, 1884-01-09

the Ci0ch mas Decn sent UOUlC 10 Ce re-
paired, it would he very inconsistent if,
from want OF sufficient grant OF means,
the repairs could n0l be completed.
9th Grown Member (HaImer) could not
see how The amount of 500 had been ar
rived at, as this amount did not correspond
with the 230A Kroner. which the Ministry
has SAID will be required for the whole re-
pairs Of the town clock but he would
not dwell On that point now. He wished
particularly to say that he could not agree
with the view expressed by the honorable
End Member for FrederikSted1S Country
District CIewitD that the town clock is
for the benefit Of one class Of inhabitants
namely those residing i'll ChristianSted,
but not for people i'll the country and in
FredeIiksted we form here but one com,
muniIy, we cannot have one clock for the
Town and another for the country. The
honorable Member might just as we'll argue
that the ~jetties in Frederlksted benefit
that town and Country District, but not
Chr~iStiansted and its Country District.
No such distinction can be made; but
whatever is tor the benefit Of one part OF
the community is for the benefit of the
whole. He Kalmer must therefore
strongly demonstrate against a principle
like that advocated by the honorable 2nd
Member.
End NJ ,mber for Chrlstiansted Lemmjng
would repeat that when we hear now that
the repairs of the town cock, which we
have sent home to get repaired. can not be
properly done for less than $500 Kr., then
we are as u matter of consequence bound
to grant q sufficient sum. lie was sorry
to hear the remarks from the honorable
2nd Member for Frederiksted'S Country
District, bat he did not believe there
would be many holding the same opinion,
nor did he believe that the honorable
Member really meant to recommend the
refusal Of the additional sun required for
the repairs in question.
Bird Member for Frederiksted'S Country
District Wilson said that for all we know
the clock might be repaired before now
it was sent nome for that purpose and the
Minister may already have put the work
in hand but he could not otherwise
than think that the matter had been begun
in Il wrong way; when it was found that
the repairs would take more money than
WAS granted, say the $500, the Council
shOulI have been asked beforehand II 1t
would agree to it. This is the cause OF
the misunderstanding now. AS regards
the amount asked for, it did appear to HIM
to be too high, all the more as the town
clock might no doubt have lasted many
years longer after triiing repairs to ii had
been made on the spot. Anyhow, the
matter has bee me somewhat complicated
by the fact that the clock may most likely
be- given out for repairs, before the Gecl-
sion we are asked to give, has been taken.
The President said the Old town clock
had been sent home to the Ministry with
the enquiry what would be the best for us
to do, either to get it repaired or to buy a
new clock the answer came as stated IN
the remarks to the Bill and as there was
no reason to expect any objections to the
repairs, the clock had been given over to
the clock maker for repairs, and can be
expected out sOou.
1st Member for Chr|isfianSted's Country
District Coulter considered the amount
proposed for repairing the town clock
very large AS we have got along with the
old clock for such a length OF time, it APP
peared to him that we might have con-
tinued to do so for ONE time yet, and not
incur such a very heavy expense for this
item lust at these times. But he had no
ticel thai in almost every meeting the
Council is asked for Additional Grants OF
money; we are frequently asked to vote
for the spending of money, but sufficient
thought was not given us to where the
money is to come from. The principal
thing we should do was to keep down the
expenses, to limit them to the most need
ful wants, until we have got means to get
more lab0urerS into the Island from else
where. Most, if not all, Of the revenues
of the Island are derived from agriculture,
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