CITY COUNCIL.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 11278, 20 May 1902, Page 3

CITY COUNCIL.

The City Council mrt last night. Prts- j cnt—Tha' Mayor, Crs. Gray, Samuels, Clarke, Wood, Taylor, Simpson, Macdonald, Morris, Loughnan, Pavling, and J. T. Smith. . * The receipts since last meeting were stated as being £292 10a. The debit balance was £4874 ls Id. Accounts to the amoun: of £789 16s were passed for payment. Tha Mayor said that ho had called a public meeting of the citizsns with reference to the water supply loan for Monday next. The Council couicf also, he thought, meet on the same evening, and consider the question of the estimates. He had oaled a meeting to consider the question of the celebration of the festivities on the occasion of the Coronation. Hie local bodies had agreed to contribute on the same scale as on the occasion of the Jubilee, and the contribution of-the. City Council would be £250. The Government had also 'agreed.-to.cont-ribute £ for £of their conhibutions. The expenses of the plague cases, in the meantime had been paid by the Council. Dr. Mason, he might say, was not certain ac to the second Lyttelton case being a plague case. He intended, however, so soon as possible, tf> remove that case, together with the man Shield new at Bromley, to the site which might be seleot&d by " him. He moved, that Mr Rhodes be elected as a member of the Special. Commit tee. Cr. Smith seconded the motion, which was acreed tio. It, • was also resolved that the Council agree with the arrangement made as to the Coronation festivities expenditure, the Uovernment contributing £ for £. A petition from citizens with reference to a poll as to unimproved values was received. The Oamaru Borough Council wrote asking the co-operation, of the Council in cetting an alteration of the system obtaining as regarded the Assessment, Court, by having the vaiueis sitting .with the S.M. Itwas resolved to co-operate with the Oamaru ■Counci". as asked. The Stanroore Brass Band offered the services of the -and for the municipal concerts. The .letter -was received. The Linirood Borough Council forwarded a resolution passed e>t a special meeting protesting against the Plague Hospital be- • Lng placed at Bromley. The letter was received. The Burgesses' Association applied for the use of a room to hold their fortnightly meetings. Cr. Gray said some, time ago the Council passed a resolution leaving the matter of the use of the.rooms in the building in tbe hands of the Mayor. Cr. Clark moved —"That the request be - declined.' . Cr. OPay'.ing seconded the motion, which was i agreed to. ..-.-- - j Mr J. C. 'Maddison wrote with reference to the shop iji Colombo street, stating that he intended to erect brick and stone buildings at a future Safe, but now he intended to carry out alterations in the present building as arranged with the Medical Officer of Health. The letter was received, and referred to the Sanitary Committee. . , Messrs Beswick and Harris notified that the Church Property Trustees intended to contest their right to pay rates with regard to the Cathedral .Schcot. The letter was J received. - The Works Committee reported that as tbe committee intended proposing important alterations in the urinals -when water was available, they could not recommend planting .round them at present. The Committee had been informed that the Drainage Board had provided for the flood water of the Park flowing into drains as 'heretofore.. The Committee had in hand the question of outlets from roadside. The Surveyor had been authorised to purchase a light spring dray to facilitate, light carting work. The Committee proposed taking an .temporarily reasonably, consumable rubbish from private individuals or local bodies at 9d a load, this sum to be the minimum ehairge for any lot. A sub-Committee was considering a scale oi charges for rubbish destruction. A contract extending from month to month 'had been bade witfti W. Wait for right of removing bottles, etc., from the rubbish, he paying £5 per month. A contract had been entered into with Mr Henrickson to wind, clean and regulate tbe ' High- street clock ifor five years, at £20 per annum. He had signed a rigid specification as to time-iesping, etc. The report was adopted. In reply to questions by Cr. Clarke, Cr. Pay-Ling said the Sanitary Committee had their Inspectors . out into the city, and ■ where any insanitary premises existed tbey were atjonce reported. Cr. Samuels: f should like to ask 'the , , Sanitary Committee whether they would < provide disinfectants for tbe fish sellers, to do away with the bad smell of their fish. ' | Cr. Payling said he did not think that; ■it was the duty of the Sanitary Commit- j tee to do that. Or. Wood made a personal explanation | with reference to the charge made for the water —74,000 gallons— used at the fire at Messrs Stead and Go's, store. The claim had been paid b>- the Alliance Insurance Company. If the water which they bad! store« there for their own safety had been used, and tbe fire extended to tiheir premises, they would have had to look on and see their building destroyed.