COOK COUNTY COUNCIL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1759, 26 May 1906, Page 4

COOK COUNTY COUNCIL.

ADJOURNED MONTHLY MEETING

At tho ndjoutnod mrctii gof tho Cook County Council yesterday Captain Tuekeir preside’, Gib Matthews, MeDjrmld, la » miokuil, and Kouway ul«o being in olteud-

Homo timo tv ns apt nt in regard to tko -obedulofor grants for urgout works to bo submitted to tbo Government'. I» whb roeohid to lirvko application for on increased vote for tbo Arnkibi road amountmg to £SOO. In regard to tbo l’i k .hi road m t‘c Mon Cpotiki tcuto, it win decided - bat a .£IOOO grant bo titled for, as was purpose d by Mr llorrioe, M.U.U It wiih p..intcd tut that Ibis vvub bi yond tbo ju.idotiou of tbo Com oil, tho Metu iii or biiigibiir Itundary. It wbb decidi d to m ko application to Ibe Governmtnt for B'.rcnuoua support lowaida tbo lino.

In regard tj Ngatapu coit'wi road, VVhmtki pa”, tbo e.ngineor statod that £5lO a loufct was required to do tbo woilf, and this amount wue pi Cad on tbo ostiLrlateß.

Tl o sulj-ct of tbo Itotorua etcck track WU3 lio tdy discussed, aeid it wan dooid (1 to ask for £IOCO, and also for £SOO for the read fertn llai gatoa to Steolu’e. Tr o qu alien cf a drputit ; on to We'lington wis discussed, and qtwaa (jually decided that Cia Ljsrmr, McDonald, and Cutm'cbuel ehou d form a deputationCr Ivnwny said tbo Waimata so tlors bad dreided to ra'o themaelvea ft c L2COO, at d if they got pound for pound at ppo t feem the Govoirmont tboy would b idg - tho liver in thre?d places. Aft r gem nil discussion it was e’cei lid ti put L 250 down for tbo Mangapapa Val'oy road, aud 4 LBOO for tbo Maraetuh* bridge, are! LSOO fer Do K- rak v-Waibo a biiefgi For tho two small M ingabt-U bridges LIOO w«b placed on Iho sell du'o at Cr McDtta'd’a suggestion, and Cr Ma'thewi thought tbo ioal fom To K vtaka to Wbata'u'u ebou'd bo given a g'ant It was decided to ask for LICOO towards tbo wo ,Its in question. Ful.e wirg is the list of grants to be ( ake d for i - Pua'oo doviatiou £IOOO, Pkwaa £3ooo,l’oulutii Co. k track £6OO Ho obau £IOOO, Mcriw. i-Moi ore £SOO, WoarrrataMobia £SOO, Wa rrant-* r. ad £IOOO, Wai~ mala Tbuwbare pn a £SOO, Tie)irotc«llanga: oa £SOO, Arakihi-Wicaa £SOO, WainuiTolago £7OO, Aeai deviation £2OO, Neill road, Rsknurop, JEiSOO, Gisb rne-Mctu £cCO, Oiver rial to N.ill road £SOO, Gbbrrue-Waiecu £IOOO, Mo'u Valley £oCO, Riverside e oa,l.( Whataupc ko) £2oO, lvivotsido road iKuiti) £2OO, Wakitour- ana track £SOO, Ngatapa main road £SOO road (tne tilling) £SOO, gituna northwards £2OO, Tokrnui road (widening) £2OO, Wbarekopae-Tahcra (from Williarra’ westward) £IOOO, Rangi» roa to Steolo'B £SOO, Gisborue-Motu ( lu» provements) £IOOO, Waihuka Valley £IOOO, Waitmta,bridges (£.for £) £2OOO, Waimoko deviaticn £2OO, Tapu6C viaduct £250, M ugapapa Valley road £250, Maraotaha bridge (No. 2 crossing) £BOO, Karaka-Waibora £SOO, Karaka-Whatatutu £1000; total, £26 600.

Cr MacDerald moved that tbo Govern men* bo a-Lcd to.'exped te msticia in connection with th i Waibtkt loan, so that the real cou d bo put through by Decerns ber in time for tbo carting. The E glare r sa ; d the survey and everything war ready lo go on with tbo road. The Couno I el e d.d to d aw tho alt ntion of tbo Grvorntnoal to the non-g noting of the lean.