CITY COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 561, 16 July 1909, Page 7

CITY COUNCIL.

( H?: fortnightly, meeting- of: the City Cpuncil was held last evening bja Wprship the Mayor (I)r T Newman) presiding, There were also present ! Councillors Luke, Smith. Cohqn, Ballinger, Frost, Trevor, Atkinson, Deyine, Fitzgerald, Carmiohael, Sbirtc]iffo, _ Fletcher,. and Morraji.' .' . • '..-'" .: : . FINANCE AND PROPERTY,'.. . The Finance and Property Committee recom,- ■; ■■■', •■ . ~''•. : . '. ■;> >-'~.• :• That an application he made .for the uncqnditionarexomption of Hay Street from the provisions of Section 117 of The Public Works Act, 1908. ': '■ '.'"■■-.- ■-. ■■■ ' ■■.._• That the new sewor from Duncan Terrace through Sections 85 and 107, and to .which, qbjettion' has been made, 'be proceeded with, and any 'damage, if 'any, caused to the property be paid'-'for;' ,' ~' ■ ■ .That-the Wellington Woollen Company s water supply, for lira purposes only, bo again connected to the city supply,; provided ths compi'my pays the cost of special filtjnga'and an annual sum equal to one-half of the annual water rate which it would have to pay if iu tha : . city. .• ■ • '."■" - . ,',■'" '': , That an offer of £300 for .the right to con-, neot with' the drain that' serves Dimqok and Co;, and-Banks' Meat Cpmpany Lor the drnjnage of the municipal abattoir, and fo pay half cost'of upkeep of that portion of the' dram which would serve the corporation, be made to Dimock and Company. / . . ; That the refuso-from Lambton and Thorndon Railway Stations be removed, upon payment of. an Annual sum 'of £7, ■ '.-."'!' ' ' That the city solicitor be authorised to state the case in connection with the extension pi tpi drainson the Lambton. Keolamatipn., That the council agrees to Join in tho party wall agreement between, the ■ Union S.S. Company, Murray, Roberts'and Co., and the corporation, subject to. the approval of the city valuer. •. ' . .«;'-■■■ That- the Australasian Institute of Marine Engineers •' be granted permission to erect an oriel window at their new'building, Aitken Street. "" ;■: ' . ,; That repairs be'carried out to the Mangafainoka Eivo'r-Protective Works, at. an esti.. lpated.'costpf. as, recommended fby the city.-engineer. • '..-' ■'-■/"• .[■That, the council, appoint an extra ranger for sit: months.. . , = ...' ' .■' . ] ffhat, accounts, amounting to .£12,623 lis. Id., 1)9 passerl. foi-jpayment. V... '.''./', ' i.. X j jTfte recommendations-were adopted. ' . . : | ! ' : BY-LAWS AND;FIREVBRIQADES. i Th? By-laws, Fire"Brigade, and Street Light-' ■rag Committee recommended i—That streetlamps be erected at "York Lane,' off Lambton Quay (one lamp); South ' Terraca, ; Kelburne (one- lamp); Upland Road, Kelburne . (one lamp); Kclburna/Parade (four- lamps), »Also that lamps 20 and 50 be slightly altered }n position. Garden Road, Northland (one lamp); 'Slain'". Street, (one lamp: in a position selected by .the electrical' engineer), - i. That the application of Mr.-Geo. Winder for permission Yto • erect temporary partitions in his Manners -Street shop be' granted, provided that he enters into an undertaking to remove them at the end of six mouth'B,- or re-erect, them th brick and alter building in accordance with-the by-laws., ."'■; ..That Mr. E. M. Blake bo granted a permit to ?rcct a dwelling, and to oonvert-an existing schoolroom:into a dwelling at Main Street,,provided that no'additional dwelling is erected on the sept'ionxiu.'the future, ■ ■ i . That th» steps and surface of, the thorough-' fare' at' the private, way leading from- North pireet-tq Barker' Street be put in order, : That accounts:be forwarded'to the Government- Departments Rising fire-alarm call .points for the sum of per annum. ■■. '"-~ \ i That the request of the Nprthland Volunteer'.. Fire .Brigade for' the necessary/ brigade equipment bo again' considered in three jnonths' ' time.'.' ; :- ■ - ■''"• ' The-report' was adopted. • .'■.■'. : . ,! j; '•; ...;' /OUTLYING .DISTRICTS; \ : , ':■] i Outlying Districts Committee, "reco'mLm'endediT-..-,.,; ",,' ..-■■;"...: ~..'.''. : '|hat the request of thp residents., of Tanera Crescent for the levelling; regrading, and continuation of thp.street.be not granted, and that the money on this year's'.catimates for-the improvement of the street be expended.as spon (is possible.- ;'' '•'.. V', '.- .-':.. ■'■:■' ■That, the: plan pf the Kilbirnie sewer be approved, but the, route, of the; sewer be alterpp!, through .Messrs. •..Scgginhothani's.'l'Ballinger'B, |md Miss'Compton's;property,.and that this council:; authorise the .work .being proceeded with on the altered lines. . ..' .'-..... ;. -'■The committee roporfedthat- thev.had again inspected, Mr. Luff's property, at Short! Street,. jVogcltpwn,' and are, pt opinion that. Mr, Luff's, potion ;h'as'been. iinprpved-:.by, the wfirji.'.don'e, and'that .his.' application "far., the carrying: out of further work should bo < refused.' ■•■' ~'■' ■ ; The adoption of the repprt was agreed to.;.