COUNTY ENGINEER'S REPORT.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 251, 27 November 1914, Page 4

COUNTY ENGINEER'S REPORT.

The county engineer (Mr J. F. McArthur) reported as follows at the meeting of the Franklin County Council on Wednesday : COUNTY STONE-CKUBHING PLANT. During the month the plant has been engaged crushing stone on the South road and at Maketu (quarry. The total amount of stone put through is 1492 cubic yards, the approximate cost per cubic yard for crushing being Is (id. CONTRACTS COMPLErED. Final payments appear in to-day's accounts for the following contracts: Contract No 1 .—Erection of bridge and approaches Mangatangi road; contractors, Appleby and Twining. Contract No. 56.—Supply and delivery of spawls, Maketu quarry; contractor, G. Watson.

Contract No. 57. —Supply and delivery of spawls Tuakau-Whanga-rata road; contractor, J. J. Madil). Contract No. 67.—Forming and culverting McNaughton's road, Aka Aka; contractor, Edwin Holmes. Contract No. 68.—Forming portion of Otaua to Maiora road; contractors, Tleeson and Jones.

Contract No. 76.—Supply and delivery of spawls, Pukekohe-Bombay road; contractor, C. Aislabie. Contract No. 77.—Supply and delivery of spawls, Stoney hill, Hunua; contractor, B. Lockwcod. Contract No. 80.—Supply and erection of frame culv?rt and tilling in; contractor, R. J. McPike. WORKS IN PKOC.RESS. Work on contracts which was suspended during the winter months is now proceeding as follows: Contract No. s.—Forming and culverting Pura Pura road, Shipherd's hill. Contract No. B.—Metalling portion of Pilgrim's road, Mauku. Contract No. 11.—Supply and delivery of metal Pura Pura road. Contract No. 12.—Supply and delivery of metal Pura Pura road. Contract No. 36.—Forming and culverting Key street to Kelly bridge. Contract No. 37.—Forming, culverting and gravelling Hunua to Paparimu road, between Edwards' boundary and Otau road, first section. Contract No. 42.—The supply of spawls Comrie's hill, Pukekohe East road. Contract No. 45. —Formation Tuakau station to Whangarata road. Contract No. 49a. —Forming portion of Martin-Cowan road, Hunua, second section.

NEW WORKS. Contracts let during the month:— Contract No. 73a.—For the supply and delivery of 75 cubic yards of spawls, at Glenbrook creamery, Waiuku-Drury road; J. Brady, 7s 6d per yard, accepted. Contract No. 74a.—For the supply and delivery of 150 cubic yards of spawls, Waiuku-Pukekohe road, at Morley's corner; J. Brady, 8s per cubic yard, accepted. Contract No. 73b.—For the supply and delivery of 75 cubic yards of spawls, Waiuku-Drury road, at King's corner; P. Parry, 7s 6d per yard, accepted. Contract No. 74b.—For the supply and delivery ot 150 cubic yards of spawU, Waiuku-Pukekohe road, at Waitangi school; P. Parry, 7s 6d per cubic yard, accepted. Contract No. 81.—For forming and culverting and metalling portion of Great South road, at Rama Rama: Gleeson and Jones, £360 15s; P. Farringtcn, £379 16s; C. Aislabie, £337 10«; H. J. Flay, £329 13s 6d, accepted. Contract No. 84.—For forming and metalling portion of Ponga road, at Piatt's; J. Cossey and Sons, £24, accepted. SURVEYS COMPLETED. The survey of a deviation on the Waiuku-Drury road, at Brown's hill, through section No. 107, has been completed and plans prepared. The area to be taken is 2a. 2r. 39,5 p., and road to be closed 2a. 2r. 14.4 p.

A survey and the necrmry plans of a deviation on the Kariotahi road, through section 19, Waipipi parish, have also been completed. The area required to be taken is la. Or. 39p., and road to be clused 2a. 3r. 38.6 p. it jb now necessary to obtain the consent of the property owners to the taking and closing of the different areas. GOVEKNMENT GKANIS.

Proposals have been forwarded t) the Public Works Department for works proposed to he carried out under the 1914-1915 Estimates—viz., forming and culverting three portions of the Pukekohe to Aka Aka road, via Shipherd's, and metalling same.

For forming and metalling portion of the Pukekohe Bast road, near school.

For forming and metalling portion of the Pukekohe to Tuakau road, at McFarland's. Other works have been laid out and engineering surveys completed, proposals for which will be forwarded to the Public Works Department as speedily as possible. REQUEST FROM T. LOCKIE, WAIPIPI. At last meeting Mr Lockie wrote asking that the fence on road leading from the Main Waiuku-Awhitu road to Needles be shifted into proper alignment. On inspection I found that the property owner adjoining had done the necessary work since the date of letter received. WORK DONE AT CREAMERY, TUAKAU.

I would respectfully point out that an account was forwarded to the Dairy Association fur £4O, being half cost of spawls and metal laid down in front of the creamery at l'uakau. Before this work was undertaken it was understood that the Association would bear half the cost Up to the present this has not been done. I would suggest that further steps be taken in the matter.

PRICE AND ARARIMU DEVIATION.

Permission baa been received from the Public Works Department to expend the available grant for the above deviation on the present road as suggested by me in a previous report.

The general surface work throughout the county has been carried out satisfactorily during the month. Other matters left to me for report and attention will be attended to at the earliest opportunity. DISCUSSION.

Cr Motion referred to the matter of the claim of £4O made on the Dairy Association as mentioned in the engineer's report, and stated that the Association's manager, Mr Pacey, had not contemplated the payment of such a large sum when agreeing to contribute half the coat. The whole width of the toad bad been metalled instead of only the immediate vicinity of the creamery, and it seemed hardly fair to expect the association to pay a half-share of the extended work.—lt was decided to ascertain from Mr Fulton, the late member for the riding, the terms of the agreement for payment he had made with Mr Pacey. The report was then adopted.