THE WATER WOKS COMPANY AND THE CORPORATION.

Evening Star, Issue 3443, 5 March 1874, Page 2

THE WATER WOKS COMPANY AND THE CORPORATION.

letter?!rotethe o'eiltary of the Water %o Clerk ™|gd at the last I jbavei the tyi loT my directors,;to acknowledge' reoeibramfrour letter of February I£, the company of support} .checking waste or te not .tho future extension. of the'works Wthr oompahy for the supply of the City. with water. As the City Council have thought fit-to* take this attitude towards the Waterworks Company, my directors are compelled to fall back upon their rights, and decline to supply the Corporation on any other terms than those^on which, the public generally are supplied. UuolT as they 1 regret being forced into this position, in face of the rumor of proposed legislative .-opposition on the part of the Council, which your letter does not deny, any other course would beunjust-equally to the shareholders, of the company and to the consumers of water generally.—l have,_&c., Thomas Dior.

The, following is. the letter f«jpm ; the r Oity Council, To which the above is a" reply City Council Chambers, Dunedin, February 18,1874. Sir -I have the, honor,, by instruction of the City Council,-to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of date as per margin (January 26), relative to the Council’s request for information as to the quantity of water which the Dunedin Waterworks Company might be in a position to supply for public,. ba(hs fpr the Corporation of this City, and price for same. The Council wishes-meto-retumthauks-for The-Gompany-’s proposal to supply The necessary drinking fountains free of charge. It is intended to erect drinking touhtainavery shortly; indeed a.contract has" been' concluded focjrtheir speedy fcbnstriictioh. t - > Relative to the quantity of r( water neSessary for the-public batfis,-this has been "carefully computed at notless than say 20,*00 D gMlboiSer day,; -This UputedquaptityThe Douncil&itees your directors will consent -to supply free; Of charge. Indeed, so. far as the. Council’s information extends, it is-an ioS~a mumpipahty to ■ pay. .anything.. for/ water *or public, baths. : : ’ . ' , >■ Yffiv make reference to the alleged waste&of >7,% Public ind $ She Lorporation, apd almost lodge a complaint that the magistrates who presided at' The Tb-clßed Mayor s Cojirt (probably more correctlyJcnown as The,; City Police |he habit sof fining sufficiently ! aii£ parsons' Who may have been shown to be oL wasting the Company’s water. As a matter of fact, the Council is Meddedly hot' aWre of any, wasteV but,.really.. it .ris rather exacting on the part of your directors to Iqmt to the Council,'as.accountable, if She • Bench, Magistrates, composed of; gentlemen resident® m all parts .'of the, City,,dft noT.me their way. to fine so heavily as' perhaps your directors might wish. However, the City Bolice Court is abolished; the'whole Of the . Mice business' Is no wj f ’teansacted-" atthe Raudent Magistrates Court- s6 pl%babl>.thircaufc'e ~ht ■ complaint : on-’ The, part "of ■ lbe"’C’soriipaliy • teW be looked upon as abolished or done away with. With regard to the question raised by you.jas to what action the Cef-paVation OfDdnkiuteay feel-called upon, in the interest of thb citizenS, to take,,mThe event of the Dunedin Waterworks Co. applying to Parliament for further powers, I ate directed to say that, the Council is uriaßld to give any pledge, . The OflflnsU; baTnqttße. cided upon auy - line. of notion, and can oontje. quently give no assurance as to what eoiiwe may .-be pursued under, oiroumstances -which presently are unknqwru—-I have, fy..,'' '•/.£ J. M. Massey,/ fr m, Town Clerk.' Thomas Dick, Esq., Secretary,. Dunedin Waterworks- Company.'' • f Y