TARANAKI COUNTY COUNCIL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 12, 2 June 1914, Page 7

TARANAKI COUNTY COUNCIL

MONTHLY MEETING.

| Ac ui'.' monthly meeting! oi the Taiu- | nuki O-Miimly (Jounc-il yesterday, there were present: .Mr. J. Brown (in tile I chair) and Cm. J. Andrews, D. McAlium, ■ M. llopsori,. C. Billing, J. R. Hill, ,J. AnI drevva, and It Stevens, j INSPECTOR'S REPORT., [ The inspector (Mr. R. W. liond) reported an follows: I Owing. to the bad weather progress ' with the various works in the county | had been very slow. Most of the roads • were in good order. Moa Riding.—Foreman Mallon reportj ed that he expected to have a portion of tlie earthwork and metalling at the Kurapete completed, by the end of the month. The ibaJance of ltliis work to be completed wag a filling- which would be impassible for traffic -in bad weather. Ho recommended that it be heid over ui:til better weather. The foundations | of the Kurapete bridge were now com- , pleted and a start had been made with dismantling the old wooden bridge. The timber work for the concrete brjdge had been started. The drain along Tariki | road from .Salisbury roadi to the tunnel j had been cleared. i Let'hlixidge's filling had been completed. | As the crusher would shortly be ready | to crush on the Carrington road it would be advisable that the contractor proceed 'with his stone contract for that road as nothing had, .been done up to the present. Three 9in. pipes were required for Marsh's corner, Junction road to replace a wooden culvert which 'had been broken. j A limb from a bluegum overhanging j the Hospital road from Mr S. Smith's i property was dangerous to traffic. | Pipes will be supplied for Marsh's : corner. Waitara Riding.—The crushing plant arrived at Mutton Track on the 4th inst., and had crushed 546 yaJds of metal, of which 172 yardj had been used over the contract. It would complete crushing at King road and would shift to iNn.irt road that day. Rowan and Thomason had arranged* tu\ complete 'tneir contract out of Pitt's pit as they had not been able to get sufficient .stone from the river. The Marshall roller had been engaged in scarifying and rolling on various roads in this riding. The Buxton-Proc-ter roller had been put into the foundry for repairs which were about completed, Mr A .Griffiths, driver for the new roller, had worked 13 days, but had now left the Council's employ. Foreman P. Holmes required twentyfour 6iii. pipes for two drains on the | Henwood road.

Tho Waiwakaiho bridge land pier foundation on tlic east side luad scoured very much, and unless something was done to protect it, there was great danger of its. giving way.

A large clmivcri) on th<S Mangiione stream near King's saleyards, had partly fallen in, but as the sides were sound and built of stone, he would recommend that a concrete top be put on at a cost or £B4.

Tlie of the Mangaonc'culvwt and the Waiwakaiho bridge wore he'd over until further inspection hud been made by the Council on Thursday next. Tlie Inspector submitted an estimate of .C4t>o for the repairs to the bridge. Pipes were granted as requested. ■ Omata Hiding.--Sole, and Oliver had staited hauling stone to the Blue Gums. Owing to bad weather tlie tunnel at , Blngdon bad not been started. Good I progress had been made with the stone , work at l'rankley road pit. Foreman Hcamark and Edwards were breaking sti":e in the Omata Riding. ir e asked : which foreman was to hare control of ill : New Cross road from Frankley. to i Carrington road. ! I Tliis was included in Foreman Era's jlength. I Okato Hiding—Nothing had been j done re fencing tlie drain at the end of Punilio road owing to a letter being reecived from the Werekino Rond Board. He had inspected the Mangahau stream at Okato and said it could be lowered J Bin. through the culvert .providing Mr Fox lowered the dam across the Bitreaim inside liw property. If this were done it would give ample drainage to the school paddock. The formation work on the upper Xew Plymouth road was completed. The work of filling liad been put in band on Upper Carrington road. Mr IT. ,T. Tilanchett had completed his • eoiitract of metalling on the Carrington ) l'oad. | The recommendation of the Inspector with regard to the Mangahau stream will lie carried out. A SMART ROAD DEPUTATION. Tlhires settlers of the Smart Road, Messrs gorenson, KaJe and Locke, waited on the Council to tJiait Uie present state of me three chains of the Doreoti road, nea,r its juti'4onn wiitili Kmart road, lie remedied. They complained that it required metalling mid that I'hie Roller -hnd taken up hai'f of the available l'oad spa.ee. TJiey also stated that the roller was left on 'the Pond at night unlighted. Tt was uceided -to 'metal three chains. A MERGER WANTED. Sixteen settlers on the upper and lower Petone road nivw unileT the contnil of t3ie Tataraimaka Road Board, wrote expiring a desire to hare ithc road in the futiure by tlie Council 'ind a«ked that, the neces in'y steps be taken to bring the road Into the County, Twenty-four settlors on the Tataraimaka road also petitioned the Council tc take t!>« necessary steps to.have this road merged in the County. Steps \vj!l be taken accordingly. HETA ItOAD. The Public Trustee wrote with refer ence to the lieta road, stalling that ai of enquiries) he could not se his way clear to take any -action itowuvdi having the road a pubiii road.

■OUT OF THE RUT

Mr R. (J. Ma rah; wrote asking that the council should do something towards the creation of a bridge over the -Momona stream on tile Upper Carrington road.

He stated that lie. understood that there were accrued thirds amounting to £249 IDs. and if this, with the subsidy, were spout oh the road next year, file, district wouid move out of the rut in which it had been since it was balloted for fifteen veal's ago.

lie will be informed that lie id under il 1-isapprrhoiision ns to the amount of •ucnr'ti thirds, and thai the Council tan do nothing at present.

OUXERAL. Mr John \V. I'iuli asked' itlhat u pipe culvert be put in «t tlie entrance to It is properly, and expressing his to pay for the pipea The nuttier will be attended to. 'Mr J. 11. Magee, contractor, adeed Hint Ilif contract for 50 yards of stone on Maude road am] Kewt road he transferred to Mi- Molloy, as he had got all (lie houlders out ready for breaking. The transfer was approved. Mr F. T. Crowe, secretary oiHlic Lepperton Cemetery Trustees, asked tha-t the Council should improve the entrance

to the eemctery from ftihe Richmond rood.—Referred ito the Inspector. Sir F. N. Sampson wufi appointed to colfect itiho dbg tax in tha WaiUra We.(t for la per dog aJI round. Tiie Insjuctor (Mr R. W. Bond) estimated 'the daimugc by timber traffic on Carringtoii road at £5 sa, a-nd a. claim for this amount will be sent to Mr X. V. Simons.

Mr A. F. Bunke, Okato, wrote asking the Council] to fiH in the road near th« entrance to his wheelwright's shop. He ollered to provide a man for one day assist in the-iwork.—The mutter i left ito the Inspector. Mr- 0. iSpence, of Ilurivorth, wrote acting the Councils permission to use the .old road running along the boundary of hiU .property. Ite pointed out that it w-oiuldf be an advantage to the Council, as ft would make the crusher f.'te more accessible.

The request wi.l lie granted, provided that Mr Wilkie, an adjacent owner, has no objection. Mr C. H. Moore, Old Oniata ro-ad, wrote asking th-e Council to metal about three chains of that road near Bia.gdon, which, he said, was in a very 'bad state after every shower of raiin —Referred to the Inspector. Mr J. S. Fox wrote asking permission to lay an inch water pipe apross the County road at Carthew street, Okato. Permission was granted subject to the approval of the foreman. Mr O. M. Lepper, clerk to the Hosttal Board, forwarded an amended ap, portionmcnt of the cost of the hospital and char (tabic ajid administration for the ensuing year. Mt (t. T. Murray, rosiidlent engineer, wrote that he was directed by Uie under Secretary to inform the Council thai tie balance of appropriation 1913-14, viz., £249 19s at £ for £ was proposed to be expended in forming a dray road, c-ul* verting, and -bridlging the Carrington Road from fthe present terminus near Momona stream in a southerly direction towards Oakura stream.—Approved. Accounts were passed for payment as follows:—-General expenses, £259 Is 9d; Moa Riding., £132 8s o<l; Mangore*, £144 5s 9d; Waitara, £376-ls fld; Omata, £SB 18s; Okato, £123 lis ti; Upper Plymouth road loan, £6 7s; total, £llOO 14s 2d.