CITY COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 608, 10 September 1909, Page 8

CITY COUNCIL.

CSTY EDITION.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEEB. Tbo City . Council,'mot' last evening; the.' Mayor, Dr. Newman,: presided, and there , ; ,.<-.wero also present: Councillors.Luko,.Smithy j / Cohen, Ballingor, Frost, Trevor, Atkinson, : ; Devmo,'. Fitrgorald, Carmichael, M'Laren, ■ ■ . Bhirtcliffe,:Fletcher,and Morrah.. FINANCE, The. Finance : Committee recommended: ; That no action be taken regarding tho com- ' •. plaints of'residents of Duncan Terrace, Kill' - - . < birnic, concerning. tho discharge: of stormv t -water on vto tbeir • property, as the councilh:- considered ..it was; neitboT responsible nor /.''Katlo..: fori.f'tlic'-Vdßmagothii, City En- ■ • : .i • grncer bo'authorised to oonalruct two pres.v.;. . Biiro-maiirtaining tanks of'■ • reinforced . con.crate to supply/the Nairn Street district and Kelburno ;Parado, on sites to be selected by him,. at an estimated'cost of from £400 to ii;, i : £450 each,■ corapleto with all fittings: that accounts amounting to £23,315 7s, lOd. be 'fi : passed for: payment. Iho report was adopted - TRAMWAYS. - Tho , Tramways Committee -recommended i..'' . that tho ."broken shift" cars at present runv i ji ? nmg between Newtown and Lambton Station LiVii via Cuba, Street and'Lambton Quay run : '• through to Thorndon Station at rush hours, ' and that tho Constable Street , cars disconv: , . tinuo to run beyond Lambton Station in futj U:v ture. It -was stated that the reyenuo obl ; , tamed on* the litter ears on the Thorndon sufficient to pay the wanes of tho men on the . extra ,»r. . "With the Newtown .cars running throngh to Thorndon vxrt Station, it 'was believed that the: revenue on i , '.';H'':--:..i,. , .'.th6..Thorndon..v»ectioii would, show, an increase,; as those .(mrs,.tapped -the .centre of i ' the city. The ree«himsnaatjon wae adopted. PROPOSED MILK DEPOT 1 ..Tho Abattoirs,,'Milk'.Supply; and ,'Public, i'i ■:>;■:■■■ Health iCommltteo proposed-, to .declino 'the: li ■.' v:.' " offer-.-oJ :Mr„ A.E. E. Charles to sell for f.-'i:;:: milk depot purposes his interest in a corporation* leasehold; at Taraiiaki :■ Street' ex-s-pj Jv..: <•- tension; having oightoen. years to run, for wmmitteo'.reported" that' they . .- had waited - on the 'Minister for Railways, endeavour to select 'a suitable : ( ■ site for a-milk depot' near the railway sta- ; tions. Ho. had given no- assurance, but pro- ! ; mised toig^t;a report from, his engineers as k i l- to suitable sites, and a reply was cxpccted ,/ The report was adopted: j-.S^ 'CITY SANITARY STAFF. ■ '.'. .Tho 'eAmmittee. .'also, -recommended ' re- : . the sanitary staJ./'The'-.re-port read as follows:— ;: . The' present ; staff qf the/ Sanitary - Depart-' . ;■ ment- consists . of ..'- Messrs. 'Doyle;. Watson, : : Greeks, • Foster, (who has been laid aside by t; :, illness for somo time), and Smith,- who holds; l pi - '.'temporary'..appointment.-:The:committee ; ' :; recommend-that? rrith a yiewVto the efficient i::.-. '!: reorganisation of the-Sanitary Department, M.'j'v! , tho -staff consist of Messrs. Doyle, •••,*> Watson (who.would act as Mr. Doyle's right-' .■/..■iiV;' hand man,.deal with complaints and' notices, %£$ v"! an< *' inspect'.'fruit l ,-' fish,' iind , meat , shops; res- -.. .-V (-.taurants,-an3 -'hotels, etc.), .. Greeks (whowould act as ranger and-inspector for tho r Hataitai'," Island Bay, and .intervening dissVf^/inew;' ranger(to ..be :'appqint«d for " ' » Brooklyn; .and tho western'portions, of: the • outlying, districts of the city), and three -~i qualified *sanitary inspectors:. (who 1 - would cover/the.,whole ofthe city,- approximately.' . . ,",12|000 ?houses).,_.... This would ensure every --i w vitousei_.jin^ho. city, bcing inspected at least ... , : .;. :.onco m every four. months.- 1 An effice boy ■ ; .j . .-.shouldvboi appointed, -and -oiScfc-acccruntoda-tion provided, at an estimated tost of>£34 ' ' . .colnmitteo are also strbngly of'opin- \ i°n that.fhe prompt completion of the street : .nurDber|n'giOr the- oity is, absdlutelj''neetsir^ij.... sary. to. btisuro -theisanitafyyreiSrd^'Vmhg; . properlyvk'ept. .This is necessary if the sani-' jvft'.V'ivr'i.tary inspectors' are to do -their' work eJEci- . •; ' ' not .been lin '.tnei'possossion'^of coun- >•' *' f ' N ' FIRE BRIGADE AND STREET LIGHTING '!■■■■ Tho By-laws, Fire ■ Brigade and Street Lighting .that.': the. ; V--^PPj|ic^ion^pf^ l of the SVelling- : .k? 1 Gas Company-for' permissien to shoot •j' J.: ■ '-"ilprria jTubos l '{.-at• the comp«ay's>.wflTk-, :shop at Clyde- Quay be,.grwited,-subjeot to I t-j :. , safeguards -by tho. I ; j:. ..-The- recoinmendation -was .approved- - . -.. i 1 ) LEGISLATION J • .The Legislation and ..Reclaimed :-Land-i i Comfflitteo recommended that tho (SoSubsection' r : ,!) :.■ 9, of Section.'24i) - of; the . Municipal ,-Corporaf.':!- - tions; Act,-1908,'. as. follows(1) ■■ By mserting. j l:hOSi};-. at the' end .'of. the, said seption, jthe following: 1 !•: ; - .-• r., proviso','lf ,the,.site of the .dwelling-house. .abuts on.two or.nioro streets of not-less than 5,: r),:-.-:;.'.' ; .40 .ffeetreach-in 1 ;ininfmnin''dis-' tance aforesaid hhall iti no caap excced'ls 1 , feet", (2) and" by repealing the words tViV;...:;..';!,::, "even; though .-.the.-various subseptipn3*hei;eof. i('.. ~ have not been strictly complied with" in the V . '/• 1. fifth and sixth' lines thereof. Tho-committee • • [ reported that they had considered the matter P-£■ ; v-I' :of "^i e Prif*te strgetsi in tke city:.of a widths f of 20 feet and - ,1055,-,aDd rooommendod that 1. ■: those: streets - bo: not legislated' for. ' Tto p.-::•■. : council, at previous meeting, decided not fe- to legislate, : for such strcot«,. and a further [ vi 1 : :/ (1 reason for not.tAlcing' them over now; existed, owing to:the requirements of Section. 117 of v i - the Public.:'TVorKs. Act; 1008, providing.-for i--v.-.'-. .compulsory.dedication and All ; :-tho-!.atreets ~ except .■Drninmond's Lane 'and \. • Luke's Lane were .cul do sacs. ■ The -report \ 'was adopted