HUTT COUNTY COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1596, 13 November 1912, Page 5

HUTT COUNTY COUNCIL.

-■ ■'' -' ' ■■19.."' ',''■■?'•''■"'•: . ■MONTHLY';MEETI^G. : y ' : The 'monthly "nieetihg .'.of-, .the -.',Hutt County''Council' 'yesterday"was. "attended by-Mr. ,J.,.Waken'am-..(chairman), ■ and' Councillor's W.'Gallbway, l-.'-Edivatds, J:'■■ Wluteman, .M.'.AVV- Welch, . and. W, J. Howell.: ' •■'. - The engineer (Mr.'J. W.' Cudby) stated in his report that'the bridge:at judgeford had been.completod, the slight-deviation of the road ..to be made,''.' and ' approaches to the bridge must be' held over ,f<Jr a time.- There, was great difficulty in getting, men ,at the time, owing to shearing', operations. A bridge on the Judgelord-lNorman'dale Road; heeded renewal. -The span could,--De.'.contracted five feet. The decking-could be used again,-but 1750 feet of- new .timber would be required. The Duck Creek Bridge, .on the Main West Head, between Paremata and Pnh'autanui, needed widening, owing to the continuous motor traffic. The present' bridge was-only -12 feet wide',: and the roadway on either side -was about 20-feet. in. width.. .:The '.engineer,.recommended that.the 4150 provided in the estimates for 1912-13 for the Tormaition 'of roads .at Plimmcrton should .bo. expended as soon, as-possible. , Unsettled weather; had'made it impossible to proceed with protective'works on the upper side of the., pahautanui-Upper■■>. Hutt 'Bridge. The contractor had completed 'the concrete culvert on. the Melliug Settlement grant work, and the filling-in of tho 'gully wtts in'hand., i. Extras't-o'theamonut of 418.. had been added,'aiul tho whole Job coin-' pleted satislactorily.' Twb or.''three uew' culverts were required',in:Aka.tnra-Wa. ' Ac-' cmed' thirds in. Keikiornngi,. amounting to 43, were being spent in-'iiletalliiig along the. frontage of Section 38, 'Block X, Kaitawa.—The report was adopted, 'and it was decided to call tenders forthwith for'! the formation of roads in Plimniertofi. / .Councillor Galloway was appointed : to represent the council at the conference of. : local bodies which is to nieet at the .Town .j Hall pri Monday next, to determine under which local: body tho, oofltrsl' qf the Hutt \ Road'shall be placed.. ".- .., . The clerk .pointed :.out that the Hutt j Railway .and.Road Improvement Act provided that'the Governor-in-Couucil-should appoint a local body to control the rpad,,: but the:chairman 'said that the Government would no, doubt be -guided .by the •] decision of the conference,.; and in this. view: other councillors concurred. -. . .. The Horowhenua'County Cou.ncil'wrote,. stating that it .desirod- I lhe.,fliutt:C'ountyJ | Council to-.contribute,.s -per. Cent, the cost of maintenance of tho WaikanacReikiorangi council decided toreply that it objected to making iany Contribution towards the,maintenance of. the road''mentioned. Tho dispute,has already, been referred-to a commission.; .. On the ground that the matter was oneof, general and not of local policy, the council declined to accede to a request by the Wanganui County Council to -confirm the following resolution, passed by the Wanganui Council:—"That, in view Of the necessity of continued heavy expenditure v on 'roads in this district passing I through'lands held on the small grszingrun tenure, tho Government be urged to. grant the'right of conversion to freehold ■ to the : lessees of the said lands, thereby making the collection of an 1 adequate rate,, fair to the lessees who are now- suffering an injustice by the preserit'mode of rating, and that a copy of this resolution besent to the Prime Minister." ' Mr. R. T. Tumbull wrote,: drawing atv. tention to the excessive speed of mokn'cars going Tound corners on the Hay s Bay Road. ' Mr. : also stated that j Gtock were allowed to wander'at large on I tlie road, which made matters worse. Councillor Wakeham said that the road was. very dangerous, as some of these corners were bordered by banks twenty , feet.high.. ■.'.-.. ( , : '. ;■ :,,„''-.. j':. • Counoillor Whiteman said that it did. not matter what size the toad ."motor,fiends" would still be guilty; of furious driving.' .- •• ' ' ■ • The letter was received, and no action was taken.''-- ■-.- .' ■•.,:., : , - Mr.. Wilford wrote, stating .that a yote of 4300. had been placed oni the Snpplemontary. Estimntes .for the .cpnstrw--tion of approaches to the bridge ,over theHutt River, near Trentham. -.. .. •-. The engineer 'was.instructed to -enforce the sanitary by-laws;at Plimmerton.