TARANAKI COUNTY COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 123, 19 June 1901, Page 2

TARANAKI COUNTY COUNCIL.

A special mee ing of the County Council was held on Monday. Present: Me'S-s H. Okey (Chairman), Wareham, McDonald, Brown, Lepper, Hopson, Tate and Phillips. The Cnaiiman's action in granting the Clerk leave of absence was approved. Mr J. 0. D ivies acted as Clerk. The f reman of the Junction Road Eist contract wrote re the work. Mr. Hopson proposed the metal should be made up to 9 inches. Mr. Brown t-eno nded, The Chairman pointed out tint Mr. i{obinaon's estimate for the work was .£2650, but only £IOSO was ava'lablo, He said the Counc 1 bad contracts to metal over 2| to threa mi'e 3 , with four to six inches of mc-t»l. It was a question whether the Council should do less length and put on iiine inches of metal. Mr. Tata coEsidered it would be adv.'sable to do less, and do it we'l, provided they make arrangements with the contractors. Mr. Hopson amende 1 his motif n in that direction, acd it was then carried. . The question of blinding was then diecuisi d, and it wasdeeided to continue the work with soreeniogs from the pit.

A letter was recriv.d.From the Harbour BmrJ o Taring the Council 5000 yards oF stono Fi otu the quarries if the Uounjil took ever and repaired the Breakwater Road, the metil to btaken away withia twelve mmths. The Chairman object ad lo the limitation oF time as the Council would have to maintain other parts oF the road from the borough boundary. It wag decided that 'ha Chairman, and M* s-rs L pper, and Tate wait on the Board md explain mattirs. The Moa Fore id a a reported on work needed at Roberts' bridge, Waipuku, and on the damage thereto iecently by he ivy logs drawn over it by tke Sash and Do#» Facto y. 3>Li McDooa'd siid that ho believed the Company would pay the damaga done by their estraordinary traffic ovi-r the bridge. Mr Phillips siid if the Company would not give the timber to repair the bridge, then the Counoil should s'op this he ivy traffic. On the motion oF Mr. Hopson, it was dte'ded that the Sash and DcorCjm-; piny be asked to pupp'y the timber to repair the bridge. The Moa Foreman was instructed to put 25 yards oF motal on tha Durham R/ ad where cut up by the c~nt' actor, The Solicitor, Mr. R .y, rrported that r.he appeal cise oF Morris v. llookir, re tolls, would be brought on at t ha Appeal Oouit, Wellington, e*r!y in July and "that Messrp, Ball and Myers had bten retained For Morris. The Chairman, in reply to Mr. Phillip?, said s'epa would be taken to make evaders piy up. Mr. Roy reported he had obtained in injunc'ion preventing the removal of stone Fr'm the Wuiwak-iiho river bed, and notice had been served on Mr. Brough at Hawera, The Cbaiim>n ■ xplained that this contractor had been 'spoken to sevi ral time 3 to discontinue, but would not do hence the necessity oF ob'aining an injunction. He c nsidered the Council shf uld a'so claim substantial damages. It was decided to noMfy Mr Tarry to at once discontinue removing ssones in the Moa Riding, and it was also decided to publicly notify that the order would 'pply ti all such caw. Mr. Phillips drew attent'on to the aM,e of the water tabhs in the Paril.aka R : ding, and to the way in which the men weie doing their work. It win decided to attend to the water tables.

Some discussion took place on the q'i'stion of repairs ti bridges. The •.hairaian said the matter would re- :• ive attention when the Ipcal GoIvernm'mt Bi'l was co-sideied. Mr. Mayne's tender of .£6 pw for the Inglewvod Nor'h to'lgate was iccep'ed, and thi sureties approved. It was derived t o attat.d to the matter of noxious w eds throughout the County. The following trnders were revived f rr:ad contracts: -No. 12,0. Tapp, Si (Accepted, on cinditinn of supply ng ■ dray); J. D -verel', 101 a yard. No. j L 4, F. Z mmetm»n, 101 a yard, and 12s fir team, <feo (accep ed); W. Math>'r. Lid and lis. No. 13. VV, Msthir, 101 and lis for tonm (accepted); F. Zimmerman, lOd find 12s. No. 15, Deverell, lOd and 10s; C. Tapp, B|d (accepted). No. 18, G. JordiD, ll|d jand 10s 6d (accepted). Fresh tenders 'will be called for Nos, 16 and 17,

LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL. The Council then considered the provisions of the Local Government Bill together with suggestions submitted by the Southland County Council. On the question of the qualification for a County voter, the Chairman moved, "On condition that the Gov. rnment take over the whole of the main roads throughout the County this Council suggests that residents of 12 mon'hs and occupiers with a lease for at least one year be allowed to vote" This was seconded by Mi-. Hopson and carried. The Southland Council's suegastions that a ratepayer be qualified to vote in any riding in which he is a ratepayer; and as to rolls and hours of polling, wen adopted. Election ef chairman, —the C unci! agreed to the form in the present Act. Number of Councillors, —The Council were in favour of nine Ridings, with a member for each. Term of Councillor, —three years. Asredto, Retaining Road District.—lt was deemed advisable to retain the e, but to lmalgamate the sroalU r. Government subsidy.— Ifc was proposed that the subsidii s should be paid upon ra'es struck by County Counci's and Road D s'ric's individually, L'braryrate: To be struck eut. Travelling exposes of members: Agreed to. Leasing rrs o rve3: Agreed to. Roads tiken ovr by Government.— It was agreed that existing Couocils should suggest to the Government CommisFioner what roads should ba 'aken over and made Government roids. [ln' the schedule of the Bill the Gov inment pr-po<o to take over the following rovls: —Hawera-New Ply-i mouth Road, via o,'Unake, Kuiti to W i'ara, v : a A*ak'no and Stratford to Ongaruhs Roads.] The Southland Council's recommendation to strike out s Jet ions 309 (inspection of milk and dairies) 323 (telegraphs and ?el plnn.s), 314(baths and museums and libraries), 338 (erecting workers' dwellings), 345 (the lotd districts) were endorsed. Mr. Hopson gave notice of motion for next meeting, That the Council consider the advisability of appointing an overseer for the whole Oonnty. Mr. W, Northoott was appointed c ilkctor of dog tax for the Egmont Rood D's'rict at 8d per dog. On the motion of Mr. Phillips, it was ordered that when m mb®n of the Council are traveling as committeemen on committee busings 3, they be paid their travelling expenses. The Council then rose.