CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1369, 7 March 1865, Page 5

CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL.

The Council met at the usual hour last night. The following members were present :< Messrs. Luck (chairman), E. B. Bishop, C. W. Bishop, Bailey, Barnard, and Ollivier. The minutes of the last meeting "were read and confirmed. The Chairman announced pro forma, that m compliance with a numerously signed requisition, he had called a meeting at the Town Hall, with reference to the West Coast. The weekly pay-sheet, amounting to £11, was ordered to be paid, as were also some small accounts, including the salaries of the officials of the City Council. The following letters were read:— Letters from some of the agents of the Eire Insurance Companies, respecting their contributions towards the expenses of the Fire Brigade. Letter from Mr. Reece, with reference to the payment of his account for the new closet-pans; lie requested payment for them, but expressed his -willingness to take a bill at three or four months in payment.

The Town Clerk reported that the pans were being rapidly sold. The Town Clerk was ordered to communicate with Mr. Heece on the subject. Letter from the assessors forwarding a fair copy of a portion of the new Ratepayer's roll, and promising to send the remainder on Tuesday next. It was decided that the Chairman and Mr. C. W. Bishop should see Mr. Nalder on the subject of the Hackney Carriage by-laws, and if no material alteration has been made therein by the solicitor, the Chairman should be instructed to transmit the bylaws to his Honor the Superintendent, with a request that he would cause publicity to be given thereto by proclamation in the Government Gazette. The Surveyor's report was read, as was also that of the Inspector of Nuisances. Mr. Ollivier suggested that the time had fully arrived when something ought to be done to render the various artesian wells in the city more useful than they are at present. Now, if a person wishes to draw water from them he lias to encounter the annoyance of wading through a quantity of mud before he can do so. In the present condition of want of funds, perhaps this was hardly the time for suggesting any expenditure—stM he thought that j some steps might be taken to remedy the annoyance at present complained of. Mr. Barnard thought that the overflow of water from the artesian wells caused nearly as much annoyance as the wells themselves occasioned benefit to the public. Some steps ought to be taken to prevent the nuisance of idle boys meddling with the taps as was the case at present. The Surveyor undertook, at the next meeting, to lay before the Council a plan to obviate the inconvenience complained of. Mr. Barnard drew the attention of the Surveyor to *he condition of the pump in the Triangle in the Papanui road; it was, from its neglected condition, becoming a public nuisance. Iha Surveyor was directed to attend to the matter. Mr. Ollivier complained of the condition of the young trees in the Town' Belts; the fences round were much decayed, and ought to be put into

Jhe attention of the Council hiaving been called to ;^ e n uisance arising from the overflow of water from — ji e /i rtes ' an well in Colombo street, near the City otel, the Surveyor was directed to make an estiat(i for the the expense of convej'ing it down Heref°rd street into the river. * blowing resolution on the subject was a Rt l "*at the Surveyor be instructed to lay t* ° ne channel, crossing from the present channel to dnw°u n^ r er cford street from the City Hotel fn> 1 1 L , fe f° l 'd street, with proper drains under OxX■: J, ,err &c 6; atSn expense of about £34." was decided that the offer of Messrs. Hadfleld

to repair luid metal the road to the rubbish reserve be accepted, and the work done under the direction of the City Surveyor. The Inspector of Nuisances was called in. and gave some information respecting the sale of the new soilpans. He announced that the public seemed to be satisfied with the arrangements made with respect to them. He had given directions with respect to the gorse hedges in the city. There being no further business before the Council the meetiug adjourned.