CITY COUNCIL.

Press, Volume XXXII, Issue 4408, 16 September 1879, Page 2

CITY COUNCIL.

MOffDAY, gSETBMBBB 15., A special meeting of the City Ooincii «* held to oozuider the watering rate. , , Prior to the meeting the neirly tkcm councillors took tho usual deolaratioßS. Preaent—ffia Worehip the Mayo?, UU' ftapee, King, Biehop, Vincent, Cli<fw, Tayler, Ayere, Hulbert, Lambert, Wyatt, and Oufl. _ On the motion of Cr. Gapoe, seconded by iff. Ayew, it was resolved—" That & epeoifil »«>« lid in the £ be made for defrnyißg Aβ « M * of watering certain streete." Is vu ««? JT •olved to hold a epeoial meeting OB 0«obw 20th to confirm this resolution. ~. Tab closed the business of the ip?«- y meeting.

The ordinary meeting wai then fce!3« Jf ff " lent—The Mayor and al) tbe couneilloft. Tho receipts for the week wro eMBa33« a as being £235110e. ~»«,{« The general account waa »tated to pc " debit £2126 It 10d, end the arainnge **» *" count £588 Uβ 6d in credit

Bflle to the amount of £152 12) Sd «*- ---paeejd and ordered to be paid. 4VI The Mayor mM he had to congrstuwe members on being returned to the position of City Councillors, and ratepayers on having returned each c^ * " representatareß. They met for U» J»*£? under the ward ey«teni, and he »«° looking at the gentlemen returned, U»> Wi ? eyetem etarted with every good o L, the fnture. The present was a m v£gf portaut time in Municipal wonldbftvefco deal *ith the most Wβ, eubjecte, that of water eupplj and w« «> tion of a town fiSU, &o. With «*?* i*» fomey, the preliminary diffioolties cleared away by the former Canned* "jS,, would be for the present Council to«»fe how beet ia the intereeta of the «t««S important question might be decided. not intend to plaoel?leM the OWjg bneinees thai ereaiog beyond w l9 msnfr o£ the sewa! execabro for the year, which was a. *# x & nortant matter te be d " J tei» would Mk the Oonncil to *w«o '"^

on Friday evening to Miss Beatri w^to^^tSea-^eßsm^ta ""ttaatre. He again begged to opcgratnj^e/tl rubers on their return,-and, also to axpre tiatth* eleetema had term A letter was read from the Drainage Boa* -Mac attention to cotapkinU being mad Sent the condition ef a right-ef-way owne matter was, on the motion of C Hums, deferred until next meeting, the an reTM being requested to furnish an ortimat JUecoJfcof formation. _ . - A letter was read from Mr A. Appletjj atkis* that the surveyor should be instruct** to prepare an estimate of the cost of wate rapntr te fleecing the side channels i jjn«#n street west. Provided, as efficien fnjjply could be obtained, the writer though tjjit the residents might guarantee half th The surveyor, in answer to a question, aak he was not in favor of a wind pamp, at at the very time when water was most needec is the ismfflu —there was little car zh 3fie letter was referred to the works com HjJttee to make enquiry and report. _A letter was read from Messrs Wyni -spgißina and Deacon, as solicitors for Mi PmL of the BotberSeld Hotel, calling the attention of the city surveyor to the state oi the drainage from section 854 at the back oi the hotel lie matter was referred to the sanitary committee to report upon on the motion of Cr. Gapes. A letter was read from ti» fire Insurance jLßoci&tioD, remitting cheque for £90 3s Bd, being amount charged to the Council by the Telegraph Department for connecting by telegrapn the residence of the superintendent of fhe fire brigade and the fire brigade stations. A letter was read from the same association stating that they were unable to contribute toward* the cost of erecting the proposed new bell tower. It was resolved to acknowledge the two fetters. A letter was read from Mr H. C. Lanaoxe, effing attention to the bad state of the side chansels in New street. On the motion of Or. King, the matter was referred to the works committee to report Bpo9* A letter was read from Mr Hill, asking perauction to stand in Cathedral square with a galvanic battery, and promising to stand well back, so as not to cause any obstruction in Colombo street. On the motion of Cr. Gapes, the permission was given, provided no obstruction took place, asd subject to rescinding on notice from town clerk. ■ ■ ■ A letter -mc received from Thomas Cross, licensed driver, asking that the license which hid been withdrawn from him for having, been convicted of assault might be restored to Ittfrt. .. ~ The matter was referred to the by-law committee to enquire into. A Ififcfcer was read from the Bast Christehsrch school committee, stating that they wonld be ready to accept the responsibility of taking charge of the public clock intended to be erected at the Gloucester street school. The letter was received. The surveyor's report was read as follows: — " ' Ko.l. Mr Helas* contract for 2800 cable ysds cf rubble is now completed, consequently I bave been obliged to discharge most of the rtone-breakers. No. 2. Queen Bfcreefc has been formed, sMsgied, and channelled, to that there only leasiae now the iron culverts at each end to •ewnplete the work. No. 3. The metalling and rolling of the Wbately road up to the North belt has this .' TOek been oomplflted. _ No. 4. Oxford terrace east has been channaUeS, md Is now being ehingled and tha paths No. 5. During- the month of Asgnst the folJawiag building Bcsßses were granted:—Mr _ BoMnson, Tnam street; Oddfellows' Hall, Montreal street, additions; Mr Sheath, Tuara sfaeet; Mr Ports, Lmnb'e Lane; Mr Twenty»aa,Tuam street; Mr Trent, Worcester street; . Mr Aston, Peterborough street; Mr McLaren, street; Mr Holdsworth, Durham street; Mr England, Worcester street; Mr • ; Anderson, Salisbury street; Mr Loyd, Oxford terrace; Mr Goes, Normal school; Mr Haggerty, i Chester street; Mr Ferguesoa, North belt; Mr v Hampton, Peterborough street. .- No. 6. Am I am frequently beset by difficulties in emrryiEgr oat the works of the city, I think it as duty to point oat the cause of those difficulties, and how they may be remedied, or to a great extent obtiated. The financial year ends «»the 31st of March, and it has hitherto been ft* custom at the commencement of the new .ihtMwul year to make an estimate of all the work and material required for the year; .and from its feeing so late in tke season it is invariably the beamnnig of winter before I am supplied with shingle or broken stoce, and if the wet season happens to commence rather earlier tban usual, I fiad myself without the means of. repairing reads, and the contracts are almost always broken in consequence of the contractors being unable to cart over the roads in a wet and badgtate. I would therefore sargest that the estimates of broken atone aad shingle for the year should : fee made early in tie spring, so that it might be got in in the summer time, and consequently be JeUvexed cheaper and not damage the streets bo antch as it does in the wet weather, when they an soft and unfit to carry heavy traffic. Another reason why 1 bring this subject forward now is that there is a great quantity of shingle required at the present time to put on - those streets in tie {outskirts of the city where there is at present only a, narrow width of sMagta along the centie of the road, and now that tie city ia so much built on, the sides of reads in many streets are very mneh nsed, and the consequence is that each is bordered on each side by a line of soft mud, and if this mud is *: froai time to time, removed, there will remain ' feoSow places to be filled with water every time it rains, consequently I am obliged to let it reasm ts if it were forgotten or unnoticed, becm&a I bare no shingle to replace the mud if it < weretakeaont Iβ dealing with thia part of the subject, I must parbcalarlj meatton the streets in ike south-east quarter and the North belt, as in Use worst condition. Asc&jr source ef difficulty is that I am called upon ia the depth of winter to do work to private streets and rights-of-way, which cannot be so well done and cost a great deal more to do ia winter than they would in summer time, be«ides tsMeg tie available force I have at command to do work out of season instead of the sktD beiag employed to do more seasonable 2}crißg the months of May, June, and Jaly aB the men and horses should be employed in riWTning and repairing the roads if a satisfactory result is to be anticipated. v it were generally ksowa that the Council weakl sot nndertake the formation of private streets &ad work of that descrip'aon in the winter time it might induce people to bring fewtrd their Kqcests in the Bummer time, when the work would be accomplished much t&eaper, quicker, and be of better quality; the other streets of the town would also be spared Che penalty of laving heavy material carted enrer teem in the wet weather. Another grievance which is every winter fully discussed, but which I am at that time of year powerless to remedy, is the entrances to private property, private rights of way, and private . streets. These places are unquestionably an intolerable nuisance to pedestrians, but I do sot - -see thai anything can be done to remedy the evil without special legisktion tf tbe Council I -therefor* mestion the subject in ike hope th*t a iCßtedy may be found. C. WaIjKDXN, City Sarwyor. Hie report was received and adopted. The report of the inspector of nuUancee vta read, asd referred to the sanitary comHrittee, Boßie A*i»n«fM>" ensued as to the Council giving its pa'ronage as such to MrOgden's . *«E<fit on Friday next, several -oouncQlor* -expressing it as their opinion that the Council ■would not give their patronage wherever **ked by companiei. The matter then "OwppedV Or. Awrs moved— "Tbalt this CoaaeE In--struct tie town clerk to have copied for the fmdaaeo of councillors or sent to the Press far 'publication at the earliest posnbie date, «J surveyor's report, resolution of committee, both-Council and combined, with notices of ewtion,.&e., with view to prompt settlement ~ »c€ swarding premiums ci returning €o» municipal buildings." Cr.<Jape» seconded tie motion, whicfa «v *g«eedto: The Caunc3 then proceeded to appoint the as follows Works and lighting committee—Ore, Oapea (ehaiEaaa), Eaflard, an* Bang. _Knaß« committee—Crs. Ayers {chairnian), Tmeent, tad Tsjler. Sscitary committee—Cnu Xftmbert (ehsirEngknd, and Hulbert -By-law committee—Crs. Bishop (chairman), leaibert, and Cuff. " ,?*** Brigade committee—Ctfc 3!aylor (chairman), Cherrffl and Wyatt. Water supply oommittee— Cr. G»j** (chaii»»y, Ayers, CherriQ. 33« Council then adjourned, SOnCB OP MOTKHT. vt, Ajvrt to move—" Thai as nose of the

competitive designs for town hall and munith* whole of the same be returned to> theirlreptctive authors,- and ~Lhat 90----premium be awarded, but that a committee be appointed ta~go through the more highly ' design*, with a -new bf selecting therefrom the one nearest tie conditions required,- aad report to the- next meeting of the Council. Such committee to ooniist of Crs. England, King, Bishop, Holbert, Xaylor, Cherrfll, and the movar."