TARANAKI COUNTY COUNCIL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 219, 4 February 1913, Page 7

TARANAKI COUNTY COUNCIL

monthly m : :tin<;. \ There wi'iv present ;•' yesterday's I montlilv meeting of the Teranaki County ': Council: The chairman (Cr. J. Brown) j mid Councillors R. Stevens. M. llopson, (J. Billing. C Andrews. T). M.-Allmi!. A. Morton.'.l. Andrews and .1. R. Hill. \ 151 r; ORDER. A circuhir leiicr was received from the Bruce !o:in(y Council, soliciting the Council's co-operation in. and approval of, the following resolution:—"That this Council is of opinion that contributions to the Hospital and Charitable Aid Boards should be made front the Consolidated Fund, in lien of the preseul >ysI teni of making levies on local bodies." f The Council endorsed the resolution without entering upon any discussion. A PROPOSED MERCER. In appealing to the Council to take the necessary step s to merge a portion of the Moa road district into the Taranaki county. Mr. If. Oopperl.li. of Kaimiro. on behalf of the petitioners, stated that the fact that the Moa Road Board had utterly failed to cope with the maintenance of their roads was plainly evident. The Council, having up-to-date appliance- for road-making, would he iu a position lo give the settlers better value for their money. The petition was signed bv an overwhelming majority of ratepayers, only seven failing to sign. Regarding the same matter. Mr. (loppert h enclosed a letter received from the, clerk (Mr. AY. Ogier) notifying tliat the Moa Road Board had no power lo grant (he request of the nctilioners to merge the area in question info the county. Consideration was deferred, pending receipt of a legal opinion whether the Council had power to grant the request. A MANTJORFJ MATTER.

As the Council's stafl" and 'hullook teams wore at present engaged in flip vicinity, Mr. R White, of Lower Mangorci. suggested that tlip present time would l)f most suitable for grading the .Tunotion road on to l!ip Old TTospi*>! road at the cross roads, where the roads intersected.—Referred to the inspector. PLYMOUTH ROAD. Mr. W. IT. Morris drew attention to the state of ilie approach to Plymoutli road, which thoroughfare was at present unsafe for driving. Tf the Council put the work in hand, he would supply two drays and his brother two moil for one dav'.—The offer was accepted. HEAVY TRAFFIC. The inspector estimated thai it, would cost C2O to repair the damage, done on the Carrington road by F. V. Simonds. sawmiller. from December 11. Ill]2. to January 11. IfllX I , . OATHHXOTOX ROAD:

The Council decided tofonn and metal 20 chains of Oarirngtoit road from the end of the present metal 16 Kiri bridge, and that the thirds be appropriated for that purpose, when available, at a cost not to exceed 1(1 pel' chain. XOXIOU:?''WEEDS. ' _.' The local Inspector of Xoxions Weeds drew the attention of the Council to the state of its reserve on the Albert road. The gorse and. blackberry were increasing to an alarming extent, and there had practically been no work done in clearing the weeds for twelve months. The lessee of the section, Mr. R. C. Hughes, applied to transfer his interest, but permission was withheld until he had cleared the noxious weeds to the satisfaction of the Government inspector. Arising out of the section in question, the Council instructed its inspector to make an inspection of the whole county reserves. GEXFRAL.

The District Railways -F.ngiiioer wrote praniin" permission to remove jihont lafiyds'of metal from the Sentry Hill lial!a>L pit. providing the iisu;il royalty of 3d per cubic yard was paid. The secretary (Mr. 11. Stocked notified ilia; ai a meetiite; of ,-harehoJdcvs of the Frankley Road Dairy Co. it had been decided to aprce to the CarriugtonFrankley cross road bcinpr but tbrousrh the company's property, the rate of purchase to be t"2o per acre, the Council to make "ood any damacro done to the company's property. Following on the application of a deputation of two (Messrs. Lock and Colson) it was decided to "rant four chains of metal on the Colr-on Road when the cru.dicr was at AVaiwakaiho. providing the ->ttl<r- did the formation work. Air. 11. Trimble notified the .Council ihat he had invited tenders for remov-/ nip' (he earth at the entrance to his private road, between the -ide ~f the cutting on the Mountain Road and the boundary of that road, lie .-ii,<r,£res(ed thai the -iuijili'-i wav of movin<j the earth on the Mountain Road would be for the Come-il to indicate where it ,leered the ...wlh to lie placed. his contractor lo do the work, the Council payin- at the contract price for its removal. --Refused. INSPECTOR'S RFPORT. The road t ml hrid-e i-iMieefor (Mr. R. \Y. lioitdi reported that durin.L' the month he had been over most of the County roads which are in fair order, e.vept the Mail! Nmlh Road. Moa Ridiuj:-: Mr. 11. ('leortie has been enea.evd to do repair, to deckim: and. painting the X-ator.mui hrid.tre. The frr.idinyr of Makotawa Hill was prnecedinj satisfactorily and should be completed by the. end of next we.de. The crushinrr plant and roller had 1 n enRajjed on the Junction. Kent and Man-t-'orei "Roads, cru-hine; Hi'lO yards for HI day- cni'lini- Tweiih-one feet of flinch pipes were r.Mpiircil to vepli hroken culvert on Kent Road. Korifo Road leading to Mrs. Herbert's required formin? ami 21 feet of !l imh pipes to replace the present eulverl which was 100 small. The hedev- on the corner of Mr. V. Kearnev'- am! Mr. ]!. RcedieldV property on Kent ]!,, nd had arown up l.hi'k in- Ihe vimv ~f Irall'ie. and a- lluw corners were very «li.-r rji and da nacrous the hedges vhouhl be kept (rimmed. Waiiara Ridir::: Mr. ('. Kendall had made a start with his contract of formation and metalline; on the Kim:' Road. To make the southern end of the Upland Road pa-able for Imr-e irad'ie would cost about £l-J. and to replace Ihe present wooden sCai-mre with a' cuivre<e culvert on (he Kin- Road £2:!. At ihe Mohoilahi nt'-tal pit it would be nece.---sarv to form a new roadwav abut- which a drain could be made to carry 'off the water which was at present two l>d dee]i. The Maiitroarakn I'.ridu" on the Te Ari Road renuircd -?.~.0 feet de.-kin-Omata Ridimr: Mr. ~\, P. Hart had made a start with hi- conlraci metal for Omata Hill. The formation of ihe Waireka Road >va- aln.nl completed. Th" piece of road not repaired on account n l ' Ihe deviation fhroMirh Mi's. Cromnton's should bo reserved for a ciaidier -ife. A-, directed he had inspected the beach on Ihe end of the road leadiipj- from Waiveka 1 past Mr. HartV, and found I hat a good supply of stone could be obtained from this point. Tt would retitiire to be hauled up over Ihe el iff which was ml feet liicrli. The works on the Omata Hill were pro-rc-sine; satisfactorily, but had been delayed last week on account of ihe weather. Okalo Ridimr: Buriny the la-l month the heavv traction traffic had caused a q-ood deal of daiuacre to the Main 'south Road. Tit manv places ihe metal bad disappeared. Formation work hail been done on Surrey Hill Road. Pipes were beim/ put in af the junction of YVvhl ' and South Road and a start made with the formation on the "Yvyld Road. Two

pipe culverts near Okato Lave been broken in and liad been repaired. On the Koru Road near the creamery 30 feet of I'-Miir-h pipes were mjuircd. Settlers on the top end of this road had oll'ered free labor to assist to form up 30 chains 0/ road which was very rough. A sign board warning traffic against danger near corner of Victoria Road wns asked for by Mrs. Sumner. Hunvorth Riding: Foreman Eva had formed up the top end of Franklev and Barret Road*. Mr. Saxton had asked that_ something be done to the upper end in the way of forming up the worst places. The approaches to the Uemii bridge on the Mangorei Cross Road required to be fenced as they were narrow and stock would soon "tread them down. Various recommendations in the inspector's report were adopted, including the notifying of Messrs. Karney anil Beneficld to cut back their hedges to Mr. Bond's satisfaction, the expenditure of £l2 on the southern portion of the Upland Road, the construction of a concrete culvert on King Road, ami a newroad and drain into' the Mahotahi Pit. the acceptance of the oiler of the Koru Road settlers to form up to a chain of. metal, the erection of a danger disc near the Oakura bridge, the expenditure of . £lO on the Upper Carrington Road in ] the Oakura Road District, and the fencing of fillings on the Mangorei-Carrni"-ton Cross Road. ' '" UPRKU SMART ROAD. (']■. I!i|| reported having visited ih"Ppcr end of Smart Road, and visited J Mr. 11. O. S'.ellon with reference to work on (he road. He thought that if" the crusher site could be got" on Mr. J. Locke's property the settlers would bo able to get the metal much cheaper than having to cart it from the YVaiwakaihi depot. Mr. Skelton would be willing to put on a team or two in carting "and with (he assistance of other settlers would do the whole formation. The road was very close to metal in the Waiwa- I kaiho River, but was in a very bad ' way. It was decided to put the work in hand as early as possible next financial ' year.

TENDERS. 'Hip. tender of Haskell and Co. was accepted for metalling on the Corbctt Road and that of Chas. Kendall for boulders on (he Carrington Road. ACCOUNTS. Accounts as follow were passed for payment: Administration £4lO. Moa Riding £:■;!)], Waitara £97. Oma.ta P4S Oicato £l7l. Ilunvorth £7B; total £IGO7.