COUNTY WORKS

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13934, 12 July 1919, Page 5

COUNTY WORKS

The- Couiaty Engineer reported as follows to ; <tibe last County Council meetting 1: ■: '■'; ;: D'urtog .tihe month _ oonsideraible madnitetaaoiicie work was carried oub'on ! the roads in. varioais 'pairtis oif tihe j Gkwinjby. ■ The Thames to Wadkaiwaox KiGiaid aisi is usual at this season oil' .the year oami© in for special aittenitlioni. A large slip wais reanoved at tlie I Wadkaw'au end, whilst a nainiber of isimailieir slpis were, aisia remioved and the drains cleared at •varicuis places along the road. A few loads of m©tiil j were oar-ted and spircad on: the iroiad :aa the vicinity of the Taip-j,. Cem>jj tery. The old Ta,pu- Creek bridge has, •now been remioived 'arid the ferenaan i suggests that the timiber bai-oir of ma , fuirthei' use be sold. In the, Waiotahi, Kauaeranig'a and Pa^anvai ridings gemeQ^al mainitenajjace woi'k ■ was oaaried to the following, roads: Kaiuiae.r'anlgia, Valley, Wadotiahi .■■Greek, and roiads and foottpaiths Pair* j wad riding. Two mm were employed '.aiboiutb a week on, thei Upper Tafavu Greeks road, bait a®''little oa" mot beneifiifc would 'be deaiifved. unless ai bridge ooiatdng aipipr'oKimateiy .£SO was com- ■ stiruoted' work was discontin/ued. The ' woxk oif remiaving, • the dsrainag© from:^ the drive, at the back of Mr,. E. BT.'

Taylor's, Parawali, wa.s completed, amd provided tin® drain® iia HeaJe and | Grey S'tir'oefe. <we .kerpttr'clean amd clew - jof growth, the adjacent propertrfce. I shjcxuid derive considerable benefit, .To j provide about 60 to 80' ctubici yards. lof metal fotr the Lands Depaaianent'' iithe KauaieFangia breaker was ■worked ; poiritaoni of the month. Unless 1 a, new ■ ] efevaitotf belt is installed it is not intended on; aoocounlt of the number; of stoppages oaiuaed by the belt, breaking itct work tihe 1 breaker aigfadn. j A nuain,wias employed a. few days on '■ the Kaiuiaieranga track, but ais no l'abouir was prwuiraible *tOae fascdniing of tihe swaanipsg was niclb 'attended to. The contractor's for widening the trlack j-aaia starting work and possibly a»-j ramgemeinltis ciami be made with them to aawy on.it tlhe more' ■urgent work. > In itihe Totaina, PuirtM, and BBkuitiaia aridiingss work was confined; to tihe ciatrryiing ouiti of general repairs to a. number of the miadni and branch, roiadls. The roiads to receive special, attention are as follows: Mia-in road,' blinding raetiai,' cleaning drains, repairing, culvert and delivering an<l spreading, metal; Ferry Easiti. road,! delivering and spreading vnettsl: Wh'arepoai road, repairing road' and. Bjpreadiing metal; Puarirl Valley road,. 1 pattchiirag■•,holes . amd; cleaning out waitiea* tables-; Putriri wharf road, filling in mertal; Gryer'si Whatrf road,( darting, metal 1 and repairing, roaxl.; | O'netaii road, impairing plank cross■! ing • Puriri . Stardom/ road, carting , j metal and repairing..road. ' In the Tuirua 'dii-sitiriitot repairs weire carried 'I o<uifci to tihe; Tiinnai-Ofpainii, ■ Turua-; Nethefton, and . the Hudrau roads. The bridge ou lifoe Koipniiairahi rond wa,s alsoi erected and the approaches filled im amd metalled. Ini. addition to the foregoing the foreman, was. also engaged attending 1 'to tih© oon- ; ItTacitis and assisting at the dfecharg,ing of tihe punts. Tn the Waitakaorimnj, disltWot work was c<jniined to' the birteiaEing down of tihe shingle om tihe Wadtiakaarua-m S'treia-m road. Tho 6-i-fti piipeia for the cirteek ca"os»:n!g at the i Mairamaama. end haive been delivered at Wadltlakaiimiru. In the 'Padrua dis- j feiksb the wotr&tt positiioni of tlxeiTadi'iiai- ' ECikuai read im the vicdnity of Hikuiai w.a® ploughed and disced, whilst gen-' eral reipaiils wei ye carried out 'tb tho WMa^awU-Whajnp>miaitla., Whan,gia.-nsaitai-Weoitwoa-th, HSktiai-Pulketui, and .Whangaaniata-Lu'ck at Last road. Re-j piadrs flMifchorised! to: be .done tot the ! Taiiaila-Opertere road ware also' attended to- . j Cowita"acits-: Duaiin'gl' the mmili good proga-tesisi wais nuadei witih boftih the Puihoii Creek road aontr-aots'. A staj-tj wiagi also rmadei with the Puiird- . Keaives-ville track oonvtracltl, Whdkt wwk oil tlio Kaiuaea #iaingai-Tairiia road opmtraciti ig to «oni:me(.ce this week.The unisiatififadttoa-y ■■positdon of the Wadttiakairuni and. Waihou river gravel ', oonitiracits &>re well kn&wnl to the ( Council. ' j The report was ado^ited. The Engineeir was inisitiructed to. procure a new elevator 'belt and Or. McMahon to sell th© baidge timber at Tatpu.