TARANAKI COUNTY COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 38, 4 February 1908, Page 4

TARANAKI COUNTY COUNCIL.

ihe iarauaki County Council met >i -tciday. l'ie,eut: Councillors J. Brown (chairman;, Stevens, Hopson, i..~.rge, Andrews, Adlam, Tate, and Hill. JIKAVI THATi-IC. A deputation 01 -elders interviewed the i uimr-il .-..ni-cniiii" the proposal that ! tili-y -hotii-l contribute towards tile up !il "l' ■'' in.' count j i-.iaiU over which I 1 li,.'ir cage.,,,,, travelled, j « r. Mi-n-n* moved that a k\y of two- *'•■*»--.- I""'' "'"lt he collected ou all saun . inuli.T e.iH.-d over the county roads, .:!!-! ihi.v|ieii,-u (ht limit on log's caned, ! i.'-- only to l,e carted in line weather ■ and .11 the Council's pleasure. "'r. 11,.|,-.,n -econde.l. i Cr. Ad! mi moved as an umemlmciii to i h.-.roi 1'.,l |K -r loiifi up to live mile, i oi ioa.l: 2d lor live mil. -s and up to ten; , and -' j.l o\i r ten miles. Cr. Andrew, seconded tile aniendmcnt. : «h:.-h iv.lc lo.t, and the molion was carried.

It wa- a|.„ dechled to levy lid iier .r.! on tii.-.vood: lid per lumiired posts and rail-: :;d jut raid on stone and gravel. 'I Illi lIFNIT liJilUlit. I! wa, decided to take the ;ormal steps .u obtain tti L . consent ol Hie Oovernoi i i" Hi'- eoltelruction of tlm new briugu j "i'-r Hie llciiui slrc.uu on the Avenue "•.oi. au-i me ap[ii u acUe. thereto, and >m aequi.iuou ol eeii.iiii lauds lor Hie deiiatinu o( the road: aud to apply to la.- Ac* riyuioulli Borough Council to bear a portion of ttie cost thereof. FOREMEN'S BKFUKTS. I ■■leiiiaii Jones, a 1 lanki. reported 1a... ue nan repaired ike Alangalea "iidgt and the Maugauiauliete bridge ua.iug tue mouth, bcidc, allcuding to »atcl-tabling aud loose inelal on roaUo. i oieuiau t. Bennett, .luneliou load iact. leponed that Air. J. Neibou had ..o.iiuienced ilia iiieialliug couiract, bui iud bad to lake away bis bullock teams La account ol the shortage of leed. Air. >.;. turner had not commenced his lnelalI oug eoutracl, labor being quiie uuob- | laiuable. lie liad been blinding the roans, the dry weather having caused tlieiu to break up. some ol the bridge decking at the Alakeiavia, Ngatoro, and Alaiigauiie stieaiup required attention. | Foreman >... Walker (.function road I reported hawng repaired lb,. Waiongoua bridge ou the lluisthuuse road, and the I *>.uongoiu bridge near ihe luglewood I Bacon Factory. The iailer was in a ! wry rotten stale. rorciuaii Holmes (Waitara riding) reported having fenced the tilling al the new bridge on the Mountain road. ihe . Alaugauraka budge on ihe Devon road i was un,ale for traction engine trallic. It had been proposed to enlarge the rods. ! oui Mr. flare advised under-struUing. 'I iii-re was som.-- umber at ihe \\aiwa kaiho tiiat would sullice lor this work. With the chairman he had inspected the briig. : .i tin. fu,,t of the Lep[iertoii hill. ; He had completed work at ihe cutting ! on lb.- I;iehuii.nd road, aud blinded all llie new metal, lie bad accepted tenders for ipuuTuiig. breaking, and delivering -tone on t.u road al Is 3d per yard. There.t oi their time had been engaged ill ■iciriiic; lein and growth away from 'i.i-ue approacln-., and in making up .he under stnutitig of the Maugaoi i nridge was authorised. Foreman Brosnau (Omata) reported ii..i lie had been employed on the Ta-i'-.i-.u metalling irom :ird January to -,-li -lanuary. He had given the new ■ ian. Mr. Huse, information concerning work required. Air. F. C. Sole had "".iipicieil hi, metalliiig contract, deliv- * ring Itil2 yards. The I'lymouth road briige wa- in a very bad state. The road on the hill at Oakura would need nn-taliiiig in-fore next winter. Ue recoinn% :i,|.-.] that juii yard, be procured and placed ou tiie road bclircen the Oakura da..-y i.ictoiy and the dakura hill. The Tnuaiu and Kaihihi bridges had been ,treii«th«jeii for the safety of the crusher passing over them. Ue hid allowed Mr. F. 1.. .Sole to excavate a new crusher site within a chain of the Timaru l>rid«c, which would be adavntagoous for lioth the Council and the contractor, He | required extra metal, else there would be none for winter maintenance of the roads.

An extra 200 yds of maintenance metal wan authorised. It was decided to grant Foreman Bros, nan 30s extra for extra work entailed by the supervision of the whole of the riding roads during the absence of the oiel foreman. Cr. George complained of the quality ■if -tmie being placed on the South road. I here were too many round stones, and '-■ imi.-li shingle. iither councillors endorsed the eomI'Viut, Cr. AdJam explaining that the -ton,, carted to the crusher was too -iii.<ll, and not boulder stone as specified. 1 be cru-her had been breaking 100 small, and on his (Cr. Adlam's) suggestion the '-Mane "»(1 been altered. The larger L'xige enabled th,. smaller stones to pass through unbroken. The chairman said there was going to be trouble it councillors would interfere with their foremen. Cr. Adlam: Does that mean lo insinuate that [ iutereferd with the foreman! The chairman: On, no. No action was taken. The engine-driver reported that during the mouth he had worked on 21'/. day-, crushing 1612 yards. He had fin" i-hcd at Tapuae on the 2Sth, and had rolled the new metal on the Tapuae hill. TKNDLKS. The tender ol J. Bird, at CI lbs, was ai epU'd for the removal of the old M-ihgauui bridge on the Tariki road. So ieieier w.is accepted lor removing the Wiiougona bridge ou the Devon ro.xd, in- matter being lull with u\ Tate to airange. It was decided to engage Mr. 0. Peuw.iideu to dismantle the old Tapuae bridge and stack the timber. GLNKKAL.

-Ur. F. b. contractor tor -ujj|«ljul ,tone to crusher at the Stony Hiver. .woLc that as team, were hard to obtain in v.ould not be able (.0 deliver a tatis-lai-tory amount 01 metal per day oil the long run, from Stony river to katakaru, alio he wished to vary in., contract. He Kuiik crush at the Council's: paddock at Fv.u.ikara, doing the excavation- lor the site at his own expcn-e.—Agreed to. The action of Cr. Adlaui was approved ill having the log- taken out 01 lb? i.ipuje .stream at the mouth oi the tunnel.

Un the motion oi Us. Andrews and A Ham. it tt.i- ilecded that ail foremen should be supplied with a copy of speeiti ati.iii- ~[ contracts under their charge. I; w.i, dcei.|.-d iy allow Foreman W .lk,r a le« Jay,' leave to cut black-o-i ue- on th,. i.jimn rn-ervK .11 the (earn bridge Avenue load. "11 tie- nn.ti..n of Cr. Andrew-, it was dc-id-d t.. pro.-urc a plough for breaking up metalled road-. It w.i- del ideii to notify lessee, ot coaly rc-eiv. - that uo.\iou, weed-iiiu-t be cleared forthwith. T;,i; ehairiiuii rejiortod that there was no uet-i—ity ior widening the road at Upper's Hill. It was decided to make approaches Ui tlurtord road up to the boundary of the county road. AU'■TNT;-. V ■ ui'- were pa»-e..i for pawucot-.--.Uimui-uu'ioii. Jto2s 5, lud: Mo.i ridin.'. >(.'' lis ;.|; W.iiur.i riding. C 47 7- ~i: I'lii.Ha riling. CSU2 llz 3d; total. V,'i2 4- Id.