CITY COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 228, 19 June 1908, Page 10

CITY COUNCIL.

COMMITTEES' REPORTS. The City Council ~iuet last night. Present. —The Mayor (the Hon. T: W, Hislop), Councillors Luke, Smith, Cohen, Ballinger," Hales, Shirtcliffo, Fisher, Biss, Fletcher, Carmicliael, M'Lareiij Ijfnclniarsh, and Slorrah. The Baths and City Reserves Committee recommended tlmt tenders bo callcd for tho supply of an iron horse roller for the Kelburno Park; that thoy be authorised to purchase a horso lawn mower for tho Kelburno 1 ark; that tho officers bo empoworcd to arrange with Mr. John Campbell for tho removal of turf from his section of Town e ,. > tho Wellington Scenery Preservation Socioty bo granted a subsidy of £50; tnat tho City Engineer's recommendation with roferenco to section "A" Town Belt bo. effect to; that accounts, amounting to ™ •' passed for payment, lhe report was adopted. The By-laws and Street Lighting Committee recommended that lamps be erected at Gordon Place, Newtown, Cambridge Avenuo, and College Street; and that the lamp at the. eastern end of Collego Street bo shifted lip the street ■in a westerly direction; that the application for an additional lamp in .Roxburgh Street bo not granted; that the application of Messrs. Seaton and SJadden, 011 behalf of Mrs. Levin, for the consent'of' the Co.uncil to a proposed extension of Burnell Avenue (off Park Street), ,bo refused, tiie proposed extension boing only forty feet in width. Tluj recommendations wpre approved. On the recommendation of tho Libraries Committee, it was agreed that a lotter of thanks bo forwardod to tho Education Department for placing the Public Library on Jjo department's freo list for distribution of' the School Journal," and that accounts amounting to £2 9s. lid. be passed for payment. The Finance and Property Committee recommended that a. coiMassionato allowance of £50 bo granted to Mrs. M. Brown, the widow of an old■■ corporation employee; that, with a view of encouraging the planting of tiees in various streets and public places, arrangements be made by the Reserves Coinmitteo to supplement the efforts of privato individuals, who may undertake such work'; that tho application of Messrs.- Odlin ami to have a crossing laid in JervoisQuay, opposite the Firo Brigado Station, be not gianted m the meantime; that tho removal of the old destructor buildings and alterations required to utilise tho* ground bo left in t.io hands of the City Eugineer to deal with, at an estimated cost of £150; that when the new destructor is taken over by the Gouncil, two additional engineers, at a salary i i i ? er weo ' c > be employed at the destructor; that the application of tho Railway Department, with roferenco to the Star Boating Club s sheds, bo agreed to, subject to tne City Engineer's reanirements; that tho tender of Messrs. Hutchison and Campboll be accepted for the supply of four special water pipes; that an offer to purohaso a portion of tho Corporation property at jNgahauranga be not accepted; that the offer of iUr. \\. G. Fitchett to contribute £20 towards the cost of filling up tho gully of Adams Terrace be accepted; that accounts amounting to £4926 ss. - 4d. bo passed for pavment.

.Tho report was adopted. The Legislation and Leaseholds Committee .reported that tliey have had Tho Wellington City Empowering Act, 1908, and Tho Wellington (City) Town Belt Reserves Leasing Act, 1908, before thorn. Copies of tho measures .were to. bo circulated to* tho Council, and tho committoo recommended that a special meeting be held at 4 p.m.. on Tuesday Juno 22, for the purpose of considering the measures and tho accompanying remits. The report was approved. On the Firo Brigade Committee's recommendation it was dccided that one pair of motor skids bo obtained for the motor firo engine, at £9. per pair; that .tho firo police call bell ■ in Mr. Hiklreth's house bo shifted to Mr. Wright's liouso, at a cost of £d; and that accounts amounting to £57 14s. be passed for payment. The-Power Stations and Tramways Committee rocommendedThat tho" tramway balance-sheet'bo approved; that tho request for a tramway stopping placo at Allen Street be not granted; that tho-,."-.stop oil request. 1 ' tramway stop at tho Kilbirnie Brickyards bo altered to Leslie Street, 80 yards nearer the City than, tho_ Brickyards; that tho application of the City' Engineer for a concession on his Department's coupons be not acceded to; that tho depreciation to bo charged at tjio Lighting Department bo fixed at the ratos, recommondod- by tho engineer recently, namely: buildings, 1 per cent • machinery, 5 por cent.; O. H. Mains, 3 per cent.; meters, 4 per cent.; transformers. 3 ] per cent. ;■ station tools, 10 per cent.; maps plans, ollico furniture, etc., 10 per ccnt • representing for eight months £3489, aiid that tho pnnciplo adopted in tho Tramway Department of debiting revenue with all repairs .before tho allocation of tho depreciation I fund be also adopted by tho Lighting Departmont;• that tenders be called for:tho to advertise on the backs of tram tickets •' oxejuding advertisements of alcoholic liquor' and patent medicines; that tho private light-"' mg mams be extended along the Creswick Koad to Mr. Bumey's house, provided ho pays £o. towards the cost; that accountsamounting to £802 15s. 4d., as per cchedulo attached, bo passed for paymont. The report was adopted. MISCELLANEOUS. The lowest tenders for boosters and switch-boards-wero accepted. A resolution was passed by way of special order to widen th 6 street known as Childers Terrace or llodrigo Road, in South Kilbirnio by adding to it a piece of land containing 20 perches, being part of two sections. _ iho Council, sitting as a committee of rateppers, decided in favour of colsing Leh Street, near tho Roman Catholic Convent iho street is not needed as a thoroughfare Iho motions of which Councillor Biss lirs given notice, asking for a report by tho lunanco Committee on tho intended works and also a report by the Tramway and Elcctrie Lighting Committee' on- anticipated expondituro for tho next twelvo months, were " specia * meofc " l S on Tuesday