CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2481, 15 December 1868, Page 2

CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL.

[ Monday, Dec. 14. , , The Council held their usual weekly meeting last night. Present: His Worship the Mayor, and Councillors Duncan, Ruddeoklau Sheppard, Sawtell, Andenon, Tombi and Jameson. The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. i J h j C . lerk re P° rted the receipt of £164 8s lid during the past week, and stated the credit balance at the bank to be £29718s 6d Accounts amounting to £4B 12s lid were passed and ordered to be paid. An item of £2 10s for a new wheelbarrow was referred back to the Surveyor for exThe Mayor referred to the land allotted by the Government for a cattle market, which he had visited during the week. He said he "ad been iroaole to learn whether a simple conveyance to the Council would be sufficient to give them legal possession, or whether it would be necessary to have a special Ordinance passed by tiie Provincial Council. He had seen Mr Williams, who was too busy to give a complete answer to the question at present, but he advised that the Council should, in the meantime, take formal possession of the ground. Mr Williams had promised to look into the matter fully, and it it was necessary for the Provincial Council o do anything in the matter, he would bring it forward during next session. Mr Montgomery had tendered similar advice, a- ,'..P he , Mayor ) ffoul<l suggest the advisability of authorizing the Committee to proceed at once to take over the ground borne members of the Council thought it would be advisable to have more direct sane tion from the Superintendent before proceeding to such measures, but the Mayor said his Honor had given his full sanction to the land being allotted to the Council, and it was then resolved that the Mayor, the Chairman of tlie Works Committee, and the Clerk, should proceed to the spot as early as possible, and take possession on behalf of the Council The Surveyor submitted the following list of works earned out within the city during 1868 together with a list of the unformed streets, belts, and terraces, and reported that he labour gang had been employed during the week in deepening the south drain, clearing drums collecting loose stones and roofing in the tanks in Cathedral Square. CONTRACTS COMPLETED DUJUNfI THR ykjd

- ' 1868. Stone tank, &c, High street, for supplying steam Are engine; Manchester street bridee • river Avon kept clear of waier-cress for the 12months; supplying the City Council with shingle for repairs, about £4B2—mostly used in the S. W. and S. E. quarters of the city ; 654 yards of stone channelling laid down in High street, Cuhel street, and Colombo street; 187 yards of stone channelling laid down in Colombo sircet and Gloucester street ; Cab stand iiltchcd, junction of Ulombo and High streets; 2 stone culverts junction of Colombo street and Tuam street • 2 stone culverts, junction of Manchester sireet and Tuam street; 1 do, junction of High street and Manchester street; 1 do junction of High street and Lichfield street • 1 do, junction of High sheet and Tuam street; 1 do, junction of Colombo street and Cathedral square; stone basts to lump-posts • 1 stone base to lamp-post, Market square; 1 stone base to lamp-post, junction of Casliel and High streets; 2 artesian wells, Cathedral square, for supplying water carts. Broken Metal and Caning same:—The whole of the broken metal, viz., 1000 cubic yards, purchased from the Government, has been carted to Manchester street, from High street to the South town belt, and to Colombo street, from Lichfield street to the South town belt' (with the exception of a few yards - reserved for repairs.) Trenching East town belt, from South belt to Hereford street, 'Streets s!iingk'd:—>t Asaph street, from Ulombo street to Manchester street; Tuam street, from Madras street to Burbudoea Btreet; '<t Asiph street, from the Perry Road to Barbadoes street; South town belt, from Madras street to the Gas Works road; Barbadoes street, from Worcester street to the Ferry Road ; Durham street, from Tuam street to the South town belt; Selwyn street from, the Lincoln road to the South town belt; Manchester street, from Salisbury street to the North town belt; Madras street, from Salisbury street northward, about 12 chains; Barbadoes street, from Worcester street to Kilmoro street; Montreal street, from the Papanui road to the North town belt; North town belt, from Colombo street to the Papanui road.

Streets Kormed.-St Asaph street, from the | Perry Hoad to Barbados street; Uarhadoss street, from the Ferry Koad.to Worcester street; East town belt, from the Ferry Itoad to Worcester street; I'eotpnth in Worcester street, from Latimer square to the Kast town belt; Barbadoes street, from Worcester street to Armagh street; Barbados street, from Chester street to Kilmoro Btrcet; Gloucester street, from Barbadoeß street to the East town belt; East town belt, from Worcester street to Gloucester street; Ifaat town bolt, from Gloucester street to Amngh street Gloucester si rett, from Madras street to Btirbsdooß street; Montreal street, fnm the Papaniii road to tho North town belt; Kllmare street, from Montreal street to An-1

iigtia street; Peterborough street, from Montreal slreet to Antigua street; Salisbury street, from ColonHo street to Durham street. The following Drain Pipe Culverts have been laid down during 1868 hy hired labour: Soutli town belt; Antigua street and South town belt; Oxford terrace and Montreal street; Montreal street near Tuam street; junction of Durham street with South drain; inaction of Worcester street and Cathedral square; junction of Montreal street and Papanui Koad; junction of Chester street and Antigua street; junction of Montreal street tind Peterborough street; junction of Salisbury street and Durham street j Manchester street and Soutli drain (double row of lis inch); East town belt and Kerry Road; junction of ft. Asaph street and East

town bolt t Madras street and South drain: junction of Worcester street and Cathedral •quare (; junction, of Worcester Btrcet and Jsujt town belt} junction of Gloucester street and Manchester street; Manchester street and Tree's Creek (doublo row of 18 inch) • junction of Armagh street and East town belt (junction of Manchester street and Oxford terraoe j Oxford terrace near Manchester street bridge, Gloucester street and Barbadoes. street (north side); Barbadoes street and Gloucester street (south side) • junctiou of Mandator street tnd Cambridge terrace. In addition to the above there hare been several wooden culverts laid down on the East town belt, junction of Barbadoes street and Lichfield street, &c. The following works have been done by hired labour in the way of forming, fencing and planting, &c, in addition to ordinary works :-Footpath formed and Bhingled on the South town belt, from Antigua street to Colombo street; South town belt, formed from Madras street to the Gas Works road: roadway, twelve feet in width, formed on the North town belt, from the East town belt to Colombo street; deepening South drain, from Durham street to head of drain; fencing and planting the East town belt from the South town belt to Hereford street; fencing in the North town belt from the Springfield road to Montreal street; deepening South drain from Enst town belt to Gas Works roai, The work done by prison labour is as follows :-Porming the Nortli town belt, from the Papanui road to the Springfield road • straightening and improving the bank of the river Avon, between the Gloucester street and Colombo bridges, and turfing the same. The report was approved. The following correspondence was read and considered, Letter from the Timaru Borough Council, acknowledging receipt of a copy of the Municipal Heserves Bill 1868. Letter from the Lyttelton Borough Council on the same subject, but pointing out certain alterations required in the Ordinance. The Mayor remarked that the bill having passed the Provincial Council, nothing beyond acknowledging the letters could be done. Letter from Mr Samutl Jackman, calling attention to the bad state and insufficient width of the Salisbury street drain. He expressed his willingness to widen it to 4 feet, clean it out, and keep it in order from the North Town Belt, Madras street, to the river in Salisbury street, for the sum of £ls per annum. The Council declined to entertain the proposal. Letter from Mr Quin, secretary to the Christchurch Club, asking permission to drain the premises into the side channel in Worcester street. Referred to the Works committee, with a view to remedying the grievance. Letter from Mr J. uilivier pointing out a mistake in connection with the assessment of Mr Bronton's premises in Colombo street. A cottage at the back of the shop had been put down at £4O instead of being included with the shop. It was decided that the Council could not entertain the question. Letter from the cab proprietors, requesting a reduction in the scale of fees for licences A brief discussion ensued, the tenor of which was favourable to the wishes of those signing the letter, and it was ultimately resolved that when the new by-laws about to be pasied are under consideration the reduction of fees should receive due consideration. Letter from the licensed carriers, complaining of owners of unlicensed vehicles carrying farcels. They also stated that the present stand accommodation is inadequate for the requirements of the large number of vehicles now licensed. During a brief discussion on the letter, Councillor Sheppard noticed the overloading frequently indulged in by carters in the oity : He thought the Council should adopt some ' measures for protecting animals in the same ' manner as had been done in England. A discussion ensued, but there was'nothine decided upon, and the letter was ultimately referred to a sub-committee, with a request to report thereon.

j Letter from Mr G.Oram, stating that he Had obtained promises for the whole of the money required by the Council towarda a newcart bridge in continuation of Worcester street, aud asking for the work to be put in hand as early as possible. He enclosed £7O with the letter, and 1.0.U.'s from himself and Mr Osborne, for the balanceof £2O, which was half .the estimated cost of the work It wag resolved without discussion that the resolution of the Council in reference to the bridge having been complied with, the Surveyor be instructed to prepare the necessary plans and specifications, and submit them for approval at the next meeting of the Council letter from Dr Foster giving his opinion on drainage by outlying districts into the city drains. He said Road Boards had no right whatever to use the latter, and he was of opinion that the Council might lawfully cut off all communication with them. The Mayor said he had seen a member of the Heithcote Board, and given notice in the name of the Council, for discontinuance of the Heathcote drainage into the city. He had promised to submit it at the next meeting of the Board, and also to communicate with the Spreydon Board on the same matter.

A brief discussion ensued during which it appeared there were some natural difficulties in the way of stopping the drainage, and the letter was eventually deferred for further consideration until next meeting of the Council.

The Nuisance Inspector reported that a notice served on Mrs Ashwin for the abatement of a nuisance on her premises, had been complied with; that Mr I'aterson, Cashel stree;, had bven fined 20s in the Magistrate's Conn for non- ompliauce with a similar oneami tint P. King hid been suuim>nedfor obstructing a thoroughfare by washing his vehicle in a public street, but was dismissed with a ciution.

The report was approved. Councillor Sawteil's notice of motion for considering the replies of the Itoad Boards respecting a change in the market day was deferred until something definite is known abiut the new cattle ground Councillor Sawtell moved that tenders should be mvned for the formation of Peterborough street, from Manchester street to Madras street; but Councillor Jameson stating lint the Works committee intended submitting a comprehensive report on the •hole of the unformed streets, the matter was postponed until such be brought up. iho Council then adjourned.