CITY COUNCIL REPORTS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13208, 15 February 1905, Page 3

CITY COUNCIL REPORTS.

• . At- the Ciiv Council this evening the Works .Committee willreport 1 that it again considered the ciicurastaiicas iii cbriuestifm with the.,pr<>: posal to supply stonq to. J. flnd.' ; N.' Wood, and rceommcndg' tho,council to supply i satno in this case. The oity fh) gift ear lias been-instructed-to act hutiio followhigvmattcrs:— Construction of concrete channel in Moray place'in front of the Anglo-Cyolo-Company's premises; filling-m'and formation of footpath at. corner of Melville street and* Manor place, cost not to exceed £5; the>effe<rfiug of temporary repairs to thai portiori of flic "Woodhaugh road leading through the Towrt. Belt ! fronvDuke street, cost not to exceed £s,'.request from Messrs Korea Bros.- for level plato crossing at the corner .of .Forbury Toad anth, Victoria street at; St. Clair; with reference to fire plugs abevo tlie street level and to'cart crossings below - level, of footpaths. The superintendent of Mho Botanic Gardens'.and reserves haa been instructed to act re complaint of stench from tip\at Southern .Rccrcdtlori Reserve.' P.aysfets an<f\accounts amounting to £1614 193.10 d have bccn'>passed for payment. •' , ; Tho : Tramways. Committee report? that tlx© . city en'ghiter ancl Messrs Noyes' Bros, have been authorised to'aot re the making npof Forbury road from 'Victoria' street to Caigill road. The engineer in charge of the Waipori IV.ls hydraulic-worlw has , been/authorised to hire'three horses for log-liauliug and to obtain from Messrs Cossens and Black pipes, etc., required for silt pit No. 2,' cost £23 16s on trucks, Dunedip, plus packing rings and bolts. , A requisition for.jttinting, costing £26 ss, for the tramways department has been granted. . Fresh tenders "vvew nrdtcdv for widening For-bury-road. Paysbeete and 'accounts amounting to . £1615 Os !2d" on the. tramways general account, and £6557 17s 7d pn the tramways loan amount• were.passed for', pjaymeni. The General Committee reedtntuonda that a second-hand dealer's license granted, during the .pleasnro of the council#., to Mr Henry A. Soott, Maolaggan street, and/reports that a driver's license has been grauted, during the pleasure of the council, to James Justice. A letter of thanks has been sent to Mr. Jnm&t Stevon, of Pine Hill, for his donation of 5s sent in appreciation of tile services ren-. dered 'by the Duucdin .City JFire Brigade at Wcodhaugh on January 30. Paysheets and accounts amounting to £148 7s have been passed for payment. '■ The Water Committee reports having agreed to the terms as [follows granted by tho Maori Hill Borough -Council to lay \vaier pipes along certain roads-jn Maori Hill;—The -City Council to widen «by least 3ft a porfciori-.of the Main Leith Valley' wad near Morrison's Creek for a distance of ono-itntl a-hnlf chains, and be responsible for the renewal of any slips occurring afterwards oil this portion of the road, the' Maori Hill Council to.cast away all stone (spawled suitable for meta-1) '/which requires to be renioved in widening tlu> road. ■ Eotw^n' the bridges commonly know as btoneyford and respectively, \the pipes to be laid along tho unformed road on the left bank of. the AVuter of Lcith. In all other respects the permission to be subject to letter from Maori Hill Council of 4th of August, 1903. Paysheets and accounts amounting to £W9 8s lid on the water general nccouait and £379 6s 7d on tho water loan accent have been passed for payment Tho Finance Committee recommends that all rates overdue in Caversham Ward be sued for. Paysheets and accounts have been, passed for payment as follow:— Municipal No; 1 account £2029 6s od; water No. 1 account, £199 8s 114; gas No. 3 account, £138 17sj tramways N0.'.4 account, £1i319 17s Od; district fund No. 5 account, £239 Is 2d; waterworks loan account, Aft Gs 7d; tramways loan account, £6652 15s Cd j —-total, £12,053 33s 4d. The Gas Committee reports having granted .| requisitions for supplies costing £57 10s 6d i for the gasworks and town department. Pay-1 sheets and accounts amounting to £438 17s j have been passed for payment.» I The Caversham Ward Drainage, Water, and j Sanitary Committee recomwfinds that it and the Caversham Ward Works. Committee -be amalgamated, and that the of Cr Rutherford be added to the joint 'committee. The clerk .has been instructed to bring under the notice of the Punedin Draisage and Sewerage Board the necessity of placing a grating at the mouth of the dram ax the corner of David street, at Mr Barron's property. Paysheets and accounts amouutmg to £03 9s 2d have been pafls&d for payment. The Caversham Ward Works Commutee recommends that the sum* of £27 103 be expended on rough formation -of roaos at St. Clair Park,- provided the owners of property interested subscribe £7 109 towards the r.ost, ftnd that the inspector be to form up Victoria street and Forbury J'oad at a cost of £213, the same being neces&ff omn o to tramway, construction;. that the complaint from Messrs • Kind, Fenvrick. ami Khlitu - of the stato of the esplanade at St. Clair has been referred to the Dunedin Ocean Beach Domain Board foi* consideration; that the inspector lias been instructed to sprejid 50 loads of ,rotten rock on Surrey rotul, between Macandrew I '' Prince Edward' roads, so as to divert the traffic off Forbury road. The committee, in conjunction with the Caversham Ward Dramage, Water, and Sanitary Committee, haying considered tho following resolution submitted to the council at its Inst meeting—viz.: "That a sufficieut number of men,be put on so as to complete the concrete kerbing and channelling specified in the schedule of works during the present financial year"'cannot see its way to confirm the same. Paysheets and accounts amounting to £140 12a have been passed for payment. » • • \ • • The Reserves Committee recommends that applications be invited for ,■ the position of sexton of the eastern necropolis at ftsalary at the rate of £100 per annum, with tpuse allowance (until one is built at .the cMie* ten*), and Sunday fees, and that no furtLw allotments be sold in the Southern Cemoteipr, future interments to be confined to those who have family allotments; that, authority has been granted to the superintendent of the Botanic. Gardens and reserves to carry out the following improvement to the eastern necropolis: level down all the sandhills between the new road and the old part, and manure and sow same with gross in order to get a turf as soon as possible, and plant up that 1 portion between tho new road and the sea» with trees and shrubs to form o Avind-breal', when the land so planted' is required the trees can be removed; that a letter of thanks has been sent to Mr G. M. Burlinson for the very excellent work done by the boys of the Industrial School in cutting down elderbepy in the Botanic Gardens; that the application from the Mornington Band to give an even«\ i«g? concert in the Gardens on the 3rd March and for'the use of the electric light has been on the usual terms.; that the purchase of a cart at a cost of £16 10s for the Gardens and reserves has been approved'.