EGMONT COUNTY COUNCIL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 135, 29 November 1911, Page 3

EGMONT COUNTY COUNCIL

ANNUAL MEETING. 'Die ami mil meeting of the Egmont County Council was held at Opunake on | Wednesday last, when there were present: Crs. Campbell, Hurst, Farquhar, Harvey, Dudley, Willcox and Davey. CHAIRMAN. On the motion of Or. Willcox, seconded by Cr. Harvey, Cr. Dudley was re-elect-ed chairman. Cr. Dudley, ion taking the chair, thanked the members for appointing him to the highest position in the Council. | He would conduct the business fairly and I ■impartially to the best of his ability. He would say one thing in conclusion, and that was that he hoped there would ■be no unpleasantness like at the final meeting of the last Council. They had got on well together till the last 'meeting. He hoped they would continue to work like brothers for the whole of the county, and not for any particular portion. He then welcomed Cr. Davey to the Council, and hoped that he would fall, in with the Councils antiquated methods and obey the ruling of the chair and not cause any disturbance. He was the only new member elected, and he felt sure Or. Davey would make a good member, as there was plenty of "»o" in him. °

Cr. Davey thanked the chairman for his remarks and said ho would, fall in with the Council's methods. When in Rome he would do as Rome did until lie had gained experience.

STEAM HAULERS. '•Foreman. Newport drew the Council's attentipn to the steam haulers that were travelling to and fro at his, end of .the riding under-the name of the Coastal Transport Company. They were what he called. :extraordinary heavv traffic. They were breaking' up the metal very badly in places and were very severe on most of the bridges. He (thought if 'they were allowed to run they would have a very bad time at his end of the riding, as he had used W nearly ail his maintenance metal. The machine itself weighed about four tons. When it was carrying water and coal and one trawler attached it would ■weigh an extra IScwt. The'vehicle carried about five tons of cheese, so that it would be about 10 tons, and that was far too much weight for these roads to carry, especially with the showery weather prevailing lately. •It was resolved that a copy'of the, letter be sent-to, the Taranaki County' •Counmil asking for. that Council's cooperation in dealing with the. extraordinary traffic and particulars, of the methods adopted thereto by that Council. FOREMEN'S REPORTS. j

Foreman Newport (Rahotu Northern) reported that he had been engaged repairing the Main -South road iietwecn Oaonui and Puniho. He had also laid down six chains of new road at PungaTehu with metal napped last moijth. 'At Puniho he had repaired a bridge, and required some timber to repair two other bridges.—Timber to be procured. Foreman T. Humphries (Opunake riding) reported 'that he had been re/pairing flie Main South road between Oaonui and Te Namu rivers, and had repaired the- Koetoeto'e bridge, also repaired, the Majn South road between Waiau and Taungatara rivers. A good deal of maintenance work was done/on the Eltham road.

Foreman W. Harris (Oeo Southern) and H. Munrb (Oeo Northern) also report on work done and required. '. JiUROA ROAD. ■ The Eltham County Council wrote" in regard to this boundary road, stating that they had obtained! the ratepayers' sanction to raise a loan of £IOOO to cover cost of putting one-lialf of the road in thorough order, and asking the Egmont Council (1) to raise a loan of £llOO, being the balance required to carry out the proposed loan work; (2) if not, whether the Council would tontribute one-third wf the cost of metalling a portion of the rcf.id at one end, estimated at £6O, provided the owners and the Council provide the balance. • Mr. Gibson also wrote asking the Council to metal portion bf the road estimated to cost £ISO, to which he was prepared to contribute £ls, Mr., Morton £5, and he was hopeful of raising another £lO. —After some discussion it was resolved, .on the motion of Crs. l'arquhar and Willcox, that this Council .find, one-third of the cost up to £SO, Eltham County Council £SO, and the ratepayers £3O, the money to be obtained before the work is done. TENDERS.

Tenders'for the supply and delivery of metal.were dealt with as follows:

Main South road (Oeo Southern), 800 yds gravel—W. Kehely, 3s 4d. Main South road ,('l) 700 yds crushed boulder stone, (2) 2Ooyds crushed boulder stone, Pa tiki road, (3) lflD.vds crushed boulder stone. Skeet road, (4) 100 yds crushed boulder stone?. Xopera road —G. Kehelv, Xo.' 1, !)s'; Xo. % 7s lOd; No. 3, Gs; Xo. 4, 7s 10d.

. Watino road! MOvds bonlder*'st6ne—. W. S. Kehely, 4s.

'Opunake road ,300 yds crushed boulder stone—G. Viekery, 4s ,liiy s d. Main South road, 800 yds crushed pit metal—J. Hickey, 3s lid." Main South road (Rahotu riding), 800 yds crushed bonder stone—,T. Hickey, ss.

Eltham road (Rahotu riding), 1200 yds gravel—J. Hickey Is ll'/sil.

Main South road, 350 yds crushed bout der stone—H. Julian, as.

Main South road, 25ftyds crushed bout der stone—H. Julian, <ss.

Tenders were not accepted for several contracts, and fresh tenders will be invited. ' GOVERNMENT GRANTS.

Mr. a. T. Murray, District Road Engineer, wrote that the actual balance of authority was £4 17s. To this could be Added-£3 9s 10d, making a total available of £S (is Hid. But of this only £-1 17s was now available. The present balances were: Okahu, £.34 lis, to which add £3B for which proposals were now- invited, making £92 Ms in all; YViremu, t'iiO, to which similarly add £24, making £74 m all. He suggested that proposals lie submitted for the full amount in cadi case, and not only on the sums at present in hand. In the case of the Okahu road, the extra work should be done with a view to making the track between Kalmi and Piirib'ka road, similarly between Ojnia and Ihaia roads, as both places are most R'i|iiired, An authority of £">() was issued on the 20th nil, for expenditure on (lie YViremu (Xgariki road to Ihaia). for the construction of four culverts and filling, aggregating ]•£ chains in length, on frontage of Section ]! 2(i of Block 7. Opunakc S.D."

It was resolved to notifv the Department thai, the work would be carried out under the superintendence of J. P. Kennedy, Parihaka Road Board foreman.

lit was also resolved that the Council write to the Public Trustee that as the Government had granted £l5O to the Wiremu road (Te Kiri end) that a similar amount be granted by the Public Trustee so as to ensure a fair outlet to the settlers; that it be a recommendation from this Council to the Department that the loan grant work for. lie Wiremu road lie commenced from the Te Kiri end.

GENERAL. J The ranger of the Oeo riding will be i instructed that he must keep the road? clear of straying stock, especially on th< Skeet roal, as complaints have been mtide to the Council of the nuisance I caused by straying stock. ■ Tenders are to bo called for the position of' registrar of dogk The registration fee for dogs was fixed at the same rate as last year. ' The foreman is to be notified that the instruction' previously given concerning the approaches of the metal on the bridges had not been.complied with, the foremen to carry out instructions. The chairman, C'rs. Hurst and Campbell were appointed to sign cheques. Acounta to the value of £4lB were (passed for payment—Abridged from Opunake Times.