TARANAKI COUNTY COUNCIL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 49, 7 June 1910, Page 2

TARANAKI COUNTY COUNCIL

MONTHLY MEETING. The ordinary monthly meeting of the Taranaki County Council was held yesterday, when tnere were present: Crs. J. Brown (chairman), R. Stevens, M. Hopson, C. Carter, C. Andrews, E. Allanson, and J. R. Hill.

Foreman Jones, Tariki, reported that he had completed, the concrete culvert near Tariki, with the exception of the filling in, which he purposed to leave for a fortnight. The guard rails on Manganui bridge, Tariki road, were corroding, and required painting. The Kuraipiti bridge, near Inglewood, required aihout ten new deek planks. He had been doing general work during the month.

Foreman Bennett, Junction road, reported that since last report he had finished raking in and building metal. The rest of his time had been taken up in water-tabling and patching where required. He had got all the planks carted from Tarata bridge and had used uip most of them. He had re-planked the Mangaone bridge, Tariki road. The old planking was very rotten. He had also re-decked the 'frame culvert on Tariki road, and had fixed up the _ Makara bridge. In this bridge the stringers were getting very rotten at the ends. He had also put in two shutes at the Manganui bridge to carry off the sand and storm water from the west pier.

Foreman Cheffings, Junction road, reported that it had been a bad montn for the road owing to so much rain, and the metal had cut through in a lot of places. He had to employ labor for repairing the Mangorei bridge and making] a track to Lealand ; s depot. He had had to get Mr. Olson with his timber waggon to cart guni trees for propping up the Mangorei bridge. He would advise the Council to get Mr.. Orbell to look at three hig culverts on the Mountain roads, which are showing signs oi falling in. Foreman F. Holmes, Egmoht road.-, m his report, stated that most of' the time he had been raking in the new metal and Winding it, and cleaning out watertables and culverts, which were mostly filled up. He had .repaired .sgme holes on the Egmont road wihrcH werie cutting up. There were places and Smart roads breaking (.up, and required repairing. inetjal, and if left long, they wouk| be'impassable. ' ' ■ "' !

Foreman J. Holmes, Waitara, reported that he had received during : the month. 1.36 yards- of metal on contract No. 166 for re-metalling and, repairs. He ha 4 bjaen engaged in ijtp side roads, and. cleaning out.l.wate|ria|(es. The timber had arrived for.tjlie.qeulyert on the MVuritain roa4. |een no repairs' required to "any" of the bridges during the past month. .... ' Foreman Huse, Ornate, reported that the crusher put through 716 yards in eleven and a-half days, an average &f----62 yards per day. Re roads taken ove.r Iby the county, he stated that they weie in a bad state. The water-courses weile in some cases running thJre&quarters $i a mile along, the road. In some places' there were no water-tableSi at all. jTheyall needed cleaning out. He 1 had inwv. twenty-four' road under his' dharge.

Foreman vdßrosinaU/ oMato/.Creported that through the month he had been cdjiejly-, in ;ousT|iietal for patching thin places along tie" road.' The traffic was, telling on' >im roads',' the HaU Hail,' whet'e there wis-"a-i long' stretch which requir ( ei>(i''i , &n}fltatling/ There had been no repairs to bridges tor the mouth. ■, As,: requested, <|hey iha4;;, removed notice boards from' fimaru itf'eaeh bridge. Mr. Wsts,o£, of Oakura, snould be notified not'ta- turn the storm water, from the Surrey "rofj,d oiy to road. Something -had.gAJ;' to''be'(lone at,'the junction of the old and new road at the Oakura deviation. Several people,, . strangers, dicj.. ■ i not knpw^, whks& road to take. He suggested'' a' finger.;. (post or else Mr... Morris, was 'Wjilling tj» fc fence it off., ; ,'." m k ■'»'■' 'nl J! '' "'•• ; ' : '' r n i". Foreman, Wflrri^', f ffainkley. "road,; ?& L ported | jjliftV 4uring;';ths. ; teon'th Vh)3 f ljas. ibeen engaged, doing general ' s W>rk. were 4'eag. ,troi|:tages,. ijTpWFX 1 Had not 'lie' intended to send in'a list of the deniulters. He , had jdven them all notice, so that there 1- V'' •> • <,[ j

Foreman Eva, Carrington road, reported -'( Mfc: the r'bpt&'tMtvi.rAn.iUir order. His time for the-month had been oau pied iir patching;; sjjide tracks, attenttog-to' : iwate*'-,tabieij;'i Ji id genera! work. .'oiim:'- \- FOREMEN'S REPORTS., Foreman BrosnaVs wmplaint Ve. son was referred to Cr. Andrews %r ?his report. j[_ Cr. Alktnson was deputed to enquire into complaints made concerning the class of labor employed by Foreman Huse in the Omata riding.' l Wi?" : Foreman Huse was granted a man-'for a week to repair district roadV • i,.: The matter of re-decking • bhe. ; , £urapete (Inglewood) bridge was, left the hands of the chairman to ,carr,y !£ j©us if deemed necessary. if?? Foreman F. Holmes was grantefl imetal from Devon street to district roads. . : ,

A complaint was made that there jivas no one to supervise the crusher stafoj " > &£ll&tfWto s&s¥. sWsfs efs as; ( sistant; employed /his time when not required 'on tire 'crusher'.- '■ It was agteeft that the engine-driver had plenty; of work on the engine at all times, .but. that Mt tiring should for \ 'road when> ttoe semishai).; wa9 ;Wferteing.' rlrt)answer to a, question,; the ; chairman said that the. crusher .*saffi ' was under", the foreman 'of the ridmfe in ' wtii'cli'-'i't 1 ' was' stationed.—ft-'was 'decided that Foreman Huse be asked 'to onakp an : explanation; in; reference to the .enginemen not. "working on the Beach ,roas. as request'ea'lby tiiin, . " ! , , THE.Hf AIWAKAIHO WEIR. > ■. 4!V. W. jCutfleld, who had been'appointed b'y the ,'Fi'tzroy Town Board to ■ co-bpe'nfte' with the Council in reference to the 1 protection of the Waiwakaiho bridge* waited on the Council, and pointed .out that ( the embankment below the weir was' scouring badly, and required immediate attention. He thongnt tnat. : a roller of boulders encased in netting would be" sufficient protection. He recommended that this be attended to at once, and. that the carting of necessary boulders'be done by contract.—His ' recommendations were adopted. TIMBER TRAFFIC.

Foreman Cherfinga reported that two waggons were carting heavy .loads of timber on the roads under his charge The waggons were reported to'ibe carryins for tie Sash and Door Co.—v.elerrecl to"the chairman, to interview the company. Foreman Jones (Tariki) reported that despite his warning, waggons were still carrying excessive loads. There were twoVagsons. each weighing over a ton, and the loads were from 1500 to 2000 feet of timta.—Notice will be given to Messrs. Simon and Brown to discontinue the traffic, otherwise the Council will take action.

ROYALTIES. The chairman reported having interviewed several of the property-owners with regard to their claims for royalty on stone and surface damage by metal contractors, and it was decided to pay threepence per yard for the stone taken and threepence per yard for surface damage. ADJACENT DISTRICTS' LIABILITY. Messrs. Govett and Quillhun, the county solicitors, wrote: "The question whether one local authority can call upon an adjacent local authority to contribute towards the cost of constructing a bridge is not determined by distance—that is to say, there is no actual limit fixed by law 'beyond which exemption could be claimed. In order to compel an 'adjacent' local authority to contribute, it must he shown that the work is of advantage and (benefit to the whole, or a. considerable portion, of the inhabitants of the district to be charged. The Court of Appeal has decided that one district may he 'adjacent' to another district, although tjm two are not immediately contiguous, and although one or more boroughs, counties, or districts may intervene, between them." RICHMOND ROAD BRIDGE.

Messrs. Oribe.ll and Mackay reported that, as instructed by Cr. Tate, they had examined the bridge on the Richmond road, near Mr. Little's mill, and found that one of the studs of the pier on the north end of the bridge was very rotten and should he renewed with as little delay as possible. There was a piece of timber suitable for the purpose on the ground. Several other pieces of timber in the bridge were rather badly worm-eaten, hut they would probably last another two years.—The foreman to attend to the work at once. GENERAL.

Mr. WVOgier, town clerk of Inglewood, wrote that the Inglewood Borough Council' disclaimed liability for a traffic levy payable on stone carted over the county road for the Council by Mr. Neilson.

It' -\vW decided to pay the £25 subsidy promised some time ago to the Inglewood technical school. The New Plymouth Borough Council wrote that the application of "this Council for a water connection to the crasher depot at'Mangorei would be granted on payment of the cost of connection and an annual charge of £1 per annumAccepted f ''Mr. *A. &• Binnie applied for permis■sioln to make a cutting; at the roadside for the purprfse of making a gateway.— Pennission granted, subject to the supervision of the surfaceman, The'Moa. Road Board applied for payment" "s*'£ 10 subsidy promised by the Egmont Road Board towards the cost of Kaipi road.—Payment authorised.

TOl R Ma c R'oad Board clerk also reported that J. Swann and Jordan and Co. had declined to pay traffic levy demanded.

Messrs. Booth, McDonald and Co. quoted {£29 for ironwork needed in MMagl&J'Wonkmen's hut for the traction engine information to ibe • acquired.' " Messrs. Anderson, Limited, OhristdrdrfS? (Jtiot&V'Wo for road roller p6ftta.it« filtciheJCDsuncirs traction engine. nrEu?ith#* iW9tt}ri?,s, to he made.

4 rm r he \ C for the amount of the estimated cost of foriSMiohHfExtension of Norman i street t>hrougj^hjr JJ ,property in Vogeltown. _ Footpatls had been formed and 'tstatritfiils«hb,..ajiid.now the Council was a lM s SrJ.i,,n-u;A „ ~ ~. . , . .; jfriei chairman was authorised to comfnftViicifte Public Works DepaptßJisfrti ettpkiinjiig \tlin...reasons w'hy the CjOiinci] considered it should ha**) boundary 'bridge. decked to levy' a special -rate-of-©Be-tairih. of a penny in the Jfljot, i;oad district for tfie loan of <£XvW- "'.." The mattCT 14 0T £ dr4posing of some timber in the old Tapuae bridge was re#ri*& io power to naet. 1 otfj ni -bfoif »d \\, . 4l r - Mfg&^b'/ 111^1 on the Co , uncil on (behalf ofThe Fitzroy Tannery Com-'p&f-aM improvement 4fe*fe rh& le<tti*%to. the tannery.—The forj&nftnjio^epprtj.jf,,,.. Cr. Andrews repotted that the Stony river was behaving' much the same as the Waiwakaiho .was doing. The river was cutting into/the adjoining property ibelow the weir. The owner was prepared to give pound for pound towards the cost if the Government would contribute the rest. —It was decided to apply to the Government for a pound for pound subsidy. The tender of the Westport Coal Cornpan v was accepted for the supply of coal for the crushing plant. There were four 1 tenderer-.

Foreman Cheffings forwarded the names of .property-owners along whose boundaries there were blackberry and gorse, and others whose pine-trees were keeping the sun off the Avenue roadNotice will be sent to them to clear their boundaries.

An application made "in forma pauperis" for the remission of rates was acceded to. ACCOUNTS. AceountS wereipafcsed for payment as follows:—Administration account £135 Cs lOcl, Moa riding £95 Os 7d, Waitara £SO 4s Id, Omata £285 10s 3d, Okaro £33 '3s 'ftl, Mrworth. £BB 2,s fid—total, S 6^6'l6s 3di" i'..-V9T§?rc 1 Jili.ii|i '