CITY COUNCIL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7995, 28 January 1887, Page 3

CITY COUNCIL.

The Usual fortnightly meeting of the City OoUUcil Was held last night in the Council Chambers, Present —The Mayor (id the Chair), Councillors McKenzie; Pethel’ick, Kd Wards, Brandon; Youilg, Berizoai; Kicliard* ton; Quick; Danks, Coombs, dud Smith: cm - VALUATION. fhb City Valuer’s valuation list (already BubUshed) of ttio various wards of the city was laid on the table. The Mayot thddglit the report was very Satisfactory [both to the Councillors and the bity r.B a wholb, SUd he wridld ailpjileinent it by a oilriutls fact hb bid ascertained from the liegietrar-GSueral-L-tbat Wellington wis the billy city ih New Zealand that had nbt gone back, Even in the year 1881, when very great depression was felt throughout the Colony-, Wellington brdperty had increased cdusidetably. He also Considered that very (Satisfactory to the CohnciK • xftniJlClis; Ttya tenders were feooived lift the construction Of a culvert St Tarauaki-street extbnsioh, ahd that of James Trevor accepted. ■ , FORESHORE COSIMITTEE. , The Foreshore Committee reported as follows The Committee bog to report that they have had a plan; prepared by the City Surveyor; showing toe subdivisions of those patts of tbs To , Ard recantation which are hold by,the Council; ,with a view to letting the same. [Che Committee, beg to rccomSpepd that steps be taken, to let such lands at an early date. The. Committee beg also to report that in consequence of a deputation of foreshore owners which recently waited upon the Mayor, they have had under consideration the question of framing some scheme for the settlement of the claims between Cnba-street and Clyde-quay, but are pgtyet in a position to make a definite repost dn'lhe spbjept, The Mayor formally moved the adoption of the report. Councillor Richardson seconded the motion. ’ Councillor Petherick moved, as an amendment, that the adoption of the report should stand over till next meeting, and that a copy of the report shonld be sent 'to each Councillor. Ho had not received any notice of the nature of the report, and as it involved a question of great importance, he thought consideration of the report should be deferred. Councillor Yonng seconded the amend-ment,-remarking that Councillors ought to have some insight into the matter. Oh being put; .tbs (imdadfUetitWaS carried; • • (rows- liXll EifriiroE CotiiilrrEE, The Committee appointed on the question of providing fnnds for the proposed erection of -municipal buildings and town hall reported as follows: —“ The Com i.ittee having taken the above'matter into consideration, as directed by the Council on the 3rd Decernber, have to report that they do not see their way to make any recommendation to the Council on the subject.” Councillor Coombe thought the Committee ought to have brought up some recommen. tion on- the matter, and he would like the Council, to rc-afllcm their recommendation that it was desirable that s town hall should be-erettced for the city. He would nlovo that the Council re-atllrm its former debiSidri. Not being seconded, the amendment lapsed, and the report of the Committee was adopted. t DISPOSAL OF BOBBISH COMMITTEE, The above Committee reported as follows : —The Committee bog to report that they baveheld two meetings. At the first meeting, held on the '.l9th instant, the member {Councillor Edwards) who moved the appointment of the Committee stated that he was not prepared to submit a scheme for the consideration of the Co , mittee, and at his request the' Committee was adjourned for a week, Councillor Edwards being informed that he could in the meantime obtain what assistance he required from the officers of the Corporation, At the second meeting of the ( Committee,; held yesterday. Councillor Edwards was not present, and the Committee have, consequently, no recommendation 1 to make. J After some discussion, Councillor Richard- 1 son moved, as an amendment, that the matter J be referred back to the Committee for farther consideration. j Councillor McKenzie seconded the amendment, . Several other Councillors having spoken in favor of the amendment, it was put and carried. PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. _ ‘ Clause 2.- That a nine-inch drain be laid ' in Scarboroagb-terrace, together with a letter from Messrs Campbell and Gray on the sub- 1 ject, was referred back to the Committee. | Clause s.—That the Adelaide-read culvert ' be extended a further distance of 15 chains ' southward. A h Councillor Richardson, while favoring in , every way, the ' progression ■of drainage, , thought in • the present case it would entail an overdraft, and he thought the matter . ought to be deferred. He would move as an amendment that the matter stand over until ’ fund* permit of the outlay. ' Councillor Young rather warmly said that ! Councillor ; Richardson, as a rule, went 1 against /anything for Cook Ward (cries of 1 order). He was there to fight for Cook I Ward, and he weald do so tooth and nail, I and he would say what he thought. J Councillor Brandon saidjthat no Councillor 1 had any right to make personal remarks. ‘ Several other Councillors having spoken, ! the amendment was put and lost. The 1 clause was therefore agreed to. Clause 12.—That a reply be sent to the - Harbor Board that consideration of the sub- j ject of' the Te Aro * reclamation face-line cannot be ra-opened. , ; . Councillor Petherick moved as an amend- ' meat, That the word .“ cannot ” be atruck ; out. Councillor Quick thought if the amend- i meat-was passed, they would simply be act- 1 iog as people without any minds. He hoped j the Council would stand to their rights, and \ that Councillors- would take the matter into : consideration and stand, by their original ; agreement. ; ■ v Councillor Petherick urged that the word “cannot” be struck cat, saying that : if the motion was carried it would allow the Council to approach the Harbor Board, and 1 that, he thought, would be better in the end. The Mayor seconded the amendment. , The Mayor'maintained that the Harbor Board should be the custodians of the harbor. .

Being pat, the amendment oral lost. •. • Councillor Brandon moved that the follow*; ing words be inserted after “ Harbor Board —That the Council accede to the request of the Harbor Board to limit compensation to the case of the Star Boat Club, but that believing the' providing' of means of recreation for citizens to be under its care, it cannot consent' to abandoning the right ’ it undoubtedly has at present Of providing sites for boat sheds. The Council, however, recognising that the exigencies of the port may at some future date necessitate an alteration of the present proposed arrangement bos limited the term of any lease of a boatshed site to 21 years, and hopes that the Harbor Board will trust the Council to act in a liberal spirit should circumstances require the Board to ask the aid of the Council in furthering the interests of the port.” Councillor Edwards seconded the amendment. On being put the voices were equal, and the Mayor gave his casting vote in favor of the amendment Clause 14, relating to the question of the drainage of the Girls’ Friendly Society Lodge, Vivian-atroot,, was referred back to the Committee. ACCOUNTS. Accounts amounting to L 2077 12s were passed for payment. , TUB WATER SUPPLY. The City. Surveyor submitted a report on the city water. supply as follows:—“On Saturday morning; the 22nd inat., the water from Wainui-o-msta was stint off from the town owing to one of the joints in 24in main on the Fetoue Beach having blownpat, and previous notice of the shotting off could not be supplied to the papers, for the simple reason that the first intimation received in town of the burst was. by; the water having cut itself off. Of course,'if the chatting off could have been foreseen, due notice would have been givenas heretofore, I have also to report that, on the '2lst inst. I ganged the present flow of the Waian|-o-mata River, and found the ■ daily flow, to be 4,320,000 gallons ; practically speaking the whole of this quantity passes' through the concrete race, as the level of the' water in the reservoir was then-Iff below .the notch at bywash ; this morning, at 11.30 a.m., the level of the water, in the reservoir was Ift 9in below the notch/, and it is daily becoming lower. There are leaks making their appearance in the’ concrete race between the reservoir and the well,. and 1 estimate that at least one-fourth of the above-mentioned quantity leaks away through the race, and again flows into the river below the dam; the comes to the city, and is consumed for various purposes, and after deducting .whatisusedforwater-engines, &e., it leaves at the rate of 113 gallons per. head per day, to be consumed by a population of

26,500. From these figures it will readily bo seen that there is a wanton waste of water going on in the city* Temporary repairs might bo effected to the oeuefeta race, but it will be necessary to shut off tha water from Waintti before. the necessary repairs can be thoroughly effected, I have had readings taken every half-hodf lot 94 hours, from 0 P;m. yesterday (20th) until 0 P.m. to-day, The readings Were taken On the Hutt-Msd hear the font Of Feather; ston Hill; at the atofo yard; arid also in Bolton-street. At the stofd yard between 6 p.m. arid 6 a.m, the highest reading, 1651 b per square, inch, was recorded between the hours of 2.30 a.m. and 5 a.m. this morning (27th), and the lowest (1151 b) at 7.30 p;m. last night (20th), At the Hritt-road the Highest reading (1501 b) Was recorded at 6 a.m. this morning, and the lowest (951 b) between 10.30 a.m; and 3 p.m, (taken between 6 a;m; and 6 p.m.) At Bolton-street the highest reading j43lbj was recorded at 6 a.zri., and nothing at ail recorded betweeri 9 a.m. and 4,30p.m., with the exception of 101 b at 12 noon (these read lags were taken between 6 aim. and 6 p.m. tri-day:) The Council rose at 11.10 p.m.