, 1915-08-07

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given in favour OF a pon-member while only
Members of the Council nre eligible.
Item 3.
Request from Government in letter NJ
1898 of 10Th July 1915 for the sanction Of
the Colonial Council according ~ s 81 of
the Colonial Law to transfer to the StHte
Treasury q part of the ground taken from
the street surrounding the Depot in Chris
tiunsted.
His Excellency the actg. Vtce-Governor
(Buumonn said, that the hon. Me nbers
certainly emembere that the Barracks some
time ago burnt down. Since then the
Gendarmes have been established in the Bar
racks and in the Depot. This arrangement
has been found satisfactory, but if 1t il to go
on some new arrangement will have to be
made with the Depot. 1t will be necessary
to dispose of q part of the street, it is u very
small extension. His Excellency would Big
to recommend the matter for the Councils
adoption.
The Chairman (Stahemann) remarked,
that us this matter WAS not II sale or Il pur-
chase question, he was not certain whether
it should be for open doors. II no one OBJ
iecte1, he would let it be for op.n doors and
subjected to one discussion.
Bird Mamber for Christinnsted Country
District 10. z. LeevY) considered it his duty
to do as had beeu doue years ago, to draw
the Governments attention to IL tact. What
he was going to say was his personal opiuiou,
he was not u military mnn. The Gendarmes
w ire given to US rs u protection. they ought
to he strong. Ii now one part Of them were
in the Bnrracks and another part in the
Depot, with n considerable part of the town
bet ween them, there might arise danger of
isolation of one part. If the State will give US
1b.a oH;uiDD pf tha hIuIoSt on bprit ~ !. fbaon
matters, it would be reassurIng. Till then it
would be best to postpone the matter. Be-
sule4, according to what the Minister Of
Finances had said. there was to he u change
of the G~endarnery. Why then build nov?
He had not heard one inhabitant Of Chris.
tiansted, that vas pleased with the building
OF the Barracks on the wharf.
Bird Crown Member (Pretto) would beg to
support the last speaker. The seutiment was
everywhere strongly against the using Of the
Depot rs Bnrrnckt.
21d Member for Christianstod Town
(CunegIta) remarked, That % Blrrucka in this
quarter embracing the two most popular
streets of the Town would decrease consid-
erably the value of the surrounding proper
ties, and would be far from desirable N front
Of the only promenade in this Town, aul
would deprive some Of the inhabitants from
its use. Any one who knew anything about
sanitation aud the facilities ut our dtspo-
sal as we'll as the present Inconvenience
would see how little the sitnatio is adapt
ed to all snni nry measures. While not
pretending to be II preacher, the speaker
would only gay: We oil knew that the moral
standing Of this Community was not what
should be desired and he would only ask the
hon. Members TO consider, if Il Barracks III
this situation in front of the only promenade
aud embracing the two most popular streets
in Town might not tend to help it Ole step
lower down.
His Excellency the actg. Vce-Goyernor
(Bawmdmn) did not understand what the
hon. 3rd Member for Christinnsted Country
District (Laeyy) meant by the highest Al
thority. The only purpose of the Govern
ment is to m IKE as nice ~ build ng as p ISL
BILE. His Excellenoy WAS sorry to boar, that
the hon. 2nd Member for Chr:st!Austea Town
(Canegatu) had such q poor opinion OF the
ge~ndarmes. That the surrounding proper
ties should decrease in value, His Exec -ncy
did not believe, on the contrary it was likely
that stores would come up aroun the Bar
racks. But this matter was only u question
of q piece Of land.
End Member for Christiansted Town
(CGn gdtoO answered that he had not IN de