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 ,23 ADELAIDE AND VICINITY The Legislators at times wholly sLis|wnded, and much annoyance and discomfort were caused. A bridge connecting King William Street with North Adelaide was erected at a cost of ^22,778 14s. t,c]., and was opened for traffic in June, 1856. The building of a town hall fronting King William Street was proposed in 1857, but the funds in possession of the Corporation were not sufficient to enable the work to be carried out. Proposals were also made in 1857 for enhancing the appearance of the River Torrens by clearing and regulating its bed, constructing weirs, and planting and grassing its banks ; but, for the same reason, they were unsuccessful. The approaches to the city were improved in that year by the fencing in of the park lands and by having portions of them planted. In 1856 a Mayor's Court was established, but The Gorge Weir, Uiver Torrens was abolished a couple of years later. In the .same year Mr. W. A. Hughes resigned his position as a Councillor, and became Town Clerk. The affairs of the Council were not in a very happy condition in 1856-7, and there was a good deal of litigation and several resignations. The question of a water supply for the city excited attention. Residents since the foundation of Adelaide had been dependent on water-carts, and, of course, were put to great inconvenience. A Waterworks Act was passed in 1856, and authorised the raising of ^280,000 by loan on bonds terminable at various periods, and bearing 6 per cent, interest.