EGMONT COUNTY COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 118, 12 October 1914, Page 6

EGMONT COUNTY COUNCIL.

MONTHLY MEliTliu;. ' The monthly meeting (!i , County Council was -lieui a. 'Jpuiuiko on Friday, when there were Crs. W. C. Dudley (chairman), i\ Willcox, F. J. Davy, T. Harvey, J. Burg,fc}. H. I'urat, S. J. Fanjuliar, t ,'_. (.aaipbell and E. (.Maxwell, FNCaNMbIt'S UKI-um'.

The engineer (Mr C. AUuurt OpW) reported on work done during (.he past month as follows:

Oeo Hiding Northern.—The hands in this riding bad heeu busy cuU.ng and cpening drains and renewing culverts ju the Auroa and otlur i'o.id K . Re-pairs 'had also been ell'ected to bi.ugu on the Oeo road and to culvea cm u,e ''.Virwnn load. It was inUndul lo loiunienee refor.n.ng and piitiing out oi melal oil north end of road in mediately.

Oeo Hiding Southern.—Advantage had ■been '.tiken of spell of fine weainer to irsh on with several large concrete, culverts under the Bridge Lo.in, on the Main Suulll road, and the hands had been kept solely on t'h:s work with the exception of si gilt mainitcnance repairs to dill'ereir.i roads. It wns inLiided to li.t concrete parapets at end of all those culverts when practicable so as to ensure a greater width of road'wa-.i an 1 far greater safety to irafiie." Opunake and Itsihoiu Southern Rid-ings.-—Tli 1 progress of con.met 2i;« h taken up the whole of the work for Cat month. iOn the completion of this ccntraet, pipe ma'king would be pushed along, to enable the completion of several largo culverts under tliu bridge loan during the oil' season.

Raho'.u Riding Nor.hern.—Since the c./.upletion of the rolling and scarifying the hands had taken off tiie nirty 'corner south of Pungarehu (previously iiithorised) and wer« noiv engaged on slight iimprovenieiit„to nasty corner by Mr Wright's. After this had been attended to, pine culvert would be put in near iMr Fleming's (Raliotu South) and improvement of tii.it corner co.m----mence-d.

'Bridge Works,—Since last meeting this* v. ork-had Ijec-n piiniied along and another week should see the second struc-

ture ready for stripping off and filling in. This latter work had bcim rather awkward as the N work Iliad to be done i ndcrueath the, old structure. A service track had also been cut around iNo'. 1 bridge on Opunake-'Stnuford ro.nl ready to take the traffic as soon as thi>i bridge was dismantled. .In connection with this work he secured the services of Mr White for concrete and re-infora.d work at 13s 4d per day. Tiie number of hands engaged on this' work was three, including, tlici foreman. Cr -Maxwell drew the engineer's attention to tjliree places on the Main South road. ißahotu riding, where dangerous boulders required ru.noval.—To be attended to.

-lii reply to a question re water cart, the engineer staled thali lie was daily expecting .its arrival. They had 'been stuck up for a pump suitable for lifting the water into the cart from the livers. Tha cart was being built, at

Hopkirk's, Hawera. A <pump eould be fitted but would lie too slow for the work required. Until the required pvmp iviio available it was decided to .'if the cart with the best pump procurable, so as tlo have it, remtyi for use as early as possible. 11l reply to n question the engineer stated that the expenditure on the Eltham road this year should not be nea. 1 as great a,j during the past year, as illie load was in li.neh better condition. Tile 'same applied to the Ma.in South'road, Oeo riding, where only l'/j miles of new metalling was required as against four miles last year. OEO ROAD LOAiN.

Thy clerk of the Waimale IWe-st County Council wrote pointing out tilie disability to ratepayers on the Oeo

load c;Ul»eel ny the delay in applying for Kgmont's share of the proposed'loan for making this road and urging the Council to push the madter forward as rapidly as possible, so thai advantage might be taken of the illne weather to lave the work completed, lie pointed out that i.lie road was practically i:ni.possiblo in winter. The chairman stated that the Egmont County Council was not to blame for i.ny delay in the raising of the loan. Any delay was on tha pan, of the Wain ate County. REFUND OF DUTY.

i 'Messrs. John Chambers and Sons j wrote stating that they -were- unable to refund the amount of the duty on the l oael roller until rhe pre>poeed Appropriation Bill hid been put through the 11 ous'i. They suggested that the Council should apply elirect to the Premier, It was ri'sohcd to write the J'lTinieir and the member for the eiistr.e-t urging that th<_- Bill should be put throuirh. TENDERS. Tenders for the supply 'of o(l.lt) van.!-; of crushi.il pit metal mid 4;,:) yar'l rt of boulder stone in the Ralmtu Northern r:ding iu nve e-oir rae-ts were* o.pe'iie'd and

ci nsieleri'il. l'he tender of Davison and -Synie was accepted for tile lot as fol--4iws:—4.loyds crushed; bouM .r stone, - 1 - 'id: ciusheel rut metal, 3s 0.1: l.'.lJOyds, :Js' 0I; .wllyels,' 3s 4d. MKTALLI N'G CONTRACTS. The chairman again emphasised the fact tint bullocks wouhl not ite alfowe'd to be usee!' in any contract. 'l'll,, engineer stated that all the con-

uaetoi's had understood thii- . The chairman also M.W.011 that it ha.i belli report eel to li-inii that sei.iie of the i-.yil drays did u. 1 cany livo yards. I lie' e':igir,eer stated t.h.it all shor; filled diays were docked r. the foreman. The chairman :.!at.d thai this 3<nowlulge would i-al : sfy <o:'ic ebssatislieel I: teoiaye-ls. II V : aske\l the l t n . r ine'ei' t > take* caiv that- thei Council geil a yard of metal for every yard paid for. i lie e'lig nee'i- said thai ti.e foremen \. ere all t iieinr.igkly reliable, and could 'be depeneled 1 011 te> eloek all .short iillcel uiays.

I'r. Campbell thought liiat all short f.dul dr:' \-i be docked halt a \i.rd. and Ui.a would make vhe con'.raelor.; careful. <;IUVEIi EOVAI.TV. Tin: IParihaka l'oad Hoard v e.vte stilling that the Jinard liail agreed t'liat ;■! uitld legel proecrdings arii-e in con net ion iviill tint J'miiic Tius'.ee and giavi l roya'iy. it was pn'[ .irnl to share the cost in proportion to valuation an.l 1 ice Yei's.i. 'I he (l.jiine;:] decided (hat a- they liltiVrstool I'hat theyi were lv«ally responsible to the occupiers tliey toll Id not rceogn:w tlie I'ublie Trustee ill the matter. H/nd.VM R(Ub SiPH'IAL LOAIN". Mr ill. Ellis, elerk to I,lk- Taranaki County Council, wrote that the Treasury hud notified the Tnranaki Countv Council that the" Milium Jioad Special Loan bad been transferred to the Kginont County Council. The Taranaki Comity

Council trusted that no objection would j be raised, as it would be a convenience to the ratepayers concerned. In equity | the Taranaki County Council should pay the Kgmont County Council on February I 1, ■915, £4O 3s 7il, half-year's interest j for which rales had been levied. The j Egiuont County Council would then levy ! rates in August for the next year's interest.

This loan was inscribed for twenty-six years, as follows: to()l Gs 3d on February I, 1805, and £1551 2s 5d on February 1, ISUd. It wns i.i'i led hy a special rate of 3 l-3d in the pound on all lands within the special rating area. The chairman -M. i-.-i!- that the Council would have no objection to the transfer. Ah..- onty possible objection would lie that it would increase the total of their inscribed loans. GENERAL.

No notice was taken of an anonymous letter signed by "Eat Pear," who complained against two ratepayers being al- - to run horses or cattle on tiie road. The Clifton County Council wrote offering an Austin grader for sale for £-(0. The offer was declined, as the Council lias a grader. The Opuijake Sawmi'ling Co. forwardMi a cheque for £l6 'ss (id', being royalty on 130,l!Klft. of timber cut during three months ending Aug. 31. The striking of the general rate as passed at last meeting was confirmed. 'ln the Oeo riding iii was resolved to allocate y,d of the rates to the main road and %d to the bye-roads.

Cr. Wil'cox drew the Council's attention to a dangerous bull that had been ■wandering the roads in the vicinity of the Ralmtu township. The, ranger'.s attention will be drawn to the matter.

Accounts amounting to £G!)4 14s 10(1 were passed for payment.