MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 263, 21 March 1874, Page 1 (Supplement)

MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.

Th? ordinary meeting of the Council on Wednesday evening last was adjourned to tlie following morning. At the adjourned meeting there -were present —His Worship the Mayor, Crs. Inder, Brookes, Hjoiringj and de X&uiotus The following report from the Elysburn'Works Committee was read:— REPORT, We have the honor to report that, in accordance with the request of the contractors/ we visited the works ofc present in progress op the Kyeburn roads.. We feraid that, owing to the Upper Kyeburn . Cumniittee not having superintended the work at Mrs. George's kill—not even peggmg it out, the "wtsTk had bten entirely slcared by the contractors. The specifications were not, however; complied with—it being imperative that the gradieni; .of the hill should be uniform. Tfes stony pinch cutting, although better adapted for traffic, was not done according to specification. The remainder of the work was fairly passable. Taking these facts into consideratio."., we were not prepared to pass these contracts {in the hands of William Hackney), as a great deal of heavy work would be required at the hill leading to Mrs. George's. We accordingly proceeded to mark off the ground as it would be necessary to make it to render traffic safe, and gave the contractors the offer to do the work, leas a deduction of £ll for the faulty work of the other contract. This arrangement was submitted to and approved of by his Worship the Mayor and Cr. Inder, and the Town Clerk was instructed to furnish the additional specification for signature. We gave the contractors to understand that we would be prepared to recommend the Council to pass a voucher for £4O on tLe work done, which we hope the Council will approve of. Mr. Morgan's contracts were not in a sufficiently finished state to justify their, being passed. We instructed him to proceed with more expedition with the hill at Mr. Cain's fence, which was agreed upon by both parvlwrkj OtVulOAUlUtOi.^ 1 . The whole work should be completed in a fortnight. C. A. I?E Lautour. Michael Bkoc kes. CORRESPONDENCE.—INWARD : Letter from Wm. Dickinson, ELyeburn .Diggings, dratrins .".ttentiGH cf tliG Cgus* cil to the manner in which Mr. Morgan is building the culvert across his race, near Mr. Cain's hotel, and objecting to the material used, being principally stones of the size of a, man's hand, and further that the stones, instead of being sunk a few inches in the bottom of the are about ten inches above it, and stating that, if the culvert should give way after being passed, he would be obliged to throw it out, which would, stop his working, and also the traffic. Letter from Clerk to the Treasury, in reply to Town Clerk, stating that a voucher had been passed for refund of £75 license fees due to the Corporation, and would be paid shortly. Letter from Mr. W. J. Millar for permission to keep a pigstye.—Granted. TO WN HALL. Authority was given to the Public Purposes Committee to get what timber was needed for the work at the Town Hall. FINANCE. The following accounts were passed for payment:—Clifford, £1 12s. 6d.; Briscoe and Co., £2 19s. 9d.; Morrison and Langmaak, £ll2s. 6d.; Jacob, on account of contract, £l4O.