MANAWATU COUNTY COUNCIL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 294, 6 April 1921, Page 3

MANAWATU COUNTY COUNCIL.

MONTHLY MEETING. , The-monthly mooting of tho Mnnawatu : County ■ Council,; was hold , yesterday, tho •following noing present; Crs. Sir James Wijspn '(chairman); ll It.. Hunt, W, ,;'E;. Barber, l-LAF Fagtm, W. ;S. ptfjmy and iiiG. Hammond,' v; : •'CORRESPONDENCE.' .': -g From tho..M'niJ*tof' of.'lntornal. Affairs; forwarding a t circular stating- that, the.next -. 'triennial election .of councillors• 'would bo held hi. May, 1923,—Received, v ■ '.."-' 'From, tho Minister • of : Public Health; slating , that ,the. Rongotea Town Board would bo required to pay £5 perannum towards- the • Council's share- of. tho' : e»lary-. of tlio sanitary inspector.'to ,be ! appointedfor the /, From.(ho Fox ton Harbour Board, urging the Council to encourage, traffic' through jtho iiorl, -and . suiting, that a • conference ■would bo held shortly to _ discuss means of ifibreasingi'tlip trading facilities ! of tho 'port. —Th'o chairman seated § that _at present there was. no vessel -trading- with the port/ —lt was decided that Cr. Barber representihu Council .ut the, conference. . '..;- ..'. ;..". ' GENERAL.

Mr Malison, -of.-.the Fairfield . soldier settlement, waited Upon the Council -for the purpose of. enquiring as to whether the fence's en his property would be'required to be. -cut when the Council was removing a quantity of. 'mo'tal from the ■estate in order to proceed with maintenance'- work upon- the Fairfield road. Mr Mauson stated that four years, ago he had given his Con-; sent for the Council to take a quantity'of metal from, his property for road -maintenance work. As time had gone 0n,,-nothing had been done and he. had. been given to understand that the metal of -'his, property had been found .imsiu'ta'bje for the work. Ho had thereupon proceeded to fence his ■ property and had just ascertained the; fact that ,it was the Council's intention to lake tho metal which had been chairman explajned that' at' the' time Mr Mansoth had. promised the metal, the-Coun-cil had been unable to proceed' with the work on account of;the lack of fundsMr Malison asked if h c -would-hav e . to-bear the cost of having his fences, cut, in order that the Council would "be.:.able to cart the metal away. He did hot" object (o giving tho Council the metal free of charge. —Cr, Barber suggested that- Cr. ._ Penny, llio engineer-and Mi' Matikm interview, tho. contractor with a view to coining-k> some' agreement in making restitution 'for any damage done to Mr Mah&oiVs .property" whilq the metal whs being carted;—lt was decitfed to adopt Cr. Harbor's .suggestion.. A further deputation'!: oonsisiing * of. Messrs 11. Stokes aiid'/Gcßess, -bailed' upon, the Council with regan! to ■ the further metalling and .construction."-of-Pake's road—Mr Stokes stated that ho had waited upon a number','jp.f pettier* in the vicinity and a:<kod them/if they ( ; would-'bo agreeable, in the .raising '.-of a loan' foiy.,.thc purpose of having'the* road metalled,'Ten of those interviewed, had been agreeable, j but five were not. In its present condition (Pyke's road was in a very bad state of lepair and it was sometimes impossible to get horses over it on account of the drifting sand.—The engineer stated that it would cost £IOOO to metal the road through-, cut;.—lt wa.s resolved to raise a loan to ■metal the voud as far as Mr Cook's gate. , The following tenders were accepted: Contract No. 274. \V. F. Hill, fat 6s 8d per yard; Contract No. 275/ W. F! Hill, at 6s 9d per yard. It was decided 1 that owners of stock found wandering on county roads at night would bo prosecuted without- further- notice. TRAMWAY REPORT. Tho tramway manager reported as follows:—The chief items-of traffic, were: Minerals and manure. 196 a tons,,- grain 94, tons, cheese and butter:-71-tons,-sheep 58 trucks, merchandise 48 tons and timber 33,600 feet. Tho fares . amounted to £4 13s 4d. Locomotives: The repairs to the "G" class locomotive wore completed early ,in the month and the'engine is at present in work. Rails: Under instruction from the chairman I went to Auckland on' tho 15th'■'ult. and examined the 401 b rails tinder offer to the Council. 1 succeeded in purchasing 21 tons 9cwt. lqr. at £24 per ton, and 10 tons 12cwt. lqr. at £22 per ton, f.0.r., Auckland. The. rails hayo since come to hand. j