WAIKATO COUNTY COUNCIL.

Waikato Times, Volume XII, Issue 970, 10 September 1878, Page 2

WAIKATO COUNTY COUNCIL.

The, usua). monthly meeting, of the Council was held on Friday last. Present : Crs. Claude, (Chairman), Cumming, Gall, Kirkwood, Leslie and Whyte. The minutes of the last meeting were read and coufirme 1, and the following accounts were passed, and ordered to be paid, viz: Mr Isaac Coates, £l3, Mr Hammond, £lss Id, ■Mr Kirkwood, £1 10a,. Mr Birrs, £2 Us, Mi Sandes, .£3 19s Gd, Auckland Timber Company, £4 18a Id. „ The following tenders for the construction of die Whangamarino bridge (labor and material) were opened : — Robert McGonagle, £1357 10s; Alexander Watson, £1180 18a 7d; Smith and Gib -on, £892 4s sd ; Robert; Martin, £559 6s ; John Duce, £833 2s 8d; Simms and- Grey, £813 ; John McLean and Son, £791 16,s 6d. It was unanimously resolved that the iender of Mr John McLean and Son, be accepted. Or. Kirkwood stated that it would be within the recollection of Councillors who attended, the telegraphic conference with the Thames Council and Borough, held at the Hamilton Hotel some time ago, that if was resolved that m urging the construction of a, railway to the Thames, a branch line to Cambridge would form part of the scheme. The Public Works ■ Statement waa now before . them, . and, no doubt, all wonld have observed that the Cambridge branch line had either been inadvertantly overlooked, or purposely kept out. ' He saicl that as Cambridge was undoubtedly the largest producing district m or near the line, and if connected, would tend m a great measure to insure the financial success of the undertaking, hft therefore moved, " That m the opinion of this Council it is advisable to embody m the scheme of a railway connecting Hamilton with the Thames, a branch line to Cambridge, which branch will tap the most productive district near the line without adding materially to the cost, the distance being only about nine miles over a level country, and being an important feeder will tend greatly to make the whole line a reproductive work. Cr. Kirkwood added that for more than half the distance the line might be laid on the Cambridge road, Imown as the Tramway, it was two chains wide, and level as a bowling green. Cr. Whyte seconded, and the motion was passed unanimously, and the Clerk instructed to telegraph it to the member fir Waikato with a request that he would bring it under the notice of the Government. On the motion of Or. Gall, it was resolved that Mr T. G- Sandes be insti'ucied to proceed to Eangirin and inspect the district roads, for the purpose of reporting to the Council what works are necessary. Applications were made by tho Kirikiriroa and . Tamahere Road Boards for leave to mejbh m the Council Chamber, which was granted. It was resolved that Crs. Claude and Whyte he appointed a committee to confer with Mr T. H. White, architect;, relative to the removal and improvement of the Council Chamber # This concluded the business*,