WAIPAWA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5556, 6 December 1879, Page 3

WAIPAWA COUNTY COUNCIL.

..L Tkxhcshst; i^hx^n 4 J l ■ jrx Thej3ouncil met At il rt.tti; | jfs^n|sehij; — Colonel Herrick (^chairman), : XJ6\mcillor"s Rathbone, Smith, Mackersey, ; Le'V^,_So\yry, Johnston, and A. Dillon. After" the minutes of the last meeting [had beelij-fiitlerj^ed.^Qd confirmed, the Secretary read'the c 6i i respoivdeQc'6. t .. tATAXCUTA-ItOXD. '""l;ie'ft¥f "Mt "J; -tfctwrenttr with 1 respect to the action": of, tth'o Gtfuncil .unordering the engineer to survey a line |o| road from Kaikora to-Patangata. corresponde^e^§Ko^we.d - . that the engineer, hart atte^pte^t^isvi'rvey the line, but Mf;laav^-eh'c'e-h!Vyin i g ! protested on- 'the ground'that the land- was- his 1 6wn : private' property purchased from Mr Tiffen, he desisted..; , •■,'] .Ya > VJ'J' ;f tTT'".'-. '17. „? ..Cr. Jolinston moved that the Engineer the, instructed to proceed With. ,the-\york, | bub i that -.ttb' nibney be • spoilt ilntil the ! ! opinion of the County Solicitor, had been obtained; . ■ •"• ; •/• • .- Letters' 'werVrdad oil the subject from Mr Ormond, Mr We'bß'ri" : and"ofchersY Cr. Dillonwas of:dpinion'thn:t the letter t of 5Jr Weberfully showed that the lino of '. road, was public property. '""' J Gr. Mackei-sey, who seconded the motion^ said tne 'BoadM Board .had:: expended' lTiorrey^oW' the vtfa'd/ttficl hfe.con-. /sidered the Council h-ad full-power. AThe Engineer stated that when he calldd on Mr LawrericeV-that; ' .gentleman , informed him that he" had. closed lip the road, owing to the fact " that : it was his private property. - ' • . ; '■■■l "The motion was carried. t; ; * . - ; -•-• '!? vj f ,'TIIE-ENrCfINEERi ' " . "' ' - fe Mackersey' 'whether the Engineer, had. qualified hi'niself .as a v surveyor." Vll '"'* ■' ■'■'-■[[ '-.' "'."'' . ''.'"'' r " - ; ■" " OC '' J A] reply being giveh'ih jthe ■•iiegativej ■ CX Mackei'sy moved :'-^; "jThat -the; engineer be compeliexl to qualify iiimseif >at o|nec,f.' "."-'VJ ','...-- , : . . '". ■'„,.:' .- ' Seconded by Or Johnston', and carried , ! unanimously. v ; ; '._ ■ „.../. 1 '" " ' | WOODVILLE BUSH -SBXTLBMEXT. 4 lottei^was readfrbm-Mr Jv •Burfc.on^ -;j.he secretary of the Working Men's Club, Napier,, offering to give land for a road - through 'the -Victoria "Special- Settlement j 'proyide'd ho. was hot called on to further [ to the' expense. I ""The Engineer's report stated that the whdle.of .the .settlers, ..with, the exception of MrjTqoliey, were", opposed "'to the road: ' -.fdiv.^nuth stated that : -a"p'.e.tifciqn*was l "in. courae.*of. signature, a,nd '■moved 'that ',th^. consideration oi the question be deferred', until-next. meeting. „-, ,--..-' . , ; .. : ~This was seconded by r Cr. Dillon arid-, carriedi ■ . ■'.-. c. ,'•>■. . . ■- ■■ : vTt '• ■•' ' ; ' DESTITUTE' 'CHILDREN". • . ' ~ v ..;iA letter was read "from a «Norsewbod : settler asking that a sum of money should be given him for the support of a child. , «. It was explained by Or. Johnston 'that , the parents of the child in question were awiy from the ; district, the, father having left Hawke's Bay and the mother "being in gaol. It Avasaug'gested that the child should be sent to the Waipukurau- Hospital, , but this was. vigorously opposed ,by several members; as , a dangerous precedent. Eventually Or.. Levy promised,, to find out • ? a, person willing to adopt the_ child. '?■■[ WOODVILLE AND BUSH MlhLfi EOAD. '""■'* A petition asking the Council to expend £100 on the above road, so as to enable children to attend school,, was read. Cr. So wry explained' that- at the last -meeting" a resolution had been carried in favor of such expenditure^ and since then tedder's had been called for the work. TA>IUMU-WAirOKCRA.U ROAD. Cr. Mackersey moved,; "That, the /first,; money on the road from Tanlumu to Wai-.,, pukuraii be expended-on the first crossing of the TukiTuki river.aud ,Waip_ukurau. " Cr. Smith opposed the motion on the ground that the -Engineer .should Vtate where the money ought ;to be spent. £130 had been .voted for- the. road, and for aught ..they knew the whole of that sum would-be" required at the particular" crossing. < ; ; : -' '•■'-!■< ■■•"• After some discussion the motion was parried. .\ .-.",-.. ■' ■ .... COUNTIES. AND, K.OA.D BOARDS. Cr. Smith moved :— (1)' That the resolution passed on ; -7-th August last," that jail " the ,• roads ;-: in ; the County - ( be • declared Coiunty roads.be, rescinded, r (2)r Jnj_ order to effect a lai'ge. reduction in, the •V expenditure of theiCouncil, it is resolved Hhat'-after'the financial, year, ending 31st "Marchj all- monies raised in a district," after deducting a r pro'rata .share of expenses. aild icost :of. keeping copen /.the Bush-road, be handed . over to the Road Boards in r which it.is raised, and r in outlying „' districts .it. be ' spent ; ; by. "the", '/"Council. 1 -.' J',* v ■',; .. ".',"„" .. „ ,'. .-'. ,' .' , L.Gv. Sinithjin support, of his motion^ . arkuedjthat when Cr.. Johnston carried his fe&ol^iq^las^.'. August lie stated that it.' "was'only W test the.question/ It was no; wapp'arentLtha.tshQuld,,tte present ,'sysbeny. continue, /the. County, .would drift' into: a! state of. . bankruptcy, .. . -.0r., , Smith then;. ,iquoted.j<.figures- .to ..show.iithat^at. ■ v th'e end of December:there;:.woAild,b.e P,n.Jy... £iiV- to the ore'ditibf ,'the.Oounty.-.-i Underi the present system they would find that >.th ; ey would' - have all the froads -an r,the , "several (Jistvicts. prif their hands, with!iMio r iriohey td'rheet the"demandsjwhich-would-be made on the Council. . Unless his 'resolution were carried,^ he was ' confident 1 "that rate, would : be 'required* and); taking; into -cphside Nation' the * others sbuTr: *deris thby- wefe r :called upon 1 to bear,f.hew,as ,sure ( , the, , settlers would 'be' 1 jia«_< able to pay • it: ; ' J Road Boards could - work.^jnore . .cheaply , and. more efiiciently.' Works could be" talceii" '"By 1 small contractors, iJ and i: the present engineeringstaff would not be required. .Now, when .work .was. done, the engineer " "vyas l Attended, ,by. ' tlie - overseer,; ' and the oyerseer'Tby'the'engiHeefj^nd their whole t^rue apjDeared to be wasted, while if the work .Tvrere.entrusted to the RoacL; Boards/, there would be little or none of this farce^ i going; bnj"> If '»no I action wereitakoa :'he was ! ' l corffident ■ that- the 'people. would petition the preserit'extravagant sys^tein, . s&d '\aß- the next elections :w6nld liia'ke : their 'power 1 U\t'; 'as_ ; they were thoroughly dissatisfied with ;tHe manner inj, wliich the. inorie'y raised, from their pockets was being expended.' At the end ; of July next the Council would hdt only be unable to caiTy out its duties, but would be-largely in debt, unless Jhey-.rer trefiehed at once. "' ... ; ■ ! Cr. Dillon seconded the motion. They were now on the road to bankruptcy, and the sooner they retraced their steps the better.;'] :: ' :; '- ' ' " :; ' v '': • • 1 Cr. Mackersey was [ surprised that Cr. Smith's "argument^'.'' 'were based on false assumptions! Tlieir position was a' simple one, and he contended ' that tli'e' position' , now taken by the Council was right. As to extravagance he- was willing 5 to. admit that there was room for improvement, but he did.not think that by adopting the resolutions of Cr. they would improve their position. He hoped they would soon .have an amended Counties Bill, jwhich would give fuller powers arid enable" them to have a uniform rate. ! Cr. Johnston opposed the resolution, and \vould ask the member f or. Patangata what 1 would 'bbcome' of the road from' the iW.aipa,wa. Bridge to Patanagata, in w,hich he was so imich' interested," il" such- a resolution was passed ? He was willing to support a resolution doing away' with the (Engineer's department, necessary, if Road Boards could do without an engineer ,soi .could the County. If the Subsidies were withdrawn the County . / retrench^ and he was sure could do

its | work as titieatfifpSSi Welfyv&ffd "as efficiently^as a Road % Bqard/_ ~ _” \"~ „~V After "some remarks ,lr©ra- Jor|/Levy aM" Lowry, the reaolutiorisMvere^put. to the Council and negativjß.d.i.T^' ;_,.-._,. A bU^jWas. foceiyed iT'ofti. the ettgifte^fy, clai|riiug"j3l: Ms.i^qr wbrß"perfgrmect, "" J After some discussion',- it VaaifnaJnimoiisly resolvetT-that -the'accoimt'Be iidi on the, grpiind it, was, not, in i dcddrdanee agreement be^wfeeh i he jCloMacii; ribd; tKe Engineer . ? ,, ; ~ ;i . ,, r Aj s'ligg^stion iin'sae: iri:i'lf er6rtgi.OeeryiP.e-; t pdrS ati to' t]r^e ; .ad^isa^ilit^ ]T p^.increa^itig the 'engiiheer's^st&ft-f.w^aL :|l}'enf taken, mta. conSiderationi.c-ijr-i.-in",: > -,-.. . : .. „; - : . V .:U : i An anini(atcd discussion ensued, -when it Tyas' '" nin'animbiisly ;' . i*es6iye(i, - • on : tti'e %; motjon of Or. SmithJ" seconded by Or. Mac'kef sey y that no c change' -be made, : in: > the jEngineer's-departmerit at present. ■ , Ci*. .„, Mackers^y fnofed^JTb st , tinder tho | cir.cumstawces sthe Odiincil /d'.o .'not change to Mr Tyne its share of the legal ■ expenses. incurred:. in; the; casejof. Tynp y., ; Waipawa County Council. .> Cl' Smith seconded the motion, which. w as\ unanimously carried^ ...'■ ; ";f ! *"■'•" ' ' ACCOUNTS. ' ;' ' ' ' The pay sheets for the last month were then passed. •' . ■ .... U- -.. . TBNDBHS. „j ./,. : The following tendera for, roads were.. ' accepted ; — Korsewood . Hiding— Mana cutting £199, J. Mac Donald. Woedville Riding — Formation of Woodsland Road, Section No. 1, Q. Smith, £44 11s ; Sectioii No. 2, Woodsland Road, E Groves, £GG. Tamamu Riding — Formation, A Cooper, £30 ; erection of two bridges, Tamamu, £289 9s Id, 0. Stewart, i-'-ATihe Council then adjoarnetl. ' '