WESTLAND COUNTY COUNCIL

Hokitika Guardian, 7 August 1923, Page 4

WESTLAND COUNTY COUNCIL

TUESDAY, AUG. 7th. OVERSEER MiLLXER’S REPORT CENTRAL RIDTNG. Kokotabi Briilge repairs £2 for £i grant —This work was eontinued and good progress maintained under the direction of Bridge Foreman Boucher, i work ceasing on July 21st. for a short 1 period while the working party are en- | gaged repairing Hokitika Hirer Bridge !at Kanieri. A quauiily of tauity timI ber was removed and repltieed. In adI dilion a cjunntitv of ironwork was rej paired, and rendered lit tor use. tc*u- | purary staging removed from Die spani under repair, and the suniiil portions | of dismantled timb.'-r drawn out of Urn river channel and slacked above high | Hood level. i Hokitika River Bridge repairs at Kanieri, Government grant.—'J he Kn- ■ katahi Bridge party under the diree- ■ tion of Bridge Foreman Boucher rom- | ineneed work on the S 3 July and have j iijinpleted a good deal of preparatory l work in readiness for removal of the i under structure. j COUNTY WORKS.

I Arthurstown Road was repaired with | river beach gravel from the Borough I Boundary to Hokitika River Tralliii Bridge excepting on short portion j which will occupy two days to re-pair. 1 The County portion will lln-n be in j good order. Repairs to Adair's Read | were commenced and the portion ol I road la-tween the two gravel pit- | cleared of em-ro.aeliing gorse and blackberry. Several portions of dclei live decking on a covered culvert and some broken decking on a platform culvert wi re removed and renewed. General j repairs with horse and dray commenced ion August ".bid. Urgent repairs were (-fleeted to portions of Lake Kanieri ! Rond by raking and breaking and fill- ! ing very bad boles with broken metiii. Tlu- subsidence on Slip Hill was also repaired and plated in order. This road lias cut tip considerably with tinfrost and some portions are in a rough condition, but will he attended to alter August (Hit. The newly gravelleil ’ portions of Lower Kokatahi Road be- ! tween Kline’s and Kokatahi were rnk- ; ed, anil all loose stone broken bneiy - w liieh considerably improved the con- | ilition of tile road. Water-tables were : also re-openetl and short drains cut to ' i-.-move stagnant water from tile road I ,-jile. TriiMic planking was placed on

' Die lirst platform culvert on the first 1 !l,at. and the mail repaired with broken f metal at the first bend east ul Lake i Kanieri Road Junction. I’ortions oi overgrown drains on Camming Road i Were cleared, and the main drain on . the southern side of Kokatahi Road : cleaned for a distance of i I chains below Rolinson Road. The billy purlieus of Han flail Road were ileared : if overhanging gorse and the uatcr- ■ ialdes re-opeued for a di-tam-e of .’ l i hains. Han Ilatt linul was well dragged with the horse drawn King Drag, and all avbilable stone broken in Harms. Tim gorse and eneroaeldng ' i.mwtb wa- cleared from Blue Spur Road, between Beuneli’s and Rm-niian's {'melt Bridge, water-tables ami drains : t..;i ret! where necessary, also inlets ami

■ etleis on Blue Spur Road was a.iteud,d to bv lilling with stone and Blue Spur bill beyond Blue Spur cleat ed of Scrub lor a short distance. I rgeut r, pairs t.» large motor worn buh-s "i iv elfecLed on the main road lief ween Kanieri and Hokitika and between Hokitika Borough and Three .Mile Cre-k Bridge, and water-tables cleaned and decking renewed on platform culverts D:<- Main Ho-, road between Kani,-, i and Manamii ■■m.-.-ing near I’rosl.t Creek. Attention was given t" sit luting of all impnrlanl bridges during tl—frosty weather.

NORTHERN RIDING

Repairs wero elfeeted to Kumara Junction Road by patching the worst portions with gravel. Defective decking replaced on platform culverts and pits stripped in readiness lor obtaining gravel for repair.-, to Kumara Jum-tii-.it. Tcp-makaii Bcat-1\ and Larrikins Loopline roads. Portions of Larrikin’s Loopline, Watson's ami T-uemakau Reach reads were repaired with gravel. The main road between Kumara Dilution ami the l.uopline was attended to by raking, patching motor war hob.", clearing water-tables and renewing defective l evering piece-- on set era! culverts. The drain mi the old. mad v.a- partly cleaned and two de!< ■ l tve bos culverts partly removed in tt-tuli-i.t — for 1v..-i new eulveris !<■ i .- constructed next t-.ce!:. Hokitika-'iVumara mad was repaired with gravel, gorse cleared from the roadside, decking renewed on several bridges and wal'-r----tablt-s i leared between Ho Ho and Little Kapilea Creel; Bridge. German ( Hilly Tr.-ii !; was cl-u-rd and partly tvpaimd for fool trnllie. Drains in Slaftord Township cleaned and cleared anil gorse and blackberry growth ib-aied

and encroaching growth removed froei the first poriion of Fourth Terrain Track, and a gravel pit i lea red and partly stripped and cleaned out at the toe of lie terrace beyond Flowery Creel;. A short poriion of Sp'-m er lload was repaired and the a; uniulated drainage on Fox's Fuad whii h v. a s kmc-deej) for two i bains in length was removed by opening a vide outlet drain, tour chain- in length. Arnhui'ii Fiver I’lulei I ion along' the north bank above Mnlfroy’s bridge was completed. also several bail holes repaired oil Arahura Valley Fuad, portions oi I! utnplrrey's Fond w ere cleared of gorsc and a drain cleared of blackberry between Agilew's corner und Falmer s t reek. The drainage standing along the frontage of I! umidirey's School, complained of by the School Commit toe was removed by re-opening the wait rtallies and constructing a box culvert under the School I'oad. A culvert on Arahura Valley Fnail wa- strengihened

and traffic planking placed on the first bridge on One Ali'ie Hoad, the appi onches on each side of the bridge hciii"' raised with gravel. SOFTII El’N ItmiXC.

Fort ions of the Itoss Road wore (leered. waier-tahles opened, delective decking renewed on several platlorm bridges and euheris. A detective culvert a few chains beyond Totara Bridge was removed ami replaced with Din. diameter concrete pipes, and a portion of the road between the foot of the bill and Donnelly’s Greek Bridge repaired with gravel. Wnilnha Settlement Road was raked in and metal broken in the had holes, and general attention given to repairs to toveiiug o! culvert and decking of bridges. 'lhe Roadman attended to repairs of various roads and j spreading of metal on the roads in the liarihari district. Influenza has inI terferred greatly with the working eonI ditions in the southern and northern j Hidings during the month. The oniiI 1 1 actors for the gravel supply in the I Southern Riding delivered ‘lP"> cubic 1 yards of gravel and 91 cubic yards of | unbroken stone on the road daring tile j month. The County .Motor carted the following number of concrete pipes during the month :--- | Ross Road. —8 Din. diameter pipes for culvert One Mile Road; 7 18m. diameter pipes for three culverts Spencer Road; TLoOiii. and 1A 18iu. diameter pipes for Kumara to .Innction | Road; 16 36in. diameter pipes were ! carted to Hokitika Railway Station ■ loaded on trucks and railed to Knmara Station, tiieu carted by the County motor from the station to the culvert sites on the roads. NEIi.SON ROAD. 1 have to report as instructed, upon the application of W. Little of Koiti rangi for improved access to bis bolding on Neiison Road. At present this portion of Neiison Road is lormed from Municipal Road to beyaml tlie southern boinidarv ot I.ittie Rrgs. bolding, but the constant cattle traffic lias rendered the formation soft and boggy for a distance fo 650 links. Portions of the formation requires raising and bog boles filled with sound material and then coated with manuka scrub seven ieot in length and twelve inches in height before being metalled. Gravel six feet in width and twelve inches lit height placed on loose manuka fascine, would he sufficient for present requirements, and the cost would be £<> ‘or reforming and £l4 for gravel. Metal i> very scarce in this locality, am! will require carting a distance of 40 chains. In addition the only available pit is not more than two feet in depth. Total cost involved £AO.