Metal

Horowhenua Chronicle, 12 September 1916, Page 3

Metal

DISCUSSION AT THE COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING. At last month's meeting of the county council Councillor Ryder, referring to the metal being placed on roads in the southern end' c£"the riding complained that in plnccfl sand was put on the roads. Since then lie apparently made further investigations and on Saturday urn-rived at tho council meeting with a parcel—not of sand, but about a score of good sized stones, and-spread them out on the table in front of himself and waited his opportunity like '.i soldirr in a trench with a supply of bombs. When the accounts came tip for discussion he opened his attack. He considered that the contractor's account for metalling the niiiiin road should be held up. The stones he had in front of him were taken from the road in three different parts of the southern end of the county road, and they never had been through the crusher. It was a diisgrace that such met.il was put on the roads. The engineer said the chairman had been over the road with him the day before and was well satisfied. Many of the stones :btrought as exhibits would .go through the crusher quite easily, for although they were more than two inches one way they were less than two inches ■on tho flat. As for the few larger ones there were many ways they ooukl get on the ivclad. Councillor FreenJau eaidi the Madman on the Manakau road told him that tho road would be a jspl undid one after the traffic had been over it for a while. Councillor Kebbcll said if metal like that produced was put on the roadi the contractor should be made to put mat-ters-right. Ho suggested that a committee be set up to deal with the mutter. - Councillor Rett or was satisfied that all the stones had not been put through the crusher, but he did not think the contractor liadi placed the metal on the roads. The chairman said the kind of stones produced would be the sort that would fall off a dray when anyone was carting metal, and there were others carting metul besides the contractor. The metal on the northern endi of the Otaki riding was a credit 'to them. He had 6een most of the metalling in tho To H«ro riding and was satisfied with it, while his colleague had told him that what he (Councillor Monk) had not seen was even better. The discussion then lapsedl and the council resumed its normal course.