Horowhenua County Council

Horowhenua Chronicle, 12 May 1913, Page 4

Horowhenua County Council

j IIEPOIIT OF COUNTY ENGINEER j At to-day's meeting of the Horowhenua County Council the county engineer (Mr J. Malcolm) submitted the fololwing report on roads and works:— Te Horo .Riding. The Ngatiawa bridge is nearly fin ished at last. 1 think, under aHy circuinstances, the opening of : t cannot be delayed more than, a few days now. The edocion in the Waikanae rivei goes on. It is now -within 42 feet of breaking into the Waimea stream. 1 have advised the engineer fn chiel ifind have given orders to get an old groyue repaired. This, T think, wil. protect the threatened breach temporarily at least. 1 have inspected the Beach road, as instructed at last meeting, and 1 estimate it will cost £55 to form innd metal it to high water mark; it may he necessary to get a surveyor to verify the road line. I think the present road is about right, end if I can get any data, T may be able to. prove it myself. T propose calling tenders for main tenance metal at Wnikannp and Tc Horo, also for widening and regrading the Te Horo to Mangaone road. . The tenders con "be with by the members for the riding in about ton days. I have instructed Mr D. Mills to go on -with the fencing of £He dangerous parts of the Gorge road, and have sent the material for it. Otaki Riding. Tn tlio southern end <>t' this district the roads tare very fair, but in the northern end they are very much in want of metal. Wide tyres.—T would strongly recommend that about four pairs of wheels with wide tyres be procured at once for this and the Wirokino riding. 'Die Tokomaru riding is provided for this year. Jf we are going to insist on all our metal boing (Tarried on wide tyres (which w<: ought to), we must get them, as every small job of metalling will be penalised to the extent of two pair.l- - wheels until the contractors have got them.

WIROKTXO IMDTXG. Nothing much has been done in this riding during the month but the. ordinary maintenance. The metalling of the rondj; on tin Rullor estate is finished at last. The "Wallace road deviation is now finished in a very satisfactory mnnner, and it is much appreciated by the settlers. Maintenance metal is much needed in many places in this riding, hut the carters tare scarce, and wide tyres command a monopoly.

Tokomarii Hiding

The Mniignono road COarmody' contract) is now finished, and <?ooi progress is heinp; made with the con tiiiuation track.

The rontiniintion of the track ii the Tokomarii Valley is now finish oil satisfactorily.

F made arrangements on Thurs day to get the bridges on tho olr Tokomarn Valley track renews with heart of hinaii at a cost of C- L's (>d each. There are six oi Idem, the spans being from, twelve to twenty feet. They are to b< inivle six feet wide.

I haro lakcii the levels for tli proposed Albert road deviation The grades are now nothing t boast -about, but they are mud bettor than the. existing ones.

estimate the cost of the deviatio at £90.

T have iixcd levels I'or the foot|);itlis in front of Messrs Gunning's mid MacThorson's shops at Shannon, aikl f would suggest that tho council contribute 25 per cent, of , the tho owners will consent to substitute asphalt for concrete for the footpath. The council might also cost of kerhing and channeling if pay for the channel, about 17s 6d per el lain,