MUNICIPAL COUNCIL, At the Meeting of the Council held in the Board Room, No. 23, Kiangse Road, Shanghai, on Monday, the 12th June, 1882, at 4 p.m.
Present:—Mossrs. W. O. Ward (Chair-mau), D, Brand, W. H, Dalgliesh, R. A. Gubbay, ©. J. Holliday, A. J. Little, J. Morrison, R, Mackenzie, J. Roustan, and the Secretary.
The Minutes of the previous meeting are read, confirmed, signed by the Chairman, and passed for publication, Cash Statement, for week ending 10th inst., is submitted, and cheques for sundry accounts are signed.
Electric Lighting.—Letter from the General Secretary to the Shanghai Electric Light Company submitted, asking permission to place an experimental Iamp upon the Band Stand in the Public Garden and to use the telegraph pol for the wire where they are available reply that the Council have no objection to the lamp being placed on the Band Stand, and that the poles may be used, provided that where the wire crosses a road, it is placed at such a height above the crown of it as not to interfere with the tral tic.
Proposed new road from Kiangse to chuen Road.—Vhe following lettens order to be published Shanghai, 12th June, Dear Siz,—Certain alterations being now in contemplation, an opportunity will shortly present itself for the formation of a street betwoon Lots 33, 34 and 36 on the site foimerly known as Maiden Lane, lea\ Szecluen to the Kiangse roads, the accompanying plan by Mr. mill, Before carrying these alteration effect, I beg to subunit the plan to you for the purpose of ascertaining whether the Council will take over the necessary ground for the road, and thereby open up for public thoroughfare, which will be the means of out a crowded Chinese quarter, and forming another small lung or the Settlement, which will than be under the immediate supervision of the Council's oticer Phe total area which would be taken up by the proposed road is equal to about one and a half mow, and this think the owners would be willing to part with for the eum of Ps. 7,500.
It is proposed to endeavour to carry out the scheme in the following conditions 1,—Lhat the owners of Lots 34 and 36 will transfer thei respective portions of the land required for the road immediately on the payment of the money, but they can only surrender the ground uncovered by buildings and. the balance 80 soon as it is convenient to the owners to remove the buildings. The
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