HUTT COUNTRY COUNCIL

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 690, 15 December 1909, Page 8

HUTT COUNTRY COUNCIL

'"Tho' Hutt. County Conncifniet , Tester3ay',fo» v " the last timb this year, there being present:'. • 'Mrasns. J. Whiteman M; W. Welch, J. Wakcham, W. Galloway, T. Edwards. ■ anil M. J. Lynch. .;' ".•■'./■•• ■,'■■,■.,■ : -}- ■.' ■'• • The.; inspector, (Mr.'. J. W...Cudby) 'reported that tho Kimutaka Hill : Road had ; . broken away in several places, Near tho'top of tho ■ hill, there was a portion onlv. Cftr. 6in. in width, including the water channel..' During thij month, retaining walls had-been built, and tho road'had been filled, out '.to reasonablo. width. The • banks at tho eastern end of i ' ' ■ Pakuratahi -bridge were breaking away, and " the span was Becoming too great to , carry with ■' eofety , the. weights which ; occasionally passed ; > over it The 'inspector ; reconim6rid6d, that a,' light pier should be, erected under'the , bridge at';: the middle of tho span.; To giyn access to Messrs. Gorne and Collett's,. seotion?i jn Mnngaroa '■ Valley, three 12in. pipe culvorts had been put in. Die filling-in of, gullies and, tho, approach ™~a- 'ford-had been made by'side cuttings. Ihe formation of about 30 chains of,the Tippet Hutt-Mungaroa, Road, from ■ ' the -river to • • . Park's Line, was;now in hand.- Tho : work had beon urgently required, because the milk .train . had been.cutoff, niid: tho whole of tho milk supply from that locality, passed over, the road : < - to Upper (Hutt.; The ■' fiuti.-Waikanao. Boad,' in,the_ Wharerqa riding, .from near .'the Saddle. . to Eoikorangi, was no\y:'ih' The '• : water channels had all, been!..cleaned; slips re-\ v ■ moved, and; culverts attendta to. ".Tho trac'it v . : .right'through 1 :w-as' dryiiarid' \p -fair. bWer. : Uβ. ■ .'■. ■ ' qucathad. W-mado-,that trrocnlverfs on th«s ■■Horolawi'ryalley Road— tho 'property of : ' and' Mr.; Jlihic4hould be lengthened. .'lt had been .reported ' that two ' ' :' accidents had occurred at one place; and, if ' the council found the necessary pipes,' the horse "': ; the'spoil would.be'supplied ■ gratis. -Ihe small ".bridge ' near, the water-. , trough at Judgeford required, renewal, and the ; ■-' uiiipector recommended that concrete-mers-and ■ ■*'■' wmgs: should be' L put,in. 'If;this'-'were done; it ' ' ■would, not; bo liocessary. ,to close.'the'road for '- more .than; a, fow : hours...- Slight' ropaire .had . V been.effocted at.Belinont bridge,' and.'iinproveiments werejxaug made on the:Cattle,Road at. -■ Taita,. by the grubbing out,of;a gorse hedge' •/. which had stood along,tho centre-of:the road'■: : for several chains: Widoning operations were: : A ".: nearly completed. -The Governmonf inspector ■ ■ -' had last week vkited tho.'Wainui-Q-mata Road, , VY tho Pahautanui-Plimiuertdn Road (Horokiwi ■ riding),, and Phillip's Track (Wharoroa riding)..' ' ; Tho report-was iadopted; l -" •'•^ ■''■*>* ■■■■?'■ '.' Tlic'RMlwaj;...Department" wrbtb : tliatUynch'v ' ' ' crossing, .would, br-made-'-a ,p'ublio'.-crossing,; if ;. jvould■•-provide', thb- proper '< road ■ : : gradients. /Tho^council' asocr..'. ' - '■: tain ...the estimated cost,of the Awdrk. 1 '- '- - : ■ : Permission.was granted'to tbe^Railway,De-' ■ ■!:- -. partment-to. lay'_a •β-inbh- water;- mam'on::":"■ .Oounty..Road:atPaelvakariki ■-•■" •■« •■■ :-,:;••■ .-'■ ;A.lottpr-was'.r«»iv«lfrdm.lhe'-'Hntt!B6ronsh"-:?<;V Council, stat!ng_that they--would'-undertaiof ■,-,-' the control, of Taita ■ cemetery,: , subject to.:an >■ - . agreement being arrived at', as' to methods .and-'' :Z- -. payment.- pt ■ contributiohs'. Councillor' Welch:''''"" ■•>'■ "■ was,.appointed to represont tho;' council "at^a ? meeting.'of delegates. . ' '■■'".'-,• ■; .:■ ■;'■ i :, -\:'-■ Borough; Council wrote; that"theirV^:'' rangers would be pormittod ..to stock' ;; ''■'■■ from Maungaraki. ,;. Certiacatos of appikt m T« l th f crc & e - council. . ■ -^:",'. n™in»rt rCS I IVed; if ' objections ; to...' . the.proposed work wore (Jecevvcd, a speuinl-council-moehng should .be .DcSb?r;^ : i, !^, ' application-,by : J\v Jrann'for'a* ■>" g*2°k !lt T :ws - refused, >'^:>^- : Tt ~ h^ n B. l>eon-;complied ■ with.' ■:. •.','■ V' .- ■ ~.- resolved, to.sot,. asido .ilSO: for 'pay. ■ ' ■ '..};.,. ;.-./"-.;;/ ■'■-■ '■:■:: -. i. \-.: ..-.■. : ;i..-:-V.w- .'■ ;.V V -:..'V.-,*-V .