HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 424, 5 February 1909, Page 7

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

(?liOU OUII SPECIAL KEPOKTEn.)

HUTT ZIPE BRIDGE,

■ PRELIMINARY "WORK' COMMENCED. The plans of the Hutt pipe and traffic bridge, : whicli is toconvey tho city, watermains over the Hutt River, provido for tho erection of a-. Structure, in appear.anco and sonlowhat so .jn.;dimensions, but, it cannot be. described'as a thing of beauty, and''- if ■ not an ; aesthetic;, joy for fever, it will undoubtedly meet the requirements , and wthStMld the onslaughts of nature, for; many .a actual 'lengthof" the; bridge will .be .404 fept,'.'• without approaches. The latter, on, concrete-: foundations, ~add( . a' further oSO : feot tothe; length, _ 237 feet being on the Petone, or western side) and. (lis feet on the eastern side;:', The approaches,terminate .with concrete abutments at each end of tho bridge, frpn>-them- the:striMt9-;.wm.h«ve,ta..be-.inside up to 'got. agrade. This bringsthe. total length of bridging up to 1074 feet. There are four spans of 84. feet, and one of. !74 ! feet, which will be based. on trellis girders,the lower portion, oarrying . the pipes, while the ' \lpper, portion ..will be j'.flsed for, traffic.-' There is'a pathway, fwr feet wide, tho entire width being 23 fee.t. The-, actual :;pipes -will. ' 1)0 about 12, feet, below the level of the bridge r^fh?Contract. includes making and 'all ■ necessary, 1 exoayatious, the providing of all: material s/toolPi' plarjt,;staging';.gear,','and labour, and other work required for the carrying out' and. c6mpleti.olV;{)f .the'contract ill a proper manner. Tho exact lino of tho level of the bridge will be set out on tho ground by the-City Engineer.. The'Pontrac'torg are .required to; makei their owiy arrangements' for the: occupation of-.-, pear ;■ Islandduring the time thoy will be engaged in the construction of the bridge, and .undertake f-JJ risk fromiloods, fires,'storms., 'or casualties of every description until the maintenance period, expires. All the malleable and wrought iron' supplied under the' contract is to bo of the best quality, of English iron, and subject to tests by. the City : .(jarrab.ypfinoipally) be;'. of quftHty' and.V'freo. ; from : The !steel -. for.' the poncrot-o. reinforeeiiient . shall hpve^iitn!tiinate ; '.strehgwi f not- less' than 64,Q091b; to the:square lnohj ' and- n'ot to ex-'cepft-TgjOQQlb.; Thepiers' are,fe be penstruoted by 'driving the cluster- of ;four piles vthem.-in.:- reinforced.' qbnorete.,'. • TllP concreto round y the •! ; piles IS to bo oarrigd-down at least two feet bolow ■the bed; of' the river, but .in no ■ case less, than three > feet below the low water level, jlfe,finishing." colour of: the strncturo 'will bo -bliick:- As 'soon as the contract is: completed according to plans and . specifications and it . will be taken over by the. City. Engineer, • The job is to bo completed in eighteen 'months Vfronv . the date of tho' acceptance; of kthf .te^er,, andv? .^nalty^ i^ provided for every day occupied in excess of : -pa;yments, will; Blade^,-^Very.7four. L at.;the.'Tftte of 70 per cent, upon tho valuo of tbo work completed- and. material on the ground ; 25 per cent, of-the qnntract amount will bo paid ;in>,thirty-Wo;daysVaftfer completion,'and;,the; remaining 5 per cent.- at the end of• the niajiitqfianee.perjod., vyvv' r: -• '.'With-t^ ; of':ttte> .bridsp/'-aJws--felt:want^^ill'boiijjet) 0 vided to -Lowry Bay and Bay. If not 'ic'ombining. beauty, with durability, :at least.. .bo substantial and strong. Thero. will bo very little ohanee' of: anything .going' wrong, with the pipes sis-in t-bo past-, and'to make misadventure . further removed,: prcH vision , will be mado for .a- double row,, of; pipes. (24-inch).,. ijo 'that -should'ono, fail there will bo the other; to como and go on. < f Tho contractors,are -Messrs.'. D,-. 1 Bourko and Co-. -Palinerston -North, :r and . the contract price is £13,592 fthe'firin: 'seifeon' the site' making 'preliminary "arrange^.

HUTT PAHK""iraMWITTEE. A meeting' of i ''tiic?"Hutt ;i Park Comniitteo ■was'-held last'iiiight,;'thereiboing„'preseiit:■:! ■Messrs , W; H, llussoll (m the chair), JJ.' Baldwin,- B. J. S.outhgate,. 31. J. Hodgins; .11;.'. J,VColquhoun..-. .. .' .. . . #;■' '•; no acnon. ,was : taken, regarding .an application; fer,;the u'se ; pf the park for. a race.' meeting, as: the, syndicate; prbmoting' it had deeided npt tp.pr?peed with tho idea • ■:■' Perpitssion to run young : cattle on the park was applied for, by Mr. D ( Speedy. :■ 1 ;The\ Ch airman-:; His: lease as 1 ; for, ; sheep ;on]y.. Councillor :Hodginß moved that permission bo granted if-'the cattle wore, not more than two years of age and ljot more than-tweiity , in -number. n s; < >■:■■■?■>* 'W, i' : l X' '•The motion wa3 lost. ; • f !:-'•:■■' .:'.■■■ -.■ . A pQpy. of:-ilcssrs. Stafford and' Threadwoll'saccount against the old trustees,;of I JE73'4s. 2d, was received. • . ; .. Tlip chairman explained that tho Pld trustees paid a sum, and the amount now owing >•'39 JEGE>. 175- . v ' ' After .d)SP'lfS'on, : -Mr.. Sputhgate: moved,' and; Mr. Hodgins seconded: —. ":That • the committee's':;(solicitors be' ; instructed; to have'; the bill tas.«l by the Registrar," .'.Tlio Chairman /remarked that the accuracy of the' account was not questioned. : . Mr. Jialdwjn moved, as: an amendment, that'visopiesuof' the account be. thov-rcspeetive "councils with a viewi.pf : jm ducing them to contest it..' _. ' • Mr. Soiithgate withdrew his motion in fa.voiir of tlio amendment, which was carried, An 'application .was received from No. 2 ';fpr - th 6:' use.."of : , an" encampiiient for sixteen days. ■: ■■ '- It was decided to draw "the \attention of the Department to the. fact that the' D. Battery had;: the' parkv'forCseventeendays,' Jaiid ;this';wpuld : ,,exoeied the number of days. (23)- allotted• by tho Act. •! . -. ' The • caretaker roportfid that ho,, had' repaired fences • and attended to other necessary'lvpirk. . The .grass track was. being cut .up,-:and.in-his'opinion trainers should he told?to ;ke'ep ( -off; theitraqkV;^^^At'present about. ■ forty-five horsos were ip training. :' v ; \ • The' chairman : thought that training. should, he. limited tP six days, per week: '. - . : . ':'; Op', the' JDotipn of the ' .it -was cided that no-, action, be-taken at. present, but', that the whole, matter . of issuing trainers' permits willbo considered at a -futurotueeting.;;^ 1 HUTT kIVPR BOARD. • .Thp-first meeting of the. newly-elected. Hutt River Board was to have been held last evoiiipgi'-.there being ;<present: Messrs. li: Stcveus, H. Sladden, and A. Peters.. .; As four members of . the board wero needed a 'quprum,* the until Monday ne*t. , „ , As Mr. f. A. Peterkm 19 ?o unwell tho ■'■remaining^Beu>Wrs.'' i .wiir:ihaye ' i to choose , a chairman. . .. -' UPPER HUTT TOWN BOARD. ; :At the monthly meeting all tho members Of. the Upper-Hutt Town Board wero present. After, the corrcspohdeubo .ha.d. boen' read.it Wiis'rtsSlved,' on. the motion 1 of Commissioher: ■Martin, that'.'tho .fortnightly;meetings;of: the' board be'resumed. Ho urged in support, of; 'his-'motion: that it was not in'the; interests; .of-Hhe.'.ratepayers'; that ;^^long. - .intervals:.should., occur be't'weoh board meetings' jn -.view. of,- the works being (earnedon requiring constant review by . tho..full board. . ' .' Pursuant to notice pf. mptiou/ Commiasiohor •Barrison, moved to -reducei the width' of metal placed in -William Street from: <15-''feot: t-o 10 feet, with a view to continuing the "pro--posed, work there beyond allotmont'4s. .The saving effected in ; tho;..western' :-ehd of' tho works might be. apportioned to .oontinuing ;a,ten; foot strip of : metalling to tho .eastwartl,:. beyond allotment 45, as far as possible. The motion was 'agreed/'to, and it was also.decided to put two men 011 to. tlio work of completing the formation without delay.. Tlio | contractor for tho supply-of metal for street works "was: reported as being very indifferent as .to whether: hb' put carts on. or - not, and ■it,was decided to call:upoh>him to complete' a' bondiwithin 48 hours- (with-a penal ofause • for '.'overtime"), otherwise the. William Street motal contract would bo passed on to tho lioxt lowest tenderer... . ; ■, .■■" / Obstructions wero reported as existing upon Seddon, Wiliord, and "Lane./Strcets, and instrnctions wero given to have these street ' obstructions removed forthwith. , : Extremely unsatisfactory repprts wpro made as: to tho conduct of the board's sanitary 'service. . ...•• :, ' v :,:

The clerk reported that an adjustment of accounts. had been made as between the Eastbourne Borough and tho Hutt County Council, find (leketJ for permission to make f inquiries from the parties on. the subject. Authority .to do so was conceded. : The ohnirman moved that tho board as a whole bo a committee to devise ways and maun? to provido batter, office accommodation by building upon tho board's property at,tho junction.of Russell Street- and the main read to. ■ It was decided to servo notices upon nil landholders to at onco clear all gorso and pweetbrior from their road frontages, and to institute legal proceedings against all persons who failed, to do so within tho specified time. Complaint was: made that the Agricultural Department appeared to. bo unable to cope with -tho. trouble satisfactorily, owing probably to the smallness-of the allotments and tho Jaigo number of owners. ' Communications, relative to undedjeated roads wfere dealt with in committee, and, on resuming, it was reported that tho clerk had'been instructed tb reply to the inquiries made with a view to an early and, amicable settlement of the difficulties. ' Accounts .amounting" to £71 Is, 7d. were passed for payment, ■ Authority was ; also given to add the wages of two casual roadmen whoso ''timersheets" had not been put in m time. •- JOTTINGS. , Archbishop Redwood is coming to Petojic nest Sunday to bless the new convcnt at 3 p.m., find he will preach at vesper? fit 7 p.m. Mr. J, .Carey Fitzgerald leaves for Knlgoorlio this, afternoon. . The Petone. Railway Workshops employees' ■pnnual; picnic ivill be. held on Saturday, February 20. . . ... . - ; ■' Lieutenant G. A. M'llyrjde has been appointed to represent-the Hutt Fire Brigade fit tho biennial Fire Brigades' Conference in : Auckland. - ; The. ;r of '•■' brigadeat, the competitions w nj be chosen from; the following Hobman, J. Collott, Dorr an, Cfreig, Bates, and B. FJeet; ■ The Hutt .Railway and Fire Brigade lance, class has presented Dr. Hector with 3 iifthdfiome oloqk and inkstand, in reopgmtion of his valuable' services as lecturer.

At the.Hutt Firo Brigade social on Wednesday evening, : the prizes won at the recent competitions were;presented,.;. .". v: v Sovpn of the nuns transferred to Jetono have npw arnved. The Mother Prpvinoial is in Petono at present, and when she .goes south; in two or. three -. wpeks, Mother -"St; Olnndia will come up. 1 ' 1 Constable.T,. Miles, of Waihi, an- ejr-Petone rosident, is at presqnt on holiday leave, and renewing old acquaintances in the yallev. 'inhere was/R yery large attendance' at Wed.nOsday "night's meeting of th.e Hope':of Lodge of the 1.0.G.T,, and members of tho Ilutt and Wellington Lodges, _ when Bro. T; Townsend was: presented with a beauti-fully-Worked silver; kettle On a stand, : suitably' engraved, in connection with his services at the. recent .local option oajnpaign; .■ .Gopiplimontary speeohes-were made; and the recipient suitably responded,