CITY COUNCIL.

Evening Star, Issue 13000, 20 December 1906, Page 7

CITY COUNCIL.

■» —Sorplns Waipori Tower.— Consideration of Committee reports was the chief business at the meeting of the City Council last- These, which have already been published, were adopted mostly as presented, though in one or two cases clauses were deleted. The' Council took in committee consideration of the supply of electricity for street lighting to North-east Valley," and of the supply of electric power to the Dunedin and'Roslyn Tramway Company, .is well as of electricity for street-lighting in the Kaikorai Valley. On both of these matters reports by the City electrical engineer (Mr Goodman) were- read. After discussion the clauses in tho Electric Power and Lighting Committee's report dfiiiinff with these were passed by the Council. As a result the City solicitors will be instructed to draw up an offer to tho North-east Valley Borough Council in terms of the electrical engineer's report of the Bth inft. re a supply of electricity for street-lighting, and on an arrangement "with that body being come to the City Council will at some future date be sisko to confirm it. As to the supply of power to the Boslyn Tram Company tho Council ratified the Committee's offer, made in terms of Mr Goodman's report, to supply power to tho Danedin and Roslyn Tramway Company's power station ;n Kaikorai Valley to operate the cable and electric tramways for :t lump sum of £SSI per annum, such offer to hold good so Ion;; as tho conditions existing when the engines were indicated are not < hanged, and the car mileage is net increased, and tui'thrr, to soooly power for street-lighting purposes at twopence per unit delivered at the power station, such energy to be charged as indicated by integrating wait-meters on the street-light-ing circuit. The Finance Committee's report, -which included a proposal that proceedings be at once taken to negotiate a fnrther loan of £30,000, at the rate of interest not exceeding -5j per cent, per annum, in the im.nner provided by the various Acts fcr the purposes, .ind further for the purposes of the Waipori Falls Electric Power Ad, 1504, was passed, and this clause w?.s suhseq'ioutly confirmed at a special meeting. —Other Business. —- The Council referred back to tho Works Committee a recommendation that an application from .Mr Robert Lochhead to place a. temporary roof over part cf his yard at rear of premises at the corner of Hope and Walker streets, as a protection for machinery, be granted for a period of twelve months, building to be removed on that date, and ereetion to be carried out under the supervision of the building irispector.—Cr Goro pointed <">ut that to grant this application a. resolution passed bv the Council tome time ago would have to be rescinded, the snicl resolution having been passed so that it should not bo said that anyone with a friend on the Council should contravene or be exempted from the building regulations. Cr Loudon spoke, in support- of an application from Nevada residents, declined by the Reserves Commit tee, in which permission -was sought to have bush adjacent to roads through the Town Belt cut back. Reports from Mr Tannock and the Council's assistant engineer against cutting back the bush were read, and tho Council decided to stand by them and the Reserves Committee.

In reference to the recommendation by the Works Committee to offer Mr Sidcy. st the rate of £4OO an acre, for a strio of imd to widen the Valley road. Caversham. Cr Wilson explained that it was a ::ase of Hobscn's choice. Tho area was approximately i-acrc, and tho cost would be £IOO. Sulisequcnllv a motion by Cr Wilson thai the Works Committee be empowered to negotiate and report to the Council re acquiring land to connect Neville street with Bums street. Parkside. was negatived by 8 votes to 7, although Cr Wilson agreed to amend the resolution br taking out the word negotiate. A recommendation by the General Committee that a brass band bo allowed to plav outside the Roval Cafe on Saturday nights was struck out on its being pointed out that this was contrary to the position taken np bv the Works Committee. Messrs D. Thoomin. G. L. Dcnniston. ind the Mayor were appointed Dur.edin Sinking Fund Ccrmnissioners for tho ensuing vear. The Mavor. and Crs Harrison, bririsley. White, Shacklock. Crust. Connor, and Rutherford were appointed delegates to attend the Conference to decide whether Wednesday or Saturday shali be the weekly haif-bolidav for shoos and shop assistants. Tenders for the erocticn of a wall and fence along the embankment of the Maori Hill reservoir were referred to the Water Committee.