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allowed for removing lumber from the landing
places, but that there is no special necessity to
allow lumber to be stored constantly on these
s~ealots, more especially of the lighter and
easier trarsportable sort of lumber. Just now
after the FIRE there are In the quarter about
6trand.street many large empty lots, some of
which extend from Strandsteet to Kingsstreet;
these lots could be easily bought and used as
lumber.y ards and they have to a great extent
been used for that purpose during the last 2
years , several merchants have bought, others
have rented sold lots for the said purpose. Bat
sea.lots have during the said period only to
avery limited extent been used as lumber
yards; if they have been used at all, it has
only been for storing large and heavy timber
and planks. That the importation Of lumberswill
in the nearest future be larger than it has
been for the past 2 years, Is very improbable,
and at the same time 1t is very doubtful whe.
ther these sea.lots could afford the Colonial
Treasury any great amount Of revenue by thrir
being rented out.
As regards cooper shops the Minority
thinks, that it should rather be avoided hav-
ing suoh shops Oh these sea lots but il cooper.
!. shops are to be allowed, they should be con-
fined to certain bounds, near up to the Kings
.Wharf.n mot too near the street, and that the
parties should be expressly bound to erect
proper work shops, as the right-down uncomely
sheds, now on those lots doto a very great degree
disigure the appearance OF the town, just
from the sides that must necessarily be most
prominent to strangers arriving by sea.
1t would certainly be most preferable If the
Public, being owner of these lots, would
erect such workshops. if they are 10 be toler-
;sted at all: they would not cost much to
erect, and would no doubt give good rent,
as the cooper profession must be considered as
ono of the best business occupations.
The Bay Street of Frederiksted has always
been the pride of the town and the street
most sought by strangers; the buildings in
it are NOW in a fair way Of being almost all
restored. The Minority thinks, that just now
the Authorities as well as private parties
should try to secure that this street resumes a
respectable appearance: and the Minority
proposes that a step be made in this direction
by not renting out the sea lots from the coal
vwharfto the Kings wharf, but that these lots
be kept clear as much as possible, with
shady trees planted thereon, and that one or
moro cooper shops be erected and rented out
by the Public il it can not be entirely avoided
having cooper shops Ia this locality.
st. Croix 25th August 1880.
A. LATIMER. L. FABER
r. PETERSEN.
1st Member for Frederiksted (R Peter
sea)as speaker OF the Committee introduced
the report, the contents OF which he fur
Their explained.
3rd Crown member (Fabcr] explained
the views Of the minority. as set forth in
the report. He did not think that those sea
lots are of such great use to the owners OF
the opposite lots, who have made but
very little use Of them hitherto, 10 fact be
fai heard it said that it was not quite safe
to have certain articles. snch as shingles,
on those lots. He also telt sure, that the
same way IS West End streets are now
and always have been kept nice and clean
by the Police, SO also would those lots
it they were to he placed under the super
vision OF the police, be kept in nice and
good order, aud become a little embellish-
ment to the town.
The President thought as would also
seem 20 appear from the report OF
the majority and minority. that this
whole. question of the general. dispo-
sal Of the land here in consideration was of
40 great practical importance this was still
more evident from the fact that the very
party, who first moved in the matter to have
the lots rented out to the opposite
lot-owners, was unwilling to pay e56 p a.
rent. His own view Was that the public
should never, except for some general public
use, dispose ofland belonging to the public.
but should rather retain the control thereof.
The real question before the Council is the