CITY COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 169, 10 April 1908, Page 8

CITY COUNCIL.

FORTNIGHTLY MEETING.' , i The Wellington ; City • Council mit last, night, when there wero ... present:—The, Mayor '(Hon. T; W. • Hislop), 1 Councillor's Luko, Smith, Cohen, Ballinger, Hales; Shirtcliffe, ; Fisher,' Biss, : Fletcher, .Carmiclia'el, Hindmarsh, Morrah, aud M'Larcn. . RESERVES AND PARKS, The Baths and Reserves Committeo recommended That a post and wire fence bo erected round; the custodian's cottage at Nowtown Park,'and • that shrubs be planted inside such fence. That, Mr. W. Dobson, custodian of' the; Basin 'Reserve, be granted a month' 6, leave of absence. . That the following increases .in wages be granted:—G. White, sexton,- Bolton Street Cemotery, from Bs. 6d.'to 9s. per day; W. Dob'son, custodian of the Basin Reserve, from £2.95. to £3 per week, without' light allowance; John Heath, custodian,.Nairn,Street Reservo 'and o'thers, from Bs. 6d. to 9s. per day; A. Wilton and wife, custodians, To-Aro Baths, from £15G to £175 per annum; A. Firth and wifo, custodians, Thor'ndon Baths, from £105 to, £130 per annum. That the Superintendent of Reserves bo given power.'to, 'engage or suspend men, and, in the event of his .suspending any employee, he shall report same to. the chairman of the committeo immediately.. . . . i Tho committee also reported .that they had been in consultation with the. City Solicitor, who had prepared a draft Bill dealing with the. leasing of portion's of the Town Belt and reserves to sports' clubs for the purposes 'of forming sports' grounds, and he has submitted' the same to the committee. The committee' asked to bo authorised to take, the necessary steps to obtain legislative • power tck give effect to the same. 1; Tho. report'/was adopted. . »" / POWER STATIONS AND TRAMWAYS. The Power Stations/and Tramways' Committee recommended.-—That tenders be called* for' tho supply of' sixty-ono 'transformers, as recommended by . tho Electrical Tramways Engineer: Tli«t tbn Mini if be. allocated to a - special accident fund, to cover the; employees and the clerical scan' or the i Lighting Department under all .. Employers' Liabilities Acts, and a sum equal to tho annual premium, at 255. per cent, for' employees and 3s. per cent, for tho, clerical staff bp added annually to tho fund. Tho said fund to be credited with interest at 4-}-per cent, per annum. ■ Tho Finance and Property: Committeo reThat .the- site at Kaiwarra on which the kerosene stores stand bo sanctioned by the Council as a site for buildings for tho storage of dangerous: goods, provided buildings are erected to tho satisfaction of tho. Council; that the water main bo extended from Clydo Street, to Adelaide, Road through Avon Island Bay. 1 The Committeo _ reported . that they had accepted tho following tenders for annual supplies:—Printing, Messrs. Whitcombo and Tombs, Ltd.; stationery, ditto; firewood, Messrs. Thompson Bros., Ltd.; saddlery and dog collars. Mr. F. A. Laws; coal No. I,' Wcstport Coal Co., for power-house; 'coal (household), Messrs. Thompson Bros., Ltd.; timber, N.Z., Messrs. Stewart and Co. ; cement, imported, Messrs. Briscoe and Co., Ltd;, dol, colonial, divided between Messrs'. P. Hut'son and Co. and Messrs. Riley and Holmes; chemicals, Messrs. Kemptliorne, Prossor and Co.; explosives, Messrs. W. M. Bannatyne and Co., gravel, Mr. C. T. Smith, zinc work, Messrs. T.' Ballinger and Co.; bricks and lime, Murphy's Estate.—The report was' adopted., I s ' FIRE BRIGADE, V ' The Fire Brigado Committee reported the appointment of Cr. Ballinger as Chairman, and the acceptance of the tender of the Wellington Woollen Company for the supply of Fire Brigade uniforms for the year 1908-9. The Committeo recommended that an additional 1000 feet of fire hose bo purchased from the Napier Fire Brigado Supplies Co., as recommended by tho Superintendent of Fire Brigade.—Tho report was adopted. MISCELLANEOUS. v General accounts amounting to £14,288105. 3d. wbro passed for paymont. The By-Laws and Street Lighting Committee reported tho acceptance of tho following tenders for annual supplies:—lronfoundry work, Messrs. McKcogan Bros.; lirass and zinc work, T '.Ballinger and Co.; bricks and lime, Murphy's Estate.—Tho report way adopted. Tho Libraries Committee reported the acccptance of the following tenders for tho supply of books, periodicals, and tho work of bookbinding for tho Library:—Books, Messrs. Whitcombe and Tombs. Ltd.; periodicals (two years), ditto; bookbinding,'Mossrß. Turnbull. Hickson and Gooder.