MASTERTON COUNTY

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10636, 15 May 1912, Page 7

MASTERTON COUNTY

ENGINEERS REPORT. The .County Engineer's report for the past month,, read at the meeting of the Masterton County Council yeeterday\ 'was as follows: — Opaki Riding. Keiewhaka.papa K,;>ad.— Contract Wo. 230, 6.8 itflia-ins of 'road formation The contractor reported yesterday tihat hiis work was in a state for final inspection.. . While on the ground I siuit.Woi-is.ed the contractor to perform teini days' .work an general repairs between lithe scihpol and the end of the road. - - Mikimdki ißoad (thirds account).— I have inspected' • the dilapidated Jog bridge at the end of the road, and reTOm'meind. the construction of a 3ft Gin x 3iflt culvert and filling in its place. Northern Approach.— lam re-mod-ol'ling and ftfliing, in' with 3-mi>j!i layer of Ruamahanga metal the inequalities due ifro-m shrinkage on the formation I surface...

il Qiavc advertised a contract covering the. most necessary repairs on the various roads within the riding provided fcr in "»«*. year's allocution. ' ] To WJi.vli Riding. AYainga-.va Protective Works,— It will he ''judicious before the, winter floodis to strengthen some of the protective work* on the northern hank. The cb-st of same should net exceed £2O. I purpose doing somo 'light metal •repairs on the Master-ton-Gladstone and branch roads with hired teams. j Wainuioru Riding. j ' Brancepctb Road.— Contact Xo. i ! 277. The. contractors expect to finish this week. Weraiti-Brancepelli Road. Contract Xo. 270, delivering GoO cubic yards of metal for repairs. The major portion of the week is* completed ; carting has been, stopped daring last week ' outing to the moist state of the road; except under 'favourable weather conditions it would be injudicious to finish the work this .season. Tfoirlogie-Ei.ist Coast- Road.— Contract Xo.' 272, 2010 cubic yards metal repairs. There are sti.lL two miles of (the above road .unrepaired, and J fear the reason is too far advanced for the" prosecution cf work with any degree of benefaction on tks'class of road. •Mastertooi-Wraiinata Road. Con tract .No. 271, 1770 cubic yards of metal repairs. Xo delivery of the metal iniv. above -work was. completed on the 18th uJt. •J. have prepared a contract for a liglit. patching of the weaker portions of the Te Ore Ore-Taueru section. I w'hiich include the repairs of a uii'e on the Weraiti Road. Upper Taueru Riding. To Ore Ore-BJdeford Road.— As directed by the Council., with the Councillor for .the Riding I.' inspected the acute' cornbrs complained cf en th r > iMiiin. Road and Mamigapurupum Road, and I recommend the expondit,uro of £'lo or £l2 on each point oi. the Main Road, and a sum of £5 or £6 on the .Maungapurupuru Road. This, I tb'nk, will give a considerable further range of view to approaching tra-vevlers. Three h-.V.-ed. teams are completing the work of repairs from 11 mile peg north. Ali'rodtoii- Riding. • ■Alfrod.ton-Webor Road.—Boustcad's 'to Tiraumca section, contract Xo. '270. Owing to the broken weather in this !<:ca!;tv if ha- r - been ueces::.v'y to stay the completion cf the repairand the centra-tor 'has withdrawn b.'s tea-nv-;. Use northern portion of tbiy section!, however, is not i-pechiliy weak.

The outlets of two of .tlio watonvay tunnels lisivr- boon supplied with concrete llii.miugs.

Csi.stle Hill Road.— Metal repairs a.n> !l>ei-n.«j; conducted on the eastern poi'tioui of the above road. The oross-iiio-s to the Gistlo 'Hill Road fords, clinch were somewhat damaged, have hren .repaired.

'The .survey for a bridle track mi Saiui'dcrs' U.oad 'ha* been com.plciod, aud the plans, for the' same will lie prepared forthwith.