ELTHAM COUNTY COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 December 1919, Page 2

ELTHAM COUNTY COUNCIL.

MONTHLY MEETING. The monthly meeting of the EI thorn OjMM&r! Council was held on Saturday. Preeseflt:; Councillors C. J Belcher (chairman), Giiffwi McGulnness, Carter, Barker, Mesaana, (S/URP-1 bell, and Hardwick Smith. i

Account toulliofi £2222 ITs Id were for payment. The supervisor of the Eltham Teetfmtaal School applied for the usual annual of £5 to the school funds.—Granted. ! Mr. W. J. Tristram notified that a fflieetlng of the Taranakl By-Laws Conference vwftUld be hold on Monday, the 22nd. Inst, to sMßftWer, revise and set:le the uniform by-laws. it was specially requested that any sjisgesie4 alterations by local bodies bo ftwwiwded before the date of the meeting.—ft ftVM, (decided to consider the by-laws at a ss®ste' fluting on Saturday next at 10.30 sffl! Mr. C. E. Betts' offer to dfefbier ft[fll ijbags for £7 10s per annum was aflWPPled.

A letter from Mr. De May (aVtoumJ «WS forwarded by the Egmont ffivwaty gtoltncll. Mr De May complained ftf Jte ,d.iß|Riiceful condition of the Upper Auftttti ftoatl,. He suggested the expenditure of it fiMtto £l5O, which, he said, would place tfe wwSI to such a condition that no further eJr>«MliM» would be necessary.—To be considers# feter, A resolution was received front fft# JGaponga Town Board, which had bees jpasssd ; aj a fully representative meeting w ftaponga business people, urging tho Stratfortf Mid Elthara County Councils to pf«sasHf i&mwglatel? with the construction of K Tbfitlgg ey#T the stream across the Upper PaVrtW Sm4} ttie lack of which prevented free iSswswwtejjftQ between the Mahoe district OsmsgSt Its natural ceiitrß— The engineer' SUM ISM Stratford was more concerned hi (Hi fflHtV than Eltham, .and it was dec&W to #M»ft&ch the Stratford County Council, a (consisting of the members for th'a AJwigutokj riding aud the chainman ttf isWytffofy M? waiter. ' j

The Tarana'xi Education BoafS me!# Mining tho Council to re-conslder Its! reference to the question of granting exemption from payment of toffs. ft wiaji pointed out that the Hawera and C'ltUrti ties had decided to grant The chairman said that persofiaJjfr flWfl In sympathy with the reouest, Tfecfd not a full meeting, and notice of motWfl rescind the resolution now on thtf flliuul® book would have to bo given. Consideration was held over for a WdWft §9 as to allow an opportunity for' tattfuk £ notice of motion.

The \ew Zealand Society of Civil En WTote asking that Mr Tosawll] be granted i« annual conference at i —Several members thought ft 4«--s.rame that the engineer should attend tfw Conference, but it was considered that $§ ptnee of the conference was too far away that It should be held in a more central The encineer concurred In this view. i"!!*" 16 motion of Mr. Campbell, It was f£= . t0 lej)lyI ej)ly expressing regret that <MiM to the conference being held so far away ffe# engUieer could not attend, and suggesting S more central place of meeting in future. On the motion of the chairman It was <&- !mT\ , clo3e the countT offlce from Decani# 24th to January Tth. Inclusive. ENGINEER'S BEPOHT. as^follows'— W <Mr ' *' D ' Toßswm > "Ported o n rf o y t, l. l lti(ilnß- ; T i e scarifying, re-metalllng, M™ 1 *; u » Boylan Road has been continued to the junction of Skeet Road, a dls'ance of aO chains; stone chips and sand havrf ° c i °" ye " d ant |. it Is proposed to proceed with the tar sealing of this length durin«the coming week if the weather is suitable. On the unmetalled part of Mountain Road ridges have been chipped off and ruts filled la and some channeling done, and on Botokare Road a culvert has been repaired Riding. Water tabling has been done on the lower portion of Duthie Road and StlrL» n tt, S ! one i hiM hare I,eea delivered for covering that part proposed to be tar sealed. portJ ° a of thl3 ro »1 has been tar patched in readiness for spraying, and the wings at the approach of Eltham Road have been improved

Omona Riding.—On Rawhitiroa Road tbe channels have been cleaned and the metal tiio l ea „/ e r lre ,l fro "' the Patl * Rl"er to the top of the hill, and metal patching and "m?" 8 a ' so * ,een < * one on the Omona hill. The worn of widening, channeling, clearing of slips and the filling In of ruts has been continued from Omona to Moeroa and the road Is at present in good order for cars or motor lorries to this point. The whole or the portion of the Motaivrhetu Road under toe Councils control Is also now suitable for motor traffic.

Kaponga Riding—On the Eltham Road the nwessary tar patching has now been comq. A '"j? Doln! near th ® Mangawhe.J vhl ?; h j,., has , previously obstructed the view of the bridge is being removed', and the material used in approaches to the new *l< te * . ' cement, and shingle have been delivered at the site and the work of erection fc proceeding satisfactorily. The banking of metal and channeling has been continued on Mangawhero Road, and a 6-inch pipe culvert has been laid on Opunake Road near the Makaka School to prevent the scour which occurs at this point. El a. am .. E i dl 2 e - _The Mountain road, from the Stratford County boundary to the Eltham Borough, has been top dressed with tar and aand (about vTOO square yards). Tbe forming up of Songster road has been continued and a small budge on Pukengahu road which nits destroyed by flood has been rebuilt An old timber culvert, crossing the Rawhitiroa road In Mangamingi Valley has been replaced by a 24-Inch concrete pipe culvert 40 feet long Water tables and culvert outlets along the tarred portion of the road have been cleaned and patching and repairs to the tarred crust at same of the sharp inside bends are In J rar '.? !rBP , n !? haTe been maii ° with T. 0f 476 yards of allßl l rock stacked at Barnard's pit. Owing to recent bush felling on the Native Reserve he Is unable to complete the supply of stone arranged mLrnf /" 3 5 U , but wl " su PP'y » similar Quantity from Jackson's pit delivered on the summit of the ridge, maintenance metal bein» required in this locality Repairs to the track from road to Barnard's pit. Including the construction of several culverts and small bridges, have been completed. General.—The delivery of small supplies of oouider stone have been arranged with Salmon and Reeve at Clifford road and near the dairy factory. H. Bartlett is also supplying same stone at Waponga which can be picked up and used as back loading for lorrleß when working beyond Kaponga. During the month representatives of the Illld , Count y engineers it? L ' Wftimari and Uawa Counties visited Eltham and made an. inspection of the County roads and plant and wore supplied wiih particulars in connection wltn the tar surfacing of roads as carried out In this County.—Adopted.

The ranger reported that during the month 62 horses and cattle had been taken from the roads and fees totalling £3 is had been collected. «

The action of the chairman and Cr. Campbell to appointing Mr. B. Hart ranger was approvThe arrangement tinder which the services or the engineer had been made available to the Walraato West County Council was extended for six weeks. Cr. Campbell urged that now they had the loan money the work should be pushed on as speedily as possible and part let by contract. The chairman said the question of obtaining should receive early attention. The engineer said that it was now very d'fBcult to get metal out of the river. He <ild from W " hera lha metal ueetl6<i was t0 o®>e The chairman said they would have to Bet ew or somewhere. The engineer said thai New Plymouth waß as short of sand jia themselves, a J} Z™ with tho cha *rman, Cr. Campbell and the engineer to make inquiries. t t» wlth t i le to allow Mr. j. j>. aiu tue us& of seven concreto- pipes.