, 1876-12-02

sion.
2, Communication from the President con.
corning the damages caused TO public buildings
by the hurricane Of 12.13th September.
The President: As 1t might interest the
Council and the community generally to have
a real knowledge Of the extent of the damages
to public buildings by the late hurricane,
he had thought it best to give the Council q
communication on that subject. He would
first state that the amount of those damages 10
not as great as was generally supposed after
the frat effects of the calamity on the public
mind the total amount being now estimated
at c. $4,000, agreeably to calculations from the
Building-Inspector. The following Buildings
have suffered, viz, The Gooernmenthswss to
an amount OF 8122 10 all, Of which the greater
part arises from the large number of panes 10
The windows and doors that had to be re.
placed; the Building facing North and South
is, namely, not furnished with real shutters, but
merely jealousies and glass windows, and al
though the wind could not force through into
the building. a great number Of panes COS bro
ken to replace them alone cost Il2;-Cbris-
fidnScBrnSfort repairs to an amount Of 1852 the
Barracks $64 the DEPOT $50 90 the Bake
gard Sl2.60. ghe Town Clock ST. The
Weather Cock has not been replaced as yet,
but that will cost bat a trihe. The C~8.
tOmAouse Buildings SI07.A7. The repairs OF
the ScbOokOuSe are estimated to cost C. $770.
$50 Of which being already expended for seour-
ing the building temporarily the repairs them
selves have not been effected as yet, as there
are many other things more urgently required
to be done elsewhere, especially to the roofs Of
buildings, and as the schoolhouse is not exposed
to Injury by the repairs being put off; quite lat
terly, however, operations have been common
osd to undertake this work. PeterJarn's HoSpt'
ta} 6270; the Prison $685. 81 the Buildings at
KingshW $10753.; Frsderikyort $1,000
two temporary Primes in Christiansted S24;
som Of the other repairs in Frederiksted have
not been attended to as yet, as it was uncer'
tain to what extent It was requisite
to restore lhe buildings, The Wharf
at C6ristiansted has been seriously damag-
ed, as we'll as the boatshed the repairs
are estimated at a coat of $3.50; the Pilot
DVsHing on tie Quay has also suffered severe
ly, and the cost is estimated at $3.50; the
Lighthouse Station will require Q. 500; the
FIs1IoNse $685. the Cpstoma6ouse Buildjngs
Frederiksted S137.70; the Wharf Sl64j the
Coal Wharf $50 the FisAhouss Frederiksted
$50 the Hospital 1891.
AS far as these calculations go, the total
reaches G. So, 300, but be would prepare the
Council for a somewhat larger amount. Still
VIC udR0 I69SUu 10 congratulate ourselves CHdG
the expenses are not greater. lie would beg
to add another item, which will cause pretty
serious expense, viz the repairs TO the Court
House 10 Christiansted; those repairs have
been delayed from year to year, owing to the
financial state of the Island but the building
is now in such q state that it is not justiiable
to allow it to remain SO the water ponetrases
through the roof all over the building, whea-
ever it rains, and the Judge has to move
from place to place and to cover books and
papers with boards to protect them. Another
reason why the building has hitherto been
allowed to remain so, is because 1t was IN.
certain as to what would be the best to do with
III bat if things had not taken such q turn as
of late, whereby the public resources are so
woefully crippled, it would have been before
this decided to repair it; but the necessity Of
outstanding every dollar, has prevented II.
His view OF present is, that the roof should
be put in such a state as will protect against
the weather; further alterations or repairs
would have to be postponed until the
Colonial Treasury be able to detTay the
expense.
The Chairman had from the Presidents
remarks been led to understand that IL was not
the intention to bring in a Money Bill for the
amounts Of the repairs to public buildings after
the hurricane. 1.-THE President: N0) lit
must be admitted that after such an accident
as q hurricane the repairs required to public
buildings should be done at once on the
Administrations own responsibility, and after
wards an Additional Grant be obtained for