MANAWATU COUNTY COUNCIL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2237, 10 February 1921, Page 3

MANAWATU COUNTY COUNCIL.

The monthly meeting of the Manawatu County-' Council was held on Tuesday, the following being present:—Crs, Sir James Wilson (chairman), 11. IT. Hunt, H. J. Fagan, J. Bovce and \\. iv Barber. CORRESPONDENCE.

From the Commissioner of Crown Lands, stating that a number of sections in the Tangiinonna township would be offered for sale in March. —Received.

From J. McKelvie, asking the Council lo metnl portion of Flaxinill load and lower the culvert on Whale Line; also to have several -and breaks on the former road attended to. —Engineer to have mailers attended 10. From Mrs W. Webb, asking for improvements to the road leading to Mr Hammond’s property. Engineer to attend to the matter. From the Department of Public Health, informing the Council that n health inspector’s salary would he £320, and towards this the Council would be required to contribute £76 per annum. —Held over until next meeting.

From Mr G. Edwards, Foxton, asking for improvements to a culvert on Bench road.—-Left irt the hands of the engineer.

The following tenders for road repair work were accepted: Fuirlield road, RobL Andrew, £fi per chain; Feilding-Awahuri road, 1!. A. Devery, 5s per yard; Taipo-Awa-liuri and Bank's line, IT. Clausen, 12. s per yard; Eongotea-Longburn road, 11. Clausen, 7s (id per yard. It was resolved that all outstanding rates be sued for. The Engineer reported re the Awahoit Riding as follows; —Councillor Barber and myself made an inspection of the Boundary road between the Fox lon borough and the county, which several ratepayers requested should be formed and metalled. Owing to the natural formation of the county being drift sand, it is not considered advisable to undertake this work at present, and we think it would be in the interests of the ratepayers to have the road fenced oil and planted with trees, as a much easier road leading to Foxton can he obtained in the borough. We also made an inspection of the Ivari Kari road, with a view of grading this road with the road grader. There is. about 3 miles of this road, and owing to the growth of grass and rubbish of every kind it would cost about £SO per mile. This road apparently is only used for stock, and not very much for that class of traffic, and it is a question for the Council to decide when money is urgently needed on roads used by a number of rate-

payers. I have let the quarrying and carting of metal for the Whirokiuo to Mr H. Coley for the sum of 9s per yard.