County Engineer's Report

Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 November 1915, Page 2

County Engineer's Report

Tiie engineer (Air -J. Malcolm j submitted tiie following report to llie County L'ouncil meeting to-day Te tioro Hiding. -Nothing lias been done in this riding .or tne month but the usual maintenance, audi cserytiling was gelluig to ue in good oiuer until tao thunder.Moriiio came along m me end ol last noek and brought down some slips, etc., that aie malting a good deal ut extra work, ijut liotiiing ol a scriors :iatuie lias happened that 1 have hear..; oi, and a week or so with our own men v. ill put us wuere v,e were'. I. liave • 1011*0 nutiiiug about tiie v.«orge mail > xt.'iKsiun, as 1 iiave tieen adA J . r, is very problematical ii any money u ill be available tin's year. Applicaiion.s were duly called lor the position >•' extra nHi'lai/emon for this riding ami Councillor Lately appointed Mr J is. ■Carrol who started "Work on Monday 1 lake this opportunity ol again promising the U'aioluniga settlers th:;t their roa ! will be attended to at one.'; the nirii should have been there tin* week b.it for tiie shji.s and tiie ro.vls li:.d. to be openod. ( titaki Hiding Tiieie is iiotiiuig doing m the riding i:iu u,o uaiiai maintenance. The licit' damage that ivao done by the reee-u Hoods aas been repaired, and the men are new ready ior llie approaches the oiei in luge, The ranuay liieii na.v nol got oil a.s v.. a--, the, expecteil. i expect iue iiieken weaioer has been against t.iein. but we aixi better wit'iout tne eai.uvmiK nu»\ ;s tiie' weatlior is ti.o mi.setile<l,. 1 had a large cul vei'L on tin; Kahili j'oad replaced with cement p.pes; the liu.ber w;io compleljly rotten. i have had no advice about Loe iiuw load to tlio eemetcry ii'oin tiie Cbaki Town Uoard. but J. see by the pajiivs that ~ill luikc !i. take the 1. ud under the j'ublic Works -Vci. alter .ill, aad as ;-oo!i as they gci then- advi'j l liseiia at ouL 1 ~jii jjnc (m----work in liand ii vim think it a<!visable. Vi 1; OivlllO i(id;ng. lj.e v"'U.ua n.r 1..0 . oau niel • uiliiig i,) ill viitvug •iiy oiuvv yj ol c011i... the Weuthi . i„ tiguxiiot i!.. Tne ui,i,toLi.u..' lui.a it.iji.niiw.il il, now well ill haiui, but is being kept ba;;i\ uy Lue v. earner. luc u ioeijing ol ttiv i) a.iiield luiw and tne muiatiuig oi Llie LtosJyn ii,ad is now .satLiactoriij competed. llie contractor for I'oLls's

roau is getting on as wen m> can ut ■expected uii aecuui 01 me wcathe- , but ho never misses an opportunity U'Jjon tiie road is lit. Tokomaru Riding.. Tina riding got- almost, the worst oi tne tliundeuilorms; a very nasty wasuout took place on the :\iangaurc roa.i. The greater part ol a two feet pipe emvert was washed out, and it will have to he replaced with a bridge. it in not a small thing. | arraiigui lor the timber when I was in Wellington a tow days ago, as it is'oxtivnioly dangerous as it is. There is a small stream on the Kingston road that wi:i require a small bridge or a largo prpc culvert at once. Since the road was made the settlers have made shift with an open ford. Ol course they have often suffered a good deal of inconvenience, but now there are one (..- two motor cars owned tip there aim once or twice they have oeen impri.i oned and could neither get out or get mi. .1 will go up early next Week nn-'i decide what is best to ho done. Kvorything in the northern mid, ol the ruling is in good order. General. < Old wooden culverbs., all over the county are giving away, and a largo outlay will have to be provided at once for. pipes; they seem to bo going altogether. There in a large one near Ohau that will have to be attended to at once. It is under a ten feet bank -und I don't think it will bo possible ' to get in pipes' of sufficient size with- ' out opening the roadi. The roadman ■ < at Waikanae reports two in very baa 1 way down there. Fortunately they are not very large. i