Taranaki County Council.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7941, 3 October 1905, Page 2

Taranaki County Council.

♦ Tho monthly meeting was held on i Monday. -Present : Crs. Okey [ (Chainnaii),Gray, ; Hill, McDonald, I Brown, Hopson, and Andrews. ; MO A RIDING. Foreman Lord reported 'on work done during) - the mout-li. The fence at Ngatoro rwiuired repairing. The water was encroaching on the ' Tariki Road near Uymonil and I Jones' mill, and the planting of wili lows was advised as 'a precautionary measure. The wet weather was responsible for workling -holes in tho .' Tariki Road, and, being half a mile I from metal, a ri'(|Ucst was made for > permission Id employ n dray for a > couple of -days. The recommendations were agreed to.

Foreman Dennett -reported on'work done during 11m month, lie estimated tin' •quantity of nietnl for upkeep of road from Kniniata to Sn'an.son'.H Flat at -KKl.yds, l.'Oyds -being necessary on Hoi-rocks' Hill, l.'>o.\ds on the division from that. Hill to Slippery Point, and 100 yds to Swanson's flat. The cost was estimated at 8s a yard for crushed nietnl, about tts a yard out of the Durham lioad pit. and about 10s for handbroken river stone. As no tenders 'were seccived for Carting metal on tliv -Zfig-zajj;, the foreman was authorised to employ a carter by the day.

I-'oi'ciimn Walker n-poi-ted tlia the metal -broken oil Avenue Uoae conti-aet) totalled la-lyds (finisl-ifd) and on. n second contrnet 200vit (finished). The reads flml briilg-ei in the division were in good order VY.UTAIiA RIDINC.

Foreman Holmes reported on work done, fle had carted out Kio.vds of metal on -different contracts.| Mr. Knuekey and Mr CoH-sliy respectively had carted.out 81yds and filiyds, finishing the- contrncts, 'ami Mr Cai-twiigbt lia-d carted out "-'iy-ils. Arrangements ha-d been made Id, lodyds rccruired at Sentry Hill at t. reduction of one shilling a yard. The report was adopted. It was decided to notify live Native Trustee of the encroachment of furze fro-ni native lands on Mountain Hoad at Sentry, H-ill. omata mmxc*.

Foreman F.vctl.s reported on work do,a-. Repairs were required oil tho ■i road . between Mr Morris' house am) ' Wairau Itoad, and sufiicient nieta! was on hand. The foreman recommended that a .supply of 300 yds o metal be obtained' for dislributior. on the main rond between Tapuae and Allan's Hills, or from lkneysuckle Hill to Allan's Hill, it being suggested that arrangements could probably -Ire made for this when Hie metalling of the deviation was in hand. Plymouth Uoad bridge and Ti'inaru Beach 'bridge had bocn rc- . paired. Furze had bo Ml cleared at Omnia Hill, and other places would be altcwled to. The report was adopted. CHI'SHEH. T. l'rr.v, engine driver, reported thai during the month the crusher : had worked 15 -days, cruwhing -JBO yards, distributed as follows :—Mr Colesby 1100 yds. Foreman Holmes ti'Jyds, and Foreman Walker .TJlyds. Tlifi'c had lieen a. scarcity of stones available from the river. He recommended Inning ■wider lyres on 'the front wheols of the crusher, (he present ones 'being only "i inches, while the back lyres were .10 inches wide, and were much better 'on the road and in soft ground. The recommendations were approved. F.LTIIAM 110 AD LOAN. A letter was received from the Treasury | requesting a statement when the half year's interest would be paid to Che credit of the public account. The collection of -the rates rested . entirely with the Council, and the Treasury could not recognise any arrangement thai miay have been-agreed upon between 'the Council and the Kgniont County Council. The Department had received information that some of the I ratepayers had ili-terminr-d to resist Hie payment of the rates levia-blc under the loan or loans raised for the Kit hum Koad. and that the Council 'had not cared to collect the rates in conse(pivnce. If the ratepayers refused, a test case should be taken 'into Court and the matter threshed out. The Council commented on the change of front, since the visit In Wellington of the Chairman of the Fgmont County Council. Further correspondence '|from the F.gmont. Comity Council.'and Mr -J. 11. Hoy (the Taranaki Council's .solicitor) was read. Air Hoy enclosed legal advice from Mr T. F. Martin, barrister, of Wellinbton, a recognised legal authority on local government, who aduisul the Council to collect, the rati-. Mr Hoy ad.ivd •■'Should the 'fartmak'i Council decide to act upon Mr Martin's advice and coliccti the rate, which can only Ire for the current year, then the Council will 1m debarred from afterwards retiring to the position it 1 ha.'ll hitherto 'maintained, namely, that the F.giuoiit County Council has been liable, at any rale, from Juno 'J, I'.lOil, the date of ■adjustment. The, rate for tlve ( current year would on collection go to pay the interest, on the loan for the current year, thereafter, I uivdi-r----stamt from the Kgmcnt County ' Council letters, it will lie prepared I to take over tin- loan." ' After some 'discussion it was do- ' cided, on the motion of Crs. Oray '. and llopson, to net on this advice-, ' and the clerk was instructed lo col- 1 led tin, rate for the current year. Jt III'tIIKJKS. I W, ,T. Clare wrote 1 -that lio -had j just completed repairs to the Wal- r. wakaiho bridge. He offered to do I any future bridge! work for the j Council. t The letter was received. ] WAITAKA Altll STMKXT. | The YVaitam Uuryun'h (,'otmcjl

vrole agreeing to the adjustment of tccounts, by which it, has to ]>ay CG3 to the County Council. The Uorougit 'agreed to pay interest as ii'um Sept. 1. J .BASE. 0. Walker wrote Willi reference to lis lease of part of the gravel rejcrve. near Waiwakaiho. illc asked Lluit a clause 'be inserted to provide ". for the Council taking over any < building erected by him at the enS-' t of the term on a valuation. The i term, 121 years, was otherwise too i short for building improvements. i The Council was averse to a clause i of this description, but agreed to the : removal at the end of t'he term of u-ii.v building eit'fted. SU'I'LY OK MFTAL. The following tenders were accepted :—F. Kendall, 5s SJil per yard for supply of 7(H) yards of stone, feeding through crusher, and delivering the broken stone on| South Road, Omata. between the 101 l site, ami Allen's Hill : .1. C. .Montelioi'e, .Ts Brt per yard, supply of, 1.V.) yards of boulders on South ' l'oad between town and toll site. I'KIWL. HKKI'ND OF RATIOS. A deputation consisting of Messrs Hilling, Las'hbrook, and Olegjj, representing the Franklcy, Carrington, and Fliot Road Hoards respectively, wailed on the Council, and asked that a portion of the rates collect(«l in their districts be refunded'Tii view of their special circumstances. Tim Couno.il agwd to renew the grant allowed last iyear, of onefourth the rates. WAITARA WEST ROAD HOARD. Messrs Turnbull (Chairman) and French waited on the Council on behalf of the Waitara, West Road Heard and in recognition of the. Board's outlay in snaking the deviation of Te Arei Road 'in connection with tho Waiongoiva bridge, a grant-of £3O towards the cost: was .made by the Council. SALE OF PIjAXT. Thtf Chairman reported having sold the old stone-breaking plant to Messrs Kyngdoiv and Co. for X3OO on terms, agreed upon. The Chairman's 'action .was confirmed. THANKS. The Secretary of the Fitzroy Fire Hrigade forwarded a! resolution ol thanks for the Council's action in granting £lO towards the funds wi the brigade.