MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.

Southland Times, Issue 3319, 8 February 1879, Page 2

MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.

; took place on; Friday eyeniiig, there pre ■ sent— His Worship the Mayor, Cr6 Frog- > gatt, .G-qodwiilie >• Dunlop/ tToKnsony iJßbche , and Jaggers. : . ;. '.:-., , r( \. /^ The minutes, of last meeting Haying been ;cpnfirmed| ? correspb'nderice was read from 'Messrs i ; p.argills,';'G;U)bs, |. and Gpi, yas follows :—■■"-'- '""'■'• ;.'/■" '-"'■' ■'■■' "' ■■'■'■■.'" :.• ■. | ; Sir,-— We beg to bring. under 'your notice . the inadequate ;.;berthage accpinmodation at the jetty; •.Practically ; therein, only one : berth- for vessels ipading and discharging We have chartered tlie schooner Wanganu to, load railway material. • The schboner is ready to. .take in eargOj which is waiting for her on trucks at the jetty sheds^ / /These trucks. canno_t be -sentij alongside because the- steamer Oreti is discharging cargo, and requires^the! free use rof the jetty line ! bfcrails; -'This ; delay is expensive and annoying, and detrimental to the -best-inter-ests of the town, and harbor. We think the. matter could be remedied at Very little expense, and have therefore called your attention to it ipijther- Hope that something may be done speedily. : >It was resolved ron-, the motion; o|. r Councillor Gbodwilliej-taat the letter be Referred to the Harbpr. Committee, and the writers informed^that the subject cori^ sideratibn. „'■■■ , Mr C. F. Small wrote asking that the lease, of section -21, block 20, be transferred to Mr Jbsiali Rogers 1 . " Grrahted. „ ;?.. Mr.; Nutter made application op behalf o£ the - Invercargill School Committee foi the Town Engineer ~tb prepare specifications for. footpaths about the North PubHp School. Granted. ? ''Telegrams 7 -were -/ readi from -Mx Le ; Patourel; private ; secretfiiy /tp : His -, Excellency the Governor, intimating .: that the Vice-regal party-would leave Wellington .by the Ringarooma on the 17th, . reaching the^uf£bri'tlic2(>th? ■■}■■}' ! " '■£, W H / '"The- memorial relating to asphalting the east side of' Dee ; street pathway, presented to s the Council at the last meeting, was : referred tb the' Public Works Committee to report. ._ .. •" r; : ;?^ - The following report was-read from the Public Works Committee:^ i.-i. " Your Committee recommend^ that the ; engineer prepare a plan of the Park drain across Mr Thomson's paddock, and that the prisoners be employed in the construction of the same; that plans and specifications be prepared for a 12 inch box drain in Leet street, from Xelyin street to: Dee street ; that tenders be called /up to next meeting for; the metalling: of .Gala ; street: and -Forth 5 including; the -gravelling of the paths ; that;: the:; reppmrnendations of the. gardener [be* o carried : out with the'Bxception of ; -the; Belt, block 19, which will be let for-grazing .'sheep With) reference to ; the:request /of ;. the; East Invercargill : Council for.tiie •fprmation of a poi'tipn of- Elles road, your committee recommend that the work cannot be done just now." After consideration, 1 : the report was adopted, except; clause- 4, : held -over until .next meeting, the finance Committee, in the meantime, to interview the bank relative to further advances. ' /.'_ ": .'_ '' The Water Supply Committee's report read as follows :— r'-:. ; Your Committee recommend that the debenture forms^ for- :£IOO/ each, for £100,000 be prepared, lithographed, and signed ; and that * the minimum price be it fixed at. 7T- r per cent. , for each £100 debenture, bearing interest at 6 percent, per annum, and,. having currency of fifty years ; that," the Town Qlerk prepare an estimate of' the ; probable 'Suiter revenue, taking .as .a basis; the .valuation roll of 18179 ; that an application pbe. made Jto the Waste Lands Board; to reserve,. and the Government to grant, the land necessary beyond the present grant: at the Dunsdale Creek, so as to give sufficient; elevation for the scheme ; that Mr Dawson be requested to trace on a. plan two or three of the best .routes for the water supply from Dunsdale Creek as a guide" to the water engineer who may hereof ter. be. appointed. v " On the motion of Councillor Jaggers seconded by Councillor , Johnson, the report was adopted and tenders ordered to ..bejpalled for lithographing the debentures, Councillor Frdggatt*dis^enfingv srT : '~~ ■ A progress payment of £50 was voted to Mr Dewe on account of the formation of Crinnan street, :. . . . : n- "" ■ ; It ; was resolved that Messrs John Dal- • gleish and W. H. Hall be. nominated to His Excellendy tlie Governor .as trustees for the Municipal .Sinking Fund ; ' viee Sir John ßichardson, ;\'(3e&ksed^\ahd'-Mr'Wm. ; Wood, left the i colony." ',/p ; ;^ i A'..d|s.cussion^~arbse.rel^!(iYe:.'.^: the noncompliance \yith the. t regulatipiw a^ to the stand observed Sy the cabr^en,p| the tovvn ; ultimately it: was :depide.d tb instruct the inspector of nuisances to attend to tliis matter arid to report fortnightly on questions connected with bis duties.