BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 29, 16 June 1868, Page 3

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

MoNn^r, iThnic 18, Tho Council met at tho iifuial hour, tho Mayor presiding, aid Councillor!} Duncan, „ Jnmcuon, bhonparl, Tombs, Huddonldau, Thomson, Andcrso 1, (vnd Culvert, being prencnt. Tha mluutefl of l/i it meeting wcro read and confirmed. Tho Clerk annou iced tho receipt o£ >870 13s (Id during tho w ek, Tito credit Imlatic at tho hunk wan statod tobeisss lifl fid. Accounts amoun ing to X205 Oa woro ordered to bopaiiL Mr Nona iiad an Interview nnd obtained tho patronage of the Mivyor an<l OouncHlow, tot tho otiUirtftliuiw! it in landed to ba given for tho Widow and Orphans' Fund of tho Anciont Order oi! ifo CHtorHi Tiio following ton< or» for forming tho I<!«flt town bolt from tho Perry fload to Gloucester street, a distance of : \(\\ chains, wcro oponod and conflldore/l. 1 — *

On tho motion of Councillor Jamoson tho tender of Monsrn Coppor aud Grabnm vnv» nccoptoii, | Tljo Survoyor ropoltcjl that tho contraot lor iho formation o| Kiimoro nnd Peterborough ufcrootß fvora Montreal »tvcct to Antigun fltroct luul hym <wmiil<st<!<l, m<\ ha rocommcrtded that tl^o roadway sliould at once be shingled with 10 yards to the ohaln. Two now lampn— on£ at tiio Wcnloyan Chapol for gao, nnd ono at tho junction of fiaJisbury and Madraw 4tfCß«fi for keroshio— 1»«1 bcon flx«d during tjfc week j and tho ono ordered for ttie corner #t Madras nnd Lioh« field streets, will bo flxdtl nsooon an tbo stono kerblngfor protecting ?ifc can bp procured, Tho gno company woro pngitgcd laying down mains an far as tho lamp, post at the junction of Mftttoliester and Worecfltop streets, and it would Jio advlflablo to 'rronlnoo the present wooien jpont with nn iron ono. Ono of tho Eanos of glasn in tho lamp' near tho Junction Cotcl had bcon brokon during tho week, but no information had bcon procured au to tho

nftrao of the offender. Tho laying of tho piped across Miiuohcattf utroob near Bt ; l<«2:a'fl~zCiiuroli had boon completed, Tho prlflon gang lia<l l»co« absent from work dnvlta tlw «Utl«# of tho Supreme Court, aftd Information wan arirod an to syU«tKoc tho youncll would doduot tho warder's wagca— fol\ the timo tho gwig wcro tiWay— from tho noxj> monthly, tweount., Tho fltonoehfth'n&lifog n» far n« Ifi«lwr*« cornor In High fljoot hftd b«6rs completed, and it wno suggested that the dpmmencomont of that ortjored for Gloucester stroofc should bo deferred until tho.wholbof tho utono 1* delivered/on tho Hitp;'| as, during tlio wot weather, tho con tractftr ifl unable to earti i Mono from iho fjuiu'm Mflflflua Tucon and Bftnl<« itfd uiuOilo to mn»)ly nulTlolent shingkv t,« ropdlp the roads, aiiutt was supffcutcd tlmt additional holp might Ibo procured. Tha labour gang had bcon (fmployed <lui*lnff tho week In laying pipes, 40, , noup 8t Luko's Ohuroh; repairing Chesto ntrcot, near tho Oxford Hotel \ oroctlng lamp pouts in Durham and Salisbury ntrcoia i nltorlug pipe culvorton tlio Kaofc townSwlt f clearing out Hldo iiraina In tho MarkjJt-nquaro, Papanui lload, Lichflold, Colombo,* and other Btrcotn i removing fencing on the East town belt, and planting troos along tlio rivor hank. Tho report wan consldcjjrod scrhUin, Tho rccommondation containowin the first glaurg vran ordorcil to bo carHo^ out at oncoi tho nurY«yov to Invite tenders as aoon as ho considers tho soil firm enough for tho shingld Tha woodon lamp post 't\t tho coriltf Of Manchester and Worocritor otrcetfl, was ordered to bo replaced wlthfyuv iron ono, tho member* of tha council lirilng uußnimoualy in favour of adopting iron] ponta in lieu of tho proflonfc wooden ones, The Surveyor was also authorized to havo tho lamp in rxucntloii lighted with gan, instead of 'koronlno, as soon as tho mains arc laid down far enough. Tho lamp at tlio Junction Hotol wan ordered to he repaired j and tho Surroyor wa» roquostod to porsovoro in hit) inquiries as to tho author of tho damage ■ . > Tho Council agreed that tho wa«ctt ot tho wardor for tlio period tnontloiicd should not bo paid i \ In referring to tho roeoramondation as to delaying tho commoncomopt of tho fltone channelling in Gloucester stroot, A dUcuaMon took place, wiiioli terminated in a resolution that tho contractor should .not bo permitted to keep atono on tho nldo of i tho roacl at night unions proporly lighted. f Tho Survoyor wan empowered to employ what ftfwiatauco ho thought necessary to Hupply tho Hhinglo required? Councillor Duncan onqulfod why two men wore omployod to draw tho road florapcrs, Tlw matter wafl roforrod \o tho Hurroyor for information! i Tho following corrcflnondoneo wan road and ,<]iHCUßßedj~- # Letter from tho Boorot£ry for Public Works ntatlng that GororJnmonfc could not supply brokon metal for le»». than 7e, Od pov cubic yard, Tho Mayor pointed out > tho necessity of somadoclslon holng arrlvo&'at on this matter, as Colombo and othor fttrcbts wore in a moot disgraooful condition. I Councillor Jameson (raid operatloiiH in Colombo and Manchester street* wero delayed until a reply wa« received from Qovornmont an to what thoy would /allow toward/* tho maintonanao of thorn. Councillor Thomson objected to tho Council flfiklng tho Government to allow for thoso Atreolß when thoy should domand It as tholr right. A voto had bcon pasnod for maintonanoo of main thoroughfares, and grantn out of it woro paid over to othor local bodlon, whilst they woro completely sholvcd. Councillor Duncan argued that Colombo Htrcflt watt nob a main thoroughfare and moved that tho Council should purchaso tho necessary metal to ropair that und Mancltostor street at once Councillor Bhcppard thought it ought to hb ascertained what portion of tho voto for main thoroughfares tuoy had a claim to, and domand It. j It was ultimately rcfiolvcd that 1000 ytvvdo of motnl bo purohaocd from tho GoYornmont, and tlmt tho Httrvoyor he instructed to ad. vOftlno lav tondeffl foe carting it. It was also roaolvod on tho motion of Councillor Thomson, seconded by Councillor Duncan, " That by tho Appropriation Ordinance, 1808, tho BUtn oil ,17802 8s i)d having been votod fop main roads, tho Connoil should apply to thd Provincial Qovornmont for Its fair sharo of it for tho maintonnnoo of tiio main rondo through the city of Chvtot- ; ohurob, f letter from tlto Pfovluclal Soorfltary stating that tho Qovornmont havo no funds from which to pay' tho £100 aaltod by ti)o Counoll towards tho maintenance of tho flro ongino. 1 Jief<SMrt«o was nyiAQ by tho Council to a lettep from tlio la)o Provincial Hoorotary, 1 dated tho 215 th of July, 1807, in whloh tho Qovornmont promiflou to flofray tho oxpon«('B of. tlio ongino, if iho Commll would tako olmrgo of it. ; A discussion onsuod on tho matter, and it I wtm decided oji iho motion of Councillor; {Jameson, that tho Council invito tbo i J ro-j {Tinoiai Govornmont to rccontidor tlto «ul)-j i jcot, »ntl beg most ro«pco,tf<iUy to r<jf<u' tlicni ! ! to Uw kttor (tfiovfl-Humtloned. ! JdkiAV tnom Mr A. A. Dobbs, onllinß the! ttttoittlonof tho Counoll to tho bad ntato of tho footpath from tho (ilangow Arm», in Tuam Dtrcot, to Mwlrmi fttroot. m\& tho fact of tho jjttttcr being ohoked with grasfl. K«forped to tlie Publle Worlw commlttco. An application from MrT. Mnilin», tor pormisslon to uso tho opon npaco in front of Malhoflon'fl Agoncy as a cab Htand, wao rcfunod, [ Lottor from the; Itcv K. A. Llngard, potUlonlttg for tho completion of the pathway and water tahlo In Manchester and Kilmoro utrootn, around St, Luko'a ohurcb. Ti>o iottor wfto rofwrcd to tho fi«rvcyop, Letter from Mr X, Tlw»w«, <w]N«g anontton to the ddtigcrous «tiUc of tho footpath in Papanui Road. On tho motion ot Councillor Duncan, it

wuo.roforrcd to tho Public Works committee Jitter frotn Mr J.jD/Sfc. Quontin, oncloa* itiu a design for a now borough soal. XTho Mayor oaid boforo tho design WRtJ considorod, it wowM po nooceswy to <I<mM« wJ>otJ)or tho Couuclf «lwuW a««umo tlio title o£ " BosougU," insMiid o£ •« City." • . C'ou«clUop Duncan did not think tho Council would bo required to ohango itt) name, LyttoUon and Kftfaporworo hovoughe, bvit Cnriatohuroh, boinft a city, tHoykad a right to tlmt d{#thwttot)| . , Couucilloi? Jaincson called <it ton tlon to clauses SO and 27|bf tho Act, under which tho city was incorporated. Thcoo, ho nraucd, permitted thorn tf> adliore to tholr old title, if thoy co desired, fflul ho would move tUat auch bouono,- | ..Sf 1 Homo dlfJQUSflUjn onnuod as to. tho porror of tho Council to retain tho designation of, City Council. I (Councillor Tliom«o»l pointed out that tho Council vrcro flofll gnatod as tho Mayor and Councillor oC tho Horoußh, and from this it would appear niat thoyahould aaoumo thftt namo, at all dvontait would bo hotter that legal advico should bo taken on tho matter boforo anything was decided, Councillor .Tnmcoon aaid if thoy wont to a solicitor for |dvlce in tho rnnttor, ho would first luivo to go through tho Act, and that would bo prodtiotlTO of considerable oxponno. It would bo Boot to apply at oiwo to headq\iftrt«rfl And Itlwrcby fluvo both time and | troublo, I£ tlic Hon. John Hnll was naked, ha had no doubt but that an opinion, and certainly a moat roliablo one, would bo procured* \ ;' - After eoino ili«cuseion it was dosided that tho Mayor flltpuld communlcato with Mr Hall, ana in tho mcantimo Mr St Quentin's lcttor should romain in aboyanod Homo convorsntlon onuuod as to tko appointment of tv Solicitor to the Council, hut' tho cotidldoptlon of tho question wan ultimately doforr 3d until a eubscijuont mcot- !«(?» Tho Inepootot of Nuisanco's roport was read. Ho wn» to havo tho river rcHCrro clearod |nour tho end o£ Armagh fltroct, and to prosecute such porsono ai ho may find to hafo deposited rof uso on tlio rlv«r bank. jr A lottor from! Mr Cumborworth vraa read, requesting to know, 11! tho Wciloynn School committee incur! tho oxpouso o£ lovollino a portion o£ Craniuor oquaro for a crlokot gt'ound, such prcltootion would bo granted as to necuro it to tho noholitrs as a playground, A lonnrthoned dlacussbn oiihuc<l relative to tho lovolHng o& ?f ho (Kiuaros In tho city for public ttimißomcat, and tho two following rooolutlonfl woro carried s— >" That tho request contained in Mri Cumborworth's lottor bo compiled with. uHifar as regards tho levelling of a portion of Cmnmor fiquaro for tho uro of tho Wouloyan soflool, hut that no oxcluslvo privilege can be fttjcordod for tho uso of it." " That the Planting commltteo bo rcquoatod to roport upon thb desirability and probable ooat of foiiolng, planting, and laying down m a lawn Lutimor wtid Cranmor oquaros. for tho purjiOßO of puhllojfccrcfttlon grounds." Tho Council thon adjourned. j

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