WESTLAND COUNTY COUNCIL

Hokitika Guardian, 13 March 1923, Page 4

WESTLAND COUNTY COUNCIL

TUESDAY. MARCH 13th

OVERSEER MIRI.XKR'S REPORT. C'OFXTY WORKS. SOUTHERN IUDRXG. The Roadman siltuixlt-d in repairs on J Wanganui !•’ lat ami oilier roads in the j Mali Mari District, the material used being carted by the County .Motor. Divine to the continued rainfall, the old portion of Petersen Road. between Wanganui Flat Road, and I.a Fontaine Creek Bridge wa.s cut up a good deal hv the County Motor which was used carting iron rails from Petersen's Read to the .Main South Road and to Stuart and Chapman's railway line on the northern side of Rower Kakapotahi Bridge. This portion of road was after wards repaired by Roadman Whiti.skic, horse teams being used for metal haulage. Repairs were also effected to the decking of small culverts and bridges and an approach constructed to R. Ferguson’s holding on Wanganui Flat Road, in accordance with the Council's resolution.. Roadman Wright attended to minor : repairs on F.vnns Road formation winch j had been cut up liv cattle traffic during

wet weather. Tin's portion of road for- ] mation will continue to give trouble during the winter months unless the cattle are prevented from wandering and camping on the formation. Waitaha Settlement Road was attended to, the Roadman continued raking, and breaking metal In the mis. A new King Drag is re(|iiired for use on this load, tlie iron blades ol the old drag 1 wing (onipletelv worn out. and a new set ol blades wiil he forwarded during •he wi _■!>. The County Motor will he reiiuii ed > fort v inter ms in to haul stone from the river beach for repairs to tin iv id between the Faclorv and 'I b.u an‘s holding. CENTRAL RIDRXi:. Kukniahi Bridge Repairs (_• for I; fp/" 1 ’-. 1 lu ‘ working party under toe ii'-red cm of R. Rancher. Bridge Foreman made cscelleiit progress during [hi 1 in".ni. and the following faulty timber was removed and renewed. Rower 'Tmids 1:> x 8 1? 38. li 27. I -jo. Cap, I a x 8. 2 22. Corbels 12 \ 12 17. Seruts o x -I I(j l(i. A ouantitv of ir-m " '"'k was repaired and replaced, one span screwed up in -periled camber, and temporary piles drawn and staging removed from one span. Faulty timber and decking were removed and replaced ~n Murray Creek Bridge, also culvert Koitcrangi Road. Culvert and approach was repaired on Kelly '■ Road, and attention given to ( ’ll vert approach beyond Xn :! Dmk ( I'eek Bridge. 1 pper Kokatahi Road Roadman Dale repaired decking cm Kanieri River Bridge and placed traffic planking .on two large culverts nil Rower Kokatahi Road, also attended to clearing of gurse and other growth on

l-'ef: it d.a-ll a u lieu, and a portion ol lO' k Flat Roads. Water tables were eh iioed between Stnplnml Creek Bridge and Kanit ri River Bridge, ami iwo slips removed I'roiii the w alert aides at Crayfish Creek Hill, and on the hillside beyond the Rower Home. I akc Kanieri Road. Short lengths :f wntertabhr v,(.'e eleaig'd where necessary on Bln" •spur R'Vl.l and deter to. rillaenie ami '!'• !, mg or. r forty live m Icngllt removed and replaced on Blue Spur Ci - 'ck .Bridge near Mr Thomas Brown's residem e.

NORTHERN RIDING. \rahnra- River Rrotiirion £ for £ or,irit. Tice retaining wall across the overdue, channel was completed lit Roadman Dale and myself all the work specific! being completed for the e-ti mated "list. R. adman Olderog alteioleil to repairs on A rah,lira Valley Road and lluninhreys Road. ;iF(> to tlie removal and re o w;il of decking on Maliroy's Bridge and bridge nil Spcm-cr Road. Temporary repairs were effected m a large covered culvert on the old Christchurch Road, gorse and other growth cleared and wiitertahle.s cleaned on Miieliell's Road, displaced foot planks were al-o secured on the V.’aimea Suspension Bridge, Stall’ord township. DelVctive decking was removed and reii(>we(l on Dillnnius Roopline Road, past Watson's Mill. Roadonm Dhlerug proceeded In Taipei on the 12th of the onimii to commence the i faring of the upper end of Die Taipo Track to give Mrs Slclioiiiaciier access to her holding above the Seven Mile. WORKS RF.QFT 11RD—-('EXTRA!. RIDING.

Lower Kokntahi Rond.—Throe dcfecliv culverts require renewing with I'.' inch diameter concrete nines ;it. a rest of 22 for I :il ><> i■ r ;iml material for Ii 11 - iio; ni: each culvert. ;Thc motor is nl-o r oniisol lor lour days lo repair motor holes in '.ln- road between Raft Creek and the I’osfc Ollii-o. and for three (layre pai ring Koitcrangi lloads. excepting I'opor Municipal Hoad repairs. which will hu in hand next week. Lake Kanieri Load requires motor holes remiring with hlindcd metal front Ivokatnlii Hoad junction, urt Stoncy Creek, and the centre of the road raising on S!ij) Hill, also several small repairs lievnnd the Forks. This work will e inp.v the C'onnt.v motor six days. Two defective hox culverts retjuire removing on Hokitika Man Han road, and replacing with 12in diameter concrete pipes at a. cost of 30- for labour for each culvert. Further repairs in addition to the work effected by Roadman Dale and tnyself are necessary on IJliie Spur Creek Bridge at ,«i cost ol *; 10 for timber and f'fi for labor. northerx mnixo. The gravel pits on Dillman-Loopline road require stripping and cleaning out to he in readiness for road repairs, cost £•">. The gravel pits in Kumarn .Junction Road and Teremakan Beach Real also require stripping and cleaning out. cost £lO. The pit on Tercmakau Beach Road near the foot of the hill is the only [lit where the motor lorry can he worked to advaiinge, and it: will be necessary to obtain material for repairs to the road between Kuniani -(unction and Ivumara. Xearly all the prinicpal roads in the Xorthern Hiding require tretment with the large rood grader to remove the outer .side a ('cumulation ol grass grown debris and allow the roads-to shed drainage during wet weather. This work can now he more economically performed than formerly .as the work can be started at the northern boundary ol the Hokitika Borough and continue rightthrough to the Teremakan Railway Bridge. Several roads in tlie Central

Biding including Adairs. Arthurstown. • Matt Han. 11 ok i tika-1 Lau Han. Blue | Spur, Blue Spur-Aralttir.i and German ; Road would lie greatly benefited by a . general clean up witli the grader, blit it ■ D advisable to do this work during wet ; or showery weather, when it is too wet to carry out repairs to the roads. Sll KX AX DO AH BRIDGE. KAXIFRI. Air l). Stuart of the Kanieri Sawmill Coy called m reference to the work ot raising the level of Shenandoah Creek , Bridge and reducing the grade of the Kanieri tram road between Shenandoah Creek and Bine Tree Road to he in readiness for the sawmill which is to he commenced. The present grade ol Kanieri Tram Rond front Pine Tree Road to two hundred links east of 1 Shenandoah Creek, is too steep for the engine to lie used for timber haulage. , and it- is proposed to raise the level of Shenandoah Cree u Bridge twenty inche* in height at the eastern abutment, |

and twenty-four inches at the western abutment by first stripping the present decking and placing four twelve feet hv Ift x 8 cross hearers horizontally on top of the present bridge stringers in each span with an extra hearer on j stringer ends over the stream pier cap. On top of cross hearers four 12 x Ift stringers are to be placed in each span, and immediaclv over the present stringer,. the cross hearers are to he scoured

to under stringers with 8 inch wrought ' skew spikes and with .screw bolts to pass through new stringers and cross bearers. The bridge is ‘then to Ik- redecked with 8 x 3 planking placed horizontally. and 12 x 2 traffic planking placed longitudinally outside the rails. There will he a shallow filling on the present road at each end of the bridge running to a cutting of three feet in depth at the top of the hill, and while these alterations are in progress the roic! between Pine Road and Shenandoah Creek will require to be closed to traffic for at least four weeks.