WAIPA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3039, 7 January 1892, Page 3

WAIPA COUNTY COUNCIL.

This usual m->tit'.ly minting of the Waip» C iiuity Cnunuil was lieiJ m the chambir\ OKaup'", on Tuusdiiy. Therp were pr n sen': Crs (ctiiuniiaii), KiiFubu, Finch, T«i-"lale, Shepherd and Smith. The Count.' Eneinenr whs also in attendance. Engineer's Report.—The Entnneer 1--pint d thut all contract' in hand wera beintr pushed on in a tairly natisfact rv mann r. with the exception of Contia t No. 143. the contractor f" r which has hewi away f"r sometime, but he has now re» t rued, aud the w. rk will bo completer firtlwith. Teuders had been opent-d by tho Engineer and Cr. Elmsley, a-* directed, for tne work on the N. rrowa road, and one for formation only hud been accepted. The following wera the tenders for fo.-minpr, ditchinp, pipes and Ktavel resppcti m h': — J ii-e3 : lis, 8s yd, 22-I Oil, and 10-< ; V\ aitp : •li I! t. 3s . 22- 0 1 : 0 .wlt-y : 3a yd, 261, li)s, and 15s (aw*i to). It w«s r ulv d not to u-n any ►ravi-l •!) t lis j"b. Tinr'pnirs bi twoi'ii Mr W. Hni.te 's a'id ih- Rinnan (Jul holic clatl, »nil bi-t.veen Oi'Hin.o and tho riilway I ridge on the l'nt ringi r a I. la-e bf-en cariied out. Li v-'u have linen taken of a portion of tl e Te Rap:' :-ti>tioti road, al Soldier'h Uridge,

anil at tha choose factory near Pat Taogi. About 25 chains of the Iviliikilii-C.niii'rulsi" road, near Mormvalo, require re f. ruing mil pr-iv lling ; a -at of pipes w also Mquired. The, H .rni t .n-Xgar.mwahia roa I «• lenor ed in a bad stat', and -iho.-t ..i e in 1a of re-fo .ring will ho required o|ipn. -it-i B orn-ciH't The w. rk recommended .•ii Xmu t-n r Ti'i in the Hamilton district was allowed 11 i-t:i'wl over for a imiiitli. Accounts.—The following ucco'uits were ivis-ecl for payi.ent :—Pat n, £(> 15s 5 I ; N.'arnHWiihia Town IWr I, £2 3s 9.1 ; H,a>, £1 ; Kn-abs., £5 17s Gd ; McNanl, £13 14s 2d ; Cr .nin and Conn, £G : \V .it ■•, £'30 : Carter. £13 3*4 d : Mven, £1 11»31 ; Armstr .ng, £19 17s 101 ; Drabble, £3 010 I ; stationery, £2 10- 9 I ; McN .ul Bros.. IDs ; clerk, £10 : Kylmrn, £S 13s. Selling Land kok Rvtfs. —Mr A. Graham wrote asking that 1 t 159 Ngaroto on wl ich no rates had been | aid f.-r ?soitip liiiie, b6 plarr-d in tie Lands of the Public Trustee. Ho said the furze was overrunning the land, and that it would soon becunf) a nuisance. Mr Graham is to be askpd t > guarantee to buy tin) prnpeity if 't should be put up. Some six or seven of these properties are in the hands of the ic'triaf p -r at present.

Roots on Road.—Mr J. H. Scott wrote cimp'aing of the roots of trees coming "n tha surface of thu road in front of Mr Gen. Fincii'ri property and also in front of tho cemetery. He also compl oner 1 of loose wire beins on the road from Mr Germann's fence.—Cr. Finch said ho would not or v the r »'t-> until he was forcpd to. he did noi i-hink he should he made an example :>i a-nonrst about a hundred.—Cr. Tea-da l '- ti.nugt t it came with bad t.t-te from Cr. Finch, after the passing of the bylaw r» a 1 nuisances being cl-ared from the road.— Cr. Shepherd thought it would be bette- tmove the roots. If any accident occurred someone would he responsible, he himself would pay the cost of grubbing them up.— Or. Teasdale thought the Council had power to force Cr. Finch to grub np the roots and he would move that Cr. Finch be given notice t> d i so.—This »»< seconded by Cr Smith—Cr. Lang move.l as an amendment thit the matter stand i>v r till the next meting and that a legal opinion or* obtained. —Seconded by Cr. Kusa'is, and on b-u'og put to the meoting was carried, only Cr. Teasdale voting again-t it, he being of opinion that the Council had the power.

FORZE. —Cr Eso'lhy wrote that the fur;: • was tin Mr .Toliv's property and mi the Government Reserve and l<"onl)rD M Beere's property, on the Beeiescourt n a, i. Notices i.re to he sent to these 11 cl-ar the f'irz«, and the engineer is to report as t ivhfro the G vernment Reserve is. Mr Hutne has notified hia intention of nt-irtinK to cut the fmz< by Beerescom t at once. O'Bbikn's Roaii.—Mr O'Brien again wrote about the v ad to his property a!ao complaining thst it wa' covered with fiirzn. Cr. Shepherd iw instructed to interview Cm tain Steele r* the fiuze. Rates RnjirrrKD —One half of MrHill's rates were remitted her, on the motion of Cr. Finch. Short Road.—A pettion was received from 20 residents in the Te Rore, Paterangi and Altxmdra districts asking th.it the r >ad from Te Rore to Ta Awainutu, bo taken through Grant's farm, and Maneupiko River, alongside Mr Hall's and through NichoH'o farms, and on to Paterangi road thereby making it ahout four miles shorter, and conferring a gr>-al convenience on the setllers interested. It was eventually left in the engineer's and Cr. Smith's hands to report. Allkns' Road.—The only contract received for the work on this road was fr uii Mr T. Jones at the following pr.ces:— Grading, S(i per cubic y»rd ; gravelling, etc., lis per chain ; and pipes Us per set. The prices were considered too high and fresh tenders are to be called fur the work. Work to bh Donk.—The engineer iv.-s authorised to set some work donn on Bosanko's road. Cr. Teasdale and the engineer were instructed to see how much the adjoining property owner* interest d would con'rlhute towards the repairs at Cox's culvert, Te Awainutu. Some sillfacing arid gravelling was ordered »o bdone on the hill at the enss roads, Te A'TOinutu. I

Mangapiko Domain Boaiu>.—The Council then formed itself into the Mangapiko Domini Boar! and a letter was r -ad from Vlr Berry re an application f-.r S«cti 513 514, Alexandra, saying he mount, Secrionn 323, Alexandra, 74, 84, and 513, Mangapiko Pah. He snid he was willing to lease these lands on the satne terms as the pi>rpetnal lease viz., at (id per acre, for 21 years, and to fence and to leave in gra-s. A reply was received from the Land li «id flint Lot 513 would be recommended t> be placed under the control of the Waipa 'loutity Council, and that 514 had nut y< t been gazetted a reserve. Bank Bai.anhe. —The credit balance at ! auk was reported as £115 15- 5d credit. Riding Accounts.—The following «ta'emeut of riding accounts was laid on the table Newcastle, amount of vote £74, iirioont expended £41, overspent pr-vioiw a'loea i'in £315 5s 6d, tmal expended to ate £356 5s 6d, overspent £282 5- Cd ; Tuhikarfiin.-a, amount of vote £21, amouni expendod £14 13s 4d, overspent previous allocations £2 10s Bd, tota' expended to dat« £17 10s, to expend £3 10<: Hamilt 'ii, amount of vote £04, amount expended S lOd, total expanded to date 8s 10>1, credit balance ffin previous alloc >t,ioris £29 9s

*>! .xp'ii.l £i) 3 0s 2d ; Pukeku a, ■.mom.t of vote £143, amount expended £9 2s 3d, oversnent previous allocations £415 13s, tot 1 expended to date £421 15s 9.1, overspent £281 15s 'j'l ; Mangapiko, amount of vote £83, amount expanded £19 14' 2d, overspent previous a'locations £6G 0s 4d, total expended to date £85 14s (3d, ovei. spent £2 14s Gd j Rangiaohia, amount ot vote £128, amount expended £20 0s lOd, overspent pr-vious allocations £82 9s 7d, total exDended to dite £102 10- sd, to expend £20 9s 7d. Expended on bridged and culverts: Newcastle, £193 12s 7d; Hamilton, £25 18s: Pukekura, £357 3s lid ; Mangapiko, £62 7s 2d.