WELLINGTON' CITY COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 97, 17 January 1908, Page 10

WELLINGTON' CITY COUNCIL.

\ •. . ———4— — ■' A meeting pf the City Council :.was.held last everting, to. transact business .mostly, 'of a 'for' ijnnl' character. There wore presentTho Mayor (Hon. T. Councillors Gqdbor, Morrah, Hindmnrsh, Hales, Smith, Luke, Flctchcr, M'Laren, Carmichael, and Murdoch. Yiw- 'i .is' '',' LOANS. ;.' .' ; |V fThc-.following. resdlutipß ) /^rc^;.lo.ans ) '..'as passed' at provious meetings,' 'wfitc confirmed: Epsqlutidns'passed at a- special"meeting 1 of the Councjl/ hold on December 5, 1907, ' ro paying off loan of £9500 for waterworks and Te-Aro reclamation: (a) authorising borrowing of monoy necessary to pay off loan j (!>) making speoial order striking special rate. Resohitions passed at a special meeting of tho Council hold on December 5, 1907, re paying off Cemetery loan of £7500: (a)-au-thorising'the borrowing of. £6000. to pay off lain; (b) making special order striking special rate.. ' Resolution passed at a special meeting of the Council hold oil December 5, 1907, making special order striking special rate in connection with tho Melrose district drainage loan of £100,000. ... ' . ' Resolution passed, at a special,'meeting of tho Council hold on December 19,'*1907;.accepting surrender of lpa,se of Section 70, Lambton reclaimed land, -city of Wellington, held by Messrs. : George and. Kersloy, ■ Ltd., and granting a now lcaso for the bsilaiico of tho existing torm' at an increased rental of ■100 per . 'cent." on the. .present rental, with perpetual: right of 'renewal for 'successive periods of, 14 years, it a ground rental only, tho rental under such renewals to be fixed by valuation. ■ SELWYN' TERRACM. - Jlpssrsi'liard and'Weston wrote asking the Council to authorise Selwyn TorVaco as' .a richt of.'way. Tliey stated 'that no further subdivision'was contemplated.- Tlie present unrecognised, .right of way was 15ft. wide, and'-had. existed for some years.. ■The' City Engineer recommended that. tho request 'bo- acccaed to, provided that no. further sub-division takes place ; that, no more houses bp, built there without the; ccmsont |of tho Council; that the right of way bb maintinned in good ; order and condition for ; all time, and, that a gate bo placed at tho entrance and looked at night. Councillor Godber moved that the request be granted, on the conditions named by tho Engineer, and also that tho owners pay for tho liglit. Councillor Hindmarsh moved to_ adjourn tho matter, and obtain a legal opinion. The-Mayor was in favour of granting tho application. It would racroly bo giving"legal sanction'to what had existed for 30 years. He saw no necessity for the gate, which he thought would be'a source of dangor. The application was made with a view to facilitate tho transfer v of some property. After 'a little more discussion it was resolved to grant the application, provided that iio further sub-division bo made; that no additional houses bo orcctcd without tho Council's consent; that tho right of way bo maintained in good order and condition for all time, and that the lighting be paid forby the owners. TENDERS. The Mayor stated that there was a very slight difference between the |wo tenders for eleOtrfc Watt meters, and tlicro were advantages in favour of tho higher ono. Ho moved that, powor bo given to.tho Mayor and tho Engjnecr' to accept' the tender of greatest advantage. This was carried. The Mayor moved' that tho lowest tender in order for extensions to the lighting station bo accepted. The resolution was carried, Councillor Carmichael dissenting.