WAITOMO COUNTY COUNCIL.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 714, 21 October 1914, Page 5

WAITOMO COUNTY COUNCIL.

The usual monthly meeeting of the Waitomo Cuunly Council waa held at Te Kuiti no Monday evening. There were present Crs Scholea, chairman, Johnston, Gregg, Were, Berry, Smyth O'Dwyer, and Potts. Ngapaeriga Roads. —The resident engineer wrote acknowledging receipt from the County engineer of print showing, locality of proposed metalling scheme and stating he was unaware of any provision having been made on the current Esiimtes. —Received. s Metalling Schemes.—The resident * engineer wrote concerning the coms pletion of the .Maroa, Pukearuhe, f Mangaoriino and Pungarehu sche'mesl. | —Received. 1 Plans Approved.—The district en- | giiißar wrote forwarding approved | plans for the Oamaru road. —Received Correspondence.—The district engineer wrote with reference to official correspondance. —Received. Hautuzu-Otorohanga Road. —The district engineer wrote with reference tooths Esuturu-Otoruhanga road, returning approved plan and intimating that the work could be proceeded with when the authority waa received from Wellington. —Received. River Shingle.—The district railway engineer wrote stating tha Council could obtain 1000 yards of shingle from the railway pit, and" could then apply for a further quantity at a royalty of 6d per yard.—Received. Hospital Rate. —The chairman of the Otorohanga Town Council wrote stating his Council would ba please prepared to enter into any mutual arrangement fort he payment of hospital rate, but could not accept the liability for th 9 last three years' contributions,, —Received.

Aburoa Road.—A number of settlers on the Ahuroa road petitioned t!ie Council to expend portion of the rates in opening up the road for traffic.— The clerk m reply to a question said the amount of £43 was received from the ratepayers in question.— The engineer said even the whole of the amount would be of little use on the surveyed riad, and the Council had no power to spend monsy off the road. —Resolved on the motion of the chairman and Cr Johnston, that tha sum Of £SO be spent on the road for repairing ths worst places subject to the engineer's approval. Tangitu Roads.—A pstition was 5-e----ueivd from nine Tangitu settlers asking that a poll ba taken on hs question of raising a loan to maintain the Wai-raiha-Tangitu road and to metal ice roads from Tangitu to Moka'uiti ana from Tangitu to Kaitangaweka,—On the motion of Cr Smyth and the chairman it was resolsd toihstrutc the engineer to have estimate made a3 son as po33ibie. Whawharua Telephone.—Mr P. McRas wrota on behalf of settlers for permission to erect a telephone line on the road. —Granted subject to the usual conditions and engineer's approval. Mahoenui-Sawhia Road.—The clerk of the Awakino County Council wrote asking the Council to agfee to a deviation being made on the mad which was included in the [[joint metalling scheme and enclosing an estimate by the Awakino County engineer showing that a saving of £26 0s 5d would thereby be . effected.—Tha engineer said he had seen the engineer of the Awakino County Council but ha. had not yet been over the ground.—Left to the engineer to inspect and report Waiteti' Road. Messrs Gillanders and Weir wrote asking, that their gates should be allowed to remain on the road now being formed —Granted, subjact to the usual conditions. Otorcbaaga Pound. —Ths Chairman said ha had" to report interviewing the Otorohanga Town Council concerning a pound site. He had offered to hand over the sits to the Town-Coun-cil but the latter wished to hava the sits vested in it and thy Goun f t 7to contribute £5 a year towards it. He did not think it was in the power of the Council to vast it in the Otorohanga Council and h'e did not consider it right for the County to contribute to the upkeep of the pound.—Report received and confirmed. Kio Kio Loan.—The resolution confirming the raising of the Kio Kio loan was passed oa the motion of Crs Gregg and Potts.—The necessary resolutions in connection with the loan were also passed.

Next Meeting.—lt was decided to ] hold the next meet : ng of the Council on November 9th. Rateßolls. —The chairman and Cf Barry were authorised to sign the rolls. Accounts to the amount of £3272 4s were passed for payment. Otewa-Otoronanga Road. —A number of settkra petitioned the Council against expending loan money on metalling a side road instead of continuing the metal on the main road. They also drew attention to the ity of the metal and the conformation done by the contractor. —A counter petition was received asking that the sum of £2OO should be spent on the Mangawhero road. —The engineer explained that the position arose through the original work being done at low cost, leaving a surplus of five or six hundred pounds. On the side road in the original work there had only been two bad places metalled leaving gaps of about ten chains. Out of the surplus money he proposed to complete these gaps. This would make a much batter job ar.d prevent the short stretches of metal being cut up. The main raad benefitted to the extent of sixty-four chains of extra metal, and it was oniy fair to do the other work, in addition to which it was protecting the metal already laid in patches. —Cr Gregg said he agreed with the engineer as to the fairness, but 'ha understood the original loan only provided foe metalli.-g thu two patches on the side road, and this was what thd complaint was pased on.—Eventually the matter was left in the hands of the engineer. Swainson's Road. On the motion of Cr Smyth the clerk was instructed to furnish particulars concerning the raising of a loan.