CITY COUNCIL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5430, 22 August 1878, Page 2

CITY COUNCIL.

A. special and ordinary meeting oi the City Council will be held this cvenin?. The following is the business on the paper Consideration of by-laws for regulation of hackney carriages; consideration of bylaws for enforcement of pavement; return of muucipal reserves ; letter from Colonial Secretary in reply to Fire Brigades’Committee’s report; adjourned debate on public library ; tenders ; accounts. Consideration of the following notices of motion : By Councillor Allan,That the town sections 18 and 19 be resumed possession of by the Corporation, with the ultimate object of converting them into a plantation reserve; and In order fchebetterto fib them for this purpose, and as the only convenient locality available, the sections be used as a temporary, manure depot till the water system of sewage is available.” By Councillor Diver, —“ Tmit the Mayor shall call a meeting of the burgesses, within three months, to consider the propriety of borrowing the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand pounds, to be expended in making, forming, and improving the streets and footpaths within the borough.” By Councillor Macdonald,-—“That the Mayor be requested to call a meeting of burgesses, in accordance with the terms of clause 141 of the Municipal Corporations Act. 1870. to c msider the authorisation of a loan of one hundred and lif tv thousand pounds, for the purpose of completing the formation of the various streets of the city.” The following report of tho Public Works Committee will be brought up The committee beg to report,—T. That they cannot recommend that Mr. J. C. Crawford’s request for a grant in aid of the road to the Pilot Station be complied with. 2. That they see no reason for acceding to Messrs. Jacob Joseph and Co.'s request for a reduction in the account rendered for water supplied to thorn. 3. That Mr. Curtis’ application as to the formation of Stafford-street has already been dealt with by tho Council. 4. That Mr. Hickson’s application respecting the Bowen-strcet drain ha* also bean dealt with by the Council, and the committee see no reason for tieparting from tho decision previously arrived at, viz., that ho defray half the cos* thereof. The committee beg further to recommend—s._ That tho formation of Austin-stree% as requested in the memorial of Messrs, fl. Anderson and others, be completed at an estimated cost of £230. 8. That a, name-plate for Bolton-street be put up at tho corner of the Terrace. 7. That tho continuation of the drain in Taranaki-strect, as requested by Messrs. Tonks and others, b • made at a cost not exceeding €3O. S. That the whole qu stion of stands for cabs, dravs, and expresses he referred to a select committee. 9. That Mr. T. W, Mills’application for leave to erect buildings fronting an alleged right-of-way 12ft. wide be refused as contrary to the Act. 10. That the ext-a expenditure, £2OO, for increasing the water supply in accordance with tho City Surveyor’s report, be agreed to, subject to the approval of the consulting engineer. Mr, Blackett. 11. That Ghuznec-street be kerbod and channelled. 12. That Willls-strcct be at once reduced to its permanent level, as agreed to by the Council, and that tenders be at once called for the necessary work. 13. That on completion of the foregoing, Dixon-street be kerbed and channelled. 14. That tho holes in Epuni-street left by the deviation of the erode by the Corporation be at once filled up. 15. That lamps be 'erected in Little Taranakistreet and at the foot of Cuba-street, just beyond the Bank of New Zealand. 10. That about throe chains of culvert and filling-up of the roadway in Park-street be at once proceeded with. 17. That the upper end of Tory-strect be kerbed. IS. That a culvert be laid down in Ellice-street. 19. That the kerbing and footpath in Clyde-qmiy from the City Hotel to aboat tho Clyde-quay Hotel, be bt once proceeded with. 20. That accounts to the amount of £318195.- be passed for payment.