Housing Hold Up.

An explanation of the temporary hold up in progress on the Conanby number one housing site in connection with the council’s first post-war housing installation of 30 houses was given by Mr A. W. R. Taylor (surveyor).

Coun. Collins, who asked what was been done to speed up operations, said that it was time they were seeing some houses. The chairman replied that the surveyor was doing everything in his power to get things along, but he could not make doorframes and that was what was holding them up.

Mr Taylor explained that he had visited the site twice a day and he had been informed that they were starting with some bricklayers the following day. Window frames had been delivered that day, and he hoped that they would be getting right along. The surveyor said that the request of the Ministry they had tried to cut out as much timber as possible and had substituted steel doorframes. They got a quantity of internal doorframes, but no external doorframes. He took the matter up with the ministry and was granted permission to use timber frames. They were being made for a number of the houses and it was hoped that by then the steel frames would have come through.

Amalgamation

The council decided to accept an invitation from the Mexborough Urban Council to attend a series of meetings for joint discussions on amalgamation under the Boundary Commission Act, other authorities being the Swinton Urban Council and the Old Denaby and Adwick on Dearne parish councils. It was also agreed that the council approve a suggestion that the clerk to the West Riding County Council should call a conference of representatives of the County Boundaries Committee and other councils affected by the Doncaster town councils “greater Doncaster” proposals.

Application is to be made to the Ministry of health for sanction to the election by contract of a further 54 houses on the Conanby number one site.

County Coun. Roberts reported that Mr E. Barnes, who had been appointed sanitary inspector for the urban district, had decided not to take up the post and the council were to re advertise the post at a commencing salary of £390 per annum, rising to £435, plus current cost of living bonus.