RANGITIKEI COUNTY COUNCIL.

Taihape Daily Times, 9 August 1919, Page 4

RANGITIKEI COUNTY COUNCIL.

ENGINEERS REPORT FOR JULYThe County Engineer, Mr S. A. R.. Mair, reported as follows on County roads in this district:— WANGEHU RIDING. Temporary‘ repats have been carried out to Kauangaroa bridge, but the construction. of the new bridge cannot be deferred _nlu_ch longer. I am making enquiries. from the mallufacturers"at Home, re---4garding the wire.l'o*pes a'nd':.’o-ther ma}tcrials I'equil'ed,.-.‘all'(l'.hop'e shortly to -be. insa. .poSitiOlL.'tO-‘prE_3pa.l‘e the draw-. ingg -.;.for .<a' {new s_truo,ture.;_ .-Gravel 318-‘. pairs are in hand» ,_on— Mangatipona, ro,‘ld. r - _ 7.;

. TEKAPUA-« RIDING.-~ Roads are sloppy, ‘out_.»fail-ly. good..for this time. of the year_- . ‘ A RUANUI ‘RIDING. —— During the month the country along the Ruanuf road has been prospected, and a promising gravel pit has been located about--3é miles out from Mataroa. I proposeto have this opened up, as if 3. good" pit is obtained, it may render it un-ne-"cessarypto bring gravel from Ohingaiti, fortthe Mataroa-Ruanui road. Generally the roads throughout the: _R’iding are sloppy, but in fair order’ otherwise. .

AWARUA RvlDlNG.—Gl'avel repairs‘ on MangawekaUtiku road, are in hand.. Several slips have occurred on Kawhag tau roads, but not of a ‘serious nature». EREWHON, RIDING. —.- Roads am in fair order for winter time. : . , 2 . GENERAL’.

As the War is-now over, conditiongt will, no "doubt, .sho.rtly_lfeturn. to. normal, and Couficil _will, in common with other Local Bodies, ‘be faced with the» modern road builfling problem. _- , _ . To make modern roads, good maferjials must be easily available, and I would therefore recomménd that the Grcatford balfast pit sclieme be reintroduced. It will be remembered this

was taken in hand about the commencement of the war, and Was temporarily shelved till Peace was declarw ed.

g There is a very strong demand for" jgood road metal right through to Tarianaki, and up the Main Trunk, and I ifevel sure this, with our own requirelments, will Warrant opening a good ?pit_. on comprehensive lines, with-up-v to-date. machinery. 3 While in 'Wellington, with tfie charriman. we investigated motor dump f waggons, for hauling gravel. § There are now many of these arriv!ing in the Dominion, and being readily fpurchascd by local boclieé‘, contractors, Eand other private concerns. 5 In the menatime we secured the first xrofusal of two 4—ton Albion Dump ETrucks, which are shortly to arrive.