Council in Committee - regarding an application for increase in salary for the City Accountant and Medical Officer of Health; also recommending that the Warwickshire Agricultural Society be invited to hold their Show for 1900 in Coventry, 13 Dec 1899, Town's Committee - that remittances made to the Mayor's War Fund should be sent through the Lord Leiutenant of the County, 4 Dec 1899 Town's Committee [South African War Fund] - submitted statements of accounts, 8 Mar 1900, 6 Feb 1901, 30 Oct 1901, Council in Committee - considered circular of the Clerk to the Middlesex County Council with respect to the Auxiliary Forces, considered the offer from Mr. W.I. Iliffe of sufficient land for a street from Cheylesmore to St. Patrick's Road, 2 Jan 1900, Meeting relating to the invitation of the Council to the Warwickshire Agricultural Society to hold their show in Coventry, 10 Jan 1900, Town's Committee - to approve a Committee to assist the Volunteer Movement by the provision of a Drill Hall, proper training and storage of equipment for the 2nd Volunteer Batallion Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 28 Mar 1900, Council in Committee - considered the resolution that re-arrangement of meetings of the Council and its Committee on the basis of monthly meetings of the Council be referred to the Council in Committee, 25 Jul 1900, Gas Testing Sub Committee - resolved that the photometer should be removed from its present position to the Principal's room at the Technical Institute, 30 Jul 1900, 13 Feb 1901, Committee for organizing public rejoicings on the termination of the War in South Africa and the formation of a Sub Ccommittee for organising the procession and banquet, 1 Aug 1900, Joint Sub Committee of Watch and Free Library Committee - considered report of the City Engineer's on available sites at Foleshill for the erection of a branch police station and the preparation of plans and a scheme for construction of a police station and branch library and suitable building for the reception of a fire engine and appliances, 10 Sep 1900, 16 Jan 1901, 25 Mar 1901, Peace Rejoicings Committee - adding additional members to the Procession Sub Committee; also read a report from the Banquet Sub Committee, 18 Sep 1900, 7 Nov 1900, Joint Committee appointed by Warwickshire County Council, The City and County Borough of Coventry by virtue of the Local Government Act 1894, relating to the division of the Parish of Coventry into Wards, election of Guardians and regulating the retirement of Guardians, 28 Sep 1900, 10 Mar 1905, Council in Committee - recommended that a Farm Committee be appointed to manage the new Sewage Farm, 28 Nov 1900, Special Sewage Committee relating to appointment of a Standing Committee to take over the management of the new Sewage Works and Farm, 13 Dec 1900, 3 Jan 1901, Private Meeting of the Council - elected Committee for the relief of distress due to floods, 3 Jan 1901, 18 Jan 1901, Town's Meeting - appointed Committee to make enquiries as to the practicality of organising a series of illustrated science lectures in the autumn, 23 Aug 1901, 19 Sep 1901, Private Meeting of the Council regarding the Mayoralty for ensuing year and appointing scrutineers , 1 Oct 1901, 8 Oct 1901, Town's Meeting to consider the question of inaugurating a memorial to Mr John Kemp Starley, 28 Nov 1901, Council in Committee - to consider the appointment of a Gas Works Manager, 31 Dec 1901, Special Housing Committee - considered the resolution of the Council with respect to the provision of dwellings for the poorer working classes, 6 Jan 1902, 22 Jan 1902, 13 Feb 1902, 15 May 1902, 25 Jun 1903, Conference held between representatives of Coventry, Loughborough and Nuneaton to consider the Leicestershire and Warwickshire Electric Power Bill 1902 before Parliament, 24 Feb 1902, Provisional Committee appointed for Coronation Celebrations of King Edward VII , 25 Feb 1902, Town's Committee gave approval to the celebration of the coronation of King Edward VII, 3 Mar 1902, Town's Committee - appointed various committees to cover Old Peoples' Treat, Procession, Entertainment and Decoration, 10 Mar 1902, 14 Jul 1902, Special Railway Committee - to appoint six representatives from the Cycle and Motor Trades Association to the Committee to produce a circular to the manufacturers of the City as to the want of railway facilities, 8 Jul 1902, 17 Jul 1902, Council in Committee - considered report from the Sanitary Committee submitting a scheme for a Public Abattoir and Cattle Market, 15 Jul 1902 5 Jan 1904, War Fund Committee - to read letter from "Midland Daily Telegraph" that Army Reservists' Fund is now closed due to the termination of the hostilities in South Africa, 30 Jul 1902, Special Railway Committee - instructed Town Clerk to write to the London and North Western Railway with complaints, 1 Oct 1902, 18 Oct 1902, 27 Oct 1902, Council in Committee - to read letter from Mr. A. Wright, Secretary of the Fire Brigade, forwarding resolutions passed and resignations of fifteen members, 31 Oct 1902, Council in Committee - considered a scheme for the extension of the tramways in the City and the construction of a railway from Coventry to Arley and referred this to the Special Railway Committee, 17 Nov 1902, 31 Oct 1907, Special Railway Committee - considered the schemes for the tramways in the City and railway from Coventry to Arley and endeavoured to obtain views of the principal trades in the City, 1 Dec 1902, 22 Dec 1902, 29 Dec 1902, 6 Jan 1903, 15 Jan 1903, 11 Feb 1903, Railway Sub Committee, 3 Dec 1902, 2 Jan 1903, 18 Mar 1903, 19 Mar 1903, 30 Mar 1903, 25 May 1903, Conferences held between Special Railway Committee and representatives of Engineering Trades relating to proposed Coventry to Arley Railway and extension of tramways, 8 Dec 1902, Cycle Trades, 10 Dec 1902, Textile Trades, 11 Dec 1902, other trades, 15 Dec 1902, Council in Committee - discussed various amendments to the Coventry to Arley Railway and Tramway Bill, 15 Jan 1903, Special Housing Sub Committee - appointed following the City Engineer's instructions to prepare sketch plans and estimates for artisans; dwellings, 21 Jul 1903, Private Meetings of the Council to prepare for the election of the Mayor, 6 Oct 1903, 5 Oct 1904, 3 Oct 1905, 2 Oct 1906, 4 Oct 1906, 2 Oct 1907, 7 Oct 1908, 14 Sep 1909, Council in Committee - to consider the procedure to be adopted in the event of a vacancy occurring in the office of Town Clerk, 2 Feb 1904, 8 Feb 1904, Joint Committee of General Works Committee and Magistrates relating to places of public resort, 26 Feb 1904, 9 Sep 1904, 16 Sep 1904, 23 Sep 1904, 25 Nov 1904, 16 Dec 1904, 20 Jan 1905, 17 Feb 1905, 17 Mar 1905, 29 Sep 1905, Conference between Justices' Chairman, Vice Chairman of the General Works Committee and Sanitary Committee regarding plans of licensed premises, 15 Mar 1904, 3 Jun 1904, Lewis Beard Testimonial Sub Committee - arranged group photograph of past and present members of the Council, 21 Jun 1904, Council in Committee - regarding land and properties acquired by the Corporation in Earl Street, Hay Lane and St. Mary's Street and General Works Committee to submit a definite plan and scheme for erection of Municipal Buildings on the acquired land and land fronting Earl Street for erecting of shops, 13 July 1904, Labour Bureau Committee, 2 Sep 1904 - 3 Jan 1910, Joint Committee of Sub Committee of General Works Committee, and Sub Committee of Freemen's Trustees No.2 - expressed willingness to sell the freehold of Robinson's Pit, Binley Road to the Corporation and to approach Honourable C. S. Irby and Mr. John Gardner owners of adjoining land to see if they wish to purchase site of pit, 9 Sep 1904, 16 Jan 1905, 1 May 1905, 9 May 1905, Conference between the Mayor, Deputy, Presidents and Secretaries of Philanthropic Societies for the relief of distress in the City, 20 Oct 1904, Traffic Committee relating to steps to co-operate with Coventry Chamber of Commerce to secure improvements in the public telegraph service and instructing the Town Clerk to write to the National Telephone Company Limited concerning the higher charges for subscribers, also informing the London and North Western Railway Company regarding the dissatisfaction re trains from Birmingham to London not stopping at Coventry, 24 May 1905, 7 Sep 1905, 29 Nov 1905, 15 Feb 1906, 23 Apr 1906, 20 Jun 1906 ,18 Jul 1906, 30 Jul 1906, Special Committee - appointed with respect to price of gas and electric energy, 20 Nov 1905, 27 Nov 1905, Special Housing Committee - relating to property situated in the City Courts and the taking of an unofficial census, 5 Apr 1906, 31 May 1906, Special Housing Sub Committee to take census, 25 Apr 1906, 15 May 1906, 13 Jun 1906, Special Housing Commttee - requested the City Engineer to provide information on the number of houses erected in the City since the beginning of the year with particulars of accommodation provided and rents, 27 June 1906, Special Housing Sub Committee - re number of houses built, 6 Jul 1906, 9 Jul 1906, 11 Jul 1906, 11 Jul 1906, Special Housing Committee - appointed Sub Committee regarding erection of dwellings and appointed deputation of three with the City Engineer to visit three other towns to look at various types erected by local authorities, 26 Jul 1906, 2 Aug 1906, 13 Aug 1906, 10 Sep 1906, 20 Sep 1906, Sub Committee of Special Housing Sub Committee relating to preparing preliminary plans for dwellings and selecting site[s] and if Estates and Finance agreed to erecting on land under their control in Narrow Lane, 20 Sep 1906, 20 Dec 1906, 17 Jan 1907, 24 Jan 1907, Contracts [Fair Wage Clause] Committee - instructed that the resolution relating to the insertion of the fair wage clause in Building Contracts be amended and the Town Clerk obtain information from other towns where a Fair Wage Clause is inserted in Corporation contracts, 25 Sep 1906, 18 Oct 1906, Joint Sub Committee of General Works Committee and Baths and Parks Committee on proposed exchange of land near Spencer Park, 27 Sep 1906, 1 Jan 1907, 27 Feb 1907, Superannuation Fund Committee to prepare and submit a scheme for the establishment of a Superannuation or Provident Fund for all officials and workmen of the Corporation, 1 Oct 1906, 21 Feb 1907, 6 Jun 1907, 21 Jul 1908, Council in Committee - considered question of additional water supply for the City, 29 Oct 1906, 28 Nov 1906, Joint Meeting of Parliamentary and Traffic Committees considered plans and notices by London and North Western Railway Company for a loop line from main line near Folly Lane to the Nuneaton Line near Lythall's Lane, 4 Dec 1906, 17 Dec 1906, 10 Jan 1907, 14 Jan 1907, 15 Jan 1907, 25 Feb 1907, 27 Mar 1907, 30 Apr 1907, 16 May 1907, Sub Committee of Parliamentary and Traffic Committee appointed to oppose the Bill being proposed by the London and North Western Railway Company re proposed loop line, 17 Dec 1906, 9 Jan 1907, 7 Feb 1907, 18 May 1907, Joint Sub Committee of General Works Committee, Waterworks Committee and Fire Brigade Committee regarding Naul's Mill Meadow, 1 Jan 1907, New Railway Sub Committee - appointed by the Joint Parliamentary and Traffic Committee, 18 Jan 1907, 24 Jan 1907, 17 Jun 1907, Sub Committee of Parliamentary and Traffic Committee regarding proposed new loop line, 30 Jan 1907, 25 Feb 1907, 1 May 1907, 25 Jun 1907, 3 Jul 1907, 25 Nov 1907, Housing Committee - requested Sub Committee have their plans for erection of houses prepared before next meeting and read circular from the National Housing Reform Council with respect to West Midlands and Upper Thames Valley Housing Conference to be held in Oxford, 13 Feb 1907, 25 Feb 1907, 18 Mar 1907 Jun 1907, 8 Oct 1907, 28 Nov 1907, 5 Feb 1908, 15 Apr 1908, Council in Committee - relating to increase in salary for the Town Clerk, 20 Feb 1907, Sub Committee with respect to proposed [New Railway] from Northampton to Arley, 17 Apr 1907, 16 May 1907, 9 Oct 1907, Public Meeting of Parochial Electors considering the introduction in to the Coventry Corporation Water Rate Bill of provisions and amendments in relation to their Electricity Undertaking, 27 Apr 1907, Public Meeting of the Inhabitants of Coventry - calling the attention to the many circumstantial reports of misrule and cruelty in the Congo Free State, 14 May 1907, Council in Committee - relating to the London and North Western Railway Bill 1907, 29 May 1907, Joint Parliamentary and Traffic Committee - regarding further oppositionto the above Bill, 30 May 1907, 3 Jun 1907, 2 Mar 1908, Joint meeting of the Sub Committee of Estates and Finance Committee and Conservators of Stoke Common, 3 Sep 1907, Sub Committee Nauls Mill Meadow - showing schemes for the construction of a street to connect Radford Street and Middleborough Road and laying out of Nauls Mill Meadow as a recreation ground, 18 Sep 1907, 5 Jan 1908, Joint Parliamentary and Traffic Committees - conferred with Railway Committee and Chamber of Commerce relating to the railway facilities for the City and the formation of a Sub Committee to liaise with the Sub Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, 21 Oct 1907, 28 Oct 1907, Garden Allotments Committee, 28 Nov 1907, 5 Dec 1907, 8 Jan 1908, 29 Jan 1908, 19 Feb 1908, Joint Watch and Sanitary Committee - relating to the provision of a public mortuary, 16 Dec 1907, 27 Jul 1908, 13 Jul 1909, Council in Committee - relating to the Report of the Estates and Finance Committee audit of accounts, 31 Dec 1907, Housing Committee - that tenants in Much Park Street and Park Side will be given notice to vacate when houses pulled down for the purpose of the housing scheme, 28 Jan 1908, Small Holdings and Allotments Committee, 4 Mar 1908 - 8 Dec 1909, Council in Committee - in pursuance of the Old Age Pensions Regulation Act 1908 and forming a Pension Committee, 27 Aug 1908, Joint Estates and Finance and Watch Committees - relating to the carrying out of detective work in connection with the Local Taxation Duties leviable by the Corporation under the Finance Act 1908 to be carried out by the police , 9 Dec 1908, 26 Jan 1909, Traffic Committee - considered the serious delays in the transit and delivery of goods since the amalgamation of [service-provision by] the London and North Western anc the Midland Railway Company, 31 Mar 1909, 3 May 1909, 12 May 1909, Traffic Committee - reported meeting with General Manager of the Great Western
Railway Company of extending their system to Coventry, 1 Sep 1909 Joint Baths and Parks Sub Committee
and Housing Sub Committee - relating to the temporary Recreation Ground, Narrow Lane, 20 Sep 1909, 27
Sep 1909, Traffic Committee - relating to preliminary plans submitted by promoters for the new railway line between Coventry and Arley, 17 Nov 1909, 3 Jan 1910.