WAIRARAPA SOUTH COUNTY COUNCIL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4430, 29 May 1893, Page 3

WAIRARAPA SOUTH COUNTY COUNCIL.

Ordinary Ming,

'A meeting of'the 'abbyiQ /Council, was liddon Saturdayiias't; ...Present:: Crs H. R, Bunny\ChaMn),/W.\:,C. ; ..Buchanan, A>Mnlthow?, & Braitli■waite.ElgaV.aDd/Phi.llips. ,v.Cr Martin' forwarded;'an .'apology for bis absence, and.askeil' tbat;.a- mo":, . lion standing in bia liaoio-teieferred .til the next meeting,- ■:, A letter was .read;. .inv.referencp.' to. the Rimutaka road; asking ";what the Council is prepared to. :give .towardsthe repair of the same, ;■',..'.'■.:•'• ■ / ■ Or Matthews explained'i.tiib'sta.tp.Qf; tho road over the ''Simiilakair-tjie.; matter was - ; the. - next meeting. '■■■■"?'■'■■-■:,■■. ; •;... Or Martin at tliia. 3tngo : put-in bis Or Braithwaitemoye'd';a;.:re'sblutip;n}: condemning'thß- ; a6tion. of the,,.WclV lington Benevolent..Society ..in.-.not communicating ;with the Council on. the resignation of Cr Phillips. ;..'.. A resolution was also 'paßsed'tli'ank-' ing Os Buchanan and Pbiljipsjfor.tb'e. •action they had takon;in.respect to tlio •enormous expenditurehy-'the. Society.--

Cr Pbillip»tow'tho ; ''attentibny(jf the Council 'su&gffi'. ii^whicli/the/ 'bridges- htyj been screwed up; : ..and' ■Buggeeted that auch work".Bho.ii|d , ' : .be' done by a practical.mar.,/;-;; A desultory con?ersation--on- : they matter took place, it being Gn»lly-reV-flohed that when'any/of tho'/bii'dges' ■ Toqaire screwing up, ■a. cb'rapetetrt person be employed lor. the.jyo'rk.:'.'. The by-law..re, tractions.:■■ was jvatlby the Cr Phillips suggeßted that a clause" should be ;by;;lawprohibiting traction- engines l from.' travelling on certain■roiid.si/iind.thai..; the Road Boards shotdddi'line. what; roads traction'engines', -inlght-.trav';--crse. - . .\:.; : : V ;- ■■■' -

CoßncfllofJ.wre^dFbpimpni-t.hst-ifc Wild be impossible;:'.fo'r ; :t} , .e,'';Goanc.il'.; to accci* to Or Phillipa.Vßuggeatton. ■ ■: Cr Buchanan moy2d'--ihattb.e'.wprd'.: iiyctons bealtered'tblixioHs.;; CrElgarsecondedthe'niqtibii. ."' Mr Skey wrote J'aking exception.:; ■ .to certain claosos^cpntained : : in: ; the: : proposed by-law."^ 1 '... .>.;, , : .'. ( : ., Cr Bochanan,:. by "pofmi6BipnV'with». drew his resolation and. it was.moved; by Cr Matthews ' oeconded ■ ;by.'the ■Chairman that the'by-Was:read' be' :pasßed. ■■:'. j? ; ■;../■■;■ ~ys.--.; Or Matthews moved.thatthis Couh■cil contribute a sum of money towards the cxplwe of «IsjfThg and lieepihg ' -'' open theßimutaka road for;t'ra%..■■..■' .. Or Martin seconded the 'motion.;,;:.; ■.": The Chairman said the. first, ; quo37 ■"' tion was whero was theimoney to'a'p the work to be 'He bad no i doubt but that every.'sbttlor'in'.the Wairarapa would like' the.roid;toi be ... kept open, but they could hot'.do,'it I without money. -'The-vnoxt. thing I would be that the" County wpuld:havp I to take over the whole control of;-.the I .roads, and that would mean ■a-dual. ;rato, or else the Cotintywould haveto \ .raise the rates and then subsidise each Road Board out. of 'the 'ampabtiraiae'dj'kt ho would'much.;rathor' ; th'e jßoad Boards continue to do■a'slliey have done previously. l }:-. .-- Cr Phillips,' speakingbnVthejsub-j I ject, said that■..thisO.Cpuricil:could i < fairly, approach': thof Nbrth.-.Courity Council, and also-: the Hutt County, and the Government".on';the'matter,': 0, 8 a he understood:that;-.therejiwe're; £50,000 placed on tho estimates ;,fpr the of such cases as this, ■ said tho money;so voted WaS not for such.purposes'as the one under discussion.;.- :'..'■. . ■ After a lengthy discussion, the mat;.: .'. ter was deferred till tbp:next meeting of tho Council..:;;;: