CITY COUNCIL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 4443, 11 May 1875, Page 3

CITY COUNCIL.

Monday, May 10. ’ L The Council met at the usual hour,- Pro* sent—His lYorship the. Mayor , and all the • ' ? FINANCIAL. " . The Town Clerk reported that the overdraft at the Bank-aniOUUtea to J 2584 10t IdJl-'--Receipts daring the week ;—City rates.lß74, £29 18a; |Wainfokariri,~£«l9* 8d; watering rate, £3 17* Id; rant ot weighbridge fotbMky;’ £6 6s; fines from, Betideht Magistrate’s, Court, ahd 'driTevs’ £3 ; kerosene, £l; rent £rotn> Market-place,' 7s; total, £55 lßs 9d. ; oi : r -forui Wages,; contracts, &o. r '(c|ty aroount), £93.10s 9d; dp (d rainage account), £296 IJ* lld. ‘ Credit inasMM, 4s 2d; - da to draihfg& - The City Surveyor reported that tenders would be laid berore that evening for iron gratingsTpr Xha'Shufeh towgr belt channels;; also lor stone tot channelling the city, samples-of .which*the Works committee bad seen j thatahou| twji;^efiadqj 6f side of the Eastr belt' dfipo»ite.st Asaph street waa no# under water; oT*hioiP prinjdpddy t; came from artesians,,m the . geptkeote-dis- r , trict. The pnly meahs bfjgpttiqg rid Of Mis water woiild he by it into the underground sewer, • r; . --r- :J ’lc -'r • A tender was accepted f pr the iron gratings.-. The tenders for stone-channelling were Be-' dined, thje-generol opinion ' being that it waa advisable: to continue the of concrete.,ohannelliqg at present goipg on- I A letter #as.reod from the Hesthcote Boad-' Board stating that they had received a petition from six! ratepayers on the-East tMvp-belt-complaining of stagnant water lying between the city drain'and. the Ferry food.' 3 The Board: therefore naked leav4;to lay pipes, to the.said water froin the side-cbahnels across the belt, so as to abate the nnisanee. ' ■- ■; On the'motion of Councillor Ick, seconded by Councillor Calvert, the letter was referredto the Works committee and Surveyor to report thereon on Monday evening next. On the motion of Councillor Raphael, seconded | By Councillor Calvert, the' Town Clerk was instructed to write to two residents' in Manchester street, requesting them to r remove tannery bark off the roadway.' Gouncfilor Gapes drew attention .to am anonymous letter which hod been sent to him,, asking for an improvement to be 'made in the' footpath between KUmore street and. the Junction [Hotel. V ‘ | .. Oounoillbr Bishop siid.that [the,matter had' already received tne attentioa'of |the Works committee, Oounoillbr Schmidt drew attention to the 1 danger arising from barrel hoops being flowed to lie in Colombo street; near the South town . The matter was roferifit fb the Works imittee. /o-'-.; i tfo.rcj.csl Councillor Jones drew attention to the. bad - condition, of : (he South teem halt, at.the .tion of streets, more especially Colombo and 'Manchester streets. KeferredtotheWorkscomniittee. { COEEBSPOHDENOk. ; A letter,;was read from Mr David Craig; [stating that he had communicated with his [hejwd to the purchoM of, £9OOO l,m§re of city ;. A letter WMjread from Mr J.Ne«teh, stating that: he. should be ‘glad' to tender for breaking SOOO to 10,000 yards, of road metal at 2s 3d per yard, commencing about the first week in July.: He had received advioec of the’shipment of ten-horse power stone-break-ing maohihery. 1 Referrbd to the Works committee. : A letter was read from ; Mr Henry Fox, containing suggestions with reference to the Lichfield street water supply. Ordered to be acknowledged, with thanks. . A litter was read, from Mr D. Campbell, Colonibo street south, asking the Council to sanction the continuation: of the side channel in course of formation past Vincent’s brewery to the boundary of Mr B. Deacon’s property on the north side. The request was granted on the usual terms. A letter was read from Mr E. Willis, St. Asaph street, complaining of a nuisance caused by Mr M'Cardell. . The Town Clerk stated that the letter had been referred to the Inspector. A letter was read from Mr Arthur Appleby, asking the Council to grant to the new boating dab the free use of a sufficient portion of the open ground between the hospital and Montreal street bridge for the erection of substantial boatsheds. The Town Clerk was instructed to makd inquiries in the matter. Me Mr Alport’s letter, the Inspector reported that Mesrs Harman: and Stevens, as agents for Lord Lyttelton and Captain Simmonds, declined to contribute towards the channelling of Manchester street, between Gloucester and Armagh streets. , , The Town Clerk was’ instructed to ‘inform Mr Alport that the work could Jbe donn only on the usual terms. •DEIVING BOUND COBNEES. Councillor Ick moved—That all previous resolutions on the above subject be rescinded. It was bis intention to move a resolution embracing three of the most prominent junctions in the city, namely, the Bank of New Zealand, comer of Colombo and Cashel streets, and High and Cashel streets,, on Monday evening next. The motion for rescinding previous resolutions wap agreed to. A letter was 'road from Mrs Zincgraf, applying for a remission of rates. ' The application was granted. I FINANCE. COMMITTEE: The Finance Committee' reported that they had made arrangeesents with the Bank of New Zealand I to. increase the overdraft on the general 'account to the amount of £3500, if required, before the time arrived to commence the collection of this year’s rates. They con? sidered it inadvisable to reduce the labour gang until the question was settled as to what grant the Council should receive from the Provincial Council. They, however, were of opinion that the men should be employed only in effecting the most necessary repairs to the streets and footpaths, as in the event of no grant being received, the Whole staff of work-: men would have to be discharged, seeing that, it would require the utmost diligence to collect sufficient rates to pay off the overdraft by Nov. 16 next, the end of the financial year.; The report #as received and adopted. batb-oolleotoe’s ebeoet. The rate-collector banded ih a return of the rates outstanding, which was about £25 less now than at the corresponding period of lost year, though the total amount of rates for that year was nearly £6OO less than this yew.' He intended to take out a batch of summonses this week._ The rfeporfc wte nioeived. INBFBOtOB’a BBPOET. The Inspector’s report was read and ap-; proved. -,.i ■-. LICpPIHLD STBBBt WAXES SUPPLY. Councillor Bishdp regretted that Councillor Hart «n|s not preterit, as he had been requested

feV'tke'iirait) committee tolUk ttm whether m had-iny luggectionl to make with T^ucrillljnn®tßr ) wrirhatherhelntended itsjjbandon it. He begged to more—“ That the xown Clerk be initruoted to .write to Councillor tEat effect." , ‘ TEo motionwas agreed td. JUI c-V i:> LICENSES. | John Hill and Peter Hamilton applied for * dfivert’ licensee. Applications adjourned for a week, for re* ports frbip the Inspector. ■ ®he Gonneilthen adjourned.