WESTLAND COUNTY COUNCIL.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 December 1931, Page 2

WESTLAND COUNTY COUNCIL.

: TUEBDAY, DECEMBER 15th. .7 ' {REPORT OxV • .. . ' 4>, ■ .'-'■'r’' V'- X. . Sir.—l have ■ the' honour to report upon ' the * progress' of work on '. ‘the Secondary Highways during the month of .November.... ; , t i. 7.. -I’. .. 7' ! LOUVER KOKATAH3, McARTHUR | HOAD. Motor worn ; hoiks were .repaired between Kanieri and Graham’s Hotel, a distance of seven miles, , absorbing, 92 cub'ic yards of < gravtel. from ■ roadside I dumps. oP three culverts werp cleared of blackberry and' other growth, and Lang. Hoad Outlet/ drain cleared and cleaned a distance of 15 chains-to allow " drainage to;be; .diverted':; .from (Lower Kokatahi 'Road. Bridge.. Foreman

H. (Reynolds attended , to 'tile' removal. • apd renewal of defective decking on Kdktitahi' BrTdge 20 -by; 16; feet by 8 by 4 .iifches totalling 853.4 superficial feet. Unemployed labour did' useful/ work in assisting to reopen the outlet drain and clean : wattertablea a distance of 20 chains. 1 ? - k UPPER KOKATAHI ROAD. Repairs were effected to the road surfact by filling small holes : with gravel where - necessary,- over’ a ..-'dietahce of 60 chaina, 10 cubic yards being ; used for -th*'purpose, ull gravel used being taken from roadijda dumps. LAKE KANIERI ROAD.' '"I •• . . / • , Watertubles were craned from Kokatahi. Road Junction, to Boucher’s Track, in short sections . totalling 26; chains-; motor worn holes were repaired a distance of 30 chains,; 20 . cubic yards" . of gravef, being used. . Beyond, Boucher’s \.. Track large depressions ...and- one' scoured culvert near the Lake were repaired with; gravel; also roadside dumps replenished with. 3°. cubic, yards of grayel, No. 2; rt 'motor truck being used for carting material. . r 7 detour road. ; Low ; portions retaining water, were '/repaired with, fine gravel and the road surface attended to ■ for one' mile * in length, 20- cubic yards of gravel being used for-repairs. k';’ DISTRICT ROADS REPORT. // I . have the , honour to report, upon it.be progress'of work during the month of December. . . NORTHERN RIDING. Kumara Junction to Chesterfield. The ,work of (clearing, forming and metalling i>-as completed , as- far asj specified 100 chains, and is now a good read for twomiles beyond . Kumara Beach Road. ...In jjiflifrjmi :■ to■ .the ! oc.rriplstion of. the speci-' - ped dißtia'nce/ ; ' > 76o-;Upks' ...of '-neW' formaij'fcioh, 600 iipkSjJof WetaUing,..l2 .feetjrf ( .width, and l 3 inches in- height; one 12 'fifiph dintpcte.!- copprat.e,'.pipb culvert, 30. ih “'length j• 15 to 20 .‘chains of old ■/tformatapn<widened,,3 feet an.each;&ide. (.'four feet; ih height an3-..7 chains of; irojj»talling ! 12' feet ; ; rin width,'/pridr’;;9 Riches in height; a stone •retaining wallpoUiitrat the' ford,'’ crossing/"Acre Creek,;.; find •> planked crossing - constructed 35 |Sn '-length and, 14/ feet in . width across the roadway at -Serpbhtibe.'. Creek. Q ■ '•MAINTENANtfc.' 'k ' f M 7 (Repairs -were effected to-'portions-vof-jArahnra Valley Track- and a cuivert on 'ihfc first • bluff, repaired' two large • trees, removed from Christchurch.- Road and (decking renewed on.' Kapitea >■ Bridge, : Kumara 'Road;- ' s'"' ,' , f: %: - UNEMPLOYED LABQURV 7 . . Unemployed • 'labour was;;engaged * in. |dbing useful'; work' clearing 'water tables and; repairing ;,the hill on' Kuipara Beach (Road ; blearing '< watertabhfe;- on. Kumara jjpndf: repairing motor word holes on ijArahura Valloy, Blue Spur Ai-ahura and Kumara Roaßs ; metalling and widening - corners on the -Main Highway beyond Ooldsbbrough ;:, .clearing and. cleaning drains a'n'd witertables, between Lawyer’s (Paradise., and Loopline ; also widening, clearing: and metalling Flowery Creek (Hill, opening a drain at Arahura and clearing' gorse from the road si dp near

(Kaihinu ; all the work on the highway being under the direction find super-, ' vision of the Officers ,of the Public v - fWbrks Department. i J CENTRAL RIDING. ? . Upper JCokatahi .Brjdge /Repairs. Defective decking totalling 20/16x8x4. 833.4 superficial fecit, were removed and renewed by tb-J'Bridge Foreman H: Reynolds, who . also completed an addition to the -.Oouniy larage at Kanieri, - con? sitting .of-;an oil store and bench for • repair work; and»the construction of - , a planked crossing on\ Serpentine Creek, add assisted i.n levelling, and testing the bdd'of■ Three 'Mile Creek, Okarito Bluff, to .obtain data for pile driving in Three Mil* Cve&k Bridge. . . - - ..maintenance. : ; Practically all maintenance works was effected by unemployed labour consist-’ ing 'of repairs '.to 'Dorothy Falls . Road and crossing ; widening a short, section oCiDorotliy 1 Fails Road, between. .Mill-: town, Road and Dr Tei.chelmann’s Cot-. ‘ tage. -The''Austin- Grader was used in grading Hokitika-Hau Hau, and Hau Hau' . «Roada,,; .unemployed . labour assisting ; also cutting drains on • Eorterangi Road, repairing and widening Hokitika Hau Hau-Blue Spur, and Blue Spur-Arahura (Roads/ Casual labour attended to repairs vto Back; Cneek,;Scddon. Terrace ;. cpnstructing two course concrete pipe ciilVert- on. ‘Adair’s'. Road and - a 24 inch diameter '.culvert on. . Arthurst own Road. : • SOUTHERN 'RIDING. Graham Road. This work was put in an d 40 chains of formation com-