COUNTY COUNCIL.

Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2875, 3 May 1878, Page 2

COUNTY COUNCIL.

i-f'The tif^lV'monthl7/: rmeeniig,Cof^tfiiii.; body was held at the Council Chambers, Pollen streetjryeiifcerday/ afternooint sent: The Chairman (Mr A. Brodie)i Cn Spencer, Thprburn/Coutts and Thorp, j ".:■(■'■■' -;'~A -V^.i^?f^q»^---;:-^'^;v-i r«...-j-------;pn The" minutes pi, the previous meeting 'were'read Jand confiririeSi: I';"', y : %■'■'■■ ■".'. ■" ■ . j.' ■A^-~ —r--MTTBB8; : BB0BFinBl>.:-: --:-. -•■■-;! v A synopsis of letters receired since last ■ meeting was readvUi'^ii'y.' :i£X:\jXl:i3.l}:.l:; :■ ■„;;..: ■ !v:T-;-iWirij^B.: s -: :/',■ ■■•■.■ .-,'. | A letter was read front the Treasuryi stating that £150Q had been lodged to the account of Cottnty at the Bank of New Zealand, on aowwßt of road works on Ohinemun&main rjo^ v : other .|elte^o|tf||||ilim^^ -smaller ambunfcp, were also read; '■" - : )■ A letter ,wm read from Mr Black re the delay in the oonstrnction of ■ the a • Sidling path;* lor which * g»^ had been mad^TyfeJiij^Mwi^ :•■ :: -|; /' The Chan^n said tbit the obstacle to 'this;road;:wll^^|p|mdTed f ;.: as :: the- .tele^ grapli authorities did hot intend to de> *It^wlaß4i»pired that the surveyor mark out the line, and the work be proceeded . Wlth.l.d'^|JlM:S2i^g >A^'Si l*-,K i-<\'':^'- :. - -.[ ::y^JL-idßii rlid frmn'Mr J: B; Ma«on with reference to the track up Collarbone creek beings fenced off by a Mr .T^hite. A similar letter was read from a number of rewA<most[ -the" Collarbone district also complaining;"pf the fence. 1 The Chaaman aaid that Mr White had agreed to open the road again on the County plying for the piece of ground :u.B>d :^tbe; *pid^rs:fo;;;;vi.: 0.-f-'d '■ ■■■•■i"-: SLitrOHTBB.HOtTSB ACT. j j^s^aetterjrapiread firomMt Bullen.gugpeiting that seTeral copies of the Slaughterhouse'Ac¥ be procured for the use of slaughterhouse owners. It was resolfed to apply for several copies from Welling;ton.-- ■^ v}X'-Si:s.}'::.:-;v\A-':,^y- - „.;■.. \.'! <;•;/; ; : VA SBTTLBB'S OBIBVAKCK.;.']■;■■ -.j i A letter from Mr Cumnaings, of Ohineinuri, with reference to the Paeroa-£ati Kati main road going through his property Was referted io the Board -pi Works, j V-f' '' *'■'■ 'V t:'PßOß]PEd*i»a:.''; i', V-'. ■ ,;■!■' A letter was read from Mr H. D. Johnston, secretary of a public meeting recently held at Ohihemuri, asking what steps had been taken re the prospecting grarits.: It was decidedito Teply to Mir Johnston that the Council had not yet decided what steps be takeW" ' V; ; LANDS FOB THE 3PEOPLB. ! A letter was read from Denis Murphy and others asking the Council to use their influence with the Waste Lands Board to get some land thrown rOpen on the deferred payment; system, in -the Ohinemuyi riding. - Vfe- ':■'■■'■■■'->■-.,,'■■ ; ■: '■ . •■ ='' The Chairman said that it might be well "to- communicate with -the Waste Lands Board on the matter, as a Native Lands Court was to be held here shortly, and the native title might be extinguished on several blocks, which would then be in thi hands of th& Board/ 1 ■ --\ v 1 It was resolved that Mr Murphy be asked to supply the names of the gentlemen .willing to take up land on th^ deferred payment system: '^*;^ i ■- ■; " APPIICATXbN FOB WATEB. , ;; i A letter was read from. Mr^iT. B. Perry applying" for about two sluice-heads of; water as a supplementary supply for his battery. Beferred to Board of Works. • -.* iv; >■ CONTBACTOB9' APPMCATION. ": i j A letter was read from Graham iand party, contractors for Bewai's hill,' asking I for an advance of Is per yard for metal; sa^ed and stacked. 5 4 '■.;■■ ,f ' deferred to Board of Workg.- ; ' i;.^!. •• . HO gpiTAIi,MAirA«BMB*T./'\^^Y '■■/. ■'!^letter was received from theTbwn Clerk of the Boroi^h of Thames enclosing a reiolution to the effect that the Council wo rd agree^ to be responsible for a fair

proportion of any deficiency that might arise between the income and expenditure of the Hospital, provided that the Council was represented by two members on the Hospital Committee which would continue the management of the institution, the County also to bear a proportion. ;' Referred to Finance Committee. THE PAEBOA. COUBT HOUSE. Cr Thorp brought up a petition from a meeting of the residents of Paeroa re the position of the public offices at Paeroa. (It has been already published in these j columns.) ; A letter on the same subject was read ffrdm Mr ''JT^' Maljabnilr lutKorilftig | the..surveyor to change the site of the i Paeroa public building^ as it>was known ■4hat : the present, site^Jli^inJ^ll^with the Paeroa and Puke road. / Cr Thorp moTtd.tha^&Tr Macdonald be thanked for his letter, and that the chairman of the meeting held at Paeroa be 1 informed'that all jobatruciions to the road are being removed} { > ••■ •'• ■ :.A<'MK-rtAli.-'OBIB1EAHCB.:;/\: ■ ' •:•. A; letter was! readi froritrMrKßobert Kelly, ,of Hikutaia, .complaining , that there was no by-road connecting' hii i proP??&#^ 4hemain.rpa4,^nd i h©. ,^as at the ihercy of Mr Alley, who could fence off the. present track if, he wished, inferred io the Board of Works, -w^ , •''.•-■ te jf4PA otjilt. . .^V- ■: ,■; % A deputation,!consisting of Mr Agnew and several other miners of the Te Papa Gaily; ,waifed--:on~ the- Council re the making of a road up Te Papa Gully. '"■ O^ receiving permission (^o''s^ak,'¥r Agnew said there were 40 miners'employed there, 'land 5; the grouiKp was pity* able,, and would be more* qb^f, a good roadwas made. . ;.;;^ r -'- ■ !T-"*f-A ■• •* •^The^ Chairniaii: said; tliai'tW^uncil thoroughly recognised the neoesaitj of .making roads in mimn^ri%s;>ssney pended on mining. The only thing was, where was the money, to come from P .Gr Bagnall moved that the County Surfi*or;be instructed $o inspect the locality.-^ '■•->■:.-->•■ -^. '. - Seconded by Cr Spencer and carried. The deputation;'afterothanking the Council, withdrew. ; r , t. -./ ■■".'• ' --^no^j^M^iy/l^l'r^:/ A Mr Muskett, employed prospecting waited m the Counoif, and asked for assistance to the extent of a week's work, r fo enable him to carry oil prospecting in the Waiotahi. Eeferred to Goun&#urv|yor£ ■ v g . nOj: : ] ■ ; PCKE-PABBOA BOAD, l fr Mr^ A^ sti °j \°K s *tot>*V Qhinemuri, wrote to%C^nciVs^esting;#at/the Council commence the work of makine itheis^ukevPaeroa road i&MiXMriveri whew there would be nO,-danger of it being obstructed bv ; .Tuku4;iooi<.V, The Chairman ;''m^lM^^&i:'--^i:'l Council had received irfutfioi4t¥rtb deal with the road frpwAty/Nttiwafiqiater. Referred to JSoaw^^WOTlff..,;- vt BEPOBT OF B6'l"B© &P''wtofitS. The report of the SBfKll^af,; Works (published yesterday) wm read, reoeived &&*ss&»& >re^ismfevv:ii^tii ■•■■■-■■ ;and:received, as;£^l6wt::--*i i(:sc^:. ■.^ [yS ■;-;■;;: i YortrComtoittwhSw:U»lhonop^j^ ; ; , that on the..27th April the fpUbjnpglofmptii' were examined and pasted :—-BalanOo due *n March Btatenlent ■ 'W^DT^'[ £329••ls 8d; Stone Brotberi, £22 6* 3i—(?»nd total, £475 ?d 10d. Agreeably with inttruotioni the com- * toißiidn •ppointeel by' thelGoiincit ti^Sive*igate the cause of decay in the new win^ag rope,'JboldHheirj Jrifc meeting Qn.jtbe 26th April, and their report is attached, together with a letter from Mr Bit A, the manafer of thf works.. At« qiwting -of tb« .direct©!* of the united 'Pumping! Assbcisltio'n ' held in . Auckland on theti 27ihi April, to consider a resplutionv of. the Council passed on the oiatea companies negle o Hn^ *to v>)rt#^ect tne reefs cut inX'.tW'%»^^^><fe iM'*?llke'--v':':' U.P.A. shafti tW*e^ copy is attached) ; were adopted. ; Messrs Brownj Murray, and McOabe held a confe> renoe with your committee^ and applied; £>r a subsidy towards the maintenaßoe of the ' WaioKaraka pumps. , y TTour Committee tic* knowledge the importabtserrices these pumps:: render to the mining enterprise io the district j and] in ,the Borough esptoisllj, and exceedingly regret the CoHncU possess no fand from which the required appropriation ooold be drawn. Eroii 'th» falling off is to* amount of gold duty and the anormous monthlj outlay required for the U.P.A. pumps, it becomes a serious question whether the Council will b» able [to carrj put their agreements in connection with the maiateaance of those works to (the end pf the term, should their revenue oontinue steadily to fall away.—Auxakdbbßbosii,Chairman. May 2nd, 1878. '■.--;,;■.;;■. ■'{■■^:'\: IJo'°th'e tfhairman of tne County i Council, Thames. Sir,—l beg to forward to yon the enclosed report. : .,upon l^n^j^'-^p^i^^ipr quested by the febmmittee appointed to report upon the same. I majstat* that the fourth part ©f the rope whioh gave away yesterday I hare had repaired .by having a new piece - spliced and sewn inj bull have nd odiifldenoe in the rope, lasting any time, as there are at present other fcwo places showing bad:; However, I shall use every means of trying to make the rope do the worltuaUl" another one is procured.—l am, etc., &B0B&X Blioe, ■' manager/ Unite"! Pumping^ "Akcknatiba, Thames, 27th April, 1878. ; Thames, April 2tefcb, 1878,. We, the undersigned, having been called^opon by Mr Black to view the pump rope, aißid so, and found' the strands completely parted and the fibre quilo rotten at the place of parting, no chafe or any abrftsion tbeing at or near the place of parting and rottenness. This took plkoe inside of the. former addition. to rope. We aro j"uriariimously' of : ■'• | longer safe to work/aud condemn the saoie is . •|inßß|e4'to;; lifp,. 'f^^^recommjßnd^b^tineir;: ■ •.' ■'rbp*. : , be immediately ;prj»urei^;)mH; Jttat*tjlie-: •■•■■'•! contractbr beheld reßponsible^'fcr defecitrin the one under review.-^ W>FBASX«,J.BapTHr, : Qeobob 0. Bbst, A. T. Pbick, Johk BiOT. To the Chairman oFthe County Council, Thames;— Dear sir,—l.begito.inform yaathat thej pumping;engine; \:willf : ,b(»v,stopped |»r jreKajrßito; pUiyqrk > the end of this' wfek,. Before .the'stoppage tafces-placei will yb'u pliase lDform meif It is your- iiitentioD to examiue the reefs in the south oroes-cut, as reported in the Preir;' if so, if yoii could arrange to havo thi» work done to-morrow, it would "greatly facilitate mattera with me, as I have to arrange to save > time with the 1 boiler inspector. I expect that J the time required' to effect repain to main -rods will occupy, three d*ys» and it will take &ie aays:ta;^t out the (^a»^.y.Pleaie:f<»r.: ward answer by bearer.— -I atnj Ao/, QioiOß. Blaoc, Managflry j ■ *; i. ; ■^■■[ '; '\ t .;■ fC, : -^y'.hQ : . -,- ; " ■>'/■-, With reference to the>--.v-#iii4in'g ; rope^: "\'-; the ChairmanViaid^i^t:^ I;;^.as wiel I Council was concerned t^ey only required one winding rope. There appeared' ti be a difference of ppinion as to how the rope - became: rotten^Jp: ■'. ';¥%': -..- ■■.. :^p;- : ■\^\%':hA I Cr Thorp said the question was, wal'■.£? '"linbiheif rope required: P fHf tnat; J a letter lie sent to Mr Black stating that ' the Co^neU^Kiy r^uired oue rope, and^g

that ; a "copy of tho report of the commia'sion^rs" to" enquire into the state of the rope be sent to Mr Lloyd, the maker of the rope, and asking him to make a suggestion on the matter. Cr Bagnall thought that he should supply a new rope. Crs Coutts and Thorburn expressed an i opinion that one winding rope only would | be required. The Chairman said that a hew rope would cost £200: , ; ••■•> ; i The motion was then carried.The Chairmaa said'that of late the contributions of the companies ; had been falling off, and the expenses had been increasing, so that now there was £600 or £700 per; month to be made up to the County and Borough Councils. The strictest economy would haye to be urjtc| tiaedi and ho thought that their position should be laid before the Pumping As.' sociation. „■ ; Cr Thorburn asked the Chairman what was his Tiew with respect to the £10,000 securities: : > TKe Chairman said that several persons stated' that these securities were given exclusively on consideration that driving should be continued. This was not cor- 1 rect. The handing over of the securities only involved them keeping the pump going, and the qurryingon of prospecting works was left^ the discretion of the Council. He thought it would be well to see if the mortgagees were willing to allow; the remainder of the money to be exclu-: lively used for pumping. .-'wy\ ,\ . , Cr Thorburn said that the expenses had^ increased onethalf, and^the- contributions, decreased'one-jk^ii; ,i; a ' Cr'Bagnall moved 'that this matter of? pumping and driving be referred to thel Pumping A rrangements Committee with' power to act. Carried. „,.• >i f >.■:■•■ .-' ; The report was then adopted. -..■■-.■•• | . ,)., FINANCE GOMMITTBE'a'BErOBT.'^ j The report of this Committee was then | read as follows :^E6ut 'cbminittee have! the honorio report on theMßth of April; the following accounts were examined'and| passed for payment:—For Ohinemuril main road and other works, £1,540 4s 9d; sick and destitute, £1 ? 6d; legal. expenses RiM I.* Court, £3 14s;- members' travelling expensesy £0 10s—totiil £1,554; 9s 3d. On 1 the 27th 1 following: accounts were examined and passed for j payment:—For Ohinemurrmain roiH!d:andi other works, £38919s 3d; XJ:P:A';; £329• Is 8d ; ditto, wages, £124 Is lid ; Jeffer-1 son, stationery, £2 Is 6d ; audifexpenses, \ £3—total, £848 4s >W. the Isti May: Salaries, . £74 Is 8d; sick and; destitute, £2 9s 4d ; rent account^ £46sj Bd;U.P^.yßtone Brothers, £22 6s 3d; j collector's commission, £3 8s Sd-^-total,; £10ftl28;4a."'!-' A'!'-v:-.'-.;' ■'': r' ".'l'-'J '' 1 The'report-was received and adopted. 'bepobt 6v committeb ; bb -the united .•.;,„«.->r '> COMPANIES TUNNED :u t | Cr Thorburn read then report of the I Committee concerning theltaking over of the Moanatairi, Old Golden Calf, and; other Companies tunnel by the Council. It was as follows:— " The Conimittee while expressing 'their appreciation of the efforts of:the Moanatairi; Golden Calf, arid !New Morning Star Goldmining Companies, are of opinion the Councii have no funds from which the cost" of ?^neir"ihdertakirigiaft be refunded to them.'- ; ' <- ■■•-. The_report was adopted. . " PBOBPECTINO- COttMiTiSß. ' : ' '' ' ' Cr Bagnall said that owing -to the absence of the Chairman of the Prospecting Committee itheir^report 5 would not \be brought tip till the special meeting of the Council at fortnight hence. , r „. Cr Coutts was. unanimously elected; on the Commiltee..■■■■:/.if./. ■-■>-■■ '•■■■'-" ■■■■';:■">■ ~:::- ■■ ■ ' THE £10,000 SECtrBITT.' ':•' Cr Bagnall moved, "That the Council borrow;:£10,000'on^ thei security-of-I!the mortgagees and other securities mentioned in section 13 of the "Immigration and Public Works Act Appropriation, 1877," at interest not exceeding 9 per cent, per annunv and that -the common seal be affixed to such deeds as the Council may be advised as proper for giving such security. / ; , , The. Chairman said that the deed was in the possession of the Council, and when it was executed -the money would be open to be expended. This was all the business. . . :