WAIRARAPA WEST COUNTY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 776, 25 May 1881, Page 2

WAIRARAPA WEST COUNTY.

Li (It-)lIiHlil yiUWUWUi ftw gjjiun £>tU 0) X ll1 '"*-' Sn ance of report;} .vlkl/JtH N ,S^HOPO3AM, ) the following s,6ji of rejglhtiSnslMT rettikauyoilMainline or IfOWer galley ;' -Ruamahunga, at Waihenga, Te Ore Ore, Opaki, and Hurunuiorangi; Taueru, on Castlepoint road, jointly with County East (molding in, each, pass the an'-, proaohes and protective worka), on condition that the various Highway Boards collect tolls at such gates as the Council' J9 jnjlaintain, and to pay the net proceeds therefrom into the County bridge fund. - .... any. toll-gate jn {he County, jthb pf6ceea>, |rpm /whichj q® jnqt paid 'into ' Bridge fund, be abolished. ■ •

, 3rd. That a,, separate account,; to M oalled junoj oy'tho Oounoil-Buch fumf to consist of ithej. fpllQjyjug,,.rocßip,ts1'...;,:vi%,-...proceeds'.. l '...;, : vi%,-...proceeds'.. ,of' i; o|, ;county states, ; Bpß'cialJy. !i ;iilftviadi, l for.;.-Hush(purpose.'; ,as h required:}/dny ','. 'grant''or! i'siibsid'i'ds : 'from,tne-Gqvernm6nti!available''fW ffiis 1 purpose'; 1 baiifc'overdraft/ i; as' allowed' bf ■the Counties Act, olauso 155—this only in case in any year being exceptionally] Jargjfj, Special /lojilisiiu'cafee )of Buddoii emergency.' Iny'such foans to be..:qlily • fori short itbrms, aud-; t ep'ayableby' instalments frouo:the>fUDdi : ' :!l,:/

- 4th. That the Council agrees to at„once •'llt'OOeod fwjth!', t'hb : "coiiatru ! cti6n ''of'''tlii 1 '"Wiiipoua iitid'Waibliiii'e^Bridge^ '..'.' :v ','" ! to levy rolto l of- fbqrpqnc'q; iu.ilie. £, tho proceeds to be applied towards the" cost ; of the'' Wkijiouk s ''au'd' A \V4ibj{i^ l bridges. *" >^ ;Kl *\ yA [ >* „Jh. That'the;, .Board bo requested; to '.remove.','th'a/.'toll- v gate.from Te Ore Ore'.tii the' 'riartii'; ; ba(il£. ot.'.tlie Waipoua,,K\V©f,/iojjV to r tp",og.l-, 'lec't.ed there—fqr. purposes oniy.-^! in Accordance fw.ith'aootiqu:'lo2iofiP?biiol WorksioVWfi,; ■''•:'7th;. That after providing for tliorbridges in i tidh's,; the'GoUnqihv'ill kpend any' furtli'dr' 1 'sums at its disposal- for-rpadfpu'rposW'dhV new 'works'oiily.' ! '-Tlie co\iiple^d^wori;to^bdlflft except'in : paafei'-wiierfi special ,'f unp a}e y 'ihajfc ; 'by Jpjo]npei|t jq^lfe j'aii speaking to'them he -eaid thai what,-.! .ever, happened, wei'e.fboundtQ ib.uild. •jhobridges,ovonif they had .extreme course/iinibuilding'i.thdm' .'and oliarging Iqpal'bodios^with^the r oosfc..•'lE sthere wereAldibther' c6urse';6pari :l he ■ was 'pt'dpared to take':that- b.iit'hotholig'ht' -abetter 'course' ■'was'opeh'-'td'lliera'f enibo'died in his resolution, They required at ionceJ2;soo:tb'.build\he' l quiring immediate attention. If anyole ; ;Would"slimv I, hihi'MwtQ ;! i i aisß'th'eld'n i e| : : tlie|, k\ Qr, HaijkinsAdvocated,] ohafge .wbuld'hayo'to'Uarry out the same'principlewith other bridges iirtlfotloutity; •/He believed that they oould obtain legislation !to|oarry out his ynjess; the Boards agreed to,his'proposals'they cpjldjnot, tKemJ .Seießtinfated value o£ jthe large bridges in the County amounted -to-J2s,ooo.~The,life-of-the .mo?!; durable bridge amongst them might be estimated at twenty.years', (He estimatei.the annual receipts from tollaat £llOO, /■which funds requjr.edi:A Tolls/, sji6uld.be jlooked 'hptfrilas subsitutes for ferry charges, 'They must admit a moderat'elCQunty rate -of; say, fourpence in the fir Settlers woqld notobjeot to this tqenaqrq theperm.anent efficiency -jO/all, r t|ie, : bridg§s. \ji £& .district,; He did riot object to any alternative'proposal provideditsßpuredithe'building ofi the bridges. It would .be useless v to rely upon the Government'-'for•aasisfance'i'n 1 the master, !j:|l/ : :„,:/,;,;,..,,[ . Or Donald tion of a similar character to thb'onejb'efore the meetine. However .unpleasant a County-rate i light- ! '6e, ,; he. ; necessity, though hehoped-even less than p. Wratewpuld,Buffice.Trr % v/\r\ _ : ,V6iild)s\i P p6rt;tiie irelolu-' tion if the mover would declare in it the bri 1 ?8«'Ww r ?» d «l: i IP/.!10flO , I Kh o Or McGregor said it appeared'to him ,that they hadmot h'rrivdd'af thrpbaitiofi 'Which; sary. ; Such a motion, assumed that they' had arrived at a climax" when extrehW measures became urgent, ~Hb was one of .those who believed.ithat.,the. :i.Gpv.er&medthad nolj withdrawn all aid from Counties. •Iff they began patching up their affajrs by ; firiancingit-would--materially-Wflakßn" 'their posjtiPniwlth'theGdvprrfmenG S'JJo' objeoted to a duplioate rate in one dis'triot for one would:be lost by waiting to-see what the Government wdalddo. • -He woliia'iooner' ■Bee-the Counties (wiped ,! ouf altogether than a system of financing:auch as that embodjedirith« j-hqpedito see {ogetlier, .pjfjnotionj RQUlri'bej {orjjhpm fo jiSjpn, D of Parliament. Tho-bndges might [stayij for,, threeuft'onthsjaJfiHe looh'sidflred Ithat'j lfolhayj JiadLS ja'teoth'dio^riia'rnSnt' s .•would be bound to give them a subsi&V' >of-«fpiund per'pstfr?d-oii , Ift:3 nil o^ B B ««*v' The] Chairman asked that the discussion on his motions should be adjourned, at

~!' >■■■■ ■ .■'■■ ," .•-■'* '■ tirae|Wouldvriot'pormit thorn to concludo , ■I "I WAIOHISB BRIDGES. : thought the Waipoaa bfgone'on.ffith at once,; the engineer might for both bridges, and the acceptance of them might be determined at their neit meeting, > r~flrtHSwkina-6aid-if-tftej-irere : BUch\dmrihtliejf.|Sgljtto'pniteitt-- , selves Id A fegalpMitiofl'fo deal- Vitrf the. . JS,^^^ flul^ova ,;> apply to the.Governor under the34th sec- --•- ■'(, tioli of,the,Mlic Wptks xiet, 187|8 r and r\ thit tl/eWgiWej /ali)o#nder a U the (I netessarfpoOTHeihf obtained.' l ,ut Or Moore seconded'the resolution.' As regarded the Waipoua, in time of flood it was Or McGregor pointed that they nW" M ' already I#d £l5O towards, ita-toidga, and raisili|thß : balance; woiiraMwthfery easy matter. 'Jo ' Cr Phillips was not prepared to run their fCTjAM df> bridge at Masterton. . !IJhe motion of Or/BawliinsjwS put and carried, it being understood that the fnßent of the ;': tyer which need notsldelfiyrthelcallihg '• fprtenders for the new WaipoUaMfrfa|s, ■••■•■ Cjr Hawkins gave notice of tfrndtiblfor next meeting in favor of 1 8'coiiKfeH8S J He-. ''■'■' twebn Counties East anWMoicofesWer '""V" the questißtf'oFamallamatlof Wfflm ' poijts of general in'tensllWWflia '/" nC.ni • .^,oi l •- '• Me following accounts were passed for payment :-J. Payton & Co., £3 6s; P. Chapman, 190 12a j James Harvey, 190 i 10.3 !6d; R, McKenzie;> £338 4s; J.' Payijton&Co., £1 17s 6dj Bowry& King, _ raari, -£lß9f Bob'tH, f VX : Bmah,'£4.