THE ESTIMATES.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20050, 4 October 1930, Page 22

THE ESTIMATES.

Following are the more interesting, sections and items of the Public Works Estimates: — i.. •| WQRKS FUND, '■ ■ v " Summary. .• . \ Spent Voted. last year. Ji £ Public Work*, Uepart•mental .. 165,000 132,527 Hallways— _ Railway construction 1,570,000 1,452,880 Additions to open . ,»nes .. 669,005 359,661 Public buildings .. 399,720 347,686 Tilnber supply and sawmills for Fbblie Works Department 5,000 v 3,608 Acquisition and operation of quarries .. 10,000 329 Lighthouses and harbour works .. i 5,000 15,196 Development of Tourist resorts .. 60,000 20,547 Immigration .. 50,000 4-1,750 Construction, maintenance, and supervision of roads, bridges, and . other public works - .. 1,574,000 1,060,907 Telegraph extension .. 600,000 594,383 Contingent defence .. 15,000 46,766 Lands improvement .. 04,500 79,454 Irrigatioti, 1 water supply, and drainage , 75,500 69,657 Plant, .material,' and stores • . .. 30,000 fBI,BIB Total—General Purposes Account .. 5,242,816 4,186,258 . tOr. Electric supply account 1,164,000 689,644 Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement Account ~ 25,000 27,861 Total—Public Works Fund .. 6,431,815 4,903,263 Separate Accounts. Main Highways Account: Revenue fund 1,228,000 1,024,555 Main .Highways Account : Construction fund .. 930,000 1,097,148 Railways Improvement Authorisation Act, : 1914 Account . . 1,263,905 1,285,080 Education Loans Account .. 590,000 443,886 Hauraki Plains Settlament Account . .. 47,369 25,315 Rangitaiki Land Drainage Account .. 2,150 3,776 Swamp Land Drainage Account .. 54,100 ,52,178 RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION. Summary. North Auckland Main • Trunk — . OVaihau to Rangiahua .. 95,000 113,788 Dargaville branch .. 120,000 127,929 East Obast Main Trunk — Paeroa-Pokeno «. 5,000 40 Gisborne-Waikokopu. . 350,000 237>150 Napior-Wairoa .. 240,000 297,925 Waikokopu.- section 20,000 15,018. Rotorua-Taupo <i. .. Stratford —;Maia Trunk 350,000 830,900 Midland—■ •

Kawatifi-Itiongahua 125,000 64,155 Wesftport-Inangahua .. 120,000 78,278 South Island Main , , ■ ' Trunk — Wharanui-Parnassus 175,000 66,503 Land claims (including land taken for ballast pits and quarries, damages or Josses on ''goods in transit, and other liabilities) .. 5,0U1i i' 4 Surveys (new lines of railway) . - 5,000 424 Permanent-way materials • • 'f40,000 . 117,191

Total for current yjar ..1,570,000 1,452,860

PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Departmental Buildings— Christchurch (Departmental buildings), (accommodation for Gov't Analyst) .. 1,075 . Greymouth (Departmental buildings), (explosives, . magazine) _ ; - 120 kelson (Public Works * Ofrice), (additions) -J4O Courthouses--Blenlieim (° n account of £20,000) . . ■> 2,000 Christchurch Magistrate's Court . . 2,000 (jeraldino (additions) 450 Prison Buildings and Works— Addington (laundry plant) >■ 'So Panama, Templeton (main buildings and yards) • • ' ty 465 Paoarua (cottages) . . 65 149 Paparua (farm buildings) • • 75 Paparua (quarry plant and equipment) .. 195 paparua (garage ami workshop) «■ *« t-r->

Paparua (formation of road entrances) ~ 10® " — " Waikeria (cottages—conversion and erection) .. 1,350 ~ Waikeria (cottages—sanitary drainage) 660 Police Stations— Coalgate (sleeping porch) . . 75 Cuiverden . . 1,600 Little River . . 1,800 Millerton . . 1,000 Keefton (police station and sergeant's residence) . . 1,0.00 "Westport (lock-up) .. 300 Postal and Telegraph— Blenheim (store and garage) . . 1,400 1,993 Christchurch, High st. 15,000 8 Cust . . 200 1,741 Greymouth (additions, store and garage) 4,400 5,429 Hinds .. —__ Hinds (residence) .. 95° Kurow .. 3,380 « Nelson* (additions) .. 7,700 8,315 Westport .. 10,000 —— Mental Hospital Buildings— Hokitika • . 24,000 3,064 Nelson and Stoke . . 32,000 33,250 Sunnyside (land and buildings) .. 31,000 35,291 Health and Hospital Institutions — Christchurch, St. Helens (site and new buildings), (on account of £50,500) 2,u00 Earthquake damage (restoration) Buller Hospital Board (grant) . . 950 1,305 Nelson Hospital Bd. (additional grant) 4,720 2,280 Hanmer, Queen Mary I Hospital . • 4,500 14,777 Lighthouses— | Akaroa Peninsula (a«to- ! mitic light) (on ac- i count of £2000) . . 1,000 God ley Head (conversion to automatic light) (ou account of £1500) .. 1,000 —• Harbour Works— Kaikoura (wharf) .. 360 286 Tourist Resorts— Copland Pass (hut and track) . . 400 1 Fox Glacier— Chancellor Hut . . 350 170 Road to Lake Mathc- ' son .. , . 260 40 Track, hut, and sus- > pension bridge . . 800 1,161 Callery river suspension bridge • - 800 : Tot a re river suspension bridge • • 300 —■ Tourist tracks . - 050 68 Glade House: Additions to hostel • . 3,300 Or. 464 Glade House: Installation of •wireless telephone . . b'oo —- Glade House and Miiford track: Erection of jetty, additions to huts, bridges, etc. . . 130 Glade House and Milford trick: Hot water ' service and drying-rooms at Quintin huts . . 1,1/50 Lake Mahinapua: Road from station tn lake 100 Maruia Hot Springs: Buildings and improvements . . 850 —■ Mount 'Cook Hermitage: Erection of Malta Brnn hut .. 1,000 556 Kelson: Erection of huts at Salisbury Open, and improvements to sheltershed. etc., at La&e Rotoiti . . Ut.l 34 Pukaki Hotel;-Improve- „ ments .. 50 'ls Westland: Tourist hut, Camp Creek .. 275 ROADS AND BRIDGES. ftelson Road District. Awatere County— Blind river bridge (Dysart's) (£2 for £1) (on account) 500 Needles Creek bridge (£2 for £1) .. 804 Collingwood County— Earthquake damage 225 325 Pakawau to Puponga— Onetaua creek bridge ■ (£2 for £1) .. 200 Patarau road ■ .. 500 100 Te ••Hanu ~road> (£2 lor.-£l) .. ..ITS 324 Marlborough l County— Blenheim/t6 Hops Judction ▼!». ' Top- , ■< house' .(Marlborough . , "7 county section) 258.. Blenhebq -'to Hope $ river to ■ Itis Wash , ..- - 70 & 333 Branch river bridge protective works , 160 'Connor's creek bridge . ..• 2,090 "Culvert • - at ' 0.4 chains 450 Culvert'' ' st I.T miles . . 320 Culvert at 3.0 utiles . . 650 Erina road (£1 for £1) ■ 100 Havelock to Grove— Mahakipawa to Grove (£1 for £1) .. 1»5 173 Leatliam road deviation (£2 for £1) .. 242 Omaka river road .. 200 Picton to Grove road 160 2,382 Tinline road (£1 for £1) .. lIS 373 Waihopai river road (Netherwood '•■ to Arowhenua), (£250, £3 for £1 ! ; £IOO, ' £1 tor £1) V. 350 Waikakaho Valley - road (deviation), . (£2OO, £1 for' £1) -450' Marlborough and Sounds ' ' Counties — Ronga Valley to Orftix-' elles 10,354 Murchison County— Baigent's road ' 500 304 .. Blenheim to Hope' Junction, via Top- ,• house (Tophouse to Junction section) (on account) 4j280 VtJtTt Blenheim to Hope Junction, via Tophouse'— Howard river,bridge 750 3,058 Braeburn Settlement— , Grassy road (£2 for ' .' £i) .. 3.00 • Te • Peita . bridge (Grassy road) .. 809 - Earthquake damage 10,796 6,904 - Howard road. " . . 581 169 Nuggety Creek road (£2 for £1) . . • ; 200 Rotoiti road (access^ to Cumming'B). ' .. 300 I Station creek bridge [ (Burts), ' (Buller i river road), '(Tight . - j bank) 181 TaTcaka County—j Dry riTer - track • . . 66 34 Karthquake damage . - 489 600 I Piora 'purvey district:, i access Section 2, i Block ITJ. • 100 . Langford road bridge 350 | Gordon's road .. 50 • I Bowman's road (£1 ; for £1) .. *0 Takaka Hill to Canaan 700 - Tsrakoho wharf (approaches), (£2' for £1) .. 990 663 Waimea County— Best's road (£1 for < £1) .. 44. Blenheim to ' Hope Junction via Tophouse ' (Waimea county section) .. 1,600 3,919 Roundell Creek-bridge 600 Six Mile creek bridge (upper) . . 700 1 S'iz Mile creek bridge (lower) , .. ' 650 Canaan,road . ■ 616 549 Earthquake damage .. , 2,445 920 iGardiner's Valley road' (£1 for £1) .. 75 50 .. Gordon creek road (Golden Downs) .. 226 • . Korere - Tophouse road : • .. 12,000 Lyons bridge (Kelling road), (£1 10s for £1) •.. 540 Maitai Valley (£2 for £1) 50 39 Motupiko river bridge and approaches (Rainy river) .. 1,002 784 •Neudorf to Dovedale ' for £1) 50 Old Motueka road (£2 for-' £1) 50 ■—- Pomona road (£ for £1) 50 —« Riwaka to Sandy Bay .. 3,500 3,886 ««cky River road . . - 88 Sharland's Valley bridges . . 50 Wan e?Peka river bridge (Faulkner's) (£ for £) 3 .,5 General— " " Survey, acquisition, and 'Wslation of roadß, drains, protective works, gravel pits, tramj ways, horse paddocks, etc. .. 150 oupervision , j.'joo 962 Miscellaneous works and services, including assistance 'k® construction of bridges, tracks, etc., ~ 'jsy 37

OreymonOi Boad WstrlrtBuller County— . Blackwater bridge (Kongahu Beach road) l 'J 43 Colligan 8 road • • 0,600 5,137 Earthquake damage Little Wanganui to __ Olasßeye road -• Little Wanganui to g3 0r 05 Wangapeka .. 325 Harris road • - Mokihinui Town ship road e5 _ (£ for £) • • New Greek road to • Section 17. Block 6(JO XVI., Orikaka Nile river erosion 300 for £) . Oparara river ( 574 Simpson g) • • Orowaiti bridge (Soapworks road), iag for £1) ** 5 332 1,426 QttinlaD*B bridge •• Rahui bridge (Nine Mile Beach road) (£2 for £1) • • Zfyn —. Six Mile Valley road 3W Tauranga ®*X n v Okari (£100), - o s q for £) ■ • Warne's road (~ lor 135 Westport to Greymoutb. Coast road)--Brighton to County 500 8,199 Boundary • • 8 150 1,862 fox river bridge •** Pororari stream 106 „ 1625 bridge • • ' Punakaiki stream 1308 bridge Grey County; Ahaura river « 00t bridge (off Ahaura- &o(j Baupiri road) • • Backwater cree .^ bridge (Brunner t 2.000 Blackball Toa^)- A „t. Big river footbridge (Big liver road), 30Q __ . i (£2 for £1) •• Big river to Bough 22g river , 250 176 Brunner to Blackball Cameron's road (iJ-"". ~,0 —, £ for £) a ' Duggan road (±*vo, - __ for £) :' Grey Valley to Maruia Upper Grey tracK x 760 136 (£260, & f°r £> i.' ou Grey Valley to Teremakau—- - 287 Camp bridge • • i',. s 286 Deep creek bridge ' go g Dry creek bridge Rough and Tumble 22 creek bridge .. ' 2 = o Hodgkinson's road ... Killeen Island road ITS __ (£75, £ ior £) ■ ■ Lake Brunner to Inch- g O 3 bonnie road . Little Hohonu river bridge (Kumara -Lake Brunner road), I* go(f for £) - ■ • Punakaiki road (-00, __ £ for £) •• Waiwhero road <,*£>«. - £ for £) •• ljo Warren road («». J0 __ £ for £) Inangahua County—- • Boatman b creek bridge (Cronaduh - Caplestan) •• .>SO Boundary road ■ • . " . ' Brown creek bridge —. • (Harvey's road) Hunter's road-Maruia (£SO, £ for £) • • Inangahua river protective works (B«»s- ___ town), (£2. for £1) Maimai creek bridge 550 (Maimai road) .» Mair's bridge (on: Murchison to Marina Hot Springs road), ■ (on account) • • • Mawheraiti to Stoney creek (access w Byrne Bros. . and 70 SomerviHe) • • Mirfin bridge protection (Mirfin road), __ (£2 for £1). •• Korchison-Maruia Spring® — . . j Jackson creek 900 bridge • v i One, Mito 600 _ bridge • 1 gpringlandg ! tion to Hot j 000 . 3,060' Spring* , •• 105 j Pascoe's road - ■ Beefton-Matma. road to Grey County bound- ' 51 ■< to Burt«w»'«'- creek 200 Snowy } ' ' N (Sno*r^B«^*®> Springs Junction Post ISO Office roaa • • Waiau to Haruia road, 1313 via Lewis Pass 103 -17, Winstanley road . WestlandCounty-- , Arthurs to vn road (i-i Uo 118 for £1) , . " 'j 249 592 Bruce Bay Wand wad Busch road {<"» BC 5 o count) /cm < i ' Oron road (£B7, 164: . ior ii 4,200 329 Dorothy 8 tT t % e h 0 Graham's road (£l6O. 360 £1 for £1) • • 250 46 Haast P«" Jf.w k Tvumara Junction *® Chesterfield (£2 for : 80Q 400 Little WanVanui.flood o . 3451 protectiTe works Main South md-.' 150 ." 4 Arowata to 150 Blu® river 1 000 , Clearwater river bridge l,"" 4(J CooktoKarangarua • Docherty s Greek. 1 ggo 979 bridge ' HaaSt to Okuru , (on account) -• , _ Hunt Creek bridge J® Mahitahi to Haast 300 • O'Connor's Oreek g3 bridge . -.-v,- HZ V 527 Omoeroa >! 27 Rocky creek bridge 1,09 V W -^ to MOO 708 Waiho river Tjridge ' "Weheka southwards 10,000 Malfroy's bridge pro-. tective works (off 9 Arahnra Valley ro«d) 250 Middle Bush tract (£2, ■ ' for £1) •• 66 j Okarito road (*1 in ! Okuru road (£1 tor . £1) .. •• I" 0 ~~ One Mile road (£1 for £1) -V ; 100 82 Palmer ereek bridge f < (Arafcui-a Valley road) (£1 for £1) ' 210 —• '.Petersen road (£250, , _ _ . £1 for £1) 415 1»0^ Biehardson T«ad bridge : : - , (£1 'for £1) 100 Eustapu road (£1 fw £1) ■■■■ TTpper Kokatahi rosd ,• , (£1 for £l,) „ . v 350 ■WaifcoW; to Cook's track '*o ™ Whitcombe ' Valley , ■ track .. .'■••• " .100-. General — ... Survey, acquisition, and legalisation of roads, drains, ■ protective'works, gravel pits, , tramways, ' horse paddocks, etc. 2«o ■ -- Supervision • • 1,200 1,118 Miacellaneoua 'works ' and services. in- ' cludinar assistance . towards the construction of roads, , . bridges, tracks, etc. - 200 100 Total —Greytnouth 89,350 49,502 Chrlstchurch Bo»d District. Akaroa County— Fisherman's'and Paua ' Bay roa>d" (£l' for £l)' .. S»0 ' Gough's Bay road (£1 for £1 .. 800 Haylock road (£1 for £1) v 140 Jubilee road' (£l,, for • £1) ... , 63 Long Bay road (£1 for £1) • * ; •. 300 * —. ' MacPhail's road (£6o,' £1 for £1) .. go ' „ - Memies Bay road (£1 for *l> • . .. a.24 Pigeon Bay -Little Pigeon Bay (£1 for £1) • • - V # , co Pigeon Bay road .. 1200 1 Porter road. (£1 for £1) ' 75 . " Waikerakikari road (£1 for £1) .. 460 County— ■ Lewis Saddle - i o aak ' a Mandamus bridges' (2) ' , (£SOO, on account of £l2lO, £1 for £i£4so, on account of £705, £B for £4) 9 > 6 __ Waiau river . protective works (£1 for Ashbur ton' County "" 240 Alford Forest road (£i for £1) , r . Barker's road (£1 f o p - £i) o» Beach, road (Lowt> for £1) 75 Bell'a road (£1 for £1) Boundary road (Hinds) (£1 for £1) ' road (£1 fo ; ' 6 ' DU £l) md (£1 fo1 " 800 ~" Farquhar„roa4 (£lf'o" f 3SS 3{G

7ounta>ines road (£1 y^jgSffifl Graham's road (£1 for Jackson road (Kaling) (Al 'for £1) .. SO . ViSHH Jones' road (£1 for ilarr's road (£1 for Middle Park road (£1 Jlontalto Terrace road Muirhead ro?d (£1 Murdoch's road (£L O'Brien's road (£1 Sargent's road (£1 for ) Tank's road' (£1 for . Tramway reserve road Tramway road bridge ■JTj&BgSM (£1 for £1) (on ac- -- count) • • 250 Trevor's road (£1 for ' Waimarama road (£1 Ashley County— . Bobson road (£1 for Karetu Hut Creek . jIHH bridgo (Dobson's Chatham Islands County— 919HH Chatham Islands roads Te Awainanga bridge /3BH count) .. 350 Tuku bridge .. Stfo Cheviot County— j Leamington to Bpot«- - wood (£1 for £1) 50 O'Boyle's Creek cul> Parnassus to Waiau 450 Pettengill bridge (Waiau £ast road), But her ford stream Byre County— Eyre river bridge (on ~ account of £ISOO, Geraldine County— ' Barker's Four Peaks road bridge (£1 for Hilton ereek , Kakahu road deviation Maxwell creek bridge Ohape creek bridge Orari Gorge road .. 800 ' Kangitata Island bridge, Bangitata ' Bangitaira Valley road Te Moana Gorge road 973 ' Waihi Valley road .. 900 : Walsh's creek bridge Halswell County— > Burke's Bush road . Hoon Hay bridge (£1 Heathcote County— New Brighton (protective works). Eedcliffs protective 'fl^H works (£1 for £1) 350 St. Andrews Hill road 360 Summit road (Kiwi to • Mount Pleasant) .. 200 Kaikoura County—. Beach road to Lighthouse (access to , Blue Duck road (£133, Charwell Cntting (Efcey Conway river bridr* ' < • Hapuku river erosion •• . rivCT pMtecMount Fyffe road (£1 ■ road (£4OO, Wnipapa road Holt Ford bridge (o» - account of £7OO, £1 Ram Paddock road«. 950 i ® ount ?~~ Claremont Settlement roads (£1 for £1) I*o Cleland's road (£1 for . Daniel's road (£1 for Henderson Corner -j (Hanging Bock), (£1 ' Levels Valley road . Pareora river-Tyrfio ' - road (£1 for ;£1) Sutherland's road (£1 Te river^bridgv (£1 for £2), (on ac- ' Mackenzie Conntr— ■ Braemar-Mount Qopk . Station road (£2 for . ;£1) . Braemar road (£2 for . ' £1)Clayton road (M t°* ' Forks rivec bxidgs (£1 Eraser bridge Haldon road (£i £oc jpareora Bush xoad Pareora W Gorge road Sichardsw ' Malvern Cpunty— ' " - Bush Gully road (41 Biver bri*«* Mowlt'Herlwt Co'un^-' ' porau-Oharteris o&T -, „ ■ flummit I 0 <^unty— Thomas xoaa (£9. Selw^'ttoun^r— Bakaia temce Toaa Stiele'a road (£1 West boundary >o*d Waiinairi CountrHeyder's road (SI xor Waimate CwmtJ— * • \ Ford's bridge (£1 . Hakatarwmea Hook 1 Swam? *oad (£2 Kaiwarua road (£1 foe : . bridge (£1 t' Bush *oad for £1) Stanley's. Robinson's, and Crosses' eross- > ings (Otaio^riding), le^Akatarewa yo«A road (£1 for £t> Lake Sumner pastoral . runs (access) ... Motunau river bridge t Keese' abroad Waipara river bridgs (Edwards's ford). WaHohi river bridge (I.ankey's^cutting)y Waircwa County— J Kinloch Settlement r^tas-' Barwick and Feefor -1) (CONTINUE!) ON