ENGINEER'S REPORT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2673, 13 August 1887, Page 3

ENGINEER'S REPORT.

'J lie following, report was ■presented ~ Ot" . tl(e, lust- meeting" of .the" North .Council bp Mr 0. E Bremneiy County , .^ng'ineer.:—Siti,— 1 have the honor to jjS?l'(irt to you for the past month 'on j®)e public works of the Coimtv as follows : • » iltistwton Ritiing— To Ore Oi'o to ■ Bidtford Road —Tito unmetalhnl portion of this lino has been rendered almost."impassable through Mr 13. P. 'Pgfcv'B. illadvised uutioh in postponing operations until winter had'aet in. Tho result of his thought- , leasncßs .has'.'pMctieally. deprived the . vholb of the settlers to. the north of the benefits which might legitimately .have been expected during thir winter, trom Isst Biitumor's outlay on surface repairs and metalling. In"the matter of the reported erection of. two gates .acroEß.tbiß road.lintyoi'ly one of these . had been erected upon tho occasion of my visit, and that, in stich a position ub to oiler no-.reasonable, cause - for complaiut on the score of endangering the safety of public traffic.

Masterton to Waimata 'Road—'Hie

fencing of the Taureru Ferry reserve and the reserve .is now "Wtjccupation by the prnianeiH wadmen.

Waingawa to Camp Road - Tlio willow - planting along'"the" noi'lln-m bank of the Waingawa Mivcrhas btvu performed,' and the m cessarv road widening andfXtcDsijn of ■ln* above executed on that portion.<>f the line fronting Messrs Judil B:os property, The-South Maiiri«:evil;eroad has been hit to Mr H. Stevens fur the been™tered into by him-for the supply and delivery of the timber on'tlie site at an earlv. date.

(Jastlt;|ioitii Killing—Miistovton to Wnimtitn Road.—Tiio continuous unfavorable weal her bus somewhat retarded the.pl ogress of tire iep.urs to tlio Tipui bridge, imd in tlie of any quite recent report from ibe ground I cannot speak .ik to. the exact progress ■ of-tho work', On.i\Jr Antler,son's• conNo 27, betwetm 300 iiiid '4oo' of atones have bmi quarried and - arrangements' we now. in- propagation for breaking it to tho"j|uago suitable' for.tottd,metal. -.Couinict No'2B (stono quarrying -at' Pino Hill) "about 500 cubic yards 'of metal (iavo been broken. . ' Tho rock.conlinueiruf good quality and at the present .r.ate jjf progress tlio contract vvi'l be fiillillod by the iirx't

sitting of the Council," Contract No 29 (additions -to. and eulargoning ■roaMi'a cottage). This work is good progress, and will be finished in the course of a' few days, Portions of the material for fencing in tho reserve,' -upon which the cqttage it> built, have'been deposited upon the ground and tho work of erection will shortly be proceeded with.' Two cases of infrillgment of tlie wheel tiro bylaws in this district bavo'been tried in

the Resident Magistrate's Court during . the past month, and a conviction in eocb case secured, Two others from othor parts of the district will bo heard during the week, Eketaliuria to Tinui road—(Tiuui to Tirautriea section), contract No 16, The stono proposed t used by'tho' contractor for the , lotion of this woik litis proved of an unsatisfactory character, the fullilment of the contract will therefore be deferred until next summer, Alfredton Riding likctaimna to Tinui road. CSketahuua to Tiraumea section,) The ford repairs upon the Tiraumea section were completed, and the. withdrawn on the 16 h of last monfli. 111 Napier's rn|ily to my proposals for winging the wire rope over the Tiraumea river has rendered it advisable to postpone the piopo-ie.d work until ihe-faimtiter season. Opaki to Mamma* ut road.-The breach in the section of the line 'ietween Mangnmalmo Railway Station and Mauticovilh'. nmtb was temporarily repaired and traffic resumed by the 15th July, From the nature of the damage it will .bo impossible to effect anything like permanent repairs until the dry season sets in. The repairs to the wrecked bridges are now in course of execution, and would have completed by now but for the dflfsulty experienced in securing the long lengths of <otara timber to replace the broken stringers. Upon the delivery of tlio timber the work of erecting the btidg;; will be pushed forward with all possible despatch The general condition of the line betwem Mangamahoo yid Vketahuna is deterioratingianrl the surface men are taxed to to keoj) the line open for traffic;