TARANAKI COUNTY COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81899, 4 December 1906, Page 3

TARANAKI COUNTY COUNCIL.

At tl\c ordinary meeting- of the CouiH'i: on Monday, there weic present : Councillors J. Brown (chairman) G. V. Tate, J. R. Hil', G- Af lAdiam, C. Andrews, A. George, M. Hrpoon, and R. Stevens. OMATA METAL CONTRACTS. Councillor George reported that Mi F. Seamaik was uiiabl-- to go to assist the South road foreman (Moore). Council jr Andrews said the foreman was tipping the stone on the tide track in Okato. Councillor Ad am said he had delivered tiie Council's wriiton instructions (0 Moore to put at least half the metal on the road. Tiie chairman said Moore sti 1 cftmp ained that he had received no instructions. What more did he want ? The matter was left in the chairman's hands to arrange. PIAKAU BRIDGE. The chairman said that he and Councillor Stevens arianged with Mr Tarry for the metalling of the approaches to the Piakau bridge obtaining cj6 chains at 6/ a chain. The work 'vvas complete.—Action approved. OFFICERS' REPORT. The engine-driver reported that during the month he had worked the crusher on five days, putting 38S yards of stone through. The chuslier had been shifted to Okato on the 22nd November. He 'liad finiWbed painting the chain bridge at a cost (labour and material) £5 10/11. Waipuka bridge £5 10/6, and Sentry Hill £7 0/4. A good crusher site I could be made in the county reserve, Junction road, on tiie east of the Ngatora bridge, costing £5. Adopted.

Foreman Jones (Tariki) reported that he had filled in a broken cuiven on the Taiik.i road, aud strengthened the Waipukuiti bridge. The decking of the Mungamii bridge was nut fi: for traffic.

Tiie cha'irman said that the Manganui bridge liad been reported 'angerous for years. Couuci lor Tate suggested advertising that tne bridge was very dangerous, and he moved ta that effect. -Members pointed out that the bridge was posted as dangerous, and no fiesti si.-ps were taken.

Foreman Bennett (Junction road) repoited lhat he had sJpent* a good deal of time on tue zig-zaq. whore, slips came down during' ihe rains i n SUI November. lie lu.d o ack overhanging scrub, and wit. J had places, giejily improving i.c uad. i.'t recommended getting long-ais-■ance meta: cartage don*-- now. A hundred yards were needed from Slippery Hill to Tariki road. Another ioo yards for the zig-zag shou d b- carted during the fine iir....or too, whilst the road wa- fit. He ment.onlei that Mr llawke was caning ou". wool from Tarata on titee 0 1 less than three inches, and tfugg'e ed charging wheel tax. The luieinan recommended that the G .veinnient giant of ,£SO for Tariki road sliuu'd be used in formation, fUin u 1., bad places. Metaling wulu benefit only a few settleis, as the mon y wasufficient for only about In. v. .auis. The report was adopted, and tue matter ot the Tariki road gram i.ehi over pending th e ehaitnian s confeience with the District Road Engineer. Georgv Walker, Mo a lidiiiy lo.e man) reported that fie had nad a man for 121 days putting the Junction road in order near Mr Joida.. A rotten cu.veit near Brown's sawmil. uteded replacing, Hitee-n ,111.11 pipes would be requited. A cuiveu near Cluugh's lequired mtue pipes. 'Tarry's traction engine had cracked one of the uiider-cotds 111 Hi" Ijiidgv near the fnglewood Bacon tac-oiy. file bridge needed strengthening, to make it ftt for ordinary tiaiiio rwo "danger" notices from the I'iakau bridge had been posted 011 tuis I'iidye. Stone was required: From New i'lymouth boundary to old to lgate 200 yaids, at Mangoici 000 ya u , Kent road to King road, at Cnain budge depot 400 yaids King load -,u b..o ( |i factory budge 200 yaid», lngiwwud t) Waiongona 300 yards, a total ol 1700 yard-. During t.ie hot weatliei the Stones hail wuik.il up b:idk on !.ome ot the sleeper mil .

The foreman n.n auinoii;,ul to procuic nece»sary pipes and to repair the damaged budge. Meiai requirements were Ikld over un.il arrangements had been comp eud IV a crusher site.

Foreman Holmes reported having carted out (]?s yards oi' m ■■ al lor re' metalling. lie had mad-' up ck,swings near the Waiwakaiho bridge, had blinded metal and made up bad places on the Richpiond road, and had engaged the road grader to take off the hard grass and form up the road 25 ft wide, besides three days' trimming from the side ol' the me.ai. The grader worked wel . and gave him satisfaction.

Council or Tat c -a:d he had engaged the road grader toi a 'est and 101 the information of the Council. A» a result lie was strongly 111 favour 0! die Council acquit nig a grader. Councillor llopson a-ktd if the Counci'; had enough woik fur a gi'adei. —Councilor Tate: Plenty ol it. Councillor Andrews thought the money spent in a grader would be welt spent.

On the motion ol Council ors Tate and Adlam, it was decided to obtain a test of the grader ill each riding the riding members to fix the locality ol the trials. Foreman Evetti (Omnia) reporUd the roads weie breaking lip baOiv 011 the hill-, and needed blinding. ' lie had put in pipes at the in et of small tunnel at Waison's Gu ley. He had agisted llailoid in putting 111 coneiete pipes at Tapuae, ana lepauetl the bridge befoie the crusting plant closed. The McKeljer road. Irom Omaia to ihe beach, Had been itpaired. The road thiough Morris' laini to the beach needed attention so that -tone could be bt'uuglit to the crusher. Lupine:. 011 the Breakwater load needed cubing back between the hotel and U)e Agamotu road- Sand from the Ngamotu "oad waa a nuiance, accumulating at the junction of the roads.

The Council discus.d the ceiiii'.loll of the Plymouth and ilurfoul load budge?, riding members stating that they were absu.uicly dangeious. It was decided to do nothing until the t.inber is available from the Tapuae and Oakuia bridges, and in tlie meantime the bridges will be poste-i a - * dangerous.

The t'ii-man wus authorised io att« n«.i to t.ic road Mum"' properly. Owners uf propeity 011 the breakwater road wiK be notified to clean ihe frontages of lupines The lon-man wil be instructed to remove suid fr";u the Breakwater and obtain ix>:wivnun U possible, 10 deposit it uii the Ngamoiu road. J'oivnian Moore (Omata) reported ti at he had repaired the Kaihihi and Stony riv<r bridge. and !>ome general repaying. lie wanted intruding concerning the stone in Okato township whether the roadway was to be lowered, or widened by filling in the sidetrack. It was n"i his fau't tlut the nie'a! had not- been put on tluroad, un he had been unable lo get men. lie had now Waited putting

Hil* on. Mr D. WTson's offer to Icaoo a section in Okato township at a yi iii' was Mpted. COMPENSATION CLAIM. Tliu Council discussed the claim of \\. K. Munis for for fencing 15,', lost heifer j£i 5 , uml con £u.\ 1 111' two beasts having fill on over a bank because of Ihe Council's in gleet to erect a tenet*. The Council, after some discus ion, decided to pay for the cow, <lcclining ( o recognise the c'aim for t.ie heifer. The fencing item was defence] until the engineer was present.

AN EXPLANATION". Mr G. T. Muiruy. distri t road onguuvr. wiote wi'.li lcfi'icnce to a statement published to the effect that he hail approved of th 0 Tapuae tunnel p'.alts. A« a nialK'f of fact lie had newer seen them. The county engineer said that a; there was no Government subsidy it hail not been necessary to submit the plans to Mr Murray. Jfu noventnwnt engineer had been consulted, and no Government engineer, had givou an opinion, as far as Mr Skinner knew, except disapproving of the 1 JCOMWTS decision

'the '.-cheme for the deviation of the whole road from Omata to Oaku'a. Tiie complete deviation would have c.jied a Government subsidy. Again, at the Oakura hil , the deviat-on earned a £2OO subsidy, whereas tinGovernment would not have as-istej in re-grading the hill. TENDERS. 11. D. Mace's tender of 3/11 a yard v as accepted for supplying boulders through crusher at Oakum, and F. kl'itrkiu-,' at 7/6 a yard for 600 yards a» Omata. DOG TAX. It was decided to call tenders for the collection of dog tax and re-label-ing of dog collars, the lowest or any tender not necessaiily accepted. Tl"? dog tax will be for working dogs and to, for sporting dogs. MANGANUI BRIDGE. Mes rs Simons and Jones wrote declining to deck the Manganui bridge ou condition that they must accept al responsibility. The present decking was un afe, and in th« event of any accident to its teams the firm would hold the Council responsible. NOXIOUS WEEDS. Mr R. Rowan, inspector of noxious weeds, notified the Council must remove the Californian thi>tle, biackIjer'y, broom, etc., from the county leserve, Ngatoio bridge ; Junctionload, inglewood.—The foreman wi.l be instructed to attend to the matter. THE CRUSHER.

Mr Kendall, borough engineer, asked the Council to include in its Maiigorei contract 130 yards of metal for the Borough Cuuncil, as die Council desired to put the Albert-road hi order.—Granted. GENERAL, The engineer was insisted to take a.l saps jiecttsaiy lor the deviation av me \\a.ngona budge. Mr gave notice to rescind the iciulutiuii oy waicii 11 was made necessary tor loretnen to make upecia. application to tne Council before engaging extra labour. Ihe Koaus Derailment advised 'hat an additional grant ot £175 wa> available for the Oakura lulls cuu eact.

ill- Joseph Lawn's application foi a license tor a slaughterhouse proposed to be erected on section 2s, ulock 5, Lapc Kgmont S.D., on trie l'uniiio-roau, was gianted. A kttei was received from the Jrea•my approving provisionally of tile Council ii application lor a further ioan of (io per cent, or for completing the reconstruction of -lie \Jakuia ijudgc. Lr. Sievuis reported that the 100 jams 01 stone recently obtained for u.e Mountain-road 111 Foreman joihs' lengili had been used in ieroiming toe road at tlie new Tiakau bridge.— lenders would bo called lui auomer 100 yards.

-Mr ClaiKe s oil ci to supply stone to ■he depot 011 Jtmction-road was left with Cr. Hopson to ariange. Tendciu will be cal.ed tor the erection of the U'aiwakaiho bridge on tue Uevon-road, returnable at n- xt rneei,ug. C". Andiews brought up the mallei 1 ot breaking stones lor load boaids. After a wines of anundmint.-, it W as decided to elutige i/G a yard. ACCOUNTS. Accounts were passed for payment: Administration, £152 9/2; l\luu lidinK> XjiJiS iy,s; Waitaia.. IS/7; Umata, A 1334 3/4--.an