COUNTY WORKS

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 209, 19 July 1939, Page 4

COUNTY WORKS

' i TK'c 1 ENG3N EER’S REPORT t ' ' # . ' ,r ’ - .The county engineer, Air. AV. AY. . Upton,, reported as follows at the monthly meeting of tlio Opotiki County Council:— Contrasts Completed. Contract No. 581 for gravelling 1. mile. 74 chains Omaramutu road,.and Contract No-. 585 for reforming and gravelling 05 chains AA’oodhuids dip road have been completed. Damage to Reads At the end of last April 1 inspected the AA’hitikau road. At that time 1 found that damage- done to the read by J. Sloan liadyiot- been made good. Recently 1 hdvcdfiad complaints with reference to the state of this road, i had an inspection made, and the report was that- the road is in a very bad . ) condition. I have instructed Air. Sloan to make good the damage, otherwise the council will have the work done' at his expense. ij I would recommend that the Conn- .• cil prohibit that class of cartage till the end of October, and also prohibit the cartage of gravel on the Torere j road. If this is done there may be f some chance of keeping these roads in ( fair order in the winter months. / ■ Additional Lorry. / . ’ * *' ' 1 would like tin 1 council to consider ; getting another lorry. There are n- w ' .•lo- many of the roads in the county ... that have been hietalled and requite continual liiaiuteiufiice, there is plenty of work toi keep two vehicles going. The gravel beds depleted Of metal so that it is now necessarv to go further afield foijjS mate rials; which fneans that when only one vehicle is (being used, the men' loading are idle, for quite a while. L works Carried Out ■ fllie Takaputalii, Feti Heti, Rakihi, iTiitaetoko, and Flairs roads have been ' repaired. Tonne’s road tias had tlio ,grhder on and metalling repairs done to it. The grader glias been on the Wainui, AA'aiotalii, Gabriel’s Gully, t A'crralPs. Haerata, and | | Hospital roads. Tiie'liilanbfi’-figs f ; edj on the Ota fa and iVaiawarroad's 8«. 8 « 1 Gravelling repairs have been dene to stifo AA’aiawa, AA’aiotalii, 'Jtara, Gan,idol’s Giilly, and Oiiiwa Roads. f Ceneral. the 28th. June the chairman and myself attended the annual Highway Council meeting at Tauranga. * The amount lecominended for expenditure in- the Highway District, 1. consider to he satisfactory. ‘ • Trees, Road Reserve, Wiotu I was asked by Council to report on tlio aliove. Unable to do so 1 have had a, report from the surfaceman, i ancCiie states there are six dead trees 1 which would cut from five to six him- j died posts. i 1 iiave- received offers for them cn a royalty basis, as follows:—T. Jackson £2 Tills, T. Jackson’s son £5, and Twistleton £5 lOs per 100 posts. I i*; .would! recommend that Air. Tvfstleton’s offer be accepted for posts fi’ciji the six trees.