COUNTY COUNCIL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 83, 6 March 1884, Page 3

COUNTY COUNCIL.

(Continuation of Yesterday's Proceed- | .-.< ■ ;_:•■;•' '• ings.) ' •• ■: I Fitzherbert Road East. i A long and somewhat breezy debate , took place on the question of constituting ibis road a County road. : The Chairman read Cr Walker's i notice, of motion tabled last meeting, and requesting him to move that resolu- ; tion. ■ 1$ was fdnryl (m referring to Hie Act, that the intention to move such rosolui tion would haye J to bo advertised before •it could be passed. ( Qr. .Walker slated lie had again in* j terviewed the settlers on the road/ and ; they were still anxious to have the road i under County management. ; Cr Engels said that when he was ; chairmanrf the Manawatu Boad ,Board j Mr Cottar had applied to have periuis- ! siori to erect a gate across the road m ■ question, and had been refused by the : Board, that he then stated he '• would ;do all he could to prevent the road j being ja County one. \ Ho (J&x \ believed .that the only leason Mr Cotter ; objected to the road being under County ; management was that it would then be i formed through to the Gorge, and this I would compel him to fence three miles. ! At that time Mr Cotter was m pospession of £8d "to be expended on the road ; but refused to expend it until' his api plication was granted. i After )?onie further discussion the chairman asked Cr Walker if he know : whether the road referred to was a pubi lie road. He^ was under th,q impression lit was not, and if such was the case ! the first thing they would haye to do j would be to apply to Government, and have it proclaimed such. matter here dropped. : Awahuri Bridge* 1 A considerable portion of the after* i noon was pooupiedrwith a diseussiqn on the Awahuri- bridge, repairs, ...■ ' Cra'Slcermaa, Waltbr, Dotiglas, and latou Lspoke on the matter, and

ultimately the following resolution was adopted : — Proposed by Cr Engels, seconded by Cr Sly, and carried — That the practice of the Manawatu County Council to . apply County funds for maintenance ■ and .repairs of County bridges of 30 feet ; and over under the control of the whole Council, be continued m" the Oroua County Council. < Accounts passed for payment, £1223 14s lid; principal items:— & s. d Rosenthal & Ihle ... 50 0 0 Mflnagh&McDermott... 150 0 0 Behrendt &Burr 200 0 0 J. Aitken 49 4 0 Nathan <fe McArty ... 240 0 0 N. Anderson ;.. ... 50 0 0 Dimond <fc Wilson ... 60 0 0 King & Schlager ... 40 0 0 P. Kavanagh ... ... 60 0 0 C. Bray ... 34 16 0 Suspension of County. Proposed by Cr Engels, .seconded by Cr Sly, and carried— That the petition for suspension of the County of Oroua be entrusted to Cr Douglas for presentation to the Colonial Secretary, requesting him to urge on the hon. the Secretary the desirability to give effect to the prayer of the petitioners. Tenders AcceptedPohangina Road, Bassett ; Bunny-thorpe-Ashurst, Jeffrey j Kimbolton Road, Bassett ; MRckay's Line, Bassett. Meeting adjourned to Wednesday, April 2nd, at noon.