WAIPA COUNTY COUNCIL

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1970, 21 February 1885, Page 2

WAIPA COUNTY COUNCIL

Till, council held .in adpiunel oidinaiv nut ting at Oh uipo oi 'lue-day, I'oiu *i n y 17t.1i, the iriembjis pi.s ntl) m<,' Uounullois Like, Te.ndale, Smith, Hutchrison .vnfl Coibov On the minutes of the list nulinuy .unl spsci.il muetiii!? beiir? i.'i'l l>y th>> deik, Ui. IliUc'nn-.on asked fm .111 expla. i.iti m of ti • Oi ik.ui diainage scheme, 1) iiij di>po»od of atthcspecial meeting I'll > X i^nn-ei .stifced that tin: scheme would not attain th*" d --.ued lestilt, and t!i i.-foio li" li.id leunn111 Mided it to b> abandoned. (Ji. Hwtohmson expiessed lmn->if "-atisiii'd with the uoci-ion, but objected to tic matt 'i Ijmmi: disposed of at the sp.vi il mooting.— Th • Minutes xxeii* then c mlnmed. Km.inciih'i K. !' >iv. Tha Engineer ilnn.tted fm tin appioval of the council tlio following I woiks proposed t> Ir executed out of tin) money \otod l>v the (;oveinin r »nt t > tins enmity under the Holds .md 1 Judges Coiistiuutiou Act. H umltoii-Wlutawlut.i 111 lin load: Plains, fascines and laying, £">5O; nppioach Xanow\ budge : For.mng, gruelling and pipeeulveit-, Hamilton 111.1111 load, £Ui.V, fonmng 2->t> chains TulnU.irameo- 111 un road, £110 ; cuttings, forni.itum and gravelling Pukekuia nuuu mad, £220 ; widening and gravelling railway budge cutting, grading at Wahh's and f.ictoiy hills, Ohtiupo- Alexandra main road ; formation Alexandrd-Te Rom main roads, £320; Moiuvv.vle bridge, £230 ; Clifford's bridge, £77; M.mg.ipiko-To Awamutu bridge, £272 ; formation and gravelling R.ingi.iohia, main roads, £110. Totil, £1,934. Hamilton- Whatawhata Main Road.— Outf.ill drains : In accordance with instructions I proceeded to Whatawhata. and, in company with Councillor Corboy, in ido an inspection (if the swamp, with the view to ascertain the best line to t.ike the outfall di.iins proposed to be cut through tins swamp. On examination a well-de-hned cieok was found to rise at the edge of c ! >e bush, and following it down for about H chains, I found for the greater part of tlu> way I went that the current waa rapid, indicating a good fall. 1 therefore deter mined to make this my starting point, and hi\ing cut the lnn'.s, I found that the centre of the Whatwhata road was 2!) feet .iboxp tlie bed of the creek. It will be seen fiom tin* accompanying section that for the liist 27 chains there would bo a fall of 1 in 110' i, for the next 20J chains Hie fall is \eryniuch greater, being 1 in 8(5, in the f >l lowing 12 chums there is a fall of 1 in 7(*o, .vid fiom that 1 wint 111 1 when*, the out fall joins the creek, about 24 chuns, the fall i> lin 2(i."i. The total length of this poition of the ovitfall fiom the ceulie of the roul to its junction with the creek i» 1 mile :?.."!.■) clianis. Tim would drain what iknown as the 40-chaiu swamp. Tne wmk, with the exception of the pmtion near the bush, about 15 chains, would beeasilyaceoin plish^d. The drain fiom the. 11-cham swamp would join the above about 2"i chains above the point of its dUchmgo into the cieek in length being 1 mile 20V chains. The fall on tins section for the first '.»(> chains is at the rate of 1 111 218 ii, for the following 3U chan^ the full ih 1 in 448, and to its junction with the main outfall 20 chains further on the f.ill i« lin 30. The totil available fall on this section is 2488 feet. I have examined the creek for some distance down fiom the point where it is proposed to discharge tho outfall into it, and lam satisfied that am pie fall can lv got to thoroughly diam the swamp without going near Ilothwcll'ti b: idjn: I may state that I h.ivti taken tho outfalls thiou'gh the lowest points of the swamp, so far as I c >uld, without lefeience to the lined of any previous hiirvey. Aftei paying for fuscming and clajing, tin.■■mount available out of ltoads and Hiidge> C instruction Act vote for the work of cult t q the outfall will be £43(i. The drains w< nd lid 12 feet wide by 3 feet deep, and [ o-,ti mate th» cost of cutting outf.ill from the 40 eh lin swamp at £2!IO, i'aving'a balance of t'Ufi. The drain from tho 14 chain swamp is entirely thiough open land, and would not cost so much for cutting as the, other. I estimate the c>st of this at £230 sterling. Tins however exceeds the amount of the sum voted by t'72. l\sih.iM»the better plan would be to 1 educe the .11 ea of this dinin so as to bring it within tho means of the funds at the dicpo-a! of the conned and to widen and deepen it next yeai. KmiMiii-Tu'i'o Ro\n.— Tho const ibu lary have completed in a very satisfactoiy manner, 2i> chains of guiding uniforming <m this road, besides cutting large ditches down ench «ido of the sum* pution, cutting outfalls iind laying pipes across the road at Ability's and Hutchinson'M fl.its. They are at pie-<ent engaged on tho Kihikihi end at the road grading. This I exjiect they will iinisli by the middle of this week. The distance to wheel tho stnlf is too far, m some cases to be done in an economical manner, and I would recommend the employment of 2 horses and 2 drays for this puip wo when requited, as theso can be proem ed at the rate of 18s per week for the pair. It will also be necessary to get another sot nf 14 inch pipes to carry the water act oss tho road at Cockci lane's flat. Pipes for tho place were not got at the time the othets weie ordered, as it was expjeted that the flood water from the Mangahoe wo dd be bioiigh down this course, when a budge would have been required. Tho cost of tlii'.so would be £4 10s. The contractor for tlie oaithw.dk on this road between Cocker1 uics and Ellin road has nearly completed his c >ntract. Tho work no far having been done 111 11 satisfactory manner, I would teeom<nend that an advance of £27 ho made on the contract. Monavvli: Bkidci: CoxTitvrr.— This c mtiuct is well advanced, and the bridge will bj leady for tiattic in «ib mt ten days, I would recommend that the sum of* £100 be advanced on the w>rk in question. The seveial works authorised to bo done in the Mangapiko tiding at last meeting ha\e luen let. The repins to tho Mangapiko bridge at £14 10s to Ahier and Allan, and the fornntion iVc, at Croiiiii'n to (riles' for t'l2, and tlie di. image .'t Finch's coiii'U at £1 l~>s. Ci.uim. V\sifi\is, Wll \r\WH \r\ I{o\l>. Tlio contractois have c nuploted thoclajing of the 40 chun swamp. The woik has been done in n Hati>f.ictoiy niaunei. Dkvinvci: at KiNf.-srur.irr, Ai.r.x\Nnn\. - -A ]>oition at the County road 111 Kiugstieet, Alexandia, opjMisite -Mr Sinden's stom is Hooded after heavy lain, the watei stmilmg tight net oss the ro.»d, the only nieiiis )>y v\hieh it gets away is by pel eolation, 01 evaporation. To get oxer this difficulty, 1 propose to cut a ditch down the side of the road to within a shoit distance of Finch's stables yiud gate, when* it would ho disclmiged into a cos,p Mil, fiom which a nine inch i>ipo be laid ell iv ing the water past ViticVn, the end of (^ii'H'ii-street, and finally lead into the open ditch down tho .side of tho road, and into the W.upa. River. I estimate, the c>st of this v\.)ik at £1"). -I have, &c, Al.E\. Ait Ms.l kom., County Engineer.

Ai.h\ \M)it v Dhmnai.i;. Or. Smith w. is i oqtifHtnl to HHcettuu, in conjunction with the fii^iiuM-r, whether the town bo.vid would nssi ,t in this work, and rei>ort to tho m»\t

meeting. (IIITOHn'M UIIIDCK. — It »« HJflVPfl t<l apply for permission of the Publ'o Wmk>> Mnii-<tei to divert this poitimi of tin; gi.mt fitmi tho blidge to tho aiipio.ich. The othei lecninincnd.itionn of the engmeoi \m-io adoptod by the coancil. Sl vi (.11 i'Kit-HOL'>>K Ac r.— Correspondence w.is locoivod fnnn tha police authorities and others on tho niattor of xlniightoiing' id W.vipa witliout licenses, for the purp<me of cauj mj; out thp provisiiins <if tlioact. The ■in .uigiMiientH made wei c : Liconae f eo, t'3 Hi por annum. Inspector : Tl)e clerk to the ciiiinci). Byl.iwn : The chaitman mi)inutted .i di.ift of by-laws for considoiation of tho council, which were adopted, and oideied to bo made at the next meeting.

KlKllllV SWVMP DItUN.U.K.— A COlllinnnicitioii w.ts leceived from jMv N.ipjhm, ('A')., on brlialf of Mr Williamson, ajtply ir{? for jxMniwMon to lower the bed of the cicclc . 'ind cril.ttgc the liiidgc for drainapo \m\ p<wi«- T\\o eh.iinn.an reported that lte fii.inh'd poi niisfion conditionally on Mr Williamson undo taking all the oxpeimo

und liability far (iniungo I\o\d Cr.osixci-NKwevsrLK Distinct. — Pl. ins f if loads proposed to bo closed through Mi Knnrpp's property were sub niittcil mid confiunod by the council.

Hamilton andNkwcastlk Dkhknti urn. — Tlio lucal bodies having refused to lcfund tlio council tho amount of the debentures, Cr. Liko moved, nnd Cr. Tea^dalc seconded, " Tl.at iniinediute uteps be takun to collect the i-pcci.il rntu in the Hamilton and Nowcastlo Kiding 9 ."- As an amendment, Cr. Corh 'V moved. " That the conned pay the debonturas. There being no Hucondur, the motion was put and c.iri iod.

liAl'K COM.KCTING. — Tho Council unthotised the chairman to take what legal •uhice ami nt>M-,tiuico he needs upon the matter of collecting tho rates. Mmun'<; D.vs.— According to notice, Ci. Smith mo\ed, " Thut the meetings of the cimiicil he held on the second Monday in each month, at 10 jv. in., instead of Tuesda\s, as prpvioimly apr>epd." — Carried. This concluded tho l)ii-.inei*i, and tho council roao after a very long sitting.