CITY COUNCIL

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 137, 9 June 1905, Page 6

CITY COUNCIL

An ordinary meeting of this Council was held last evening, and attended by the Mayor (Mr A. M. ll yers ). and Mossr3 Court, Hutchison. Farrcll. Smeeton, Entricau, Bagnail, Knight. Tudehope,' Casey, Clover, Grey, and Pair. T-iS? c iiT a «w Comaittec-Lettcrs from the on. E. Mttchelson and Mr T. F. Cheesem'ntn C . nsenti 2S to act on tiie Parks Committee, were formally received. Cemetery Br!dge.-A letter from Mr R Jenkinson. containing a suggestion for a image over the cemetery gully was formally received. Spring-street.— A letter whs received from J- Merrick, asking for repairs, korbinjr and channelling of Spring-stioef. The flavor said a report was being prepared as to "the order of urgency of these works.-rteferred to Streets Committee. ;r, C Ju" oy ; stl ' PC ' t -~ A Petition from resident.-; in tins street tor improvement to the footpa ,i?, I ,.f as ' referred to Streets Committee, W illinm-stroet.—A iietition from owners Of property in William-street. cornplainiu> tnat tne road was in a disgraceful stato' was signed by X.Z. Express Co., c. Porter and Co.. and Jii. MoCrao. The Engineer reported that the work was reeeivic" •;!- tention.—Approverl. Municipal Conference.—Th» serrotu- of the. Municipal Association of New Zealand forwarded a preliminary order paper of. the business for the eonferenee next July, iae notices of motion included notices from Auckland on the following subjects;— Places •'. public entertainment: To give municipal dies power to fix the number of persons he admitted, and the scathe,' aceommn;:;on. Local Elections Act, 1004: To :-.aeiid the Act to enable two elections to take place simultaneously :n the same polling booths, under the same officials; and to enable polling booths to be subdivided U required, and deputy returning officers r.ppoiuted to preside over the various compartments. In the ease of a eitv this would enable the rolls to be divided and distributed among other sets of poil clerks and deputy returning officers, and expedite the voting.—The notification was formally received. Plan Submitted.—Plans for approval were submitted by Mr C. Arnold for a new house for Mrs Somervell, between St Andrew's Hail and Mr Harle Giles 1 college in Svmonds-street. The Engineer reported that they were not in accordance with the building by-laws.—Application declined. Little Sisters of .the Poor.—An application for free water supply to the home o. this body in Tweed-street was referred to the Streets Committee Grafton-road.—A loiter from .Mr IT itKinsou drew attention to the condition of Grafton-road between Carlton (lore-road and Khyber Pass, which he said was deep in mud. The Engineer reported that £oon had bacn voted for improving the road, but this was insufficient to do an that was required.—lnstructions to do the necessary maintenance work at onr-o were agreed to Hospital Sar,itation.-The secretary of t!i» Auckland Hospital Board wrote: : -r hare the nonour by direction of the Hospital ;:''^ : ',,. r ° the Co„m.ii to he good enough *' „? I°* Mr "«"»«• sanitary inspector, to report upon the drainage of the whole hospital grounds, and the sanitary arrancenentiiastde and outside) of all the buildlug.s. —Agreed to. Cremarue-srreet.—A letter from Mr T G. Brown asked that Cremorne-street. PonBonby, should be made passable, and that a lamp should be pur. v , a; the corner of niirfee." 1 " 03 ° fCrre ' d Iv c "omm«t «Hn' f H " ia '~ A Petltlotl ln rarll «- asking for a wharf .it ti lo Haia was agreed to Kequest Street Crossing.— A lei-tor »>o, n yi assrs t'r'Vu"" """, ' °" '-o,„„lairo<l of r!l,, stal^ oi t.ip crossing at the corner Of Furt-str.-el m\ CHBtoms-rtrMt Eosi. The v „ t£l ■- I: *,~ rS, ' i r ' r r<K to St rnpts Committee. of 2xis*-~£ h i'„ Cou s, ( ; il :l '-'-fi'ted a tender ot i.is., ,/s f rom Thl prmrlprirnf for !L °,v ~I1;T ° ( . a r " ;1(i -' : Wkmnoti I fT''-''-*• - 1 >o .Engineer's estimate was +i«i. : i ,l poa , v '' ;l? iv a dangerous condi-tlou.-ltefcired Lo Streets PommJrtee (number of Commerce Djuner.—Ou aei,.«M?,*M lusUtule -"~ The Committer, of this TiVi • on r , epo " ed as foliows:-Libriran reporting donations from Messrs TW mi,\t 0i ninpt 3'-nve volumes of generai twenty volumes ot ancient eifi<Bs!e« ...„i from Mr W. j. S poi 8 h o a eo'pv of th ■* d «* t0 " is U.vceiJency th "Governor an the unveiling of the Grey statue- Accepted with thanks. Llbj«l«jZ- rtwirtJM the number of subscribers t S i. of Zm«t r°^/trt t;s ° r th " •-"tag"*! ■ v. Lecrcation room: The Presid.-nt ng o o "he St 'frr" ry t , '"" , "' : ' ;d »&* a S jug ot .he frequenters of tlu- recreation room had been held, and the Leys InsU° tute Draughts and (,'hess Club formed the U^ b tr fl Ihe report was adopted. -•"<>*. tut tr 7onow' l^ mi ", er - - ' n,0 1 , -'' o,lntU nd °!"-«"J ine lonowing recnintner.a/;tioiis f ,r ti,,. Sheets Commlttee:_TUat h" Pn l eer ' report on ,tho cost ami -i,k-i- ,i?<',, 001 * meloiun, the Courthouse, and also Vulcan Lane and llurham-street East, with a alternative report for stone sets: that an, offe •be U.at. 11. E\ans be asked to submit in w,:u a* his allegations concerning the ro-td roller accident of loot!; that tenders be called for 25 lamp posts, frame,? and .anterns; that the engineer report on tue streets most urgently requlrlnjr Iterbms and channelling, and the amniuit that could be allocated from the estimates the purpose; that the Council confer wilr Mr Goodman on eloetrlc installation at the destructor; that thf committee bus no recommendation to make on Mr G E Omond'sl offer of a site on the Jc-rvois estate baths; the City Engineer to report on iUe cost of continuing James-street riaht across Jervois estate, and of cut ting down Lawrence-street three feet; that a lamp ?,? rl'v !f aml / e PJ J -s effected on footpath in 0 Neill-street; that Mr Way be asked to formnlatc charges in regard to the quarry and scoria pit workers' complaint: the bociety for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to supply details of complaint of carters riding on loaded drays: thai a olnch dressed kerb be laid | n ' front o ,' St Jiatthew s church at a cost of '-••>(>• "thai, sheep be grazed on Victoria Park to k«eo down grass, and that a hot-so water ro-Vr be bought for £20 10/; driver of motor waggon to be cautioned to use care when passing horses; that a detailed account of the £150,000 waterworks loans he furnished to the next meetiuc: Tramway Company to be asked to report as to a "solution of the theatre tram car difficult v.

Library f!onimiitp<\--This Committee reiiortp.fl rovrinfc of donation from G Graham n' :j letter from Bnmn do Thierry, dat oil .Vorp.rnber 11, I8i!>. The letter had been :*>- rt-ivpd with thanks and niacin! in tbe de Thierry collection. —Apnrovrd. Fln/inee Committee.— The follcwluc wvre the clairpps ndontod nf t!jp Finance Committee's report:—Mr Hansen to b° asked to discuss with th? oommitt?'P rei'!i!nt!on of traffic at Iho tram t/»nnini and the TrafTin Inappctor !>e risked to roport on the dislivntion of th« tim" tahlp ou Rntvrrlity .ift»!iinnni; and nftor 10 o"clont at night; membprs of Parliament to be nf-.kod to oppose, miy attoinnt to brh)"- the rtlmttoli-S nnder the Factories Art; thnt n proposal of the X.Z. Loan snfl Mercantile Agnnr.r Co. to distribute a divideed ot 7/ In the £ to creditors in the cst«li? of TYnllis and Co.. bctchers. be t') , that in rpspect cif a credit balnnct? of tne Costley Free Library beqnest aecnmif spplie.ition bo made for £423 worth hi 5i p.f. Gas Co. debentures.

El(Kt.rinty and tbf Hofnsf Deptruf tor— Tie ilnyor reported that Mr Crotuaiuan who arrived in Aucklaud that morniWs hat] mado :i preliminary insper-tum of the doBtrnetor. f<. soe if it eonla bf adairtPil for electric lisUting purposes. Mr Q'ooflrnnn found that it was not so .adaptable .as coijM ho dcsirwl. but hv intended to mar? a fuller examination and report. As tl'ja won'd ?oon be a liurning question he did uo t nroposo to sny more about it that niffht Mr Roodman would meet the Street Committee at 101,-j to-morrow (Saturday); nrornin»n<l disrate tUc whole qne-stion. Finally 't wr.s decided to invite all the Wnncfllors to Bttend this discussion. The Streets Committee s report contained tW- followininnmo. on the stlbjeet: "W T fiSS' BKerinp to teport on elwtrte I/wtallffl at tlie destrnctor. for v fee of'7o ™mV,