CITY COUNCIL.

Evening Star, Issue 3776, 1 April 1875, Page 2

CITY COUNCIL.

At the regular fortnightly meeting of this body, held last evening, there were present the Mayor, Councillors Prosser, Fish, Walter. Mercer. Isaac, Beck, Woodland, Reeves, Grant, and Gibson. *

Among the correspondence and miscellaneous matters were the following :-The Under-Sec-retary wrote that the Government insisted on the withdrawal from leasing of sections 7 and t wharves and quays reserves, which were rejaoiway purposes (it was explained that this had been done), and that as the Government intended to introduce a Bill at the next session of the Provincial Council authormug the closing of Gaol street, they wished to know whether the Corporation had made arrangements with the people oh the north side of the street in the event of their claiming compenwi® 11 ’ was decided that if the sum of L 4, left m the City Inspector’s office, be not claimed within a week it should be handed over to the Benevolent Institution ; and tojkeep the South Dunedin weighbridge .open till film, daily.

_ NEW •ABWORKB. tw*?’ §•?* of Emerald Hill, that he anticipated being able to visit Dunedin early m June, and went on to say;—“ln the wnrVo ° f y° ur .,determining to erect new gas™*B» * operable amount of preliminary work could be done in the meantime, as, if you City with intended site of the works marked on it. the system of reticulation could be marked out; and the order for the street mams and other material sent Home, active operations in the erection of the works could be commenced in June, and the hv° r^v C 0 Md g^4 u PP Ued to consumers hy say Ist January, 1876. I will undertake the preparation of all plans and specifications, mferfa!lri^? nd tb ® carryin S out of the whole undertaking-paying my travelling and other personal expenses—for the sum of LI.OOO. I Dunedin to ascertain even fche a 7 daily consumption of Jf WO 1 much short ol 100,000 cubic feet. Assuming this standard “ loala tion, the works I would design, would, when completed, supply say 250 000 P“?«M. rerttaWKjSrtl.’S a work complete—the retort-hoose being :100ft twenty settings of long retorts: erß » eacb * eefc m diameter, comL2B 000 Sli c.f.-at from t? I would, however, at the er ft °ne of the gasholders, and the retort house half its intended length (as was d™*? at th « South Melbourne Gasworks), the B f r ’ purifiers, exhauster, sta2®Sw’ “ d being the full sixe-the J. thi * would be about L 24,000 0rL25,000, Bay -’ een mil ® B of street mains (the uutaal mam being 15im diameter), service matt* “cters, and all other things necessary to make the works complete.” This letter, with wi offer from air S. Hutchison of his services Referred to the Lighting Committee. ’ f mtnnation made by Mr Hankey’s attorney that a charge of Llllos per lamp would b® “ a 4 e *9 r March, led to some discussion, the genera! opimon that the charge was too high and wouldbrmg the cost of fighting the City t^in’ 000 a-year. The Lighting® Commit tee s recommendation that the Council should supply four lamps and lamp posts at the Rattray street jetty, in compliance with the letter Har bor Board, provided the Board would u 6 Coßt of bghtmg the lamps, was adopted, and it was mentioned that Mr Hankey’s offer sideratiori^ anly Ught th ° city was ™r con-

Committee reported that the kad been instructed to write to s?d Anderson requesting them to ascertain whether the Corporation tenants at Princes street reserve would agree to the same arbitrators acting relative to their arbitrations as were acting regarding the Church tenants, as the Corporation tenants object to the Church tenants arbitrators acting for them. The clause b *ck. His Worship said there was no ground for the exaggerated reports that had been circulated as to the cost of the arbitranon.

Th» Works Committee reported that Mesam Anderson andMowat and others had been asked, relative to the tramway applied for at Princes street south, to famish a working "drawing showing the section of the tramway where it is to cross the footpaths and channelling, hj/ Supply Committee reported that the Water Engineer.(Mr M‘Gregor) had been instructed to report comprehensively as to the best means of extending the water supply to ths higher portions of the city; also, as to adopting temporary means of increasing the supply pendmg the erection of farger works. The Town Uieric bad been instructed to arrange with the manager of the Bank of New Zealand to treat all Waterworks accounts as a general account, with a view of reducing the amount charged for overdraft interest, and the Inspector of Nuisances to report any cases of waste of water, and endeavor to check such waste. Mr A. H. Ross’s otter to sell to the Corporation the 245 acres of land necessary for Waterworks area was accepted. The land purchased from Mr Ross will not give additional supply to the reservoir, it being now a gathering ground for the present supply; but the purchase is made to prevent lumber being cut down and the present supply being thereby lessened.