INGLEWOOD COUNTY COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 December 1920, Page 8

INGLEWOOD COUNTY COUNCIL.

MONTHLY MEETING. The Inglewood County Council mot yesterday. Present: Crs. A. Corklll (chairman), .f. M. Hair, A. E. Cowley, J. B. Simpson, H. Jones, M. S. Cameron, R. Stewart, and J, Hunter. ENGINEER'S REPORT, 'flic engineer (Mr. C. S. Whiteside) reported : King Road.—l' estimate the formation and metalling of, say, the first two miles from the Junction Road to cost £2OOO. In tne meantime maintenance work is required to remove slips, clear water-tables, remove blockage from watertables, and to trim up the road generally. This will cost £ls to £2O, and should be attended to as soon as possible. Main Road.—The length of road to lie metalled 13 aproximately two miles. On tfce whole the grades are fairly easy and little in the way of formation is required beyond the trimming up and preparing a bed for metal. An outcrop of good shell rock is found about half a mile from the road r.ear the eastern end, and conditions appear favorable for obnaininp a considerable supply. To confirm this a. proper amolint of prospecting is necessary. Should sufficient tunnelling und stripping contrm the existence of a lurger cjeifoslt of sMell rock there wou'-d then be a road to Tiialce 30 to 40 chain? la length with a small bridge- of about 20 feet span through private land. This would cost abcut £l5O to £2OO. When this was done I estimate the shell rock coulJ be placed on the road at 10s per cubic yard, or say fir the full job, £I6OO. AVaiongona-lti Bridge.—The concrete work of this bridge Is just about complete. When this is done the bridge gang will 3'art the other bridge north of this. Ngatoro-iti River Bridge.—l have p.-euartd pines of a ferro-concrete bridge for the above river on the Bedford Road. This provfdes for one 30-feet span and one 20-feet span. Tie Public Works Department hive- aoprovod the design and the, plans are passed. This work will be put In hand as soon as flnnidal arrangements have been completed. Tork Road.—On the northern end of this road, two steep pinches of hills greatly interfere with tfce settlers using it and engaged in the dariylng industry, in wet weather. About £3O to £35 should be spent in reducing tte pinches and improving the surface of the road between Messrs. Merhter.s and James Bros.' properties. I understand the setiters there will guarantee to find the necessary labor and render other assistance. Jlimutauteka Road.—The work of crushing stone and metalling Cooper's Hill' out of grant and loan monies was completed during th- 1 .north, when 452 cubic yards of stone were put through the crusher. Maintenance—Tile roads radiating from Ratapiko are generally in fair order. The roads radiating from Egmont Tillage are not as [»ood as they should be. In this locality another surfaceman should be employed for a couple of months after Christmas to assist I In overtaking surface work. I am en- ! deavouring to find another suitable roadman for the East Riding where it is dlfficift to get outside men to take up the work. The report was adopted. The t engineer applied for an Increase in salary.—lt was resolved to increase the salary from £350 to £450. DEPUTATIONS. Messrs. A. C. Longe, R. Longe, an-i It. rtuckley waited on the Council and arked that the work of deepening the Stream, which had been before the Ruad Board some timo ago. should be put in hand. It was poimed out that estimates bad been prepared by Mr. Dowsetl some time r.go, and that tho work would cost £895.—1t was resolved that the engineer and Cr. Cowley meet the settlers on the site. Messrs. Mehrtns and S. Jmtnes also .tsked that work should be dono on the York Ro.id, improving the grade. They stated that later on they would undertake the work themselves if it were not possible to obtain labor. —lt was resolved that the engineer lay off the work, and make arrangements for having it carried out as soon as convenient. DEPUTATION TO WELLINGTON. The chairman reported that with Cr. C.ui'emii he had visited Wellington and had p.acod rarous matters before the Minister of Public Works, being met In Wellington by Messrs. Masters and Smith, M P.'s, who had given them every assistance. The Ho.i. J. (I. Coates had promise to vote another £SOO to the Autawa Road with a definite promise of the balance later. They also pointed out that soldiers had been settled on the Mana Road since the Council applied for its grants, ami after Interviews with the Hons. Coates and Guthrie, who both agreed that the work lay within the scope of one of them, there was no doubt they would get £IOOO neyt year. The Minister of Public Wt.iks also agreed to grant £IOO to the Egmont Road The deputation also pointed out that the Mountain Road had been banned over by the Tar.'.nki County Council In a vjry bad state, and that Stratford, County tad a IoV sate from which they collected revenue, while Inglewood Counrfy Council,' carried oiuady heavy traffic. The Minister promised to have a report, and if favorable a giant of £lof.ii would be made. The result of their visit meant additional grants of £4'.CO !o the district. Cr. Cameron endorsed the chairman's remarks, stating that they had received an excellent hearing, confirming tls opinion that the best way to expedite matters was to go to the fountain end. On tho motion of Crs. James and Hunter, it was resolved to thank the deputation for the good work they had done. Votes of thanks were also passed to the Hons. Coates and Guthrie. GENERAL. A circular letter was received from the Hon. J. G. Coates (Minister of Public Works) asking the Council to Indicate which unexpended balance of authorities might be cancelled this year, subject to reinstatement later.—Tho chairman stated all the works were urgent. Messrs. Guthrie and Whllcmnn (Kaimata) asked for compensation for a horse valued at £25, which had damaged its knees through putting Its foot in a bole joining the decking of '.he Ngata bridge ami road.—lt was decided to reply that tho Council accepted no responsibility. Mr. It. Musters, M P., for Stratford, notified that he had written to Mr. L. Blrks, Chief Electrical Engineer to the Public Works Department, asking that he should visit Inglewood distrirt during his proposed visit to Taranakl. On receipt of n reply he would Immediately advise tho Council of his proposed programme. The Taranaki County Council notified that owing to the delay on the part of tie Inglewood Council In the adjustment of accounts, the Taranaki County Council hud applied to have the adjustment made by commission— The Department of Internal Affairs also notified that the appointment of a commission as asked by the Inglewood County would receive consideration. The Stratford County Council forwarded copy of a resolution to the effect that the Stratford County Council intended to raise a loan, if possible, for its share of the cost of the proposed bridge over the Waipuku stream on the Derby Road. An application by C. Schrieber of a month's extension of time on the Everett Road . boulder contract was refused. The State Advances Department wrote that it had been resolved to entertain the Council's application lor a loan of £2500 for smiling the Autawa and Pita Ro-uK—lt v..".< resolved to call for tender- for tin '.vile. h'rrtl Rajiv asked lha *• meth n,; should be done on nic Otf.n-ia ltoad, wh.di was ia very bad state :$ present—To be attended to as soiiii as possible. Seventeen settlers on the Norfolk Road West asked the Council to take the necessary steps to raU'e a loan for the purpose of metalling the Norfolk Road West—The engineer is to prepare an estimate. The ranger submitted a report showing that he had seized 48 cows, 5 horses, 7 calves, 5 heifers, and two bulls ,on the road and had impounded 15 animals. He reported settlers for allowing cattle to stray •on the'Lepper and Dudley Roads, and also at Tarata. Cr. Jones drew attention to the state of the Kaimata South Road.—The engineer flUtfld fhxt itia w» bain* attended to.