OF
DATES FOR
MEETINGS.
QUARTERLY
The n e x t b u s i n e s s was to f i x the d a t e s and h o u r s f o r t h r e e
Q u a r t e r l y M e e t i n g s due t o be h e l d p r i o r t o 2 3 r d June, 1 9 5 0 .
and on the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r Byrne, s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r
B i e r n e y i t was a g r e e d t o h o l d Q u a r t o r l y M e e tin g s on 3 r d
O c t o b e r , 1949 , 2nd Ja n ua ry , 1950 and 3 r d A p r i l , 1950 a t the
u s u a l hour o f 7 . 3 0 p .m .
FILLING OF VACANCY ON TOWN OF
WEXFORD VOCATIONAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
R e f e r r i n g to m in utes o f l a s t m e e t i n g when the q u e s t i o n o f
f i l l i n g the v a c a n c y on the Town o f W e x f o r d V o c a t i o n a l E d u c a t i o n
Com m itt ee, c a u s e d by the r e s i g n a t i o n l a s t y e a r o f Alderman M0r a n
was a d j o u r n o d t o e n a b l e th e Town C l e r k t o see i f the Law w o u ld
p e r m i t the a p p o i n t m e n t on t h i s Committee o f e x - C o u n c i l l o r R o c h e ,
tho Tov/n C l e r k r e p o r t e d t h a t he had ex am in ed the ]e g a l p o s i t i o n
and saw no o b j e c t i o n t o C o u n c i l l o r R o c h e f s a p p o i n t m e n t e x c e p t
t h a t the A c t p r o v i d e d f o r the C o r p o r a t i o n h a v i n g a m a j o r i t y
o f t h e i r members on t h i s Committee and i f a n o n - C o r p o r a t i o n
member was now a p p o i n t e d i t w o u l d l e a v e o n l y s e v e n members
o f the C o r p o r a t i o n and s e v e n non-members by w h i c h the C o r p o r a ­
t i o n w ould l o s e t h e i r c o m p l e t e c o n t r o l o f t h i s ^ o m m i t t o e .
S u b j e c t t o t h e s e o b s e r v a t i o n s th e Town C l e r k i n t i m a t e d t h a t
i t was now a m a t t e r f o r the C o r p o r a t i o n t o d o c i d e *
C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s t h e r e u p o n p r o p o s e d t h a t Mr. Thomas Roc he
o f S t . J o h n f s Road be a p p o i n t e d a member o f tho V o c a t i o n a l
E d u c a t i o n C om m itte e.
C o u n c illo r O 'F la h erty seconded th is
m o t i o n and as t h e r o was no o t h e i ? f c r o p o s i t i o n Mr. Roche was
declared e le c te d .
COMMODORE JOHN BARRY MEMORIAL
COMMITTEE~
The n e x t b u s i n e s s was t o r e c e i v e a r e c o m m e n d a t i o n f r o m tho
J o i n t Committee o f tho Commodore John B a r r y Memorial " t h a t
tho C o r p o r a t i o n s e l e c t Swan View as a S i t e f o r a S t a t u e
and u n d e r ta k e t o m a i n t a i n and ke ep i t i l l u m i n a t e d . 11
©: Wexford Borough Council
C o u n c i l l o r S i n n o t t p r o p o s e d the a d o p t i o n o f the re co m m e n d a tio n
w h i c h was s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r Byrne and s u p p o r t e d by
C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s and Alderman C o r i s h .
27th
June,
1949.
Alderman Hadden i n t i m a t e d t h a t w h i l e he f a v o u r e d tho B a l l a s £
Bank as a S i t e f o r t h i s M emorial he w o u l d n o t p r e s s h i s view
as a p r o p o s i t i o n b u t w o u ld s u p p o r t the m o t i o n t o have Swan
View S i t e s e l e c t e d ao as t o have u n a n i m i ty *
Tho Mayor a l s o s u p p o r t e d the m o t i o n an&dasked t h e ^ o u n t y Manager
t o b e a r i n mind the p o s s i b i l i t y o f t h i s S i t e b e i n g u t i l i s e d
f o r the e r e c t i o n o f t h i s g r e a t Memorial when c o n s i d & n i n g any
p r o p o s a l s f o r t h e e r e c t i o n o f b u i l d i n g s i n the a r e a .
The m o t i o n was u n a n im o u sly a d o p t e d and the m e e t i n g t e r m i n a t e d .
n
©: Wexford Borough Council
4th July,
1949.
A S t a t u t o r y m e e t i n g o f the C o r p o r a t i o n was h e l d t h i s
C le rk 's
O ffice,
day a t
the Town
Town H a l l , W e x f o r d a t h a l f - p a s t s e v e n o ' c l o c k p .m .
The members p r e s e n t b e i n g : His W o r s h ip ,
A ld erm e n :
The Mayor - C o u n c i l l o r Thomas Bu ck la nd ( i n the C h a i r ) .
James G au l,
P a tric k Bierney,
James S i n n o t t ,
Thomas
Byrne, Edward H o w l i n , Sean O’ F l a h e r t y and K e v i n M o r r i s .
MINUTES.
The f o l l o w i n g m in utes were s u b m i t t e d f o r
s i g n a t u r e : - Minutes
(copies
ra tifica tio n
o f C o r p o r a t i o n on 1 3 t h ,
and
1 7 t h , and 2 7 t h u l t i m o *
o f w h i c h had b e e n c i r c u l a t e d w i t h the Agenda f o r
the m e e t i n g )
and on the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r Gaul s e c o n d e d b y C o u n c i l l o r Byrne
the m in u te s as s u b m i t t e d were ta k e n as h a v i n g be en r e a d ,
approved
and s i g n e d by the Mayor*
SYMPATHY.
At the o u t s e t C o u n c i l l o r S i n n o t t p r o p o s e d t h a t the sympathy o f the
C o r p o r a t i o n be e x t e n d e d t o E x - C o u n c i l l o r
death o f h is
daughter,
was s u p p o r t e d by a l l
Jo s e p h Walsh on the su dden
C o u n c i l l o r Byrne s e c o n d e d the m o t i o n w h i c h
the members p r e s e n t and by the Town C l e r k #
C o u n c i l l o r Gaul a l s o moved t h a t the sympathy o f
the C o r p o r a t i o n
be e x t e n d e d t o the F e n l o n f a m i l y on the d e a t h o f a r e l a t i v e .
Th is m o t i o n v/as a l s o s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r Byrne,
a ll
the members p r e s e n t and b o t h r e s o l u t i o n s
silen ce
s u p p o r t e d by
adopted in r e s p e c t f u l
•
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION COiViMITTEE.
A risin g
out o f
the minutes
o f q u a r t e r l y m e e t in g h e l d on the 2 7 th
untimo when E x - C o u n c i l l o r Roche was a p p o i n t e d t o f i l l
a vacancy
on the V o c a t i o n a l E d u c a t i o n Committee C o u n c i l l o r Gaul q u e s t i o n e d
the l e g a l i t y
o f C o u n c i l l o r Roche b e i n g a p p o i n t e d t o f i l l
c a u s e d by h i s
own d i s q u a l i f i c a t i o n .
The Town C l e r k ,
a t e d t h a t when t h i s m a t t e r came b e f o r e
u l t i m o the f i l l i n g
o f two v a c a n c i e s
s'-
th o s e c a u s e d by the r e s i g n a t i o n
Roche.
a vacancy
however,
intim ­
the C o r p o r a t i o n on the 1 7 th
a p p e a r e d on the Agenda,
namely,
v
o f Alderman Moran and C o u n c i l l o r
©:
Wexford Borough Council
C o u h c i l l o r s O ' F l a h e r t y and M o r r is b u t C o u n c i l l o r
Two members had b e e n p r o p o s e d a t the
. v a c a n c i e s , namely,
time
to f i l l
the
4th July,
M o r r is w ith d r e w h i s n o m i n a t i o n t o e n a b l e
if
i t was p o s s i b l e
C ou n cillor
for
C o u n c i l l o r Roche
1949
the Town C l e r k t o c o n s i d e r
t o be c o - o p t e d .
O ' F l a h e r t y was a p p o i n t e d a member o f
the
V ocation al
E d u c a t i o n Committee bu t the C o r p o r a t i o n d i d n o t s p e c i f i c a l l y
he was t o f i l l
p r e t e d the
any p a r t i c u l a r
d ecision
v a c a n c y and he
t o mean t h a t C o m c i l l o r
(Towh C l e r k )
state
had i n t e r ­
O ' F l a h e r t y was f i l l i n g
the v a c a n c y c a u s e d by tho r e s i g n a t i o n and d i s q u a l i f i c a t i o n
of
C o u n c i l l o r Roche,
O fficer
and i n h i s
letter
he had i n f o r m e d him a c c o r d i n g l y .
t o the C h i e f E x e c u t i v e
A n otice
on the Agenda f o r
q u a r t e r l y m e e t i n g on the 2 7 th u^imo was t o f i l l
th e
the v a c a n c y c a u s e d
by the r e s i g n a t i o n o f Alderman Moran and C o u n c i l l o r Roc he had b e e n
appointed to f i l l
this
been so in fo r m e d .
vacancy,
In t h i s
and the C h i e f E x e c u t i v e O f f i c e ! ? had
c o n n e c t i o n the Mayor p o i n t e d out
b o t h v a c a n c i e s had now be e n f i l l e d
that
and though the C o r p o r a t i o n had
a p p o i n t e d an non-member i n room o f Alderman Moran t h e y were l e g a l l y
en titled
to do t h i s
accordih g
t o the Act#
PUBLIC LaVriTQRY.
With r e g a r d t o the p r o v i s i o n o f a p u b l i c
l a v a t o r y i n W e x ford the
Town C l e r k i n t i m a t e d t h a t he had now r e c e i v e d
the s a n c t i o n o f
the
M i n i s t e r f o r L o c a l Government t o the P lan s u b m i t t e d and had
i n s t r u c t e d the Borough S u r v e y o r
so t h a t t e n d e r s
dbcided,
t o p r e p a r e the n e c e s s a r y S p e c i f i c a t i o n
c o u l d be i n v i t e d f o r
the w ork .
I t was u n a n i m o u s l y
on the s u g g e s t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r S i n n b t t ,
S u r v e y o r be r e q u e s t e d t o e x p e d i t e
t h a t the Bor ough
the p r e p a r a t i o n o f
the n e c e s s a r y
S p ecifica tion .
In t h i s
c o n n e c t i o n r e f e r e n c e was a g a i n made t o the s u g g e s t i o n t h a t
the ^ a rb o u r Commissioner.: were p r e p a r e d to hand o v e r t o the C o r p o r a t i o n
two p u b l i c
lavatories
on the <oiu°ys w h i c h had bee n c l o s e d f o r
some
time p a s t .
In the o p i n i o n o f
the Town C l e r k the C o r p o r a t i o n had no S t a t u t o r y
A u t h o r i t y t o take ovur
th e se 1
c o n t r o l l e d by the C o r p o r a t i o n ,
Hadden,
seconded
le g a l advice
by C o u n c i l l o r
stories
w h ich were on p r o p e r t y n o t
b u t on the p r o p o s i t i o n o f Alderman
Sinnott,
i t was d e c i d e d
to ob ta in
on the p o s i t i o n .
Acknowledgments
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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Wexford
Borough Council
of v o t e s
o f sympathy p a s s e d a t p r e v i o u s m e e t in g s
4th
were r e a d f r o m Mr• F i n t a n O ’ Connor,
W estlands,
Late Laurence Cummins,
tho l a t e
the r e l a t i v e s
of
rela tives
the l a t e
The Town C l e r k a l s o
of
The Mayor,
rela tives
of
1949
the
J o s e p h K i n g s b u r y and
Mrs. S i n n o t t .
i n t i m a t e d t h a t Mr. James McCormack had
p e r s o n a l l y a s k e d him t o
the v o t e
of
J u ly ,
convey
sympathy on the
the thanks o f the C o r p o r a t i o n f o r
tragic
death o f h is
p e r s o n a l l y r e t u r n e d thanks f o r
p a s s e d w i t h him on the d e a t h o f h i s
s o n and h i s
the v o t e
W or sh ip ,
o f sympathy
sister-in -la w ,
TENDERS.
Pour t e n d e r s were r e c e i v e d f o r
C orp ora tion B uilding S ite
the s u p p l y o f
sand and g ra frel f o r
a t D i s t i l l e r y Road.
Before
the
the t e n d e r s
werr
opened the Town C l e r k i n t i m a t e d t h a t one tefader* r e c e i v e d b y him was
n o t e n d o r s e d as su ch on the o u t s i d e
of
the e n v e l o p e as a r e s u l t
w h ich he had open ed i t as an o r d i n a r y l e t t e r ,
of
and a n o t h e r Tender
was r e c e i v e d by b e i n g f o u n d under the d o o r o f the Town H a l l a t 7 . 1 0
\
p .m . on the
1 s t i n s t a n t whereas a c c o r d i n g t o the i n v i t a t i o n
to t e n d e r
the
tenders
s h o u l d have be e n r e c e i v e d by the Town C]g>rk n o t
later
than 1 2 - 0 noon on the 1 s t .
On the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r
O 'F la h erty ,
s e c o n d e d by Alderman C o r i s h
i t was u n a n i m o u s l y d e c i d e d t h a t the l a t e
sidered.
The r e m a i n in g
th r e e
tenders
s e e n t h a t Mr. F. M. Brady q u o t e d 5 / l l d .
Mr. P. W i l s o n ,
The l a t o
t e n d e r s h o u l d n o t be c o n ­
were th en o p e n e d when i t was
per ton f o r
sand and g r a v e l ,
6 / - p e r t o n and Mr. F. McGuiness 7 / 6 d .
t e n d e r was then
per to n .
i t was s e e n t h a t ifc was f r o m
M e s s r s . M i c h a e l 0 !Rcurke and Sons who q u o t e d 6 / 6 d .
per
ton.
I t was u n a n i m o u s l y d e c i d e d t o recommend the County Manager t o a c c c p t
the l o w e s t t e n d e r ,
su bject
( F i n a n c i a l and M i s c e l l a n e o u s
t o the p r o v i s i o n s
P rovisions)
Act,
of Section 8 of
the
1932.
REPORT RE HOUSES.
The n e x t b u s i n e s s was t o c o n s i d e r a r e p o r t b y C o u n c i l l o r O ' F l a h e r t y
on b e h a l f o f a s p e c i a l Committee
houses,
i n the n o r t h end o f
in r e la t io n
t o the e r e c t i o n o f
the Town - the f o l l o w i n g
is
the r e p o r t -------
REPORT.
A Chara,
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h a t His W orsh ip , The Mayor, C o u n c i l l o r s
I have t o r e p o r t
4th July,
Buckla nd,
H ow lin ,
H ousing S i t e s
Feby.,
(a)
19 4 9 .
and the w r i t e r exam in ed the f o l l o w i n g p o t e n t i a l
i n the N ort h End o f
the Borough on S a t u r d a y ,
1 9 th
1949:-
The S e m i - d e r e l i c t s i t e
Terrace
at
the
ju n ction of H ill
t o g e t h e r w i t h the ar ea l y i n g
we recommend t h a t
and h o u s e s
to
the r e r e
S t . and S t . i^nda rs
of these houses
tho p r o p e r t y s h o u l d bo a c q u i r e d ,
on the s t y l e
o f St.
E n d a 's
or S t .
the S i t e s
and
cleared
i t a ’ s Terrace e r e c t e d
on the S i t e .
(b )
P r o c e e d i n g f r o m Wygram P l a c e
t o the Borough Boundary s t r e a m a t
Fa rnogue wo exam ined the l a n d a t b o t h s i d e s
Committee b e l i e v e
S ites
(c)
for
Stream,
far
and the
ideal^
H ousing.
through C o o l c o t s
c o n n e c t io n is
a r e a f o r a l a r g e H o u s in g S i t e
Bor ough Boundary and f e e l
t h a t the i n i t i a l e x p e n s e
vsfould be e x t r e m e l y low i n view o f
electricity
in a n o r t h -w e s te r ly
.
LanO t o tho Borough Boundary a t Fa rnogue
and the recom m en d a tion i n t h i s
the most s u i t a b l e
the f a c t
that i t
i s by
i n o r a b o u t the
o f developm ent
that water,
se w era g e and
ar e a t hand.
(d) We a l s o exam ined the o l d a l l o t m e n t s f i e l d
t h a t a c o n n e c t i o n f r o m Menapia Avenue,
St.
t h a t a number o f h o u ses
( e ) S UMMARY:
In the o p i n i o n o f
ideal s ite s
a t John S t .
and f e e l
J o h n ’ s Avenue,
Road North c o u l d be made i n t o Upper John S t . ,
provide
the r o a d ,
t h a t the l a n d i n t h i s a r ea w o u l d p r o v i d e
We th en p r o a e e d e d f r o m Wind M i l l s ’ H i l l
d irection
of
and are
of
or D a v i t t
opin ion
c o u l d be c o n s t r u c t e d on t h i s S i t e .
the Comrni.tteo the a r e a s above r e f e r r e d
f o r houses
to woulr
i n the North and N o r t h - W e s t p o r t i o n
o f the Town and t h a t a c o m p l e t e s u r v e y would be
ju stifie d ,
bu t as
a commencement we recommend t h a t a t l e a s t a P r e l i m i n a r y E x a m i n a t i o n
s h o u l d be c a r r i e d o u t by one o f our E n g i n e e r s and a t e n t a t i v e
Map
p r e p a r e d s o t h a t the C o r p o i . t i o n m ight c o n s i d e r the m a t t e r f u r t h e r
As some o f
the a r e a s m e n t i o n e d above are a t th e moment o u t s i d e
•
the
Borough Boundary we s u g g e s t t h a t i n the p r o p o s e d C o n f e r e n c e b etw een
urban and County C o u n c i l s ,
our r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s
need f o r e x t e n d i n g the Boundary i n t h i s
On the m o t i o n o f C o u n c i l l o r Byrne,
s h o u l d remember the
d irection
t o Fa rnog ue Strea m .
s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r G au l,
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it
was u na nim o u sly a g r e e d t o recommend the County Manager t o a d o p t the
nr>
t.hn f, a Prfjl imi nn rv siirvfiv of*________
4th
t h e s e S i t e s be made s o
J u ly,
t h a t tho C o r p o r a t i o n c o u l d c o n s i d e r
1949
the
matter fu r th e r *
DELAY IN COMMENCING BUILDING AT BISHOPSWATER.
A m o t i o n i n th o
j o i n t names o f C o u n c i l l o r
C o r i s h c a l l i n g f o r an e x p l a n a t i o n o f
work a t B i s h o p s w a t c r
explain ed that
Surveyor,
0 ' F l a h e r t y and Alderman
the d e l a y i n commencing b u i l d i n g
was n e x t on the Agenda,
and the Town C l e r k
the n ece ssa ? y Maps had b o o n p r e p a r e d b y the Borough
but b e f o r e
sending
them f o r s a n c t i o n i t was n e c e s s a r y
t o o b t a i n a r e p o r t f r o m the C h i e f M e d i c a l O f f i c e r and Borou gh S u r v e y o r
on the s u i t a b i l i t y
of
the S i t e .
Dr* Aughnoy had a p p r o v e d o f
the s i t e f r o m the P u b l i c ne a l t h p o i n t
o f view b u t had ta k o n c e r t a i n o b j e c t i o n s
l e d t o d e l a y bu t a f t e r
(Town C l e r k )
to
the l a y - o u t .
T h is had
c o n s u l t a t i o n w i t h the Deputy Co. Manager he
had d e c i d e d t o f o r w a r d the Map and r e p o r t
Department and t o l e a v e
t o the
the q u e s t i o n o f L a y - o u t t o be d e c i d o d by ctho
Planning O f f i c e r s .
C . P. 0 . CORRY»S TERRACE.
As r e g a r d s C o r r y ’ s T e r r a c e
the Tov/n C l e r k i n t i m a t e d
Q om pulsory P u rcha se Order o n l y became o p e r a t i v e
a commencement v/ould be made d u r i n g
t h a t tho
this
the week on t r i a l
day and t h a t
h oles f o r
the
d e v e lo p m e n t o f the S i t e .
In th is
c o n n e c t i o n r e f e r e n c e v/as made t o th e danger o f s k i l l e d
tr adesmen l e a v i n g the Town i f
thejr th o u g h t t h e r e was any danger o f
a b r e a k i n the c o n t i n u i t y o f
th eir
y/as made t o the f a c t
t h e s e Schemes wore s t a r t e d work c o u l d
be g i v e n t o u n s k i l l e d
that i f
employment and as wej.1 r e f e r e n o o
.Yorkers ,
SCAVENGING.
In a c c o r d a n c e w i t h N o t i c e g i v e n A id e mar. C o r i s h moved t h a t the number
o f S t r e e t Sweepers s h o u l d be i n c r e a s e d .
p r o p o s e d t h a t the m a t t e r be r e f e r r e d . t o
C o u n c i l l o r M o r r is h o w ev er ,
a Committee f o r
e x a m i n a t i o n and C o u n c i l l o r C ’ F l a h e r t y s e c o n d e d .
c o m p le t e
On a show o f hands
S i x v o t e d f o r C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s ; s amendment and f o u r a g a i n s t and
C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s ’ s m o t i o n v/as d e c l a r e d c a r r i e d .
//as as k e d t o o b t a i n c o m p l e t e d e t a i l s ,
The County Manager
f r o m tho Borough S u r v e y o r as
t h i s c o n n e cCouncil
tion re feren ce
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to the p r e s e n t s c a v e n g i n g s y s t e m .
was
■ __________________________ _____________________________________________ ______________________________________
4 t h Ju ly, 1949.
made t o g r a s s
g r o w i n g i n the S t r e e t s
the Borough S u r v e y o r
t o have t h i s m a t t e r a t t e n d e d t o .
C o m p la in t was a l s o made r e g a r d i n g
had r e c e n t l y b e e n t a r r e d ,
S u r v e y o r t o have
and i t was d e c i d e d t o i n s t r u c t
this
the c o n d i t i o n o f G i b s o n S t . w h i c h
and i t v/as d e c i d e d t o ask the Borough
c o v e r e d s o t h a t t a r would n o t be c a r r i e d i n t o
p e o p le ’ s houses,
I t v/as alslo d e c i d e d t o as k tho Borough S u r v e y o r t o r e p o r t a t the
at
n e x t m e e t i n g ;/ w h i c h he v/as t o be i n a t t e n d a n c e ) on tho c o s t o f
/
resu rfa cin g P a tr ic k 's
S q u a re ,
E n g i n e e r was t o bo c a l l e d
to
and the a t t e n t i o n o f
the f a c t
the County
t h a t g r a s s was grov /ing on
T r in it y St *
A letter
f r c m the Trades C o u n c i l re employment o f a p p r e n t i c e s
on
H ousin g Schemes was c o n s i d e r e d s a t i s f a c t o r y .
With
reference
to a dJsaussion at a previous
v/as made r e g a r d i n g an A r t i c l e
The Tov/n, w h i c h v/as r e f e r r e d
m e e t i n g v/hen c o m p l a i n t
i n the Sunday C h r o n i c l e a b o u t r a t e
t o the C o r p o r a t i o n S o l i c i t o r ,
in
Mr. O ’ Connor
r e p l i e d as f o l l o w s
7/e ar e
obliged
copy of
t o you f o r y o u r l e t t e r
of
the 2 0 th i n s t .
en closin g
the Sunday C h r o n i c l e v/hich v/e have r e a d and w h i c h we fceturs..
We are v e r y i n t e r e s t e d
t o r e a d t h a t the Sunday C h r o n i c l e R e p o r t o r
has s e e n r a t s
of cats
the s i z e
i s a n y t h i n g ~~ t i o n q b ' 1*> i n t h i s
The o n l y a d v i c e
eize
of cats
referred
to
- or g r a v e s
is
t h a t anyone who s u e s r a t s
tov/n s h o u l d h t once r u s h t o take
t o m in utes
Ib a r 's
th a t t h i s be p r o v i d e d ,
the
the p l e d g e .
o f l a s t m e e t i n g when C o u n c i l l o r S i n n o t t
the n e c e s s i t y f o r
at S t .
We do n o t t h i n k t h e r e
report.
t h a t we can g i v e
in this
With r e f e r e n c e
in W exford.
the p r o v i s i o n
o f an o rna m en tal c o v e r
Cem etery C o u n c i l l o r S i n n o t t now p r o p o s e d
The m o t i o n v/as s e c o n d e d by C o u n c i l l o r Byrne
and i t v/as d e c i d e d t o ask the Borough S u r v e y o r t o s u b m it a d e s i g n .
Progress re p o rts
C o m p l e t i o n o^
on the e r e c t i o n
o f 72 h o u s e s a t S l i p p e r y Green and
~ r n flH n « r j
Hoad were s u b m i t t e d and c o n s i d e r e d
s a t i s f a c t o r y c.
^
A s u g g e s t i o n t h a t d r a i n i n g r a c k s s h o u l d be p r o v i d e d f o r
these houses
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b u t a d e c i s i o n v/as d e f e r r e d t o the n e x t
t a c o s t o f 3 0 / - e a c h v/as p r o p o s e d b y Alderman ^adden and s e c o n d e d
cy C o u n c i l l o r S i n n ^ t t ,
4th
m eeting
J u ly,
1949,
o f the G e n o r a l P u r p o s e s C o m m itt e e .
The n e x t b u s i n e s s was t o a p p o i n t d e l e g a t e s
Conference
t o a t t e n d the Annual
o f the A s s o c i a t i o n o f M u n i c i p a l A u t h o r i t i e s
on the 2 7 t h 2 8 th and 2 9 t h
September.
of xr e la n d
^=^3^
C o u n cillo r Sinnott proposed
t h a t the d e l e g a t e s who a t t e n d e d l a s t y e a r be r e a p p o i n t e d ,
namely
_____
Alderm an Hadden and C o u n c i l l o r G a u l.
C o u n cillo r B ierncy seconded.
C o u n c i l l o r Hov/lin,
t h a t C o u n c i l l o r Byrno be one o f
the d e l e g a t e s ,
however p r o p o s e d
C o u n c i l l o r M o r r is
seconded.
C ou n cillor
delegates
Byrne p r o p o s e d t h a t C o u n c i l l o r M o r r is bo one o f
and C o u n c i l l o r
®’F lah erty seconded,
the
and on a P o l l b e i n g
taken t h e r e v o t e d f o r Alderm an “ a d d e n : C ou n cillors
Sinnott,
F o r C o u n c i l l o r G a u l:
B ierney,
G a u l, Aldorman Haddon and C o r i s h . . . . ( 5 ) .
C ou n cillors
S innott,
Bierney,
G au l, Alderman
Ha dden •. ............... .............................................................................................5) .
For C o u n c i l l o r M o r r i s : C ou n cillors.
O 'F la h o rty ,
How lin,
Byrne,
M o r r i s and the Mayor.
(5).
H ow lin,
Byrne,
M o r r i s and the Mayor
(5).
For C o u n c i l l o r J^yrne : C ou n cillor
: 0 ’Flaherty,
I t was s e e n t h a t the f o u r
and tho iua y o r gave h i s
c a n d i d a t e s had e a c h o b t a i n e d f i v e
c a s tin g vote
in favou r
votes
of C ou n cillors
M orris
and Byrne who wore d e c l a r e d a p p o i n t e d .
S u g g e s t e d m o t i o n s by Alderman Hadden f o r
C o n f e r e n c e were a d j o u r n e d to
to enable
the G e n e r a l P u r p o s e s Committee M e e ti n g
them to be put i n t o p r o p e r f o r m f o r
lengthy d is c u s s io n
took p la ce
the water s u p p l y to
the use o f
out t h a t i t
discu ssion .
'A
on the p r e s e n t s e r i o u s p o s i t i o n
of
the Town when a c o m p l e t e r e p o r t was g i v e n on
the p o s i t i o n and ^teps
of
the c o n s i d e r a t i o n o f the
ta ken t o c o n s e r v e
the s u p p l y .
tho John S t . w a t e r was r e f e r r e d
was p r o p o s e d t o c h l o r i n a t e
the
The q u e s t i o n
t o and i t was p o i n t e d
John S t .
R e s e r v o i r and
c o n n e c t i t w i t h the Town S u p p l y to a l i m i t e d a r e a .
C o u n c illo r M orris,
however,
p r o p o s e d t h a t the c o c k i n John S t .
should
bo c o n n e c t e d and t h i s p u t w i t h f a V o u r amongst the members.
as
r e g a r d s a f u r t h e r r e s t r i c t i o n i n tho hours
o f s u p p l y the M e e ti n g
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Council
i t t o e i g h t h ours
was i n f o r m e d t h a t i t was p r o p o s e d t o r e d u c e
per
d ay,
nam ely 7 - 9 a . m .
9 - 1 1 a .m . and 5 - 7 p . m . and a f t e r
on t h e s o s u g g e s t e d hours
i t v/as d e c i d e d t h a t
some d i s c u s s i o n
t h e y be g i v e n a t r i a l .
.
A risin g
o u t o f a d i s c u s s i o n on the f a i l u r e
Edenvale i t
was u n a n i m o u s l y d e c i d e d ,
of
the h y d r o s t a t s
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