TARANAKI COUNTY COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 135, 9 June 1903, Page 2

TARANAKI COUNTY COUNCIL.

The Council met on Monday. Present ! —Org, Okey ( hiirmac), McDonald, BrowDj Hopsop', Grey, Hill, and Andrews, | The Chairman reported the result of the conference with the Egmont County i as to adjustment of account* (as already published in the Daily News)— Action confirmed and agreement adopted. The Ohairmaa reported having dis- ' charged H; Irvine, the engice driver, ' and rephced him by T, Urry, at 8s » day for the wiu- er months, subject to a ; week's notice on either side, —Action oifciirmc'd. I , The Obairmm's action in arranging 1 coatract wi h Hecricksen was confirmed. The Ohsirmm reported that he bad ■, thought it aiviaible to Jaold oyer the | prepiration of pi ins by the bridge car-' panter for tha Wnipuku bridge until | the iqeeting that day. j Oa the mition of Or. Gray, seconded . by Cr. Hop -OD, it was decided that Mr ' j J. Skinn-T be engaged to prepare pi ins , and specificit'ocs f>.r the bridge. . | The Moa Foreman reported ths Zig- | za® as in a very bad state. The fiwt 1 > slips cost £2O to Bh:f, and to.v| . j the second voull cost twice as . j much. The lower side slipi hid tiken I > ( half the ro id. Hi asked for instructions as to wiJeoing the road. The ' i road at Swanson'a Hill had ieo-ived a I lot rf dam'g •. t ' 0-. B:own pointed out that the r Oouaty was pr ictically keepiog the road I open for the banefh c f residents io thi - ( Oiifton Ojunty and for tha carriage of c mai's. * Is was decide] that the Forem'nsub- , mit specificitions, and that tenders be i callfd for tha work. I At the suggestion of the Foreman it was decided to pay A. H. Clark Is per ~ y trd ex'ra for cirting 10 yards of metil to be carted ne .ror than spueifie-J, 3 An applio-irion by J. Tarry for piy- • c.Snt in respect of carting a longer d'sT tftnca thin a-ranged with the late foreJ man was p jß'poatd for the Furemn's d report on the matter. s On the motion cf 0 \ Andrews in was , decided to notify the Railway Depart- , umt that their culverts were too small 9 to carry off the water, 3 The Junction-road Foreman reported j that two rail vay culverts on the Waionj gina-road were so small tha 1 -. in flood j tim<is they ovei flowed and affected the - Oou jty culverts. He als j reported on . woi k dor e. Toe Waitara Fjraman reported that the liaivy rain had beej too much for nearly ihe whole of the culvert?, ciusing the roads to be scoured and metal washed oft. The fi ling near Mr Oonbeti's require! atother 18-inch pipe. • The culvert a 1; the Henui tannery had r broken, and a temporary culvert had r been put io. He hid employed aa extra t man a few piys. J The Ouaata Formin reported that > the crusher cou'd only ba worked one 5 day owing tj tfce wet weather.. There p had b en two or three small s'ip«, but ' nothing s;rious. He reoomm nled not • lees than a six foot conorete culvert 1 near the Werekito. Aci jb inch cul- ' vert was required near the Kihi 3 cory. 9 The Chairman reported having acf cepted an offer by T worn ay and Muir ■ to supply mefc.il at 6s per yard "was 3 confirmed. It was decided th it the Clerk make 1 application to th s P.irih ika R lad B )ird t for payment for hire of crusher by 1 Twomey and Muii- to Is; June. The brilg) c .rpentsr reported that • owing to the wet not much progress • had been mido. The flool had washed 1 away three scaffold poles at the Ngas rorouui bridge, also some stays and ■ b aces. The leg 3 under thd Waion- ' gona bridge had bee a swept away, s The Waiongona bridge on the Junction 1 road became blockel with timber, t.vo » «e : s of legs beiDg d»miged. The u'm 1 bar was c:ejrei «nd the legs s rongth- > ensd and fastened. Th 4 Manganui > bridge had been made cafe for ordinary ■ tiatiic for a few months. Twelve ■ casks of camant were required to com- » plete tha work at the Ngatoronui. ' [To ba procured.] He also supplied ' details of work i j > quired at bridges. Ir was decided tiiat half ihe cost of 1 the Waiongona and Mountain-road bridges be charged to the Inglewood 1 Bjrougb; 1 It was decided to obtain a boring > machine, and that eioh foreman submit ' a list of Oouaty tools, etc., ia his con--1 trol. Consent was given to a proposed 1 deviation on the King-road, and th« 1 obairman was authorised to give tfi;oo 1 to the resolution, 1 The fo lowing tenders were opened for driving tunnel at the HenuiJ, R. Poepke, 2s 6d per foot and drains £1 (accepted); J. Oaddy, 23 61 and £1 for outlet, inlet to ba arranged; J. 1 Hoskin, 3s 91; S. Wes", 3s 9d; Ba 1 - neaves and Gaylard, 6s. The Chairman stated the details of . the communications which hid taKen place Setween the Council and the Colonial Secretary with reference to the application for .£4OOO on account of bridge loan, After same discussion, in which the difficulties raised by the D ipartment were criticised, it was decided to apply for a specific sum if .£IOOO for lebuild- , ing the Ngatoronni bridge, and to urge |i the amount be granted without delay. The Cleik of the Licensing Commit- j tee submitted a statement of fees as , follows:—In the Borough, .£350; in County. £BO. j The proportion of c'erk's saUry of £25 per annum was: Borougb, £2O I 2s 6 t ; County, £4 17s 61. , An application from the Henui Road i Board for 20 loads of gravel was com- i plied with, the Board offd ing clay in 1 exchange if required. A letter from the Borough Council, ] relative to tha diversion of flood water t on the Avenue-road, was held over. i In rep'y to a letter from Mr A. McL. t Thomson, complaining of the traction i engine being moved at night, and 1 wi'hout any precautions, he is to b j i informed that the coarse com plained of i was not usual, and that the driver had i since be?n discharged. i .H. Clough, R. W. D!xon, and G. i Riddell were granted lie jos:s. i It was decided to pay the £2 2i i charged by the Railway DeparimeU c for proclaiming the Breikwatsr-road a i County-read. j A letter was read from tha New r Zealand Accident Insurance Company v quoting premiums for insuring the a Ujunty against accident-) to the publia t on the County rtadi, —No action. li Accounts amounting to £753 Is 7d c were passed. 0 An account of £B4 from Heniy g Brown and Company for timber, charged ti at the rate of 15s par 100 feet, a price n that was deemed excessive, was deferred e for ii quiiy. s Ihe Clerk's report en R.-sirves on s the Juncsion-road was dd'ened. *\ The Council rote. r r