GERALDINE COUNTY COUNCIL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1750, 14 June 1888, Page 3

GERALDINE COUNTY COUNCIL.

-The monthly meeting of the, Oeraldme County Oopncil waa held yesterday. Pre-aent-Meeers Balfour (Chairman), Mackay, f j{ Moort, Howell, Barker, and Hayhuret. ? Mr Maekey enggeeted that a letter be written to the widow Of -the late Mr Moody ~, eipiHiing sympathy with the, femUjun their . bereavement; and alaoexpreimngjen aeknowleaikmentof the publio worth Qj{ the gentlemen'.—All preeent conourredin' the suggestion/' and «,« 'Clerk' waa inatruoted • : accordingly. . The Bngineer'a report dealing with the •langitatfOrari water-racee and: the Woodbury water-raoes waa read. In reference to the former the water is flowing through all the raeea in a laliifaotory manner. Some of the contracti, however, had not been finished according to apeoifieationar and certain - t-jnonty .were retained in hand. Hii eitimate x\jo('the.Woodbury water.raoei,wM«34o. ""' M* Bohert Thew. wrote agreeing to aocept "~" Ihe weltion otlinier ~at headwords of the Bangitata water-race at Peel Forest for ■;< the aumi,Of £ls » year.-The. matter waa t 'ooetponed till next meeting., u ' *i£r B. Morgan wrote applying for a ~, tranafer, - ; of, ; , hi*,; •lightering . license.-- ' '^Slr'V. 'V. BdmhtQn applied for, and Wat •ranted, a ilanghterhouie lioenie. ' ■ V %rißiiodck' ' J imid that;.heohjeeted to!aboept"the measuremente of the engineer for hie work, as he had not had an opportunity of cheeking lame, He asked that the matter be poatponed until S, next meeting-Mr Howell .aid that so far aa he waa concerned he wouldl object _to ravine- any money on account —Mr jj. w. Kdb.m wote asking the Council to enforoo. Si, penalties for non-completion of the, Bangitata-Oran water-race, aa the residents bad been kept without water durmg the inonier months, and it waa unfair to the other contractors who had tendered. 1 'A letter wee read from the Oeraldme Boad Board aiking that' the Bangitata Station • ; be laid down in bonldere.-- '' Mr Moore explained thst thefanltwas with "the Bangitata ehingle, and'aleo with the contraetoM who ' had' done the. Work.-The Iniineer explained that- the work, was now . beiSg done, he thought, in a moifc sub.tant.al .anSer. with broken metal.-Tb. »«*g«t,o D , of the Board to take over the control of the , road, if the work was paiiod by theOounciU Bngineerf and their Owaeer, from the Council »»• approved. . It waa decided to repeal a former resolution of the Council in reference to a ford aoroi« ifSSIS* at Tripp's, in the Mount I»-l.. " ThiVuestion of the damage do ne to Mr Tripp'e property by constructing a waterSfonJ it W brongW up by a, Utter sent by that gentlem»n f to the Board 'jES&edri for>-plan, and ntima^d that he waa having a aurvey made of the land taken by: the Oouncil.-Thr Engineer ex--Salnea that the amdnnt of land taken by :f Vthi Couneil waa two acrea, and the price, waa -"' 415 par acie,—The matter waa poatponed tin **TheWlowing Undera for the Woodbury •ater-race were freoeived:—Daniel Gregan, SaTfcS J J. Bennington, £331 10, ;|M. 1 SSke", «W 1 ' 10a, WUliam Fletcher- *■ £soss (aeeepted).-ln the oaee of some of the tendera eertain itemi were omitted, whioh iade the tender aeeepted the'loweit.| ; On'the application of the,.New Zealand ■ fcrmtmant and Mortgage Company, Thura-. '■ ' day next waa appointed aa : the, date„npon whieh objeetioca. to taking land for the, Seadown water-aupply be oonaidered. >* It waa decided to leave the appointment of * solicitor to the Board in abeyaree for a , "The Chriatchurch City Couneil wrote j en--eloaim » petition to be presented to .the Home of Bepreaentativea praying fori the, abolißhina of the totaliaator,. and asking Ihe Oonneil to, taka the- mattsr t .up s and obtain aignatu«a.-It waa decided to allow the petition to lie on the table. i j » The queation of repair and maintenance of* bridiea waa introduced by Mr Moore;sand it waa deoided to take the whole qaeition into consideration at the next monthly meetine. ] fifg " : " Acoonnta were paiaed for payment and tne meeting terminated. -