TARANAKI COUNTY COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 141, 9 July 1901, Page 2

TARANAKI COUNTY COUNCIL.

The o'uncil met en Monday. Pie-eat: ' Mr. H. Oiey (chairman), Ors. Warohim, McDonald, 8.-own, Hopson, Phili lips, Lepper, Gray, and Tate. Referring to dog tax Or. Gray asked 1 lif all arrangements had bien made and cil'ars and backs sent out to tha col lectors. It was s'atsd in reply that j eeveral Road B)aris tb.it had accept 'd ;the responsibility ha I be unprovided i with colhrs, etc, There we:e few that bad not accep'ed the work, and collect ors would have to be appointed by the Omicil. The Barret: Road and Oraata B >ards had rot app-intad callecto'S. App'i:a'ioos will be called for atome for these collectors. The foreman reported on the prograss of the Junct'on Rotd metil'ing couract "Mr. G. T. Murriy.of ths Dis'rict Read's Bidges Office, wroHo asking w'ny no iEO-itkly statement of wo ks on tha above contract had bean forwarded to him. He also suggested that the me'alling of the road on a face be bus pandtd for thoprestnt, just beyond the vlanganui biiigp, <*nd chat gaps that bavij ba«n left be pa'chsd up till ni-xt summer, when the ba'anoe of Rubsiiiies could be exp nded to better advintage. The <"nairinan thought a further grant should be for from tie G ivurnm nt. The Council was led to believe that a g.ant would be made sufficient to finhh the work, and oaly £IOSO was received, Or. Brown s id a large amount of the sum allocated had been spent, in the Olifton County. TneCai. man moved, a>.d Or. McDona'd seconded, "That Mr. Robinso", G v rnment Engineer, having rep r a<\ b>>ut is would take £2650 to pa o hi dun tion Road in a d aß'h U>uiiil ws.B lei to believe that tl'«at win v-ou'd bd giaot-d to tb 0 u..eil oi taking over tberoid, and as the ruti receivd was only £IOSO, the Co 1 : ii makb uppli a'i'in for 'he bil-, anc<! u> l-o put on the f r thin jea .—She u.otion was ani d. The.Chairman and Qi. Brown Write appo'n ed a deputation to intei viow the Miirsta 1 to gat the g<-ant increised. j Tnfl Moa and Waitva f-remeu's repo s «pre The bridge'c rpei'er reported on the Mang i.ui, W'aipuk i, aid Waiongona ori.lges htid 8 vral culverts. It w s d ci'ed to app.i-it Mr. T.irii r, I'ig'e*o d, to inspect iroobark tim e supplied. Or. Hopson t-ugg s'ed that as the : cai psnter h-d repo ted that the Manganui hiiilg.) was sa r e, the adverti e mint tint it was dangerous should ba d ccontii ue I. It W'S rfeci'led to place a n ; 2<>6»ary nam in the Margmui bridge at onci», and to plr.ci cotica boards on the b Air. 1 Cr. Ta e explained that as Dr. 1 P.lentine had sistad tha" the Co'tn'y ' : .\rnn in 'hs town of Wsitira should be I taken to low wa'er murk, he had j,iven I i struc ion* that th's be done, Or Lippe;- referred to the widening of the County load in Fitzroy. Pe pie •.ati f cd to krow where the real line >v uld hi. t>s they wished t > build. Tie Chairman said the level would ..o be interfered wi h. In ws u'd not >e wisa to go on with the wideoing ■ until the remaining land was acquired, mfc be wruld fuggest that a couple ' of 1 >ads of g-avel be placed on the new sreit foo'path neir Cui'mm's pro- . - Ag'end to.

-The Ouoata and Par'.haka foreman's report wai re^d, Or. Philips moved that; Mr McReynolds ba iskel to sh fb a hous* Gbat is oa iho rea l , bs the Council ioratxdi to widen and metal the road io its poperp'ac.—Agreid to. Tne ParihaAa Lrem in reported on tie, work of th< past mm Mi. Or. Gray said the hsee of the Punihotoll gite hid tdd him that the lite Council had promised some connexion on the amounts he bad lost a r he gtte. Cr. Gray wished to know what hid bien done. C 'rrespoudtnce wps looked up, and it was Lund tint eo promise had te b made. It wax d cide', howe'. r, a t>uoa of £1 be pwd Mr Turner, as a 5o«l seS'l. ment of the m iter. Or. Philips refjirnd to t'e b'a kheiry g'owiag on,-n<tivd 1 nd*. • The Chairm»n sa d that, if nny pices were reported to the native ag nt th blackb'rry w uld be aralicael. He al-o referred t" >he kst e at the Chun bridge The Counol Lad an uncertain tenure, and this should be it quired in'o Mes ra Kyngdon and Bet-ridge wrote wi'h to thoir metal car Jig conttact in 'ha Omata riding. Tie Harbour Boird hid ht the reserve to Mr. A. Geerg.», who wisrud to cha'g than 3d'pr yard royalty for c*r i-.g ever his property. Or. G*ay moved tint the Oounc : l pay balf the amount charged. Sjcmd d by Or. McDono'd, and earri d. Or. Hop on asked when j tions re width d fyres lined in the | Oi un'y were to be brought in. It was stated that the dat) hid been fixed f >r la; January nex\ I C\ flopsoT move! thatths bye-law I be advertised at once, as coming in'o on >st Jaruary n xt. - Secundt-d by Cr. Philiips, and c.m>d. The Ingle wo jd Town B >ard wr.j'e ask'ng |ihq Council to proceed with tha drain on ths ea»t tide o f (he Mount liur, J,th-B ard contributing Ulf cos', up to .£2,—Dd-it with. M'\ W. Redmond, Waitua Ho el, requ sed peimisim 1o op. n the County Road toanne.t drainage from t.ehoel "o thi rive l- . -D alt wUh.

Th-. Panhaka fiteuian r< por ed on a claim by "J. H. ("o''S».y f r exfci\>s on his contract. Colesby had already red evry c-insidea'ion, and entitled to anything furthe-. Left to the clerk to deal with. Tho Stratford Council forward*d (he following ex'ract from is foreman's lepirt: —" I had a look at the Waipuku bridge, a"d to my mibd it ie a ve'-y bad job, as they have loaded tho ro'ten p ; les with a new d«ck four inc ! ea thick, That is all thty have doif, whe easeveiytMng rott.n.was to be repl ced with new." The bos-'nt t) the Stritford Council. Mr. J. B. Roy wrote in rc-f re'tce to r the purchise by the Council of lands fo'i'-nd widening at Fitz^oy.-St ps will b* ti»ken to comple'-o the purcbasof the 1 \cds, The question of ate'dent ingurarc wa* cxiflidered, and q\io f a'ions wern received fro.n the Oc. an Ac.iderit aod Giaiai.t"e Corporatien and the New Z aland Accident Insurance Coov panie s . Or. Gray submitted that the Council ■ -ihou'd itsue a ; I persons who were liaHi to comecn the Coun"il in enseof an accident. Cr. Lepper agre d. Finally tbe matter was lefa to the Chairman to deal with. Dr. Walker reported ecarletina at Omata.—To be forwarded to the Health Officer,

Mr B. H. Nicholle, Ingleweod, wrote forwavditg a copy of a proposed ad-di-fss lo be presented to LioutenantCi'lonel Da viae—The Chairman was empowered to sign the address on behalf of the Council. Mr J. O'Connor, Okato, wrote offering to purchase an old disused building owned by the Council at Okato.—The property doe-i r.ot belong to the Council. Mr George Taomss wrote in referrfrcj to the co'hctioa of tol's at Heimami. —The 0 uncil will allow Mr Thomas'£2 10s, conditionally on hi paying up t he balance at once. Tne Kodaoy Oou'ity Counil forwa<' ed suggestions regarding valuation matters to be discu sed at the forthcoming Counties Coaf> reuce —Trie Ohairmtn sud there was a sum o' £2OO claimed by the Department for v iluatinn fees. -Cr, Hopson moved th*t 'ha D'parsment written to and askei to make a teJuction in charges in accordance with those made to other loobl bodies.—The motion was c.riiei. Th 9 Council c msidered te*adbrs for carting m tal contrac", which were left to the CI rk to deal wi h. 0•. Hop-on leferred to thq tee! of a direc iou-[ost at the junct'on of the Junction aid Bris'ol road--". —A pist will) e put 'ip. It was decided to tike ou L a ba*ch of summonses at once for arrears of rates. It was d' ciiie i tVa' in future all contractors a d persons doing work on the O.unty shou'd me 4-icch tyres. Tha PublicTiUiieewill ba appliadto for native rat s. Toe Ch irman g*ve notice to move that at next mee ing a gmeral rate of 11 in the £ should b struck. Cr Gray thought ii wcul I be unfair to a'rika a|dra'e and continue the o'l gate*. The Oh u'rinan s*i 1 the Council wa« e'e.ted to do wiy with toll-gatts wi li'n two y. ars, wi ha 11 rate. Cr. Bi-o,vn saM he 'ii do likjheavy . atos, but as i* w s ne > ss try to get the t lis off if p sai do, and in view of th* heavy expees s to be met by the Oounc 1, ho would t-upp rt the proposal. The Chairman tested the feeling of 'he Oou cil oi tha matt»r, and hw pn posal was approved by the majo-ity. On the motion ef Cr. Hopson, seconded by Cr. Brawn, it wa» decided to goon with the June iou road contract. The contractor on tKe work will be riquestnd to pnsi forward the work. 'fh > C juncil's balance-theot w>s read a>jd adopted. Accounts totalling £676 16s 81 were I pass d f r payment, and the meeting adj turned till Saturday next,-to consider several matters held over.