Minutes of the Works Committee, 1935-1937. Volume 12/21 included reference to: Martin Place

Description
Unique IDA-00432704SeriesMinutes of the Works Committee I [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney], 1899-1973DateBetween 29th January 1935 and 15th November 1937FormatVolume - Leather BoundDescriptionMinutes of the Works Committee, 1935-1937. Volume 12/21 included reference to: Martin Place extension (various); regulation of street vending and newspaper, fruit & flower stands, stalls and barrows (various); proposed purchase or resumption of Fowler’s Pottery area (29 Jan, 11, 25 Mar, 10 Jun ’35); burning off, topdressing and carpeting of woodblocks (various); deputation from the ‘Haymarket-Central Square-Broadway Association’ regarding increased motor transport to the Western suburbs, completion of Broadway widening and provision of a swimming pool at Victoria Park (11, 25 Mar, 8 Apr ’35); streets urgently requiring reconstruction (various); York Street widening (various); Cleveland Street widening (various); changes and improvements to street lighting (various); relief of tramway congestion in Pitt Street (27 May, 10 Jun, 8 Jul ’35); tenders received for annual contracts (various); utilisation of area under Martin Place roadway (10 Jun, 16 Sep ’35, 3 Feb ’36, 8 Feb ‘37); free removal of refuse from charitable organisations (various); applications for temporary structures (various); alteration of name of Raphael Street to Farrer Place (2 Sep ’35); erection of police call boxes (various); sheet asphalt footways (various); representations for completion of Circular Quay section of City Railway (14 Oct, 9 Dec ’35, 3, 17 Feb, 14 Sep ‘36); control of monuments, memorials, etc erected in public ways (14 Oct ’35, 30 Mar ’36, 6 Sep ‘37); improvements to the William Henry Street Bridge approach (28 Oct ’35, 3 Feb ‘36); claim by Toohey’s Ltd as to ownership of Sackville Street (11, 25 Nov ’35, 3 Feb, 27 Apr, 25 May, 17 Aug ‘36); applications to erect advertising hoarding (various); new incinerator at Pyrmont (various); control and regulation of the parking of vehicles in streets (various); question of prohibiting animated electric signs (various); proposals by Sydney County Council to construct underground substations (various); removal of post awnings (various); suggested use of area beneath Wynyard Park for parking purposes (various); penalties imposed upon street photographers for breaches of By-law by distributing tickets to people in streets (various); offer of aerial photographic mosaic of the City by Adastra Airways Ltd (22 Feb ’37); regulation and control of blasting operations (26 Jul ’37); erection of keystone of old Princes Bridge and bronze plate in wall of Argyle Cut (various); attachment of plaque to boundary stone at Moore Park Golf Links (23 Aug ’37); application by David Jones to construct a tunnel connecting two stores (1, 15 Nov ’37).LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordNo




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Source system ID12/021