MANUKAU COUNTY COUNCIL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 7, Issue 376, 17 May 1918, Page 2

MANUKAU COUNTY COUNCIL.

Monthly Meeting. At the monthly nesting ol tin Manukau County Council hold in Auckland on Tuesday hat than were present: Crs A. Bell (Chainnan), F. Waters, J. Luke, S. W. House, A. Muir, F. H. BrownhUl, A. E. Hattaway, with tho Clerk (Mi Alex. Boll}*

an owhbr's claim. Complaint was made by Mr R. W* Hollingsworth, of Ardmorei of the damage done to his property through the water from the main ClevedonPapakura road silting up his -ditoh ■ and washing out crossings. He stated that ever two yean ago the Council undertook to keep open and maintain the ditch but they nad not done so; as a result of the damage he was making a claim against the Council for neglect Hue Council required the nght in future to/nee the drain it would have to be piped and maintained to his satiahww.

He added that unless steps were taken to remedy the nuisance he would be compelled to take proceedings against the Council. It was arranged |hat the Chairman sod Foreman should inspect the property. MXBQIHQ OF BOAD BOAKOe. On the motion of the Chairman the Special Order merging the Wairoa Road Board in the County was confirmed.

With reference to the proposed merging of the Seat Tamaki Road Board in the County the Clerk (Mi G. Fleming) to the Board forwarded the Moving reeolutioo the annual meeting of ratepayers of East Itanakfroqueot assist the Mannkau County Council in every poeeible way to merge the East Tamaki Boad Board district into the County Council with ae little delay aa poeoble."—A petition in favour of the merging wae alio nreeented.-rthe Chainnan reported that cinoe the receipt of tha - petition 30 of the signatoriea had lodged notice ol withdrawal of their signatures.—As the somber of tha remaining namee rendered tha Petition ineffective it wae referred hack v , to the promoter* «-• A petition for the oermEottte - Papakura Boadßoard in the County , waa also received sad Mr H. Mopdy, Clerk to the Boad Board, forwarded - copies of resolutions passed hj tha; • Board and by the annual meeting of ratepayer! in snraottoTthi wpposed merging.—Mr -Moody wutid on the CouneiT and msntlwed that aa the petition contained many grass inaccuracies he could not aa Qerkto the Board make the riatntny declaration that the figures relating J to the capital ralueeaa eetoutmAe petition were correct. Mr Moody quoted several instanoee of inaccuredes and stated that whilst his Board vera in favour of morgiog the document as submitted waaonly "an abortion of a petition."—After con■dering the points raised by Mr Moody, it was resolved, on the motion of Or Muir, to refer the petition back to tha promoters to so amend the petition that it should comply with legal requirements.

A PAPATOITOI DHAJH. v A letter vu received fromjir B. Barry, of Kobnarßoad, Papibetoe, stating that when be purelMOod his property eight yean ago me MmA Board drain leading acrops Kolraar Road vm not low enough to drain oat his golly and the result was tint an overflow of water remained ;,npperite his property all the wintir. The Board VoSd Jot lower the pipe bnt allowed him to put in»drain to meet his own reQUireowßta. After ■; the road was taken over by the Council it was raised and widened and the pipe drain was covered up and done away with. A grating was put in for surface water drainage from the *oad and the pipe laid direct into his 9-inch pip#* Wh* Cr Bryant asked for permisaon to do this he (the writer) raised the objection that hia pipe would never carry the road surface water Antog which took in many chains in length, but Cr Bryant assured him it weald be ample for all requirements. The result was that the storm water waa unable to get away fast enough and flooded hUpwi-rty. some remedy should be effected. He contended that the old toad pipe should never have been covered up. The letter was "reoeired," the flftfnptwwt bang dealt with in the Foreman's report XCCLMTOV SKTWBMMKT AWIOACB.

With reference to the road approach from railway bridge to Station Bond, Otahunu, for the Workers' Dwellings BetUmaotfta Acting Officer in charge of 1m i Department of Labour, Auckland, wrote that the Council's oflsr of 457 to form and metal the road and make a footpath from the Walmslej Street intersection to tbebridge had been aocepted and he asked that the work should be carried out as early as possible.—lt vu reported that a contract for the work had been let. HOSPITAL BOARD LBVY. Notification w*s received from the Auckland Hospital and Charitable Aid Board that the Council's contribution to the Board f* the current year would be at the rateof onesixth of a penny in the 4 based on the capital value of the Gouty, which according to the figures of the Valuation Department at the Slrt March 1917 stood at £2,755,35®.

REVALUATION OF DIBTEHm : . The Valuer-General wrote u the Valuation Department pen-.-, poeed revaluing the dutriotl, k* : the iw?* of a repreeentatwe of the Council who would act aa a ■ member of the Aaeeennett Court in accordance with Seotkm 13 of At Valuation Act 1908—The appointment was left Cn Rell and Luke to make. TBroue Aoawnmo. * A tender of «3l for putting in a ■torm-water pipe drain' and floHnaf a footpath atPipatoetoe Recreation Bseerre wae accepted, ae •«■**' tender of «55} for replacing » oo^

Crete the culvert in Leightou's Gully, Papatoetoe. FINANCIAL ADJUSTMENTS. It was decided that each riding should pay the interest on the overdraft incurred by it, instead of the interest on the total overdraft being allocated «nnng the ridings on the proportion of the rateable value of each, as formerly, footman's beport. The Foreman (Mr C. Dixon) reported as folio W8: — Mangere Biding—ln regrading Mawey Koad about two chains of the gas main were laid bare and notice was received that the main would have to be lowered at the Council's expense ; the matter had been referred to Cr House —Further spawling for metal coating Buckland Road had been carried on at Gray's Pit and he estimated'that there were about 1000 yards on hand.—As

authorised by Or House he had prepared plans and spec'fications for > forming and metalling the approach to the Eccleetnn Estate on the Otahuhu side of the overhead bridge. Tenders bad been called and the tender of Mr J. McAuulty'a for £42 7s 6d had been accepted, an extra £lO having been granted to form both footpaths. Papatoetoe Biding—With regard to Mr Barry's complaint of water backing on to his property he had made an inspection and found everything in working order with plenty of fall The trouble was the outlet drain between 15 and 20 chains through Mr B. Weston's property, which was onlv a 9-inch pipe as also irtu the -pipe of the culvert across the road, so tnat the capacity was not sufficient to cope with the amount of water. i Papakura Biding—The ploughing, coating and rolling down of the hiu near Brown's Road had been completed, also the approach to overhead bridge to Manurewa in connection with the grant of Jb'lo from the Railway Department. 33 chain of scoria on the 'Veymouth Boad had been laid which completed the metaling'from Weymouth to Manurewa. 3he ro.ul from Alfriston to Brook I>y boundary hid been patched Th" ;■ ruler htd been working on Hill'* Koad putting it in thorough condition and was now awaiting the deci»on-of the Railway Department as to the' Council's tender for scoria to complete the road.

Wairoa Riding—Abftut 300 yards of spawla were re idy for crashing 'or maintenance metal ft r main rend. As the season was getting )ate he had arrange! with the Chairman to ge: the crushing in that Riding done hy Mr T L Smith as it would be too late for the Coun y plant to do ib The worse of th» metal patching on the main road had been attended to. J allow him to advertise for a working foreman for that Riding similar to those employed in the Papatoetoe and Papakunt Ridings. Such a man was necessary in that riding as with the outlying district and the merging it would be difficult to carry out the wotk. The repoit was adopted.