EVENING SESSION _____ _... _ _ .... _ ---------- (adjourned meeting) • • · · 10 o• COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL, April 4th 1 1921; A meeting of the 01 ty Council was held this pursuant· to adjournment of April ... At. the above. : name·d ·hour there were present Deputy Mayor Regan· and . . Aldermen Hoyt 1 Ackhurst, Whitman, Finlay , Ma.son, Scanlon, ·and Gough. Moved by Alderman Hoyt seconded by Alderman Aokhurst • • that the time for meeting be extended until a quorum is . . . present or Motion " . . .. . . . ,.. ,, ' . ,,, . . S.20 o'olook. Roll oalled, present the above named together with.His Worship the Mayor and Aldermen Colwell Cameron, Kelly 1 Murphy, Ritchie and Godw'in. LIST OF HEADLINES (For the purpose of ready reference the list of papers submitted and the list· of other headlines are all inoorporated· in one schedule at the end· of the . · ESTIMATES 1921-22. The council proceeds to the further consideration • , of the yearly estimates for l FIRE DEPARTMENT--SCHEDULE s. Moved by Alderman Whitman seconded by Alderman Hoyt • • that the total sum for Fire Department be passed at $1$2, Holidays of Firemen--Substjtutes Motion put and passed Godwin dissenting t t I I t from the item for employment of substitutes during holidaJs of Fireman. I 6 His Worship the Mayor asks if it is the unanimous wish of the Council that the item pay of substitutes ---- ggo -- . ,1 j t I ''' i: " j; ,1 ·
A meeting of the 01 ty Council was held this evening~
pursuant· to adjournment of April ... ist~ At. the above.
: name·d ·hour there were present Deputy Mayor Regan· and . . Aldermen Hoyt 1 Ackhurst, Whitman, Finlay , Ma.son, Scanlon,
·and Gough.
Moved by Alderman Hoyt seconded by Alderman Aokhurst • •
that the time for meeting be extended until a quorum is . . . present or ~ntil g~3·0 o•olock~· Motion passed.~
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S.20 o'olook. Roll oalled, present the above named
together with.His Worship the Mayor and Aldermen Colwell
Cameron, Kelly 1 Murphy, Ritchie and Godw'in.
LIST OF HEADLINES
(For the purpose of ready reference the list of papers submitted and the list· of other headlines are all inoorporated· in one schedule at the end· of the ~ee11ing) ~ . ·
ESTIMATES 1921-22.
The council proceeds to the further consideration •
, of the yearly estimates for 1921-22~
l FIRE DEPARTMENT--SCHEDULE s. Moved by Alderman Whitman seconded by Alderman Hoyt
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that the total sum for Fire Department be passed at
$1$2, 409~4o;
Holidays of Firemen--Substjtutes
Motion put and passed A~derman Godwin dissenting t t I I t
from the item $4~576~00 for employment of substitutes
during holidaJs of Fireman. I 6
His Worship the Mayor asks if it is the unanimous
wish of the Council that the item pay of substitutes
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. during absence from dµty of Firemen on holidays be taken . .
Aldermen Colwell and Hoyt object to unanimous re-.•.
'.Opening of the matter. f .
4lderman ~~itman gives notice of reconsideration of •
the"" 1 t em . $4, 576 ~ 00 · for pay of sub st i tut es during
court.Fines 8Ad Fees $20,poo~ao· · Passed • . : Rent.a Oi ty ProPe.:ttY $3:1 ooo;oo . ..
Passed.
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Passed.
N. s. Tramways·. and Power Comp_a,ny $44, 900;06 •. ·Passed~ . . . '' II 1 • • I ', ••·
Market Revenue.· $500;·00 Passed.
Moved by Alderman Whitman -seconded by Alderman • • • • •
Murphy that Sohedule·u--Probable Revenue pass at
$75 1 500~00~ Motion passed.·
TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL PLANS--ROSS AND MCDONALD VS CITY.
Read report City Solioitor ro action against the
;City by Ross and MoD~nald to recover architects charges • •
:for plans for Tuberculosis Hospital.
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Office of City Solioi ~or, . Halifax, N. s. Mar. 23·rd, 1921.
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;His Worship the Mayor. . . . . Ross vs~ The City of Halifax~ ~; Dear Sir :'- . · ·l
.... . . I beg to advise yqu that the order for judgment . ;in the above ~uit fqr· $2711.25 has been passed by the Court. . . I succeeded in the defence to the eitent of reducing the claim by· nearly $~·,000.00, and I would like an opportunity Qf disous~ing as to. whether or not the City .should appe~l. · . . · · . . I.may say that as the plaintiffs' solicitor :expresses him~elf very mu~h dissatisfied with the judgmentJ :and has .~nformed me that in the ~vent o·f· the City app·eal"" ~ng· h~ will take· a cro~s appeal to have judgment entered f,or the full ·~moui:it of the claim, I would prefer not ·to · ·make any extended discussion of the case in this letter; .b~t WQuld ask it be· referred to a committee where I can ldisouss th~ matter f~eely~
F.H. Bell, City Solicitor.
Moved by Alde.rman Murphy seconded by Alderman Finlay • • • •
that the ·sum of· $3·1 066~00 ·be added to Schedule J~ City·· . . . Grants and· Sundries' to oover costs of suit Ross and
·~ :McDonald. versus the City of Halifax. Motion passed~ • . '
S.P.C. GRANT--SCHEDULE J.
Read petition Society for Prevention of Cruelty for ' .
' .. ·an increase in the Annual City Grant.
The Nova Scotia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty, Halifax, N.S,
April ls~, 1921 •
. His Worship t~e Mayor and City Oounoil.
Gentlemen: . . For many years past the Society has been doing
work under a handicap qnd it is now fully necessary to establish officers and a permanent Secret~ry who oan give his entire time to the· ~id of the Sooiety, our agent, Mr. Moser, has been devoting a great deal of his time to the work in the Oity and we are continually being asked to help o~t in oases of animals whioh are neglected in · the Oity and also· destroy injured ones.
. Mrs. Egan has been ready to he~p out at any time although she refu~es a sala~y· of $Jo.co for the last number of months in View of her empJ.oyment by .1ihe O~tY•. We wiil have to.employ~ pe~manent Secretary a~ a salary of ?)Qt :J_ess ~h~n $800.00 a year and. also a.n. Assistant at about $600.00 a.ye$r ~swell as· pay otfioe rent and other incidentals. Th~ S~oret~ry.wili li~ely.
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·go ~ae to Massachusetts to take a special course in :bum~~~ w9rk and is expected to assist the police a~....d. ~;~~r ~:1~:tt~~e · ~~t~lifa_i vf:'rY: mUob ·more. llf.±'iPt ... · . y U?ld~r "theSe o~~oumSt8.nOee and bY reason cif i." .
·i Resolu~ion of the. S~ciety. p~sE.JeQ. at its ~nnµal. m~eting, I would ... respeotf~l. ly. ~sk th~t. r.ou; .,H9nou~~bl~ .. ~pdy . .
Movedby Alderman Kelly seconded by Alderman Finlay I e
·that the amount in Schedule J~~city Gralllts and Sundries~
·for the Society for Prevention of Crueity be increased
f~om $~oo;bo· to $~00~60;
Motion.put and.passed 6 voting for the same and 5
against it as foilows:~
· · · For the Mot ion:·- ·Aldermen Finlay 1 Kelly, Murphy,
Scanlon, Ritchie;· Gough .:. 6~
Against it:~ Aldermen·Whitman, Aokhurst, Cameron, ' . ... ~.. -
,Po. wer~ Mason - 5• ~ . . I . DALHOUSIE COLLEGE ANNUAL CIVIC GRANT.
Read letter Dalhousie College relating to their
application for an annual Civic Grant of.$5,000;00.
and the institution.of' free··acholarships :for.Halifax
boys and· girls;· •
Dalhousie University, Board of Governors, H~lifax, N.S. April ~/21.
L. Fred Monaghan, Esq., Oi ty 'Cler~, . .
. Halifiax, N. s. near Sir:-.
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· · Referring to the conference held between your Committee-and a committee of the Board of Governors of Dalhousie University on Friday last.and to the request that the views.of the University.ypon A1derman Power•a suggestions for the institution of certain SQholarships at the VniversitYi bp put in writing, I ~m directed to reply as follows: . . · . · · · The Board of Governors desires to express 1 ts keen appreciation of the interest which has been manifest-ed in.the University by the City Council of Halifax
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and ventures to express the belief that the spirit of co-operation which has been shown will be greatly to the ~dvantage of the Uniyersity and the Oity, naihousie as you know is an undenominational· University supported
· prinoipaliy l;>y nenefao~ i9ns from private individuals·~ · Its income from fees.charged students.is approximately on~ t_hird of the expens~s of· providing the instruction. It is ~n no sense a money-making enterprise, and if the fees charged for instruction approximated the oost a very gr~at numb~r of the young people of this City ~nd Province.would be deprived of the advantages of a college education, · · ·
· .. While the appeal for funds made on behalf· of the University last. yea~ has be.en mos~ generously responded to .. bY t~e peQple of Haiifax and elsewhere, it must be· · remembered t..bat out o~. ~ppro~imately $2,250,000 subscribed, over. $1,500.00 wa~ earm~rked ~o~ specific.purposes, and · of the.balanoe •?a ~os~ substantial portion.of the pay~
;ments is.spread .. Qvf?r a.per~od 9f t~ee years. Following .the oa~p~ign c;>ame a m~rked increase in th~ number of ,st~de~ts •. Where t~e University w~s preparing fo~ 500 students, nearly 700 are in attenq.anoe this year. .This faqt· h~s oompe~led. an. imm~di1:tt e in\?rease ~n a t~ff and t~e .e~~o.t~9n_at one~ o~ an ~~ditional.building.for.class roe.ms. Wbat ~he Univers;ty_ne·eds now and.needs gr.eat:\,y ~s additio~~l endow~ent ~o support 1ts.teaoh~ng staff • .. . W~t~the proposal of A~derm~ Power that a ~umber of fre~ scholarships.be estabiiehed, .availa~le to students from the.High Sohoo~s_of Halifax.the Board of Go"'°' ernors .is in warm sympathy •. Those ~ho are charged with,· the.respon~ibi~ity for.the conduct of the University have no other desire than to make it· fit in with the needs of the peopie· of its 9onstit~enoy~ At the same time it· may be pointed out again, that the class fees only pay from ·on• quarter to 9ne half, .depending upon the subjects ~a~en, . the. expense o~ giving the instructions. . So while .tbe Board does not want to be put in the position of :barga~~ing as to wha~ sp.edi:fio return the University will m~ke. in .consideration of -~~o.~~ving .an annual .. gift .from. the .c~ty ~ow~rds.the s~pport ~f tlle. Univer~ity, .it.should in all fran~ness be pointed out here that if the annual·· g;ant ~e on~y equal to the total fee~ remitted, the University will.not benefit financially in fact the reverse will be true. To Illustrate--The. class fees. in Arts, Science and Commerce are from $8~0 ~o $120.00 per year; while th~ average oos~.to.the University per.student per year appro•ima~es $250.00. ·
· To meet Alderman.Power's proposal the Board ot Governors ventures to suggest that six scholarships be given in each uear in the Department of Arts, Science and Commerce tenable eaoh for. four years, and open to such oi tizens of· HC:J,lif~x as may be determined·, amount of the scholarship be equ~l ~o the olasB fees. While the fees from.twenty-~our ~tudents in· these departments would approximate $2500.00 the_total cost to the University · would be nearer.$7000.00. · When the University .. approached the City Oouncil for an annual grant of $5000.00 it was beoaµse the number of students had so inorea$ed. that t~e revenue form endowment and. fees w~a·· inadequate. · As. ha~ been stated above etatistios show that for every $100.00 pa~d by a· stuqent in fees, the Univ~r~ity had to !ind $150.00 to $jOo,oo more in order to prov4e his. etiuoa.tion·. It was hoped. therefore
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that the City would make an unconditional grant in oonsi~eration of the fao~ th~t we are· n9e ~duca~ing .. at a
'loss ~o ~any Halif~~ boys.and g~rls - 2)5· tQ day, The Vniversity is ~owever so desirous.of doing everything wi~hin ~ts mean~ toward me~ting the educational wants
·ot the Ci~y o~ Haluf~x that it views very sumpathetioally t~e idea.of prov~ding a number of free scholar$hips for dese~vi~g Halifax boys.and girls who mighy otherwise
· b·~ d~pr.ived. of ~ college education. It is hoped that the soh~me a9ov~· suggested may ~erve as a working·b~sis of such ~ s~ries of scholarships as will appear reasonable to the City Council~ The details of the working· ~ut of. the 8c4eme can be arranged by a_ committee representing, the Coupcil.and t~e University.
W.E. Thompson, . SECRETARY.
~,/ Referred to the Special Committee on Civic Grallt
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D1J11 MCLEAN 1S WIDOW CIVIC GRATUITY . Read report Finance Committee re application for
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Ci vio gratuity to widow 'of D, J. McLean Foreman. of
water Works . Iepartment~
To His Worship the Mayor, and Qity Coun.cil,
. Gentlemen:-
Committee Room, City Hall, M~roh 31st, 192~.
. . At a meeting of the Finance Committee held this day the f9llowi~g resol~tion ,a~ supmi~ted v~z: 1
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· RESOLVED that this Committee recommend the City o6uno1J. a· eek. perm~ssi VEt legislation to. ~ake a :grant tp the Widow of late Dani~~ J. McLe~n. Superin~end~nt Qf water Depa;tment Qf $509~ 3)' this be~ng the difference between the amount she.reo.eived from the Officials. S~perw
· annuation · F\1.~d and $1, 000.00. · .. The reso·lution is. put and lm t, Aldermen Kelly and Hub~ey· reserv•ng the right
to change their vote in Coun'Oil.
Alfred Whitman, • · 6hairman~ •
Moved by Alderman Whitman seconded by Alderman Kelly • • • • .
that no civio grant be made in this case.
Motion put and passed 7 voting for the same and 5
against it as follows:~
For the Motion:- Aldermen Whitman, Ackhurst, Kelly, •
Cameron, Ritchie, Mason, Gough - 7~
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Against it:- Aldermen Finlay,, Murphy, Scanlon,
Power, Hubley - 5.
Moved by Alderman Power seconded by Alderman Whitman I I I
· Dog Tax $2,000.00 ... gg , . . . . . N ~· s. · ,,:'ramw~ye. an,l P.qwer Comp~ny $44-, ooo; oo - gg4~ Market i:tev~nv.e $500.00 - ggq., . . . . . · Tuberculosis Hospital.Plans~-Ross and McDonald
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·~~4 ~·~..,__ L. Fred Monaghan
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COUNCIL. CHAMBER~ .. CITY HALL,
April 7th, 1921; ..
A meeting of the City Council was held this evening •
. At the above· named hour ·-there were present Aldermen Gough, •
Colwe11; Hoyt·,, . Ritchie,, Cameron and Ackhurst ~
Moved by Alderman.Gough seconded.by Alderman Hoyt . . that tiie 'time for meeting be extended until a quorum is
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present or ··urit ii· g, 3·0 ()•clock, Mot ion pa.seed.~ ·
g.-15 o·•oi()ok, Roil· called present the ·above named
together 'with. His Worship· the Mayor· and Aldermen Whitman,, . . Finiay, Regan, Kelly, Soanlori,, MUrphy, Mason, Power,
GOdwin ·and·· Hubley~ . . .
The Council was summoned to proceed with business
standing ov~r and the t'ransaction of other business~· . '. . ..
LIST OF HEADLINES
(For the purpose of ready ref erenoe the list of papers ~ub~itted.i.n~ the ~~~t· cf other headlines are a;;t~~~):P();'~ted: ~n one.sc}led~le.~t the ~nd.of t}fe
ESTIMATES 1921~22
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respeot. to resolution. passed. at evening. session. March •
30th."'fix1ng the appropriation· for salary <!>f- the second
cierk in"the Assessment· Department~ ..
Moved by Alderman Kelly seconded by Alderman Mason • •
that said matter be now reconsidered; Motion passed; • • • •
Moved by Alderman Kelly seconded by Alderman Colwell • •
that this salary be placed at ~~1200~00~ Motion passed •
Alderman Whitman dissenting; •
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~st• Stenographer City Clerk• s ~.epai:tmen t ~
Read Alderman Finlay's notice.of reconsideration
in respect to resolution passed at evening session· . March 3·oth fixing salary of lst Stenographer in ·city
cierk~a· Department~·· ·
Moved by Alderman Finlay seconded by Alderman Colwell • •
that this matter be now reconsidered~ Motion passed;·
Moved· by Alderman Finlay seconded by Alderman Mason • • •
that the ·aaiary of the lat.Stenographer City Clerk's
·)offioe be P~~~ed. ~t $~~~;~o; · Mot~on passedf POLICE DEPARTMENT SALARIES,
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~ Read Alderman Murphy's notice of reconsideration in
respect.to salaries of the Police Department~
.. Moved bjr Alderman Murphy seconded by Alderman Hubley
that this matter be now reconsidered~
Motion.put and lost 5 voting for reconsideration and
10 against it as.follo\Ve:~
.. · For the Motion:~ Aldermen Colwell, Finlay, Murphy, _____ .. _..... ...
Soanlon; Hubley ~ 5; '
Aga1J1st ·it::- Aldermen Whitman, Aokhurst, Hoyt, Kelly
Against it:~ Aldermen Hoyt, Regan, Murphy, Scanlon,
Power .. :: 5~
· Mov~d by Alderman Whitman seconded by Alderman Kelly . .
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that the ·total estimate for Fire Department be plaoed at ;·1
. $177 ,g3·3·; 40;· ..
·Moved.in amendment by Alderman Murphy seconded by . . . Alderman Hoyt that tlie sum of ~~3·,000;00 be added· to the . . . . Fire Department Estimates to ·provide for pay for sub~
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.. · · ··Amendment· put and. passed 9 voting for the same and ' . i .. 7 against it as follows:~
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For the Amendment i'- · Aldermen Colwell, Ackhurst,
FIRE HOSE PURCHASE.~O B~ INCLUDED IN ESTIMATES - q '
Read report Committee of Firewards recommending the
appropriation of $1,500;00 annually in the Estimates for . ' . ' ~
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Committee Room, City Hall, . 4pril 6th, 1921. . .
. . . .. .The Committee of Firewards beg to recommend in place of the practi?e followe~ in.the past of borrowing mo~ey on short ter~_bo~da for the purchase of Fire Hose· tha~ the sum.of $1,500.00 be plaoed in ~he Civi9 Estimate• ea~h y~ar. for this. plµ.'pc;>~e. · · .. . ' . . . .
w~·w~ Hoyt, .~ CHAIRMAN.
Moved by Alderman Hoyt seconded by Alderman Cameron • • •
that the ·report be ad.opted an~ the amount of ~~l, 500;00 . . . included in the Estimates for 1921~22; Motion passed.;
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that the total Fire Department Estimate do now pass at . $ig2, 3)·3·~ 40; · .. Motion passed;
. . . ·sALARIES-SCHEDULE·O--TOTAL ESTIMATE~ -Moved by Alderman. wliitman seconded by Alderman Finlay
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·63·, 310;·00~ ·Motion passed~ '' .. lfl l ' . '. . MUNICIPAL SCHOOI, FUND
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To His Worship.the Mayor, of Halifax.
Halifax, N.S. April 7th,1921~
near Sir:~ .. I am i~clined to think that the resolution in
regard· to the education grant is a~eolutely beyond our powers; and.beyond.our jurisdict1Qn, and is absolutely void, and would ask you to procure from the City Solio-i tor· a written opinion as to whether .. or no the resolution we passed is not void under section 66 of.the Education Act· being Chapter 9,· Acts of 191S, as.amended by Chapter 6S ~f the statutes of Nova Scotia 19~0. · ·
If our resolution is null.and void, _we could then pass the resolution as we should pass it. Under · the present resolution the City ooul~ b~ uued for the amount of our proportion of the grant·, something li~e $65 000 and the School Board. would reoei ve ~~50,000. mor~. th~. they should rece~ ve·. · . . .
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I think the proper resolution is a resolution in line with .the Eduoatign Act, Chapt~r 9, ~cts of 191$, as ,ame~ded by Chaj~er.6Q. Then get legislation amending the.s~hool es~im~t,es, crediting the 13ohdoi ee~imat~s · $50.QQO, ~he_a~o~nt.of the· proposed grant. Thus we . . wo~~~.be a~ae~aing the City to the extent of $15;000~00 on:Ly. · . .
.. · · Alfred Whitman~
Also read opinion City Solicitor on the same subject; •
iHis Worship the Mayor;
Sir:i- .. Re M!lllioipal School~ Fund~
. .. ~In reply to Alderman Whitman's request for my opinion in the apov~ matte~ ~ beg to .. say t}lat .~n my opinion the. requirement of Section 66 of the Education Aot that the . Ci t,y .. sh~~l on or .~etore the 30th June. pay to the. ·rreasure~ of t~e Municipality of the. County of .~Halifax for the . ·p\lrposes. of .. t~fi!. M~ioipal School Fund its. proportion of a sum equal to one do+l~r per head of· the inhabitants ~f the Mu~+o1pal1ty inc+uding cities and t~wns territor~ ,ialy with,i~ th~ County of Halifax, is.imperative and orµinot .be ... escaped by the Ci~y, ~nd ~f the City fa~ls· to 09mply wit'.g the statute an actic;>n 09uld be mainta~ne·d agai~st ~t. It fo+l~w~ ~eo~ssarily that the.resolution of ~h~ Cquncil providing for t~e placi~g in the Estimates of a sum smailer than·. tha~ required. by the Act is not a oqmpliano~ .. with the la'?/•
F.H, Bell, ~ City Solicitor,
Moved by Alderman Whitman that the sum.of $95,ooo;oo • •
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be placed in the Estimates on account of Joint County and
Oity· Ejcpend.iture including oontiibution to Municipal • •
School Fund; ·
His worship the Mayor rules the motion out of Drder,
Alderman Whitman gives notice that at a future meeting
he will move to rescind the resolution of Council ~lacing •
the sum of $3·5,000.·oo in the Estimates for Joint Ccwnty
and 01 ty expenditure~' • •
Alderman Whitman withdraws his notice of motion to
osf ind in the above matter;·
.. I IN~fEC.'.l'OR OF PLASTERING \'(ORK;
)' Moved by Alderman Scanlon eeoond~d. by Ald.erman
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Murphy that a delegation now present be heard before
tbe Council in r~1a~i6n to a peiition from.the ~li~terere
Union that the Citycppoint an inspector of plastering
:work.
The motion being objected to by Aldermen Aokhurst . . and Wbi tman it · 1s moved. by .. Aiderman Power seoo·ncied by . . . . Alderman· Mas6ri that.the delegation be.heard ·at the ...
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opening· of. the meeting ·of .the. City Couno:i.l called ·for
of a oivio ·gratuity to the hei~s ·of ·W~B~ Fidler an
empioyee of the Fire D.epartment.
To His Worship t~e Mayor, a11d Oi ty. Coup.oil. Gentlemen::-
Committee Room, City Hall, April. lat, .1921~
.... . .. . . _At a meeting of the Finance Committee held this day the C~a~rman, Aldermen Fi~lay and Murphy present, the. ma'\Jter of s~(:)kil'.lg legislatio~ _to . ma~e effective the Aot in re to the grant of ~~i 1 090.oo to.the Widow ~f l~te w·.~B. Fidler· was oori~ide~ed.. . . . . . .. . .
·· ..... ~.· . : The . fQ llo~ing re solution was submitted and adopt ed. . . . . -· . . . . . . .. . . . . .
· RESOLVED that the Committee recommend that per-misaive legislation.be o~ta~ne4 at th~ next s~ss~on of. th~ .;L~g1,;ia~~:r.'~ s,6 that sa~d amo~nt of $1 1 000 •. 00 may. be .Paid.to.the h~~i~ Qf l~~e· ~· Fidler •. , , ..
Alderman Whitman diss.eriting~ ·
Alfred Whitman, ChE:Lirman.
Moved by Alderman Murphy seconded by Alderman Finlay • • . . .
that the report·· be adopted~ • •
Moved in amendrilent by Alderman Ritchie seconded by • •
Alderman Mason.that ·no action be taken in this matter~
The Amendment is put and passed~
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ROBERT CLANCEY 1S HEIRS CIVIC GRATUITY~
Read report Finance Committee re proposed Civic
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gratuity to the heirs· of Robert Clancey a Collector
:,in.the Oity Collector's pepartment; · ·
Committee Room, City ~all, .. Maroh 31st, 1921 •.
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and O ty .. O.Q~oil. i Gentlemen f... · · · -~_I . .. . .. ~. . . At a. meeting of the Finanoe Committee held this ~ day the follow~ng .r~~o.~uti.on was submitted~ · i~ · .............. ~SQLVEP that the Committee reco.mmend that the- fl
~~ ti6~l?9~i~o s~~! ~ii~~s:a v~~!e~!~!~~~~~r:0 c~:~cie~ ~~~~t ·~ merlY .. EL sub collector· this being the difference between :l~ the arh9unt she._ ~.eo~ived trom the· Officials Superannuat :ion ·
Moved by Alderman ·V{hi tman seconded by Alderman · · • • . .
Ritchie· .that the schedule.rbe.adopted~ Motion passed • •
HYDRO ELECTHIC PO\VER. --·----Alderman Mason submits the following resolution:
!~ vi~~ of.the 6rjing need of.low priced electrical power in Halifax ~o reduce the cost of ·:qomesti~ .~~gl}ting to attract. ~nQ.uot~ie~ tba.t are prevent etir tr.om .. coming_( t_o the Oi ty. by the· present h~gh. cost of power. .
.. .l\nd that the development work now proceeding under the Nova· Scotia Power Commission will deliver sufficient electrical pow~r at fa low cost to the C~ty of Halifax for all purposes. . .
· And that Clause 3·0, Chapter 6, of The Power Commission Act au.thorizes the.City Council of Halifax to take 9ver and.distribute such power for the use of the City and its Citizens, subject to approval by the Governor-in-Oouncil; .. . . .. . I. •
·Be it resolved· that this Council'• nake application to the Nova Scotia power Commission for full details as to the cos~ of supplying ~he power at ~ts disposal to the pity, and other date related therewith. · ! • • • I
: The resolµtion is moved by Alderman Mason and seconded
/ by Ald~rman Regan~
(Moved by Alderman Godwin seconded by Alderman Gough • •
that the resolution be referred to. the Committee on Worka • ..
report~ · Motion passed.
TAX EXEMPTIONS,1 b •
Alderman Ma.son submits the following resolution:: • In view of.the City of Halifax at the present time
being in need of Fina.noes, and in. view of .the fact ~hat the City has ~ax Exemption amounting to $30,650,!00.00 and the City sno~ld reoeuve.taxes. on the greatest amount of th~s property.
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Be it resolved that this Council seek Legislation .at this ~eesion.of the.Haus~ to have the_laws rel~t~ng ·~O Tax Exe~ption revised to enabl~ the City tax such :prop~rty a~ the Coun9il de~ms ~dviaable~ · · · . .
j . . Moved.-by Ald.erma.ii Ma.son silcoll.ded by Alderman Regan r th~t the resolution be refel:red. to ~h~ Speoi~i Committee
l Alderman Mason submits the following resolution: -. ·I~ yie~ of ~the dire~t representatives of the
:Citizens of Halifax re Sohool Est1ma~es and Expendi-: tures .of monies nc;>t being given the liberty· through . l~ws at presen~ existi~g to voice their ideas regard-i~g. e~me - What amoun~ ~hall be spent· and,. h<;>w~ ·. .. . Be i~ re~olyed this Council seek legislation at
:the present .session· of.the legislature.to have law~ /;revised so that the direct repres~ntatives Qf the
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v .peophl.e will have the right to use th~i~ privi.leges as 'SUO •
-Q Moved by Alderman Mason seconded by Alderman Regan . . :that the resolution be referred to the Special Committee
on.Legisiation for report; ·Motion passed Alderman
Finlay dissenting~ •
HEALTH .. BOARD EXPENDITURES
Alderman Mason submits the following resolutionf
in view of· the direct representatives of the ·cltizens of Halifax re Hea~th Board E~tim~tes and Expendit~~~s
.of monie~·~ot being_given ~b~ 1iberty thrQugh laws at .. :present exi~ti~g to say now or what amount of monie~
j shall be spent. . . . . . _ Be it resolved this Council seat legislation at the
_,. ~ present session of the. legiala~.ure to· have s~id laws ~ revised to enable the represe~tatives t~ use the privil-~ ege&,1 regarding same.
oY> Moved by Alderman Mason seconded by Alderman Hubley • • • •
that the resolution be referred to the Finance Committee
for report; Motion put and passed 12 voting for the same and
2 against· it as follows:·-
.For the Motion:..:. Aldermen Whitman,, Aokhurst,, Regan,
payments in connection with construction of Tuberculosis . .
Hospital o~ City Home ground~ Morris street~ ·
Committee Room, City ljall, April 7th, 1921 •.
To His Worship the Mayor, and City qouncil. Qent lemen f... .
_ . . Your Committee on Finance beg to recommend for payment the a~ta9~ed acco~t.M~ssra Rhodes Oµrry · Co. Ltd., for $10,000•00· ~~i~g.the .7t~ Progress oertifioate· for work.done on New Tuberculosis Ho~pital also the account of H.E·, Gates Arohi.teot .. f;or .~~250.00 l;>eir,>.g., .. 2 l/? pe;r oen~ on amov.nt. of 1'a~d progress cert~fio~te.
On b~~~lf of the Commi~te~~ Alfred Whitman,
· · · Ch~+rman.
Ira G. Maso~, Jq~ Murphy, A. J. Finlay,
Moved by Alderman Whitman seconded by Alderman • • • •
Finlay· that the report be adopted ·and the accounts
\paid~ Motion passed. ·
I ... PRESIDING 6FFIC~RS FOR CIVIC ELECTIONS~ \ ··-Moved by Alderman Finlay seconded by Alderman . . . . .
Colwell that there be two polling places provided for . . each ward for the Civic Elections to.be held on the
27th instant and that the following named be appointed
James H. Dow. JQs~ R~ ~hompson, Arthur O. Theakston, James T. McDonald, Alderman Mason. Aiderm~n GQdwin.
~Motion pa.seed.
\ ~!TY HO~ REPORT ON VARIO~S MATTERS~ Read report Charities Committee on various matters
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relating to the City Home as follows:~
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Halifax, N, s·~ April 6th, 1921~
His Worship the Mayor, and Member·s of the City Council. Q-ent 1 emen: -
The Chari ties Oommi ttee .. met this day and ·beg to submit the. fol'J..owing report. . · . ·
Members prese~t, ~he Chairman, Aldermen Cameron, Hoyt and Murphy, . . · · Inmates Month of March
i~ The. Superintendent• s report shows that during the ~onth of Maro~ 1921· the~e wer~ 24 person~ admitt~d into the City Hom~, 2 born, 2g discharged ·and 4- died •. ·Of the number admi~ted 9 y/erf3 ·chargeal;>le · tQ the Province ~nd 15 to the Oi°.tY• The total numbe~ of inmates on March 31st .1921 was 23"0, made up of 190 men, 125 wQinen and 5 chil~en. . On the same ~ate last ye~r there were 155· men, 127 women and 6 Qhil~en, ~ totai of 2g9~ Ioe Tenders · 2. The tender of George Hutchinson for the supplying of ice to the· institution for the season of 1921 being th~ lowest is recommended for aoceptaboe~ James H. Dow, SUper~nnuation
. 3·~ The following letter from James H~ Dow was read and on motion was referred to the City Council • . Halifax, N.S. Maroh 21, 1921.
To the Chairman and Members of the Charities Committee. Gent~emen:- ·
· .In May 1874 I· was appointed Engineer of the Poors Asylum now oalle~ t~e City Home. In lSS6-I was p~omoted .to Assistant· Super;ntendent. In 1~93· I w~s made Superintenden~ and my wife was appointed Mat~on •. ·~n 1906 the City $up-erannuat1on Aot oame .: il'.ltQ.operation.and we a.vailed.ourselfes of the.Act. we paid i?'.ltQ 1 t . for twQ years· •. In 190g on acooun~ of t~e ill health of my wife we resigned our positions. From 1$36 to 190)' I made all the oonorets blooks used in the oonetruotion of the City sewers using home iabor as well as hired labor. In 190~ the dem~nd for sewer blocks gave out. During my. vacation the following year I.visited a number of institutions in the New England states to ascertain µow they .employed their labor and found that the .. kindling wood busines~ was the beat paying business. ·t informed Mr·. Hamilton who was then Chairman of the Charities Committee who instruoted me to try the same business in our Home and to this day it is still in operation. In 1916 i wa.s requested by Mayor Martin ~o go baolc to the Home until Mr·. Mulcahy regained his he~lth - there I remained for near~ ly two ye~rs until Mr. Buqhanan was appointed SUpe~-~t~d~t. . In re~igning from.the Home I stated in
. my resignation that I expected the same treatment as other officials who had faithfully s~rved the City. IM went before the City Council and was.laid on the table and has remained there ever sinoe.
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Hoping this will receive your earnest consideration.
James H. Dow.
Tuberoulosis · .. r~ (a) I:e is recommended that a sum not to exceed .
$25,000 •. 90 be provided by the· C·ity Council for the supplyi~g. Qf fuiniture and· .. fixtures for the. Tuberculosis Hosp-
· 1tal. · . . (b) :tt is furth.er . recommended th~t\the di ty
Oounoil grant authori~y to the Charities CQmmittee to take over the work of the .Parke~ Hospital from May 1st,, 1921_ . and o~rry on ~he busin~ss at the.HQspital a~ Dartmouth \mtil.suoh time as the Tub~rculosis Hospit~l be ready for e.ooupanoy and, to . pay all. _expenses for same from May ist, :J.92 ~. . . Accounts 5. The following accounts are recommended for . . payment viz:
Wentzells Ltd. John Tobin & Co. W~A~ Maling.& Co~ Leonar4 Fisheries Ltd. Davis &· Fl'aser Smith & Proctor s.~ c; Thompson w
A meeting of the City Council was held this evening; . At the above named hour there were present Bis.worship
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the Mayor and Aldermen Murphy, Colwell, Whitman 1 Regan, . . Kelly, Ritohie, Cameron and Mason;
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Moved by Alderman Murphy.seconded by Alderman ' • • f
Colwell that the time for meeting be extended until a . . .. .
quorum is present or ·until g;3·0 o'clock;· Motion passed~· •
8~20 O'Clock roll called;· Present the above named
tigether with Alder2nen Aokhurat, Finlay, Hoyt and Hubley~ . The Council was summoned to proceed with business
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standing over and the transaction of other business. ' . LIST OF HEADLINES
(For the purpose of ready reference the list of papers submitted and the liet· of ohher leadlines are a:1,.l inco:i;po~ated· in one schedule at the end·. of the meeting), . · . ·
INSPECTOR OF PLASTERING AND MASON WORK~ •
Read reports (2) Committee on Works oovering
applioation of R~J. Hurley for the position of City
inspector of Plastering and Mason work as a represen•
tative of the Plasterers Union~
Office of Clerk of Works, Halifax, N,S. March 3bth,1921.
To His Worship t4e Mayor, and 01-ty Council. Gantlemen:·-At a meeting of the Works Department held on the 3·oth inst., the attaohed oorrespondence from the· Secretary of operative ~last~rs an~ Cement Finishers International Association Looa~ No.· 215 was ordered sent to Council for its information. · ·
A.F. Messervey, .. Clerk of Wo!ks. ,.
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Your Worship Mayor Parker. Dear Sir:-
. I am instructed to send you the enclosed .resolution adopted by_ the· Plasterers• Association~· Kindly subm~t· it to ~he proper Department that action m~y accrue ~herefrom,
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S~J~ Nott, Secretary~
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WHEREAS Many inferior substitutes, suoh as Beaver Board and othe~ forms of Wall Board are frequently us~d in piaoe of plastering in the oonstruotion of. private ho~ses, sto+es, worke1hd)ps, offioes,.and even in.~blio Buildings and in alterations.and additions thereto. · · · · · AND WHEREAS the use of such.substitutes constitutes an invitation. to destruot~on bY. ~ir~ ~~q. is t_her~ by a menace ~o the City and a souroe of dang-er to the 11 ves of. citizens. · · -. . ... . .
. AND WHEREAS the material used in the plastering of many buildings is o~ ~n inferior quality and the work?1lanahip not the best. . ..
AND WHEREAS a combination of good materials and workmanship .is aaE:Jent:L~l if proper proteot'ion from · fi~e is to be obta~ned.
AND WHEREAS ~he use of paDr materials and the permissibility of poor.~orkmanship constitute a grave menace by. the possibility of falling plas~er, part-ivu:J_a.rly. in Public .Buildings, S9hqols eto. . . . AND WHEREAS the duties of the present building Inspeotor are of suoh an arduous and extreme nature as to leave him.insufficient· time to· attend to these matters ).n. as thorough a manner as their importance demands,:
. . AID WHEREAS the proper and competent supervision over such matters is essential to the welfare of the City, . ·
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED Local 215 Operative Plasterers• and cement Finiahe1'1 1 Int •. Association requests the City Coun·cil to consider the advisabil--ity of appointing a.n Assistant Building Inspeotor;1 he to be a competent and praotioa.l P1asterer, recommended by Local 215, whose duiies it shall be to insp~ot Plastering.of all new buildings 1 additions ·0r alterations of standing buildings to insure qual
ity of material, combined with good workmanship, and.disai~ow ~he use of substitutes· as hereinbefore ~entioned. . .
. AND· BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be sent to the City Council, Board of Fire Underwriters~ Halifax Trades & Labor Council and Independen·t Labor Paxity 1 . with. a· request that suoh imm~diat~ action b.e taken as the gravity of the situation demands.
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To the City Council~ Gentleme~:·-
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Office of Cler.k of Works, ~ Ha~ifax,, N. s. April 7, 1921.
At a meeting of the Works Department held on the 6th ins~a~t the attached application of R.J~ · .Hurley was 9n mQtion refer~ed to.Council.to attach to re~QlutiQn of tl.'l~ .. OPerative P~asterers ·and Cement
i Finis}lers Internation~i Union_ ~6~ 215, P~.eviousiy submitted to Cou~c~l Qn March 29th, 192li ·
A. F~ · Messervey, Clerk of Wo~ks.
Agreeably to resolution passed at last meeting ct •
the Oounoil Mr. Dorey of the Piasterera· Union is per-
mitted to address the Oouncil in behalf of the appli~ . . . "
cation for ··the appointment of R.J. Hurley as Inspector
~of plasteririg arid. M~son work; · ·
-~ · Moved by Alderman Ackhurst seconded by Alderman . . • . ' -
Finlay that this matter be referred back to the Comm~
ittee on Works for.further report. Motion passed~ .
FIRE DEPARTMENT .. ACCOUNTS
Read report Committee of Firewards recommending • . .
accounts for payment. Committee Room, City Hall,
. April 6th, 1921. . .
The City Council. Gentlemen: ... The Committee of Firewards beg to recommend for payment the following named aQcounts •
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K; MoPhee 'Equipment repairs C~ H~ Jordan Horseshoeing . _ J~C. Merl~n · Bui~ding Repairs Halifax Vulcanizing Work~ Vuloanizing Metrop~oli tan Motors Ltd. Motor Suppli.es A.J~ MQNutt · .Eciuipmen&t
8Repa
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National Drug & Che~ical Co.stores upp .. es Motor Sales co. Ltd. Motor Supplies Burns &.Kelleher · Supplies Sheehan Motor Co. " Canadian National Institute fo,r the Blind Amerio~n L~Franoe Fire Eng.co, Supplies · Imperial Oil µtd. Gasoline
The Committee of Firewards beg to recommend it for adoption the fo;Llowing report from the Acting Chief U of tl)e· Fi;e pep11;tment relating to loan for the purchase il
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\~· Off ioe of Chief Fire Department, ~
Halifax, N~S· Maroh gth,1921. ~ ti
Board of F.irewards. i~l~ t~ Gentlemen =~I . , .d d th roh f 2000 ~~ wou~ now reoommen e pu ase q. .. f~ feet. of. 2 1/2 inch· oc;>tton rubber· lines hose, $3,000. \ ~ 'being approv~d by your Board at meeting held on. Feb... \'ii ruary ~2th, l9eo and provided for .. bY. Trustees of the :J\ S~r:iking .. Fund on. Nc;>vember 25·, ~920 • ~
I~~ J.E. Keefe, ~
Aoting Chief Halifax Fire Department; ~j W ~ W ~ · Hoyt , ~·
CHAIRMAN. 1j:
Read report Committee of Firewards recommending
a.ocepta.tioe of tenders for Ho a e for the Fi re Depa.rtmen t.
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Committee Room, City H~ll, .. April 6th, 1921,
: The City C.ounoil. Gentlemen:·-
-·· . ·· . ..The ·committee of Firewards beg to recommend for adoption by ~he .City Coun9~l ~he· att_aohed r~po_rt of t~e· Ch~ef of the F~re Depar~~ent r~la~ing to· the · ,pui13ohaae of Fire Hqse ·-·~or th~ .I~~partm~n,~. ___ . ·
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Committee of Firewarda, Gentlemen:- · ·
-. ... .I beg to report that I hav·e carefully gone over speoifioations and tenders for fire hose submitted at YO\lr .laf?].?Jle~ting.'and which.has been referred to me . for repor~r I wou.ld :r;eoommerid t~e ·purchase of 1~·00 feet. of 2 2/2 inoh wa~ .anq. gµm•treateQ. "~eystone" .. b:rand Jio~e .. f~o~ ~he l;)om~ni~n ~ubbe~ System at $1, S5 $?lf05·.09 ~lso _goo fee~. qf .. 3· inch solid. woven "Eµ;a:Sa" br~~d f9ur ~ly ~ose, from the Gutta Percha & Rubber ~iniit~d a~ $~~ 75 · ~. $550~00~ ·Total. C?f ~he. two equ~'is $2955.00. and that. the .remaining ~~lt5.oo of this estimate
cfhQse 'Pe ~sad fQr conneot~<;>n~ in oonjunotion. with th~ .thr$e inoh 4ose. All thi~. hose is ~aran~eed for t~~ee ye~~s under test ,preasu~~ qf fo~r.hundr~d pounds p~~ .squ~+e il'l.oh· ~d.fitteQ. with standard regulations· coupl~ngs, Halifax thread.· ·. · .
. . . U'J~W. Churchill,
Chief Halifax Fire Department~
w.w~ Hoyt, . CHAIRMAN•
Moved by Ald.eraan Hoyt seconded by Alderman Aokhurst . . . that the report be adopted~ . .
Moved in amendment by Alderman Murphy seconded by . . Alderman ·Mason· that the report be referred back to the .
• Committee of Firewards to oons~der and report as to . . . . whether the order for hose should be distributed amongst
the various tenderers • •
The amendment is put and loat • •
The original motion is put and.passed~
POLICE DEPARTMENT ADDITIONAL MEN -Moved by Alderman Aokhurst that the resolution of
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oounoil making proviSion for the aPpointment of six
April 8th, 1921~
ad~~tional Policemen instead of only three as recommend
ed iri. the. polioe Department Estimates be now rescinded~ . • . .
Alderman ·Regan obj.eats to the. motion being enter-· • .
tained.exoept under the regular order of business~ •
His Worship the Mayor ruies the motion ou't of .. . ~ . '
order at the present time. I
GENERAL ACCOUNTS~ ..
Read report Finance Committee recommending for •
" . . payment accounts chargeable to various services~
To His Worship the Mayor, and Oity. Council. Gentlemen:·-
Committee Room; City Hall, April 6th, . 1921.
. . . . At a meet:4.ng of the Finanoe Committee held this. day the "fQllowing named accounts amounting to. · $S+,6.S~ were passed as c<;>rreo~ and recomm~nrled .for pay-~ment also the account for subscription to Union of Nova $()otia .. Munioip~li ti~s ~~94~oo for. 192.1~22 to be paid ou~
, o~. i9~1-2.2 a~c9u~ts.. · A &·W·MaoKinlay Books etc ·
City Clerk 1~61
Commercial Photo Service Canada Law Book co .. British·· American Ban~ Note United TY!>ewr+ter oo. Ha~ifax Herald
Office of Chief of Police, Halifax, N.S~ Aoril 6th, 1921~
To His Worship the_Mayor, an4 City Cquncil,
Gentlemen:·-. . .At
·this date the $ll5.s7, we~e for .payment.
a meeting of the Police Commission held following named accounts amounting to · examined found ~Qrrect and recommended
John Starr A & W. M~oKinlay Ro,b~. T~ylor A.M, Be~l Metropoiitan Motors Halifax Au~o C~ntr~l Ga:rage Kelly!s Ltd, Halifax Vul• Works A.R. Cogswell J~ Wonriooott Nati on al .. Prug RC?n9wn.Auto Neil Fox Telephpne services
Bulb Duty and Charge Rubber Boot~ Mop and Oil ran belt 011 Gauge Labor. on Patrol Chamois Casing and patches Photo supp~ies Repairing lo ale Sof't Soap Paint . Repairing Leather Rental
J. s. parker~ MAYOR AND CHAIRMAN.
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Moved by Alderman Aokhurst seconded by Alderman • • •
• • Mason that the report be adopted and the accounts paid.
of Police Department Trousers and cloth from Mark Fisher
& ·co~
Halifax, N.S~ .April Sth, 1921.
The City Council. / Gentlemen:-
/. . . The Police Commission request permission of
; ~ ~ the City Cou.ncil t9 ~ward tenders aa follows to pur. chase /'_ i..,. blue serge sufficien~ ~o supply trqusers for summer and • \\ . win~. er . we~r and ~o supply the extra men about to be app•
l\.~._/ / · ointed af~er. legislation is secured, with new uniforms. tr~~,/ 'rP.e fqr~er from, A.R, Butler r~pre~enting Mark Fisher & Co. /~ at ~~6.50 pei; yard the later at $ES.oo p~r yQ.. from A.R.
O""' Cossey.& Co. a~d to pay.loaai tailors the sum of $6.oo /.per paiA.for ~aking tJ;ousers - The new .. uniforms from ..
serge.~upplied.by A.R. Butler as above.
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J. s. Parker, Mayqr and Chairman.
Moved by Alderman Aokhurst I seconded by Alderman Regan • • •
thai the ·report be adopted. Motion passed.
GARDENS ACCOUNTS
Read repor·t Commissioners of Halifax Common reoomm-•
ending ·a.ooounts for payment~ •
Halifax, N.S. April 7th,1921.
His Worship Mayor Parker, and Members o~ City.Council. Gentlemen:-. · · At a meeting of the Gardens Commission beld Wednesday afternoon April 6th, 1921· tn the Mayo~. 1.~. Office City Ha~l,. the· following bills amounting to ~~613.35 were
H.D. MacKenzie Co.Ltd. 250~060 s.c. Thompson Feed 121., l James P. Brodie 41,9.1 $613·~ 3'5
R.D. Guildford, . Aoting Secretary.
Moved by Alderman Ritchie seoond~d. by Ald~rman •
Aokhurst that the report be adopted and the accounts
paid. Motion passed.
April St!l, 1921.
TRAMWAY FARES COMMISSION.
Read letter Roderick McColl in re Tramway Fares
Oo mm i s s :i. on~
Halifax, N.S. April 7th,1921~
J.s. Parker, Esq,, . Mayo+' City of Halifax.
Dear Sir:-... · . ·The Royal ... Commission appointed under Chapter
203 of the Acts of Nova Scotia 1920 have· held several ~eet~11gs and.the Nova Scotia Tram & Power Company have pres~nted.their oase. · · · ·
. ·They pr~sented a number of schedules· showing, receipts, exp en di tures and net profit or def 1ci t for the last few years, including the year.1920,, number of passe~gers carr+ed,, oar miles run, etc, .At my request h~ve given a~ditional.information and greater details of ope~a~io~ costs and have tendered a considerable
: amount qf. evidence ~s to. cost of· operation. · · . . . They· have'. also presented statements of physical valuation of Tra~ Department in detai~ and estimate of p~op~r amounts.~hat s~ould be allowed for deprec~ation, · Speaking generally they.claim that the returns fo~ 1920 (du~ing which year the increase in fares was in force . foi:. seven months) while show~ng gross earning of about l' $1~ 1 000 over the previous ~ear shows a net loss of I about.$31,,000 after deducting.taxes. They, therefore, I ot. hlaimhthlat. evelJ,thhad thte· inorieased falrdeba been inlfl.oroet r .. ~ .. w o ~year ~ ne earn ngs wou e.so sma as o 1 warrant .the Commissi9n 11) recommending the continu~noe 1\
of t~e presen~ fares. 1\ The ne~t meeting of the Commission will take ~:
place on Monday, the lSth day of Apr.il and the Commission ! have requested me to ~ek you to have. the City send a ~· re~~~sentativ~· to pre~~nt their c~se at this meeting, ~ otherwise the Commission will con~ide~ the City do n<;>t ~ wish to be heard~ The ·transcript of· the evidence· already t:
. taken will be ready. in a !ew days, when a .copy. wil+ be. . r sent yOu; wciUld. you kindly let me bow as soon as possible ; what· action you propose taking. . . i;
· I will be plea~ed to arrange to meet your f represe~tative at any ti~e you wish and give you fuller r
details. . t Rod. McColl. tt.
Also read accounts submitted by Mr. McColl with his •
. letter.
D.O. Linton Annie H. Bushman
Reporting evidence do
Less one half payable to Tramway
Moved by Alderman Murphy seconded by Alderman Mason • • •
that the city's proportion of the accounts be paid. Motion
. . passed.
Moved by Alderman Murphy seconded by Alderman • •
Cameron that Mr~ McCall's report be referred to the
Special Committee on Tramway matters consisting of
'Aldermen Murphy, Whitman and Regan. Motion passed~ •
LOANS FOR VARIOUS SERVICES~
Read reports Committee on Works and City Engineer
·r.ecommending loans for -various services.
Moved by Aiderman Ritchie seconded by Alde~man
!inlay.that the reports be adopted~
Moved by Alderman Kelly seconded by Alderman Finlay . . . . . that the report of the Ci·ty Engineer be considered clause
by clause~ Motion passed,
Read clause recommending the borrowing of $3bO,OOO~OO .. . ..
·for sewers.
Moved by Alderman Ritchie seconded by Alderman Finlay . . that said clause be adopted.
Moved in amendmen·t by Alderman Whitman seconded by .. . . . .
Alderman Regan.that $50Jooo~·oo be borrowed for sewers~ • ,
Moved by Alderman.Aokhurst seconded by Alderman . . Whitman t·hat the Council do now adjourn. Motion passed.
LIST OF HEADLINES
· Inspector of Plastering and Mason Work - 910, Fire Departmen~. Accounts - 912. Fire Hose - 913. · Police Department Addi~ional Men - 914~ General Acqounts - 915, ~ Oity ~rison Accounts - 916. Library Accounts - 916 •. Police Department Accounts - 917, Police Dep~rtment Trou~ers and Cloth - 917~ aardens Aoqounts - 91g, T~amway F~res Commission - 919. Loans ior.variou~ Services~ 920.
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J.S, parker, MAYOR•
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COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALLt
April 12th, 1921~·
A meeting of the City Council was held this after
noon at the· above named hour~ Present His worship the
Mayor and Aldermen Colwell, Whitman, Ackhurst,, Finlay, . . Hoyt,, Bissett, Regan, Kelly, Cameron,, Murphy,, Buckley,,
.. Scanlon,, Ri tohie~ Power,, Gpdwin, Hubley Gough~
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The Council.was summoned· to proceed with business
standing over and the transaction of other business~ . . LIST OF HEADLINES
(For the purpose of ready reference the list of papers submitted. and the list· of othe:rthead3.-1nes are all ipoorpor~te~ in· one schedule at the e~d of· the meeting),
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LEGISLATION
Read report Law~ and Privileges Committee re Civic
Legislation.
To His Worship t~e Mayor,, a~d O~ty Cquncil.
Committee Room, City Hall, April Sth, 1921.
Gentlemen: .... · · ·· At a meeting of the Laws and privileges Committee held.this day the City.Sol~citor. was instructed to introduce. intQ the Legislature .all Civic Legis-lation ordered· by the City Counci+ to d~te. . · · · That after first reading and·. the Billa are printed to su~mi~ oopie~ to ea9h· Alderman and that. same be· then. considered by the Oou~cil befQre· any final action is taken by the Legislature.
· John J. Power,, CHAIRMAN·
MON'ed by Alderman Power seconded by Alderman Cameron I I
that the report be adopted. Motion passed. • •
LOANS Fj)R VA~I6q~ ~ERVICE$ -Again read reports Committee on Works and. City
• Engineer (subtliitted at last meeting of Council) re loans
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for various servioes.
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To the City Council, .Gentlemen:-
April 12th, 1921,•
Office of Olerk of Works 1
Halifax, N,S. April 7th,l921;
.. _At a meeting of the Works Department held on the 6th ins~ant the attached report of the City ·
: Engineer re Loans was approved and recommended to Council for __ adoption.
A. F,, Messervey 1
Clerk of Works.
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Halifax, N.S. April Sth,1921.
·His Worship the Mayor, Sir:- .
. ... Legislative authority should be obtained for the borrowing of_~ aum not ~xceeding $~00,000.00 for sewers and ~~250,000.00 ~or water, to· be borrowed from time to time as. r$quir ed.. · ·
. . ~he appropriation for heating the City Hall is $10 1 000~ while the. actual 9ost of the \York will be &f;ll.J.,, 995.00, . . . :e_therefo;e ~~quire an additional appropriation of. 'IP 5 J 0 00 • 00 I . . . . . . . . ' • • . . . .
... ~h~.amount available for the construction of a comfort w~ation ~s al~o insufficient by about $10,QOO. and this.a~o~nt sho~ld be obtained, if the construction
'of this station is to be pro~eedefr with. . . ~he appropriation of $2,000· for new furniture in 'the City ~all. was. au..thorized. last yea:r;, b\t~. the estimated cost o~ th~. furl)i ture as~ed fo:+ was $}, 500. With only · $2,_000. it was pra9tio~lly imposs~ble. to. satisfy the d~m~~ds ~rem.the ~if~~~ent departmentsJ and in consequeno_ ~ t~e on~y furn~ ture bousht . last year was fo~ the fiu~itor•s Office, ~he City /~Cler~ and Coll~otor.
· I would recommend that an adq.i tional appropriation of $1~500 be provided so t~at.the dilapidated and un- . sightly.furniture in the offices may be r~plaoed and
. additional furniture provided where required. . · · · · we have in service five· motor sprintlers. One .
Sprinkler can do the wqrk 9f three horse drawn sprinklers and at less cost. We had six hired. teams last yea:r;' but tl;l.e _work of the hors«;i drawn sprinklers iii! nenr sat i sfaotory. · . . · I think the City would be justified in purchasing at least two more motor .sprinklers and flushers, tQ replace the hired teams, From preliminary figures I estimate it woul~be_neoessary tot:pprop~iate not more than ~~19;000.00 and recommend that legislative author-ity be ·obtained for· the purchase. _ . .
· If the Coun9il approve it would be advisab~e to place the order with as little delay as possible.
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I The report is considered clause by clause~ i ' . i Sewers ' 1 i ·· Read clause l recommending the borrowing of $3·00,000.00 l . ' '
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l . Moved by Alderman Ritchie seconded by Alderman Godwin· i • • I
.. ·I that said. ciause be· adopt ea.; ... I .. . . . . . . l . Moved ·in· ·amend.men t by . Alderman Whitman se~onded by ' • ' • • • t
· l Alderman· ·Regan· that the sum to be borrowed for sewers l . . ' ·.
lb~ $~~ 1 00~;~0~ · 1 Amendment put and lostl voting· for the same and l6
lRitchieJ PowerJ God~inJ Hubley, Gough - l61 l ~ ... · ·Moved in amendment by Alderman Regan seconded by . . . . . . l I Alderman Buckley that this item be placed at $200,000~00~· ! • ' . . . \ . . . '
Aritendnient put and lost 5 voting for the same and '
: 12 against 1t as foilows:- ·
\ ·· ·· · FOr th!> Ariiena.ment: ... 'Aldermen Whitman, BUsett, I i I
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.. ·aameron·, Bucl{ley - 5; I .
J · Against it:~- · Aldermen Col we 11, Ackhur st,, Hoyt, l iKelly, Miirphy~ sOanlon, Ritchie, Power, GOci.win, HublEiy, I .. , .~. . . .. , .. \Gough - 12.
The.original motion being put 11 voted for the same i
·\and 6 against.it as follows:-
For· the Motion:·~ Aldermen Colwell111 Ackhurst, Finlay, • ' .
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Moved by Alderman Ritchie seconded by Alderman ' .. .
:Finlay that this item be approved but that instead of . . ,being borrowed that it be.added to the Estimates.for I . . . . . . . il921~22 when said Estimates come before the Legislature '
;for.approval •. ·Motion passed unanimously~
Motor §prink::I:~_r!.~ ·
Read clause 6 re loan for Motor Sprinklers $19,000~ ..
Moved by· Aiderman Ritchie seconded by Alderman . . ' ' '' ~ ' • . • '• ~ • I
Godwin that this item pass and that the legislation for
; the borrowing· provided that the loan be on five year • •
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For the Motion:- Aldermen Colwell 1 Whitman, Ackhurst,
' Against 1~: .... Aldermen Hoyt, Regan, Kelly 1 ·Cameron,
Buckley - 5·
,,,-~· . . ·Moved by Alderman Ritchie seconded by Alderman Godwin , . . .
./' that the report as amend~~ be ad~pted. and. the City
Soiici tor" instruct ed. to draft and submit the necessary •
legisiatiori~. Motion pass.ad unanimously~
.TOWER ROAD, ROBIE. STREET, VERN.ON STREET.
Alderman Buckley asked for a report as to the
expenditur~s on the ·foilowing.streets • •
~/ Tower Road from Morris Street to Spring Gard.en Road. Robie St~e~t from Spring Garden Roa4 to Jubi1ee Road Vernon Street f~om Copurg aoad to.~ubilee Roa4.. ·
Apri~ 12th, 1921.
WINTER WORK--LOAN $55,00o;oo; ! Alderman Regan asks .for a·deta.iled report as to
• . ~ "/;. expend.it~reB on a.ooo~~ ·of th6 $55,000.~o ($!U),000;6o .~- ·for sewers and $15~000.00 for water Service) provided
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\for emergency Winter Work.
l TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL AND CITY HOME HEATING ·-·- f?o, 0.00 .• 00 .. ;---
\ Read report .SP"eoial Committee on Tuberoulosis . : Hospi tai Plans eto~ recommending the borra)wring of
~ $20,006;~0 tor heating the New Tuberculosis Hospital \ l ' '
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! 1 His Worship Mayor Parker,, ~and
1 Members of City Council. ; Gentlemen:·-, · · At a meeting of the Committee on Tuberculosis 1 Hospital Plans.etc. ~eld Monday, _Ma~oh 22nd,, 1921.i~ t~e
' Cmunc1i Ch?L~ber, Ci·ty Ha.·11,, fQr the purpbse· of discuss-: ing tP,~ he~t~ng of. the ~~w Tuberculosis. H~spi tal·. on. th~ : Oity Home .~rounds: it was moveq by Alderman co+well, ; s~oonded by ~~derrnaJ;l Regan, "That this· Committee recommend '. t() Council th~t· Mr, H.:m •. Gates l;>e in~tructed ·to p~epare · : plane and. speQifications for the .. instal;tation of a . ; central h-ea·t~ng plant· to be located in the. City Home to i suppiy tha~ institution and the new ~uberoulosis Hospital w.ith heat .and further supply an alterna.t~ set of plans
; a~d ap~Qif~cations fqr a sepa;ate heat~ng plant for the ; new- T~be~CJl.1,lQsis Hospit~l a.lon~. All this to be done . bf. Mr.~. H. ~. Ga:t;es for th~ ... fee of two hundred dollars \ Ciw200,oo). Motion passed. · · · . ; . . . . It was f~rther moved by Alderman Murphy ; seconded by Alde~man Colwell.that the Council be asked : t~ seem permissive legislation ~rom the Local Leg~s" · ; lature enabling the City to borrqw a sum not to exceed · ~wenty ·thousand dollars (~~20,000.00) for the purpose · : of heati~g the Oity Home_and the New Tubercu~osis . Hospi'tal, Motion passed.·
R.D, Guildford,, Secretary~
The report is considered olause by clause~
: Ar chi.t eot.s Fees ~t200 ;o_o; .
RSad clause l re payment to H,E; Gates,, Arohiteot,,
· $200.00 for alternative plans for heating the institutions~
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Moved by Alderman Ackhurat seconded by Alde~man .. . . Power that the clause be struck out of .. thti report~
At .request.of H~s worship the Mayar Deputy Mayor
:Regan takes the Chair~
The mot.ion is put is passed 11 voting for the same
!and 5 against it as follows:: ... · i
For the Motion:.~ Aldermen Whitman, Aokhurst, Hoyt, ! ••
Moved by Alderman Ritchie seconded by Alderman Godwin . . !
'.that the Council do now take.up for consideration the l . :report of the Committee on Works dated April.7th 1921 and \ . ;the report of the City Engineer dated April 6th, 1921
:re Street Paving;
Mot ion· put and passed 9 voting for the- same and ' IS against it as follows:~
For the Motion:~ Aldermen Finlay, Kelly, Murphy, ' ! soanlon, Ritchie, Power,° Godwin, Hubley, Gough - 9
Against 1 t·:·~ Aldermen Col'Well, Wh~tman, AOkhurst,
1 Hoyt, Bis~ett ~· Regan, Cameron, Buckley - g '.
Moved.by.Alderman Whitman seconded by Alderman • •
. Bissett that the Council adjourn until g. o• clock to
, morrow evening Wednesday April 13th. . . Asked for a ·ruling His worship the Mayor declares
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COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL,
A.pril l}th, i921;·
A meeting of the City Council was held this even~ !
'.ing at tlie above named hour pursuant to adjournment of ! .. . . . . . yesterday April 12th inst. There' were present His ? • •
~orahip.the Mayor .. and Aldermen Colwell, Whitman, Aokhurst, ! .
;Bissett, Finl~y,Oameron, Regan, Kelly, _Soa.nlon, Murphy, ' ' I
1Masori, Ri tohie, Power,, Godwin and Hubley. . .
LIST OF HEADLINES
1 (For the purpose of ready reference the list of papers submitted and the list of other headlines are all inco~porated in one schedule at the end of the . eeting).
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STREET PAVING ., '
Read reports Committee on Works and City Engineer re
Street Paving~
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· Office of Clerk of Works, Halifax, N,S. April 7th, 1921.
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Office of Clerk of Works, Halifax, N.S~ April 7th, 1921.
Eitraot from Minutes of a meeting of the Wo~ks 'Department held on the 24th day of February 1921.
· Me.e.t.ing of .• Spe_oi.a.l .c.o.mm~i tj!.ee re Claim of Ce..nadian Bituminous P.~'li.ng O.orp,ora t.io.,n.!..
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1 Alderman Power asked to have the following incor~ porated in.vhe Minut~s as his views respecting the isi tuation viz:1
-' . . . . . 1. ~·I am of th,e opinion that inasmuch as the City iSolioitQ~ has advised that the chances of the City ;winning the. suit are prac;:tioally · x;>.11 and that the mat;ter wi;J.:J. only· come down. to an assessm~nt of damages,
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1the res_.\llt of this will be that the .City stanQ.s. a _ohano_e of· losing a sum of money for which at the p:J;esent 1Jirµe . . : lthere. is :nQ way of qompensating itself at the expen~e .. 1of the Tram Company. The Streets have to be paved1 . and jin the interest Qf all concernedJ it is better.of have 1an amicable adjustment of this difficulty and to en~er ;intQ ~n amended oontract 1 if necessary, for the City to (go ahead .and do the w9rk and take~ the offer which the 1T~am C9mp~ny made last Fall, name:J:y doing their work and
1t~k~ng suQh sequrit~es a~ they have to offerJ which is :tlle. only practicable · so:J,.ution of this ~fortunate diff\ioul ty •. , . . . · . . . · . . 1. "I am keeping in view the interests of· the City in 1adjusting this matter, but see no practical good at this lju?).otureJ in view of the advice of the City Solioitor, :.in .entering into a· long and uncertain lawsuit; ··and. while ,retaining strong views on the situation.in_.whicl;l the . !C~ty was unwittingly allowed to drift, I think it better 1in the.in~erearts o~ all concernedJ to seek an adjustment lon the above lines. · · , · "The above adjustment of the matter, is, of course, lsubjeot to the same terms, or better, being open to the :city as were ·open to them last September. I understand ·an adjustment now may give the City the benefit of cheap:er material and cheaper labor. · · · "I am ~ssuming, of course, that both companies and ,the City ~re willing to adjust the matter on this basis \for if not, litigation will have to go ahead.
A.F. Messervey, . Clerk of Works.
Oi ty· Engineer•,s Office, Halifax, N.S. April 6,1921
!His Worship the M~yor,
~sir: ... For some time the paving question has been a matter
·of grave concern to the Works Committee. It has been !considered at some meetings at which Alderman Whitman and • :Alderman Power were present and I think it.may be frankly admitted that the prospects tor success for the City in
·the aotion brought by the Canadian Bituminous Paving Co., iare not bright, with a prospect of losing a considerable ·
··sum ·without any corresponding benefits. · The W~rks Department has done its best to find s~me
way out wh~ch would off er a more practical solution of the di:'ff ioul ty.
· Consultations with the representatives of the Paving Corporation have resulted in a communication from them in
.which they of~er th enter into a contract with the City for the construction of 75,000 yards of paving to be
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!completed during the season of 1921 at the rate proposed ~last fall, v~z: $6. 98. p~r square. yard provided that in Jt~e event of ~he price of labor or of materials to be
1used falling between· December 1920 ·and the da.te ·of sign-.1i_ng contract, the. City .would be .given .. :'the benefit of . \such reduction ·and·· the price reduced ·~'a;ooordingly. '. ~hey PI.'OPOl?e to leav~· this,. question to the City iEngineer and the Engine~r of the Company onfailure to 1agree, to.be settled by arbitration,the··third ~ibitrator 1to.be agreed upon by the two engineers or appo~nt~d.PY. _· ;a. Juqg~ Q~ th~ ~preme Court •. In oon~idering this pro!poa~+,, .. the Works DEi'P~~tment. . were ~ampered by the finan-. .. 1c~~:J..1?ituatio?J. in wh+oh the Tr~m CQ~pany find themse:J_ves. :~h;~ p~rt. of the proposal, however, w~s also studied with ;t~e re~ult that the Tramway Company have.offered to · jsuppiy to the City the materials which they have on hand (f9.r paving, also to supply a Superintenden·t to direot ·the p~ving w9rk on their track, suQh supt. to be paid ! by_ the Cqmpany a~d further. to give the City a note for '.$100,000.QO.bearing interest at 7% per annum with certain iothe~~minor oo~ditions which would have to be embodied )in an agreement.
we have estimated the work that could be done under ithis proposal of the Tramway Company and find that it ;could Dover the paving.of Agricola Street from CUnard ; Street .. ~o filtnon Street, Hollis Street from Morris Street Ito South Str~et Coburg Road from Robie Street to Oxford lStreet, Buckingham Street from Barrington to Brunswick !Street, Brunswick street from Buckingham to Jacob Street _ ;and CUnard Street from Gdttingen Street to Agricola Street, iOt~e~ t~amway Streets would have to be left until a later i date. ! The work mentioned would include about 12,500 yds. of
. 1 roadway ou~side the track allowance. It would be necess-j ary to provide a progrrµnme including 62,500 yards on other ! stre.e:ts than thc;>se named. . .
-·r·-.-~· .. ···oii'"b-eft"'B-.iif t~at t~e City would. eave a very considerable :·.sum, if .not a la~ge sum bft.·aocepting the proposal me~tion ... led, while th~ extension oq our paving system to include ! all. the main thoroughfares where the duet nuisance is so Jobjeotion~ple, ia most desiraqie; .
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· F. w. w. Doane, City Engineer.
Moved by Alderman Ritchie seconded by Alderman Godwin
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At request of the Council the Cii~y Engineer reads
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; His Worship the Mayor, Halifax, N.S.
Nova Sootia Tramways & Power Co.Ltd. Halifax, N.S. April 4th,192l.
: near Sirt"'." We refer to the City Solioitor•s letter to us
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i ;March let, and our reply dJf March 3rd.,, and we beg to jadd thereto the following;· . 1. In addition to supplying sooria block and rails !now 6n ha?).d, this Company agrees to give to the City a note to cover the actual cost to the Oity of laying the ~scoria block and r~ils and otherwise completing the 1Company 1s portion of the street paving required; but· . ithe total cost of doing the work is not to exceed $100,000. iexcludi~g the value of rails and sooria block furnished. . !by the Company. I If this proposal is accepted, the Company will jrequire that the work be performed under the supervision jOf one of its officials, and further,, if the City should 1deoide to undertake some o~ the work by cont~act, such : contract" m\lst receive the Company• s approval •. \ _The Company will then give to the City a note,, jpaya~le i~, or. about, a year from date, 'bearing interest
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MaoLean, BUrchell & Ralston, Ohroz:iicle .. Building, Hal~fa.x, N. S
March 17,h, 1921,
Canadian Bituminous Paving Corporation vs City of .!Ialifax_!. _______ _
, For your information the following are copies lof telegrams which have passed between our clients' re~ ,presentatives and ourselfes. ; . · . "City Solicitor approached us today asking i if we would submit to hi~ proposition that draft con
tract .submitted in neoember be approved with clause added that if any d.rQp in material or wages takes place ~etween date of submission 9ur figures and April first our prives will be reduced accordingly and in oase of disagreement between City E~gineE' and Company as to oha~ge in price caused by reduction in market prioe of labour and materi~l that matter will be referred to county Court Judge or one of the Judges of Supreme Court~ In the event of our ~greeing this proposal City. Solio~tqr thinks matter oan be put through on this basis•"•. .
. "Referring your telegram 19th, suggestion made satisfactory provided reasonable.schedule for the progress of the work is definitely arranged in advance so oompe..ny will not be delayed this summer as last and can work to definite schedule. Further that any necessary legisl~tion is passed prior to final settlement of proposed new contract".
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! . . W~ haye nQt heard from you as to whether or ;not the prQpo~al of settlement sugge~ted will be oarr-; ied through but in the event of no settlement being madt. ;we would like to be in a position to go to trial at one~. ; I would the.ref ore as~ .. Y9U tQ be good. enough to file a Defence in the matter,
Halifax,, N. s. lDea.r.S~r;- Re Canadian Bituminous Paving Corporation · , ___ vs City of Hali·fax. · · :;
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la~d on the terms of the contract proposed last December,, yhe price being $6.9S per square yard1 provided that in ;the event of the price of labor or of the materials to 1be used falling between the first of December 1920,, and !the first day of April 1921, the City would be given ~he
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!appointed by the Company failing to 8e;ree on the reduotion 1
(if any~1 which should be made,, the matter will be settled lby ~rb~ tra·~ion,, under the. provisions of the Arbi iiration Aot, the Qity Engineer and the Engineer appointed by the \Company to constitute two of the arbitrayors and.the third !arbitrator to be agreed upon by these two, or appointed 1by a Judge of the.S~pteme Court,, under the provisions of .the Arbitration Aot, ·The price to be finally settled !within sixty days after the ~igning of the contract and un~il such price i~ settled~ progress estimates to be pa.id under the contract at the said rate of $6.9g,, sub-lj ect to ·adjus~ment after.the final determination of the :price in the manner. above mentioned. . · · ·It would also have to be a condition of the oon-traot that a reaao~able schedule fQr the progress of the :work be definitely arranged in advance1 so that the work will not.be.delayed.and the Company be permitted to w~rk on ·a definite sohedu:ie without any delays. . .
In view of the situation~ it will also be a con-'di tion that the City obtain satisfactory legislative auth'ority at the earliest possible dat~ to enter into this contract. . • , The above is without prejudice to the rights of the company in the existing action, but on the understanding that.if the proposed oontraot is entered into under
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'.the autho~ity of the Legislature, that the existing ;acti9n be gisoontinued and that the Company will.have ino further claim against the City in re·apeot to the :matters olaim~d i~ said action, : . we aust ask for a?). early reply because, as you ·Will app~e9~ate, the Company must know whether or not _the wQrk at_ Halifax is to be proceeded with so that ;they o~n ~rrang~ to commence same on the opening Qf ;the seasor:i.
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:W~L~ Weston, N.S~Tramways ~ Power co. Halif~x, . N, s.
. . i . Plan suggested Covert•s letter March eighth for paving with note to Bity for $109,000, is approved jp:r;ovi ded City w1.ll agree that if .. Company r~funds or ·extends deb·~ntures du:e nineteen twenty two laity will agree to ex~en~ ~~me of note for at least oue year _if
; C.ompany tl1,en desires such extensi9n.
Stone and Webster, Ino,
In amendment to Alderman Ritchie's mo,tion it. is
'moved by.Alderman Murphy seconded by Alderman Scanlon
·1that final acti6n·on this ~a~ter be deferre~ to ~llow . ........ .
!His Worship.the Mayor to ascertain from the Canadian
Bituminous Paving.Corporation under what conditions
1said Corporation would complete the contract under
: ati tut~ng· sheet paving on Macadam base on secondary·
'.streets to be named by the city.in iieu of the original
; first class paving to be done on amount to be agreed
;upon and· that ·proposed new contract and legislation l
!authorizing it be first submitted to.Council; necessary
;1egislation to be-prepared immediately. '
The amendment is mov~d by Alderman Kelly and . .
~ se.conded by Alderman Mason,
Moved in.amendment by Alderman WP.itman seconded
\by Alderman Bis.sett that the whole matter be referred
!to the Committee ·an works.
Alderman Whitman's amendment is ruled out of order.
Alderman Regan asks if it is to be understood by
:the Council 1 should the resolution and amendment pass 1
.. ;that the contract whe~ prepared will be.open for dis~ I I .
~cu~sion by the Counoil.
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The City Solicitor stated that it would.
Alderman Kelly's amendment is put and passed 11
ivoting for the same and. 4 against it aa·follows:-
For the Amendment:~ .. Aldermen Coiwell,, Ackhurst,, -'Finlay, Bissett,, Kelly,, ·scanlon, Ritohi·e,, Power,, Mason,, '·
Hubley - i1;
Aldermen Whitman, Regan, Cameron,
The original motion as amended is approved~
Moved by Alderman Ritchie seconded by Alderman ,. : Power that the Council adj-ourn.
NEGLECAJ~ ANU DELI~QU~~T OHILDREN.-!Q.QQ..UNT I
At request of Alderman Murphy the CQllncil agreed
to permit ~he reading of report re accounts for main~
tenanc.e of children.
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1 Superintendent Neglected a•d Delinquent Children
: ~~1,53·6~$6~ t
Office of City Auditor Ha~ifax, N.s. March 3~st,, 1921~
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lH~s Worship Mayor Parker, :and Members o! the Oity· Council, l q.entlemen :.-; . In reference tcb b'll of E.H. Bld>is,, Esq.,, \Superintendeng of Negleot~d and Delinquent_ Children,, i u;r+der date _of ITanuary ~st,, 1921 ~p153·6.86,, which passed ; t.P.e Fin~noe Cammi ~.v eC?. on January 12th,, . and the City 1Counoil.on January 13th., I peg to submit for your ~information ~he_fol~qwing facts which are corroborated l by the aocompa.Ilying papers, . 1 lst ~ Thia Bill, so fa~ as the maintenance of these ;~children is.concerned, cost the City for the past ·quarter, $1519,66,, and is'pr6v1ded for by the Pro~inoial iActs of 1917 Ohapte~ 2, and its amendments. . 1 2nd " . I find that in .. the past 21 months, th~ changes ; against_ the City on this account a.re over ~1:8600.00 and 1 ther~ has only been turned.in to the credit from this :souroe 1 .the sum of $3)1.60. This point I consider needs !careful investigation as there must either be errors in aqcounting, or some person attending to the collection .~nd_of the.proposition is not fulfilling his du~ies. : 3·r~·· ... Under the provisions of our Charter 1 for the :payment.of monies, the bills for charges against these :o~lldren shoul~ first be presented by the Homes to the : Superintendent of Neglected and Delinquent Children,, :and when·found to be correct by him, certified, and then passed for payment in the same way as all other
:bills paid by the.City, . 1 4th, " Provision is made for cost of apprehension of , chiTdren under Acts 1917,, Chapter 2, Claus~. ~5and 25-(2), and I find amo~g these bills rendered, ($136.00), only. · :$?~50 i~ a proper charge~
., ... Walters children, taxi hire •••••••• M~. Daniels, oar fare ••••••••••••••
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. The baihanoe~ $133~50 is foi- clOthing, which is~y oov: ered ~P.. t~1e 1~3·,00 per week,, already paid by the City under th.a Aot. . .
·2th. ~ I hear that it is the purpose of those carrying out the provisions of this Act to apply at the present
, eeseion~of tl;le Legislature for an amendment to the Act; for what purpose, I was not informed.
w.w. Foster, City Auditor.
-·l~.;' Moved by Alderman Ackhurst seconded by Alderman
.• ~-vS~ Power that this matter be referred to the Fina.nee Comm~
O'"'- ittee for report. Motion passed •
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Moved by Alderman Whitman seconded by Alderman
·.Power that a meeting of the City Council be called
'for Thursday eveni~g April 21st, inst, at g o'clock
;to.take u~~ the matter of Civic Taxation. J: Motion passed.
TRAMWAY FARES COMMISSION. - --Alderman Murphy informed the Council that the
!T~amway Fares Commission at a recent meeting had
determined to afford ·the City of Halifax time until
\Monday 1 April iSth.inst., to present its case before
.them.and that if the City's case was not submitted
'by t·hat time the case would be closed and a report
. of the Commission• 6 findings ma.de~
The following resolution is submitted:~
RESOLVED that the Special Committee appear before ,the Tram Company.next Monday and ~tate that the City :wishes to present its case and collect material, and that it be given until the 15th of January, 1922 .to gi~e the City an opportunity.of then being heard.
The wesglution is moved by Alderman Murphy seconded
Alderman Kelly and passed.
Moved by Alderman Kelly seconded by Alderman Colwell
the City Solicitor ge instructed to prepare and·
ti :submit legislation authorizing the City to pay Roderick
McColl the City's representative on the Commission $100.00
·for bis services at the two sessions hi th er to held by
.the Commission~ being at the rate of $50~00 per session.
Mot ion passed.
~· ISOLATION HOSPITAL REPAIRS--WARD ACQ.9].~T~. In respect to accounts ~f,6$9.60 and ~~5$6.61 Ralph
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E, Ward for carpenter Work at Isolation Hospital, Rookhead,
as recommended by the City Health Board for payment
(see minutes City Counoil January 25th, February 23rd and
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:April 7th, 1921) the following resolution is submitted .
:by Alderman Murphy.
That payments of 50% of ward's accounts incur.red by Board of _Health be made pending f~nal adjustments of same. The payment to be without prejudice to City's ; int el; est s •
The resolution is moved by Alderman Murphy seconded •
:by Alderman Ritchie and passed Alderman Power dissentintJ
Moved by Alderman Power seconded by Alderman ;
;Ritchie that the Council do now adjourn, Motion passed.
Lisr OF HEADLINES
Street Paving - 951~ Neglected and Delinquent Children Account - 93.7, Isolation Hospital Repairs~-ward Accounts - 939. Assessment Aot--Sueoial Meeting - 93·9 • Tramway Fares Commission - 93·9 •
Civic Elections, to proceed with business standing
· over and the transaction of other business.
LIST.OF HEADLINES -(For the purpose of ready reference the list of
papers submitted and the list of other headlines are all incorporated in ohe schedule at the end of the meeting).
STREET PAVING--REOONSIDERATION. . . ........----
The City Clerk informed the Council that he had
been informed that Alderman Regan claimed to have given
notice of reconsideration at the meeting of April 13th,
of the resolution passed at that meeting in respect to
Street Paving but that the notice was not recorded upon
the minutes. Moved by Alderrn?.n Regan seconded by Alderman
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Whitman that the mintites of the meeting of Council
April 13th, 1921 be amended by the inclusion therein
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of a clause to the effect that Alderman Regan gave
notice of his intention to move for the reconsideration
of the resolution passed in respect to Street Paving.
Motion passed.
Moved by Aiderman Regun seconded by ~lderman
Whitman that the resolution passed by the City Council
at meeting April 13thJ 1921 in respect to Street
Paving be now reconsidered motion put and lost g voting
,for the same and 9 against it as follows:-
. For Reconsideration:- Aldermen Whitman, Bissett~
Regan, Cameron, Murphy, Scanlon, Power, Mason -·s. I
Against..:;- Al~ermen Colwell, Ackhurst, Finlay,
Hoyt, Kelly, Ritchie, Godwin, Hubley, Gough - 9
CIVIC ELECTIONS
Read return of City Clerk a.overing the nomination
papers of John s. Parker for the off ice of Mayor of
the Oity of Halifax, he being the only candidate
riominated for.said office for the election held, April
27th inst.
The City Clerk decla.res J-ohn s. Parker duly elected
Mayor of the City of Halifax for the civic year 1921-22,
The following resolution is submitted:-
/ RESOLVED that the Oi ty Clerk be and he ia hereby
:directed to notify the Honorable the Acting Premier of _ ~ the· Province of Nova Scotia ~f the election of John ~CC,~ Seakons Parker Esquire, to the Office of Mayor of the ~ • Oity of Halifax 1 and to represent to the Honorable the
. • Acting Premier the request that His Honor the LientendS.nt n~ Governor may be pleased to name a time and place at
--~'1 \/"which Hie Honor may be pleased to administer to the ~/~~~~Mayor eleot the oaths of office, ~V_v- . ~ ~~ ./ Moved by Alderman Mason seconde_d by Alderman
~ IV 1° r Cameron and passed. ~
~ Read return City Clerk covering the nomination
papers of Alfred Whitman and James Halliday for the
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office of Alderman for \Tia.rd Jrc. 1
Poll Books containing the ret"Urns
the
Officers at the several Polling Places in said Ward
at the election held April 27th. inst2.nt said re~~rns
showing Alfred Whitman to have received 231 votes,
and James Halliday to have received 100 votes giving
Alfred Whitman a majority of 131 votes over James
Halliday.
The City Clerk declares Alfre~ Whitma~ the can
didate having the greatest number of votes duly elected
and an Alderman for the City cf Halifax for Ward No. 1.
Read returns of City Clerk covering the nomination
papers of Israel Edward Sanford for the office of
Alderman for Ward No. Two, he being the only candid-
ate nominated for said office for the election held
April 27th instant.
The City Clerk declares Israel Edward Sanford
duly elected an Alderman of the City of Halifax for
Ward No. Two.
Read return City Clerk covering the nomination
papers of Albert Arthur Schaffner for the office of
Aiderman for Ward No. Three, he being the only can
didate nominated for said Office for the election held
April 27th instant~ l,
The City Clerk declares Albert Arthur SRaffner
duly eleated an Aldermun of the City of Halifax for
Ward No. Three, Read returns of City Clerk covering the nomination
f Robert Adams Guildford and Harry Enoch Raina papers o .. . for the office of Alderman for Ward No. Four together
t i in~ the returns of the with the Poll Books con a n ~
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said wa~d at the election held April 27th inst., . .
said returns showing Robert Adams Guildford to have
.received 414 votes and Harry Enoch Raina 146 votes ·
giving Robert Adama.Guildtfdrd a ma.jority of 265
votes over Harry.Enoch Raine,
The City Clerk declares Robert Adams Guildford
the candidate having the.greatest number of votes
duly elected and an Aldermt\n. for the City of Halifax
for Ward No. Four~
Read returns. of City Clerk covering the nomin
ation papers of John. Joseph Power and Joseph Sylves-. .
ter Wallace for the office of Alderman for Ward.No.
Five together with the Poll Books containing the
returns of the Presiding Officers at the several
·Polling Places in said Ward at the election held
April 27th inst, 1 sa,id returns showing John rr.oseph
Power to have received 351 votes and Joseph Sylves
ter Wullace 224 votes giving John Joseph Power a
majority of 127 voted over Joseph Sylvester Wallace.
The City Clerk declares John Joseph Power the
candidate having the greatest number of votes duly
elected an Alderman for the City of Halifax for Ward
No. Five,
Read returns of O~ty Olerk covering the nomin-
ation papers of Ernest Freeman Hubley and Robert Daw
for the office of Alderman Ward No. Six together
with the Poll Books containing the returns of the
Presiding Off ioers at the several Polling Pluoea in
said Ward at the election held April 27th inst.,
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said returns a·howing Ernest Freeman Hubley to have
reoeived 361 votes and Robert Daw·239 votes giving
.Ernest Freeman Hubley a majority of ~22 votes over
: Robert Daw •
. The City Clerk declares Ernest Freeman Hubley .
the candidate having the greatest number of votes
: duly elected un Alderman for the City of Halifax
for Ward No, Six.
Office of Oity Clerk, Halifax, N. S,
To His Worship the Mayor~ and Ci·ty Council •
. Gentlemen:•
April 2Sth, 1921.
. Pursuant to the provisions of the City Charter and the Acta in amendment thereof, in respect to the election of Mayor and Aldermen 1 I have the honor to submit the following returns of the elections fpr Mayor and Aldermen held on ~he 27th· day of April
, inat. I h~ve made separate returns in respect to
the election for Mayor and.fQr the election of an Alderman for each ward,.attaohed to which separate returns are the original nomination papers fo~ ~11 the oe,ndidated.
Election for Mayor John Sea.kens· Parker Re turned unapposed
Candidates Alfred Whitman James Hallid~y
·Election for Aldermen Ward No. One
Section A Section B 133 ..5l
Majority.for Al·fred Whitman •.•
Wa.rd No. Two ........,...____...._..._.._._
Total 231 100 -131
Israel Edward Sanford Returned unappoaed
Ward No. Three
Albert Arthur Schaffner Returned unapposed
Ward Not. Four Ca,ndi dates Robert Adams Guildford Harry Enooh Rains
Section A Section B 175. ~
Total lJ.14 14-6
Majority for Robert A. Guildford 266
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Candidates Section A Section B John Joseph Power 200 151 Joseph Sylvester Wallace 114 110
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Ward No. Six Freeman Hubley 175 lg6 Daw
Majority llS 121
for Ernest F. Hubley., ••
L. Fred Monaghan, City 91 el;'k•
DAYLIGHT SAVING
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Alderman Aokhurst submits a petition signed by
about 4,ooo persona requesting that the daylight saving
scheme be observed in the City of .Halifax during the
summer of 1921 from May let. to September 5th,
Moved by Alderman Ackhurst s~~onded by Alderman
·aolwell that the request of the petitioners be gr~nted.
Moved in amendment by Alderman Godwin seconded
oy Alderman Hoyt that the off ioe hours of the Offioi1;J.ls
. in the City Hall be from g o'clock a,m. Atlantic
Standard time to 5 p,m, Atlantic. Standard time. The
imotion being t~ken there appeared for the Amendment
Read report Laws and Privileges Committee recommending
:that the privilege of holding tag days be granted as
;follows:-
Committee Room, City Hall, April Sth, 1921.
To His Worship the Mayor, and City Council :Gent1emen:-
At a meeting of the r.aws and Privileges 'Cpmmittee held.this day the attached applications of "The Salvation Army" "The Colored People of Hammond
iPlains" and "The Nova Scotia Home for Colored Childred", for permission to hold tag days in the City on t~e 16th April the 11th May and 4. th June respeotiv.ely was read,
Your Committee recommend that all of said applications be granted.
John J. Power, Chairman.
The Salvation Army "Self Denial Effort" April 30th.
Colored P4 :ft Hammond Plains "Church Fundn· May ll th.
Home of Colored Children June 4th.
Also read petition H1;l.lifa.x Playgrounds Commission
permission to hold tag day on Saturday June llth. . . ' . Moved by Alde:r:man Power seconded by Alderman Finlay
the report of the Committee on Laws and Privileges
amended date be approved and that all the petitioners
to hold tag days be granted.
Motion passed 15 voting for the same and 3 against
. Engineer covering Water Department Estimates 1921~22 •
Moved by Alderman Whitman seconded by Alderman
. Aokhurst that the Cou.ncil do now proceed with proposed
amendment to the Civic Assessment Act.
Moved in amendment by Alderman Godwin seconded
by Alderman Coiwell that the matter of proposed amended
Civic Assessment Act be taken up at the meeting of
Oity Council called for tomorrow evening. Amendiiient .
WATJ~R DEPARTMENT ESTIMATES 1921-22.
Read reports Committee on Works and Oity Engineer
. covering Water Department Estimates for Civic year
1921-22.
Office of Clerk of Works, Halifax, N.s. April 2lat,1921.
To His Worship the Mayor, . and City Counoi 1,
Gentlemen:-At a meeting of the Works Department held on
the 20th instant the attached report of the Oity Engineer, proposed Mew Scale of Meter Rates, and Schedu~e of est 3.mated expencli ture for Oi vie Year 1921":'1922 was approved and recommended to Council for adoption •
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Hie Worship the Mayor, Sir:M ' I beg to submit the estimates f.or the Water Depart-ment for 1921-22.
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A. The increase in wages and cost of supplies in addition to the increi=i.se in number of streeta and buildings served, has.more than doubled the ~n~v9id-able annual expenditure, for maintenance, and ~ estimate that it w~ll reach in the coming yea~ the sum of $209,000. Du~ing the last.ten year~ the reven~e had doubled but has not kept.up to the.expenditure. .
. The metering of the whole system means that instead of practically the whole revenue being due at the first of May, as it was formerly due, half of the annual meter bill will not be due until the middle of the yeo.r and the other half at the end of the year. This system
·renders· it absolutely necessary to borrow as is done with general taxes' in order to carry on until collections are made •. I have asked the ~ity Solicitor to insert in ~he City bill.an amendm~nt to the Charter providing that the City Council may at its option have the meter bills rendered quarterly or monthly. It will probably take some time to accum111a,te sufficient
1·surplus to make borrowing unnecessary. . · The reduction of the water. rates in the face of .rising prices and the certainty of unavoidable.large : expencli tures was an unfortunate error in policy •. It .was done witho~t consultation with the City officials wP.o had sufficient knowledge of condi tiona to enable
· tP,em to prophecy exactly what has hcLppened .. B. To provide sufficient revenue to meet the estimated
· ex.pendi ture for 2921 .... 22 it wi 11 be necessary to increase the rates and I beg to recommend · .
(1) That the fire rate be increased to fifteen cents on the hundred dollars. .
(2) .and the meter rate to a maximum of twenty cents ·for lOOQ gallons and a. minimQm of. ten cents, aa shown .on the ~ttaohed sched~le. ~ F.w.w. Doane,
City Engineer.
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to aooo gals.daily or under •••• 14¢ per thousand gals.
aooo to 000 " " •••••.•..••••• 13 17 2 ¢ " " " 000 to ~000 n " •••••••••••••• 13¢ P.er " ~000 to 000 " ·" •.......••...• 12 172¢ per" " 000 to 7000 " " •••.•••••••.•• 12¢ " " "
\Hoyt, Cameron, Regan, Kelly, Scanlon, Murphy, Buckley, l
'.Mason, Ritchie, Power, Gough and Godwin.
The ~ounoil waa summoned to proceed with business
·standing over and the transaction of other business.
LIST OF HEADLINES '
. (For the purpose of ready referenda the list of ·papers. submitted and the list of other headlines are all incorporated in one schedule ~t the end of th~ meeting). . ·
meeting he will move that the resolutions of Council
in respect to Water Department Salaries be rescinded.
ASSESSMENT ACT AMENDMENTS.
The Council proceeds to the consideration of the
·matter of propo~:ed amendments to the Civic Assess'ment
Laws, (See m.inutes of City. Council Mci.roh 3l'd, J.921).
The following name d papers are submitted ~nd read.
·by title.
. Mttyor Parker, Halifax,
Robin, Jones & Whitman, Limited. Ha,lifax, N. S, April 25th~ 1921
· M d ar Mayor Parker:-y e In regard to the draft Aot in · relation to assessment and. taxation in the City of Halifax,, as now before the Local House, my atten:ion h d b n drawn to the section in regard to the taxation 0~ Ba~~s, in which there appears to be a clerical erro~~ in that the draft Act reuds1-
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"frovided that no Bank h~ing a place of business n the City of Halifax on the 1st of May 19~1
shall pay a less amount of t;;t.xation than' is ~aid by .. such bank for the civic yeur 1921/22"
:This sho~ld have read 1920/21 • I have~ therefore, to ;ask .. Y01:1
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"hen this m~\tter comes before the City Council ·to advi ~e the Council that aa far as the Board of Trade Committee is concerned, this correction should be ma~e.
Mayor P~rker, Oi ty I:Ia 11,
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Dear Mayor Parker:-
A.H. Whitman, Cb.airman Board of Trtide Commi tte·;;.
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Halifax, N.S. April.lst,1921,
. . I herewith enclose dru.ft act coverln.g the charges as proposed by the Board of Trade Committee,
· (.tnd whicb puts into your h~\nde the definite propos-ition which can be discussed at the meeting, which
.YOU advised me you were holding early next week. I
.have.been told that the Local House is not likely to 'be very long in session this year, which means that if the Halifax Assessment Act is to be revised at this ·session~ the matter would have to be get in shape in . the nee.r futttre,
. Please note that in the draft act a clause has been added.in connection with the tax on banks to the effect that in no case shall the tux on banks be lees than it has been in the past; also that in connection with the business tax the assessme~t on the small retail shops is to be based on 25% of the value of the premises occupied, where the value of such premises is less ib.h~n $2000,
A.H. Whitman.
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An Act in relation to Assessment and Taxation in the Oity of Halifax.
Be it enloi,oted by the Governor~ Council and Assembly ae follows: . ti , Except as is otherwise speficied the sec one · f red to by ntmtber are sections of the Aot ~er~in ~!a~~ of the Halifax Ci tyOhs.rter in relation tn t~~~tion in the City o~ Halifax brought into force
0 0 d and Proclornation of the Governor-in-Council
by ~ e4r A · t 191g a.ncl published in the Roy.al dateat2 t~ 4µ~~tember>191S and confirmed by Section g~·~~t o~e.~ter 79 of the Acts of 1919.
Subseotion (2) of Section 371 is repealed e.ncl :the following subs ti tttted therefor:
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(2) Such tax s~all b inafter provided on fift e_ at the rate fixed as here-
. premises so occupied Y per oent of the .value of the
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: the vaJ.ue of which isnxcepi in the case qf premises , ~nd OQOUpied Solel r f'o~ss, ,han two thousand dollars; · andiee by retall 1 tne purpose of selling merch-
be at the said r~ten re~pect to which the tax shall l val~e of the premise~ne wenty-five per cent of tne
Subsection· (2) ofoS~~cupied. the following substituted t~ion:f'377 is repealed and
(2) Exce t a ere or. . the rate fixedpa ~aforesaid such tax shall be at
. of the value of ~h ei:einafter provided on. ten pe~ cent , paid by the oc. i e prop~rty. so occupied and shnll be : otherwise, and
0~~e~~e;h:!~:~s!~ ~:ner, ten~nt or perty for real property tax or.0th ownier o such pro-
Section 373 i . . erw ee. eubsti tuted: · 6 repea,led and the following
th . Banks shall be taxed in the same manner and at . e same rate as the other owners and occupiers of . prope:r;ty, provided that no· ba,nk having a place of . b~siness in. the Oity of Halifax on the lst day of
May 1921 shall pay a less amount of taxation than is paid by such bank for the civic year 1921-22~ "f. "Seo ti on 380 is a.mended by substituting· the word
ive for the word "three" in the ninth line. Sections 3$3 and 384 are hereby repealed and.
the following substituted therefor: 3g3. The real property tax shall be·a tax on
~he owners of all real property, bot:Q. le.nd and buildings or other improvements thereon, within the.City
· at the rate to be fixed as hereinafter provided, Section 413 is repealed and the followino· sub-
stituted: 0
. 413. The assessor shall estim:;i.te as correctly as may be the probable amount to be yielded by
. (a) licenses, company ~axes andall other special : taxes, and ·
. (b) the poll tax, · · · 2nd after deducting the amount so arrived at from the total sum required shall add togetl).er the ~esesaed
: valuations for real property tax, for business tax and for nousehold tax at the perce~tages hereinbefor~
. provided for the s~me respeoti vely, and fix a ra·te , upon the amount so arrived at of so n1uch on the. dolla.r
of all property so valued a~d assessed as will pro- . 'duoe the amount required to be.raised by taxation in
addition to all other sources of taxation or.revenue. Section 6~5 of the Halifax City Charter of 1914,
as umended by Section 9t of Chapter. 60 of the Acta of 19le!, is further a.mended by striking out the words i1 ne dolla.re and eeventy-fi ve cents" and subs ti tu ting tRerefore the words "Three dollars a.nd seventy-five
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Reto.11 Merch~.nts Association of Cann,da Halifax, N.S. Ap~il 29th,192+ •.
Dear Sir:- . . We understand that the question a.tion is to be brought up for discussion. impress on you the importanc;ie of having a
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of the Business Tax w · a grading which is ~ ,e are e~:lo~ing you a copy of equitable Business T~il~~d t~hlkilLax would be a. more
We wish to state tha~.n a e pres?nt system •. oin.ted in recent years d 11 the :ax Commissions appspeak of the Ohtario S ei ~~se a g~aded system and :system has been in fo ys em as an ideal system. This in the Pro:v.ince of Oh~~e i for. a great number of years factory. If after a faf oaa~dihas proved highly satisfound tha:b any line was r n mpartial trial it was ·the percentage could be ~~~ngt~discriminated against
I had the 1 . :\ ~ JU~ th ' a.nd the Act e.mended. :body some ti P easure o:f a.ct.dressing your Honorable :how this. s ~e ago'· when I submitted figures showing with Hi Wys hem. wo·:ld work out and J.eft a copy of same
s ors ip the Mayor. and s~h~s ~s a matter which reqii.ires a lot of thought 1
i u Y and we shall be pleased to ~ive you any · n ormation we have, to assist you in~ar~iving at a reasonable solution of this problem. · · ..
·. The argument in favor of this graded system is .t~e ft act that the premises occupied by wholes<.~.lers, Ma.nu ac ~rera etc., are assessed at a much lower asseasmel'.lt, while Retailers.occupy the highest a.ssessed property in the community. · Hoping you will give this matter your careful consideration, I an1,,
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J. Cuthbertson Doyle, Secretary,
Scotia and Prince Edward Island Provinciul Boards.
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Sub;.;.Section No. 2 of Section 3 71 was repealed and the following substituted therefor; , Said tax will be at the ra.te fixed as hereinbefore provided at the percentages of the vnlue·of the land and premises, which is to say:-! 25% on all Retail Merchants, Restaura.nts, Hotels and
Clubs (where meals are served); 50% on Departmental Stores (or on Retail Merchants ~ dealing in more than four branches of retail
trade, or businesses whose assessment exceeds $20, 000) Coal, wood and lumber dealers; L.i thographers, Printers or Publishers; Theatres:
60% on Manufacturers (where the manufacturer sells wholesale his manufacturers products he should be designa.ted in the class of M0.nufaoturera and not as Wholes~lers).
75% on Wholesalers, Jobbers and every person practicing or carrying on a business of Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public, Conveyancer, Physician, Surgeon, Veter.inar~·, Civil, Mining, Consultj.ng, Mechanical or ElectricalEngineer, Surveyor or Architect.
100'% on B~1,nks, Trust :.J.nd Loan Companies.
The Counci 1 first takes ttp the report of ·the Speoi8.l
Joi.nt Committee on Taxation date0. April 1920 and published
in the minutes of Council March 3rd, 1921,
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i • Moved by Alderman Murphy second·eci,by Alderman Regan
.that said report be considered clause by clause. Motion
.passed.
Read Clause 1 ae follows:-
(1) That the Words "Real Estate" when used in this repo:r.'t shall mean "LQ.nd and improvements thereon"•
Moved by Alderman Whitman.sec6nded by Alderman
Ackhurst that said clause be adopted.
Alderman Ritchie submits ·:the following amendment.
. RESOLVED that tax bills be sent to the iax payers giving a comparative.statement of the present.and. iproposed systems of tax~tion. Both to be contained on the one sheet, ·
FURTHER that u. clause be cc.ntained on same for signature by the t~xpayer signifying approval of the present or pr.oposed. system, Said signature. to be procured by the City Collector.at time.of payment of taxes.
The amendment is moved by Alderman Ritchie and
seconded by Alderman Kelly,
Alderman Hubley here arrives and takes his seat
ih Council.
Moved by Alderman Finlay seconded by Alderman
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:Colwell that the ques on e now pu • r~-
The amendment ia put and lost 5 voting for the
·aame and il against it as follows:-I ' the,amendment:-=. Alder.men Kelly, Murphy,
· f A embly on Private and C itte A of Haus~ o ss the omm ·~ ,, that
b Hi Worship the Mayor and Local Billa be requested Y a
to have House of Assembly Bill No. 100 the City Clerk
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:entitled "An Act in relation. to Assessment and Taxation
:in the City of Ho.lifax it advanced to its second reading
.in the House with the further request that a public
hearing on the matter of assessment in the City of
alifax be arranged for. Motion passed. . . .
POPLAR STHEE1r SEWER AND WATER EXTENSION
f. His Worship the Mayor informed the Council that 1a delegation had been present all evening awaiting an
1opportuni ty to· be heard. on behalf of a petition for . . .
·'_Sewer and Water extension in Poplar Street.
Read reports Committee on Works and City Engineer
:re Sewer and Water extension Poplar Street.
City Works Of.fioe, Halifax, N.s. April 15th,1921.
;The City Council. :Gentlemen:- .
The attached report of the City Engineer on ~petition for sewer.and water extension Poplar Street \from Oak Street to Quinpool Road was approved und recommended to Council for ad6ption.
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·Hie Worship the Mayor,
A.F, Messervey, Ole rk of Works.
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City Engineerta Office, Halifax, N.S. April 12th,192l
\Sir:- b to report on the attached petition asking I eg t otion of a sewer and the extension of
·~~~ !~~e~o~:r~¥ce in Poplar Street, North of Quinppol
:Road. i hteen houses to be a erved only :f'our There are e g resent The estimated
Of which have the water at pi ~13.950 00 and the ; di the sew er a 1w ' • :cost of exten nf. t r extension if the pipe fa laid estimated cost o , wa e ~l: 420.00. ·I in the sewer trenc~.~st~~'extenaion of the sewer and j
I recommend ti~ d the petitioners will sign a water be made prov te~f the special rate of $20.79. bond for the ~aymen o
F .. W.W. Doane , City Engineer.
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~- ·· ~olWell t~t th~ ±ep~rt be adopted, Motion ~seed, . . I . . .
! . • Moved by Al'derman Finlay a eoonded by Alde.rman l ' '
!Colwell that the Council do now adj.ourn. Motion 1 .I • , "·''•
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