CITY COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 727, 28 January 1910, Page 5

CITY COUNCIL.

EEPOETS OF COMMITTEES, .. The- 1 first v meeting-, of : the City Council: - -.: this.- year was held- last'everiing, ; au'd .wM-ft'S attended-byVThe ma'n);' Counbillqrs'.Luke;'-. Smith; Balhnger, Trevor,.;'-'Atkinson',•': Deyine, ":';:,- M-Laren, Fletcher, and Morrah.". . FINANCE. .- The : That ' the ;-: deputation /which/waited ion-; the with' reference the-extenv.rSS sion- of.', the'railway to /Miramaribe-: in-V£fi : formed : that,the.;; council r mil ;co-op;erato yj'S them-in: a deputation: to wait .on.tllQ: Governriient '.the"riiatter:"v:;;.: ffj i; 'iv? . That' the application';:.'of Borough-Council-for',the;supply.;of :!water: : ,;% from Uarori 'reservoir : and/drainage-:fcbriJKKrf. •nection" to- the:septic I 'tank';rieaxf-the' I foK?.,V/ warra.' Streiim'/for .'ffie''Evciyn':Estate:ih« not granted.' ' . -That - the;- rate '• of . pay ! : .for; :.'owiiers'vp ; f hired' drays' : be? reiluced:.by/Jls.TEer.Vdayr'.SiS ' (from 13s: 'horse-' feed-being:now. nqrmal.A^ ■'•WK- y : That, the Eailway :• DejpaTtment; be. given/J'; jS : notice 'that^' it, ':is; - pixjposed ::to' J the', charge,] ;«:v to the . various istations from .Bd. : to- 9di-' per- 1 jsy 1000/ gallons.- • 1 .That v an o^w^:made':to' ; Usste%Pflmp7.«'; : and Bate, the/original holders,^of^the'land taken',',under-."the, : street-wideniri^purp6ses ; at, .the 'corner: of :,■f;S Manners and Willis- Streets, ,toireturri;thfl : :; : >fj land/ -after - deducting' 'lOft/'for/Btfeefc.''';/: widening purposes.. ' '. - : , .Th'at. accbuntsV'anio'uriting: 9d. (general) and;.;Xß2l2s. 4di (libraries) •// ; be passed-for. payment.:'' . ; v .' The report was • adopted, with the . ex. .. •< ception of/ the "clause dealing with ,the .. ; '• payment .of-owners-.tif. drays.-'- That::clause)gfi; was; thrown /.out,!: ori. the /casting.;vot6's POWER STATIONS ' - The 1 Power" '■, Stations'-'/-arid'/ -Tramway* jig Cominittee " Vv,. ■ That- the- claim: of .'the'Arniorduct pany,: for being /the'.' cost 'of drum! /'',// . onl.which the', wire; contracted to -.ho supby -themwis wound," be, ribtjentOT'/Sij tained. . /•'■.• : v v -: : /':K'v"-:"r' That the /committee be authorised:' te; ; ,'/c accept/a tender for thc-purchase : 'of :203/:,:./; elecfrib hot,point- irons. .That ; ;,the , imposed?, /if-5, . Crabtre'e-'andSorisfbi'^^'delay/ln/supplyii^^iS l : incandescent. lighting,- bracked -be ;• reducadMf g from Xl 5 to : _ 1 The:, report was adopted. > y-v 'i ■ CIOT/msebvesLTlThe'.Eeserves / Commitiee' /reporfceji |' they! had "received a; report: from.-.thojCitj Engineer /with; regard ito - the water; supplj. ; at; the - Botanical •; Gardens. "/ ,'He:; -recom'mended that a': tank 'of ■ • gallons aj; capacity/be/provided, in :thoc : gaHens/on»S ■ a . suitable : level and fed by/ gravitation : during riighti.hours:: The^estimated;,cost.'/&vi iwas J^lso, '--arid : ; '-the ■; coniniittM;' :.recoiriT'y?y . meridbd ,that this/rimount be : placedi.orivth9;a;';| estimates , for- the' coming/ year.: ' ; ;; The;report/was; adopted,-;;;:: .' { :^y/-).,:"V: : ~^—^'' '" : ; i":-;:;:'jff r The ,- Anriy : Council" has decided nurses employed 1 in.'milltary families rhos.;ftJs pitals /may ' be; permitted' occasionally /to;/,/:.'; attend '■ operas;> >. theatres,;/. concerts,: and other - placed./ of': authority. of the/head morse - under ;w;hom;.:':'i§: , they 'are. serving,-but riot balls or : j.:' ; /The: London County, Council has taken/v'/y: ' power,,/under, inghouses,, to deal.:with;the opium-'dena ..In:the' vneighbourhood:of .;v'Lim'ehousß.2%f>J .causeway,. whichriu.mber yb'etweeri 20. ? ;,They.' are 'frequented, only .by who live in them as. boarders.: :. '. ,'y. v.-j.'-: