Lake County Council.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 1581, 18 March 1887, Page 5

Lake County Council.

j (Conclusion of Ordinary Meeting.) The Chairman stated that Mr Adair (Government I representative) and himself had, since, previous ) meeting, accepted tenders for formation of Martin s I Bay road, ami he asked the Council to confirm the ' ai tion taken. Mr W. J. Powell appeared to object to the way in which the tcmhrs had been accepted for the wo;k. The tenders had not been accepted in a I hfal manner as usual by Committee. The riist | scjtion was let without calling for tenders, and the last two were accepted irregularly ; they were not accepted by the Works Committee, and the public would not tender again. Mr Black. Couniy engineer (who here entered), s'id tli it the work was done with Government money, and power to deal with it was ideated to Mr Aiiair by the Surveyor-General, fl had heard "t some dissatisfaction by disappointed tenderers, and had therefore preserved lie envelopes of tenders (produced), in which the seals were untouched. The delay had arisen in consequence of the question as to whether it was necessary to drawup plans and specifications, which would have cost a ileal more to prepare. The lowest tendeier <.ot the « oik. Th> Chairman raid everything had been done in proper order and to he sittsfaction of (Jo.-, rnmeut, whi n'tre the |.i.-o:,s that expmdcd the iw-ney, as would l»: s. en by the following t.le-.am rei-eived from Mi Ai'ains. t'i.icf Surveyor. Punt-din. regarding the road: —" I amee to what you and the County engineer tiiitl 'v | riper." .Mr A | lead had Utile doubt evervthing was -f u„li:f..i w.ir.l, I n* hr ih u.l.t it would have been better :,- tlies h ,d g me th'on.di the usual course of having it to 'die Works Committee. Mi I'. will said that was why he protested. 1 cause the tender had not been accepted by the Works Committee. Mr Mutcmciit said all the irrrg'darilits had been C'llddeicd bv GotvriilWlit. Tlieic was 1:0 doilbt Mime informality, but Government, who paid the money, were saii.-ticd, ulthoiiLh, according to Mr i'owi il, the public was not. Mr Black was not to b'am •. Alter some further remarks it was resolved, ou '!• in tii.u >.f Messrs \l'Bride ai.d l v aii>!— iii.it J. W. Baker's tender*, a.- accepted I y Mr A.luir anj the Chairman for the Martin's Bay track, contracts N'os. j;> ami 14, be agreed to bj the whole (,'ounci!. Mr Aspinall drew attention t<> a notice in the police report in the paper, over the lite tiials. that Mr Daniel had said that he laid upon tiic table eveiy report of the County auditor. Mr Daniel said the report was incorrect, and that it should be every report he received from the auditor he laid upon the table. Mr Aspinall—That is a different thing. Mr Butement—How many reports were made by the auditor? Mr Daniel said he did not know. As to what was in the paper lie did not take much notice cf. He was surprised to l'o into the police court and find that Ins name was put down in the minute book as present at meetings when he was miles away. In reply to Mr Butement, it was stated that the exiensc of the trials of the lale county clerk would not fall upon the Council. Ace unts amounting to £.'!42 Us 3d were brought up and passed for payment. The Engineer said he thought the Gentle Annie road was greatly in need of lepair. Mr Jenkins thought Government should he asked to erect a new bridec, as this was on the main road. Nothing was decided upon. Mr Aspinall called attention to a lot of Mr Diiiiel's private property Invinii been stowed away i . the men.ben' room, and thought it would he better to have it removed, as many people were inakii g tvinaiks about the affair. Mr Daniel promised to remove the things. A vote of thanks to the chair concluded the business. Notice or Motion. Tliat the bylaws be amended by insert in'.' that steamers plying on Lake* Wanaka and Wakatipx l.c charged £1 Us each for jetty due* and hailing vessels 30s each, | ami the same be advertised.