NELSON CITY COUNCIL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 20 October 1911, Page 1

NELSON CITY COUNCIL.

special. .-Meeting. Tli© City 'Council Held a special meet-, irug last evening .to consider various' mat-; ■bera. There were present—The Mayor ■(•Mr. T. A. FieM) ia.ii<J-Crs. Baa-ley, Kershaw, Tasker, Hampton, Fell, - Mercer, Bisley, Adams. '. •"" A KAWAI-STREET GRIEVANCE. The .following report was pareseaiiedl by •a. special commitee appointed to make in* quirles:— ■£;,. I.—(a) As to seiwei*extensi'ojii of Hol~ land's Brewery : That the work of extension be held over pending further ■inquiries being madiej (Jb) -that peremjp-i tory notice :be given to Mr. Holland to discontinue dischargLng refuse from the brewery to the street. 2 (a). —-Tihat pw nens of properties •concerned'ibe given -notice to clean out '/the obstruction ini •thy stream; (!b) fhavb as sooni as the <for -structions have been removed' andi-the; nuisance from the .brewery is abated? some 12-inch pipes be put in from Kawai■sftretet to the creek to carry off the stormwiater at the nearest point at wlhich a' sufficient fal'l is obtainable. '

Cr*, Adams retired while ,tflie reportl was considered. After discussion the report was acTopted. RAISING THE WEIR TENDERS POSTPONED. ■ CUT-OFF VALVES PROPOSED. Only one tender "was reaedvedi for raisin|g the weir. This was from D. M'urgphy •(Wellington), the price 'being■£3lß9' 13e. In reply to Cr. ifche Engineer 'stated that there: "was''no difference between bis ©pecaficaitJone and those of Mr. Jickell. Mr. jickel'L, however, had provided for contain matters,''his •estimate being for the Ibare cost of the •wDrk at the wen-, wiifh no provision _ for getting the; material to the -weir, nor for .maintenance of the water supply, and' othir things. Hie [M.r. Littlejohn's) estimate fo revorything was £2049. Mr. Littlejohn further statedl that' the at the big claim was excellent. 'He had starfjed t6 put im the concrete., land iwas oeretain that the fleaks -would 'be stopped effectively. . Good wprk had! "been found at tho western lend, and also tat the eastern end 1 . Weather, prmitting, the dam should <be ready for testing in ai (fortnight. Cr. Mercer moved thattills, consideration of the tender foe deferred till the big •dam- had baen tested'. If tfae big dam, wias going to ibe ai success there would; 'be.no need, ffor the big exjpense on t'h*? >«veir.

Cr. Taeber seconded, and. said that it •would foe good Ibusiness to 'wait audi see if the big dam. would not give them a \sufficient supply for this season. He be'lieved the Ibig dam. would be a success. ,-■ In reply -to the Mayor, the Engineer tea id that tliiera should be a cut-ioff (from the upper weir, to be worked from (the Ibig damn tower. Each of the three dams should T>e separate, to igdv« independent suplies. The Mayor said that >if the big dam. '.pilcxved a success the weir could be used (all diay, and big dam from eay 11 till 5 V>r 6 a.m. This arrangement would give 'the weir a chancs to fill r aijpy' and - the . ■vallvei would enalble'them'to liave 'extra pressure' in emergency. ■Cr. Tasker said that what they tad fooen after all along was the -use of-the 'weir in conjunction with the foig diam. Cr. Harley suggested cutting off the ■weir from 7 p.mi. till) 5 a.m. " ■ . The mot ion wias put and carried unanimously, the adfjiaurnnnenib feeing tilll 'Friday, .November 10th. On Cr. Fell's motion the Engineer was 'instructed to put in the cut-off valve for the upper weir.—'Carried. THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT. The Mayor stated that he had seen in the newspapers that the Governor intended visiting the A. and P- Show next He thought hn,g Exieelltaicy should be accorded a civic TOoeption on the occasion of his first visit to Nelson.' •■ It was decided to invite his Excellency to Nelson, and that steps ibe taken to •give him an official reception. 1 The Council then rose..