CITY COUNCIL.

Evening Star, Issue 3942, 13 October 1875, Page 2

CITY COUNCIL.

The fo 1 lowing buvf."ws was A ,,r*n*.ict»ed »fc yest may's meeting oi the Liiy w ouncil after we went to press : The Uorporatioii Soli'citors wrote, in answer to a Icter from the i 'ou. icii, tuat their opinion Was th.,t tae • i.'agw u,.i eersity Site Exc hiinge Act would imfc enable the ''ouncil to 1, at tho lan,ls comprised in the rirfD schedule f.-r ’ fcmilding pur pi, es >n terms ,yf he ordinay town leases They stated that it was obligatory to ijevote. ihe liilklr to pm poses of public i .•ec'rcation for the I'ityof Done tin and its j nhabiiant-, pu,poses would nrcessarily: require that the public should have resaunablc ;u rcess to the laiid—a privil, go quite imnnisiscei it -ith 'etting the and on holding Je.xses. nothor provision of the Public W.e-rvGj Act, 18. 54, was that, all rents, A.C., arising fioit .reserves are to he accoun; d for to the Previn eial Tie asurer, and are subject to appropriation jby tiio Drcvincial Council. That prov ,i\ c incorporated with the above Act debats lh<? 'Council from dealiiig with any rents received fo r the la.nd in question.—The Mayor said lha t when the Cou cil agreed to the change, they were led to undet stand that they would be abb '■ to let the land on .building leases ; now, accoit ling to the opinion of Messrs Hmith and -nd.« rsou, they would not be aide to do so.—Refe n 'ed to the Reserves Committee. The Reserves Committee was av itDorised to advertise for lenders to lea>e the Heuthern Market Reserve. Mr Thomas Johnston, captain ol' tho new Fire Brigade, not'fitd tlie a;>poiaini.M u. of the sever for three mouths, till January 3rd, 18(3, when the firet general elo.g tien will, take place. Messrs R. B. Jones and .A. Crant were elected trustees, to actj in cor (junction with Mr, Worship*! - *.*! Mayor, relaih ’© to the brigade funds. Tne reqt '.ested to bo supplied with copies ot bye-la' ws, and minute an*' account books at the earliest convenience of the Council. The r Tty Surveyor reported that be 1 lad prepared a schedule of the streets iut the Lity now sufficiently formed, the total length being II mites 15% chains of footpaths, which c n now be finished. The total cost of the herring and chaumdling he estimn tied at L 1,295, the cost to proprietors being i 8,960, and the balance (1.2,335) to be borne by the orpmation. He reported that the St.. 'ndrew street sewer was well and substantially finished throughout, and there was not the .east iLn of weakness. I'M' Lighting Committee recommends i that the following offer be made to Mr Hal ikey’s attorney for the purchase of the Duned'iu Gaswmrks and plant, as pr Nl ssrs Hurt and Moody’s schedule, viz L 43,5 >•■*, payt-,b/« in Dunedin 6 per “ent. ga» debentures at )?ar; and stock or plant not included in the said schedule to he purchased at cost, price, and piaid for iu tho same manlier as mentioned abc we, Tiie date of delivery of the works to the C uncil fo bo hereafter arranged mutual lly. In the event ot the offer being declined the Committee recmnmende.i that immediate sttips be taken for the erection of c orporation Gasworks The following motions were referred to 'the Wmks Coummiee : -By (,'r. I.E BV —“That Grange street be k -rbed and channelled.” By Cr. Koberxs—“That a proper muil tank be built at the junciion of Police and Bond streets, under tile .Surveyor’s direction.” By i Or. Chapman —“ ihat in carrying out the im j provemeuts now iu jirogrcsß m Pitt street, a wide-concrete channel be formed on the southern side ol the str et, and tnat the uniformed portion of tho .footpath in the same (street be formed with the keibing in concrete.” Cr, I.EART moved- “ That th« streets within : the City be so formed as to secu e a lull’ from : the centre of the mad to the channels, and in ! no case shall the crown of the road be below the level of the building line ; and ■ hat the v'ity i Surveyor be instructed to give effect to this i resolution as opportunities may offer.” He j wished to see the m this City somei thing like they were niaeeiti Melbourne:. There | the roads were almost perfect, and aft»;r every , shower of rain they were thoroughly clean.— j Mr Brown seconded the motion. —Mr ISAAC eaid tne resolution was an insult to their eugineeer, and Mr L IBs ON thought the resolution j was too dictatorial, and that it was coming it | too strong on the part of a Councillor to bring such a motion forward. Afier remarks by other Councillors, and a reply from Cr. Leary, an amendment proposed by Cr. isiAO. to the effect that the Surveyor’s report of Jun« last was satisfactory, was carried, aud Cr. LeaßY’b motion was lost.