FRANKLIN COUNTY COUNCIL.

Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 668, 16 September 1921, Page 5

FRANKLIN COUNTY COUNCIL.

MOIM7HLF mEETiNG. The ordinary monthly meeting of the Franklin County Council was held cn Thursday of last week, when there were present: Crs W. Claud* Motion (chairman), H. Wilcox, E. C. Cuff, B. Charles, J. R. Lowrv, T. W. Woods. J. Dean, G. W. Heald, R. .T Reid, the, County Clerk' (Mr Alan P. Day), and the Engineer (Mr J. F. McArthur).

An apology for the absence of Cr H. O. Mellsop was received.

The Commissioner of Crown Lands, in reply to the Council’s letter, io water reserve at Pukekohe West, asked the purpose for which the section would be used in the event of the Council’s application for same to be vested in it, being granted.—lt was decided to reply stating- that the reserve would be* used for County purposes as a depot, the public to retain the right to use it for water purposes. The Treasury advised that £1875, being 75 per cent, of maximum subsidy* payable on 1921-22 rates, had been remitted to the credit of the Council. —Received. The New' Zealand Counties Association advised that the next conference of the Association had been fixed for Wednesday, September 28.—The Count| r Chairman . (W. Cfaffd/ Motion) was appointed the Council representative. The Kohekohe branch of the N.Z. Farmers’ Union urged that, better crowns be constructed on the road formation works in the district. It was pointed out that all roads in the district had the usual camber, too much camber was as bad as insufficient. A. number of the roads in the County had a little too much camber.—lt was decided to reply Stating all formations were being cone under the supervision of the en gineer in conformity with the usual requirements. Messrs D. Markham, W. ; T. Pethybridge, arid A H Hallen and four others of the Drury Riding petitioned the Council urging that the road from P. Dunn’s and W. T. Pethybridge’s be graded and metalled.--Left to Cr Lowry and the engineer to inspect the road. Mr Joseph Quigley, Hunua, wrote with reference to the state of the road connecting his property wi£h the St ewart-Cowan Road, urging that improvements be done on same, and offered o assist with the work.--Left in the- hands of Cr Heald -and the engineer to inspect. Mr A. E. Prew and six others, Razorback, asked the Council ro obtain a report by the County Engineer on a new road from the end of Pook s half-chain road, Harrisville, through Jackson’s, Epps’, Walker’s, Reveils’, Moore’s, and Roper’s properties, coming out on the Razorback-Buckland road, half a mile from the South. Road. —Left to Crs Wile,ox, Dean, and the engineer to inspect the proposed road and report on at next meeting. Mr M. Dufty and seven oohers, Pukekohe Hill, requested the Council to metal or at least do some earthwork on the road leading to their properties. —Left to Cr Woods and the engineer to look into. The Otaua Drainage Board advisec\ that the Board had agreed to terms proposed by the Council whereby tne Board is to pay half cost of Otaua bridge and approaches, as mentioned by the chairman to Mr West. —It was decided to reply stating that the Council would accept the Board’s offer to have payment extended over two years, on condition the £lO9 grant v. as made available, and the fiist instalment of the Board's contribution was paid when the work \vas commenced. —The engineer was instiucted to order some pipes, which are required for the work. Mr L. H. West, Waiuku, drew the attention of the Council to the state of the road leading from the end ot tne metal on McElwain s road, down to liis property. —Left to Cr Reid and the engineer to have the work done as- soon as funds were available. A deputation, consisting of two ratepayers of Smith’s road m W lauku Pidimq drew the Council’s attention to the bad state of the road. They were prepared to raise a loan to have the road repaired.—lt was resolved to. take steps to have a rating area defined and a pettion circulated wit-n the object ot raising the required money to do the work. A deputation from Glenbrook, consisting of Messrs Haycock, Wymer and Saunders, urged that something De done to the road leading ,roniii Ti corner to Gienbrook Hall, ’whicr W&s in a very bad condition. It was pointed out that during the winter Glenbrook people had to proceed via Waiuku to get to Pukekohe. _ The deputation was of opinion that under the loan proposals there was 8 miles of metalling to be done, and they thought if a poll was taken there would be very iittle chance of it beins carried. It was a distance, of o& chains to the station. Even if the r )0 >l was carried, there was little possibility of raising the money to do tne work. They thought the formation work on the piece of road in question could be paid tor out ot rates. There was no piece of roau in more need of repairs than this, and it was nothing less than an aDSurdity that the work was not done years a ~The chairman said the Council was anxious to help the Glenbrook people. He realised the road was ban. He fauovrde nnhj ntuoi sh-u ntUi. /t He favoured one comprehensive, scheme to link up the whole distnc --It. was eventually resolved that the engineer furnish an estimate ot -ne cost of the earthwork, Glenbrook -o Ti Ti, at next meeting, and that t.ie clerk prepare s special roll and wince ill! necessary steps to have a poll J taken on Glenbrook loan proposals as I soon as possible. . | During the discussion it was ?>o.rijed out that it would be advisable to jpo ahead with the comprehensive ! scheme. When the’ road was comIpieted the Puni end would naturally j u ,;e the load to get manure, etc., m ifiom the Waiuku railway, and it was 'only a fair, thing that they should j contribute towards the cost oi the work. , The chairman remarked that the

Council was out to do the best it could for the ratepayers, and would like to give them all a metalled road, lhe only way out was to have the loan carried.

It was reported that as soon as Lrquhart’s road was completed p commencement would be made with the work on Slack’s road, Papakura.