PIAKO COUNTY COUNCIL.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2891, 24 January 1891, Page 3

PIAKO COUNTY COUNCIL.

'I'm: hlk.vi! b*"iy "" 1 M>" nn-'.'i, Tliiu-sHay. at 1.1 a.in. 1 ><«•„(• < -nmnl Inr-H W I'. ClnM'nicU (cluunmi;). I'-- >\- ll.mim-r, U. Uurtull, .1. I'Ul-y ;.m! W . 11. Berries. . Tho minute of Hie Hinting wvrn re:id nnd confirmed. Mb Isaacs' lio\i> -Mr Smd- >ibmiltiH! ;i lenctliv report re. the rm.d fi"i" ,1,0 S:in:itnriuiii t.. II- | :lih " v •statiim, which had bi'i'ii inm!" by .M i ITlip sl it.'d tll.it tin' bndpi-. <|\l?r till- Waihnil nnd 'li.i'vi Iwd been intlili- il> a s:disf;i'.'tin.V 111.till!"!', bill If I•<mitcl out that > overal di a ii, - and tint four small bridges neei.ed HtriiiiKtlieiiiiig before. tin' mid wo-iM be up tn thf standard lit eoiintv I'-'iirl-. 11 wa - rr-ii'lvi'd t'> inform Mr haaes that ' I '' works referred t<■ in tin' rei.oit wand haw tn bo completed before the Council could take ose.r tln.' i<i:k 1. —It has in n ' been a--cei" tail)l'd that the S.matoiiuin block of land reßiatored in Lin; name o[ Mis Annie Uaac*. tilt) cl«rk was in-Uuetud to ascertain whether the parties wlio-o consent i« required for the upenint; of a pud through Mrs Isaacs' block are Willi.i;; t- transfer the ni'if ssary laml to the i Mi''''u. Kncinkkh's KbI'DRT. —Mr I. Sandes reported as follows: I have laid out the works on, and [.repaied plans and .-peeltieatioiis for, contract .No. 11, .IxfordMatainata lioad, as per instructions. Ihe lenL'tli of the road to no made is- 12] chains (more or less), and I estimate the cost of t.lio suino ul sotnowhfiro ;ibi'Ut (pinhably u few p.iiinrls less). Tendrrs are returnable at this irieetin:;. Mr (i. Walker has cornpleced the small jobs on the oam-bririKu-Taunuipi Road, t*»r winch -l i iuithoriaefi at last meeting ami 1 Imvufifot j him tn fill some ilnnfMrons holes a littlefurther al«>n rf on thn suinf road :»t, mi cost, of I'l Is. These repairs were ab.solutwly or I should not have) hiui them done without authority. 1 have made a separate report on Air Isaacs road, which T enclose. To Kauri, the contractor for the Cambridge-Tauramra bush road maintenance, Irn fulfilled his contract faithfully, and I .send a voucher for the contract monies, viz., £12 to December 31st. Since that date, four larue trees have fallen down across the road, and Te Kauri has removed them at u cost of '.Is—one and a-half days labour—and I have added this to his account. Air F. Hose, of Oxford, lias carried out; his contract for keeping the bridges and approaches on tho Oxford-Mstamata Rnad, near Oxford, in eood order and condition, and be is entitled to the i-uir of .1)10 for the same, for which I forward a vouchor. With regard to the, repairs to thu Wair.rare bridge on thu Te ArohaLichfield lioad, I pot two pipes from the Waikato Timber Company at Waotu, :tiid employed Mr J. Wright to build the same in. He has done so, and I forward the accounts connected herewith for labour nnd iron. There will also bu an account for the hire of a monkey and encine from the Waitoa Road board, and I estimate the total cost at .t2O Us Ud. I enclose iin account for an additional payment to Geo. Walker on his contract No 11, Oxford-Matnmatu road. The sum of £10 lis 8d is for pipes for which lie has had to pay, £1 is for repairing Alangawliurn bridpD handrails ; the sum of . l — 10* having been voted for repairs to the cutting and bridge, and >JI I.os was paid at the last meeting for earthwork. I. also allow for 102 yards short measurement on con tracts No 11 at the Okorniri station ground, I having missed the cutting altogether when measuring up the job as it was not pointed out.—The report was adopted. Tn k lioc.u, OrrioN Poi.t..—Mr 1. Suesvin and Mr F. Horrell were appointed presiding officers to take the local option ;i'.)U at Te Aroha and Morrinsville, respectlVAJVlo.u> WastbiMr Chas. King write asking the Council to apply to the Survey Department for a road to his prnpeitv at Kangitainuku. —Itesolved that the consideration of the application bedefeue-t until the Council is in a better position to devise a. compel cut scheme of roads for that portion of the county in which the block referred to is situated.