The Warwickshire Herald. — 1896-08-06 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

SUITON OOLDFIFILD TOWN COUNCIL. The monthly meeting was held in the Council Chamber on Wectrieeday evening, aten the following reporte wens submitted:— The General Purposes Committee /eported that they have received the satiation of the Loud Government Board to the borrowing of £6lO for the purpose of purchasing the *aloft:l:tent land at Hill, ton. taining The,. Or. 5p., at £4O per acre, :subject to lie ' repayment being extended over a period of 50 instead of 60 year. and they recommended that the lend be purchased on the terms for repayment of ' the loan laid down by the Local Government Board. l'he Committee have received an application from Mr. H. Nicholson Lally, assistant in die Borough Surveyor's office, for an increase of his salary. Alt Lally has been in the employ of the Corporation for owl. 18 months, and was carrying out his duties satisfactorily, and the Committee recommended that his. salary be increased from LI. to El ss. per ~tl,. llhey also recommended that licenses to deal in game be granted to Thomas Smith of High :inset, and loshtia Walton and Ann Riggs, a die Parade. They reported that there was every prolability of telephonic Uommunications being extended to lime ton Coldfield, and tecommensled that in the merit of !in exchange being establisfied in de: town, lie Municipal Buildings be put in communication therewith. They further recommended that -he appropriation of the grant in aid of Tecilnica; Educaten for the year endings March 1897, and arrangement of classes be referred ti a eonimittee, consisting of the following member- of the General l'urposes Committee, viz., the Alayor, Aldermen Pavans, Glover, and Conehar, and Councillor,. Emery ,thd Burman, with thr e members of the committee of the Art Classes, three govern, of the GrarllMA7. Sclesol, and three of the trunnsis of the Municipal Charities. The Park and Estates Commfeiten rewired that they had given permission to the 13jrmingbani Volunteers to encamp in the Park from 'hi. It the 9th inst., on the. umferstanding :hat on Mon' day (Bank Holiday), and the following day il'uesI day), the Park Committee should collect and retain j the usual admise.on fe,s, and that the volunttet, j should have charge of the gases on the remaining j days, paying to die Corporation £55, being the amount received for the torrespondrig day last j year. They had set apart a spa*, outside the camp j Ines for the sale of refrsliments by inhabiters*: who mere holders of permits to sell in the Park, an.l for pony and slonkey drivers. and also denied to allow the eallholders to sell refreshments oh Sunday, 2nd inst. The Committee had --ranted permission to the swimming club to hold sports as Blaekroot Pool on the 22nd and 28th August. They hale resolved to find the necessary material, on the hontagers agreeing to repair the road leading Ivo., Clifton 'toad to Windier l'ool. 'lle Borough Sur. veyor's annual report on the working management j of the Park lath 'ism printed and circulated aniotigtt th., members of the Council. and the committee Congratulated the Council on the .ti-factor 2- oi the rport. The following is a summary of admissions to the Park :—From 19th March to 29th Jul,-, j 1895—Adults, 148,265: children, 8,657; school cial.dren, 27,840: hor-es. 1544; cycles, 4.910: end ti,. amount received. £826 Is. Zfl. From 241, March to 27th July, 1896--adults, 159,165: children, 7.77• I school children, 24.995: I.B(tra: and cycle,. 6 05' • and the amount taken. £586 10, 15d., or £69 9s. 71. above 1895.  The Health and Highwayz Committee stated that during the five weeks motiog 23rd .11113. 21 birth+ and eight death. weze regitensd in the Borough, giving the very satilfactory Lirth and death gated of 20.7 and 7.9 per 1,000 per annum. Not:,. death 4 were due to zymotio disease, but MO was due to suicide. Twenty-three eased were notifi. d. of which. 1 cwiver, 1 4were nwadles, chiefly in NV...Miley Ward. The other ease: notified wen. dearl, t. is,ver 0, anal dipliti eria 3, two of theee latter iring on.. ,use. In this ease tit.. water %.8.1 found to fe of good quality, hut the drainage defective and r. +juju. flag rectiotruetion. The cornnittee subfilitt•d the sperifinati..n. plan, and sections, estimate and pro. viiiimal apportionment prepared by the Borough fs.erv.•yor pith respect to private atrovt works in Upper Clifton Road, and reconimend-d that the danie be approved. They reported the tender+ for the works have been adverti+ed for anal obtained and reennimemid that the tender of Mr. .1 lan Heinle+, of Leicester, amounting to £1.168 12+. 11d.. for carrying out the work be areepted. The Borough Surveyor... estimate of the prot of the works wa+ £1.194 6+. Pd. The committee further recommended that ti' footpath n both sided .4 Station Street be paved with asphaltic lime+tone. at an eitimated rodt .265: and that the length of the footpath 'on the Main road. lutwern 0.1.-.11 Street and Ifolli.nd Street, be inved in a similar manner, at an estimated cot The water +lmply of Litsle Sutton ai Roughly was generilly of a tad quality, and ornmittee have reque4ed the South Staff td-14:-.. Water Work. Co. to extend their main+ this ugh thi+ cli=triet. The pontracters for 011f,i1 Street have tompieted their work, and in Newhall Street all .hat now n di, to be done ic the completion of LI .n.Pttilling of the carriage Max' anal the paving of the footpath:e. Both contractors have carried out their peri. gatisfarlorily. The Ilownligh Survoyor reported latter nrngre+s with the Boldnierp Sewer Contract. The st.wer wea now laid and completed, except for the manhole., tn a. point betwen the Jacket' inn and the railway . bridge, were c 4 e.andeon the railway ( ilwayttehrt for . the high and l 11,1 inanllole,f for a diatom-. of about 450 yard, T!.., work WA, being executed in a mtisfartory mann.r. The improvement of Milner Hill Road we, now nearly completed. The enst bad bees. alsout 260. ti-I iela 110 would fu, repaid by Mr. Martineau. Ten plans of new buildings. including ..1. r. n dw.ilingInni+es and a working men% elub. were approwd at the last m.s.ting of the Board.