MANWATU COUNTY COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 197, 14 May 1908, Page 9

MANWATU COUNTY COUNCIL.

' - "Tho '•' regular" meeting of. ',tho.- Manawatu,' .County ' Council was held ' yesterday," when there, wer'o , present Councillors J. : 6. Wilson! (chairman), R. B. /M'Kenzie,; Masters, Kendall, Heiison, Dalton, and ; Barber. ; :'Thb v Engineer reported ■ as" follows don, Riding.—Tlio usual repairs have been efl'ected in,tliis shape of break-. i ing stones .on Speedy's liiie.., and metalling ■ 'the,'approach to crossing, on Ohakca Road. Eagan and A'Court havo .completed theimet-. ailing of : A'Court 'Street,. in i tho 'Sanson Township, and are now progressing .with 5 , this metalling on the" Sandon-Awahuri ; Road. Mount Stewart Riding.—Repairs 'have - boon vComplpted oil 'tlio Feilding-Awahuri -Road: E. G. - Knight- has-not yet .completed his, .contract for, supplying .and, dolivering', me-: till on tlio .-iPakeliou Road,' The ..-concrete; pipes •. liayd come to. hand- for the.culvert oii ; Leo's' Line, and will be . put inViramcdiately. I havo not .yet made an estimate of re-grad-,' ing.' two' cuttings • and snaking • a - sidc'track on:\thoFeilding-Halcombe Road, but/.'.willdo- so during the present month; -Waitohi Riding.—Messrs. Stewart and Son havo completed; their contract for supplying and delivering screened< metal on tho, Taipo:Awahuri Road. Rongotea .Biding;— Mr.; 0. H. -Peterson lias completed his contract for delivering.; metal -on Sanson, ..Jones' . and Bank's' Lines'. Good substantial work , has been done on the' above roads in,tho shape of' spreading metal and breaking stones; Kawa Kawa; Riding.—Tho usual rbpairs have been offected in this riding during tho month, such;as'filling' in ruts on Couper'sj Kellow's, -Kakariki, and. Main -Drain roads:X Mr. R. Soxtori has .completed liis contract' for constructing 23 chains'of drain a,t ,tho Kaikqkopu lakes; .in a. satisfactory: manner. Awahou' 'Ridingi—Tho usual, repairs , havo been effected on / the' Shannon-I'oxtonj El-king's-Motuiti roadn in tho shape, of spreading metal and breaking stones. Whirokino i Subdivision.—T, Cordive has completed tho i cleaning out'of tho Governmont drain along tho Whirokino Road.' I have 'engaged, W. I'. Wobsier to survey tlio diversion on Lean's Road to the Kopuae. ..,* . Tho'tramway report road:—Tho plate-lay-ing was delayed'for a considerable .time oWt ing to not having sufficient Spikes. to proceed with' the 'work'. Wo have since obtained a supply of spikes from tho Railway Department, and tlio lias been- comfileted to -tlio top of-tho incline.-.- Other work ias been done on tho incline in the way of packing and blinding the sand and- fixing up w.sak; placos towards Himatangi. Old rails could now i bo; gathered up, and the best put in to .replace a liumbor of bad rails between Carnarvon schoolhouso and Himatangi. Tho woo'den culvert, on Makowhai is falling in, and should be replaced fts soon as possible \yith .a three-foot concrete pipe. : Resolutions were passed endorsing tlio action of Councillors Masters and Benson in accepting the tendor for contract ijfo. 42, also endorsing the action of Councillor Kendull ill accepting the tender for contract No. '43, as mentioned by the Engineer. •' .'••It was decided ,to reply to tho Elorowhenua County Council's.,'lotter with reforonco to the River Board question, stating. that is-far; as tho settlers in the Manawatu County were concerned, a largo number were interested'in tho samo way as those; of Horowlienua.; A number of Manawatu County settlers ■up river required - liolp by. having the banks protected, while others only required bank protection..