CLIFTON COUNTY COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 247, 8 March 1913, Page 8

CLIFTON COUNTY COUNCIL.

monthly mating. The ordinary meeting" of tlie Clifton IVmnt.v Council whs, held ar Waitara yes:erday, when there wen' present:. Crs. ■5. J. Kennington (chairman); R. T.' ■ Ticks, 11. Sander and W. Jones. Or. O'Siiilivan forwarded an apology 'or his absence, and wrote regretting :hat the chairman had Been una hie to iccede to the request of'" Crs. O'Siiilivan. Bower and Micks to postpone the Council meeting for a wcek r as tliey were • unable to attend owing'to a sheep fair hi that date. The chairman explained' that he did not consider it wise for various-reasons-to postpone the lpeeting, tet had put'off' the Okau trip. He moved' tliat the three jouncillors be granted leave of absence.' —Granted. ENGINEER'S RETORT. Mr. C,' F. Dowsett (engineer) reported that work on Hie Okoke road metall'ncf was not proceeding satisfactorily. His" advice was frequently ignored, and lie had requested the county foreman to attend to rebut misstatements. The Piko road contract was proceeding very slowly, only forty chains- being competed.' About 700 yards'of metal was ri'ji' l " on the Wai-iti' contract, which] would he completed in a rcfrtnight. The j earthwork in Birkett's contract for the Mimi-Mokau road -was almost completed, and' evfery effort should b<? made'to get it covered during the-present month." TheiPiitiki bridge worlds'were completed and in use. Ten chains of burnt papa had been spread on the Ok'.iu road, and another kiln was burnt ready' for stripping. The preliminary formation of the sandstone contract at Okau had commenced.' Repairs to the Waiau bridge would be taken in hand "at- once. The travelling lint at llriiti required repairs Ut a '.cost of ' £fl. The engineer was infctnrcted to take .-compel- the' coirtraetor foV the (totalling to proceed immediately' •%-itlk-rthe"'work. Otherwise the Council Svilt determine his contract. , \ -y'i FOREMEN'S' FiIfTPORTS'.Itprepaji I). G. Rowe (Okan) had been pitting in culverts, and, with the assistance of two men, had' tveen spreading.burnt pap'«>'- He asked if the Council "had ■any irules . re. straying' cattle. It was useless .trying! to keep water-tables cleJin .whtS cattle were wandering.-—The surfaceman. will,be. infoi'm-ed of- the Council'* instructions to proceed against offenders. l?oreman . Dowinan- (PuTangi)' hadl stai'ted. the.maintenance metal. lib' had! two imen .helping to t'fean Bullock's' pi ft fori: a week. . .Seventy feet of metal had! beeft got. oat, and if the weather-JheUt | godd w.qiil.d ,he finisifed to a few days. B. Jr-Field required a progress payment of i'.ies .85 .Sd,. FflteoWvG. A. Smith (Tarata) had oi>-' taiJVßhi'lfl .ojlftfds of 'metal from Rffwan ajul Tlvomason. He had work aiHIthorised on old' Otwraoa" "road. He. had 'inspected-the-ereek on the Pukeho road, ..where he-had recommended pipes-toi re[Jplaw bridge 1 . l iHe did not think the pipes iwc&kl back • the- -water on to anytme's L foremari'fe'elby (fMokau) had beeit-em-i pjifved • preparing'for the metal. Owing hto over'tfte teams, he ha.il not jJpuS much- down- yet, but- should make gofnl progress this month.' Foreman H. [Joftes had- nearly completed the filling :qp^site• -Mr. ■ ©laser's,. ready .ftsf .the metal.' I. ' !.!; -BOROUGH BOUNDARY.. 1 , Th'ei 'Cr'6wn 'Lands Department notified tjha't' /'Commission would be lieid at the Wayttara, on Monday next to ( enquire into a petition praying that, a certain area, lie excluded fron* the bor"ritfgli and. included in th-e. cannties-oi : Clifton .and- Taranaki. i Cr. Hicks said there were one or.-tyao matter , tlmi would reqijii* consideyai ti6n. .first, there was the lia-bility fox special rates, which he diii * not thiiak •tte.OmMS should accep.fe, as . the- l#w pUgh \yoiild expect them paid in full feyen iff the Council co»W' not collect tifffn-:," TClfcen, too, there would be am adjustment. of accounts, aad the Qo»Ety jOcjuntiil' might be saddled--with a propor'tiCpi off 6he borough overdraft, if amy t) It- was resolved to, instruct- Messrs, IjWilisoM and Grey to appear for tlve-Ooun-•pil' at the Commission-. I; .. PUKEARUHE MATTERS A- R. Davis,panted, out, that at jai meeting of ratepayers in. the; district lift was resolved thfitt. he had been, jpoiated to supervise the work on the J road, and that Messrs., W; J: Jireeth.aud I A-,. Sorrensen had aigreed toj assist hto. I'Six miles require.'}'; supervision.. Owing .to the shocking state of t'lie grader., I valuable time had; been; lost, getting it I,in working order. It was, doing well inow, and the work should lie flnished' ip i.a fortnight. He had paid- tile machinist ! ]2s per day (for- half'' aim hour,- <t«.tra>). He had employed a man oati surface work for three days,, and als-o. proposed repairing the Mjmi and another Ml: near Mr. Skinner's* Two se-ts of- wc« required, GENEB;^. If. Young, toll-gate- keeper- at Waihl was granted! two weeks' holwtay or fell pay. 6. F. Dowman forwarded his resignation as surfaceman at Pwrangi', 'which was accented. A. B. Field applied foi the position. It was resolved to advertise for applications aud to inform Mr, Field accordingly, H. B. Lambert's offer of £3 Is foi old timber at Lambert's bridge, and S Hale's offer of 15s for old timber at Barr's bridge were accepted. U was resolved that the Council could not accede to Mr. Northeott's request to be. allowed to pay toll monthly. It was resolved to pay Parris Taylor £IOO on account of the Uruti metalling; Mr. W. E. Pereival wrote that tlw Tarata Dairy Company proposed making some alterations to their water-race am dam, which would necessitate timnellhig under the road some 12 or 15 chains. They were getting a report front Mr. Robinson on the matter. The Council is prepared to consider the matter whew the report is obtained. The chairnian is to make enquiries into the position of the reserve' at Tarata, which H. Ludemaix- applied to he allowed to use on condition that he fenced it and kept down Wve weeds. The Postal Department notified thai instructions had been gkeu for the erection of the Xgatimiro telephone line. Mr. G. A. Gaustad, on behalf of the settlers of the Moerangi and Kaipikari road, waited on the Council and urged the necessity of rounding up these, roads. It was, he said, a simple matter for the grader, whereas now in wet weather it became a regular duck pond. A drain was required to take off the surface water. —Left for Cr. Jones to attend to as soon as the grader is finished at Pukcaruho. The Public Works Department forwarded proclamation of land taken for roiul deviation. The chairman was voted C.i expenses for attending the Backblocks Conference at Ohura. Mr. John Skinner asked for some repairs to the Clifton road, between the Waikararama and Gilbert voads. to place it in a state of repair. Nothing had been done for years. Tie estimated that it would cost £2O to make the road I'i-om Sft. to 1 Oft.. including lieces-ft,-v culvert, nnd towards this lie wa§

prepared to contribute £lo.—Held over' until the ridinjninemoors are present. , ''' Mr. IT. R. Faim.tr asked to be allowed • ti<- proceed witli the five-foot track \ which he had 'uifrred to make for £l3. i .If was some iiKun.ls ago since the Conn- : ( cil' had accepted this, but he had not pi'sascd'the'niatt.-ir:. He would, however, ' like it done before the winter, as it was riot a fair thing that anyone should ' - ' be* expected tb'>pay rates and have not '> even a track on which to take 'a sledge. „■ —Held over unfcrt' next meeting The tender of Tate arid Paul, at 5s fid'per yard, was-aceopteu for the supply of GSO yards of 'stone at Ureniri. It was resolved'''that the matter of the North Ma'tair -bridge be left in the - hands of the engineer to submit plans at next meeting. if Accounts amouirHng to £lslO Is 7<l I i . were passed 'for-payment.