CITY COUNCIL EXPORTS.

Evening Star, Issue 11657, 18 September 1901, Page 3

CITY COUNCIL EXPORTS.

The main features of the reports which the Various committees will present to the City Council at to-night's meeting are as under : 'the Tramways Committe-report as follows :—Your Committee recommend, tnat authority bo given to dispose of old and surplus stock at present in the possession of the tramways department by auction, as per list submitted by the general manager, ihe Committee regret that with the limited accommodation it is at present unable to comply with the St Kilda Borough Council's request for an increased number of cars to and from St Kilda in the evenings. The Finance Committe report as follows:—Your Committee recommend that with refereuce to the application from the Otago and Southland Reception Committee for a grant-of £SOO that the Committee be asked to furnish a balance-sheet, so as to show the amount due by the City Council, such balance-sheet to include & note of the sums received from guaranteeing suburban boroughs. luo Water Committee report that Mr Duncan Irishman's tender for a seven years' fanning lease, from 16th September, 1901, ■ of sections 27 and 48, block 5, sections 52, 53, 54, and 55, block 4, and parts of sections 37, 1 of 38, 2 of 38, 39, and 2 or" 45, block 4, Dunedin and Eastj Taieri district, known at M'Millan's farm, Whare Flat, with other lands adjacent, has been accepted at a rental of £l3 per annum. The Public Works Committe recommend that owing to the recent subsidence in the | footpath in Scotland street the following permanent repairs be carried out, at an estimated cost of £25, viz.:—That a dry' stone wall be erected, the filling up of tie footpath, and the asphalting of the same; and that an asphalt path bo laid down in Arthur street, between Elm row and Duncan street, at an estimated cost of £25. The Committee include an extract from the city engineer's report: " I have, in company with yourself and the chairman of the Reserves Committee, examined Queen's Triangle Reserve with the view of select-in;: a site suitable for the erection of a shellev shed for the licensed vanmen, and recommend for your consideration a site situated on the reserve immediately at the comer of High street. The building would be erected at a probable expenditare of from £SO to £6O, would be constructed of wood with a concrete floor, and the design generally to be of an ornamental character. I have made an examination of the Town Belt road from the Roslyn tramway bridge to the main Serpentine avenue road, and find that in places this roadway is in a very bad condition, the whole of the metal having been worn away, and exposing tho clay formation. A considerable extent of this roadway will require to be re-formed and remetaUcd, the estimated expenditure being approximately £115.' I desire to invito your attention to the very bad and even dangerous condition of Serpentuw avenue in that section which passes through the Town Belt leading to Mqrnington. The whole of the metal is practically worn away, exposing the clay formation, and the effect of- the traffic has been such a-s to cause this section of the road to become similar to a ploughed field. I may mention that it is in a somewhat similar condition to the West Taieri road, previously the subject of correspondence with Roslyn Borough Council. The roadway referred to will require to bo re-formed, pitched with a stone foundation, and laid with newmetal, the cost of tin work being approximately £175." • The General Committe report as follows :—Your Committee beg to report that during the past month ended August 31, 916 cattle, 6,729 sheep, 5265 lambs. 362 pigs, and 84 calves were slaughtered at the abattoir, of which 7 cattle, 2 calves, and 1 «heep were condemned as unfit for food. Inspector Snowball has been authorised to make experiments on his own account at the City Abattoir with the drainage, to ascertain whether it can be successfully treated by the septic tank systeni, at a cost not exceeding £2O.