CITY COUNCIL.
The following business was transacted after we went to press yesterday m, THE . TpWtf BALL SITE, lHe Commissioner of Customs xml* kUer^fh^f? 6 r eCeipt of the Council? letter of the Ist mat., on the subiert tv* Town Sa H to ]i ereCt Cor P oration Offices and^ RZrve L UP T octa « on Market reserve, and asking the Government to sanction the: erection of such' buildings. ia well as a Fire Brigade building, on sibilitv VST* a “ d assume the responS& s °L t :l ProCedure -. lB aechonJss^nd^Sot t&M? * ST 0 * 1 ** 00 * Act, 187 "from Which S 6 !^ 1 Conations f^2SS&4£--proposal to alienate the ,gM4 the named in your letter would wehrii withthe thegorpqratiqk and the harbor board! if T r * f I6H —“that the Council, at its next meeting, proceed to the election of two members for the Harbor Board.” When the contents of the Harbor Board Bill were Pm? a TT UC f? to 'them, he moved that the Sh ?r Uld I . r , efuße t( ? elect aQ y represenw «. Hedld 8 ? as te wished to protest against the action of the Colonial Parliament m saying that the members of that Council tL°H aa bie! e of o elec s m g tw o representatives m the .Harbor Board, but were not capable of seemg themselves as the representatives of the Corporation. The absurdity of this action was shown by the fact that there was 1 S^L* 0 pr !u eQt the P a y era of Harbor Board dues or the,owners of vessels electing, members of the City Council to represent them; and there was nothing to prevent the members of the Port ChaWrs, Dunedin, and Suburban Municipalities combining to mutually elect members of their own bodies as members of the Harbor Board. Again, a gentleman who was not a member of the Council might be elected to the Harbor Board, and on the day after he might become a member of the City Council, let there was nothing in the Act to disqualify him. In order to show that this provision was made to apply specially to Dunedin, he need only mention that a Board for Wanganui was created last session, and it was provided that the Mayor and one of the Councillors should be members of the Board. In consequence of this absurd Act, it was his intention to propose at next meeting that the Council should elect two gentlemen in whom, he was sure, they all had confidence, and whose accession to the Board would do honor to those sitting beside them. It was his intention to move that Mr Massey and Mr Mirams be appointed to represent the pty Council m the Harbor Board. He hoped Councillors would not think he was proposing this as a joke, and trusted they would seriously consider the matter. The only drawback was that the Corporation would lose the services of those gentlemen while they were attending to their Harbor Board duties, but that would be Counterbalanced by the consideration that they looking after the interests of the City. The motion was agreed to. The following letter was received C- . Dunedin, December 4,1876. ~ Sl fi T a PP°} n ,teient of two members of the Board resting with the Corporation, I b«r most respectfully to soli -it tho honor of repretieranff the Corporation on that Board, and to assure the members of the Council that, should they confer the honor on me, my best exertions will be given to maintain a cordial co-operation between the two bodies, believing as I do that the interests of the wtizcns will be best considered by harmoniously working together, and by the removal of that tee£ ' His Worship the Mayor. HeKRY H ° TOHTOIi * Cr. Grant did not think that Mr Houghton was justified in making such a charge. He did not think the Corporation had shown m a single instance that there was any ill-feeling between it and the Harbor Board. CITY IMPROVEMENTS. The Works Committee recommended that the prayer of the memorial from residents at Duke street be not complied with, as no present necessity exists for any alteration as respects lowering that portion of the street ■rw C M n w e( £ gc , and ; P reat streets. That Mr V\ allace s claim for compensation, tor alleged damage to his house at Victoria street by the works on hand at that street, be declined, the Council not admitting any liability in the matter. That LIOO be expended m improving Young street, as per clause 1 Surveyor’s report. That a temporary dray road be formed at Adam street, 20ft wide, at a cost of LBO, as per clause 2 of the same report. That LIOO be expended in improvements at Heriot Row, between London and Pitt streets, as per clause 3 of the said report. That the following cube crossings be constructed along the line of Princes street, at an estimated cost of L2OO, viz.:—At Anderson’s Bay road, Market street, Manor street, Jetty street. Liverpool street, and Water street. That George street north, between Duudas and Howe streets, be lowered at an estimated cost of L 350, including relaying kerbing, metalling, &c., as per clause 6 of same report. That the formation of Arthur street to Serpentine Avenue bo deferred until the completion of Canougate street contract. The City Surveyor reported as follows in reference to formation of Royal Teiraee, from Pitt street to Argyle street“l estimate the cost tf forming and metalling the above length of street at LI.OOO approximately. I fear that there will he some difficulty in disposing of the excavated material, the whole of the work being cuttiug. Argyle street will scarcelyabsorb the whole of it, and I have on my plans arranged that the balance should go into the gully beyond. The formation to its permanent level even of the above length will be a great improvement, but I should be very glad if the Council could see its way to continuing the work to London street, as I first posed. The whole could be done cheaper and more advantageously than a part, and the street must be formed some tine or other.”
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Evening Star, Issue 4299, 6 December 1876, Page 1
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