COUNTY COUNCILS.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17749, 28 April 1923, Page 15

COUNTY COUNCILS.

HEATHCOTE. The Hoa-thcote County Council met last night. W. \V. Scant (chairman), A. H. Adams, W. Kerr, J. Ji. Moore, U. iKiley and. C. i'laveiU It was reaoived by a special order to authorise tha raising ot a special loan of £IOOO with interest alt ■ tho rate of £i 10s per cent, for 3tiJ years, ior the purpose of erecting a building suitable lor a worser'* dwelling, tho security lo be a special rate etxuok ovxsr tho vrlioie of the lit. Pieasanlt Riding. At a, special meeting, held prior lo tho general meeting, a special loan .of . £175, tor the- repayment oi tho Hillsborough Public Works, 10 per oent. additional loan, was authorised. ■ The inspector reported that men were still cleaning the big drains in Bromley. A start would Boon be made to lay fine scoria on the Beiley footpaths. A stmt hud boe.i made to repair the Mount Pleasant road. The roller was scarifying a portion of the road. A detailed estimate had been,made for the repairs to the Sumner road and lorwarded' to the City and the Sumner Borough Councils The footpaths in the Heathcoto Valley were being top-dressed with tar and grit. The water meters in Cashmere .hau been read; Geveral required repair. There were 460 meters in the Valley, Mount Pleasant and Cashmere ridinga, and 376_wera at Cashmere. The contractor was making good progress with the reforming of Upper Dyer's Pass road. The report was adopted. It wa3 decided to leave the valuation of the Bromley electrical reticulation in Hie hands of tho Public Works Department. The tender of Bria-tb Bros. (£93) for the fornieiion ,of Marlow and Burton roads, was received. The Sumner Borough Council wrote requesting that particulars might bo given regarding the proposed expenditure of £SCO on the Sumnor road. The Council also wrote regarding an account of £B2 -idd -"or th« maintenance of the Sumner road. It stated

that the Council had been advised by a professional road engineer with jocal knowledge, that near the Tramway shelter urstl tho junction cf the Jit. Pleasant road, inn work was construction and not maintenance. If •an amended account for. jmiinjcru:*.ctf work was rendered, it would to paid. The clerk reported that ill? Council engineer had stated definitely that tho work was purely maintenance, and not construction. Cr. Kiley said the road the worst on« in the whole of Ca-nkrbury. The chairman: In the Comity. •Cr. Riley: No, in. tho whole cf Canterbury. He stated- the load !vd mnirtained very economically, And the city engineer had remarked on the fact that it had been done so cheaply. The chairman: We fro certainly pot making the road,- but maintaining it. T don't think Sumner has anvthing to qnibMe about. The matter was deferred to tho nexit meeting.

! Tlio engineer was instructed to report on i tho proposal io connect tho Heathoote Chib ; with the eower. j It was r«soiv«d to- ask tho Tramway \ Board to proceed -with the erection of the tram shelter neu.r tho Bhodes Homo. ; lDip?ovement in the lighting power at : Mi. Pleasant was sufrge-sted in a letter ra« i ceivcd from Mr P. T. Shand. j T!v> matter was held over, und the inspector was instructed to report on the matter.