MANAWATU COUNTY COUNCIL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9865, 6 August 1914, Page 3

MANAWATU COUNTY COUNCIL.

1 : '*m- rejfulw mbntfc'tteetihg of thie Manawatu County (SiuJiefl 'was held WiMon (chairmtn)/.-Iff W. G. Penjiy, \9f?' B. GrayC -Leave of Crs H. H*. Hunt andlß. ft Mdvenife. - • ' CORRSSBPONDE??CB. Railway DapaHfnttnt!, forwarding £lO lis 3d, Refunds tti tram, and saying the Deparffnent would gwfl&t.'renewal of agree-ment-fer HimaUogi aidiftg. s Sadie, spying tifof on theßangi-otu-Fexton road wa» constructed under .toe Public Works Act, ' ' Rongotea Chamber <n Commerce, asking ihatgmiou be taken to enfercethe using Gpi. Oroua applying for permission to ]»y a q»ajn under the rood-and tramway * • Cy» R. B. M^Keiizift, writing Jrom Auckland, with r&e*ejMer to River Bank road bridge, saying it appeared to, him it was thfe duty" of the Cou&cu to construct a jpood wife. ro«td, ft inakfe proriipon for carrying off water wnioh .way have accumulated through previous Works- M the Council, to construct or Enlarge any culverts or bridge* Which seriously retard the natural (low ofr ths fie hoped a new bridge woyld Tfa© thing to do was to cleaj; the "channel of the Makowhai stream; Would give a better outlefi It would be a great mistake to make a second droiti on th« opposite side to the present "drain 1 , as there would be no room for ft He would suggest the drain on Mr side be filled up for about 30 chains and a new dram made nearer Mr Frassr's fence. Then the Makowhai stream could be deepened. Mr J. H. Hooper, Feilding, asked the Council to define his position with regard to Lee's line continuation. He had paid £BO to Mr H. M. Downs, who had assured him the-Council could fix up matter* so he could get a title to the piece of land surveyed as Lee's line between his rfed gate and' the ford, Se well as the 4i acnes. Mr G. H. Stiles, Foxton, suggesting a deputation wait on the Premier with reference to-the extension of the tram line to MartoaA ?' f'i -c»I j . :•

Mr WJ-* Hunter! saying he would be ' willing iwrnsei the Council in ah: effort, to improve: the- 'Awafcuri road from Lee's line* to thet gravcl- pdti If the Council were inclined to: raise Hne portions of the road the matseriai -'oouM be obtained from the high bank along iia boundary. There was a nasty bend on the road on the Eeilding side of his hOiies, and he would permit fenoe to be moved hock to cut the angle. Mr X. R. Matthews, calling attention to dHfin which had silted up, causing the wsiMtj to swftmp his land. Mr J. J. Ma«sejtl,vUuHs, asking what the Council proposed to do regarding two cases of kerosene oonsigned to him which had disappeared fisom a tram. shed. Mr T. ;Js.vTremain, Ohakea, asking the Council to put'in a promised culvert near his - prooerty. Mr P. J. Handle, Makowhai, offering to l®aso tramway section at Makowhai Messrs Hahkins and Lockhart Fitzherbert, with reference to Pahnerston-Foxton road and tkat portion which the Council desired to use. It appeared the Railway Department had never. made any use of the land "taken, and they believed the Department would, if asked, rs-vest> it in the County. BUSINESS DON*. With regard to the Makowhai stream and drain, it was decided to postpone decision till next meeting, to enable several memi# *he Council to inspect ihe locality. Mr: Handle's offer of rent for section at Makowhai was accepted. The Council decided to add a room to theXnambers, this being necessary for the ; staii and for meetings." j The clerk was authorised to apply for a loan of £350 for the erection of a workman a -cottage in Sanson. I It was decided to give Mr Hooper per- , mission to rent the piece of land on which [the orchard was placed. Th® overseer was authorised to do the work asked for by Mr Tremain in the summer time. ', TRAMWAY MANAGER'S REPORT. A credit balanoe of, £lO3 12s 3d was i j • month's working, and ineluded in expenditure are items amounting to ±,48 for sleepers. The chief items of traffic were: Merchandise 204 tons, minerals 60j tons, metal 1410 yards: fares to £lO 5s 7d. The brasses of both engines have been closed and minor repairs effected.-

Stone Crusher.—The actual cost of crushed metal loaded into trucks and unloaded ®' c | in K eß exclusive of tram freight Was 4s Ojd per yard. OVERSEER'S REPORT.

Sandon Riding.—Mr Vile is now repairing. the damag# caused by the recent floods to the Ohakea protective works, and •xpecta to hare the work completed in a day or two. We have now completed the metalling of the Foxton-Sandon road in this riding between Mr Harris' and the tram shed. Tenders were called some time back for kerbing and channelling along the main street in Sanson from the hotel to the Methodist Church. No tenders were received for the work, and I would suggest that the work be. proceeded with by private tender or by the county men. Mt. Stewart Riding.—Two small pipe culverts have been put in on the HalcombeMt. Stewart road, and weak places have been patched up with metal on the Feild-ing-Awahuri road. With reference to Mr Hunter's letter Feilding-Awahuri road,; I made an estimate of reconstructing the, flooded portions of this road some time back, and plans are now in the office showing the flooded portions and the cost of forming up each section above high water mark. The* total cost of raising the road is approtimately £I4OO. There is one culvert that should, be lengthened and the road made wider near the end of Jhe Kawa Kawa roa;d. Th<j culvert I ; refer to is right on a sharp corner, and is very dangewiiM/ improvement? should be effected without ci>l*y. fiw. Stewart ihd Waitohi Ridings.—San-don-Awahu it roakf: 'This road is completely worn out between the Awahuri Hotel and th# bridge, 1 and I would recommend tile Council 1 300 yards of screened metal on, this length<A;ro*(s. Mr C. Martin has completed hi for supplying and delivering 928 yards of metal on this road. Waitohi Riding.—Mr H. i Behrent has oommenced his contract for delivering metal onPenny'aline. Metal has been carted and, w6ac places patrihed up along the Taipo-Afahuri road. I am also having a few c&ains of water tables ploughed and •cooped out on this road at the Awahuri end.. '> i Rongotea Riding.—Mr P. Vallcnder has commenced his-contract for delivering metal on the Longburn-Rongotea road, and will hare this work completed in eight days' time. Very little other work nas been done in this riding during the. month beyond repairing holes on Banks' line and putting in * small culvert on Jones' line.. Kawa Kawa Riding. —Mr Cooksley has carted *11; the;av*ilable metal from the Rangioto siding on to the Mail! Drain road. The metal which waa authorised and ordered Jor Pyke's road wis consigned by the ..Railway Department r to Bainesse siding- in mistake, and' it has been; put' on the Palmerston-Foxton road. We have now ordered an efctra 100 yards-of metal from the Department for the Main Drain and Pyke's roads. Metal is being carted and west places patched up on the Taikorea road, and: also along' the Main Drain road between the end pf Taikorea road and Crlen Oroua./ j f ' ' - Carnarvon Riding.—As requested by the Council, I made an insptctionof Mr Kilaby's crop, which lias been oamagied by flooq.and I found that the water had covered the whole of IBs potato orop to audi an eitent that tha c»dp it not worth taking out of tha groand. ' With lefeienqe to giving Mr Kilshf prmSataon to erect A, gate a£roas tha Puki Puki road at the and of tha metal, other ratepayers, are not favourable to tha object. ' MrXilabfs is in very bad order and aheep can pass to and fro through the fence a« they fah. ' The proparty owner on the other pide of the road nas erected a new- fentoe rifht<iown to the end of' the road. I have fcakonthe levels of the Makowhai cieek from its confluence with? the .Rangitikei river to, th*bridge©n River Bank line, tod find fiUl of eight feet. The ejlttmg off*of -iifeir small ebenert and removing; a few v loaclß bf^r##el HSt M W H - lift Jfci

bridge a» to.. build a new. on*. The present brodge is under-strutted from t|he bottom tnua aiii to About wren feet aloogthe etijngers on eaob aide of the bridge, and to nuie the bridge it would be; io do fcway with theee struts. and the! would metal driving piles .to secure; the abutment walls em the struts keep the' abutments from sliding into the creek. The' oost of driving biles, raising the bridge, and making up the approaches and metalling Would be from £IOO to £l2O. Cr. McKen- j riesjruggoetion to construct 6 or 7-foot drain'on Mr Fraser'a side of the road for a distance of 30 chains, and fill in tho present drain eeems to me to be the best scheme, and will give the best results with the least expense. A drain such i as suggested by Cr. McKenzie would cost ] abouti £3 per chain to construct and fill in the ■ present road drain. Then there will, be | several culverts required, which would bring, the total up to about £l3O. J I have < no doubt • w f recommending scheme to the Council I have- not quite i completed the plan showing* the drsSn and ! drainage of property disputed .by Mr. FrsSW along the Ohakee road. From the ' Makowhai creek, up to Gust's line, a dietanoCjof 182 chains, thert is a fall of 43 feei most of the drainage comes into the isad drain by small drains and creeks fromsthi west side of the road,,. Mid about sevc&of theee orjall drains and creeks Come from Mr Eraser's property. Awihou Riding*.—l have arranged to have the., tend cutting and formation work on Wilson's road done by day labour and have proceeded with the work. Repair* have been: effeoted to . the Whirokino road, the Foxton-Shannon read, and also that portion of road in the Horowhenua County which our metal carts have been carting over have been, repaired with metal. ' ' Awahou and (Carnarvon Ridings.—We are still delivering taetal by tram en the road between Himntansfi and Foxton, and expect to complete this length of road this week. TREASURER'S REPORT. General aooount, dr.. £2854 4e 8d; loan account, cr., £205 2s Gd; net dr. balance, £2620 2s. Riding accounts.—Amounts availabls for expenditure: Sandon £337 9* Bd, Mt. Stewart £264 4s, Wcitohi £398 4s 4d, Rongotoa £440 Is 10J, Carnarvon £345 8s Bd, Kawa Eav/a, £SBB Sc.- Awahou £274 12s Id.