WAIPAWA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 45, 6 February 1912, Page 6

WAIPAWA COUNTY COUNCIL.

The ordinary meeting was held on February sth. Present : (.’is. Libby. Paulsen. JuII. Dorrcen. Howse. Little and L. McHay (in the chair). The Hawke’s Bay Comity Council wrote agreeing to share the cost ct redecking the Black bridge on tin Hampden-Maraeknkaho road. Tic :ost. was estimated at £s<).

G. 'Willis’ application for position ■f County Ranger /was accepted.

Wm. .(’lark offered to lease th.! roadman’s whare at Argyll East. — Offer accepted : rental to be 3t>- p.?r innum mid the tenancy week to •veek. Tie tenant ws empowe r. d to insure the building against fire, and ('-. lit ! • v. as ant lei i -t d to arrange for necessary repairs to the .loor. The Public Works 1)< partition! vrote agreeing to allow the grant o ? £15(0 o;> the Estimates for the TukTuki bridge, to bo applied toward l 'he erection of that bridge and tin Maraikakaho river bridge. OVERSEERS REPORT. Clinton Riding. O’Grady Recompleted the balance of his contract on the South Makaretu road. The pipes are in on the German Valley road above Maftwiggs’. Onga Riding.- Trere is a tulverl broken on flic Stokes road. About 250 yards of metal are required on Pettit's Valley road from the Onga end, and about 100 yards from Middleton’s corner past Freemantle’s. Ruataniwha Riding. —Have start ed on removal of sharp corners on Gorge road, bid the hardness of the ground makes progress slow. I am also taking out two culverts and pitting them in at points where there are nono.

Have had the Brown bridge shortened as instructed, and have nothing of importance to report in the other ridings. * The council decided that 250 yards of metal are to be put on Pettit’s Valley road and 100 yards near Middleton’s and a new culvert is to be put in on Stoke’s road.

GENERAL. An application is to be made to the Department for a £1 for £1 subsidy towards a proposed deviation at the "Look Out” on Stoke’s road. It is estimated that the deviation would reduce the mileage fromßlackburn special settlement to Onga Onga by 7 miles and the cost is estimated at £250.

Tenders are to lie called for painting the Wa:pawa traffic bridge, also for the supply of 1250 yards of metal on Rhodes rend near Spring Hill. The Land Board is to be asked to extend the Waipawa-Mate protective works to protect Mitchell’s property from erosion and also to prevent a drain that the council made through his property from blocking up.

It was decided to employ a permanent surface man for the Onga and Wakarara Ridings.

The overseer was instructed to collect the necessary data as to cost, etc., of erected additional pounds fcr the County, and Onga Onga was suggested as a central position. At present the nearest, pounds from Matuaretu and Clinton is either Ornioneh ille or Waipukurnu. The work of filling in the approach to Laflin's bridge was left in the hands of the overseer. The overseer was authorised to proceed with the work nt the Wai-pawa-Mate bridge with the council’s own men.

A general discussion took place as to whether in the future to acloj-t ferro-concrete instead of wood "or bridges. The estimate cost of the near future requirements in v.ood was £15,000 and of this amount Government grants in aid to the amount of £5OOO have been authorised. It was held that although the cost of concrete would be 50 per cent mc-c it would be practicable to reduce the length of bridges ; furthermore, the life would be longer than the loan period. The matter -as held over until next meeting ar.d in the meantime the overseer was instructed to go into the matter, taking one bridge as a basis, and report to the next meeting.

The overseer was instructed to try and arrange with the parties removing the corners off Dickenson's road, Ashley Clinton, for the carting of the material to widen the bends. The clerk yas instructed to write to the Danncvirke County Council to ascertain whether it is their intention to deal with the Manawatt bridge this year. The council will then have an idea what amount of Joan it will require to raise for bridges and other necessary work. Tendess were dealt with as follows;—1230 yards metal on Black'/ road, Clinton—Vcrran 26, O’Grady 2 4. the latter accepted. 1000 yards Takapau-Idopua road— V erran 22. O Grady 22, I erran’s accepted. Raising dip near Gray’s OngaWaipawa read.--Mitchell and Me Grecvy. £5O 5 .. accepted. li’fin yards Fairfield-Takapau road. \ erran 26. O’Grady 26, Verran’s accepted. M. Hopk in's tender of £7O 4 2 wm accepted for erecting 5 miles and lifting old line of telephone at Argyll East. Account.s amounting to £576 15 11 were passed for pavment. C. J. Bibby was granted 6 month's leave of absence. ■ The -late of next meeting it Mard Sth.