Horowhenua County Council

Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 March 1914, Page 2

Horowhenua County Council

<»I!i)I.\AWY AInNTHLY .MKETHiiimu •lieiiiiii Comity Coiiui-il is lu'lding Ji> oidiiiary niontlily Jiiueliiig 10-day. ('oiiiicilloi- Jl. .)". K.ichards in ihe chair, l-'olluwijig is a su miliary of the correspondence lo he deail with by the Coiincii : Mi'ss?s .Moiicklon and Addinglou asked to have a private road ;i;ii! crossing , over the railway line ai (tlaki (near the river bridge and known as Small's Crossing) declared a public road so as ,n meet all legal requirements, and !ls length will be lifty-two chains. Ifegarding I'nx ton-Shannon •■••in!. Councillor Venn wrote expressing, Ihe opinion thai ii would V quiie early enough for a legal agreement when the arbitrators' netwceii Manawatu and Horowheniia County Councils come to an nuTecment. TTi< own opinion was thai Manawafu County Council's share from the road would be very small. Ilie T inhv-secreiary for La mis ■vroie thai a sum of £ ; H)0 was due 'rom ihe Tioveriitncnt "by way of subsidy for .Manakaii South road. He furnished ibis inforinaTion io ;| llow 'iln* Council to make any i.ecessai'v arrangements preliminary io carrying out the work, .but he wished ii io lie understood that his letter was no auihirity to proceed with the work or incur any liability whatever in respect there<o. Af/er proposals had been •momitied to ihe deparimci's local '■ngincor, the Public AVorks Department would g'o into the question of issuing formal monetary authority io proceed with the

work. The V'ndcr-Soereiary further notified the following un-

expended balances due for road and bridge work iu Iforowhenua • Ciiiintv: W'aikawa Beach road (I'l fi.r I'D, i'-lOO: (llrrdsJone niiid (f! Inr i'l) fl 17: 31an»-aone (i'l for U) Waikaiiac- to Iladtield (I'l for £1), £2.">( l; Wailohu Kxteii.-ion. i'2D(Y. Askew Hros. .Manakau, asked i"i- a ciilveri and approach to be put in to ihcir propertv (section Mi .1. (.iallaiul wrote tlujt of ihrce eulvei'ls needed foi- Shannon I'resbyterian Church only one iiad been supplied. lie asked ; hat (he orhei- two be IL\ed fort h- ■> ith at the manse. Why Shannon cemetery continued unsightly for so long was explained in a letter i'roni Mr A. Saiinders, lion, secretary io the t'enietery Trustei-s. One Joans tendered in give i'l per year for right to cut grass in the cemetery twice y year and remove it as hay. lull he failed to pay the £1 and therefore was not allowed to cut the grass. Messrs Mason and Wright wrote suggesting that the present times of '■cheaper money" were opportune for renewal of applications for loans of money (o construct water-Vaces at North Manakau.

Mr ]);i\-i<] INilx-rismi. Wclliug--I(ui, asked for access (o his properly ;ii Olaki (ioi'O'o. Also lie said he paid most nf his .rates for ;i road that so far did not exist. and lie desired a rebate of rates oi" a visible road at the Council's option. From Mr T. Li ml, of Shannon, s1 n 1 liit* , that at a meeting: °f the Shan nun ratepayers held in I lie Druids' Flail the following iiioiion was carried unanimously. "That lhis meeting of Shannon lali'payers request tin; Horowhernia ('ounty Council to apply to i lie Minister of .Railways to replace I lie wicket irate on the Gillian Terrace side of the railway hue, opposite liryce street, as a means of access to Queen street. From }\ r \V. Tl. Field he was willing to meet the Council's wishes in connection with the exchange of a piece <>f land at Hie (lid of the Waikanao Beach road for road ])iirposes. The Council of course paying all expenses incidi'iilal to the exchange asked for. From Mr Goldsmith asking ilie Council if it is disposed to contribute towards the cost of tinproposal to take a small pipe from Ihe "Borough mains to the entrance :vf file Lake domain, the object heinff to supply drinkina , water to picnic and boating parties visitin »• the Lake.