WAIRARAPA EAST COUNTY

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1484, 15 September 1883, Page 2

WAIRARAPA EAST COUNTY

The replttr meeting gf ijjs ab.pye body was toft iff the yfiHßsil; Ambers yesterday nioyhing, D. McGregor (chairman), B. Meredith, senr., W. H. Beetham, J. Williams, T. Mackay, T. Chamberlain, and W. W. McOardle.

The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. , The Chairman notified that he had postpone)} tjijj meeting from Thursday tin mi fai'i&VmMM i¥ present then.

: The oorrespondenee (inwards) ivas read as follows :

" -'Ptoiiithe Provinoial District Auditor, forwarding copies of vouoliera showing a discrepancy of £5 9g Bd, and asking for particulars. The Clerk, in explanation, stated chat the matter dated back ad'far as September j.3.1881; the sum had been in dispute over since, 4f&F K^ n 8 re-seArches through the County books he was able. to trace the erf or, and settled the. matter to the Auditor's satisfaction,

From the Surveyor-General, stating that the authority was given the Council to spend LSO to construct a forffgyer the Makakahi Btream, and ftlsq stating ti}a,rnplnf(jr(i)af{,qn could be given re the kIO,<)QO, balance.

From A, Napier, stating that he had been rated for more land than he had.

From Messrs O'Malley k Pepperoll, stating that the road deviation on the railway line was completed and opened for traffic.

From Secretary Post and Telegraph Department, je' % washing away of the Idanawafa Ferry punj!,&nd calling attention to the mail oontraotoYs delay, and asking the Counoll to see to. it as soon as possible.—Clerk reported the matter had been attended to.

From Under-Secretary Public Works stating that the Engineer had reported that great improvements had beenmade in the road deviation, and were far better in respect to grades, ic, than the old road was.

From Rev J. C. Andrew, calling attea-. tion to the fact that his time for carrjr/ ing on jbp' Whareama Ferry ■at ) * : h|s, own cost was drawjng $ a'^osej'and that.jthp: takings -being under Li for six niohtha he could 1106 see his way; 'to keeping it on, and the Council would have to pay the ferryman if they wished it to be kept on. > From W. W. Taylor, calling atten-

.iwn-to tie road being laid off through his.'land, and asking the Council to re-consider the tracing before defining the line.

From R, Manning, asking to be appointed as poundkeeper at Lower Taueru. ." -;•;

From surveyor general. 1 stating that the expenditure made as allocated by the County in special notes, and it was for the Minister to nay where the balance of the money be expended. From district engineer, Mr Connal, enclosing tracings shewing deviations to be made in the road through the railway works and asking the Council 10 agree to same. From some Maoris at Upper Taueru threatening to stop a road through their land unless they got cempensai tion.

Mr Beetham explained that he had been requested to get the bush fallen on the side of the road, to let the rays of the sun get.to it, and the Maoris had told him that, when Sir George Grey and Mr Sheehan were up.there they promised that the land should be paid for, and nothing had been done since. The land had not.gone through the Court, and there would consequently be a difficulty in dealing, with, it. From Property Tax •Commissioner stating that the Council would bp kept posted up with all alterations in the valuation list of the district.

' • From District-Engineer, asking what progress; payment' the County intend ■applying for.. 4 - From the Clerk' Ashburton County Council, enclosing, by request, a copy of watercourse by-laws.' ■ From Messrs Beard dfc Gray, with copy of by-laws for Council's consideration. . . •■

From Acting Under-Secretary, asking for definite information re the name of the Masterton ; Bideford road.

FromCrßellisJ apologising for.his absence through illness," and drawing attention to certain works requiring to be done.

From Messrs McCarthy k Dowling, asking that their timber account be passed over to Mr R. Donald. From Messrs Parker and Burke, stating that they' had finished the Hawera contract, and requesting the Council, to grant them a bonus as the road was through a rocky foundation, and the tender W mftdP linger the impression it was oi&y formation, They had consequently lost about LUO, ROAD DEVIATIONS. j The Chairman stated the letter from the public woiks office was the outcome of a complaint made of the inefficient work performed on the deviations caused by the railway works. He considered the Government ought to supply complete information, so that the Council can judge the nature of the work to be carried out. Mr King, County Engineer, in explaining the objections to the work on these deviations, pointed out the rules observed in road making in this district He said the metal put on by the Government was inferipr, and the road much too narrow. . After several members had expressed their disapproval of the nature of the work performed, it was resol-, ved, on the motion of Cr Beethamf seconded by Or the Government be remonstrated with for placing bad metal on the road, and also, to the narrowness of the same; and that the plans submitted are no guide 7 to the Council as to the class of road the deviation should be.' NEW DEVIATIONS, . After some discussion it was decided, on the motion of Cr Williams, seconded by Cr Williams, that the Government should complete information as to the work to be done before the Council do anything in the matter.

piREm perry,; ;.;■-■. Cr T|Jackay said tliat as he was interested in this question be would take no, part iiifihediscussion upon it.—ff}e chairman said he had no particular experience of ferries, but understood that such a ferry wng usually subsidised.——Cr Meredith said be hardly knew why the Council discontinued subsidising this ferry. He believed Mr took it over in order to settle a land dispute, The Crown grant of the land in question had subsequently been made out in favor of Mr Andrew and that particular question jjias se|(iled; 'TJje business of the ferry s|a ! flmalj|bu't i|.'^as'necessary tq niaintgt}) it to protept life.——Cr Williams understood tlwt Mi" Andrew took over the Jerry in ovder to see that a respectable man had obarge of it, In South Australia the Government made arrangements with runholders to maintain ferries, with a view to prevent sly grog selling and other improper prac-j tices.— The chairman said the best ai-riingejpent would be to subsidise Mr. Andrew T Kb"'^dertQPk : tO feeep .jfte ferry open,—--Cr. Beetbam> said,tbo special difficulty in this case was that there was no land and - no resi' dence for a ferryman. The river whs not fordableandit-was very necessary to keep up t*he ferry. Thoy f were. entirely in the hands of Mr Andrew, and they had' better, os]f jiim his terms.——. Cr Mereditftj|ef(i a claim. on Mr Andrew, The ferry land in equity belonged to the Council, though in law it was his property, Mr Andrew had gained his point and'was not likely to be illiberal. He would propose that the Council offer MrAndrew £25 per annum to maintain the ferry.——Cr Beetham seconded the motion, which was put and carried/ ■ LOWER TiUERU POUND. Mr flarph' MftPi'ng'S application for the Ijower Tweru Pound wa.s considered, It was decided to make inquiries before determing the applica-tion.-—rr-Cr Beefcham thought the applicant should produce a memorial from people who knew him, to Bhow that he was a proper person to hold the office. Cr Meredith suggested that the/ should invite applications for the •<s<*''by putting up ,a notice on the "bridge.—.—This course was agreed to.

: ! ' - , :jkTWt'CMM\ ; " - tion foiled) ija&en. for road purposes on ! the lideford line*'was next''considered,—rCr Beetham, said that the: claimants had formerly made an application to Sir George Grey and Mr'

Sheehan, and had been referred to the local bodies. The only thing lhe| could do was to lofer them back to the Government. The Council had nd legal status for purchasing the land. Cr Meredith asked if the traffic was likely to be stopped by the natives. Cr Beetham replied in the but the Natives would not let them fall the bush which shaded the road.—The Chairman said the Provincial .Government took the road through the land, and the General Government as its successor should settle the difficulty.——lt was resolved j that the application should be referred to the Government.

•BROAD TIRES. : ',',;,-, The proposed by-laws re broad-tires '•;•; reported by the Committee were 'read/ [['/■ Cr Meredith asked"if.there.was;,;;' any limit to the weight to be carried on din. Chairman replied in the negative.—-Cr McCardle desired • ' to'know oh what roadp'the by-laws ;•. would take . effect.—-—After : some;.' discussion the by-laws as drafted approvedwithslightamendments. ■'" '*■_ ££'''■

■ PAIHAWA ROAD BOARD. , :.;;■;■>: • The Chairman said that steps had ' : ; ; been taken to constitute the Pahi&tua Road District, by special order. It would be necessary to'pass the order by resolution and gazette it.—-This ," " was done, Cr McCardle expressing a ' desire for the immediate of.a Returning Officer and Clerk, as to get into "order at as early a date l, . as possible.-^—lt was, however, deci- : ded thai thi^'coiild'not be done till the., gazetteliotiiie 1 constituting the district-., had appeared.4!li_lt,was reported that ' • this new- r,QRd district contained - 179,000 aires o-f land,A BONUS AFPLJCATIOJf, The Chairman said that Parker and Burkehad found'special difficulties in carrying out their contract, on the ■ Hawera roa'd,on' account of an excep-' ' tional amount of hard rock they had met with. The contractors said they had sustained a loss -of £l4B. Hiu own opinion was that exceptional difficulties had been met'with, but no ' ■ money was' in' hand lor such a bonus. Cr Meredith said it would be a dangerous precedent to give a bonus, Cr Chamberlain thought it was a hardship for men who expected earthwork to find rock, He thought a bonus slfpu]d, be {jiyef}. —~Pj! asked t)}p nipney from t—Cr Meredith pliQiight tjjat }f a concession were made a. crop pf applications of a similar nature raid speedily appear. —-. The Chairman suggested recommending the Govern' nient to pay a bonus on aooount of the special character of the work.—-Cr ; Beetham considered'that if the claim'.,'.,, was a valid one they should face: it.a. themselves. If a contractor took' work blindly he could hardly call upon them to make good his mistakes. Possibly other tenderers examined' the ground in! •question, and put ih.a higher price because : they, found rock there.—Cr McCarfjle. ' ,said he unde|'s|(|o(| no yopk war vjsjbje. '" on the grqunc} •prjqr-' fp, f||p'' } The .cfyairniffh; repljed that the .. engineer saw it cropping out when j|e, • . laid off the,roap|,.buj;„mofe of it ; wag .uncovered subs.eqi!e|tW,. than ll9ll n feir p'ated.-—Cf McCJaydfe. swjtj tjjp QflY: ; ernment supplied 'tenderers wjth particulars'ftg-tq/fQrnijJiion,, so iljat no mistake could be. made'its to the nature, • of the gro.und,4—Qr: Beetham said he should be -sorry, .tb'-sge Parker and Burke lose-over a contract, but before ! voting a bonus he-required to bo satisfied thei e were exceptional circumstances " to justify it, and that'the loss was not due to carelessne3S.-r- —Cr Chamberlain stid there could be no earnestness as the tender, was close on the engineer's estimate;— Clerk reported that the Hawera road, vote was overdrawn XIOO. Chairman i said if they voted anything it must ,btt out of theiV Meredith moved; that tnl) 'question pe - adjourned till rjaxt sitting ahel thai in ■ the interim particulars as fo the other tenders which were received for thij) cpnfract shpujd be, . \ Beetham seconded the "motion which was carried, • CONTRACTORS OBDERB. ... . McCarthy & Dowjing upplied for an order from the Council in favor of Mr Donald, to guarantee payment for tim-ber.-—The Chairman said as soon as money was tg tI)Q (jredty of the tors their qreji'r iVdtilid' bfe ; '- :ho"hit}ip'(fd . without _ spepuij arrangement.—Cr Meredith {;)]s' ' Mast'eftjjji Rgatj • ,rJoardj>d. | n m easp*ftgrpp4 ift fflftfr advances, qn timber; whi>n : 4#epad, provided that it, was jnsnred.^^O)!' Beetham was in favor of tractors as far as-possible ;^ffl^h-S ( : supjilifeaf of j. "said thei question.was one which they . had hammered at for a long time with- • out arriving at: a rdefinite \ M.ereilitlisTiggcsted deiipug f\§ PSfik' • • cafteon 'it.s merits' without laying down*. any-general Chairman said "that if acknowledged ad- ■' vances for material,they would also , have to admit advances for stores.Cr Williams said there was a distinc- . tion.between material and stores, materi^cyt}^ f }3| , y H , }}lj' but stores djdnof,- r --yr McCjirdJp thought it was'a''p'fqppF thing" to : acknowledge Orders as'long as a oon« tractor had money..to.,his credit. In anßwer.to.a'quesUoh the Clerk re-. / . ported that the amount of guarantee required was' Mi'.— The Chairman . moved that the application be treated - by the usual rule.. .Carried.

I'ETITIOK. Messrs .Napier, Sm|t]|, and. Burljng,?saß read, asking fqr s,ep% pf tjip Eketahuria-Tmui road to bo formed for dray traffic,-*—The Chairman' questionod whether they oould comply with the request with the. money available, —-Cr' Williams said a very moderate expenditure would satisfy the .applicants; Temporary crossings would answer thepurpoaeof the settlers H.nd. help the contractor when the road tyui was decided to in the hands of the : %nm p«r '"'''' ;; ' /fhe Treasurer- reportedV credit |}a]a,n# ; on the general account if W/J0 .on the speoiaj &

count of.^Boß-,133,6d,. In theroveMpv for tho.past month Iho fcfdeipt of £4Bl ' ,7s 5d on - ; agoount'.of' the Oqunty rate was acknowledged, 4|si^l<>' ne amount of £1232 l6s;;^e';i;ecpJgmon-■.. ded for payment arid passed. ••. : ' '. ■ esqineer'sreport. ,",,..!' If vas resolved' .that notice should be given to tho contractor. for the' Makirikiri road that his 'contract Would be determined if he 'did not- proMeci "'■ with'itin asatisfactory mannerbefofo- 1 the next meeting of the Council. >e'\YIM'R.KAMA'. lyvKit.' "7 Cr Mdckay thought that the first step shou,|d io; to. communicate, with; the had ,j>liiutocl the wilkfosw ;:Tliey hai power, under': the Acf tlie'. ' oUatiiclcß/if theowneWouU'not'ilo'so, but it Was-,i\ot,neceesary;t6 taJ^u'ny'. : harsh metres in the first instance ' ——Cr Bee|ham;th6tfght' that settlers ' : '' woifldftack' up'lhe" % .getting ; .fid J 6'f ; tlid -tvillows.— McCarSlo s ;"said the'freepiiig -willow- was a benefit • to a'anpecame a nuisariceV-^Cr be madOjOf ; riyjer ; iuipr^ei(jtp/a^r' . it into v b :i gr.owing .. i;on).Jh'e ; o'f.tlie-riyer which', mm) .-.mischievous'''/,as ..the" • willows.r—^r -'-•^ir^^V^,?^* 6^^^^83^^^^16 takijithn'tjiherbridgewould .. .soon jav.e. Jo be , v was., of : ! th'ao Jake would shortly. -bo.jonn'eT He 'moved that the clerkSe; : ipat ; ruic'te(l tdcotiimunicatQ with..prpp).cty; oi'mi as,to what' steps they woulijlaka^pd. tq;ifl.tjnifite thai the Cpunjcit would be, prepared- ;to. give , Bpnie,assistance.— r-s ho inqtipn ; >was. ■■\ ?;. '•■' ■■ -,-■. Cr Matoy questp-re- -.-. quired ..somei.iC.onßidefatp -.before AW Bite was-rdefliHtqly-ixed. •• The first deviation suggested; was in his'fppinioii' rxjuite.-'iinprrtc!£icabl|r "He suggested that two Courici|lors should accompany ;; Mr King,toJn%^ t tl^Vy^iis'lines; - .Beetkttv. tlippghtcifieibridgo' would be, Jie v st.-a l t, the narrow pait of the valley. He wouldl bef.g|a'd ; ,tq meet • Mr Mackay.atthe. Mutigapakeha,— It was resolved ;.,that,t'rs .W-illianis, Be'etham and Beljis heap- .. the in . cpnjjuietipn '' with the pnginee^.!;'.', i'^y I ;..!'' The - report ; pf t)|e Opmrnjttee 3s fls jpurna) WMtakePas rpail "■' • '.;.■ : REpopTa, Reports of the.Public Works and Fiiiance' ; %'mniittee .were read, but •<■ containediio items of.geneiiil interest,'