HUTT COUNTY COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 921, 14 September 1910, Page 6

HUTT COUNTY COUNCIL.

MONTHLY MEETING., The iiionthtj; meeting, of' the Hutt CountyCouncil,-iVas.-v- held :yesterdayj. ' tlibre'; l being present. Councillors.J. man. (in 'the. chair), I .''Welch;'//'Galloway,' •Lyncli, and 'Wnkohaw ' - Eep or ting,. oki',; ilie 'condition ; .aiid:?pro-: gress of. the various road .and :other works' . in 'the; county; the .lnspectorUMr..lC.udby) : stated that, culverts, road additions, ami replacements in .thevHoroKiwi llidijig.bad. received : attention,; and: 'that ;tlie iropairs to. the Horoluwi Bridge', .'including; the, erection ~of-' a new pier, were -in progress.'vbout forty ohairis : ,Dl: Iteid'a Paraparaunnt, had been graded,- and the Beach';Road-.'at Paekakariki■ had.'.beeh: 'formed.to. a:width.of 25£t. iii-the',centre; 'of the woodivay.: .; : It' .iras. recommended; :Jhat :70ft.' -of ,6m.;:.pipes,',til .h'&'boimected: up : 'with. the. cesspit should .be' put down; at ,orico on the-western side'of- ; the, post", office at. Paekakariki;. to drain x>ft the' -surface-watef which . collected- in front . of :the, .hotel;:; Russell's : Bridge,} ,aij- antiquated shucture. in t Stokes' : .A r alley,. had been dismantled; ,'and replaced' bj; ..lSriiw.li, pipes, :the' hollow being filled:-.in; ':. Ju' the' same locality; substantial 1 repairs had been- effected "to . the bridge, in: front of ']>.'Knight's property. - ,: Several Govern-:,, inent grant-in-aid-works ::in . .the, :Horokiwi Biding—the, Harris,-, Mount Cecil and. Plimmerton-Pahautaniii Roads—had been j completed,'.and'otliers' were well ;on' the' .way. ' Grant' money in Whareroa' (HuttWaikanau grant-in-rnd). nmi . accrued "thirds" in the Fruit Growers' Asfociatiou district', Rikiorangi, had: also been expended. '.v . - The report was adopted; -Five ratepayers. :in Stokes .Valloj- petitioned to have . tho. 1 gates which blocked ' Wood's Road" removed,: and -.' the - track, cleared' of' gorse, that .the thoroughfare be 'availablo fqr .public traffic. '. . .'. . Councillor Welch was authorised to^re-. -port on .'the .matter, - the' clerk liirthe, meantime to ■ notify tho- owner vof. .. the ; 'gates to . have- them ':' removed within:sixty 'davs,' and to clear the: gorse-:. ,-■ : A grant-in-aid of- 'Bai'toii's-,- Road,- ■ amounting ■ to' .£lll, . was:. received from thev Treasury. ... It : was; resolved' to .remind' the Department of ; the . matter oi. the' Normamlale grant-in-aid. .'. Itwas: . also' decided" to call for tenders .for .work required on the. Mooihluuc-W iictkiitutu. from .. the ,i Agriciil-' tui-al Department.' with-reference, to : the, /necessity of arranging for the - removal of noxious ,weed 3 along rorirua. .-liarbyur was received. •' -