CITY COUNCIL.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2577, 11 July 1882, Page 4

CITY COUNCIL.

An ordinary meeting was held last evening Present —The Mayor and Ors. Ayers, Bishop, Vincent, Hiorr.s, Lauisson, Bowman. River, Xreleaven, Hnlbert, England and Lambert. The credit at the Bank was stated to ha £11159 12a ; receipts, £3652 11s lOd, including £2173 6i 8i for publicans’ licenses ; suspense account, £9O 3s 3J ; drainage rato account, £ll7 43 8d; ditto, No. 2, £479 13s oi. Expenditure, £1461 5s lid; drainage account No. 3, £IB2O 6j81; drainage rate account, £3OO ; sinking fund account, £300; suspense account, £219 19s 7d.

The Secretary to Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals requested that tbo ■Goanoil's inspectors and rangers might r.ot in their ordinary rouudo aa honorary inspectors for the society ; and that an intprmutionbook might he permitted to be placed in the municipal offices for the public use. Resolved —“ That the Council, while oympaRaising with the objects of the society, cannot' permit the municipal officer# to act as in-| specters to the society.” The surveyor ronorted the work in front csf the 8.. M. Court was befog done. Portion of Oiubel street had bson channelled. Some of the roods between Manchester street and the Bast Belt were in a bad state. As broken

metal could not be obtaioed-quiokly enough, a coat of shingla might bo spread to make them passable foe the rest of the winter. Repairs to girders of Victoria bridge had been carried out. Thirty-four building permits had been issued in June. The fees collected in June were £53 IGs. Superintendent Harris reported fire bn*, code’s attendance at eight fires‘last quarter. Chemical fire engine had been shipped on the barque Ooryphyne, which left New York on April 20th, expected to arrive early in August. Electrical firs alarms would be ready about same date. Messrs McKay and Stevenson’s tender, at 7a lOd a pan, for closet pans for next year, vraa-accepted. Or. Bowman moved—That, in consequence of the result of the meeting re loon for water supply, the Council proceed no further to take a poll until a numerously signed requisition from the burgesses shall be received asking the Council to carry out the scheme.” He thought there was no uio going to fight when there was no hope of winning. Or. Vincent seconded the motion pro-forma to enable him to refer to remarks made at the recent meeting, and urged that the meeting in the Oddfellows’ HaR waa not a representative one. . Or. Ayers argued that the meeting should have been representative, and when it was not so it became a question whether the Council should not pause. Equal apathy might he shown at the poll as at the meeting. He supported the resolution much Against his-own convictions in favor of the scheme. Or. England pointed ont that a good many would probably have attended 'the meeting were it not that the question had to be subsequently decided by a poll. Or. Kiver also said that many in favor of the scheme, and intending to vote for it, refrained from attending the meeting believing it to be unnecessary to do so. Or. Hiorns agreed with the Mayor that it was unnecessary to have put the resolution at

the hall, but now that that resolution had been put and carried, he felt constrained to regard the meeting as representative, and would support the motion just put. Or. Halbert cared not for the popularity of She question, but endeavored to look at what was best for the ratepayers generally. Or. Treleaven was surprised at the Council, after declaring iu favor of the water supply, now allowing themselves to be biassed by the • late meeting. Or. Louisson advocated the taking of a poll, believing a large section of the community -gras in favor cf the supply. Or. Lambert regretted the position in which the meeting had placed the Mayor. It was not for the Council now to stultify themselves by adopting the motion. Or. Bishop said not a third of the meeting voted one way or another. Probably many held up their hands by way of a joke. The Mayor 'felt disrespect had at the meeting been shown to him in his official position, and discourtesy to the Oounoil, There seemed to be soma people determined, without inquiry, to oppose anything proposed Cor the benefit of the citizens. To pass Or. Bowman’s motion would imply great weakness on the Council’s part. [Hear, hoar.:] The resolution was put and vras lost, Ora. Ayers, Hiorns, and the mover voting for, and the remainder of the councillors against. Ors. Ayers and Hiorns declared they were individually in favor of the scheme. Or. Bowman said he was decidedly against a pumping scheme, and in favor of a gravitation scheme. Or. Ayers said he too was in favor of a gravitation scheme, but for the expenses intending it at present. [Cheers.] Or Hulbert moved—“ That a committee be appointed, consisting of the Mayor, Cr. Ayers and the mover, to interview Mr B. M. Mrtvfpn ftnH if n. nnpfinri r»f f.Tio

frontage on Colombo street, of! that section of land known as ’Morten’s block,” could be secured for the city for the purpose of widening Colombo street between that block and the Bank of He w .Zealand, and to report at the earliest opportunity.” The object was to see what terms might be obtained for a width of 10ft or so.

Or. Louiison seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. On Or. Louisson’s proposal, seconded by Or. Halbert, it was resolved —“ That the works committee be requested to have those portions of Cashel and Montreal streets fronting the drillshed reserve asphalted on the usual terms,”

Heaolved, on Or. Vincent's proposal, seconded by Cr. Eiver—“ That the reserves committee be instructed to plant the reserves as far as the money set apart for the purpose will allow.”