CITY COUNCIL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 284, 7 December 1878, Page 2

CITY COUNCIL.

[Friday, December e!] Present : all the members. A letter was read from Mr Jonathan Brougb, complaining of the ,water from a tarred gutter 'itiCollingwood-street being emptied on to his land where ic.'waa killing his frutt trees. • The Surveyor was instructed, to attend to the matter at bncfc ; : Leave wa3 granted to Mr John Scott to enclose part of Quebec-street, upon.the usual conditions.' : - .' ■.' A letter from Messrs Blick Bros., called [ attention to 'the fact that the stream -in Brook-street was leaving the bridge near their property and flowing on t to the road ; and requested that it might W|atteeded to— Cr Trask testified' to the Correctness of Messrs Blick's statement, and .the; matter w^s preferred' to the; Public Worts j Committee. " : ■ : ••-' ■'• ' 2 " '"- - ; -- • - 1 - ft •TM following tenders we rp ; received [£ or. ; constructing the sewerih-'Selwyn 1 Place:— |R. Simpson L apd J; 6fahfttn ? £87, ; /ss; R. • Henry, £88."" Both 'tenders being considered too. high, it ,^oß^ resoled to do the, work by For constructing .the drain in Hardystreet \— M'Rae and Mackay, £1 6s §d pec chain'-; Manning, ',£ 1 7a sd'| Alfred Carter; £1 9s ; R. Frater, '£l'Rs 9d' ; -'Dwyer and Jennings, £1 1 9s. The tender of M'Bae and Mackay was accepted. / v ~r.-'f A flatter was ireceived from >Mr ji Sharp tandering ,his resignation aa -Returning i : Officer for the Corporation: The resignation : was accepted, and a resolution was passed on the motion of Cr Levion thanking Mr Sharp I for his services, > ; ■ ;• r : j A request from Mr Sharp to be allowed to throw earth from his proposed excavations in Hooker Hoad into the hollow below .was referred to .the City Surveyor. > _• ., ; , A letter from Messrs Twist and Gay, 'asking for- a remission of their water rates on the ground that the. .supply for thejf; c&afrcutting machine was insufficient, was, referred to the Knancp. Committee. A letter from Mr Lambert complained that the water was drained on to his property in Victoria Crescent, andsaked that he be supplied with pipes to run it off. Agreed to, Cr tlarley objecting. •.-... A letter from residents in Victoria Road. at the Port asking that the road,, which hai become almost impassable, may be repaired. Referred to Public Works Committee. The following recommendations ,of the , Public Works Committee were agreed to: — To repair the road: to Poyntor's. Garden;. to lay on the gas at the request of Mrs Watts and others. : . The finance Committee recommended ' that a donation of £15 be granted to the Salvage Corps, to be charged to the: Waterworks Account. Agreed to, Crs llarley and . Cross dissenting. : The City Surveyor's report on the gas- : works showed that during the three months ending' NoVember'^Oth, the. consumption- of ißrunner coal had been 162 tons 17 cVt, yielding i;69tf;700 feet of gas,;or 11,404 feet per ton, The coke and tar realised jg4i f