CITY COUNCIL.

Evening Star, Issue 4263, 25 October 1876, Page 4

CITY COUNCIL.

The following business was transacted after we went to press yesterday : - Mr Goldie wrote that the residents of Mansford "township were very desirous of having a road from their residences to the beach, which would nave" to be taken through section 2, block 1, Lower Harbor West, at present leased by him from the Corporation of Dunedin. Permission was granted some time since for foot traffic. What the residents now want is that the said track be widened into a dray road, which, if the Corporation had no objection, he, as lessee, would be quite willing to grant.—'Referred to the Works Committee. Messrs Royse, Stead, and Co., wrote that they had been requested by some of the principal riparian proprietors on the Leith to ask if the Corporation would be disposed to sell the Bill which it possesses, empowering it to take the Water of Leith, and if so, what sum it was willing to accept for it. Tbe proprietors would form a company, and bind themselves not to interfere with the Corporation'? present water supply. If the CorE oration would sell its Bill, this would reeve it of any further trouble in regard to an extended water supply, and at the same time would assure to the City and suburbs an ample supply of water. —lt was decided to thank Messrs Royse, Stead for their liberal offer, and to decline it; Or. Walter 'suggesting that they should be informed that the Council did not stll the citizeus. On a motion by Or. " 00 land that; the tenders for the constinotion of the Pi'.t an/* Frederick street sewer should be refrrr • I > the Works Committee with power to acce' ■ ';he lowest (£2,700). Or. (sa>c intimated Liointention of sitting at the Council table till midnight, if necessary, in order to resist such unnecessary expenditure. Ultimately further c .nsideratiou of the matter was adjourned till Tuesday. The Sanitary Committee recommended thai in consideration of the large amount of work which devolves, and latterly has devolved upon Dr Gillies, the health officer, that gentleman should be voted a bonus of L2OO. With regard to cases of fever to be received into the Fever Hospital from suburban districts, that in all such cases a deposit of L 5 per patient be prepaid to the Council by the persons or boards making application for the admission, such payment to be a condition precedent to the reception of any such patient. That the Sanitary Inspector had been instructed to furnish a return of cow-byres in the City, with particulars as to the state of the same, in a sanitary point of vew ; and that the Health J Officer had been requested to furnish monthly ! •' progress reports of the state of thte Fiver I Hospital. The committee was not able to j • report re the charge preferred against the i Fever Hospial authorities;, as the matter! had not yet been fully investigated. J The Water Supply Committee reported j the employment of Mr E. Campbell, in conjunction with the City. Surveyor, to make certain surveys of the Water of Leith, with a view to adopting Mr Campbell's scheme of supplying the reservoir from, the Loth on Sundays. ■'■■' The Works Committee recommended the ' appointment of Mr Mackenzie as inspector of the contraet for forming part of Union street; the acceptance of Mr J. Campbell's offer to supply 1,000 yards of 2£in. broken metal at 3s 8 J per yard; and that notice in the usual way should be given re further reducing the level of London street. That the Surveyor had been directed to name (with a view to appointment) a competent person to make connections with the City sewers. That it waa not advisable *o construct water troughs at the Cargill monument, and that the Surveyor had been instructed to report on forming crossings at the intersections of streets level with the footpaths. The Legislative Committee recommended that a bye-law should be passed enacting that in all cases smoking in cabs, &c, must be discontinued upon the request of any passenger, and that in no case it be permitted when any female is in tbe vehicle ; and no driver mußt smoke at all whilst driving his vehicle. Tbat the Inspector have power to order any vehicle or driver to discontinue plying forbore at any time, provided the vehicle or driver be dirty or out of order. That Mr Muaten s request to use a bell instead of a horn be declined, and that the provisions of the existing bye-law dealing wjth similar cases be adh red to. The request of the fcouth Dunedin Council to appertain the licenses fees received from cabmen residing outside the City between the various municipalities has been declined. A draft bye-law relative to reserving the Oval (fcoutn Dunedin ground), for cricketing purposes only, with a view to the necessary ateps being taken to bring the same into force, was submitted. THE HEALTH OFFCER. There was considerable discussion on the clause and the Sanitary Committees report • rec j" nmen ding a bonus to Dr Gillies The Mayor said if the system of paying bonuses were adopted it would be better to £? rl P yßlclanß on tU Or. Fish strongly supported tbe committee a recommendation. Dr Gillies'* attendance at the Fever Hospital bad seri •ously interfered with his private practice, fectorily! Perfonned *» duties sa ** Cr Mollison agreed with the last speaker. Out of the twelve deaths in the Fever Hospital it was known tbat three or four of the pat,enfsrb fc f o re they . were remov J from their residences, could ot possibly HnTfi + ' here WCTe ten inmate * 'n ?Le Hospital at present. They would probably tTV-?,- CloSe the doo « shortly, and. Dr GiEies could then return to his duties as Health Officer to the City tntL distinctly opposed to the system of giving bonuses, supported the recommendation of the Committee ashe knew that Dr. Gillies had let considerably in private practice throu hj being medio 1 Officer to the Fever Hospital g Tim£ R T7° Ve,4 -" Tt,atthe am *unt or L 7T *£ voted as a bonus to Dr. Gillie? » wl'j . w " ?"pri*--dat Councillors' who voted some L4O for a Fire Brigade hj quibbling against .the payment of a qu.-3'fied medical officer at tbe rate f L4OO a tear Or. Roberts : I would rather vote LIUO te save the city from being burned than to save a few children, though I have some «rf my own. (Laughter.) Cr. Gibson supported the voting of LIOO The MAY9R: My sympathiesare deddedly with the amendment. It is really a very K ma £? r when you come tovotl an item of L2OO away at once. JW you will iffMffiu £>»:•££ and conscientious iu discharging his Sfi" I beHeve that there are manygS^*. the City who would be willing to o? CU p"v thepohition for less money. Py five^oter ndmeDt *" Carried Bt ™> to ! of the Health Officer hht M he L os*JL. . without horse or o{tli hj IV] v . as rii «<>;•«, imlw. In- report-n.-tH I'.- ( , ~ ~,.,; ,". *■>'■ t-e <'■> inw't *.. ' : ' A word to !jo y lovtu —'' i*