COOK COUNTY COUNCIL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1910, 20 October 1906, Page 3

COOK COUNTY COUNCIL.

d | of tho liability of £0 19s being £1 TD 92, -- I and no liability in respoot of wholo of tho ° work for whioh that sum is payment, boing 1 situated within the Woipttro lvoad Distriot, a —Approved. 3 Petitions for loans wore presented from > the Tabora and Ngatapa loan districts. I Received. From Messrs O. O. Omerod, C Parsons, \V. P.cken, Judd lirti'i., Goo. Robb, K. Saou'-.t", Wdlismaon Bens., U. U. Mactmlian and G. U. Morice, u-siirnts nf Pa.m-ihi Yal.ov, c-ilhng a ten inn t itho stall* of til . : 1 on tae Ng.unii I side nf M'.i add q * fin < -nr c 1 U vote m,j,...... :,,1 ,m‘,j .j . :-,ia p ntio-i nt dm road i;, ;. _ (),; to. ; e 'inuiendatioi! nf tiic I gi i.’e., t. ,vij v.’ n v n to liH'.i'iiso tho I j viu. ~n . O', u-i \ bi ;i,a pa to id to £250 3 J a ! to o.av-.v. this wo k. Messrs Biddle nun MeCtmcs, Wbaroiata, wain dun tlj.i Com,oil ’or the puipjao of getting tho Council so droido the mutior of a road wench Mr Riddle vvislios no make over Mr Mclnuos’ I md to givo him access tn tho propeity. —As there was no ohanoe of too parties agreeing, it was decided that tho Engineer piooeed to tbo place, moot tbo p.utios on tho ground, aud settle the ms Bur, tbo esporuj of tho visit to bo burno by both p irtns. Tue County Rarigjr'u report stated that 3-1 head of a little and iioisos had hoon 1 impounded during tho month. Or Konway a-kud if rho ranger’s duties extended from To Karaka tn ibo Karawa bridge, To Arai. Tho Waimsta road was swarming with strange cattle, and the ranger would get a good haul. —Is was decided to ask the ranger to visit t-hia road. Tho Ban is-try Inspector (Mr R. Tholwall) ,

reported that ho had made surprise visits to diffciout buichsries, and had found oyoryttimg clean uud aatiafaeiory. Tho Engineer (Mr D.G, Eraser) srntrd the following report; “Contreci J 36, otooviorr of troflis bridgo, Wiipuoa river, Mntawhoro: Very good

I progress has boon made during tho month. The whole of tho ssecl work has been a-aembied and rivettsd, onl part of the lower decking laid. Too contractor is now engaged in completing painting, tarring, and decking, and has mado a start with iho approaches. The bridge will probably bo open for traffic in about four weeks from date. I propose diverting tho traffic from tho old bridge as soon as sufficient veil h of approaches are complete, to allow ,»olcs to oross. I should reoommend tuat tooders be immodiutoly oallod for dismantling and stacking material of tho old structure. “ Cjutraoi 1508. Pnatacrond deviation :

Fair pre gross is bring mado witu this

work, but beforo taken oio: the portions presumably eomple.ed will require widening in many pieces and timber cleared, according to specifications The contractor is now engaged foimiog the lasi aide. " Contract 159 : Bridls traok formation and oleariug, Mauogauamoia.—Tuis oontraci, which should huvo been comploied several weiki ago, is still in hand. Sections 1 aud 2 are practically finished, and on seoiiou 3 about 56 chains have been cleared. lam oalling tooders for a farther length of clearing of three miles. J “ Tho surveys of road lines at Mangatu, Waihuka, and Pnatao have been completed, and plana will be submitted for approval in a few days. The lengths of roads are as follows : Puatae deviation, 5 miles ; Waihuka road, 8J- milos ; Maugatu, BJ-' milee. Co-itract 162 : Fencing road lino, Puotae. —Upwards of 4 miles on the open land has been completed ; the portions carough bush are not yci m hand, us she manager of the station is desirous of felling thd timber udjaceot to the road lino, fitter Which tba teuoiug cm bu tekso in hand. “ T'-uders have been called, to close at this m-'otitig, for m Calling as Wh it a utu and Wmkoju, ana on o.d Novemocr lor ftf.ioraiatwii, i .0., Mvni-a-Takapau road ; also io: ueiiviny of ea liuicuauca inuiul. *’ On the M-j. j rea l gaud work has noen dhUii m opjhhOg up ice traffic, aud vsh.oiea will ba ab a u g..-t iiiEjug > in a fe-.v days.* " To- A.'.'i Xekotnr. road giver considerahie trouble, on uccouns of ba.l slips near Pa.krr's aud S.iaukT, and she road is lUaia or less b.Ociuti alter every heavy fail of lain. li would be IQJte tOJUOrnlCul to navo sue two wots! places taken in baud during „hs dry seasju uud pdcmauout im-> pruvtmerits til-.cced.

” Toa l’auwnatepa:aa and Arakibi roads ire boing lAtc-adou io, a Lige party of ase-u using vmpl *y=d la repairs. Ali other cuad-', exosptii.g iho upper portion of inland Wuiupu road, arc open fur traffic ; on this liiiier section tho road is open as far as Uassar’s, aod tho mao are pushing on with repairs towards Messrs Hail aud Harding's. “ The Gummitsee appoinied to go into tho matter of drainage near Mildura, Ksiti, having had particaiara from tho Eoginasr as regards levels, etc., rc.commond that (sue ek-.tch) (1) drain cut by Ka-.ii Road Bjaid bo tolockxd a: A, perra.tting portion of surinoc water to fail towards 'B and other portion towards D;

The Cook County Council met yester- with day morning.- Present: Captain Tucker Hard (Chairman.;, and Crs Matthews, Kenway, “ j McDonald and Harding. '’ho Correspondence was read and dealt K-tiSi with as follows_ . Hogi From J. W. Symington, resigning his mm. position of road overseer. The Engineer Kami said that the'present salary of tho overseer ta.tti was insufficient owing to the fact that ward travelling expenses were heavy. On the (2) t motion of Or Matthew’s seconded by uiaio Or Kenway, the Engineer was authorised as E to engage an overseer at the expiration of turn the other man’s service, at a salary of thaw £230 per annum, such engagement to be taem terminable at one month’s notice. h-C a Telegram from Wairoa County : “ Road dran: from County boundary to Te Reinga in deep bad order ; this Council expended six of su pounds out of your £lO vote, about £25 As t! more required. Will your Council vote matt the same?” Held over. _ “dvif From Mr T. Fraser, Whangava, asking the e leave to expend £7 out of rates on upper wort end Waiomoko road, some clearing and etc., a new culvert being required there.—Per- “ • mission granted on condition expenditure Dalr is confined to main road. . _ read From John Ross, Montrose, Haiti, Dair giving notice he objected to and asking for removal of gates across public road in Iwc Mildura township leading into Wanui post road owing to damage caused by stock, oil, Also from Messrs Hill and Lawless on the dud same matter, saying that thoy understood pon an application was being made to Council was to remove above gates, and asking the oatii Council to refuse the request as the gates inoi were causing no inconvenience. Cr Mat- ridi thews thought public roads should not be T fenced, and moved that the matter be and left over to see if any five ratepayers alsc objected to the gato being removed, dhs

(2; tho surface water on sjuth side of main road passing through tho old culvert at E to bo diverted horn Mr Hay’s sea-

tion and carried down West aide of Matthews' read to F (opposite Stscl street), taenoe eastwards along cheat street So outlet at small bridge in Russell road ; this drain will have to be froua 18in to 2it 6in deep, and is tho only moans of getting rid of sucfaoe water aiong existing road lines. As there will be a considerable amount of material excavated for drains, it would be advisable to form up Matthews’ road at the same time, the upproximaio oostof the work reoommended, including culverts, etc., being £6O to £65. “ Road aeeoss has been made to Mr Dalrymplo’d fcousG, near freezing wo;ks road, of a distance of nine chains, Mr Doirymplo contributing towards tho cast.

** With rsUrouce to Te Karaka ouitiog, I would respectfully affi if'tao Council proposes to proceed wnh. the deviation laid oil, which work should be uoderiaken during the summer. The present temporary tci-.ck is not accuco, oud may no washed out by the first heavy flood, Tue estimated cost of this deviation was

included in the 'repairs’ list for Waikohu ridiDg.” The eogineor was instructed So stack and disposo of timber mentioned in report, also to put the bad slips near Parker and dhanks moo repair, £6'J to £65 bamg voted for the purpose. Tne following tenders wore then dealt with : —Contreci 164, filling and clearing, Mangahamia, J. Barrmgton, £1 10a par oUaiu (accepted); Baynea and Yolos, £2 3s 9 J per chain. Contract 166, metalling Te Kucuka-Poututu road, W. Jones, 2s 5d per cubic yard (accepted) ; W. Spence, 2s lid. (Jontrao; 167, repair.-, Wnatatutu

tried- , . . for q Lorn E Brocklebank asking permission J ■ ponl the accrued thirds on section 21, wit ck 8, Haogaroa 8.D., on road —Tae Ma rk said tho amouot involved was £5 14s oua , Granted. . From John R, Shaw re the disapproval le the Council of his conduct in attending per the Paktraepuot, aad for which sub lit |y had been refused, and - pointing out roe at the fltad was responsible for the _ I satisfactory working of the punt, and i) ior h not from any neglect oa his part. Ho wb ked for tue subsidy to Lo refunded. on icoived, From Jsin-a 13 Hiywood, o crefary reasuty, tin- fell .wing t-h gram : Bat- a*i l- hold £i3.J Jla-.iga-.nihu, road Jo;*n >•’ l: ~ jo-.anto p.-iiilmg th.: parsing of tna t>.< ujendtneiit 8.1 l now bc-ffivo P -rhuunot. lo icasa forward copy i.i u.ahjruo • ixist.s. i:-. aitd 7ih Argoss, as miy tbrta ? to icro s.;Ot,” Alio, •' ion w- r I t.a. 3 application for ban of £3OO t.imat-1 w msd from Aof a station, Okahu.tu, -o 1 lancaroa road, owing to certain tech- tt lioa’i ios, a fresh application would have a o be mado, r.s a validating Order m louncil would not m«ii the case.” Also, a ■Trist in tin uppiiciticn ior loan in Loot) o o c instruct rood from Te Aroha wooiahcd n 10 Mills’ hcm-ts-M.” —Received, in elsjussion the Cnai arin said that there was e no doubt tho imimdiug Bill now before y Parliament would go through, and the e Oouooit should proceed at once to make (. the fresh appticiticns. From tho Returning Officer (Mr Fred, i F. Parana) informing tho Council that Mr t Henry White bad oeeri returned unopposed to represent the Ami Riding in the County Cc-uacil.—Reoeivrd. . . From tho coumy of CoromaujM io-’-warding resolutions intended to. license and regulate persons going from house to house selling gosds, and taking oi'deis, and proposing to impose a licensee fee oi LlO. —To lie on the table. F.cm Mrs A. Scott, bon. scceiary HumaniSirian Socitty, informing Council that a lady inspector had brno appointed by the Siciely to assist and investigate needful cases rrq-iiring charitable aid, and ir pti-ig this would meet with the Council’s approval —Received, Report of Mean's Tucker, Matthews, and U, Kanway, on the followiog question What part of the liabilities and engagements of the W .ipnro Road D,3!rics outstanding at tho 31st Ms., jh last shall bo liabilities and engigaL-ants of the MhDgalu Board?" Answer; One fourth

road, W. Jones, 2s 61 ptr yard (accepted), Cr Km way ipphtd fur leave of absence ior three mouihe ror Ur Fiitilip Kenway, who could not reiurn before cud of D.» Camber. —Leave grunted. 0 Rem, ~y moved : That tbo Oeuncil

tak.. is;:.- la arra. i‘■; ior m-ili,teuauC., aul astvios of i-’i.k-.u-.o F.r.y unuer conautoua

to lo aia-rvv ..cos on.” xlj pointed O.t-i iii.-.- m.:-J..0 n-a ooeu a g.. 0.1 dual ui lu.uer a .d oXponeu, and tho Council were not Cu:ar whom th. y .-aoud with regard to

the m..'s.or. lie thought boOld Outer uuang.oieaS should oe entoreri into ilka

mat a, Toiag i oeioio the uadge was built. Tne Council a]-gu> caii le.ide.a tor a man to lock after tue work. Mr Buaw’s work had bom uusaiisluc ory.

Tue Eogineor advised tho Council to hand over tho foiry to someouo m good order, and lei tuut person take all risk und niji jtonanc.'.

Cr Haidmg thought better arrangements could be m.»du with Bhaw than any other parson. Perhaps they ooulJ make un arrangement with Baaw ou the linos suggested by the ougineer. Cr Reuway explained that ho was nos against Mr Buaw. He simply wantod to see tbo ferry quostbn settled mere satis-

lactoisly. Cr Matthews moved that tho Chairman, Or Kentvuy, aad tho Engineer be a camuaittco t-u attend te this matter, and eottle is for 12 moatiis, tasking the most satisfactory urraugemeui they could. This was carried.