CITY COUNCIL.

Press, Volume XXXVI, Issue 5081, 20 December 1881, Page 2

CITY COUNCIL.

An ordinary meeting 61 the City Council was held last evening at seven o'obok. Brasent—Hie Worship the Mayor (Mr©ape»), Ore. Vincent, Bishop, England, Thomion, Louieson, Ayers, Treleaven, Biomt, and Bowman. An apology tor h« unavoidablfr absence was read from Or. lismbert, It was reported that the receipts foe tne pact fortnight amounted to £397 Os 63, and the expenditure to £928 3i 9d, end fchst tho credit balance at the Bank wa» £81613* Bd. A letter was read from the Colaw»I Secretary's Offioe, acknowledging receipt of intelligence that Mr Buddeokfan bed been elected Mayor. A letter wm olio received from the Department of Justio», appointing the Mayor-elect to the Commiwion of the Peace. The City Surveyor'fl report was read as follows '•— ■ 1. In compliance with the Council'smsn I have examined several of the public bnudings is ehristoburch ia order to ascertain tbey have enetained by the late earQiqoftke, end I am surprised to find that bo little injtay bss oocurred to them. Normal Sohool-The only damage sustained by this building is tho esvere shaking of one chimney stack at the j&notion et the old building, end the addition whiolnffiS last made to it, and I have been informed by we. chairman of the Education Board that thd chimney will be repaired when the school rarea* B np for the Chriatmas holidaye. Several of tho ceilings have been damaged by tho plaster oracking and falling, which appears to haw been canaed by the vibration of theceilmg }ouf> In aU other respects the ttraflding seems to ba uninjured. The Snpreme Courfcr-This buildusg does not appear to have stwteined any Mjnrj. Wesleyan chapel and school, Durham street--One etone on the exterior bf this building bas been thrown down, •which, in my opinion, arsee from Hβ beiDg improperly bedded. Ahiaißffio only indication of any damage h&vjßrwcß inflicted on the building. It is Buppoaed ti»& some of the cracke which were caused by tto settlement of the building shortly after u> erectioa have, to a very eltght extent, wieenais but there ia no positive evidence to lead w> sues a conclusion. St. Paul'e Ofaurch— t b&n carsfoUy examined tine building, both inside ana. out, and it does not appear to have antfatoee any damage whatever, in fact, the ObJ| indication of there having been any KOWgea* whatever is ehown in some very slight eradffl ■» the interior plaster work. The OathesfaJ-i find that Mr fi!ountfor¥, the snperintedmf architect, hae made a thorough and earoe! examination of this bnilding , . *»<* (torn m report thereon (which is 'iery eshenshw) 1 gather that there ia no damage which eanW" all thought to endaager the eafe^ , of bn C* in« except what may have happened totmtP*e* but as the eotuol damage to tbis porfaoa «r sco building cannot be positively deferrousd new an outelde acaffolding is erected, he has «eon> mended that a scaffold snouti beeoostooMW and the necessary repairs effected. .*' he doea not consider the apire to "®M * \ meana in a dangeroua efcate, cc » aj,A ' e ., 1 * advisable to repair it, and by it to stand the shock of another earihqnas® ebonld it occur. I have also examined a up l ** at priratobnildinge, viz.—Messrs Hobdey $*&* building, Colombo atreet.—l eeleotod this baiwing for examination because a abort time Daw a rumor waa curreafc that the budtog «» unsafe; bnt lam happy to say that there is n« the slightest indication of any flleffected***! arisen from the eorthgufthe. Mr W. Be** * buUding, Colombo street; Messrs Mason Mβ Struthera , bailding, Colombo streeS; Mesas Montgomery's building. Colombo 6tr wlT«* selected these building? for examination bsfaws they were all three e'orey buildings, and tbas» wftatbecuetom of the owners to store goods in the upper etoroje; but nptwitnstaßo lag these drawbacks to the stability of iW building, there is no indication w&ateTerj>--1 their having sustained any injury. I alep »«" enquiries of the different tenants ocrapiinari** buildinse known aa Mr Green's and »r ww dowson'a, in Manchester street, out tn<J7 «» assured mc that nothing in tea nrtm« of tho bniidings indicated any .««■«? whatever, and my own examinauoai » the exteriors waa eqnally .ffassnrmg. w*» regard to WiddoWe baildinga coisequent on the eettkment of the^ wo* WJ have iligbUv opened, but there «™*ffi indication that they faw. Oae *«»£££ severely shaken, and I nave p"!* notice to have it takes t % S jjis worka committee recommend *&¥%£s& provemeats ought tobe made to the means or c

fhonld be wqueeted to attendance at euoh places see that all doom and means of "SSfSeri noininimbert during the hours or other occasion* when a numjL*rfss?i» awembkd in the bmldings. ?*fhtS committee desire to point out to L that Latimer eqoare is being to ®lhSnow by boys playwg , Cl ? cke * lfc StreTdamage is arising from their bo doing, Council to erpreee an opiawn Tto wffir it is adTieable to allow it to «nZ£&* spading bo B? eh money toihwe the pnt in proper amditiou. 4. Tenders for Sat and timber have been caUed for to some prirate streets, and the tenders Sed were from B. H. Wood for cement, and jfmith for timber. 5. The tender of J. liaerson and Son for lamp posts wae accepted. |7Theasphalt crossing on the Boath belt has Iwsalaid.

C. Walkdin. City Surveyor. Clause S—Or. Louiason drew attention to the practice of filling tip the fangweys at- the ffifceJtHi when there was a fall house. In ease of fire thie would be attended with dieMtrooi result*.—Or. Ayere pointed out that &a latter part of the clause would meet the ewe, as it would be the duty of the police to Mβ that there were free meane of exit.—Or. Louuson said a policeman was rarely seen in &t> aseu circle.—Or. Hiorns observed that Mr Beatfcy had expressed himself as very anaoo! to make whatever provision might be thought necessary} but be (Sir Hiorn») thought it would be unreasonable to insist udan large doorways being constructed in the aide wall*, to afford an exit on to private sroperty.— Or. England suggested that the Ifcy sorovor should accompany the works the Mayor on their visits of inspection. This suggestion was agreed to, and the clause amended accordingly. Ofcuse 3-Several councillors expressed ftemielves in favor of allowing boys to play en the reserve as at pretest, and i v w«s decided fihat no action should be taken in tfao matter. -, Olatuea 4, 5, and 6 were approved. Or Bishop moved—" That the reiolntion of the sth met, fixing the rent of temporary XiL. in the market at 20s a foot, be nwiuded." A number of the present occnMntTwould be obliged to throw up their fielding* M this rent were insisted npon. Or ffiorns seconded the reiolntion. It tronld be better to allow the rent to remain as at present for another year. _ Or. Ayere supported the resolution, whioh wts put and negatived on the casting vote of the Bfayor. On Hie motion of Or. Bishop, seconded by Or. ffirons, it was resolved—" That the Fsbss be the official aewspaper for the city tot the ensuing twelve months." It was decided that the employes of the Council should have holidays on Monday, the 26th December, and Monday, the 2nd January. A number of licensee were granted. The Council went into committee, and on rooming adjourned until Monday, January 9lh.