CITY COUNCIL REPORTS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12043, 15 May 1901, Page 8

CITY COUNCIL REPORTS.

The following are summaries of the reports to bj submitted at this evening's meeting oi the City Council: — The Reserves Committee recommends that tho site cuggeited for the memorial s'.atuo iu the Triangle be granted as per sketch plan submitted, tho railings ai.d paths round same to be completed to the satisfaction of tile council; lliut the tenders received for lenses of allotments 5, B, ( J, 11, and part 12, blor!: XLII, Princes strcol, Duncdin, b? declined, tied that tho allotments Ik put up to auction at an upset to bo fixed; that a public lamp bo erected in the ceritrc of the Musruni Reserve; that the council communicate with the police ill regard to offences committed on the Town Relt. The city surveyor bus been.instructed to act as far as practicable with the men at present employed in regard to complaint from the Xingari-liiehmond Football Club oi the goise nuis.ince on the Town Belt at Montecillo.' l,c'.!:rs oi thanks have been sent to the following for their donations to the Botanical Garciens:--Mr M'Curdy, Survey deor.rtmenl, Dunediti (two packets seeds) and Mr Hamilton, registrar, Otago University (plants). Tho Water Committee reports having authorised the payment of i'liO to Mr (i. M. Uarr on account of his contract for survey and preparation of plans in connection with the waterworks extension scheme. Tho Works Committee recornmeads ttiat the council consent to the plan submitted by the Otapo Ifarbotit- Roaid showing the proposed subdivision of the streets on b!r,ck LXI; that the slwirs at present round the fire plugs and vent-.hitoi'f: between Police sirect and Albany street be taken up and woedea blocks substituted, and ilnit the streets be filled up ivitji metal and quarry dust lor a distance oi Git round the plugs; also that where necessary iho aireets in which the balance of the plug", etc., have been repotted on b: made up with metsl and quarry dust for a distance oi'Cft ronml same; that the sleep path in Maitland street, near Serpentine avenue, be laid with wooden steps mid asphalt lor a disiauee of one and a-half chains; that the council have the repairs required to the Union strcs'. bridge carricd out at a cost of l'l'2i); that 50 new street lanterns lie. ordered at a cost of 25s Gd each. The city surveyor has been instructed as follows : -To act as to the application from Messrs T. 13. Conway and '22 others for the erection of a street lamp in Clyde avenue; to act as to patching Manor place, between Princes and Melville streets, with metal and blinding same with stone dust; to act r.s to tarring e.ml sanding the footpath on tho upper side of Graham street as requested by Mr 11. F. Hardy) to net with regard to application from Messrs Holgato and Aitchison for Tenain to the road in front of their slablc.3 ill Vogcl street; lo act. as to taking up the crossing at the foot of Scotland street at Cargill street if mud tanks arc there. The application o! Mr W. W. Snicer for permission for the deaf, dumb, and blind entertainers to give a sacrrd concert on Sunday. May 5, has been declined. Messrs Glaister anil Carey's tender for constructing and supplying four new dint carts ior tile sum of £30 has been accepted. The Finance Committee recommends that a mayoral ipbe be provided by the City Council, and TfcporU that the following accounts have been passed (or payment:—.Municipal account. i*3CO 3s 8d; water account. .{'lßt tis Gd: gas.account, i'o3l 7s Id; city and suburban tramways account, .CI!8 13s 4d; and tramways loan account, j£:t ss;—total, £2317 lis 7d. | The Gas Committee reports that the gas engineer has been authorised as follows:—To procure locally a Tnugye steam pump, at a Co3t of about £20, and to import four e\hauskr valves, at a cost of about £10 each. The General Committee reioinmntls that an account from Dr John M. L. Davies foi the sum of-£'lii2 las Gd. for examining and reporting on'premises which were reported as unfit for habitation, be passed for payment; that the Perpetual Trustees, Estate, and Agency Company of Xow Zealand (Limited) be authorised io acquire the necessary lands and way-leaves for tbe proposed abattoir drain on the best terms; that the New Zealand Refrigerating Company (Limited) be allowed to connrrt their drainage from works at Burnside with tho proposed abattoir drain, nrovided they pay a sum oi .C 175 per annum, half-cost- of niainteniuico of tho drain (to be asac.wl by Mr 1!. Hay, C.E.), and that the permission be for a te-m of" at least 10 years. During tbe past fortnight ■105 cattle, 2 : WI sheep, .'S."> lambs, S3 pigs, and 50 calves were slaughtered at tho abattoir, of which t'l cattle and sis sheep condemned as unlit for food. The lenders received for the pioposcd drain from the abattoir to the ocean have been left over until Mr 1!. Kay has returned to town. 'The conditions under which iho Railway department is prepared to grant the City Council permission to lay tho proposed drain from the abattoir within its boundaries have been agreed to. Tho Tramways Committee recommends that the proposed tram line be laid on tho west side of the Anderson's Bay road; that allotment 1-1, subdivision of sections 8, 11, 10, and part 511, Wakari district, be reserved from sale, the namo being required as a site for a transformer station in the event of tho council deciding to adopt water power tor generating clcotricity for the tramways; that with reference to motion No. 137.1, a vote o! tbe district electors be taken on tho question of Sundjy tri'flio for the tramways. The city engineer has brcn instructed to have borings taken iu connection with the proposed weir on tho Taicri River. The town clerk has been instructed to reply to the letters received [mm Messrs Howell, Stuart, Kelman, and Co. (Limited), and Messrs Dalqcly and Co. (Limited), aa representatives for Messrs Witting llros., with reference to tendering for the proposed installation of electric tramways iu Duneditt. Pay-ahccts and accounts, amounting to £033 on the general tramv;ay.s account and £103 35a 5d on tho tramways loau account, have been passed for payment,