WAITAKI COUNTY COUNCIL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1163, 8 January 1880, Page 2

WAITAKI COUNTY COUNCIL.

The usual monthly meeting of the; County Council was held to-day, at the; Council Chambers; 1 Tflere wete presentMessrs. D. Sutherland.(Chairman), Murcott, Johnston,'W.' Sutherland, Duncan,! Falconer, Todd, and Thomson. The minutes of. .the last meeting were; read and confirmed, and the outward cor-: respondence was read and approved. I A letter ijvas; iead from the .Treasury intimating the forwarding of L 6 4s 6d,| goldfields revenue. ' { The following applications for renewals of slaughtering licenses were granted 4 Mr. JameS Mr. Wil-j liam Turnbull, ,Otepopp ; Mr. James Hartley, Mdferaii J ;*Miv'William Russell, Waiareka;; Alex. : M'Donald,'Otepopo; Mr. James Campbell, Ngapara ; New Zea.land Meat .Qoiup any, Kakanui } Mr. Christian Hme, Kourow"; Mr. James M'Auley, Awamoko ;,Mr. John Myers, the Cape. The Clerk was given power tp grant any further renewals where no obr iections were raised.

The Clerk to the Hampden BorougH Council wrote agreeing to the statement of adjustment of accounts between the County and the Borough. ; i A letter was read from . the Crown Lands Office, intimating that the road on section 6, block 3, Kurow district, had, in accordance with the request of the Council, been reserved, and recorded on the official plans. j Mr. William Sutherland junr, wrote offering to - lpase to the Council li acres for a pound at Duntroon, for a term of fifteen yeaas, at L 5 per annunj. _ ; Mr. Duncan said that, in company with Mr. Johnston he had inspeoted the sitej. He thought it would be a very suitablfe one for a pound, and he would therefore move that the offer be accepted, and that steps be at once taken to have the pound erected, Mr. Johnston and the mover to consult with the Engineer with reference to the plans. This was carried. Mr. W. G. Wallace, Secretary to the Pukeuri Library Committee, wrote applying for the payment of LlO voted in aid of°thc library. The amount was ordered to be paid. A letter was read from Mr. Robert Jackson, applying on behalf of the Waiareka Library Committee for a share of the vote in aid of the libraries in tl]e riding.—The matter was ordered to lie over for a time, pending certain information being obtained. Messrs. Byrne and Mahoney wrote, asking that the Council would vote them Lll in addition to their contract for the Awamoko footbridge, as they had made a mistako in their calculations, and were consequently losers by the contract.: —The application was not entertained. The Clorlc to the Waiareka Road Board >vj:otej drawing the attention of the

Council to the state of the road between the Waiareke Riding and the outlying districts of the County in block 11, Kauroo, and block 1, Maerewhenua district, and requesting the _<3Blmcil tohave the road put -.into •a" I* was decided to reply tfiitvlaif sjuiface-inan would be employed uj&iFthej j Mbhe HoU&WkigCpetition f6gndij;ky gr ig|Gentlei|§jj—|lflibitantsl|£jf vmotk idigtnot, ffe 'nottSfe; J6e tie footpathobjjoe sidfe®'theiNorth-rdad, jas the nearly impassable^in wet you will see< your way to accede to our request, we beg respectfully to subscribe our names.

placq ~imaiter^uriii'g that there were many places. Jn' the out-. imation. »~oi roads were absolutely iieeesVary. : This Work would cost nearly Ll5O. was -already• a good-road, and,, oae footpath in , the place indicated, while in many parfe- of ? "the XDountyithß" ratepayers had not yet even-roads of any kind to. themplaces. He therefore; thought that; the petition should not be Mr. MurcottV thought. that -every fatepayer had a right jto.gqme , to ; .£he Council and ask for any work to be done that he thought'tfdiessary/-- . seemed to be some idea that a.fait share of the rates had. pp% ded pa.. the he. Would move tliat consideration' ~of the' matter be ordered to stand overi and that stateniefit' 6f "thfe 'am'ojih't-of ! rates : colleicted and the subsidy obtained upon them, within one mile "dffvthe Boundary, and the amounts expended since the initiation of .the; County-system. , . This was secojidecl by Mr.* Johnston and carried. S A leitbr was rea'd from Mr/ Arbh C.' Weir,'applying h fdr: an; extension of time for his contract for the new pier. at Kakanui, urging as grounds for granting the request that additional work had been included, and' that thebrokeri weather had interfered with the. work.; The writer asked to be given until the end of January to complete the work. The application was granted.- -•••••.- ■ ,-^i The tender of, ]Vtr. .J.. Slater (Lslos) for repairing Trotter's . Creek bridge was accepted. ' j The ''Engineers' -report-' was ' read -as follows :

In accordance with instructions to .us, ; by iletter dated the 15th December, 18,79, we •have to report as under':— *" _ * Ist. Re road Duntroon to Livingstone. 'Having carefully inspected said_ road as indicated on survey maps, with a view of opening up the road for dray traffic,, the first portion of the "road," between the river and junction with the.Awamoko road, requires scrub clearing and regulating. The second portion, at the sheep dip, culverts, drainage, and formation. Third portion, from the junction withToka Kahi road towards Livingstone,; drainage, culverts, ; and . formation. The probable cost of. said, improvements will be about Ll5O. When opened, it will be more direct, and : a; superior road to the present track.- .

2nd. Having made a careful inspection of the foundations of piers in the Kakanui bridge, there are two of the piers.not on the reef by about 6 feet, and these are now being undermined and; liable to become a total wreck the first flood. As a protection to the foundations of these piers,, we . would recommend sheet piling all round the piers, and filled in between the piles and masonry with concrete. The probable, cost fpr both piers will be about L 372. —We have, &c., Barr. and Oliver.

The question of improving the. .road from Duntroon to Livingstone was ordered to stand over. It was decided that the repairs to the Kakanui bridge should be carried out by day labor. The report from the inspector of works was read detailing the condition of the roads and the progress of contracts. He recommended that, the roads in the various ridings being all in good order, most of the surfacemen should be discharged during the harvest, as was done last year. The report was adopted. On the motion of Mr. Murcott, it was resolved that the inspector should inspect and report upon the condition of the Whare-kuri bridge. Leave of absence for one week, from the 12fch instant, was granted to Mr. Barron. Accounts to the amount of L 654 19s 9d were passed for payment, and the Council rose.