CITY COUNCIL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVII, Issue 274, 2 December 1882, Page 2

CITY COUNCIL.

The Council met at 7.30 lasb night,. Present : The Mayor and all the Councillor?. A telegram was received from Mr Digel, the newly appointed asphalter, stating that he would be in Nelson at the end of the present month. A letter whs received fiom Mr G. Page complaining' that Mr C. W. Moore had put up a pigstye within 40 feet of his dwelling house in Toi Toi-street. Letters were received from the Secretary of the Nelson Cricket Club and from the Secretary of the Tradesmen's Athletic Club asking to be allowed to use Victory Square on the 13th and 14th inst, for a cricket match between the Auckland and Nelson teams, and the Botanical Ileserve for the annual sports on Boxing Day. The consideration was deferred until later in the evening. A letter from Mr Touet regarding the footpath in Waimea-street was referred to the Works Committee. A letter was received from Mr Gorman complaining of the chimney at Mr Kirkpatrick's Jam Factory. — Cr Little thought the Council had no right to interfere with such matters, and if they had that it was unadvisable to do so as it. might injure a local industry. — Cr Rowell thought they should interfere, as no one had a right Ho create a nuisance to his neighbors. — Referred to the Works Committee. ; A letter was received from Mr George Norbury of Wellington giving the price ojf glazed earthenware pipes delivered on the Nelson wharf as follows: — 6 -inch Is 3d; 9-inch 2s 2d; 13-inch 3s 6d each. — The City Surveyor, on being applied to, said that these prices were the same as charged by Mr Hill from whom pipes had been ordered. The Works Committee recommended that a footpath be formed from Nile-street bridge to Harper street, and a pipe laid near Harper street to carry the water into the water table in Nile street. — Cr Little here entered into a lengthy dissertation on 12 -inch pipes, but the Mayor ruled him out of order and requested him to sit down. — The recommendation was adopted. — It was also agreed on the recommendation of the Commit bee that an iron pipe be laid across the road near Mr Lightband's and the ford repaired. The Gas and Waterworks Committee recommended that the utmost vigilance be in sisted on with regard to the waste of water; also that 25 fire clay retorts be ordered from home. — Agreed to. ; The City Surveyor reported in connection with the gasworks that during the three months ended 31st October the quantity of coal carbonised was 297 tons 5 cwt of Brunner and Coal Pit Heath coal, which had yielded 3,235,360 feet of gas, being at the rate of 10,884 feet per ton. The illuminating power was 20 candles. The increase in the consumption as compared with the corresponding period of last year had been 402,100 feet. The Surveyor reported that to raise the floor of the Normanby Bridge in the centre would involve an expenditure of £130. He recommended the boring of a few additional holes. This was agreed to, also that the floor be tarred and sanded. The Inspeotor of Nuisances reported the existence of a heap of rubbish near Mr Dishers stable at the back of Bridge-street, on which dead fish and putrid animal matter were thrown, creating a most unpleasant stench. He also reported the complaint of Mr Page regarding the pigstye referred to in his letter. He further stated that there were complaints with regard to the weak pressure of water in the high parts of the town.— The report was adopted. A tender from Mr P. N. Jones offering a rental of £5 a year for the gasworks paddock being the only one sent in was accepted. — In reply to Cr J. Harley, the Town Clerk said that the lessee would have to pay the rates. Cr T. Harley called attention to the state [Continued on Third JPage.j

[Continued from Second Page~\. of Trafalgar-street north, where docks and fennel were growing; he also suggested that the footpath should be cleared near Mr Sedgwick's; also that the water tables in the Wood be cleared and tarred. - Resolved, That Or Harley's suggestions be carried out. Cr Little suggested that in laying on water the amount charged for the pip^s 1 should be on the measurement from the centre of the road. He was speaking- in the interests of the ratepayers of the Wood, whom he represented and -would continue to represent as long as he could stand. AVith reference to the applications of the Secretaries of the Cricket and Athletic Clubs, Cr Bolton moved that they deposit £5, to be returned on the Surveyor being- satisfied that they have cleared the ground and left it as they found it. Cr Bunny moved as an amendment that a fee of £3 3s be always charged for the use of the grounds whenever an entrance fee is charged, the money to be applied to keeping the grounds in order.— Cr Trask seconded. — Cr Levien doubted the right of the Council to make a charge. (The Town Clerk on being- ■ Asked read a section of the Act providing HBfeat a bj'-law would have to be passed. He the original motion .—Cr J. Harley to a fee being 1 charged.) He supported the proposal to require a deposit to be paid. — Cr Bunny then withdrew his amendment. — Cr J. Harley then proposed, and Cr Little seconded, to reduce the deposit to £2. — Cr Trask opposed the reduction. — Cr llowell thought if the Clubs were allowed to charge entrance fees they should be required to pay a fee to the Council.— Cr Budden thought a by-law should be passed as soon as possible legalising the charge of a fee. In the meantime he did not think that a deposit of £D was too much.— The Mayor explained that the Council did not authorise the Clubs to charge an entrance fee. — Cr J. Harley then withdrew his amendment, and Cr Bolton's motion requiring a deposit of £5 was agreed to. Cr J. Harley moved that 7-inch water pipas be laid in the crossings ab the junction of Hardy and. Collingwood streets. The Surveyor stated that he was going to put gratings at the upper end and lead the water into the sewer, and level the road. Cr Bolton suggested that more men should be put on to clear the water tables on the Waimea Road. The Mayor said there was such a largo amount of work authorised every Council night that it was scarcely possible to keep up with it. The Surveyor statd that another man or two would, be jjirfc on shortly. _ Cr Rowell thought this was the wrongtime of the year to clean out the water tables. Cr Levien said with regard to the waste of water it was quite clear that it was owing to the water being used for irrigation purposes. Whenever there was rain there was no complaint, showing that it was user! for such purposes.- 1 — The Mayor said he had been told of six or seven places in which the water was used for irrigation purposes, and he sent Mr Oxley, who reported that this was not the case. There was no water running and the ground was perfectly dry. -. At this stage of the proceedings Cr Little insisted upon at once stopping the supply to water engines, notwithstanding the assurance of the Mayor that this could not be done yet, as the owners had paid water rent up to the 31st March. It is impossible to give an idea of the utter nonsense he was talking when The Mayor severely reprimanded him ancl positively refused to allow any more such interruptions, which entirely prevented the business of the Council being- proceeded with. Cr Little, Avho appeared to be thoroughly cowed by the severity of His Worship's tone, collapsed for the remainder of the evening. In reply to Cr Trask the Surveyor said the sewers were flushed about a month ago. A discussion here ensued on the advisability of flushing the sewers. Cr Rowell said they should be very careful what they- did with the water. He thought all the water should pass through meters which would prevent all waste. He had been told by an expert that our water supply was sufficient for a population of 3000. allowing every one 20 gallons per day. No number of bye-laws, policemen, or inspectors of nuisances would ever check the waste that was now going on. The Surveyor on being applied to said that the pressure gauge now stood at GOlbs in the day time and 1301bs at nigkt. After a shower of rain it would rise to lOOlbs in the day time. He thought there would be water enough to flush the sewers at night. Cr J. Harley suggested that it would be be better to do it between 4 and 6 in the morning instead of early at night, in case of a fire breaking out. The Mayor said that the house attached to the Council Chamber was now vacant. Cr Stringer asked on whose authority the clay was removed from the ditch dug for the Collingwood-street sewer to Mr Everett's property. The Mayor said the Works Committee had stated it was not required and gave him permission to use it. ■ Cr Levien said the Council had given permission for any surplus stuff to be removed by Mr Everett. Cr Crewdson said the Committee had visited the spot and decided that it would be a saving of expense to the Council if Mr Everett removed the stuff. Crs Rowell, Trask, and T. Harley said it was an understood thing at the last Council meeting that if there was more stuff than the Surveyor required for other purposes, Mr Everett might remove it. Cr Stringer called attention to the ditch in St Vincent-street, which had silted up. Cr Moorhouse said there was a lot of gravel in the ditch which might be utilised. The Surveyor said he was using it for the footpaths.