MANAWATU COUNTY COUNCIL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 65, 9 April 1880, Page 2

MANAWATU COUNTY COUNCIL.

for settlement, iftfuohM to claim the eon*, tinued assistance i%t twJH*ovWnment by " % special grants, as m as tHe usual £ for £ on rates raised mine various Counties,, to taable thesejjteorks to be carried oufcyith guboess ; an& pat Mr Johnfton be written to, urgirigj'blm to support to the utmost of bis ability the claims of this County in particular," FOXTON VVSD. Mr G. Hadfield sent in a letter to the Council with reference to a claim he made some months ago for expenses through illegal impounding by Gh Cook. Proposed by Mr Linton, seconded by Mr Kebbell, and carried, ' •' That the Council adheres to its former resolution re disallowing expenses Jo_JMr Hadfield In with im» pounding Borne ofTua"sE«epT»y late "Pounds ~ keeper." •-., , r .-- : •,v . • 'iNLAKD "BOAD. With reference to the Hon. J. Johnston's Tetter Ye lana'fbr Fox!oh-(^alcl'rbft3, 'if Was" proposed by Mr Sanßtra; ieponded by Mr Linton, and carried, " That the Hon John fqhnston be informed that the proposed road through his land will be fenced tm. both sides, and that other data reqnfired by - him be forwarded ftf once, and that JteßSrir Gower, RocfcstrowVand London be a committee to deal with Mr Johnston, and oall for tenders 1 for forming said road with the least possible delay/?* > ' • THKBIACHBOAD. /The Chairman stated he had seen Mr <ir«y, Secretary 'itv the General Post Office, re the road to the beach. Mr Gray informed him that, if the Council were to obtain permission from Government, and put on a surveyor to lay off the line of road from the ferry to the beach, and the natives stopped the surveyor, the Government r wpuld then take the matter in hand. \ 'Proposed by Mr Rookstrow, seconded by p Mr Kebbtll" Th»t the County Chairman be requested to write to the Minister of Public Works, asking permission to survey a road line from the Fozton ferry to theuea beaoh.*' Carried. r , >■■: AQSgEMKKW. •:■ -"•• ':■ : • ■ Proposed, by Mr .BaVaon, seoof dei by /Mr. - Gower, ".That,;Mr Bookstrow and the Chairman be appointed to sfgn all contracts ! entered into with this Counoil, and to stamp the same with fixe County seal, a« required ' by the 12th section of the -Puhlio Wvukjs Act." Carried. . . " .. . ' MUCBI4.ANBOfS.. . Accounts amounting to £1648 7s 9d were passed for payment. : - „ I The iiext meeting i>f the Council will ! be' ' heldon;Ma^ r °; ; ;- :;.' : ;-' i - ■'' '•■• '• • ' Bj|bllfl#tt's BEPOBT. .' '■■'- ( '■ - r "' ■'■ „ . ,The wW : also 'parted at this : ferry, but ' ' ; short op to the pos,t on western side of river. Thw wire I thall u^e again. The : western post is washed clean out, and now hangs by the chain guys. The road on western side is also completely gone. lam having this ferry put in working order again, and hope by end of week to havo everything in perfect order. The road I am having made to replace the one washed away will be nearly straight to the punt, instead of the right angle bend, as formerly. I put the new ferryman in charge on Thursdaf ,la»fc, ~ /„. 2 . ) ' ; / )\ •' The Manawatu bridge has had a fear- ' ful battering , with heavy logs. At eveiy pier the cutwater planning is carried away, | more or less. At two pjers the cutwater piles are brrtkeh. The timber approaoh on south side^pf river has now a curve through the heavy weight of debris and battering it> had. one 4>ieri of the approaoh every pile is broken, and other piers either one or more pileß broken. The water has washed complete channel on northern side of approach. ■ Altogether it is a complete wreck, and will cost quite £200 or £250 to put it in ito former state. What is required is another 80-ft span on S. side, and the tim* ber approach carried out beyond, at the fgame time raising end of approaoh quite four or five feet ; from this run a good embankment to the shore. There are also required three good substantial fender oribs. Altogether I estimate that £1600 would be required to be spent on this bridge to make same complete, and water way sufficient for the river. A gang pf^nen are now employed clearing the largft aiyint Of* debris away from piers. ■,, jfeg-, : j^«?"' Awahuri Bridgehas aw^flunw&d oonsiderable 3*ina£e.V~ The! 'northern span is ; slung up with fencing wire, ropes, and chains, the bqnkj , epmpletoly • away % .:■ from under the sill of the above span. One' of the fender cribs has washed put and gone down the river. The «stoadh on? S. side has bQenuqderßuhbdi m& tiufa-of, the piles in the piers are broken, ,< I erooctin about ' . tedi days the bridge will be We to' be thrown open for traffio again. I propose driving ten extra piles at ithe two end spans, and,,; building --a JJOf t pieoe to the Bridge on northern. side.: ,T§e,grohn are. a|l standing t well, and ground is making behind same.' '

Monday, AprU 5, 1880.

! (Continued 1 frdmltißtiJTOe.)! \i}&

The Council met at 3 p.m. PresentMessrs Maoar thttE : (Chapman) , • jM'Beth, Loudon,Sanßon, GbwerJ Rockstrow", Linton, and Kebbell. : ./, R«AD* IS J^TBttKttBBUT AND KIWITEA, Letter read from Government, consent* ing to place the expenditure of the £1400 vote for Kiwitea in the'aaiids ofthe Council, on condition that at least £700 be expended on clearing and formation of roads , within the block ; also suggesting that the works be put in hand at once, * Letter read Jrom Government, enclosing ing bush one chain wide, and clear the centre 33 feet wide, cutting the stump on this centre portion level with the surface of the ground." - - ■:•. — The Chairman suggested th«t instead of calling tenders for focmjosr; Jqe I^ada* the Council should estimate the 'value of the work, and allow working men to take up say 15 or 20 ch&fts of the foojrk.^That, he remarked, was the method the Feilding Corporation jfprkfdjUpqn, and he thought that ineiioh otfees'as that under oonsidera,tion, it would be a real boon to working vinfen who were settlers in the County to be able to take up say 15 -or;; 20 chains, and get their money when the work was done. He thought that plan would also prove more econon\icaj,' andinore|w^rk roykLbe done for the money than under the "usual system of tendering. Mr Linton expressed similar views so far as regards the FitzherberTroaa", and moved a resolution to that effect.

The Chairman, aaid that the JHOO for Kiwitoa" would give^employtaetiti Wind men for 4 months.

Mr Bockstrow thoiightlh&GQUtoUf hp^Kl j keep to the usual rule, and call for tenders. Mr London also opposed, it,; and Mr, .San-^ son wpb opposed to placing so much power' in the hands of the #nginQer.- , Mr Linton said his object 4 Was : to apriaft the money as widely as possible. All he wanted was to have the road out up into": small sections. He was quite willing to 'amend his resolution, to that effect, and moved, " That the Engineer-be instructed to call tenders for road works in Kiwi tea and Fitzherbert districts, in small lections, and that the Ctairman and Gpunojllon M'Beth'and Lio'ton be empoweim tdHopen and accept tenders for the various works, and report at the next meeting of the Council" • Seconded bjr 3S r M'Beth; and carried. , , THE BVB9IDY QUESTION. The following resolution, in referenoe to a warning from Government th4t^ the 1 iiabi* sidies were intended to cease on the 3lßt of March, was proposed by Mr Banson, se* conded by Mr Linton, 4o3 barrfed :— " That the Chairman write to the Government, protesting in the; strongest, tyms possible against the proposed withdrawal'orsubsisidies from looal bodies, as in our opinion the magnitude and importance of County works urgently required in opening up land