STARTFORD COUNTY COUNCIL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 26, 17 September 1914, Page 8

STARTFORD COUNTY COUNCIL.

The monthly 'mooting 'of the Stratford County Council was field yesterday, there being present: CTs. W • 'Hathaway (.chairUian), \V. A. Wore, E. Walter, i). ; Y oilrig, W. HogfeVs, 3. Thomson, E Ohriktoifel, 15. Andersdiv•arid T. ; -Smith. ' ! ENGINEER’S REPORT. The engineer \Mlr W. d. Lopdell)i reported:—During the irionth ' -good', progress lifts beeri made in the respec- , tive Ridings. ' The fine spdll *rif nvea-f; trier lias dried up many of the uninetalled roads, which are now in fair order. As requested at last meeting i have inspected many small ' bridges, culverts a’fid ditclies, 1 and; will report on same as they require.: it. Mr J. Plew: Re application to have a few yards of earth removed, to give an approach to his house, it is a reasonable request. The earth can 'be deposited ad the corner of Denmark Road by the dairy fa'ctory office to fill up the existing hollow. A’huroa Road West: There is 'a’bririt; 100 yards of -this hill in the cutting in a' Very ' bad condition, being corduroyed with wood, which should be removed. The 1 cutting should be widened by about four feet and metalled with pit metal, which is adjacent to the road. The proposed work would cost about £25. Heao and Autawa tracks have been greatly improved during the month., Authority has been received from the Public "Works Department 'for the expenditure of £IOO and £SO for these two tracks. The necessary Work is now fin hand. Toko: The hut at Toko has been repaired, ; am)' a dray-shed has been erected. The land 'has been ploughed arid laid down in oats and grass. 1 would recommend that an eighth of an acre of carrots bo pla'iftocl in each Tiding for winter- feed lor our horses. Raitieke Road bridge: The timber has: men sent to this bridge and the work' will be put in hand as soon as con-' venient to the parties concerned. Mtfngachu Riding: 1 think'the time, has arrived when this Riding should. have a horse and dray of fits own. ■ There is £4O on the estimates for hire of horse and dray. Tin's amount; would buy a plant suitable 'for the district. There will be a lob of carting required this year, as it •is ■ our intention to rise up all the metal in this Riding before getting “ out more. Besides there is a lot of pipe carting to be done. He. striae Crasher: The order has been given for u portable Acme stone crusher, with 20-ioot elevators detached, at n cost slightly in advance "of the price quoted at last meeting. Rc purchase of indented steel bars: -Mr Clair, of Waitara, has offered tvs 'Si tons of indented steel bars at a 'very reasonable price. With the 'amount of bridge work on hand this -Veai it would be good property. I.'have, purchased several tons 'of 'iron rails at a Very satisfactory price for bridge work. Contracts: It is mow time wo called tenders for many of our contracts. Kelly Street, Midhirkt: A neW consent is being obtained to raise a loan to metal this street'. Re broken thrift: While using the County dray at Toko after hold's the hack"bahfi ‘broke ‘Causing the .shaft to Irre'ak. The surfaceman asks thfit' 'the Council pay the cri'St of renewal, hfti this may have happened during Working hours, New harness for horse in North Riding: The collar 1 is 'too small for the horse and the saddle is unsuit able, causing the horse to 'have t bad back. If the Council decides to purchase a horse and dray for the Mangaehu Riding, this harness would suit a smaller horse.' Opitnako Road No. 3: A small bridge on this road referred to by Foreman Robinson is in a bad way, and requires 'rebuilding in 'concrete, the cost rif which would not exceed £4O. / Re duty on stone Crushers: I would 'recommend that the Council' pass a resolution asking the Government to remove the duty from •English-made stone-crushing machines. I understand that the duty is very heiivy. and if removed it would make a considerable reduction in the cost of our machine, now under order. Thu Government saw fit to remove the duty from road rollers and the crushing machines are just as essential to' ’good road making.

‘Decisions.—Earth -at Mr Plow’s to be removed. Repairs on Ahtrroa ’road to. be held over, Engineer % in the emantime to ascertain if the settlers were agreeable to raise a loan. Recomemhdatidii fe : carrots' adopted. Purdlidse of horse and dray" for Miingaehli Riding left to ■Engineer and Cr. Voting, who will also dual with the proposed exchange of liar-! ness. Purchase of steel bars authorised. fengitteer to cull tenders for metalling Makuii road. South Hiding maintenance nuVtal, nVii-teVifil for t\vo' bridges at Toko'and wOi‘k on ’Bc'acon'Sfie'ld toad. Re-building Of AhViroa stream bridge 'on Stanley ro'nd tb ’b'e! commenced, when plans are approved. 'Bridge on Opunako No. 3 to lie re--budt. A resolution was passed requesting "thfif the dirty bd rcmdvdd” from stone crusTiors and other roadmaking machinery not made in the country, the 'resolution to bo forwarded to the Premier and to the Taranaki members ef Parliament. . ■ ■ i ’ , . > ■ FOREMEN’S REPORTS. North Riding '(West). —Roads good. Repairs done on Mountain, Denbigh, Radnor, Cardiff, York, Rutland, tipper Pembroke and, Monmouth roads find Midhirst township. Have crushed 100 e. yds for Upper Pembroke, 109 o. yds. for Monmouth, T2‘h. yds. for Midhirst Dairy Co. on Pembroke road. The crusher is how at work

till Radnor road. Have put in culv'ert on Rutland road.

North Hiding (.East). —During the month we have patched Croydon West, Salisbury and 1 ’Reaconhheld roads, also Cambria street’fold Kent I’orrace, besides attending"do water--tables on same roads. ' 'thirteen •yards pf/metal was taken fi'om Mr 'Baker’s ’pit to repair Cambria street. ■South ’Riding.—All my roads are ■m ■ 'fair order. 1 have put in two culverts for the Stratford ‘Dairy Co. on the Skinner and Robson roads', Did 're-hretalled the approaches, also re-metn'lled 21 chains on IV arwick road.

foist Riding (Toko).— Maintenance work has be'en done on tho.Huinga, vVawiri, Ahuroa east ' and west, Staidlish add Toko bast roads. Crush-, ■d '3OO ydrds of metal from" the Huinga pit and" delivered same as folows:' 10' yds Toko east, 100 yds. ioko road, 100 yds Huhiga road, at i ‘cost of Is Id perbyard. Replaced ■wooden ‘ciflvdrt oil 'Ohura road with dr 9-inc'li' pipes, 'also lour 'wooden culverts on Mangaehu road have been replaced with pipes. Have repairid fence and gate on Mrs Bonnor s property. Hast Riding ('Douglas).—All my ■oads are in fair order. Have put h a sot of pipes on the Strathmore aid'He (Ohura-Mangaehu road); Have ■c-faced' six ehaliis' Ohura road, also .omerftl surface work over my’Riding.

East Riding (Huirda). —General. .uVfuee wdfk has been carried out ,vr- my Riding. Akama road: The deleting' of 'a narrow' place to dray void 1 width has been 'carried Out. vmro track repairs have been douel tloao and Autawa tracks are being widened out Of GoveTmhetit grant, i’mmpo road suspension ' bridge : The •epairs to the guard fimeie on the Vest end of' Makuri roa'd have beeii ittended to. 1 |

' Ma'iigaehu Riding.—During the r: out it all the toads have'been attendd xo. 1 have been malking up, filing and forming up thfe Mrtngrtehu beutli.” My roads are all in urr O.'de"',

W>Ft' Hiding.—Waingohgoro Road : i r ?ie Ijonldey'h : that were ’on this road luiji lA'dfi crushed, thote being ISB yard*." "I fennetalled 94 chains and he bdaice I used 'for maintenance. A portion of the Cardiff road and he Ojmnake No. 1 has been scariWl And rolled. Opunake No. 3: A mail hidg<? in this 'toad needs atcatio.i The backing ’ has rolled ’ ardl ’ohe tying wall is broken. RANGER’S REPORT. ,

The Ru ger (Mr A. A. Cut'hbertson) ■epnvrAti'; -On the 423rd nit., owing o complaints, I went during rim ug it. to 1 Rowan and impounded 8 b’ulocks one horse and three cows. On lie t26th : ’I impounded ofie cow Rem-' Poke read. *On the 30th one horsei and eight cows. Hu i rod. On the htid inst,, I'got 43 weaners and three lotsei. Wingtove road, 'and 4 wean■>rs and one horse Waihapa road. On hb 3rd 9 bullocks and 2 cows on road On the 6th..2, horses, bullocks pud 3‘ cows from Robson •cad ’On the 1 7th one horse Midilrst and three horses and six ■•'o’.vs, .Vojdon read. ‘On the 10th I got mb' edw Midhirst. T have' (on ie(uest) written' to the Owner Of a ibcr which died on CroydOn 1 road as iga’c’s having it biirted, GENERAL. . It was decided to have buried or jurat at the owner’s expense a dead, 'east wlndli has been left on Croyluii road.

Eoiemon air to be instructed that they have .m .power to supply metal >r other in? «rial to outside .persons ■vitlnn:-' Uu; sanction of the engineer >r ‘Countil. ■’■■■■■

rife Department «of Agriciilture roifiei olut spidorwort had' been plac'd on the third schedule of the Noxous Weeds Act.—No action taken. The Public Works Department av noWledged receipt of the Council’s •‘tier stating that the Council hoped '{is 'fics nni to expend tlife balance : f. :4C* 2s 3d on the authority held in espoct of Taihore road. .

The (hauTmarc reported that setters on Croydon road west had to rami a loan of .20b to itti>ro/t the grades on the road.—lT decided to have an estimate of -he proposed work prepared by the •igiiroer.

Mi- S. H, James wrote asking for 'no 'evpenc'itmo of thirds from 'his and at On cna on making a pack rack t?> g'v'H him access. The bush vas at being cut and the. rack was 'needed to get grass-seed, -i c., hi aftl-r the burn.—Request planted.

J: ‘A. Stanford, Huiroa, asked tor lermissi.th to erect a nine-foot vorm'dah at his store, and he also apJicd tor tWo yards of broken metal o fui in an approach to the store and Kill' office, tlm metal to be supplied vhor. Ihti Makuri road was being ufcta i ed' —Request granted.

Tin'- ! K(>i/leiii Engineer of the Pub- ■>: 'Wi:.Tk4 department wrote enqnir- , ng if the Council had any immediate retention of utilising the £lO9 authorty at .pi ok-lit existing at pound for Jonh I for metalling the iPuniwhakau o id. ’lf ‘not, would the Council 6 Hut to its cancellation, at any atj until they were in ii position use it —Cancellation agreed to. ■ Cr. Young said that the amount stated was too small to ho of use at ireseut Later on urn application 'voiiM be nmdo for a grant for a larg■i amount.

Mr Knox waited on the Council in eferenoe to work on A old and road vest..—The 'Chat man said, the' late •niglhei r had estimated thfit 20yds •of theta’ would he required for the road' for the year, but tho foreman desired that another 40yds should ho provided. ‘ Tlir- road fan between Croydon road and Stanley road. Tho only rovdcids on the road wore Mr

Knox and his sou, who milked thirty ciows ouch. Traffic cahie over the (••iivi from people milking about 100 cmws. The two roads should really he dealt wi;li out of 'dive road ec'CdUiit.'—Cr. AUderson moved that the two roads bV.‘ merged into one account.—Cr. Thomson thought the Croydon load settlers should be flaked to' give CSO from their credit to Aciihuid road ami if they refused the lUei'g'i.g sheuld proceed.— : Tlle Chairman said it ‘wiis mneasonable for two silt levs to keep a road up ior the benefit o'!' six others.—The motion wad earned, and it was . further decided to authorise the soppy of the further forty yards of metal asked for.