ELLESMERE COUNTY

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XLVI, Issue 3233, 3 July 1928, Page 3

ELLESMERE COUNTY

YESTERDAY'S COUNCIL MEETING

Cr. J. Cunningham was in the cliair at yesterday's monthly meeting of the Ellesmere County Council, an<# other members present were Crs. John Heslop, A. Quigley, A. Anderson and J. P. McEvcdy. . TRANSFERS NOTIFIED, Property transfers notified were: Estate late G. Sheat to Ivy Caroline Bheat, 253 acres; same to At J. Sheat, 256 acres \ W. It. Donald to Harold Hurford, 50 acres; estate Patrick Crowe to J. E. Millar, 171 acres; Gilbert Hampton to Canterbury Seed Co., 130 acres. CORRESPONDENCE DEALT WITH. Advice was received from the Public /Works Department ,that specifications for the mctaliing of Sehvyn-Ha-kaia road had been approved, and authority given for the work to be* put in; hand. ■! v Applications from Messrs J. C. Free and Son 3, J. H. Tyler and T. H. Bennett for renewal of slaughterhouse licenses were granted. Permission was granted to Mr J. B'oag to plough part of his road frontage on the Irwell-Rakaia road, under the usual conditions, the surface to be left to the satisfaction of the engineer* WATER RACE MATTERS. The Selwyn. County Council wrote .suggesting that the water races should be turned off at an early date to allow ratepayers to cut fences, and asked if the Ellesmere Council was. agreeable. Members thought the suggestion a good one, and it was left with the waterworks committee and the engineer to arrange matters with Selwyn. A complaint was received from Mr F. L. Bailey, of Homebrook Settlement, regarding a drainage matter that had previously been brought before the Council. Cr. Anderson said he thought this matter had since been settled satisfactorily, birjt not until he .had telephoned the engineer, who had made an immediate ' Mr John Glassey, wiatferworks caretaker, attended and, made?,his monthly report. There had been no freshes in the river during the.' month. -He re commended that an arrangement be made with Selwyn County Council to have; the water turned off from the races for short periods so that fences overhanging drains could be cut back. Mr Hardy, of Killinchy,, wished to have a supply of race water for- part of his farm, and had been advised to make formal application to the Council. . In reply to the engineer, the caretaker said he had investigatefd a complaint from Mr W. G. Wroot regarding flooding on his land. Hehad found very little &ater in the pa'ddeck. Referring- to the complaints from Messrs Bailey and Wroot and others, Cr. Anderson said he was tired of having people buttonholing him every time he went to the Southbridge township and complaining about race matters that had been brought before the Council months ago. He wanted to see. these matters settled one way ur the other and finished with. Some people seemed to think the caretaker was not doing his duty. i "The Council as a whole should inspect the water races once a year," said Cr. McEvedy^ "We would then know whether our caretaker was carrying out his duties properly,'' he added. "That's a pretty tall order," observed the chairman. "I don't) want to walk over many miles of races unless it is absolutely necessary." Cr. MeEvedy said he intended that an inspection should be made of only those races where they were having trouble. Some were quite satisfactory. Cr. Quigley thought the Council might well make inspections of certain races where trouble had been met with. They would then know whether the caretaker was doing his duty. There were two sides to every question. Cr. MeEvedy mentioned a culvert between Wylie's estate and Mr J. Ludemann's property on the South-bridge-Leeston road. There was no provision for the water to get away. The Council .should make an inspection here. The Council decided, in regard to Mr Bailey's drainage trouble, to write to the Commissioner of Crown Lands. Mr J. Hardy's application for a water supply was granted.' The engineer is to make an inspection of a drainage trouble complained of by Mr W; G. Wroot and have the matter put right. The caretaker was instructed to fur-

nish the Council with a list of property owners who had failed to cut back gorge "from races, in order that action could be taken to have the clearing done. Councillors are to inspect a number of iuices in the Southbridge riding as suggested. . RIVER EROSION. Selwyn County Council complained that there was an erosion near the Rakaia hcadwoi-ks, where about four acres of land belonging to Selwyn had been washed away. The Council requested Ellesmorc to take protective measures. It)was stated that the Ellesmcre headworks was 105 chains below the Selwyn County reserve. The engineer was instructed to write Selwyn County Council explaining the position. i ■ \ A LAKESIDE DRAIN. Mr G. Fincham waited upon the Council and asked the assistance of the Council in getting a drain; on Cant's road cleaned, along the property held by Mr R. Lambie. The owner of the.land had been asked to clean the drain but had not done so. Mr Fineham. said he wanted to clean his own frontage drain, but it was useless for him to do so unless the drain along Lambie *s land was also cleaned. He was anxious to get the drain cleaned so that he could get crop .sown* in his paddock. It was decided ,to request Mr Lambie to cut his gorse. back, clean the drain, and clear the gorse from the road. ARTESIAN WATER. Messrs B. R. C. Rolls, M. Dolan, J T. O 'Boyle and J. Legg interviewed the Council and asked fox assistance with the cleaning of the drain along the left x side of the Leeston-Lake road passing their properties. Tht length of drain they were interested >:n was about 140 chains. It took a considerable quantity of artesian water from Leeston and they thought it a matter that the Council should assist with. Mr Rolls also asked if something could be done to lower the bottoms of two culverts on the Lower Lake road between Lancaster's and Nairn's farms. Drainage water was being held back through the culvert bottoms being too high.. The chairman said that the land had consolidated since the culverts were constructed in the early days, leaving the culvert bottoms too high. In Tegard to the Leeston-Lake road drainage, the Council could not see its' way clear to assist. The engineer, on the motion of *Cr.' Quigley, was instructed to inspect the culverts by Lancaster's and Nairn's and present a report to the Council. HART'S ROAD DRAIN. * Mr H. Schnellc, Lakeside, informed the Council that he and Mr J. T. 0 'Boyle were prepared to bear a half share of the cost of keeping the drain along Hart's road, fronting 1 their land, in order after it had been made. It was left to Cr. Quigley and the engineer to finally arrange matters with Messrs Sehnelle and O'Boyle, before calling tenders for the work. The engineer was instructed to write the Lakeside Hall Committee asking that willows obstructing the drain at the hall section should be removed. FINANCE, ' . ■ '/ The pay sheet totalled £847 19s 2d, leaving a credit balance of £2363 4s Id. TENDERS ACCEPTED. The tender of Mr Robinson at 2/G a chain was accepted for cleaning the drain on Branch Drain road, -and Mr R. Burnett's tender of 3/- a yard and •]•/- for stripping was accepted- for shingling Bullock's road. LIST OF WORKS Cr. McEvedy mentioned Inwood's road, from Stevenson's corner to '' Brooklands" as requiring attention as soon as possible.—The engineer said he had the road on his list for attention as soon as possible. He intended to grade the road first. There were bad holes in the road about the corner by Mr Breading's, said Cr. McEvedy. The whole of the Southbridge-Sedge-mere road was in need of patching, but there were some very bad places about the railway crossing near Southbridge, said Cr. Anderson. Cr. Heslop mentioned an' Irwell riding road in need of attention, and the chairman said that the road past Mr L. C. Lemon's and the main Brookside j road had many potholes. a I " When can we get some money 1 from the Highways Board for the Oaki- leigh-Rakaia hoad?" asked Cr. Anderd son. c | The engineer said he1 would like to inspect the road with the Southbridge r- riding members with a view to deeid-

f ing what portion should receive attcni lion, so that ho could prepare specifications for approval by the Highways Board. The engineer said that he had patching work in progress all over the district. The three graders had been in action. There were many roads needing attention as a result of the show-

cry weather, but he hoped Xo deal with them all soon. THE PKOGEESS LEAGUE. The Council decided to subscribe to rlie funds of the Canterbury Progress League for the current year, Crs. IJeslop and Quigley opposing the resolu-

tion, and the chairman and Crs. An- -'>M derson and .McEvedy supporting it. * t^£