CITY COUNCIL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCIX, Issue 11557, 19 April 1898, Page 3

CITY COUNCIL.

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of The City Council was held last evening; present—Tho Mayor (in the chair), and Councillors C. M. Gray, W. E. Samuels, J. Hamilton, R. Kincaid, W. Prudhoe, J. T. Smith, G. Payling, H. B. Sorensen, M. Sandstein, C. Morris, A. Appleby, W. Woods and H. H. Loughnan. Tho financial statement showed ;—Receipts since last meeting—£slo Is 9d on general account, £26 4s 9d on cemetery account, £67 8s lid on suspense account, on interest account £3O Is 2d. Accounts recommended for payment, £B2B 9s Id. The debit balance at the bank on the general account was reported as £8477 15s sd, and at the corresponding date last year £6630. The debit balance to the cemetery account was £lß4l. > The Timaru Borough Council wrote asking the Council to assist in the matter of getting a Municipal Fire Insurance Bill through Parliament. Councillor Gray moved—“ That the Timaru Borough Council be informed that this Council does not consider it to be one of the functions of the General Government or municipalities to embark in any such hazardous undertaking as fire insurance.” Councillor Sandstein seconded the motion, which was carried. An invitation was received from an Addington resident to the councillors asking them to attend a meeting to ho held in the Oddfellows’ Hall, Lincoln Road, on Friday evening, to protest against the proposal to erect slaughterhouses in the vicinity of the Addington Saleyards. The letter was received. The City Valuer wrote to the effect that the valuation roll had passed the Assessment Court, and now stood at £192,313, which showed between £2OOO and £3OOO increase on the previous year. A letter was read from Mr G. Tibbs, complaining that he bad been expelled from the fish market on account, of his having been suspected of giving information to tho effect that bad fish was being sold there. Councillor Samuels, in moving that tho letter should be referred to the Sanitary Committee, said that he had satisfied himself as to the truth of the statements that fish were sold which were unfit for human food. He urged that the City Inspector should carry out the resolution, passed at the previous meeting to visit the market every morning. Tho letter was referred to the Sanitary Committee. The City Surveyor reported that the continual dry weather prevented any attempt being made to repair the streets, while from the same cause the water-carts had been constantly at work, keeping down as far as possible the dust in the city. The erection of the clock tower had made very satisfactory progress, and before long the bulk of the hoarding and the scaffolding would be removed. The kerbing and channelling of the Richmond Ward were progressing at a favourable rate, the cost so far being within the estimate. The committee appointed to consider the question of abattoirs reported that the committee met a committee from the Selwyn County Council and passed the following .resolutions(l) That the erection of abattoirs is desirable. (2) That it is desirable that a permanent committee should be appointed by both councils to collect all the information available as to the cost of erection of abattoirs, the site, method of management, and what legislation (if any) is necessary for the erection and working of abattoirs.” Your committee, therefore, asks the Council, to appoint a permanent committee in terms of the second resolution, to co-operate with a similar committee from the Sslwyu County Council. Councillors Gray, Andrews, Samuels and Smith were appointed a permanent committee. On the motion of Councillor Smith, the City Surveyor was instructed to submit to the Council an estimate for laying, say, a 9in pipe from Montreal Street south to the river, for the purpose of relieving the locality of storm water. Councillor Woods complained of the pace at which many of the cabmen drove in the city, and also of the language used, and on hjs motion it was decided to com muni-, cawith the police upon the matter, jjf