A PROGRESSIVE COUNCIL.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 430, 13 January 1912, Page 5

A PROGRESSIVE COUNCIL.

WAITOMO COUNTY PROGRAMME. £25,000 BEING, EXPENDED. An idea of the large amount of money to be spent in the Waitomo Counly during the next few months was mentioned by Mr W. H. ndams, County Engineer, to a reporter this morning. He said that there was about £7OOO worth of work in hand, which was principally for metalling, and was for the most part in the Otorohanga district. Tenders were to be called at an early date for work to the extent of about £12,000. This was what was commonly known as the Arapae loan, and would affect the distircts of Arapae, Mairoa, Ngaraenga and Pungarehu. Specifications for the forming and metalling of the road from Te Kuiti to the racecourse, also for the formationand metalling of the Te Kuiti-Awakino road to the extent of about £3OOO had been forwarded to the Public Works Department for approval. Immediately on their return tenders would be called for the carrying out of tha work. Mr Adams said that he hoped to do the formation work by day labour, and had asked permission to do so, from the department. The money that he had referred to was that of loans and subsidies. The Government grants for the present year were not as big as was anticipated, but what had been available were dealt with and the work under way, with the exception of a few, which would be put in hand shortly. A considerable amount of money wasbeing spent in the form of thirds, and was chiefly in connection with maintenance work. Owing to the unsettled state of the weather prior to the New Year work had been considerably delayed. He, however, now hoped that the weather would keep fine for a little time, and if so, he had every confidence that he would be able to get the major part of the work through during the summer.