CITY COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 109, 31 January 1908, Page 9

CITY COUNCIL.

LAST NIGHT S MEETING.

; The following .attended the ordinary meet* ing of . tho City: Councils held last jiight;— The Mayor (Hon. T.i Htslop), Councillors Godber, Murdoch, :j Morrah, Hindmarsh, Fletcher, Carmtchae.l, Luke, Smith, Cohen, Ballmger, Hales, and Shirtchffe. /

.... The.'Baths .and l City Reserve* Committed ; . . rccommeirdod. that the application of tho •• Wellington Centre- of the New 1 Zealandv.'. Amateur -Athletic Association for the use of ■ . the Baa in Reserve or: Fobruary 1 for a sports meeting,- and,.far lenve to erect n barricado around tho • seats., m front' of. the Grand : > Stand -iit-the , Reserve, to :bq .re.r., • '.^r^d^for' be grant eft -tho'-'iisiiliV ■; conditions. . That., the application. ; of/tiio : . Swifts Amateur, Swimming Club for the uso if .the, .Te. Aro Baths;; oh ; February . 15 . ,! for their annual !j cairnival be : granted, ; but, . .that the, . matter of conditions bo dealt with .by the' Committee.. That the • application of the Y.MiC.A. Amateur Ath.letio Club, for'-.the use of ; tho Basin Reserve for 'an- evening sports-meeting, on. Wednes-,; . day, February 5, be. granted, ahat the rent of Mr. Henry Wright's strip of Town Belt, 80 feet wide, adjoining his property at-Mora. Street,:be.fixed at £10 per annum,.the.ter- , mination.of tho lcase.to .be subject to, three! -months' notico at any time. That the Offer , of Mr. S. W. Watson to sell to the Council six swings for erection in "the Basin Reserve for £200 be not; entertained. That tho lessees of the Town Belt sections who have . riot complied wit[i the,; condition with reference, to,-clearing of gbrse, scrub, etc., on ' their, land, bo, called upon to carry, out the , conditions '0f,., their-'.Jeases' forthwith. The:. ■•'. .Committee reported 'that they- had visited the iThorndon! Baths, "and would, recommend that;the engineer, be instructed to. raise the ■' 1 Jloyel of- the, . juvenile portion of the baths: ; ' Tlio'Committed woiild' make a recommendation. i;t a -future' meeting dealing with the , of weekly and Sunday hours the'' iba'ths should ha available. The' Committee : 'also reported that a deputation of .the Wel-' : ' '.jljngton . Swimming Association had, waited ,f. :'6n; ,t-he| Committee, and City Engineer in: ro-' r iferenco' to' tlio alteration, and enlargement ! i ,'of tho To Aro Baths. Tho Committco .would ! ibring down at the next meeting the reeonK imendations dealing with this necessary work, il . 'lho report was adopted. '. '' .The By-latfs and; Street Lighting Commit-, -j.' ; !teo>.recommended that tho request of the <•': iKhrori Borough Council for an alteration in. ! their present street- lights be granted, pro- | ivitled they pay the cost, of alteration,' a'p. j/' ' iproximatoly £40, tho lamps affected, to be ■ charged, at £2 los.: por. annum in placo" of: (, %£3 10s. per annum as at, presort; charged.-' 1 That tho application of Mi - . G. London for permission to construct four pavoment lights in' Ghu/.ncp. .and Cuba .Streets be -granted on itho' usual, conditions, as rocommended' by the City Engineer.:; llmt the application ftf Mr, •F. J., Fear for permission to erect a tem;porary, b.uildiiig,.in old Custom Houso Streot .'bo granted foe..six months, and to bo re- 1 nowablo every six', m'ontlis for a period of'thrco and a, half .-fears! ■' Tho,.Mayor said lie was not in' favour' of , the granting of permission to anyono to construct , pavement, lights,, and that lie would ■in the .future oppose similar applications. Tlio: report was adopted. . • ; Tlje Finance ,atid I'roper.ty Committee re•conimenclcd that Mr. W. Edmonds, lato care- - ■taker of tlio ICarori reservoir, be granted a compassionato .allowanco of 10s. per week; .tha(i„Mi;s.,S. Ash, widow of an old Corporation employee, be granted a compassionate -: allowanco of 10s. por week .for two years; . that,' no alteration bo' made in tlio charges for witter supplied, to the Wellington Harbour Board; "that a special .order bo passed ■affecting leases in perpetuity to the follow. itig tenants of the 'Mangabao Endowment, and, such others, as. may. agree to. the terms— ;J. D. C. Crewe, Albert Boptbam, John Monyahan, W.'Boy'dnn, James Champion, T. Mexted, 8..81y,Mi. S. James, M. Taylor, G., BpttQinley,' R. Rae, .E, A.. Sloan,. and A., . , lieeso; that Mr. W. H. Buswell, lighting inspector, bo granted a bonus.of £10 and an increase of salary of £26 for tho extra work ;done iii connection with the electrical installation at- tlio Brooklyn and Kelburne pump-. ing,'stations;Jtbat' ail.'officer bo appointed to . carry out, tho work of disinfection of,premises in the city; that- a conference bo held with representatives of local bodies and landowners', interested in the new • Hntt pipo bridge, and that delegates be appointed by this Council.to meet othor representatives', in order to finally deal with the matt-or; that tho agreement with the Wellington Harbour Board for the wood blocking of Custom House and Jorvois Quays be approved. Tho eominitt-eo reported that they had settled Mr. A. J. Ibbotson'n compensation claim for land dedicated at Cliilders Tcrraco, Kilbiruie, for tho sum of £20. Tho report was adopted. The Power Stations and Tramways Committed recommended that tenders lie called for four miles of trolley wire at an estimated cost, of £500, as recommended by the electrical engineer; that £10 bo granted to Mr. A. F. Lord for an improved attachment for an insulator that has been adoptsd bv tho Corporation. The report was adopted*