CITY COUNCIL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 276, 19 November 1881, Page 3

CITY COUNCIL.

The Council met at 7 o'clock last night. Tresen': Th^ Msyor, and Crs L?vieu, Trasb. Graham, Eirtey, Hcuasell, Little, jobes, ani Evf-re;t R-pues to a letter from the Town Clerk aiakirg -riquiries whether there were honedust factcrieß in thtir to^n3 were received from tbe Town Cltrk3 of Wellington and Cbristchurch. The former stated that there was one in Wellington, but the neighbors were complaining of the nuisance, although no official protest had beec made. A letter was read froa Mr W T. Sherwood, (he Secretary of tbe Industrial Exhibition CommKtre, asking for a water surp'v for a fin all fonotaio, and to be allowed the ase of the show gas meter and machine for *apt;ing tnain3 under pressure for exhibition. Permission granted. On tbe report of the Hospital Committee being: read, Cr Harley referred to the action recency brousht agaicst Harris to recover Hospital charppg, and to tfee fact that the Mayor and Cr Levien bad sat on tbe Bench. This was one of the most important questions tha', the Council and country at large could be calhd upon to deal with. The Mayor: I must call you to order, a 9 it is only the Committee's report which is before the Council. Cr HsWej : I will Inve my voice heard I have some very serious objections to make. I apeak to you, your Worship, as Chairman of the Bench, and I say that ycu ought to deal with that body as you wou!d he desl^ by, but you have not done so. You have co; dealt honorably like any other social body with the peoplp. I wish to inform you that you are only young Jus-ices, and I hope you are better judges ihan y v are of— The Mayor: Cr Hariey, the Council report is before us, and you niU3t confine your commprits to lhat. Cr Iltriey: If you can show that [ am ouv cf order. nH rit-ht. You ara members of :h: HojpiT.l Committee, and you ccmrnitt-d r. mi^rake by allowing him to stop witbom paying vrhen you know ho was capable of paying, so ycu are the people who cught tc be punished. The Mayr.r : Cr Harley, I apnin call you to order. I really must ask the Cauccil to support me. Cr Ratify: If such proceedings are !o be the rule of the Cou-cii, then no rule will be in exercise here exe.-p*, \7hen two or tbrer men combine together The Mayor : I ogiin app?al to the Council to support me, and unless they do I shall certainly leave the cb^ir. Cr Tra?k : li is quite clear that Cr Ilsriey does not know what he ia speaking to. If he has any grievance against the PolbrCourt, this i 3 not the time cr place to brina it on. Cr Everett : I move that the report be laid on the fable. This was agreed to, and Cr Harley subsided for a time. A letter was received from Mr F. K Jones offirkg £5 a year f or t jj e g aswo rk.» r.add-'cfc. Accr-p'(?d. The followinjr letter was received from Mr T Ilariey:— <: Having paid rates for number of years on my pr.-'pf-rty in Enaanu-street, and no available road through it, wh : ch was then demanded by ihis Council to be thrown open for cart traffic or other purpose. Without such is made I decline in future to pay ratos upon the said propertr.' 5 Cr Harlf 7 saii thai his object was to convey to the minds of the Council that no rca^s in the place onght to be shut up to the ♦•obiic. It was very anfortcnat'3 that in such matters ns these they cou'd not give exprr s'ion to their feeling without interviewing fh' House of Representatives. Th Mayor ; I must in?i3' upon your confining yobr remaiks to the letter before the Council. Cr Hirley .- Yon caused me to eloss a roal when i*. was no*", available, and when you put me to £30 or £40 expense and do the same to other ratepayers in shutting up roads, then I ihirk i; is time, I think we ought to, jes, Sir. that is the tim- 1 Cr Graham : Your Worship, I refer you to by law No. 31. Cr Harley : I think we ought to express our opinions here without any reference to by laws. The Mayor : I ujnpt bf> Rupp-irted b 7 the Conccil in dealing with Cr Harley v;ho is certainly very mnrh < u' of order to-night wha'-fTsr th'; reason may b?>. Cr Karl y: I respect you very much indeed when ynu are holding yr.ur geat but not when yoa spetk to me like a dog. I acn sent here by tbr ratepivera. Cr L^vir-n: I think tho Mayor has borne wifh Cr H rky ve-y raiently po fir. I think that we ought ro adj urn until Mon day as it ii psrfectly impossible to get on with any business under the existing circumstances. Cr Evcrott: I would sn?gest to Cr Harlpy that he gives notice of motion regarding his letter. The Mayor: I ,- : m anxious to alow full Jib-rty of ep?6c'T to all, but I confess that Cr Harl*y has sorely tried my patience to Dight. I- ia evident that he ie not in a fir, state to taks pirt in the Council proceedings to-night, and I think we had better adjourn. We have passfd the pay sheet 3 and the m:-n can get thf ir chf ques Cr Trv>?k : I *hall Feconfi Cr Levien's mMion uniess Cr Harley prcmiges to behave himslf Cr Graham: As this letter refers to a purely pprtnnal matter of Cr FJarley's I hipn he wii adj liirn it I .'hink. Sir, thaf you are pc-rf-o'-y right in call's hi n '0 rrder CrE^pre:': I 'ms r O Gnhim's fugg^stion wi.l be a- p^e^ h/ Ct ILirley. Cr Gr-ibam: For his o-wn ssk^ I hrp-> Or HirK-y will cnai.t Co th'?, as I s'nru't b-> sorry for it to to sbriad 'ha* the Ccurci w s compelled to adjosrn on tcojunt of bis <oadact. t The letter was then opietad 1q be laid on tbe.table.

The Worke Committee recommended that the Collingwood-street footways be cleaned on both aides ; that the footway in Harleystreet be made up on both si^cs and kerbed with wooden kerbicg ; that Lock Brothers' application for the erection of a boDe mill be granted en condiuon tl::it it bo remevfd if it bi.c-.me a nuisance. — The two former were ,! greed to. With reference to the latter Cr Tra"k thought it would be unwise to accede to the application in the face of the Wellington Town Clerk's letter.— Cr Graham said that Mr Lock was quite satisfied to take the risk, acd was equally satisfied that it would not create a nuisance.— Cr Lsvien felt sure that it would be a nuisance and that the bone mill would prove a bone of contention. — The Mayor thought they ought to foster every possible industry —Agreed to. Tho report of the auditors on the various borough accounts was read, certifying to their correctness. The Inspector of Nuisances' report wa? then read, It stated that the number of (■rtmises in bad condition was becoming less, and tho back yards were improving. The public generally were getting very careful of the water, and on the whole treated his visits as those of a friend, and attended to his suggestions The following tenders were rfceivfd fcr *-ider.irg Washington VaUry:— Martin and D:>.n«. £.55 (acerptrd); W. Jones, £47 10---10.1; L'oy ■: end Bradley, £48 10s; W. Taylor. £49 ids; J. Gribble, £53; W. Price, £65. Pla< s of the wards into which the town is to b? divided were laid on the table. Resolved That the burgesses roll be advertised as open for inspection. | Tho consideration of " ordinary buginesa " was postponed, and the Council adjourned.