MANAWATU COUNTY COUNCUL.

Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 99, 29 September 1877, Page 3

MANAWATU COUNTY COUNCUL.

?;''... ■ Goh'tijiti&d^fi^o'm last issue. . , : !^^6sea.bj-Cr/Mb!NsE]x,.and secondCr. Loudqn be appointed to countersign, cheques. — • Garried...'-V V'V'\ . '- '" ; " -. . ' * Or. LotJppNjSaid-^Agreeable to the' resolution passed a,t the last meeting, .he jKad.beeii to Palmetston to. look after a suitable piece of . land which would do for a gravel pit. He' Had seen Messrs. Manson, Boards, and Linton, all of whom had, 'promised to write to him, but he had only TebbiYed a letter from Mr. liintoh, m which he stated that he had got i a! suitable piece of land alongside of the Eailscay, where a pit might be gotiPFitha face 'of thirty feet of clean .gravel., The, price was £200 per acre for ar" limited are*, 1 say five acres; or if aguaranteejiatake a'considerable quantityin^ the^fij&jgfse of the veaiv theprice penc6 per yard. v^''-THe!p.nße^b/6itig' ; cpnßidei'^d'' too high, it waV agreed tp l(Bt the; matter lie over until furtßer inquiries had, been made. . Cr . £ptri)osr said he had also, whilst m Palmerston^ 1 made inquiries from Mr Snelson abffuttie charge roade by Mr Stanley for stretching the wire at the Lower €rorge Perry, and he heard from that gentlernarftka't it was a fair charge. He Would therefore" beg to propose That Mi» Stanley 's account of £12 be passed. The motion' wa's seconded by ! Cr. McDonald: Cr. McNeil said he had spoken to Stanley that night, and he h*d told him that he had bfeen obliged' to procure more labour, as the men he had did not v understand that sort of work. Cr. Samson said he should like to know how many days the work had taken, and hovi^ many hands had been employed. He thought that before voting for the motion, they^ ought to have sonic - further explanation, and he-should\rtrove*as an ahiojrdineirtj'That'

the sum of six pounds be paid to Mr Stanley, for stretching the wire rope over the Lower Gorge Ferry. This having no seconder fell through, ilie original motion beins earned. The Chaibmax said he had received a letter from Hodgoj's; ,tUe roadnuNi, stating that the last flood i:i the O- -Mia river had damaged part of. the bonk near the bridge, which frould nei-d an embankmenf, and also that the terrace had fallen m for about th,ree chains from the boundary of the road.' Cr. McNeil said they had better first clean out all the ditches/ and then mend the river bank. He did not think that they wanted a man on that road all the summer. Cr. San son said it would, not do to send men away when they knew they were good ones, for when wanted again they might not get men of such a good stamp, and who would work well without being looked after. He personally, when riding* had come on the men on the road from Awa Huri to Fielding' unawares, and always found them working. Cr. McDonald said if the money collected m each riding was spent m the riding, the member of each riaing would be able to look alter the roads, and the men working on them. Cr. McNeil said he did not agree with the two last speakers. He did not consider" it fair that councillors should have anything to say to the men. * Cr. McNeil was aslcetl to inspect the damage done at the Orpua,, and instruct Rodger's. \ After a long discussion regarding the remuneration to be given to the collector of rates, the Council, on the proposition of Cr. Sanson, which was seconded by Cr. McNeil, and carried, adjourned until the 10th October; at 7.30 p.m.