CITY COUNCIL REPORTS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11188, 10 August 1898, Page 7

CITY COUNCIL REPORTS.

I Thefollowing is a summary o£ the reports \p ' be submitted- at to-night's meeting1 of the City Council:— .• • ... ■ •..' , ■ : .',.:. {The General Committee reports having dealt with 38 premises and seven properties, in Wal; ' ■ ker street, which were reported as being insarii-• tafy; 'Of thesefour were in-good'order, six.yare, in need of repair, seven have beeh-reinoyed, andnotice has been given for the removal of; eight more. Ten arc in abeyance, owing to the notice: . for removal having been forwarded to the owner ;in England. The City Surveyor and-Inspector of Nuisances have been instructed to report • further as to tho remaining three, as well as to' t^he six requiring repair. Thevcommittee has.received- a letter from'the Dunodin and Suburban Dairymen's Association, with regard to the inspection of "all" dames supplying" milk'To'The •city and suburbs, and resolved to coirmmnicate with the suburban councils, 'inviting their cooperation in securing a regular periodical in-" • spection, the cost to.. be. borne, half by the city, . an-il the^other, half apportioned between the sil- • burlian councils." During July 911 cattle', 8627 sheep, 640 lamb 3, 149 pigs, and 22 calves were i slaughtered at the-abattoir, of which, four bulls, | five bullocks, two heifers,39 cows, 39 sheep, ! seven lambs, and five calves were condemned. | Six of .-.the cows were tested for 'tuberculosis,, and. ■■. found■ to ;r>-act, and were sentr.to- the abattoir;. for-'examination. ' Ttie-awai'd/of 'the...arbitratora .. 'appbirite'ef'tq settle the'idispute which arose dyer/.. ! the-firial settlement, .of-.aecounisi under theconV.:. | tract for the erection'of the abatt6ir,entitred 'the-; | contractor HH' £148. ,14s 6d; ..in addition. : to :tb*:. I airiount ceflified r'bjr the. architect. '' '.■['■ j The Gas Committee recommends that the J tender;of J.-W. Faulkner and Sons for the con.: i structio'n and erection of Iron gateways iin the retbrt frouse for '£J.40.18s 9|l be accepted. _ The Reserves Committee.recourmendsthat1 a. 3ft-6m; lawn-mower; (f31:17s Gd) Be procured for ins iii the 'Botanical Gardens .and other re- , serves. That the •-question/ of thei re-organisa-tion of the'stafi employed' on ;the reserves and | gardens, and the adjustment of salaries, be re- j ferreti by,'.this, coimcil - to the ■committee.' 'The'i committee report-the receipt of' the following : donations, which have been acknowledged with ' thanks:—Mr-A. Shaw--(per the- Dunedin, 'and-'. Suburban Reserve's. Conservation Society), halE. a dozen native.plants,;\Mi; R. Ewing.j.the irbn ] gate erected at the'entrance to-the Towfa Belt j | enclosure nesii Ross.street, Roslyn. ;• ' I • The-Watei Committee reqomfue^ds. that, the j services of Inspector W, Di-Kavard and Mr ,R. C.:Cubitt,. employed on, the Silverstream water :race, 'be dispensed with, on account of the con-:, stant disagreements.'between them. Tba.t. Mr I C. Campbell, at present employed on.the race; j j bo.appointed on probation for three months,,-.-to j i act as inspector of the Silverstream water i 1 ; works. That the'pity Surveyor be'instructed ; to subffiit\t6 t;he.conimittee the.names of; two , ■men to fill the vacancies in-the race-staff. ••■' j The Works Committee recommends, with re- j feience to clause 4 of the committee's report, •and.Mr G-. Lawrence's application/for the payment of £8 5s (cost of removing a bank_x>f earth ;irom:Rattray'street),-tli^t-Mr-Lawrenc^ be-paid | -£i 2a 6d. With-reference to Mr^R:. Veitch's. af- \ plication'to'have Browii itreeVoppbaite his pro--■] :perty.i": rtHpdtin:- to; .-its HvAl^width, v that<>the ■ Gity - ' Surveyor-be, instructed- -to fill tip-the'str^et' ai .-j , oppprtunity.' offers-^fThai'.Mr.:Si i;Li Br,opkes'B' ■, application for-permission, to erect ■&'■ soap and j candle factory ;jn: the city -be -declined until fur- j 4her information is .aupplied'as^to-site, build- j 'Ing's, etc.' ~'.rE&t,.a. gaslanjjp b,e..erscted ! .'.iiL.Puk.e,,j ;'street, -betweett Cumberland 'and Castle s streets;. ■ 1 •■j The- Finance Committee .submits correspond- j ehce from the City Solicitora',' advising: uponthe : •.present,..,posi'tion,, of .the .action, Goldie.v.. the•■Cprporatipn; fpr : adjustment .of the lental of .his,, ieasekb}a' l ,jnVLpwer, Harbour- West, and ~ ex-, ..preßsealt'a ppinipn.th&t'.jto .shpuld be ta-ken : 'J>y the 'cQuncil.,nn.lil; the judge :ha.3 given ..his -final deoisfon,' and' .the"■direction, of tli§...court„ ■thus"obtained. '. Accounts hacl been passed .for; '.payment' as follows.:—Municipal, £590;.. water, £43;-gas, £1193; public' abattoir; £204; and j .second redemption 10an,,.£3300., ._ v Ci/ .---- .