CITY COUNCIL

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7777, 3 February 1891, Page 3

CITY COUNCIL

mi a> ' »■» Monday, February 2. The usual meeting of the Council wat held ab 7 p.m. Present—The Mayor (pre» ' siding), Crs. Goss, Cooper, Bonnington, Wood, Smith, Cochrane, Burns, Swarm, j Humphries, Gapes, Thomson, Rowe, Patrick, and Prudhoe. The receipts during the past fortnight were stated as being—General account £Mk Is, cemetery account £22, suspense account £80 Is Id, interest account £117 lls Bd. Accounts were passed for payment as under—General account £517 19s, cemetery account £8 03 6tl. The debtor balance at the Bank was stated as being £6437 3s Id. The following correspondence was read: —From Mr Thus. Brooks, Central Hotel, asking whether the urinal removed from thu front of the theatre could not be erected at the rear of his premises. Cγ. Boxninuton moved — "That the matter be referred to the Sanitary Committee, with power to act." Cγ. faMITH seconded the motion. Or. Prudhoe thought that the Council should obtain a deed of easement of the land upon which the urinal was placed before they erected it. Cr. Gosa suggested that it would be far better if the matter was referrad to the Sanitary Committee to report to the Council. After some further discussion, Cr. Prudhoe moved as an amendment— " That the matter be referred to the Sanitary Committee to consider and report." Cr. Goss seconded the amendment, which was carried. From the Avon Steam Packet Company, thanking the Council and the Fire Brigade Committee for the use .of .their fire engine to pump out their steamer at New Brighton. The letter was received. From Mr Sanderson, advocating the employment by the Domain Board of a traiued forester in their operations ol thinning the plantations in the Domain, and pointing out that the thinning and pruning of the trees of the Domain had been very badly done. Cr. Prudhoe thought the Mayor, as a member of the Domain Board, should bring the matter before the Domain Board with a view of having the matter invest- • gated. '. « Cr. Goss thought that this was a serious t matter, and should be looked into. II | trees were cut down haphazard and sold I at firewood prices, the Domain would be * irretrievably ruined. | Cr. Wood moved—" That the letter ot \ Mr Sanderson be brought before the I Domain Board." 1 Cr. Rowe seconded the motion, whicb | was carried. ; i The report of the City Surveyor waa I read as under :•—" Two new lamps have v been erected in Richmond ward, and more I will follow as soon as service pipes arrive, I which are now on their way from Eng- % land. The urinal has been removed from 'k Gloucester street, opposite the Theatre, i and placed for safe keeping in the Council ff yard. This summer the water supply In gf the street posts has been decreasing in '% quantity, which I suppose is owing to the i very noticeable absence of rain for the I last two years. The gorse and other un- 1 dergrowth round the Cemetery, the Hos- 1 pital reserve, and the night soil reserve, 1 nas been grubbed up and cleared away on I a width of half a chain. A stone apron I has been constructed from the Antigua 1 street sewer to the river, which it is | noped will prevent, for the future, any I smell arising from the sewer at the river § side. An estimate is attached hereto, £ showing what it would cost to regrade, g channel and asphalt Moa place and New 1 street." , 1 The estimate for Moa Place was £818s, I and for New street £162 16a. | Cr. Paudhoe said that at the present | time for want of funds the Council could f not carry out the work, but they % would not lose sight of the matter and f perhaps next year they would be able to 2 put this work on the estimates. , ' After some further discussion the 1 matter of New street and Moa Place was I left in the hands of the Works Committee » and the report as a whole adopted. '. The report of the By-Luwtj Committee j was read aa under: —" Your Committee has considered the application of the Cabmens' Union for a reduction of the cabowner's license fee, but cannot recommend the Council to grant it under Its present financial condition. The following licenses are recommended to be granted:— Drivers 5, owners 3, curriers 14, kerosene 5, borough stage 1, public buildings 2, carriers' dtivers 1, nawkera 8. Your Committee finds that the time has expired in which all licenses should have been taken out. A month's grace has been allowed, and every publicity has, been given of the Council's intention to take action if the licenses were not taken out by tvs 31st January. As there are a large number of licenses not taken up your Committee recommends that summoas be issued Iα batches against all defaulters." , : The report was adopted. In reply to Cr. Cooper, The Croc, Surveyor said that he bad not condemned the City Council ChambQt as unsafe for habitation. So far as he knew the Chester street station was not falling towards the river. in reply to Cr. Patrick, The jkIAYOR said that the city solicitors were Messrs Qurrick, Cowiishaw, and Fisher. Cr. Patrick gave notice of motion— " That tue agreement between Messrs Garrick, Cowiishaw, and Fisher, the city solicitors, and the Council be terminated, The Council then adjourned.