CITY COUNCIL.

Evening Star, Issue 3659, 13 November 1874, Page 2

CITY COUNCIL.

The adjourned meeting of the City Council was held yesterday afternoon.

Ihe Mirvoyor'a report on tenders sent in was read, as fo lows : Cnuhers.— Mej-r-j Bright Brothers’ fender app. ars t..» be lowest, but 1 may bo allowed to remind the Council thatUthe question is realiy a commercial one, an u thiux-f ■uv my opinion is not that of an expert, {supplying Steam > ngine —Mr J Manning’s is the only offer to supply in Dunedin, and I beg to reo.mnm nd th it it be dfcfevi&'l fer inquiry. ‘U! plying 1,00 ) Vards of Flagging —Mr GavTWa’e tender for Caithness 11 r .via/, at Us 61, having been marked by the Town • jerk. ‘ tnvown o t.’ I should recommend that Mr Elde’s, at 12s 3d per yard, be accepted. Forming Hoad through Town Belt. —My estimate for the work was L4O or LSO. The lowest tender is L 62 3s 6,1. When the levels were taken, it was found that more cutting was required than I anticipated. With one exception, the tenders run very evenly, and I should recommend that the lowest be accepted (deter Maeaister, L 62 3s 61).” Messrs Bright Bros.’ tender (five per cant.) for indenting a stone crusher was accented.

Several gentlemen were nominated as arbitrators for the Council re the widening of .Princes street south, and the ballo resulted in the election of Messrs M. W Hawkins and T. Birch. The following motion, was carried : be paid the su a i f three guineas per sitting, but the amount of remuneration to be paid to each arbitrator shall not exceed 100 guineas.

Twentv-firc applications were received for the post of Assistant Town Clerk. Mr J. M. Jamieson (Ufa of Cargill and M‘Lean’s) was elected to the office.

Mr Fjsh withdrew bis motion re the expenditure of L2O.CQO upon new and perma mnt works in the City during the ensuing twelve months.