WAIRARAPA EAST COUNTY COUNCIL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2347, 15 July 1886, Page 2

WAIRARAPA EAST COUNTY COUNCIL.

..■-'■' M-*''.'- '"■■"■'lift'^Ti?i'"l '. V BNQiNBER'B XBPOiIX. have tie hoho.r to submit to ynu my report for- the past month on the publio l Tyor.kß;of,,t!ie County ;:-v 1 camp line ..the extension of the and tornperory fencing off of the same have been completed, and the; pnintmst of a new ■span- wjl : l be- finished in a day or no. The farther north is still iii course of exeoution. As yet I have not been able to decide, what work will be undertaken to'deal with the VVaipouaoyerflow'tif dpaki. ■ Ah engagement wliich s ! had: arranged -'with Messrs Welch,- an'dUtiwhicli. I had hoped to determine the question, had't'o fall through owing to my having been Jfcled away to the -pack, of the district Wk- important business.'' </''; \\' ~; a'',;!'? . .Te "Ore .OriOid'efoYd willow planting at the -b| raon the bushaectiw of the fosd'lfiwiii performed and a party of in eft'are now employed in :exeouting the necessary repairs to strengthen-'the email, truss bridge »n the bush fats, the abutments of whioh have been subsiding during the past year. Alfredton Riding. -Eketahuna to Tinui road.-The progress on cdhtraot jfo. has been of anything biifc a ■.satisfactory character during the past mouth. The latter portion of the work has" been most the contractor has left the districb, leaving an order, with Mr James Tonne;;, to' receive the.balancei of the! contract; njoney. I } estimate that' to 'complete,'!: the work according to'contract will; absorb almost the whole of the balance and recommend .that failiug the oontrsotor reBurning operatioh* Within the next few weeks, that the: Council -discharge the contraot with the'nluhiito which have been retained. Arrangementsjiiave been entered into for executing w> necessary repairs to the Tirajiwea rifer fords, by day labor, and' the- work is now uader way, and will be completed in the course of a fortnight, •The' roads' generally in this riding are,' 'I nptwitnstandiv<» the severe teste to which jthey hsW' 'ately been subjected, iu'hmch betfljp order for the season of the year, than has been the case in former years. Thia is in a great measure due to the bene6ts they are deriving from the expenditure upon them during the past year. This im. proyement ib more particularly appreciable upon the Eketahuua to Alfredton section where bush clearing and metalling ' works have worked great changes for the better, in the condition of, the surface of the road.

Cajtlopoint Riding.-Masterton to Waimata road.—The damage sustained by the Tinui bridge. by the floods two months asm, was repaired and the.bridee re-oponed for traffic about i fortnight since, 1 fear that the altered conditions of the banks of the river will necessitate such extensive additions to the present structure as to render it extremely doubtful if a new bridge will not ultimately prove theoheaperway of iggling with the matter. The present britp is in many respects defeotive, and by working up the best of the material into a new bridge, and removing the; obstructions which the present piers offer, to the course of the river, the banks will be less liabje to the corrosive action of the current wpen the river is in flood. .1.wi11,. howWer, l>« prepared, later un, after more careful investigations, to lay before the Couiicil reliable particulars with respect to both proposals. Tho contract for building the bridge and forming its approaches at Oahanga has been satisfactorily completed and.tho line of road to the landing ihed, at present blocked by land slips will be open for dray traffic by next wool season. The road repairs at MaWkona and Akiteo are now being proceeded with and will be out of hand by the 20th of th« current month.,;

Opaki to Manawatu .JtoatWTho heavy traffic occasioned by tha.carting of railway slwpera on narrow tire waggons and ' brakes, together with the effects of the ' recent severe frost«,,has considerably cut about many sections' of this line. The inferior quality of tho gravel, which alono is procurable for gravelling purposes, throughout* wiisiderabie portion ofitslengthjs totally i«t to sustain, the increasing requireni3nt« of traffie under the present existing ivheel tire by-law. The money placed at my disposal during the - past year for the main•enance of the line, hae been expended in the'most;economical"; mariner, bnt hu * ■ proved quite Insufficient to mainWn the road_ surface in an' effioientA of repairs. The outlay, rendered Accessary * .W:.™!™? tra ffic on the southern I ,the, Toad, hasUbsorbed the f greater poftioniof; last -yeitfgW and ( bf •this,-!'olh OT leoMoae-1 further north are suffering froth madequate maintenances. lam at present in < commbmeasion with the Railway depart-J ' nientin reference'to.the supply by railofC a of, forsurfac.»l' ! repairs, and hope to make satisfactory', arrangements for its delivery, at .cost, for nextyear's maintenance worksilMr McLachlan's application in k$ nection with the drainage fronting 'hji .propeityat Ekotahuna has been ettencl# son's charge for completion for ttmoiyii' ef slips on the Dreyers Rock road. W'itiv the information I have so far been uMii to gather, I'oannot recomroond that tfc Council recognize the anint of thai claim preferred by him inspect of tits WOrk. ':]■ 1 hare &o. ■ 0. E. Bitmyay.'. Vwietisn Blind and Eevelving Bhnttoa&ii f&etoiy. All Blinds guarapfed ofjtiiafon beat description. Prioe Mon appKaSw.ia ft, ¥, Henn (late Hean end Hania) -Mela Steam Ventiun Blind isd Ittrolviiui Jiami WoUSaiteu-ADTO T7. /"* • *|^»