COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 6, 5 July 1882, Page 3

COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING.

Our detailed report of the Count Council meeting is unavoidably held ove until our next issue. The following i the Engineer's Report: — Kiwitea Riding.- The metalled road in this riding is in very fair repair. I will require constant attention during th winter months owing to the heavy timbe traffic from the Kiwitea sawmills. G Currin has not quite finished his contrac for the formation of Kimbolton road, bu he has done all that can be done unti the fine weather sets in, when about tw days work will complete it. I would re commend that the time for the comple tion of this work be extended until the fine weather sets in. I have called tenders for three small sill bridges and three culvets on the Kimbolton road, also a foot bridge over the Kiwitea river on th continuation of Mackay's line. An esti mate of the cost of these works is hereunto attached. Manchester Riding. — The roads in this riding are now in good order, as I have during the past month had metal put on the bad places on the Makino and the Palmerston and Gorge roads. Behrendt and Manaugh inform me that they have completed the formation and culvets on Wilsons and Richardson's line. Jamison Bros. will finish their contract for bush felling and clearing on the Wanganui Harbor Board Block in a few days. Messrs Warne and Beard have not yet made much progress with their contract for cutting and delivering the timber for the Manawatu Gorge Bridge, but they have now men in the bush squaring the piles and the mill is in good order ; they should deliver a large quantity in the coming month. The punt at the Manawatu Gorge Ferry is in good working order, the late flood having improved the landing places. Mr Falloon informs me that the whole of the gear and plant belonging to the County was saved from the flood except an old boat which has been waterlogged, and of no use for some time past. I have seen the fencing and the bush-felling that is done by Mr Falloon on the Ferry Reserve. There is about 40 chains of 7-wire fencing erected and about 78 acres of bush felled. The fence is not quite finished, there are some few wires which are not secured to the posts. The bush felling I think is fairly done, but a great number of rata trees are left standing. — I am, etc., Charles Bray.