PENINSULA COUNTY

Evening Star, Issue 22880, 11 February 1938, Page 15

PENINSULA COUNTY

CCUHCIL'S MONTHLY MEETING The Peninsula Council met at Portobello yesterday for the monthly meeting. The chairman was Cr H. Macandrew, and also present were Crs J. Cross, W. D. Stewart, J. T. Irvine, T. S Edmonds, J. J. Nyhon, J. Hellyer, J. W. Harbrow and D. J. S. Robertson. CAPE SAUNDERS LIGHTHOUSE ROAD. >An estimate of the cost of repairing the road to the lighthouse at Cape Saunders was submitted by the Marine Department, which fixed the cost at £2OO The condition of the road was attributed by the department to inadequate drainage and an entire lack ot maintenance. The department, stated the communication from the secretary, was prepared to make a grant of £oO to the council towards the cost of the job, and the carrying out of it would be further financially assisted by £3 a week from the Employment Promotion Fund for the full-time employment of registered and eligible unemployed men. The department inquired whether the council was willing to proceed with the work under those conditions. “ That means that the work will cost the council nothing, then? ” asked the Chairman. , Cr Nyhon said that, as the council did not receive any revenue from this road, he thought the responsibility. for the work did not rest with it. The County Clerk said that if the estimate of the department were correct, the council’s share of the work would be approximately £7O. Cr Cross expressed the opinion that the. council should spend the amount the department was prepared to contribute, and then decide what was the financial responsibility of the council. The work, it was decided, would he carried out to cover an expenditure by the council of £SO. CHANGING OF STREET NAMES.

A lithograph showing the topography of the Peninsula County was sent by the Lands and Survey Department, which invited the assistance of the council in the preparation of a suitable record of the names of the roads in the county. The proposal, it was stated, would be of material assistance in the preparation of estimates maps. The council discussed several street names in the county that needed changing, and a committee was formed (to submit recommendations to that effect. CORRESPONDENCE. Following an inspection by him of the Dunedm-Portobello main highway, the Commissioner 9f Transport (Mr G. L. Laurenson) advised that he was now iprepared to recommend to the Minister ( " T-ansport (Mr Semple)—subject to the council’s endorsement of the proposal—that speed in closely-populated areas on this road be restricted to 30 miles per hour.—The council endorsed the proposal. As it was not the policy of the council to assist with work of this nature, it was decided not to contribute towards the formation of an access road to the property at Company Bay belonging to Sir J. W. Mellon. Information was sought by the North-east Harbour Ratepayers’ Association as to the position of the street lighting account in that riding. The association also asked that lights be installed in Roger and Stanley streets. —The county clerk (Mr J. Seaton) reported that the credit balance on April 1 last was £66 19s Id, and_ rates struck in the riding for this year were £lls 2s 3d. The current year’s expenditure would probably amount to £lll 10s lOd. It was impossible to give the exact position at this date owing to rates not being due till March 22.—The lights are to be installed. Mr J. Jackson Purdie (Highcliff) asked for improvements to the Camp road leading into Larnach Castle.— The work is to be carried out immediately. The dangerous practice of cyclists and ipptor cyclists alike in using footpaths in Tomahawk was the subject of a complaint from Mr J. Pex-eira (Tomahawk), who asked the council to take some action against offenders.—The complaint was referred to the police and the Transport Department. Tracings for the exemption of roads fronting the sub-division of four allotments in the township of Lamlash were sent by Mr J. (R. Lambourne, registered surveyor, who asked the council to pass a resolution stating which of the roads in the township were regarded as public. The writer also advised that boundaries along the frontage of a subdivision at Harwood had been pegged.— Noted. (BUILDING PERMITS. The County Clerk reported that permits for the erection of buildings in tho county, of a total value of £1,070, had been issued for the month ended January 10.

ENGINEER’S REPORT,

The county engineer (Mr S. G. Paterson) reported as follows on work carried out in the county during January:— Otago Heads Riding.— The contractor was making good progress with the removal of slips on the Heads road. Sand had been shifted from the Harrington Point road. Lupines had been cut on the main road.

Portobello Riding.—The curve at Peros Point on the Main road had been brought up to cant. • The batter had been cut back at the Portobello school to improve the approach to the curve. The contractor had completed the clearing of the slip on the Portobollo-Wick-clilfe Bay road, except for the cleaning up of the batters. A subsidence on the same road had been filled. Portholes were patched on the Papanui Inlet road. Metalling on the Hooper’s Inlet school road had been finished, and metalling of the Portobello-Cape Saunders road carried as far as time permitted. Sandymount Riding. Watertahle cleaning was done on the Riddell’sHooper’s Inlet road, and also on the High road. Tomahawk Riding. Maintenance metal had been spread on the main road. Further metal was required oil the hill section of the road. Highcliife Riding.—The contractor had completed the walling on District road. Surfacing had been done on Paradise road, and the bridge at the foot of the hill rebuilt. North-east Harbour Riding.—Maintenance work had been done in Waverley, Larnach road, and Abbotsford road having received attention. _ Watertables had been cleaned in Marion street and Princes street, Macandrew Bay. Broad Bay Riding.—Growth had been cleaned off John street, Harbour Terrace and Bay View road (in Broad Bay) and also on several footpaths. The grader was employed on the following roads :—Portobello-Otakou road, 73} hours; high road, 106} hours: Tomahawk road, 51 hours; Highchff road, three hours. The report w r as adopted.