CITY COUNCIL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CVIII, Issue 13000, 16 December 1902, Page 6

CITY COUNCIL.

i '-L»-e City Council met last• evening ; pre- ? .„-ent—The"Mayer (Mr K. F-. Wigram), iin d '• /otmcilloivs C." M. Gray, J. Clarke, J. 31. 'aylcr, It. M. Macdonald, C. D. Morris, I. B. Sorenscn, W. E. Samuels, J. T. imith, G. Simpson, H. H. Loughnan and '-' " ft. Paylhig. " ' > It -was reported that there was a debit balance of £9243 3s Id. The accounts pre- * ; sented for payment amounted to £934 18s ".' 'lid, and the receipts since last meeting . aa.d been £3OOB 8s 7d. The rates collected amounted to £8314 7s 2d. The following ," special account balances were reported: Credit—Destructor and sanitary works Joan,. £572 7s lOd ; .City Borrowing Act ■ loan, £5509 4s lOd; trust account, £460 ■ Is 6d ; abattoir loan, £lBBl 6s 7d. DebitRichmond loan. £33 13s 4d; cemetery ac- ' ' count, £1274 19s Id. -." ' When the accounts were considered, ". Councillor Smith said that the expenditure «ad been increasing rapidly, and if care was lot exercised the Council would find din'itultv in payiing its way. Ho drew, the at- ■" "* ;ent*ion of "the Works Committee to the

natter. - Councillor Sorensen also commented on she expenditure, saying it was time the Council mended its ways. Tho Mayor reported that 'he had gone to Gyttelton to sec tho Morning off. On Wed- ; aesdav ha would Icava for Auckland, and •' would be awav for about a fortnight. By-law N';."l, 1903, was confirmed. Leave of absence was granted to Councillor H. Wood. . An application from E. Stewart an regard to connection with the sewer was referred to the Drainage Board. A let't'er of thanks- "from Captain Cclbeck, of the relief ship Morning, was received. The Citv Surveyor reported that as there was a stock of tar to work upon, good progress was being made in tarring the footpaths and a commencement had been made upon the streets; the work employed twenty-three extra "men. 'The footpaths were being tarred at the rate of 84 chains a day, at a cost of £l4 a mile. The following streets had been finished: —St ' Asaph, Cashel, Tuam, Lichfield and Here--1 ford Streets, from Belt to Belt, and Worcester Street from the West Belt, to Cathedral Square. • Portions of Durham, Armagh and Montreal Streets had been tarred, and this ,' -was costing 2d a. square yard, or £205 a mile. The daily consumption of tar was about 800 gallons. In low and wet places the "grass was growing very rapidly, and was' obstructing tho flow in the channels, preventing them from being kept in. a sanitary condition. To get that work done at %nce, he h-ad put on six extra men, -who iTOuldl finish the work in ,a few days. The -total number of extra hands at present was . trmenty-nine, and the works, upon which they were employed would be finished in a /few, weeks. Tho SurAyor appended a ■ Schedule showing how the men were allotted to various works on Dec. 10. ', The report was adopted. —'* The Sanitary Committee recommended, imong other things, that the report of the Duftrict Health Officer in regard to insanitary buildings should be adopted, and \rders issued that it should be given effect ho. " The committee had received only one tender for the nightsoil collection contract, ■which was higher than the present cost, and consequently was not recommended for acceptance. The committee had given' instructions to call for tenders for Oiorsing the waggons. The report was adopted. ■• . On the recommendation of the Works Committee, Messrs Triggs and Denton's tender for deg collars was accepted. The Council adjourned till Jan. 12.