MINUTES - Council - 19290520,·:.
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! SEVENTH 1dEETIHG
The Seventh iileeting of the Council for the year 1929 was held in the Council
Che.xnber on lvionclay l!ivening I\ia..y 2_Qth~~7ith the J.\':I.embers all in attenclt:\nc.e e,nCL the J\Tayor
occupying the chair.
'rhe l\IIinutes of the :preced.ing ]il:eeting were read <:mel. ap:provecl.
lir.G.Griffith r>resented. ao petition signed by several rc.tepa.yera on Centre St.
asking the town to construct a. drain for t:rtem cmd cha.rge the cost to them over a.
short term of years.
Mr.G.Lawson ap:peared. before Council ancl protested. against the letter from the
S.olicitor,d.iscla:i.rn.ing any liability for damage clone by water~to his property.
Lpplications for water were received. from M:r .E .Evc.ns ,and for electric light
from the McColl Frontena,c Oil Co.
The Aurora Agricultural Society asked for the use of the Park for the spring
Fair on .Tune Ist.
lvfr .Redfern submit ted. a de tailed report dealing with cle2,ning strengthening
and repairing the grav:Lty reservcir,at oon estirnatecl cost of less than a thousaond
dollars.
The Electrtc J..1ight. Comraitt.ee:lcomposecl of J!,,fessrs...-Casej_Southwood. e.nd Underhill,
submitted the following report; "That thirty Yihi te glass globes o:md mogul multiple
sockets a.t e. price of ~;5e92. each,as q_uoted by the Cane-Geno-Elec.Co.be purchased and
installed. as street lights on Yonge St.in :::>le.ce of those now in use between Church
and Centre Sts .. (2) That it is advisable to purchase e.nc~ have installed !:'.t ~'/ellington
awl Yonge Sts.s.n electric signal system."
The Waterworks Committee,composed of 1Iessrs.Know;Jj.es,Iviurre.y and. :Bilbrough,sub-
mitted. a report as follows;"(I).Ths.t the applications of Messrs.s.D.Lloy~,Ir.Badger
2,nc1 Vf .L.Stephens ,be entertainec1 in so far s.s making the connection to the boundary
of their prJ;!perty a.pplies,s.nd that the Conpoli:il.tion unclertakes to sell them the pipe
at actual cost,if the.t provision is of any assistance to them.(2)That in case Mr.
\ '· W .L.Stephens contracts to take water,his connection be rnacle from. the rnain on the
west sid.e of the street,a.nd a two inch main be carried. south from the main on ([onn-
aught Ave,on the east side of Wells St.e.nd. the services on that side of the street
be connected to the said main.(~)T~t the plan for cleaning,repairing and s
ing the gravi tv reservoir a.t the Waterworks ,as presented by our Engineer Nir .Redfern . -.
e.t an estimated cost not exceeding one thousand clo.lle.rs be accepted,and the work
:proceeded. with at s.n early d.ate,loca.l labor being er<lployecl so· :far as possible.(4)
The t-,Ho 1nch main whic1:1 runs u::-Yonge Stafrom. 1-.!Ic,yle to 1Ia.rk s tsor\n.cl then eas tsrly
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J'J.2.~3 o.bout reaChed the J~in1i t of so.tisfct_ctory service ,e.nd -~rre Yiou1cl recommend th2. :·,
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T:fc.11le,e._nc1 a hyd:cant placed there,with the intentj_on of continu1ng northerly,and
finally coupling ur with the east end of the ~Jresent m:::•.in on Ue~rl: ./:.vs o"
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Coll Frontenac Oil Co.for electric lisht be granted,and that tho connections be
mo.de vd1.en the service is desired"" Co-:.:.:·,riecL ..
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·!·.~·.,::--. Tc.c:ro. P.'.:::_:·:.-. ,T'~~.., J>:t<J. ;· i;0_ ·ct.e usual manner for the 1Jurr1ose of hold.~.:ns their
a.nnu.al Sprins Shaw. Carried.
M:Ulli."?.AY ,KNO\VL:biS, That the Clerk be, e.nd he is hereby ins true tecJ. to advertise
that ail :placed on the streets requirine; the same,will be ohEJ.rged on the front-
ae;e Oasis,at. the rate of four cents per foot,.ba.sed on the present assessment fr
ontage.Carried<>
CASE,BOULDING, That the :peti tian of G .G .Griffith and others a skins for e, dra
in on Centre St.be granted,mld the,t the said drain be constructed under the pro
visions of "The Ditches Ana Watercourses Act" ,the total cost to lJe repaid by th
petitioners over a short periocl. of years, that the work be :proceeded with immecJ.-
iately under the direction of IIT:r.Dunh.a.m,and the supervisi.on of Mr,Reclfern,using
local labor,ancJ. that the seal of the Cor:porati.on be at te.l!Ihed hereto .Carried.
BIT.JlROUGH,Kl'WVf.LES,That the report of the I~leotrio I,i_ght Committee be recei-
vecJ.,.ond aliat the Clerk be instructed to :purche.se thirty Street Lighting Units
as ae;reed u:pon,at the :p:hice of ;~5.92 each,and that the seal of the Corporation
be attached he.reto.Carried.
BOUI,DING ,SOUTHWOOD, That Clauses one and two of the report of the Via terworks
Report be adopted .Carried.
A Bylaw was introduced by IIT:r.Murray,given its first,second,and third read-
ine;s in regular and legal form and assented to, appointing ]ir, W.B .Redfern as our
Engineer to carry out the provisions of the Ditches and Watercourses Act.
A Bylaw was introduced by ]ir,Case ,given its first, second e.nd third. readings
in regular s.ncl. legal form,and assented to,j§:<>F~'h4&Hi~-to prohibit the running at
~arge of cl.ogs,between the fifteenth of lVIay ancl the first of September.
On motion of Messrs .Murray a.ncl. Bilbrough the Council adjourned •
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