CITY COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 585, 13 August 1909, Page 8

CITY COUNCIL.

—Tho'forinigliily mooting of tho City Council was held last evening. Thoro wero/present: ! ,Thb Mayor (Dr. 'Newman),, in tho ohair, Councillors Luke, Smith, Cohen, B.illinger, Frost, . Dovine, ■ Carmichacl, Shirtcliffe, iFlotcher,' Morrah, Atkinson, Hinclmarsh, I and Fitzgerald. . . FINANCE AND PROPERTY. ' ' Tho Firiancc Committee brought forward a report- from tho City Engineer as to tho' condition of , tho protective works at tho city endowment, near Pahiatua, where damage •was' done recently through the incursions of tho Mangatdinoka River. Tho engineer stattil that about three chains of tho work previously done had been damaged to such an extent as to requiro renewal, and also that it would -bo advisable 'to extend tho. protective works for an additional two chains' qeyohd the damaged portion. The estimated cost of tho work is £130, and, subject, to conflrinatiion by ,tho council, lie arranged. with Messrs. M'Mullon Bros., of Pahiatua, to carry. : out the work uudor tho direction of tho borough overseer for tho above amount. ■In- tho meajitime, they : are proceeding with th« : •,works.' most. urgently. necessary.- The City Engineer's, action was approved. : BATHS - AND RESERVES. , The Baths and Reserves Committee recom- v mended .that-tho proposal of Mr. E.,. E. ■..Tonka,lessee of sections 41, f 42j•'. 44, aii'd -47 .Town Belty Ohiro ltoad,: to fence off tho' Hack, used , by. tho Brooklyn residents proceeding ■to'. and to a width- of about ■ 20'' feet, from the top: to tho'bottom l of the spur, provided'tliat the council will: pay ; him for' the .fct'.co should they resumo possession •of, tho sections before"the expiry of the lease (|ivo years), be agreed' to..' ■ ;; Tho- committee-Sported that • they had received an application 'from the ''Kelburno Lawn Tonms Club foivtho lease of a.section of resorvo, adjoining the .Botanical Gardons, and'that they, wore obtaining a report from the bfticors on tho application, and also-, as tovtho advisability '' of a .'road from /Wesley .'Road to' Tiiiakori. Road- at : s'ome future date. '• '■ . }'■ •: v ■■ The.; adoation' of thfc, report was- agreed : to,:

BY-LA'R S, FIRE BRIGAbE, AND 1 LIGH'IING ' i.Ths By-Laws, B'irb Brigade,- Street-' Lightdpg Committeb'recomniended':— .existing tramway arc lamp in Tiiiakori Road, oppoSito'Glenbervio Terraco, bo shifted ,to ;tiho • other side'of the road, to I iiriprovo tho' lighting of Glcube'rvio Terraco! ; ' That auothoi lamp b'o orected at 'Wcllingtori Terraco,' aiid trio lamp; ; at'; tho,'top'of Mason's ■Steps; be shifted furtlier north, to improve: the lighting at these stops; ', That •! the' residents of' Athol'Crefcont be informed -that if they ;Will pay £5, tho oost of erectang a lamp in this street, t,lie council will'light tno sanio. .That 'the - request .ot Mr. C,i Nettloton for •a-firo alarm call-point at, the corner of '.Gloncoo Street and South:; Road bo not ' aoc6ded:;to|.;a'S: thd; district is well-provided, with fire alarms,- That the application of Air. T.'G. Maoarthy for permission to removo an existing; woadthi 'dwelling'. into an ' altered iwsitioii in a private way off Ciiba- Street,; distant, an additional' iO foot from - Cuba Street, bo granted.. ■. - Tho report was adopted.- ■■.'■■■