Conisborough Urban Council – Council Houses – Petty Annoyances.

May 1928

Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Thursday 10 May 1928

Conisborough Urban Council

Council Houses.
Conisborough Tenants to be Asked to Stop Petty Annoyances.

At last night’s meeting of the Conisborough Urban Council several tenants of the Council houses, who had lodged complaints against each other for the making of noises at various hours of the dav or night, were interviewed, and at the end of the discussion the Surveyor stated that 80 man hours had been wasted according to a mathematical expert, The tenants are to be asked to obviate these petty annoyances.

Application is to be made to borrow £1,650 for the street lighting of Conanby, £3,200 for the purpose of the laying out of Northcliffe Hills, and £450 for the purchase of allotments. Twenty eight houses have been commenced by direct labour, for which £14,600 is to be borrowed to cover street, sewerage, overhead charges, and election.

The Council approved the borrowing of £11,000 under the Rating and Valuation Act and the obtaining of an overdraft of £10,000.

Several residents had complained of interference with their wireless sets through the operation of trackless trams, and the only thing the Council could do for them in that matter was to suggest the aerials should be placed at right angles to and at higher altitudes than the current wires.