WAIPA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2403, 3 December 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)

WAIPA COUNTY COUNCIL.

liiK loli rwing is t.;u ii-po:t of the Kagli.vT or 1. 1.* '»V:ii;u r , • inty Council ivr.l t no i it in-t-lu.g Tu nir; Oh w:;m ;.%* W.xis a Ojcnit Cof.vC;L. •Sii:, —hi c-•in*»!;.«:i jc wbh m-iractions r«*I'Hw'.l it, V: : i.l -t eh ; : C 'Un.::!, I I; iw J>. il' : 1 a hi il p .ill •!! -,i Willt :ii *i -t I {\ 111!ivi •iI i. ■•'oor.icmg 111*; Cm uiy K * s‘i, o;j" *_-t 0.-JOg I > iind wh.tt c I’ii I L t-i n-i In-; I >ng standing c • l\: d km »gc lu.il j> 0 .mg I I • • iit • • all' 'l'ni’iil Xm. 110. oy Hi l - diTJiargu of suiface Wat l -!' on t,o to-; .-a.n t. AlUiu {m-' 'III ILUC liat wu >lo IMlal.ili oJI l»: „* •a-t si'loof Ly m.-erect lioin a punt mar Ml LlmdeV > "tTo is c <ii :ct al ny a c.—'p »o« and discharg'd in* » !.’•> -octs »;». N • m-:oi- hi> been tak'-ii to r-au no t cm iucl ihu u.it.*r away li*yondlhe p nut, an I c-ci-'* juently during hua'V rains a c •:»-! !• raoie *f Lh * a;!-*imoot is ;:•> in- witer, wnich stan is thuru ini absorb* i by ttie ground or ev.ip 'rails. j'ii ;i-; i- a natural d ;pr :'si-»a in the ground utu, an 1 under any ciivimstances a certain qumlity of tne rain! til would nal irally d r.v ml * n, but th;re tm 1)* little doom Lii.it Ibis quantity ha> been c-u-iderably augmented by works canm-i out by ine 'UiuJi or Town Hoard. To r.j:noVtj the • ■ vii cmplained of it will b»‘ nectary to .-Imt me sue of the piv-ent grating and c**-<po d down to near the junction at Moule-.-lrcet. with Winhu ue-slivet, conducting tin; water a.way ftom this point by a twe, . e-inch pipe, liiung an ouliail into the iie.nl of a imlly on tlie lower side of M"Uie->trect, fiom wlncli point the water would lind its way into a small >wampy creek without furllier injury to any properly. Whitaiorestreet :it its junction with Moule-street would require to be lowered one foot. Tnis, cf course, would necessitate a slight alteration on the level of Moule-stieet, though not to any very appreciable extent. It would, however, be necessary to ascertain that this could be dune without raising the question of compensation by adjacent property holders fur altering the levels. I estimate the cost of tiie foiegoing works at £-J0 10s (id. Ueferniig now t * the >ee md portion of the .section, regarding the raising of tiie to.i'l bet we ei Ca'.ey-Areet and R-lleston-slreet, it will be observed there is ;i very considerable hj »ilow here, about lA chains in length, which during the greater part of the winter months .-tands in a p »o2 of water between fence and fence, which, by the action r-f wheels and hoises feet, becomes a veritable b-*g, impassable alike to vehicles and pedeAciiaiis. It is posed to rai-e the road liere, taking tiie >tibf for this purpo-e from tiu ri-e p i-t the Wedey in Chapel, the works if carried "UL acc wding t*» the phm would re-ult m a very gr- al Improveu;ent, .and there bdngno bau hiig-. erected on this line lue w.ui; could be earned out without injury to any properly of thn kind. Tiie junction wirh K-llcston-streel would be very greatly improved, at present it is certainly dangerous, 1 estimate the cut of tiie Work if carried as sliuwn at i‘lo, I beg leave to again la}* before you tile section l*-r grading near Mr Oockerdne’s, on me Urakail road, and also on Mrs Mcvab; s <»n the UiiEiupo road, Tiiese works you will recollect were held over as the time was deemed to be too late in theseason to undertake works of this nature. The work's on the Or.ikau roa-J, I estimate, would cost .t-0, that on tiie Oiianp«* road h'tlo. The contractor has c unpleted the grading ;nu! forming contract near Mr llibbs', on the Hamiltond )ha : ip i r.ad, and 1 recommend that the work be pai I for. i'.)K.MfN*(J a.VJJ ( IJIAVkIJJNU i'OKriO.V OF TaVITUS lliU.. —Tilts contract has been iinUhed, and i recommend the payment of i.Tduo mi tiie work. Tile contractor has ail b : - eupioted the faiciniog and claying .a; iltmdtoii;V!» itawhatu S.v * :io ;•-od. J rccom-i:i-;u 1 an ;i l\ s::e ; o; ’J h> mi ll;;s job In connection wim li.n road I may say tbit the repairs r ’e-e:i.ne:id-. d by mu and authori-ed nt tin list meeting of tiie Council are bung pushed on. Three extra sets of pipes iii-e been laid, the road in each case having b v.n raised over them, the wat“r-tibles and side, drains cleaned out where neces.siry, an 1 the surface attended to generally, it will, however, take about eight days yet to complete the. work. Tiie roid to the watering trough at I fc itSicCs Creek has been nude up. Mr McCallum, the contractor for gradink' near M-mnder’s corner, lus taken up the c uiUMct, and is pushing «m with the work. Walk Kits Cullv ibiiiiXK. I c «ili detect no further move;;: vit in the Cambridge abutment at his bridge at the l.i-t inspection. ihiATHKibs C:::::-:k 1)::m> ;k. —Wiien I inspected this wmk last week l!ie cmitiv.clor lias g.-t most of t!;e woolwork in position. Hu expects to slut vith tiie Eipproaches this week, i icc -nimnid an advance of ViJJ on this job. iT’Xii; liiiiimK, Tk Uouk.—l reported some time ago tier, tiie cap on the laud span—Te lb.re end—of this bridge was in a very decayed condition. 1 tind lb.tr, the weight of tiie superstructure has nearly crushed it Hit on the top of the piles, and consequently a nev; cap will have to be put on. Tim cost will be about The 40ft. trusses of this bridge are not in a vciy satisfactosy condition, having Just n-.-arly all their camber. It will be iK-cu>siry to have them screwed up, as if left to g«» much further there is every probability of some of them falling. The abutment pier, and also the one adjoining it, have for some time past been steadily sinking. They are now nearly (Jin. below the level of the otW piers ; this is quite perceptible wiira milering the biiig*. No great h.aiu* lias yet arisen from this subside!: 1 ::*, hut should it continue, steps wil’ have to be taken to meet the c;uo. MaXUAIUKO llltmuK, OIIAUPO U'VAD.— Last autumn authority was given to have this bridge painted. A tender was accented for the same. The wet weather, however, set in before the work had been carried far, where I concluded it would be better to suspend further operations till spring. Ths work has now been completed, and 1 lecoiuinend the payment of the amount dviz. f-S !Ck The slopp.-i of one of tho ending on the ivihikihi r.>a;l will u-nniio to be tlres-oj down. .Slopes h.ivo iwvor been properly forme;!. Slip, avo continually taking place, and falbng (»n to the road; besides, if re-tiimiu rd at once, the ground will breaking hick into the adjoining i».u!dTk. at the same time destroying the boundary fence. The cost of re-trinpiiiug the sloi>e would be about t‘o, A con.hier.iblp v.r.mher of surface repairs bave been tioae on all the lea .i;u; roads in Iho comity (birinirthe month. Ai.KX. Ai;MST!iONC, County !'-led;;eer. Ivihikihi, L'_':id XovL>njh. ;r , I.S.S?.