CITY COUNCIL.

Evening Star, Issue 3970, 15 November 1875, Page 3

CITY COUNCIL.

At the adjourned special meeting of the Council this afr.t moon there were present— The fyTaynr, Councillors Leary, Campbell, Woodland, Grant, Gibson, Koberfcs, Chapman, Reeve s, Brown, Ts;iac, and Mollison, It was stated I that Cr. Quick was absent from the Province, . Among other letters the following were: read : November 12. At 1 v meeting of the tenants held at our office this mor u ing it was revolved that their proposal, convey! id in our letter of the 2ml iust., should be modified to the extent ihat they would accept L 20,000 and pa y their own costs, all proceedings on the part of t he Citizens’ Committee to be withdrawn without cos to as against the tenants. W'e are instructed to say that the proposal now mac! o is to be considered final, and shall be obliged if yc .11 w ill arrraugi- if possible to give an answer befo reS?< p.m. to-day.—Without prejudice, Si KVWRIGHT AND STOUT. November 13. !£';fen dug to our letter of yesterday, we are instruct, ed to ask ymir permission to withdraw the same am i to subsfdite the foliowing: The Manse Reserve tenants a~e prepared to accept a sum of 1/20,000 i a full of all their demands, and pay thereout, their own cosr.;i, charges, and expenses, together with asu m not exceeding LIOO for the coats of tne Citizens’ (loxnmittoe. —We are, &c., SIEVWBIGHT AND SHOUT. November 15.

In repl f • to yoni s of to-day’s date wo beg to say that we t act m that /ho sum of L 20.000 shall include all the ci ,3 t i, charges, and expenses incurred by us on behalf ol ' the ill arise Reserve tenants respecting the \g i>( Princes street from the time that tlio iegolistions commenced until (he present, f u nc, ami shall also include tho arbitrators’ fees (L 837) Salready paid by them and alt the ■ s.xpons :;s of the arbitrn.tion and the witnesses or ex P erts called by the tenants, and all law costa incun ’ed by us on their behalf, together with a RUnri not ci ;ceedin,g L4(io for the costs of the Citizens Couuni ttee m respect of the suit in the SuSpreme Cou rt,— "fi'e are, &c., SIKVWRIOHT AND SIOUT. The Citiz end’ 1 inmunittee, through Mr Sligo, recommend ed the Council to accept tho tenants’ off ( , r be tb'i.ng which they pointed out the i dry w )x dd save i.9,000 to I 10,000 on the awards; ti iai ; the tenants would receive little tnoiethan tb e .-urn which councillors adverse to the wii Jeni ng were prepared to pay before the late a r ] jt >r auon was entered on, and it the Supreme Cum judgment were reversed, the coii.-equ , nef!g p i iju- i :ity would b u very serious A? v Sli'go 1 chat the non acceptance of the offer ivouJd < »bli die < ’ouncil to seriously cou aider whettu ir t* ey would be justified in litigating furth sr.

Cr. Grant moved that the offer of the tenants be accepted, and that the matter be referred to the Finance Committee for settlement.

Cr. Isaac, in seconding the motion, said the real cost of the widening to the city would, by the tenants paying the law expenses, be reduced to 1,17,000. Cr, Gibson opposed the proposal because he considered L 20.000 far too much ; and it was probable another Citizens’ Committe might rise up to contest the matter. If the Council waited till the Church trustees got an Act empowering them to sell without any reservation, the Manse tenants might be inclined to reduce their claim by a very large sum. If the motion was carried, he would protest against it, and would entirely wash his hands of it. pr. .Reeves asserted that the Finance Committee had agreed to offer LIB,OOO in satisfaction of all demands; and if that sum was acceptedby the tenants a meeting of Council was to be called, but not otherwise. The Council should be firm. The L 20,000 was supposed to cover all costs, the Corporation’s as well as the tenants’. He moved that the Council should go into committee to further consider the matter.

After an irregular discussion tbe proposal to go into Committee was negatived. Cr. Leabt moved, and Cr. Chapman seconded. an amendment to the effect that the matter be referred to the Finance Committee, with the tenants, provided the compensation payable by the Corporation, inclusive of all costs and charges, should not exceed L 20,000. Cr. Leary’s amendment was earned by eight against three—Crs. Grant, Gibson, and Isaac only voting against it.