COMPLETION OF ROAD TO PEAK

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 149, 12 July 1937, Page 6

COMPLETION OF ROAD TO PEAK

Counly Agrees to Supervise Work GRANT LIMITED TO £20 As providing an avenue for the enw ployment of men now on sustenanee, the Hawke's Bay County ' Council thi* morning approved of the proposal that the road to Te Mata Peak should be completed to the top., provided that the council was not called upon to bear any( mOre cost than the usual grant of £20 to the Te Mata Park Trust Board* The work will be supervised by the council on behalf of the various local bodies. whieh attended the recent conference to discuss the employment of sustenanee men. Mr C. C. Smith, the council 's representative at the conference, reported that the 'department was prepared to find the labour, whieh was estimated to cost about £920, provided the County Council undertook the supervision. of the work. The Trust Board representa« tive,. Mr P. E. Smith, had agreed % e lind £100 towards the cost of super-. vision and explosives, "I considered it quite a good schem®' and I endorsed it," Mr Smith said, He pointed out that the council usually; made a grant of £20 to the board so that, if there were any unexpected, expenditure over and above the £100, it could be met by that amount. Mr W* Tucker eaid he understood that the cost of explosives would be about £100 and the cost of supervision, somewkere near £200. Mr Smith: The council .was not committed in any way. Mr Lassen: Surely £120 would coveg the costs on a £920 jobi Mr Tucker: It is the explosiYes. Probably the whole of the top end has to be blown off. , T , The engineer, Mr E. Puflett, said he had roughly estimated the amount of supervision at £60 and explosives at £250. • • Surely the board is itself prepared to find some amount, seeing that it will be getting quite a big job. done very cheaply?" said the chairman. "It looks a bit like costing £310," Mr M. S. Chambers considered that ihe couneil should go on with the work, provided that the council was not called upon to find more "than its usual grant to the board. He moved in this direetion, and the motion was seconded by Mr R. Harding, who thought that the amount might be increased a little in yiew of the popu-. larity of the Peak. After a discussion on this point it was decided to confine^ tjie., amount m the £20 and caTry out the supervision work as proposeds