HOROWHENUA COUNTY

Otaki Mail, 13 November 1922, Page 3

HOROWHENUA COUNTY

4 •—- MEETING- OF COUNCIfc. " (Pie November meeting of the Hc-rO; whenua County Council was held on 'Saturday, the members present being Crs, G. A. Monk (chairman), J. Mis'a LeaVey, H. Barber, H. G. Bryant, S. A, - Broadbelt, J. R. Whyte, F. J. Ryder, A. 1 K. Knox and C. I. Harkness. f Correspondence. The Public Works Department forwarded a claim for £IOO, being the County's contribution towards the . maintenance of - the Shannon East road. . —Received. The Department of Health in formed the Council that if i! wished a report . from the Inspector of Health it could receive same, and it was desired to know how frequently reports were wanted. It was the wish of the Department to co-operate as fully as possible with local authorities. —Received. Stacking Flax on Roadside. Mr W. Dalzell,-Manakau, wrote stating he was drawing flax from the property of Messrs D'Ath Bros., south of Te Horo, and as it was transported from there to his mill at Manakau by motor lorry, he asked permission to stack the leaf as carried from the swamp on the 'roadside near the eu- ' trance gate to the property. On the Chairman's motion the application was granted subject to the work being done lo the satisfaction of the | engineer.

An Otaki Complaint, Mrs Power, of Otaki, waited Oil' the Council and complained that in January last water had been diverted to ' her property and had caused considerable damage. She reported the mutter to the Council, unci the engineer visited the place and said he would have the water turned into its proper - course. She let the mutter stand hoping the engineer would attend to it. ' Nothing I was done and she got her solicitor to i write the Council, without result. She ' had decided to wait on the Council, and ' invited the members to visit the pro- | pcrty to see the damage that had been done. The Chairman: AVhat do you suggest as a remedy? Mrs Power: Put the water back into its proper course. - The Engineer asked if the old water- ' course was pn Mrs Power's property. Mrs Power said the old watercourse came from another direction. Cr. McLeavcy said the Council knew nothing about the matter and the best thing was to make an inspection and see what was the best to be done. He moved that the Chairman, engineer and Cr. Ryder inspect the property. This was carried. Cr. Harkness said if a hardship had been inflicted on Mrs Power, the Council should remedy it. Mrs Power: I thank you, and hope I won't have to come back again.

Engineer's Report. The Engineer reported as follows: I have very little to report on since las: meeting. Although the weather has been somewhat unsettled, work lit been carried out in a satisfactory man-

During the period 1300 cubic yards of maintenance gravel was put out on various roads iu the TVirokino Riding, 400 cubic yards rivor gravel by drays and 900 cubic yards crushed pit metal by the lorry. Two and a-half miles of the LcvinFoxton road was metalled, and the roller and lorry arc at present working on Lindsay road, which I hope to have completed towards the end of next week. The 2-i-inch concrete pipe culvert was put in across the main road adjoining Mr Bowler's property near Shannon, also the iS-inch concrete pipe cuHvrt across the main road, Otaki Railway, fras completed. Timber for the Waitohu bridge is now expected at any time, and a _tai't will be made «_ *i__ wor "__ whenever I the timber comes to hand. Quotations were invited recently for Australian hardwood timber for repairs to Otaki and Ohau bridges and arc now to hand. It will be necessary to order this timber immediately so that advantage can be taken of the long summer days to have the work ourrieQ out in as a short u space of time as possible. Re Mr Bould "s offer to sell to the Council approximately 30 acres of river bed above Ohau bridge: With Councillors MeLeavey and Harknc-ss. I visited and inspected the piece of I land referred to. but as there is no ac- ' cess to the property excepting under the railway bridge, I do not think it would be advisable to purchase in the meantime.

In connection with flax loading-banks j on the Levin-Foxton road, during the J week Councillors MeLeavey, Brpadjjelt and myself met Mr Ross at the site of the proposed loading-bank, when cer-1 tain proposals were discussed. Mr Ross offers that if the Council will supply him with metal dumps ou the road, he will undertake to keep pqt-ho.es filled up and the 'ruts graded in; also that cutting where loading-bank is situated is to be widened out and kept in order to the satisfaction of the Council. Mr Ross also informed us that" it is his intention to apply to the Council for the right to lay a tramway along a portion of the above road. I If "this is granted, a mile and a half of road trill be saved from the extrajiai I traffic. ..--'■-' '

CrV Barber .To'komaru) said Kingston West road had been attended to and was all right for the present. Cr. Whyte (Tokomaru) asked if a cart could" be put on for a few day? at • the north end of the riding. The Engineer said he had already authorised a cart to be put on^ Cr. Harkness (WiroMno) said the road work in the soutnern. end of the riding was very satisfactory. He asked if a deep drain at Ohau was to be piped and filled in as a number of Mr A, MeLeavey > stock had fallen into it. Complaint had also been made ox trcn

.blocking the view of the Muhuuoa East bridge ,and something should bo done there. A drain on the Olrau West road opposite Mr HiUard's also Wanted ■ attention. . \ The Engineer said the reason the ; deep drain at Ohau had not been at--1 tended to was that it was desired to I put in all the orders for pipes at-the 1 same time. The order for these pari tieular pipes would go forward with ( other orders. There would be no un- j due delay.- ; I Cr. Ryder (Otaki) again complained ( of the potholes on the main road bei tween the Otaki bridge and the Otaki j j station. I I Cr. Knox (Te Horo) reported that j the Tc Horo beach road wanted atten- ', J tion, also some small bridges in that i part of the riding. One south of the station had gone through. The Chair-1 man considered the Council had no re- j i sponsibility regarding the drain oppo- j site Mr Hillard's at Kuku, but he could • do the work himself if ho wished. j