EGMONT COUNTY COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 167, 2 December 1912, Page 7

EGMONT COUNTY COUNCIL.

, ANNUAL MEETING-. The statutory annual meeting of the Egni'ont Colinty 'Council took place at Opimake Wednesday, when there were present:' .Crs. Dudley,' Maxwell, Campbell, Farquhar, Burgess, Davey, Harvey and-Willeox. | Cr, Dudley was unanimously re-elect-ed chairman'unopposed. In returning thank's for the honor,, lie remarked that although the'position; was not a bed of roSes ; he' : always tried to act fairly. He regretted that at the l'ast Council meeting One member'considered he was not giving-'-® fair -deal;' but it was always his eudekvorVtO be impartial. One of the pleasures of the position was that every second ratepayer~"got on to" him, wanting! to.-: know''When their piece of road was going to,"be-•finished, and he found' tliat'' the . non-r&tepayers did the niost • growling, r , > ' Cr. Davey brought up the question of the chairman's honorarium, remarking that .all■ .''other councils voted their chairman ah honorarium. ; The chairman dismissed the proposal by sayiiig'tlla't : he would not dream of accepting anything in the present state of the Council's finances.-'

' 'Tenders-•wt&c';accepted as follows: Rah6tir'ridihg'''(nbrthern): - Supply and delivery l of 'cr-ii'slied'/ boulder stone at Various jiqiuts', 'G.'-'Vickery, 300 yds at ss '7c!, 200 yds at® Ss 9d j'pit'metal, 000 yds. ;at 4s lid and 700 yds hi J sk 4d. Contracts ;for a further 900 yds.were not let, and jfresh tenders ! tvill' !be~ called. 1 Rahotu iridirig '(sOUthern) ; 400 yds. 'pit metal, El•tham road, J. Mutir'o, 3s 9d; 400 yds. pit ;mel'al. Main South road. J. Mitnro, 3s •3d; tfUOyds. crushed boulder stone, Main jSouth' road, G.. Vjcjcpry ss. Opunake iriding: lflfitii't'ls. 'orflsi>ed"boiilder stone, ;d Victory, 45...9 d. O'eo' riding' (northjern): Supply and 'fl.eliv^ry'boulder stone, jl'QOyds. (3.))Vii>alee-Stra,tford road, G. Ke'hcly, ,4s i)d; ',2()Q'yds. 'Auroa road, G. Ke:hely, 4s. j3d; '2o(iyds.,, Eltkam road, 1000 jyds. crushed, Elthani road, G. « Kcllely, .7s; ,1100 yds. gravel,,Eltham road, G. Kejhely, 3s 4d; : blinding, Elthara road, G. Ketiely, ',3g .6d. ,t. Qco riding .(southern) jJOOOyds. gravel; Main South 'road,'.W.,.Rehely;':_ss ; -.3d"j,, 300 yds. Oeo | (lpw:er-)i 4. .Atuuroj Cs ,0d; 200 yds. ,Nopera; ropd,, J. -Jtusro,: jßs 2d.;- .100 yds. .Puketapu roacl,.fi.jKpheJy, 4d,; 100 yds. ,Hpne ro.ad,. Oi-Keljely,. 3s 4d; 300 yds. 'boulder, .stone, , Main South road, J. Munro,',ss Sd; ,100 yds. Watine road, J. jMunro, 4s 4d; 200yds. 1 skeet road, J. IMunro, 4s (id; '-200 yds. Pa tiki road, J. 'Muni'o, 1 -Is; :3.Qoyds..! (crushed) Eltham 'road, O.i Vickery, 4s 7d: ■ -In connection with the Capo road contract, the-- chairman.'reported -that the contractor, Mr. ..Thomas/ had been lioti- ; fled to proceed with his unfinished contract in the Rahotu northern division, but as: no'satisfaction could bo obtained ! the chairman had. authorised the foreman, to. r.e-lejt jibe , work, _ and this had been '.done* to Mr. Corbe'tt .for 2s 3d. ,The chairman said that , he had taken this course! a» : they could not keep the 'plant'and" men idle, as the crusher was waiting to start work. Since then a telegram had been received from Thomas that he would proceed with the work under protest. A letter was received from Messrs. i Weston. ■& Weston, without prejudice, asking the Council to pay Mr. Thomas Is per yard on the unfinished'balance of the contract, and also, pay the Cape road balance.

Cr. Maxwell moted that the action of the chairman be affirmed, irrespective of consequences, as he 1 had (lone what he considered best. ' This was seconded bv Cr. Wilcox and, after some discussion, carried. Crs. Willcox and Maxwell moved that as the contractor failed to' carry out the work, £4 be returned to Mr. Thomas and that the balance, £7, be impounded ( £3 having been paid to the Parihaka Road BoaTd for damage to the road). An amendment that the whole amount be paid', moved by Crs. Campbell and Harvey, was carried. It was further resolved that it be an instruction that when contractors have to cart over roads other than county roads, the foreman of the bodies interested inspect the road before the commencement of the contract. The clerk was instructed to take the necessary steps for the Council to neeome a registered authority for the license of motors.

It was resolved to inform Mr. Greenway (Puniho Dairy Factory) that the Council had not. sufficient funds to keep the 12ft. width in good order, and therefore was unable, to comply with the request to metal the roadway the full chain in front of the factory (to which the company offered to contribute. — Abridged from Times.