CITY COUNCIL.

Colonist, Volume XXII, Issue 2600, 13 September 1879, Page 3

CITY COUNCIL.

An ordinary meeting of the City Oounoil was held last evening. Present—His Worship the Mayor (in the chair)', and Crs Trask, Crewdson, Harley, Cro»i, Johm, Littlej Everett,, Leyien,: and Houniell, the three latter gentlemen having made the necesiary declaration upon their re-election to the Oounsil before they took; tbeirißeai.B. ; The, minu^ei: of the' previous meeting haying;-been ?ead< and confirmed/ and the pay mentß authorised, the. folio wing letters were ootisideredj/ ampngit oth«r;. correßpondenoe :-rr A letLer from Mr S. Clark,. Bhowjpg, that the ,coit of -filling-in at Beaohrille had been more, than £3, and asking that ajfurther,,sura be *oted. ; 7 After disoasiion it was reslohred ,'td giy e t •.him., £3 only.—A jietttr from Mr L. S. bhittenden, 'compiainiDit.'of, the .stttt, of Parere street was.referred totlie' Works Committee., A. letter from; a numboi^ of resideriti of fSt-yinoenfc street requested;1 thatf ihe/Oo^cil would pro Tide two lamps in ihat, streft', and on th'«V motion .q( rOr Everett, seconded "by* Or ' Jbhhs,L it was agreed tb, ; comply with the requeflt, Or .Orewdßon alone Toting; ■ again/t it.—A letter from several citizens, whoie property is in the locality, requestod' that the west ;bank of | the Maitax, betweeii the Nbrmanbj and ■Coilingwood bridges, should be" protected by driving willow stakes along the bankj-"and' ifcJwas agreed on motion of Cr Harley that the work should be done. 'X!h« report of: the! Works Committee reoommended amongitiother things that,the City Suryeyor be authorised; to - ploce,- two.ilainpß '\ in Waßhington valley, the.exwt.spotto bo ;l«ft to ,himv."- Or Everett suggested that the spot chosen for one of them was not desirable, and; it was agreed that the position Bhould be .altered.,..!!; :.:■.:'s •;■.■■!;--. J.i ,■•'.'■■>•> '■--■'■'■'■■■' '■' Or Everett'presented a potition Bigned by nearly 50 ratepayers, stating that the'.dit'oh on the east side of Waimea street,-between Bronti and Examiner streets, was dangerous, and asking, that steps should be taken;to remove tho danger.ir' ' On tha motion of Cr Trask, it was resolved that the City 'be inetruoted' to give an estimate at the nexfcmeeting.of the oost'of laying down pipes to carry bff>the water. ■ The Surveyor's report on the gasworks • showed that during the three months ending 31st August 215 tons <of coaLhad been carbonised, yielding 2,638,240 feat of ,ga,s or an average of about 12,270 feet per ton; that the excess in consumption^'over the similar period of ,last year ( was 323,900 feet of gas, and ithat'tiKe lighting power had been'equal to nineteen' candles. The Surveyor also reportedthat the cost of extending the water main from the Hospital' to-the toll gate would be "according to estimate'£26o, arid that, the * revenue to /be.'derived from the! extension would be £18 17s 2d. It was agreed to! write to the ratepayers who are' interested, asking them what they are -willing to contribute. -- -Hackney carriage licenses vrere' granted to Messrs i Goodman! and'L. Akeriten. " . The o%' Surveyor'presonted 'plans' showing the levels in Trafalgar and Brougham-streets. • •' "|Ci| Harley suggested that the water tables in v|rio|is parts of tho outskirts'of the town should be le^elff d, jlnd this was agreed to. ~*Cr Trask' asked whether any answer had been received ftorn, Mr Blair regarding their letter as to raising the railway crossing on the Haven road,—Cr Harley sjiid the crossing had been raised.—Cr "Kvien wished for an answer as to whether the letter had'Sbeeu answered, and the Town Clerk said it had • npff|hough.the' crossing had been raised. *Tne report of the Financo Committee as to laying larger mains from the reservoir to the the town was read. They estimated the credit balance to the waterworks account at the end of the year at £1890. They rocqmmended that in order to prevent any deficiency Sn the water supply immediate aotioh be taken to prevent \yaste, that the,, water should be Stopped tojclosots, allowed to hose and garden purposes ouly to a limited extent, and that residents of

.higher levels /be advised to provide thettiselveß with,] cisterns. The Surveyor's estimate of; the cost, «f i laying a new twelve inch main down Brook street to ( a point opposite the'residence of the Hori'tf. ' •Edwards to be £4338, and for relaying 'the present." mains across the head of the town' £625, together £4963. —Or Trask said that after hearing the report; 'he thought it fair on behalf of the ratepayers to ask, leave to adjourn his motion for three months, during which time they would be able to seewhetherI 'the' recommendations as to preventing waste waiter !6f had the desired effect. He.also wished to say .that he' was disappointed in the estimate, ,for he had,not, thought it would have cost half bo much. , ,■> ■' >i, Or Everett said it' had been' calculated 'that the Reservoir held 14 days' supply, but it had recently ' beon emptied in 36 hours, bo that the average tjori-I-■amption for each individual had bean at the ni*'6l between 70 and 80 gallons per day, whioh wu preposterous. A number of water closets ooninmcd 200,, 1 gallons per day, it was estimated. , ■•"'„,, Or Levien said the pressure should be 1201bs, but at midnight, when no one was supposed to be using' it, the pressure was only lOOlbs, and that proved • large quantity was being wasted. ..' - . After further discussion, Cr Trask's motion was adjourned for three months. * / •' Or Levien called attention to the Port road, which he said was swallowing up a large amonnt of their' revenue. It appeared to him it was greatly mis* managed; plenty of gravel was put upon it, .but all the traps were allowed to run on one side, and the, effeot was that all the gravel had to be raked to one, side to fill up ruts. He should like to see traps com-' polled to keep their proper side of the road, or if the 'Works Committee could see any means of preventingl this waste he should bo glad. , ' „ .■ , .■r.i; Crffounsell said he should like to see. the space between the present road and the railway handed over to the Corporation, and the tramway moved out' to the Railway. ; : >. :•>•■ ■;-' '^''-; *- It was stated that the Crovernment required some of the land, whereupon Or Levien suggested tb.it, a tracing of the spare land should be sent to the,. Grovernmenf;, and he'had no doubt when they saw' the small extent they would hand it over to the Cor-' poration.; It was agreed to send a ' ' ' Crs Everett, Lerien; and Hounsell were appointed^ members of the Finance Committee, and Crs Everett and Levien of the Hospital Committee. . '„