CITY COUNCIL.

Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7268, 26 March 1889, Page 3

CITY COUNCIL.

f An ordinary meeting of the City Council, |was held last night. Present—His Worship: ithe Mayor, Crs. Goss, Prudhoe, Grayj£[Cooper, Crooks, Manning, Brice. Patrick. j£ An apology was received for the abaenc#; of Cr. Scott. f The statement of finance for the forts night showed that the receipts had been—m General account, £346 Us lOd; suspense} account, £_7 11s 9d; cemetery, £24 5s 6dgj interest, £701 18s 3d; sinking fund, £_25§ Expenditure—General, £2066 16s Ud; susft pense, £87 103; cemetery, £8 6s BdE interest, £125 _8s 6d; sinking fund comg mission, £225; debtor balance, £5310 lOjjp |Bd. I

i The Canterbury College Football Clulj was permitted to use Cranmer square foj a football ground. j Dr. Thomas, Hon. Secretary New Zeal land Medical Association, wrote on be half of the members, thanking the Council •for the use of the Chamber in which td hold its annual Conference.

Colonel Brett wrote, suggesting th< erection of two small houses for the use oi the cabmen during the winter time. ' The letter was referred to the Works

Committee to report. i The City Surveyor reported—" 1. About* half the stone contracted for, for broken* stone, has been delivered and broken byl hand. 2. The artesian well at the cemetery is being sunk. 3. One thousand, yards of quarry screenings have been con-ii tracted for, subject to the approval of that Council, to be used for blinding. 4. M suggestion has been made by Col. Brett tqjL his Worship the Mayor, and Council* requesting them to'allow subscriptions teg be raised to erect two shelter houses forS cabmen in the vicinity of the railwajS station. 5. Two new horses have beeifi purchased for the chemical engine." vj? The report was approved. £ The Fire Brigade Committee reported-* •' Your Committee has considered the_ applications from the Woolston Towrs Board and the Sydenham Borough Coun* cilfor the use of the chemical engine in the! respective districts, offering £20 and ___» per year respectively. Your Committed, recommends the Council to accept thef former, and that a reply be sent to th* latter that the service cannot be I for less than £100 per year." | I Cr, Gray explained, in respect to the! "Sydenham service, that upon a return of, the fires in the suburbs during the last sb_| years, Sydenham ought to be charged at| [:lthe rate of £129 per year. In Sydenham! ■during the time there were fifty-five fire* 7in houses, while in St. Albans and Ling 7wood the fires had only numbered this! kteeneach or9l-6th percentage in Sydenf; liham and 2 l-6th in the other districts. §

I The report was adopted. j [7 Cr. Crooks asked if the Works Comj anittee could give a. little more pay to thJ men working in the river ? 1 ! Cr. Prudhoe said he would bring the before the Works Committee at [its first meeting. I Cr. Gray said that it was necessary now [to connect the Lichfield street station with ithe Superintendent's house and Chester [street, and it was suggested that tele' .phones should be used. He had mentioned [this in the event of the Council giving [the Committee power to go on with th. !>work.

After a little discussion, it was decidec that a report on the matter should bi brought up. The Council then adjourned.