WAIRARAPA SOUTH COUNTY COUNCIL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3033, 2 November 1908, Page 6

WAIRARAPA SOUTH COUNTY COUNCIL.

ENGINEER'S REPORT. At the monthly meeting of the Wairarapa South County Council., held at Carterton on Saturday, the Engineer (Mr P. T. M. Kissel, 8., ecE.), reported as follows: Belvedere Riding—During the month, tht new metal put out on Belvedere, Cobden, Mannings and Brooklyn Roads has been kept raken in. The wing walls of the Brooklyn bridge have been replaced, and the stone work at the Heraki ford, on Belvedere Road, patched. The oh" 5 , culvert across Cheater Road, at the junction with the Main Road, has been replaced with cement pipes, and the water table along th-2 Main Road ploughed out and graded to drain into this culvert.

Parkvale Riding—Patching has been done on Nix's Road, Somerset Road, Carters' Road and Moreton Road. The water race crossings on Hughes' Road, East Taratahi, Bristol, Francis and Gladstone Roads have been patched. The formation work on the Gladstone Road has been completed. The redecking of the Backwater bridge, and the patching on the Gladstone bridge, has been completed. Dalefield Riding—The grader has been round raking in the metal put out on Waihakeke, Dalefield, Hilton, Waitangi and Victoria Roads. Metalling has been done on Waihakeke Road at the bottom of the hill, and on Jervois Road. A groin has been put in the Kaitangatu Creek to protect a portion of the road that was being cut away. Another portion of the road near the top end has been widened for cart traffic. Maungaraki Riding—General repairs have been made on the Porutahi, Gladstone, Longbush, Kaiwhata, Millens, Ahiaruhe and Karaka Bay Roads. On the Admiral Road the bad bends at the gravelling face have been improved by filling in all of the gullies. With Crs Strang and Mason, I also inspected the small bridge near the river, and we decided that the present structure was not worth any considerable expense in repairs, and for the present have made it passable by filling in on the sunken side. The old well on Flat Point Road has been filled in, and the washouts and fordways on this road are being repaired. The patching at Longbush has been completed, and the road in Wangaehu Valley, is now being made ready for metalling by widening out the bad turns between Messrs Buckeridge and Bubb's sections.