EUTT COUNTY COUNCIL

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2328, 9 December 1914, Page 11

EUTT COUNTY COUNCIL

' MONTHLY MEETING. The monthly meeting of the Hutt County Council was held yesterday. There-were present: Councillors W. J. Howell, (chairman), M. W. Welch, W. Galloway, J. Whiteman, and T. Edwards.

The report of.the Inspector of Workb (Mr.. W:,.J. Cudby) ..showed that th. work'bf rbgrading twenty-five chains of Paekakariki Hill had- been completed at.a total cost of £43 ss. 2d. \ . '. iThe*: Agricultural to' the'o'frebt that the -matter of 'noxious weeds on county roads was being attended .to. . ■'."'.'.

"The Publio' Works Department informed the council that the claim for £32 overdue on the Hutt Bridge had been reinstated, and would be paid to the' council immediately. The Usual fortnight's Christmas holidays were granted. The Agricultural Department wrote, requesting that the council should clear noxious weedß from the gravel' reserve at Trentham. The matter was ,rel< . red to the inspector, and Councillors Whiteman and Edwards. It was also decided to draw the attention of the Department to the' gorse on Cheviot Road, at Lowry Bay. The Inspector of' Works reported that recent' gales had frequently blocked the Hutt-AVaikanae track. On the Main East Road from the Taita to Heretaunga depressions or were so frequent at a recent date that he was compelled to put carts on to repair that portion of the road. A month ago the road wbb in very goodrepair, and had it not been for the heavy and continuous motor traffic it would; not have, needed attention for •>»' couple, of years. The cost of upkeep for the main roads Was-increasing yearly, and in the near future.some other and more substantial method of road maintenance would have to be adopted. The roads throughout the county were, generally speaking, in, very good orut