Vincent County Council

Cromwell Argus, Volume LXI, Issue 3161, 4 May 1931, Page 5

Vincent County Council

Tho ordinary monthly meeting of the above council, held in the Council Chambers, Clyde, on Thursday last, was attended by Crs. Jas. Ritchie (chair), A. C Secular, S. A. Stevens, R. Butcher, C Weaver, F. Partridge, W. D. Naylor, a)id D. Urquhart. The minute. 3of the previous meeting- were read and confirmed. Correspondence was read and dealt with as under:. —

Isaac Taylor, Hawea, drew attention to the* bad state of the jetty at head of Lake. The inspector said that the timber from the Albertown punt would do the work.—Temporary repairs to be carried out. The Clyde Town Trust wrote expressing appreciation of the good work done in the new iluming from the Clyde reservoir to the tanks. i-r Stevens drew' attention to tho nocesBitv of cleaning out Hie settling talk, and thought, this could be done 1» unempftoyment labour.—Lett inl tuo hands of Cr Stevens and the cng netr. Mr J- McKnight wrote ask 1* i.ui tho use of a road through section 3 , Block H, Tiger Hill-Application held over pending, enquiry. 552 1tSl« th|t they intend sinking » shaft, and requn-ed the lean ..i Rlncks No. opened. . * lt C?Butcher slid that * settlers appeared to think) that the> Kould have 1 had an o^^&gfc presented would have to wait for a m °F Vf Serfield's application to out a gate on road to the o d P«n*, ~SS"c "cennelly, H..» Flat, asked • to erect a gate across an d^ S ZrS 1 wrote as£ ing that payment of rates be held that they had ejected within £ cooof the tne position and were to permit councils to waive tho 10 per CG K waf agreed that time be granted "SET t Teagu* wrote re preservation of Native bush and with -v view to preservation asked that a membe? of the council ho appointed to heC- -Cr Urquhart was appointed. At the request of the Inangahua county £1 28 was voted towards the SS& of £4OO in connection with theV court case regarding the State liability in connection with the rates of Crown tenants. , Some discussion took place regarding advertising on main highways and the defacing of the beautiful Otago Central sceuerv, and tho council decided that any such signs be removed. \ return from Dunedin council ior the hal. ><:.,r .showed that Vincent Countv md paid in £176 I 7» 8d for h'eavv traffic licenses and had received the -sum I 0205 13s 2d. The clerk was instructed to write, re certain owners of heavy traffic licenses. Messrs Rxodrick and Parcell wrote asking the council's approval to mining companies, sinking shafts at Kawarau; —There was no objection. The county solicitor wrote enclosing cheque for £iss ' s *<**> arrears of rates from ratepayers. Messrs Vickerman and Lancaster wrote re plan ol" Clyde bridge, and estimates supplied to Highways Board. The writers suggested that two copies of plans should be sept to the High Commissioner's Office, London, llic estimate of the cost was £7,600, and it was thought that a third ot that amount would be required in the coming; year The chairman stated that tne county's share of the cost would be roughly £2,500. _ In replv tq a question the cierK produced "a statement showing that the bridge loan stood at a credit ut £278. The chairman remarked that there was some difficulty in getting the money for the Clyde bridge. Vie favored a short-dated loan as in 1933 thev would be free of their payment of £B7B yearly to liquidate their antecedent liability. He thought that thev should go on with the Clyde bi.'ijge this year, with a short-dated loan with a 10 per cent linking fund. He hoped to he able to report to next meeting re the raising of the money. The matter wns held over until the next meeting.

The Chief Postmaster, Dunedin, wrote asking that the road Pembroke to the now Makarora road be gravelled.—Received. The Commisioner of Crown Lands wrote re suggestion tu reduce Hie width of the road on the east side of jM'anulierjkin settlement (Omakau),

in the vicinity of the footbridge by 25 links. There was a.mplo room for the road and there could be no objection.—Consent given.

With rogaod to vote of j£ioo for Lett's road, Manuherikia. a letter was received from the District Engineer agreeing- to plans, etc. jfch! J. fL Kijddr.'ll. G,aUiiWMi:, applied) for permission to erect a gate on the old road "to the Oh'ijgf Crossing. The road was not used now.—Application granted. The inward correspondence as read was received and the tjutward approved. The .engineer reported on the con(.raoty recently completed and these were passed: Ml 1 G, Hydt* wrote re Lung-acres and (Teoirdie lfill bridge, suggestingthat the site selected should be several hundred yards further down.—lt was agreed that the site be inspected. The road inspector's report was read and dealt with as under:—Cv t'rquhart remarked that the road between the two bridges on the main highway at Ilawea, towards sMaung-awera, wanfed gravelling. There wna( a mile of road, and he suggested calling lenders for same. Agreed to.

The inspector reported that about /!8o wouldi repair the straight road through the sand to Bannockburn. An experiment to be made with horse graders.

Cr Partridge asked that the road to Mr Willson's, Liigtrate, be put in order. and suggested that it be ploughed and graded. There Mas some doubt as to whether it was a surveyed road, and the engineer was instructed to ascertain. At Cv Partridge's reciuest it was agreed that nnemoloved he nut. on to repair the road at Surface Point. Cr Naylor snirl thaif lie was somewhat concerned about Lite ai>i>roaehc<--to the top bridge at Limits. He

thought more assistance was necessary to inako a decent gabion.—Work to bo inspected. Good werk bad been done to tbo road to IJawksburn and good work was also' being done on tho road to Nevis.

It was agreed that the road giving access to Whelan's run, below Alexandra, be attended to, at an expenditure of ,£IOO. On Cr Stevens' suggestion it was agreed to keep unemployed on tho Ovde-Cromweli road. Cr Butcher i>ointcd out that the docking of the bridge at the homestead, Ida Valley, wanted renewing, and some gravelling; was wanted 111 the same locality. Gravel was handy and a lorry could do the work in a WC ek. —The inspector to have these works don*. . . Cr Scoular asked that a chain oi gravelling and a pipe line near Mr J. Macdonald's, Matakanui), was badly wanted.— Authority given lor these works. . Cr Weaver asked that some gravelling be done to road to Mr lleenan's, Earnscleugb.—Agreed to. With regard lo the removal ol the rock near the Alexandra bridge, Cr Weaver was authorised to arrange lor the removal of same. The dog registrar reported having 1 registered the following dogs.—Slß at 2s 6d. ic6 at ss. and id at 10s. The treasurer' statement showed a credit of ,£2,013, or "bout .£SOO better than at this sfcge last year. The county ranger reported having impoinuled %t head of stock since last meetiny of the council.—Cr Scoular asked that the ranger inake another visit to Matakanui district The council then went into committee the reporti on resuming being: Resolved —That the schedule of accounts amounting- to 4s yd be passed for payment. The} tender of Finlaysou Bros, for contract No. 835, at 5s lod per yard, was recommended to the Highways Board.