RANGITIKEI COUNTY COUNCIL.

Taihape Daily Times, 5 July 1919, Page 6

RANGITIKEI COUNTY COUNCIL.

The following ‘is the Engineer’s report for last month. ._ WANGAEHU RIDING. Heavy trafiic has done considerable damage to gravelling on Whareroa Road. I have stopped this traflic until a guarantee is given that no more damage will be done. The ccnti-actor has promised to repair the portion already damaged. ‘ OTAIRI RIDING. VVidening Ostairi Clifi is in hand, also stone ‘(freaking -lon T‘-.l':ai:ina Valley Road. I ' TEKAPUA RIDING. _ Unmetalled roads are .ve=.°j,* sloppv, but no slips of any conseqnir.-nsze have occurred. The Panemango-K-oeke Road were gravellea with burnt pap-3., and is she W'ing considerable damage and pr-ox-}s?on should be‘ made for repairs-next; summer, either by burning 500 cubic yards of papa or delivery of ballast from Mataroa by motor lorry. A meeting of settlers was held at Tiriraukawa during the month to con; sider gravelling part of Murray’s :track and Wairopo roads. east and west. A I It was resolved to request the Co'uncli to raise a loan of £3OOO to continue gravelling ion Murray ’s .track, from Tiriraukawa. to Pééd’s gate, and 24 chains on Wairepo Road, etc., and '34 chains on Wairepo Road West. At a meeting of settlers held at Keoke, it was decided to ask Council to raise a loan of £16,000. to_ gravel Upper Turakinla. Valley _fßoa;d, fir-om Papanui to present metal, provided Messrs Wilson and Fernie arrange to rate a portion of their property in the Wanganui County, to equalise their rate to £2OO a year, based on the present proposed special rating. district. So far I have been unable to let quarrying of shell rock on Namunui Road. ' RUANUI RIDING. Roads generally are very, wet and sloppy, -and all heavy traflie" has been stopped except that! from Ngawaka sawmill. This company has been called upon to reduceltheir loads and repair damage already done, to metal, and also to give security that no further damage will be done. A meeting of settlers was held at Taihape to consider the proposed loan of £45,000 to gravel about 41 miles of roads in the riding. Itwas resolved to request the Council to raise a loan lOVBI‘ the wholeriding, sufficient, with promised Government subsidy, to carry out the work.

Advice has been received that the subsidy of £SBB (£1 for £1) has been '.transfe‘rrqd. flrom Taihape\-Mlzitaroa Road to Mattaroa-Ruanui Road. . EREVVHON RIDING. . Roads are sloppy, but in fair order. Sawmill trafiic on Wainui Road has been stopped till the weather is fine. ’Ros.dman’s colttage Fart Pukeokahu {has been inspected, and repair works are in hand. Owing‘ to bad We-a-ther, gravel repairs on Moaxihango Road, has been stopped for the present. ' AVVARUA RIDING. A meeting of settlels "Was held to -c~'._onsiider objections ,Ito the .pro-p6s"6d load of £2500 for forming Kotuliuraeroa Road, but mos-t of the objections were explained away, and it was"'r"e-, solved to ask ‘Council to proceed with the loan as expeditiously as possible. l Gravel repairs ‘have been carried‘ _out on Taihape-Utiku roads, Papakai and Torere Roads, and are in hand on IMangaweka~Te Kaputa Roads. A gznce has been erected at: the east approach to Toe TO6 .E}'ri_(l»ge‘, Tenders illave been invited £9l" l gravelling Tuhoc Extension "Road, :Utiku. » . ~1....;,-‘g;;;__,,\-GENERAL. ”‘ Co.lltl'act for loading ballast at Ohingaiti has been let ;to\Messrs Elishman, Mangani, and O’Brien-, _ya.ml‘a -start. "made with the Work. However, owing to curtailment of railway ser‘vices, the railways are unable to continue hauling till the full service is resumed. ' ' 1 I In reply to a Public .Works’ circular, application has been filed for new Government subsidies of £7OOO (£1 for £1), also for the renewal of all unexpcnded votes. Most of the ironbark timber for Onepuhi Ibridge has "’:ll‘l‘lVed], and {been carted to the site. Th e contractor ‘expects to commence Work about the middle of July. ‘