Manawatu County Council.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 9 May 1890, Page 2

Manawatu County Council.

The ordinary monthly meeting o: this Conncil was held on Tuoadaj when there were prrsent — Grs Han i com (chairman} Hammond, M; Kun ' zio, McLennan, Sanson, Mitche 1 •nil ttobinson. i The minutes of the la-t meeting ha n- been confirmed, the following : co. : ispondence wae read and con , sicJi.vofl V ;-ora the Cbief Surveyor, encloa ing a "lan of ' ■> roade on the Mou. i toa Estate. ■ Fr m\V H. Howe, with reference ,to the l« j gal competi)'! ot h"w leas i lor tlio Shauno'. Ferry s From M 1 Ray solicitor, dealing i with the same subject. i Fmm the Minister of PuMic i Worker, n J G. Wilaon. stating thai the Government, a ter coisidering the council's offer to sell the tramway, hid concluded not to purchase it. ' From J Handley, with regard k ! nind binding gr»39. From ! \i Town Cl^rk, Faxton,forwarding ft cipy of a r sola o \ passed by that body aea»nst 'h propose 'l po lut on of the Mannwatn river by Palnuißton etwage, and

asking the co-operation of the council in the movement for its ..proven* tion. . .' Fromß. P. Edwarde, with rega»d to a.cess to t'.ie main r«>ad from pro* party ately bought by him on tke Oroua Downs Estato H« complained that fcbe le see <»f the Railway Reserve bad fenced across the road, and had been i s.rueted that the Department woul I " vindicate any attempt to interfere with their pro* perty." Proposed hy Cr seconded by Cr McLennan, and carried, '• That Mr Hankins be requested to recover from the proper parson or persons liable to pay the £8 law costs given attheß.M. Court, Bulls, in the case Man»watu ( bounty Council t. Mr and Mrs McDonald lor rates on land at \wahuri." The question with regard to road 3 on the Oroua Downs Estate, upon which a resolution wrs passed at last meeting, WB;S discussed, and the matter was amicably settled after Crs McLennan And the Chairman had explained how tke misconception arose. On the su«rg< jstion of Cr McLennan it was agreed 1 hat the clerk febould write to the 1 Railway Department, requesting th em to remove* the barrier they h ad placed on the road referred to in Mr Edwaidt*' Ht> r. The transfe r* of names on the ratebook were agireed to as asked for. On the v letion <i Cr Sai son, seconded by Cr McLennan, it was resolved, " That Mr. Hankms be re* quested to p* f>are specifications for alternate tenders, pne^f r working: thetramwayfor» portion of the receipts* and the other for leasing it for a period of two years from the 10th day of June next* tenderers to state,, in the laat ca>e, the weekly rent they ara wiih'ug to pay for it, and to name two vureties for £50 each for the due performance of their contract, rent to r be;, payable monthly in advance, and '>s«)•• auc cessful tenderer to pay all'the^p-t of preparing the necessary lease, etc." Resolved, on the motion of '(> Me Kentie, seconded by Cr Hammond, " That tie <ieerseer and Mr; Brooks be requested to pr pare plans and specifications for a water supply* for th" v eof the tramway at Sanson, anfl that the clerk call for tenders for the work, to be in by next meeting " ....... It was proposed by Cr Mitchell, and seconded by Cr Robinson, " That thii counci join with other local bodies; in pro esting again v the Palmftrston. Borough Council conducting th'sir sewage into the ,Blana' watu rivev." Cr Mjt'chell. in support of his motion, said that it was quite necessary to take steps to prevent the ipu ing of the ivhk. It Mras-.npt;jii' ; -jq!iiestiou of to day merely, but fpf.all time. Other towns further up ; would be doing the samo tking, and it would ultimately bscome general. ' A.ll the councillors ccmetirrad. and the motion waacarried unanimously. Cr Sanson r^qrted, bo, bejialf of himselland Qt Hammon^ that they had ajgrped to give three rations to chi ! dren, and it was re* solved to continue the' alliance •during the pleasure of 4he council. The Chnrman reported th;e, result of n -gotiations which the trustees in the c ta eof the late fi. 4 Campbell lor the purchase by the^cpuncil of a gravel reserve in thej . Kopani amounting to six acres^ and recotu* mended hat the price asked £30 per acre, be paid to acquire it. It was resolved, on the motion o^ Cr Kobinson, seconded by Cr San' son, "That tenders be M called for collecting the dog. tax for the coming year, tending to be in by next meeting " Proposed by Cr Sanson, seconded by Cr Eohinson, " That the report of the Campbelltown gravel reserve committee be adopted, and that the council purchase 1 the six acres of laud at £30 per acre, the, same to be charged to the separate^ms'rict account of the Campbell -Tidiog " The Chair-iian objected that it would be unfair to sadille the 1 ampbell Riding with the cost of the reserve. ■■ ■ , < .. , ■•,(,.; .- Cr Sanson thought thjaivi! was gui c fair that the riding-- should bear the cost, and said' iHtpbig: the on'y prey ous case in which the Road Board had bought- *<gray» 1 pit in a ward, the ward had to. bear the expense. In the case of the Speedy Line pit, it was' bought the supply of the mauVrbads. " Cr McKenzie agreed wi h the chairman, and poiufr-d put tl)at th© ridings had been using gravel from ho county pits. Cr McLeunan, suggested that the reserve should be bought by the council, and a charge* made to the ridings for the extraction of gravel, and Cr Sanson a tered his resolution in accordance with the suggestion, and fixed the royalty at 3d per cubic yard. Ci- MeKenzie moved an amendment in favour of making it 2d, but ou bmng put, the am-*ndme:>t Whs lost, and the amended reso.u'ion carried. The estimates o f expenditure, which provided 'or the hum nf £10 per mile upon the county ro^ds being extended ye eeu'>m tt d.nnd passed with the proviso that anything saved on this estimate upott f he other « I roads of the county should be cv i ' pended upon the Fbvton • Bansoa Inroad.

A resolution, giving ft6t { ce ot th( striking of ge;,^ district, ant special rat£ flj similiar in amount tc tfcose P/oflick 1 st year, was passed. Tehders for c'ayiog Taikorea rond wre then opened aa follows : G. W. Smith, £3 15a 6d per chau ; J. liathera, £2 18s; Lyon and Son, £'2 18s; F. Coyle, £2 5s no deposit); Martin Boye, £2 lls ( accepted j ; Charles Lumsden, £2 Bs, provided the council arranged for city. Accounts were passed tor puyme t and the council itdj.mrned to thr Bid June. — Ad^oc.tte.