KAIRANGA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9159, 8 March 1910, Page 8

KAIRANGA COUNTY COUNCIL.

The ordinary monthly mooting'of the Kairanga. County Council was held this morning. Present: Cm. Voss (chairman), L R. Bryant. W. Willsher, J. Anderson. A. R. Mayo. C. O'Loughlm and D. Moodie. A apology was received from Cr. Collie for unavoidable absence. CORRESPONDENCE. From Palmersion Borough Council, forwarding accounts for Councils portion of maintenance of Boundary road and Fit/.hcrbert bridge; also cost of licensing election. —Recoivcd. From Returning Officer of Wellington Harbour Board, stating that the Minister for Marine had intimated that some easier methods would be found for electing members of tho Harbour Board next year. —Received. Frojn A. Guy. thanking tho Council for deciding to metal Gillespie's road and asking that tho work be done at once. —Agreed to. • From J. P. Irincs, County Solicitor, stating that the Council couki not refuse to give the asked-for dedication of Monrad street. —Decided to give tho dedication asked for. From a number of Jackeytown residents, asking that the roads be opened for grazing in their riding. —It was decided that as the drains were being cleaned out it would not be fair to allow stock on the road. members spoke against the principle of allowing stock on the road at all.

From a number of Stoncy Creek residents, asking Council to make a summer road from Bullocky bridge to the Oroua boundary. —Matter held over till the annual inspection of roads.

GENERAL. Following are the riding accounts: — Taonui: Cr. balance, £176 7s 10d; rates outstanding, £5 17s lid; cr. balance, £182 5s 9d. Mangone: Cr. balance, £102 4s 3d; rates outstanding, £9 15s 10d; cr. balance, £112 Os Id. Fitzhcrbert: Dr. balance, £906 8s 8d; rates outstanding, £3 16e 7d; dr. balance, £902 12.s Id.

The Chairman and Cr Bryant were appointed delegates on the deputation to meet the Minister for Railways in reference to better railway facilities from the East Coast.

Mr E. Newman, M.P., wrote agreeing to make representations to the Minister for Railways in reference to obstruction of the railway crossings. F. J. Attfield's request for metalling in College street was being attended to by the Engineer. Permission was given owners of Clifton property to transfer land for a right-of-way. J. fl. Kibblewhite's request for a feuloads of gravel from the Council's pit in Fitzherbert was granted up to twenty yards. Mr E. J. Armstrong's plans for the Aorangi road drain wero approved. INSPECTOR'S REPORT. The Inspector (Mr T. Bastin) reported as follows: — Fitzherbert Riding. —The staff has been employed repairing Scott's road, Cameron's Line, Hewitt's road. Kendall's road. Pahiatua road, and Tokomaru road. A culvert fell in at one of tho large fdlings on Tokomaru road. I have had it repaired with timber, but consider a concrete culvert should bo put in 4in by 2in inside the present culvert, as there is a possible chance of the whole filling* getting scoured out. The timber in the present culvert is not very sound, and in some places the sill is scoured out. Taonui Riding.—The team and mim have been engaged on Bunnythorpc-Kai-ranga road. Aorangi and Rongotoa roads. Mr Jensen has completed his contract for metalling on No. 1 Line. Mr White has also completed his contract for Hamilton's Line and Jackeytown road. Mr Buick will finish his contract for formation at Jackeytown to-morrow. Mangaone Riding.—The stafk-_h,as been engaged on Faulkner's road, Railway road, and Roberts' Line. One of the regular men has been working pn the concrete works. The concrete bridge at Jack's Creek has been completed except plastering and tarring tho deck; the bridge is fifty-two feet ovor all, by eighteen feet clear roadway. TJja structure above the piles weighs aLxA.it 130 tons, including two tons of steel. The culvert on railway lino at Murray's has been completed and opened for traffic. This culvert was increased in sii.e from five to ton feet,, so that 'the two creeks could be joined together, thus cutting out one culvert which can be taken out and the crook filled in. The culvert at

Kelvin Grove will be completed in a few days. Cr. Bryant reported that the Council should agree to the request of Mr Lovelock to assist in making drain.-* to relievo the roads near his property.—The matter was left with Cr. Bryant with power to act.

It was decided that the Inspector attend to Cameron's Line with the road machine. Crs. • Mayo and Willsher reported having. inspected tho line, and both considered that a lot of the damage had been caused by the Drainage Board's workmen throwing the spoil from (he drain on tho road side of the drain, and forming a bank that stopped flic water getting away.