WAIRARAPA WEST COUNTY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1278, 15 January 1883, Page 2

WAIRARAPA WEST COUNTY.

A meeting of the Wairarapa West Oounty Oouneil was held at Carterton on Batur-

day, Preieht-Cri Booth (Chairman), Russell, Donald, Matthews, Braithwaite, McGregor, Jackson. andChambeflain. ■ were read and confirmed.

The treasurer reported a oredit balance at bank of £9olßa fid. j The Chairman stated that an advance of £I,OOO, which had been requested from had been delayed pending''the issue of the one million loan. The triumphant raising of it obviated, this difficulty, .. The new loan was an unprecedented ju'coeM in the. history of the financial operations'of the' colony,. With regard: to> .the accounts presented for payment that' day their position was this: They iafthere legally .with full powera within the new boundaries of County West, but as soon as they attempted to. interfere outside these boundaries, to a . full, iThViioouhtJias' WcommeVded by their Finance Committee could not bq passed by them, but must be submitted; .105 the ftpprovaii.of 'Ea.iit.vHe had| no \doubt, the. acoounta between 1 " the * jiwoy/Oonntie's would be iaMyarrangedl' i:,: -''' ; ' j

JSN6K»- ( j; From Colonial Secretary, notifying the, alteration of County boundaries; from the Colonial Treasurer, acknowledging appli-j cation under the Roads Construction Act j from, J....Rutherford, enclosing a .-request (received;toollat'6")lfor;gran t under* the, Roads Construction Act; from Public Works Office, re application for an'. ad,vance ; ,of .i1.0Q0,;- from, -the .County Engineer,, 'applying-.'fo'r ; leave, of; absence.' ; ! IBATO OP abselsoti' '-|;' : : The Chairman said that rio doubt they ; ,would t ; be: .unanimous -in Mr, King's request.'; He had had a gooJ deal of extra,work thrown upon his.,shoulders latterly,' which bad 'been'' very' well done.: He (the speaker) had been astonished at the large load ot work, sent down by their Engineer in the shape of plans under the Roads Construction Act, which indicated that a very large amount ofwotbhad ibeenjoieouted both in the officri and' in the field, His htoved; that

,thrje'w«eka i leave of absence be granted; to. Mr King.——Th?.resolution was cairied'. unanimously. skoineee's report. , The following report was then read:— ! Sir,—l have the honor to submit the' following brief report on the public works of the, lYairarapa West Countyi Opaki to' Manawatu rtiad.—Oh this rojad the maintenance men have been Employed during the past month ir* cutting scrub;on the .aides of the road; in opening oqt .grafel 'pits, in attending to surfaoe repairs, and in building a platform bridge near Dreyer's Rock, but this •bridge : -w not- ; yet-completed.- ''About 14,M0 feet of timber for .the 74ft span bridge ovor the Kopuaranga atfirst crossing is delivered at'the sjte; Contract No; 14, 60ft >pan bridge iieaV Elietahuna is Almost completed/: bridge has been open for'a month, but some small adjust' mentt have yet,to,be made,.. ,f, Mauriceville' South 1 "roads.—Coritraot No 2on the Mauriceville South., road; is about two-thirda completed, and the earthwork and cnlverta are being pro-: ;ceeded'With, 't. ; . \ On the Western roads the contractors are making-fair-progress, about 40-chaihs; . fellins! and oldaring and ; ffi chains ;ot the i osrth-work'is'done. ;^The : timWr.fbr. euK; etc.,^is- 1 also' being "prepared ; 'and : iielivered. On contract,No, 6,11 chains [formation and culverts, the earth-work is. jwell towardscompletion.

jMeiirs . Reese and .Dawson have comimtneed toboild thebrjdgeiover'the'- fint, crossing ofthe'maih;itraam,.the otherbridge over the main; stream will alpo be proceeded with as ioon ' to* 'contract No < 2ib far enough adjmo^to.admit flf..the. ( fhV, B (te.-'jX in progress wjthiHjthe.Mrqi?icev|lle. Sdii}b'. Block;., will ..be.rpbpp}eted';in ;ia« weeb; ;tima.- r ;.»v:r. 'Wangaehn Valley contracts on this' road are. now * neatly' completed; about tiyo pore weeks will suffice* to. ldo; the balance'of the work; ' Soraß'delay has ; recently occurred on the ;diffi- : , ouHy experienced' ingettitig .'jtimber t for oalverts;de[iyerei on the gfound.l =v«: 1 Rock Road, -The bush felling on -ibjreyjer'a vßook'Road,. ?No, 1 is commenced,', . > Contractor-Contract: No. 1 on the Hawera joitdX nearly completed the only work that to be done is *h9 erection 'of a small/bridge 800 ft feet of timber for.which'is'deltv'ered at tho site. Oh. .contract, No. ~2 .ilie .bußh-.felling h completed, and 80 chains ofthe formation do'nei •■iroi'v-f." 1 v:'..-.'-

< Pahiatua'Ro&ds.—Contract No.' Bof the Pahiatua roads is about fcffo-thirda completed, : 'This contract' is-that portion; of: the roadruiinihg'throughthe Wellington Corporation' Reierve aloiig''the Mangara* inarama stream, < \;• .... , Boad. A., i*pm'M*|n'>o.Milo Buah.Road to Tiraumea river •-is Wo# thoroughly Repaired'by day'labour ;i The work- will ijhortly be completed) ■; • ' '1 haWi'&C., 1 , ""7', • : ; JoHNKiK«i. | '■ \ County Engineer.'

' I The Chairman said that finding there W a doubt as to their ways and mean» pending! thWSsue; of; tKeloan, 'had. uistrtidfed the Bbgliiieip commence; any and" to :cutii expenditure(:pro tem;iis far in Svas |jpractio^ble. assumed tHat $ KM^jnißKtlnowb& permitted tb'p'rpoeed (as usual jvith'tho works BUthoriied.,' v'jV ; 77 i:i •

!HKAKCB, ' . , ; The committee reported. accounts for pnyment amounting,to.£926 ,2i ■: Ittob Jfesdlved—That thoy be approved of and paid ai far ut they related ; to work' done mthin the boundaries of the present County. .-" v/ -i j \ The Chairman said that they had now oonoluded the.. proper . huslneM of the', meetingj md the' vonld have to do would be to come to some agreement as .to the .'b'oqndariea ofthe 1 ridings.which they shduld recommend the Government • to : proclaim;-; 'When \ the, ridings bid been gazetted,'a new election would - lake place;- had attended .at his reddest that day to 'gire' the Gowicll the benefit of " hislpoalkno#.: ledge of t)\e;iounVry in.hialnpiKlihVirh6od; ! : It'.waa resolved— I That Mr Buchanan bei invited. to, aiiUt, in. dari^of-th'e Wdib^; M The Council then occupied the interval up to lunch time in marking off boutt'

"following recommendation for ridings firterton-Tarat&hii Ridiatf —Oonaiiting Brftishi-CarUrton Highway Board.— a s UQuncilloiß. J | : 1 Ward of Fa#*.: | theraton Highway Board.—l Councillor. Feathorston Riding—No. 2, 3, and' 4 Wards of the Featherston Highway • Board'.—S'Councillora/-- " Otaraia Riding—No. 5 and .6 Watdipf. the, :JEflath6r«Xon..; i .Highww_ Board.—l; '• Counoili&r;*" ■ £ V7~7 7'l £"'• • A whet Riding—No. V Ward of; tha Featherston Highway 'Board.—l Ooun- : = iillor. • ■ Gladstone Riding—The oountry added to the Taratahi-Carterton and Featheratbn Highyiray Boardß,-r2 Qounqillorg. r a small strip of land on -the.. Wftiohine, . .omitted from the GrayibWn'horoiigh and former County wa» addfcd to

the Greytown Riding. . • The Chairman was authorised to take ■atejttfogive effect to the recommendation of the Council. He stated that he hoped a' new Couno'd will be elected .before their ■next meeting'came | Or Matthews asked if they had' not better wait the result of the amalgamation petition.". -V,; _'' The Chairman did not know that they

could legally do this.. He .was, riot, tain that the Gbvknment Knew what to' do with the petition. , ,The Council then adjourned. ;