COOK COUNTY

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12526, 11 April 1935, Page 2

COOK COUNTY

council-’r Monthly meeting

Cook County affairs were dealt with at the monthly meeting of the council yesterday, when Mr Chas. Matthews . presided! over thefollowing Crs. W. G. Shorrntt, J.vO. N. Thomas, ~T. E. Benson,- E. H. Baleen, P. S. Bowen, T. Tomhleson, P.. A. Shanks, S. T. Gray and-.M. T. B. Hall. Messrs Dalgoty and- Co., wrote stating that the firm’s drovers were not permitted to graze sheep belonging to clients on county roads. The .letter was received. Messrs W. A. Brown, -G. Brown, and H. Homan, of Waerenga-a-hika, wrote asking that certain work' be carried out on the road leading to their —The matter w n s referred to the riding member and engineer with power to act. Mr E. Walpole., district telegraph engineer, advised that cutting or trees was necessary on Riverside road in order to prevent interference with the lines. —The matter was referred to the chairman and riding member. Mr R. W. Halbert.,. commissioner for the Waihirerc blocks, sought permission to- lay a pipe along the road from the Waihirere Domain to the cook-house at the Maori pa —The work Was approved. Crs Thomas, Gray and Rherratt were appointed a- sub-committee t 0 net in connection with the King's Jubilee celebrations. The county ranger, Mr E. Angus Cameron, reported seizing 115 hca'-ii of stock for impounding during the past month. ENGINEER’S REPORT. • The report- of the engineer (Mr. K. P. Jones) included the following: —Ridings, General—“Gisborne Riding.—Good progress is being made with the maintenance gravelling of most of the roads m this ridfing. Whilst- considerable more gravel is desirable to nroduce a first class job, n good job is being mado with the money available. The Maliungn. drain is badly in need of attention before the winter and whilst no money is available for this work it is realised that some improvements should be effected'. It is proposed to concentrate the unemployed! men in this locality, on this work at an edify date. Good progress i-s being' made by a. similar Rarig on the main outlet drain in Makawri “Muriwnii Riding A eon si d ora bio improvement has been effected in the drains in the Marnctaha- drainage area, and work now being carried out by the East Coast Commissioner should produce further improvement. Time lias not permitted tho inspection, of Tauran Valley road and the preparation of a report- v-’itli reference to Mr Lee’s complaints. •Pakarae Riding.—Good progress has been made with the spreading of maintenance gravel on the riding roads. , “Pntutahi Riding.—The ,u«n'flT. genoral maintenance work has neon carried out throu'gbout tins rijeling. Brunt-oil’s road is receiving constant (attention as a result of the heavy cartage from the county quarry on to the various works.. In view of the heavy carting involved in the coming season’s works it is desirable that consideration be given to the propo-sal to bitmninize this roadOwing to lack-' of gravel supplies, the contractor lias fai'.ed to make delivery of the necessary maintenanco gravel on Tbtangi and other roads in. the Ngatapa locality. It is proposed to carry out this work with material from Patutaihi quarry at- an early date. “Pouawa Riding.—A start has been made with the delivery of maintenance gravel on Riverside road', but the supply has been discontinued dur in,g the past week, to enable- the borough council to obtain supplies from Kaiteratahi for their hot mix work. “Taruhciu Riding.—Good progress is being made by the Public Works Department with the world on the Tamileru creek. Maintenance gravel is being spread 1 on a number of the riding roads, and the usual general maintenance work has been carried out. “Te Aroha Riding.—Pressure of work has not permitted the maintenance gang to complete th© patching out of metaf. from depots on the Tahunga Road, hut it is anticipated that an early start will be made with this work. Minor repairs were necessary t-o Stafford’s road bridge during the month. •VMnirot/o Riding.—General (maintenance work is deceiving attention throughout the riding. The Public Works Department are making g.°od progress with the metalling of five miles of the Hangaroa-Waikareniioana road as far as Von. Pcin’s. Maintenance metal has been patched out on the lower end of this road: and repairs arranged for on the lower end °f the Parakanapa r-oacS-“Waimata- Riding.—ln company with Or. Tlombleson an inspection /was made of portion of this riding during the month. The ArnkfHi road was traversed . as far as Traifonl’s, anj certain maintenanceworks arranged for. It is intended to call tenders for the supply of suitable, creek stone in depot for next pea-' son’s work in this locality. Maintenance gravel has boon spread l on Mander’s road, up to allocation allowed For . iin, the . .riding estimates, hn.d further gravelling work has been carried out at’ ithp, /request andl the expense of the' ratepayers concerned. - A, start hag. Teen made fo recqndir tion, portion; of, the Main. Vaucy i'dad with sereeiicdfgr.aycl, -starting .at, th° foo-t of Gray’s Hill. It is hoped in sticpossivo' yea vs to continue .this work asv, riding funds pci'-ntjt,_ ;i v - Wyaiiigake Riding.—The- policy imposed ’-’to- lib followed, in 'cprinebtion-' with . trio, ’ ina.intpnaricpof VtHo’ rifling roads • a-nd- Hie - Main- Vafcey.kr-bad. J n particular. .'istejto first, eojplpto .A® irpconstrnpfj'bn- .'of, the Mauiituke-ileay Bridge gramme of maintenance during subsequent' years as finance permits. It will .that in-, cbmm.o,n with dtJica’ 'roiid's ‘thi’.ougilioufc the county,* .very-v little ;ox;pcnc]iturje i)! .h as taken pf.aco on the roads generally, during the period of the depression,

and it is reasonable to assume that some time must elapse boiore the proper maintenance of the roads can be achieved!, finance being the main factor. With portion of this Valley road becoming a highway, a- certain amount of additional money should be available for expenditure on' other riding roads. Surfaceman T’. Abber-t-on has been, in hospital i°r some time past-, Imp is about again now. He is unable to resume bis duties on the Tokanui-Tarncn road for some months to come and his place has been filled in the meantime. Plans are well in hand for Jex-Blake’s bridge, and tenders are to be calico shortly for this work. “Whataupoko Riding.—The portion of Riverside road in this riding lias received a coat of screened maintenance gravel and culvert? attended to. Certain of the riding roads arc duo for attention and patching work will be carried out as soon as supplies of material are available. Further investigation is taking place in connection with the proposed renewal of the river protection wall o n Riverside road. —Main .Highways’, Maintenance — “Gisborne Wairoa via Morore.—The bituminous surface -has been reseated from Gin to 9m. The flanks of biie bitumen have been graded with) the power grader. “Gisborne Wairoa via Hangaroa.— The bituminous surface has been resealed from G.72m to 9.25 m and l n two-coat seal applied between 10.2 m and 11.2 m. (The ftntersocniim at BVunton’s road has been sealed. The gravel section between 11.2 m and 14m ha-s been graded 1 nvith power grader. General surfacing work has been carried out- between 16m and 21m. “Gisborne Opotiki via Coast.—The flanks of the bitumen have been built ul> with, 300 cubic, yards of gravel and flanking with, clay is being ca-rrico out where necessary. All material is on the job and 1 the preparatory work done : for the rescaling between 2.2 m and 4.2 m. General surfacing work has been carried out. “Gisborne Opotiki via Motu.—The grader has trimmed up the gravel set,tion. between . 9m andl 14m and a-bput 300 cubic yards of screened gravel spread on. th\s section. General surfacing work has been carried out. r ' “Gisborne. Ofiupnd via- Waiohika. — Gtradjng work lias been carried 1 out throughout j the gravel section from 6.3 m t-ci 8.5 m and about 200 cubic yards ,of screened grayefc run out-. All material is On the job arid * preparatory ~>vo'fk; doner for; rescaling surface between 5.32 m and 6.32 m. “Patutahi Rere.—The gravel sec. tiori between Orn and 1.5 m lias been tightly, (scarified and . regraded, and about 50 cubic, yards-of grave] spread About ,50 cuJu’q yards vP-f.,. fine ings from bhe -quarry have; been patched, .out- between 4.4 m and 10.9 m. A 'irieiw 36in. rionojete culvert has been. put- in. to erepfaeo the old wooden brid-go at. 7.5 m. General surfacing worje. has,been .carried out through put the whole length of the high--V.ayj ,i ‘. r ■ \ ..—Construction . Works—- ' “Contract No. '272 (Mamituke-Wai. roa, .itcay. Bridge. Section, recoristruc tion ’ 2 ,miles) Good' (progress ihaa been made with this work which is temporarily held wp owing to other i demands being mado upon tho out-

put- from the Patutahi Quarry. The work will be resumed again in a ween or two. “Contract No. 273 (Gfshorne-Wai-roa via Hangaroa, Gcntf.o Annie Hill reconstruction and metalling 2 miles). —Good progress has been made with this work. What was formerly a hopeless bog for traffic, is now all metalled and, given good /weather, a big improvement should be notice able. The earthwork is practically completed and about a mile of base course metal laid and rolled. “Contract- No. 274 (Gisborne-Wni-road via- Hangaroa. Top course metal ling 11.22 m to 12.08 m) ot metal are not yet available from the | Patutahi quarry for this work. j “Contract No. 275 (Concrete eul- j vert at Quinn’s Waimata Valley i Road). —This work, which .'was carried out by the bridge gang, has been satisfactorily completed within the estimate. “Contract N°. 276 (Gisborne-Opo-tiki via Motu 2.5 m reconstruction and metalling 8.85 m to 11.35 m). — Tho contractors propose makin,g a start at an early date. “Contract No-. 27S (Patutahi-Rere M.H., Ngatapa Hill, reconstruction and metalling).—Good progress Has been made with this contract and metalling has proceeded rapidly. Rtf-, ling, and binding are to commence- at once as the depth of loose metal is providing troublesome to motor traffic. “Contract No. 280 (Quarrying and Crushing of metal at Council’s quarry Patutahi). —The contractor is making a big effort to cope with all the’ demands for metal anj i- beyond several minor breakages, the plant is. functioning well. About- . .5000 cubic -yards of material, has been, crushed to date, and has practically nil been carted out. on to the jobs. A big hole has been made in the main ijace ‘Of stone, and a- Considerable amount of stripping will have to bo carried out Later on. , “Contract No. 281 (Patutahi-Rere Reinforced concrete culvert at- 5.7 m). —The contractor has completed' this job except for the formation work which will be gone on with, when the concrete is properly seasoned. , “Contract No. 283 (Gisborne-Wai-roa via Hangaroa. 70chs, top course riiptalling 12.08 m to 10.95m):—Supplies ,of metaji are not- yet available for this work. , ; • ■ “Contract N0..284 (Suspension bridge over Mnnghtaiivohu Stream, Njgakaroa .roqd).—The contractor hag.made an excellent .job., of this work which is now completed. ~ < '(Contract N0...289 (Stafford’s Road!, Pehiri. 18clts. reformation and inet-al-ling).—Supplies of metal are not yet availlablo Horn Wacrenga-o-kuri quarry for this work. - “Contract No. 290 (Pnpatu Roa-d, Manutuke. Reforming and gravelling 40chs.) —Tlie fonnatjion. jhas fx?*o(n trimmed up in readiness for the gravelling which, the contractor intends to start, shortly. “Contract No. 292 (Parakanapa road, lgchs reformation and metalling).—Supplies.-- pf -ihetifc a-re not yet available from Waorenga-o-kurj. quarry for tlii-s .work. ' ‘Contract No\ 293 (Repongaere Soldiers Settlement. Reforming and srayelling it 27chs.).j-i:The contractor is making good progress with' this work.

“Contract No. 295 karemoana Road. Metalling ••jO-'-hs. * This work is nc-w completed and satisfactorory job made." The report was adopted.