QUEENSTOWN MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 785, 26 November 1873, Page 3

QUEENSTOWN MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of Councillors took place in the Town Hall on Friday evening, 21st instant. There were present— The Mayor, and Crs Betts, Davis, Eichardt, M'Bride and Pasco. Minutes of previous meeting having been read and confirmed, Correspondence was read as follows: Outgoing —Letters to his Honor the Superintendent ; Mr George Beer, Mr R. Beetham, Mr D. Powell, Messrs Pyke, Bathgate, Reynolds, and the Goldfields Secretary. Incoming —Consisted of a notice from Messrs M'Gillivray and party to the Corporation of their intention to apply to divert water from Home (the Town) Creek. The following is copy of the letter sent by the Council to the Superintendent:— Council Chambers, Queenstowu, November 18th, 1873. Sie, —I am directed to request that your Honor would be pleased to direct that a further sum of £3OO, towards the thorough repair of the main roads within this Municipality, may be placed to the credit of this Corporation. Your Honor will recollect that this Council agreed to take £IOO for that purpose, and that such sum was duly forwarded; but circumstances have since arisen to show that the amount received is totally inadequate for the purpose, and that we require at least £4OO to pay for works already in progress. We trust that when your Honor remembers that smaller and far less important Municipalities have received larger sums in proportion for similar works of less necessity, and that the fact that the Corporation baring, in the first instance, accepted so small an amount as £IOO, will not debar us from receiving an additional sum, to be expended on such urgent works. I have the honor, &c, Philip B. Boult, Town Clerk. With reference to Messrs M'Gillivray's application for water, it was ordered that the Town Clerk instruct the Corporation Solicitor to oppose the application, on the ground that the water supply of Queenstown is so limited that all the water procurable will be required for town use. The opinion was expressed by the Council that they should oppose all grants of water to private parties where the water applied for was in the neighbourhood of the town. If it were once allowed to pass away, it could only be recovered by payment of heavy compensation. The following accounts were presented and passed for payment: — Bennetts—(carting) ... ... £l7 7 6 Caspar—(quarrying) ... ... 617 6 Thrush—(day work) ... ... 419 0 Austin ... ... ... 4 14 6 Murray ... ... ... 512 6 Jenkins ... .. ... 4 5 6 ' M'Gee 517 0 Eden 6 0 0 Sullivan 4 19 0 Gordon 7 8 6 Morrison ... ... ... 5 2 6 Jones—(progress payment, kerbing) 15 0 0 Nesbitt—(carting) ... ... 17 5 0 Roberts ..226 £lO7 11 0 Cr Betts thought the Council should at once cause the kerbing and paths of Reesstreet to be raised to the proper level. He thought the present wooden kerbing would be sufficiently good to last for many years yet. He would therefore propose, "That tenders be called for raising the kerbing in Rees-street to the proper level." Seconded by Cr M'Bride, and carried. The Town Clerk was instructed to write Mr Julius Wenkheim, requesting him to pay cost of extra work entailed on the contractor by reason of his (Mr Wenkheim) having displaced some stone kerbing erected opposite his premises at the corner of Rees and Beach streets. Also to pay certain legal costs in the matter, or proceedings to be taken. The subject of the breakwater reserve was discussed at some length by the Council, members being unanimous in opinion that it was time this valuable property was made a source of revenue to the Municipality. It was ultimately resolved, on the motion of Cr. Davis, that a sub-committee be appointed, consisting of the Mayor, Crs Betts, Eichardt, and the mover, to bring up a report at next meeting as to the best manner of dealing with the reserve. Cr Eichardt drew attention to the fact that the whole commonage on Block 1, at the rear of the town, was monopolised by one or two persons, whose sheep were running right on to the town boundary, excluding cattle belonging to the residents, and forcing them into the township—thus causing the late vexatious Court proceedings. The Council thought the subject out of their province, and the matter dropped. Tenders were opened for the construction of a stone culvert over the Town Creek at Shotover-street as under : Smith and Davis £135 0 0 M'Kibbenßros 140 0 0 J.Jones 150 0 0 W. J. Barry 180 0 0 The lowest tender was accepted, as also that of W. Shore, drain-cutting at 10s per chain.