CITY ESTIMATES.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19690, 6 August 1929, Page 13

CITY ESTIMATES.

COUNCIL'S EXPENDITURE.

annual vote passed.

After a brief discussion the City Council passed the estimate, for the ensuing ye*r last evening. Some <* the nrincipal items were as follows :

Water Supply Estimates. The water supply estimates for the year ending March list. 1930, gave the following:—Receipts, £38,385 13s 7d; expenditure, £33,363 8s 2d.

—~ r —• • "I Karnes of vote*. U*yot'i hononrioffl •• Staff nalarie. • • • " Travelling expenses (Mayor, councillor*, officers, and otlitrs), including »« 01 car for Mayor Revisiug valuation rolls, etc. Printing district elector* Contribution* to the Superan rinii nou Fund Maintenance 0' clocks ■■■ New Telechroa lor Tovr«r clock Court cost* Wage:!, dog catching ' Cleaning offices, chamber, roous, and windows »o Man tipal Budding* • • Rates on property the City (General) Election expenses . • Loan poil, preliminary •*- peases on loans and coats of raising loans • • Municipal concerts —bands Kepairs to Wooleton Band Kouinda Municipal concerts —maintenance, lighting, etc., of rotunda* ; • * * Doric ency on public bat&s . • Dress ing sheds Woolston bath*, repairs, caretaker's wages, water, etc., seuer, etc. Conveniences . . • • Subsidy on Phillip*town baths Assistance Opawa baths .. Votes for 1929-30. £ a. i500 0 0 88,573 12 0 150 14 6 3,000 0 0 1,278 8 4 9,797 9 10 804 9 0 330 10 0 450 0 0 6 0 0 711 19 0 520 0 0 8,147 17 6 1,088 « 0 247 10 0 100 0 0 Bfl 7 O 423 1 6 70 0 0 67 4 6 85 0 0 100 0 o 16 0 0 Land for Street Widening. 4 B. Purchase of land for street widening, Contingency Fund .. •• ».000 0 E. hi. Ueywood—Strip of land and removing buildings, er. Halton and Watford street* . . • • 1®® ® Widening Brown's road, St. Albans, purchase from N.Z. Kefngerating Co., 132ft at 15« WO Widening Little York street, Wooislou, land from Messrs Cook and Turner and four other*, £16 8s each and charge* . . MI# Widening Austin street (T. N. Pratt's property), £5 .. SO Widening Stanmore road, at or. North Avon road, land £35 and cost of transfer say 40 0 Widening Trafalgar street, in the vicinity of Henley st. 85 0 Cambridge terrace, land for widening from Methodist Church Trustees .. 34 0 Offer to purchase strip 16ft 2in wide, 141ft 11 in long, Stanmore road, River road to Haast street, from Tenuis Club .. • • 1*1 *8 Fenca on boundary of land to be transferred by Canterbury College, Girls' Bigh School, for Boulevard . . 13® 0 C. B. 0. Collins, land, ®to., for widening Stanmore road and costs of transfer .. SO 7 Widening Jerrold street, setting back fence (Sepie) .. 5 Widening Stanmore road, land 27 6 B. Y. Crosbie, land for widening Stanmore road and costs £49 Bs 3d, £1 6a costs, sav £2 . . . • 82 9 Land. Huxley and Cadogan utreets (Mrs Hole) . . 80 6 Widening Hawford road (R» I>. Harman) .. .. 85 10 i. 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 9 4 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 BtMrvws OftmatfttM. £ St. James Park (pavilion) 100 beckenham Park—Grant to cover maintenance .. 960 Cricket and football pavilion 200 Cashmere Hills Domain — Grant to cover maintenance 30 Richmond Park—Grant to cover maintenance . . 100 Shirley Cricket Club (pavilion) 150 Spreydon Domain —Maintenance, etc. . . .. 230 Subsidies on contributions for playgrounds . . 100 Spreydon Library—Converting old Chambers .. .. 87 Addington Library—Additions 750 Subsidy on U.S.A. grants unemployed relief .. 100 Milk supply investigation ,. 25 Relief of unemployment .. 1,000 ft. f> 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 d. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Work* Committee. Reconstruction— — Central : Tuam street (Barbadoes ptreet-Madra* street), tar-»ealing . - 90 Salisbury street (Dur-ham-Manchester), tarsealing, labour .. 300 St. Albans : Canon street (ColomboMadras). metalline .. 240 Linwood: Buckley's road (West aide), metalling . . 865 Nursery road (Ferry-Tuam), metalling • • 250 Sydenham: Antigua street (Moorhotise Sv., tar Brougham street) .. • • 300 Antigua street (Moorhouse av. (Brougham street), tar . • 133 Boundary Roads and BridgesConstruction — Page's road. Council's contribution . • 1,285 Dyer's Pass road. Counci 1 a contribution - ■ 350 New Brighton bridge. Council's contribution .. 1,000 Footpaths and Channels— Dean street (Packe-Bar-badoes) . • - • W B&rbadoes street (Bealey avenue-Canon) . . 200 Drainage—Pipe connexions cnr. Durham and Kilmore streets, from gullies to S.W. drain in Durham Btreet .. 174 General maintenance of drains >• - • ®00 Special Items: Balustrade at Band Rotunda . . MB Survey marks and extension of standard survey—8-year contribution—1st instalment 940 Street maintenance, including metal, grit. and tar (except for special works shown above), street cleaning, channel sweeping, gritting roads in frosty weather .. 55,818 General repairs and renewing kerbs and channels 800 Road rollers maintenance— labour and materials . . 2,800 Bridges, lowering, wing wall*, etc. (Gloucester street) Bridges, genaral mai*tenance Bridges, Si. John atreet culvert •• •• Street widening—General, inc. rounding comers .. »®0 Street widening — l»i* e * road, near Girls' High School • • ■ • SB Street widening—Cr. River road and Gloucester street Boulevard -1 57 Transport—Replace 8 Ford truck* • ; BO ° Transport, maintenance 01 cars and motor-cycles .. 073 Horses, wages, harness, hire of paddocks (includes r# placing eight horses) .. 5,800 Plant—Dust collector for hot mix plant - - '; Sew engine for tar sprayer ■ . . * * Painting and repairing plant • • * * ' Street watering—" - * 350 By Council Bv Tramway Board • *0° Sanitation refuse rM ? 0V *; Maintenance electric hides, estimate M.L.D. . . l.»70 Sanction refuse Maintenance * ' ' jqq freighters - • " * g g()0 • * 1*^0 Disinfectants ■" Destructor - • 650 Masticator • ■ Use of trucks belong inz to Sanitation Loans 1,151 Conveniences, Square Ws;e« - ' " " 'ian Light and P"*",. . •" ISS Repairs and supplies 400 Sundries • • Convenience*, Ca*hc! stree Wages •• " Light and power •• Repairs and supplies •• "0 Sundries Private works —- j...» CU lYnT of # Boulevard!' 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Cathedral square improve- ?? nt ? ■J >r ref und to Electric®! Dept. 8,000 0 0 Relief of unemployment Contingencies 11,113 620 0 13 0 1 Estimates Summarised. The following is » summary of the estimates:— Estimate, 1929-30. d. 0 Finance » n< | departmental .. Baths and entertainments .. £ 59.268 s. 3 1,224 4 0 Land for street widening Reserve* 1.97S 15.119 5 8 3 5 Municipal Market * 515 8 3 Works and sanitary .. 125.141 3 8 Cathedral square ot M.E.D. S.O00 0 O Contingency 620 13 1 £211.867 5 8 • jP 1 ® total amount voted for 192S-29 was £188,617 lis . Receipt*. e s. d. General Rates— 1927-28 and prior £1242 8s lid, estimated to produce goo 0 0 1928-29 3,866 17 9 Additional 10 per cent, on rates . . 455 0 0 Subsidy on rates 450 0 0 Licenses— Publicans" and transfers ..» 1,960 0 0 Club charters 2 5 0 0 Wholesale 220 0 0 Pawnbrokers' 30 0 0 Auctioneers' and transfers 1,40" 0 0 Septic tanks 9 9 0 Milk 83 o 0 Drain 700 0 0 Eating house 172 0 0 Dangerous goods 630 0 0 Hoarding fees 212 0 0 Second-hand dealers* .. 24 0 0 Wine makers' 14 0 0 Hawkers' 65 0 0 Advertising signs 5 0 0 Sandwich board 13 0 0 Balcony .. .. 18 0 0 Public buildings 328 0 0 Transfer of numbers 1 17 0 Coffee and ice-cream stalls 120 0 0 Scaffold 0 15 0 Keep pigs 0 10 0 Weighbridge 5 0 0 Lodging-house 15 0 0 Hairdressers' shops 44 0 0 Motor drivers 2,500 0 0 Kerbside filling points . . 66 0 0 Motor-bus and motor service 12 10 0 Motor-bus driver 2 10 0 Vehicle 680 0 0 Joint heavy traffic 1,200 0 0 Building fees 1,750 0 0 Dog registration 1,050 0 0 Pees and fines Magistrate's Court 450 0 0 Dust and refuse removal .. 1,100 0 0 Fish refuse removal 150 0 0 Taxi telephone fees . .. Carriers' telephone fees 140 0 0 83 f> 5 Weighbridge fees . — 80 0 0 Bale of indication discs. badges. by-laws, rolls. brass numbers, horses, rat poison, etc. 100 0 0 Inspectors' Sunday fees 20 0 0 Christchurch Tire Board— 5 per cent, on value of 333 8 11 property taken over . . Rents 794 1 6 Use of parks and rotundas Subdivision and transfer fees 242 0 0 235 0 (5 Commission on rates collected 0 for other local authorities 1,480 0 Sanitary conveniences _ 2,300 0 0 Interest on cost, of pavilions 16 1 0 Refunds of superannuation 6,690 9 contributions 0 Agreement fees .. «- 10 10 0 Disinfecting 2 10 0 Refunds for clerical works. etc.. abattoir, cemeteries, special rates, waterworks, Electricity Dept., quarries, 7,500 0 and traffic fees 0 Refunds, Works 7.859 19 0 Credit balance from last year 9,344 18 0 Unemployment Loan, balance of subsidy unemployment 3,576 expenditure 2 0 Refund from Electricity Dept.: Cost of Market, less de800 preciation (approx.) O 0