Engineer's Report.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 144, 21 December 1901, Page 4

Engineer's Report.

.}■ The County Engineer reported to Wednesday's County Council meetingjlon the work done during the month si follows; • !-' Upper Pareor».~The surface man had been occupied reflooring bridges on Pratt's road, and in repairs to CraUmohr and Holme station lines. Mr Maxwell's application would be looked into when Pringle's road was being surveyed. Lower Pareora.—The .Hotioe to a settler to remove hedge trimmings from the roadside ditches bad not been cotr« plied with on the 11th inst. Should a flood occur, this would greatly impede the drainage. The surfacemen were still employed on the Pleasant Valley road, and Williams and' Carawell's con. tract near St. Andrews*

Otaio.—The committee appointed fof I the purpose of examining the proposed 'roadworks on the Daledew Roal J ad expressed themselves of the opinion that the Work should be proceeded with at once. Stonfl breaking on Woolehed , Valley Road was almost finishedi Work on Martin's road was proceeding satisfactorily, though the weather hiid retarded tie wcrk. It was proposed to sow the large new em'ankrrents With grass s»ied to protect them as far aB from the waather and the wear of sheep traffic. Makikihi —l3y direction of the Council* the fences erected across the swamp rp»d were removed, but, were a'most immediately re erected, and upon being removed a sejoud time, a fence consisting of rails wired to posts was put up at the brid;e across the rmin outlet drain. Sections of the Hunter Makikihi road were •showing sigos of wear, and 100 yards of metal was needed ati once on the worst portions of (he road Daep Creek.—The ford over the Wairnate Creek on Point Bush read is to be kept in repair by the County Council, -ind repai's would be gone on wth as oon as po-sible. The North bush Road require I attention, and the Engine*? naked for authority to spend £SO on this road, particularly the portion from Wairnate to Mr Beckett's homestead. Waihao.—The work on the Waitaki Main Road was compL-t*d. T*kitu Road contract was finished, and settlers were now provided with a ro? d presenting none of the formir difficult portions* Satisfactory progress was being made with the Kaiwarua road coctnet. Mr Huston's application to lower ford over the Lower Waihao had been looked into" and a survey made of a quarter of a mile. If wished a further survey would be made to find where an outlet could bn found for the water. A large amount oE repairs and reformation had been done at Pentland Hills Boad thus opening the Whole length to wheel traffic. It was a great mistake to K-t this road get so bad as heavy expenditure was involved to pub it in order. A proper attention to drainage in the future would be almost/ all the road would want.

Hakatavamoa.—Therein in the early p rt of the month caused slips it} the Cliff road, and the recent rains would likely have done still further damage. Taking into consideration the uostabla condition of the ground and the very defective location of the road, the Council later on would be asked to con* sider the expediency of abandoning the j route and substituting the Somewhat/ expensive alternative of abridge overthd Waitaki. When time could be spared for properly investigating the circumstances, the Engineer stated that he would report fully on the Various aspects of the case. In the meantime negotiations were in progress regarding the coat of various' desigflf? of iron bridges from English firms, which be imported cheaper than building a vooden one. The Council's team would be in this riding till the end of the month.

Tenders for four contracts would be dealt with that day, all for works in the Wi.thao Biding. j A. letter, detailing the Council's claim for a refund of moneys out of accrued thirds and fourths, had been sent to the 1 Commissioner of Crown Lands. The? tenders for a supply of hardwood timber would be before the Council that day.