PIAKO COUNTY COUNCIL.
Knci.vekh's KuroiiT.—Mr T. U. Sandos piesented his report fur tho month as follows :—At tho (iorlon gravel pit (Tan-
tiioroa) considerable damage was done by the lams iti tho early part of the month, and I was sent for to see to il. 1 went up on tin? I,'ith October and, after inspection, reported to tho clerk that tho cme wan serious. A* instructed by Mr Tticlc I took steps to remedy the evil anil after taking luvnls ete. and peeing out the work on the ground 1 ordered ;dl the mitena] necessary and engaged a carpenter (.Mr MadiiMii) to do thti timber work. I had to get Wattair ami his niiito off the nuin road muinteiruien to do the drains and earthwork, a s I could not Ret any other men about the district fit to do thi) work. I Rot the job .started nil the 2lith, hut material was slow in coming to hand : on the 2!) th I visited tho pi f , and found everything going on well and I hope to have the work completed in a few days from date. Steps should bo taken at tiio proper season to try and get trees of Home s irt to grow in the sullies which have been t iru out by the water. I would recommend the prickly acacia which spreads well and is a valuable timber when grown. Tho pits should now be fenced iff in order to prevent sherp and cattle from spoiling the cat.chwater drains which I have made, these being lined with sods to prevent HCour. The fencing would lie about eight or nine chains. Then comes the question of aequirihß the freehold titln to the land. I inn given to understand th.it Sir Jamc.-i Ferguson will be advised by his agents to give the laud jnitis, the Council to pay for survny and registration. (This|]as'hpßii;'irrnnged Kd.) Jiarknr has c-iriplptod his contract, and I send in his account. Owinc to excessive shrinka{»e i>l the swamps I had to borrow and cart a considerable quantity "f extra earth to make up the roadway, and at one place to make four chains of siding, not included in the first contract. Thine extra works make his account £f>7 18s 6d. On inspecting the roads round Oxford, Okoriore, etc., I found a very dangerous hole, Miid a lot of slips on the cuttings ut the Oxford bridge. I had to get these hitter removed and the hole made safe. This cost ill —two horses and dray for a day. On Isaac's road I found a hole at the bide of one of the cuttings, washod away by the floods, deep enough to bury a horse in. It had heen scoured out during one of the recent heavy rain falls. 1 had this repaired and tho watertable sodded at a cost of £1. At tho Waihou Kiver West cutting the water was playing havoc with the road, and it was so bad that 1 had to put two men on for a day to repair it, cost 13s. Near Okornire station, on Isaac's road, and on tho Oxford-Matamat.'i road pe.veral bad places had to be reptired at a cist of two days' labour. I met Councillor 15ailey at Oxford and spoke about all thn«c repairs and lift considered them very necessary, so I got them done at once. At the Pah (near (rortun) i wood cuUert caved in leaving a large hole in the road just as I happened to pass. I got the iminlen nice contractor to replace tho old boy, which was completely worn out, with n set of nine inch pipes. Several holes in culvorU on the Oxford road were reported but they have all been repaired. I instructed the maintenance contractor to lifi sevenl old wood culverts on the road neir Oxford which are quito useless being half-rotten and completely choked up, and to put in one or two new sets of pipes in their stead. This will b<l d'me. K° gravelling at liruco's ilill, Taot.ioroa. Wiittam has done soaie live chains and promises to get on with the work soon, now that he ht-. got his main roads in fair order. I instructed Wai tarn to cut down a few of the pinus iiisiprni-t at the gorge (Gorton) to save the ombinkmcnl which keeps coming down, being torn away gradually by the trees falling down. If this is not done tho whole bank on tho .south .sidn must come down by degrees and serious damage may some day result. 1 bring forward " approved " plans of the road recently surveyed from Okornire Sanatorium to the LichfHd-To Aroh.i mad, which I did for Mr Rich. The arraugeinr>nts for getting the natives to agree to the taking are to ba made by Mr Jiich as promised. The report was approved. Most of tho councillors were of opinion that Mr Kich would never obtain all tho natives' signatures to part with the land ; however, tho matter rests in his hands and meanwhile Mr Sandes was asked to take charge of the plans.
Thamks Hauisouii ISoaiim.— The Marino Department notified tliu Council that Mr L. J. Bagn:ill had linen appointed a membur of the Thaiufis ll.crbour Board by the Ixovernor ; the Council having failed to nlcet a representative at tha proper time. This department are "behind the times" as the information i« now quite "ancient."
Railways—Mr Withisford forwarded a circular re .snlling the Xcw Zealand railways, but tho members of the Council intimated they had heard qiike sufficient to satisfy them upon that subject arid declined to have tin: circular read.
Suiistnv. —The Property-t.ix Department forwarded a voucher fur L'U I Is 'M, it being tlifi balance of subsidy duo on the Waitoa and Taotaoroa ridings.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3014, 7 November 1891, Page 2
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961PIAKO COUNTY COUNCIL. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3014, 7 November 1891, Page 2
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