CITY COUNCIL.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 10865, 15 January 1901, Page 6

CITY COUNCIL.

ORDINARY MEETING.

f The Christchurch City Council met last ! evening. Present —His Worship the Mayor \ (Mr W. Recce), and Crs. Smith. Prudhoe, Sorensen, Wood. Cooper, Clarke, Gray, J Appleby, Samuels, Andrews, Green. Loughnan, and Morri*. An apology for absence j was received from Ci. Payiing. j The treasurer reported a d«*it balance of j £1196 19:- 6d at date. The debtor balance lat last meeting was £1989 Os 6d; receipts j wnce then total £3344 ls 2d; payments ! made £3162 Os 2d. Rates outstanding total i £1173 7s lOd. | A letter from Dr. Russell with regard to i damage to drain-pipes through traction engine traffic through the city (and another I forwarded from the Drainage Board) were referred to the By-laws Committee. I Some discussion regarding the Seventh ! Day Adventist camp, and its sanitary condi--1 tion. took place, the matter being referred : to the Sanitary Committee. i The Mayor said be had decided to call a 1 public meeting for Tuesday. January 29th, t > ditcuw the "hainesting of the Waimakariri " and it would be well to have the Council represented. This was agreed to, and it was rexolved to appoint certain Crs. to attend the meeting. Crs. Samuel--, Andrews, Cooper, Smith, Prudhoe, Sorensen, Gray, and Clarke were j appointed to act with the Mayor at the Half-Holiday Conference, Cr Clarke re- | marked he should vote for the Saturday ! half-holiday if sent. ~-,,. i Tho Mayor said it would be Cr Clarke s ! duty to hear the argument and vote afteri wards. The Fire Brlgaide Committee (reported i that the three thousand feet of new hose ! lately ordered from Dundee had come to ! hand" in good order, and recommended that Mr Danks's offer to install a hot-water service in the Liohrfield street station be ac-cepted.-—Adopted. The City Surveyor (Mr A. D. Dobson) submitted "the plan of a, bridge at the East Town Belt, which has been approved ot by ths Works Committee, which asked tbe Council's authority to call tenders for it. The Works Committee recommend the Council to accept Mr W. "Smith's tender for a morgue, to cost £531 2s. i The report was adopted. Tlie Sanitary Committee reported that tlie drains at the bottom of George street, Richmond, were in a disgraceful state.—Resolved that the matter receive attention.

The Sanitary Committee also reported: — Wutrgons for the sealed-pan system will be delivered ihis.wei-k. It was further recommended that Dr. Frengley be allowed to retain the title of " Public "Health Officer," of Christchurch during his absence in England.—Agreed to.

At 11.5 p.m., the Council adjourned for one week.