WA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume III, Issue 325, 10 January 1914, Page 6

WA COUNTY COUNCIL.

hly meeting of the ls held on Friday was dealt with as jiis. Mrs. Waldron applying for tele I.—Overseer to reBorough Council, it bridge.— Messrs. Bibby to represent, it, offering traction S'o use for same at nr, applying for the __ _ tof works on the Gorge bridges.—Apfor a week. HET , Pram Chief Surveyor, covering jlM* of road deviations through EttyMfoac*. Jamieson's and Parker’s, in Rr the •Waipukurnii Gorge.—Clerk to I take necessary steps. . Fjrom Patangata County Council Turing a grant of £lOO towards the -bridge at Cracknell’s Gulty.—To be thanked; willows to be cut. From the Hon. Minister of Land:!. El" stating the council's application for - right to use the road through Springtk hill Estate to reach the Waipawa river bed, will receive careful conr —Received. ■ . From J. J. Gilmour, explaining deRW/Jay n starting work on his Waipawa river bridge contract. —Received, h OVERSEER’S REPORT. Clinton Riding.—A fair number of fe Blips took place in this riding during H*'illie recent rains, principally in the EH- Makaretu river cutting below Fra-, S’ Ser’s and in Wilson’s cutting, the - wont of which have already been ». removed. The reinstatement of t ■ broken culverft in the Tttkipo dis- :■, trict has been completed. A new advert is required at the top of Mcrf risen’s cutting, on the Clinton side; also two small training groynes at ■ ‘ the Sherwood bridge to induce the ? . removal of the gravel on the upt stream -side of the bridge. A small ? *■ concrete protection waH is required * . to protect further scour at the stock bridge on the Onga Onga side of Ashcott. Takapau Riding. —Consitt street be* been completed satisfactorily; abo the various -pipe culverts /and alterations in the township, inciudthe cleaning out of the watertables in the main streets. A new crossing has been made to divert the traffic to the upstream side of the new Makaretu river bridge and a similar roadway will need to be , formed shortly at the site of the new bridge over the Tukipo river. I would authority to fence off and culvert the deviation through Jamieson’s culvert the deviation through Jamiaßon’s, as the drovers complain about the lagoon of water that has to be forded on the present road. Onga Ri«Wng-—ln this and the adjoining ridings the river crossings have been badly torn about and altered. The Blackburn-Makaretu cross-road got badly rutted in plac*”*, and the usual scour took place at the bridge in Pettit’s valley. Some of the decking on this bridge has been replaced. The chairman of the Lindsay water race committee has asked me to report rather extensive damage at the intake, the filter box being torn out completely and the groyne badly damaged. In my travels during the last few days I have noticed that all the water races except Forest Gate are very nearly dry. Wakarara Riding.—Hirst’s road as well as the Makaretu North Block roads have been torn about by the rains. In the latter case the road is almost obliterated just past what is known as the Devil's Elbow. Hawthorne is making good progress with his contract at Higgs’ curt big. I would like authorty to put i.t small stone groyne at the Wakr. vcrossing as a means of protecting ford on the Wakarara side. In the Hampden, Waip i- : Ruataniwha Ridings I tav.- ■ to report of any great cobeyond the repair of all and washouts at the crec? . crossings. I have also to . ing put on another per:..,. in the Takapau Riding. Adopted.

Mr. E. Ingram tTii-- ’ £1 10/-per annum io.- . ;l - ; . t section to store m-f Plans and si-evi!’-. - - i-’ “look oat” to be ; .- 1. W. Robeitsnaw is to s.g.i ... ucment on Monday re < :■<. ctivn of Gorge bridges. Tenders were rece-v tl from J. Adams and \V. Robertshaw for bridge over Cracknell's cutting.— Overseer to go through schedule ar.d accept lowest tender. The dog tax was fixed .it 2 6. The tender of J. Coe for collars. 7®l. was accepted as was also the., of C. Hemmingsen for coliecto.-. The pay-sheet totalled £1275 5 4.