WAIPA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3028, 10 December 1891, Page 2

WAIPA COUNTY COUNCIL.

The usual monthly mooting of tliu Waipa County Council was held at tliu Council CliuinbCiS, Uhuupo, at ]1 a.m. yesterday. Thine wore prawn I, Crs. ljitiig (chairman). Anderson, Smith, Sh^|itmnJ, KnulU.v, and Klin-ley. Mr. A. Armstrong, county engineer wan in attendance. Knuixkkk's Kei'okt.--In hit; monthly repot t tliu engineer stated that. tin tender.-, accepted at last meeting had been entered into. .Now t h;tt the trees had linen removed at Xgaruawhia it would lie neee.ssary to remove tlie grating ami ec.ssp;i. near the corner at thu Delta Hotel, their piesent position being dangerou.-; to tratlic. The railway fence at Xgaruawhia at (ho lower end is (iO feet from tile centre of the railway line anil 17 feet at the uppt'r end. Tliifence is now in a dilapidated condition. hi company Willi (Jr. K>:-dby he io>pec:t-d Mio To Uapa .Station Hoad and found t.hat tlio new formation hid been coii-ad'a-ably cut up with the It a Hie, and that it would he neces.>iry to re-.-urlaee it In-fore it could he gravelled. It would al--o be ad\ 1 able to lay a Met. of pipes under the 10..d a little beiow Mr Allan's house a-, tlio water fratn the hull iide of the road is d' nip sein" daina.'O at this place. 1 f the fund.- wo.ild permit, the tirade through t:ie first cut - ting from tin' county road should be lowered. lie the grading of tlio I'ateiaigi Oiiuuuo roan b u t.ween the OlritipoTe Awamutu roa 1 and the ra'Kvay bridge, the boundary between Iho l.'ukeltur.t mil Jlangiaoliia riding-, is taken down the mi td'o of the mad, ami il the wort is carried out the cost would have t.i tie borne by each riding equal y. R; forming villi gravel ling thu l\ ihikihi-Te Atvamiuu mad li'om I he Alpha Hotel to the head of Ihe first cutting out of kihikiln ; by d-tnpen.np the water.'able 011 the west side of the :uad the drainage of thin section could bu tonnidorably iuiprov ed.— The cleric w:is in slructed to write to the railway authentic 1 ; pointing out that it is usual for tlio.-el.ai ing control of a bralje to be responsible for

'he approaches. It was decided to c.i I for tenders to be in at nr\t meeting for the W 'vlcs on the Kilukihi-Te Awamutu aid T. litpn Station ICoads. Cr. Elmsley nuved that tho work on the Ohaupo T'aterangi-oads be not gone on with, but that a le.v loals ol travel be put on the lull. Seconded lv <"i Finch, and carried.

Texdeiis. —The engineer and one if the councillors were appointed to deal witi tliu tenders for the Xairows UoaiJ.

COKUESI'ON'DKNCE. —X"o inward :nlTe gpondonce was received since l»»i uieo'.i'iß. Payments.—The follow ing accounts vere passed for payment: — Clerk, £'5 ; \V. liotehnr, 411. lis : Friiir, Davis and Co, 5s 101: K CI irk, Co 7s fid; I). Hendtison, l!l< 11 1 ; W. S uiter, t'l Is; .J. ICinglim, t'l 19s; W. Bear-ley, £•> Os 9.1; C. T. Rickett, lis lid; W. (iiven, CI 10s; T. Jones, £'11 ss; C. S. McUallum, £'S & : 0. Mnnro, £4 '2s.

Ohaui'o-Tis Awamug Roaii.—A tuition having been drawn to this road, be'.voen Messrs Hnntu's and McCullaiths pro perties, the Engineer was instructs to haw Home noces-ary repairs effected.

Fohmin'u.— It was d-cided to haveajout five chains of road furiia-d near by I'rink ton Junction, asivijiiesL-.il by Mr Ccivlcv »t a previous meeting.

Soldi Bits' Bujdgi:.—Having insisted this iiit ce of r-a ', th- lincitwr h.i< there were ab"iit filteen ci.a'iis of ii-ad onK-ninu lei-t w d J , ami two vehicles would "L bo able to pass. The road should lie wdined to about -0 feet, and would then rerpire t" be fenct d to keep people from goii s ' over the embankment, lie was instruced to c»ll for tenders tor this work, to b iu at next meeting. | Finance.—The Clerk reported t ! at tin; bijiik account at present stoud at ;I"li Is in credit. The riding accounts sfend at ! presentTo expend: Tuhikatamti, i'ls ■Is 3d ; Hamilt on, L".IH 10s L'd ; Katliiaolii.i, L'ilH l'Js 2d. Over-spent: Xewcaslj, £"24'.l Is ltd; Pukeknra, L-'7l> ti-; t'7s Os -J.I. Kxpended on brides ami culverts : Newcastle, t'l'.lS l'.'s 7d ; Hamilton, i-'o l.Ss ; Piikekura, Lo'7 .'i lid ; Mangapiko, tlili 7s 2d. Si.'N'DltiEs.—lt was left, in (Jr. imith's hands to get a culvert in Alexandr, lifted and re-layed.— Cr. JCxelby pointed tit that some fniy.e required stubbing oil lluHamilton Xgaruawahia-lioad, and on t lit Frank ■ ton-Whatawhafa lioad. —The Kngi:eer wjs instructed to report on the road lear the school-house ill the Mangapiko distact.

Kkw Bkidgks.—Cr. Anderson hid netr bridges should be a charge agaiist the general county fund, and not aennst any »dp riding, as had prouously been .lie rule, and ho ni"V. d to thi.? el[ect.— •Secoflod by Cr. Shepherd —The Chairman wid that he agreed with the motion as far aibridgccxcceding a certain amount were coicerne'.i. - After some further discussion tlh matt#i was held ovct for discussiim at .lie next £ivo meetings.

Wai kr. — (Jr. Klmsley said tho Council ,-hould take some steps to supply a walei trough iti Ohaiipo for the use ot ctile. A well and pump would Le icquiiid and a large cistern. —(Jr. Anderson said tiera \\;.s

a water reserve at Oha'ipo, and le wuld tint [mud having a ro.id opened toit, but it they were to Inve a pump i-r v«nd-tuill, tt would oi'ise endless expense.--(Jr. Sheplierd said th <t the Council should take the itnl' .live in till* ma tor, and it was a red;ction on the Council not to lave any water in tHiaiip". --(Jr.-. Klinsey and Anderson and tin- Kttgine: r were ;i|ip< int- d to en(|tii r e into the mat t r and re]or!. —tjv. Finch c-d'ed attention t.> fie wat ring plac' l at the Narrows. wlneh the Engineer said he was euinc to have altered.

Xkvt Mi:KnNi;.--lt wh> d.'ci«M to hv!d the next meeting 011 the otli Jamufy.