Finance 1891 Vol 1: list of officers and salaries 1891; permanent levels of streets; applications

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Unique IDA-00434792SeriesReports of the Finance Committee I, 1857-1898 [Municipal Council of Sydney]DateBetween 11th December 1890 and 21st May 1891FormatVolume - Leather BoundDescriptionFinance 1891 Vol 1: list of officers and salaries 1891; permanent levels of streets; applications to deviate from City of Sydney Improvement Act [includes coloured plan by H M Robinson of proposed Tramway Waiting Room for the Railway Commissioners in George St West, and linen plan of Sydney Stevedoring & Wool Dumping Company premises at Moore’s Wharf]; appointment of Sub Committee to consider systems of electric lighting (18/12/1890); powers of Council under Moore Street Improvement Act; tenders for yearly contracts; increase in height of chimney stack of the engine house at rear of Centennial Hall; granting licenses to sell small stock; woodpaving intermediate areas at cost of £8,000; election of Hugh Patrick as Clerk of City Markets; disposal of storm waters in Surry Hills; election of committee to consider applications for City Organist; purchase of Hercules Street Sweeper [includes pamphlet about sweeper]; petition to extend Little Mount St; recommendation of Special Committee to appoint Auguste Wiegand as City Organist; whole of Town Hall be lighted with electricity; erection of iron railings around sunken areas attached to Town Hall [includes linen plans]; streets of Blackfriars Estate be formed, ballasted and metalled for £5,000; Moore Street be formed to a width of 100 feet; Bill to allow Council to grant leases and improve certain lands in George Street, granted to them as a market place; permission to Public Instruction Department to occupy on sufferance certain lands in Prince Alfred Park; honorarium to Messrs Smail and Jones for preparation of scheme for drainage of Surry Hills; petition from residents and property owners Flagstaff Hill for continuation of Little Essex St [includes linen plans of area]; preparation of Bill to regulate the height of buildings in the City; appointment of Committee to consider schemes for disposal of house refuse etc; dedication of road off Brougham St following offer by Thomas Rowe; report of Sub-Committee on proposed fruit and produce markets at George St site; improvement plan for Moore Street including costing to acquire property.LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordNo




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