OROUA COUNTY

Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 221, 14 August 1930, Page 9

OROUA COUNTY

' MEETING OF COUNCIL. (Special to “Standard.”) FEILDING, Aug. 13. The Oroua County Council held its monthly meeting at Feilding to-day, Cr. A. Campbell presiding. Also present were Crs T. Green, \V. Greenhow, R. McDonald, A. B. Shannon and W. McLennan. CORRESPONDENCE. From tho Treasury, forwarding £594 5s Bd, being balance of subsidy on rates. —Received. From the Main Highways Board, forwarding £779 12s 8d refund and maintenance on main highways.—Received. From Hon. J. G. Cobbe, stating that the grant of £4OO for the erection of the Spur Road bridge could not be increased. “With the position the Government is in there seems little chance of getting the increased subsidy,” said the chairman, “but I think the engineer should go ahead with the plans of the bridge as it has to be built.” The engineer said there was no guarantee that the £4OO subsidy would be forthcoming, but the council thought there would be little doubt about that. No further comment was made and the letter was received. From the Main Highways Board, forwarding bulletin containing skeleton specifications for various classes of roa'd works.—Received. From Feildin'g Borough Council, stating it has no authority to make refund of special rates on Port Street property.—The chairman said the council had power to remit the general rates on this property, but could make, no allowance on the special rates, and it was hardly fair that they should be loaded on to the other ratepayers.— The engineer said the special rates on the property were about £lO. It was decided to hold any action in the matter over until the attendance of Cr. McElroy at the council meeting. From the Public Works Department stating that £SOO has been authorised for erection of roadman’s cottage at Manawatu Gorge.—Received. From Messrs Christensen and Stanford, Marton, asking for council’s consent to the dedication of road from the end of the existing Ivakariki Road to Onepuhi.—Agreed to. From the Kairanga County Council, forwarding £235 6s 9d, being the couticil’s share of heavy traffic licenses collected for the quarter ended June 30, 1930.—Received. . TREASURER’S REPORT. Total rates levied £14,836. Collected to date, £977 15s 7d. Outstanding, £13,858 4s sd. Total rates outstanding (three years): Native, 31/3/30, £783 t6s Bd, Crown £66 15s 9d, European (mainly absentee) £2l 4s, total outstanding £B7l 15s od. Collected (European) £5 17s 6d, outstanding May 14, 1930, £865 18s lid. Riding Accounts.—Expenditure on maintenance, Western riding £1197 15s 8d; expenditure on maintenance, Eastern riding £635 15s 3d. Bank Balance. General account (cr.) £lßl4 14s 2d; Highways loan account (cr.) £9l 8s sd.—Received. RATE ROLL. The following alterations were made on the county rolls:—J. McLeod to C. H. Petersen; Tlios. Nicol Est. to Robt. Cook; Clapham to B. R. Clapham; A. W. Trass to G. A. Hart and R. A. Hart; C. Lassen to Gordon Lassen. ENGINEER’S REPORT. The county engineer, Mr R. L. Harding, reported as lollows: Eastern Riding.—The filling on Poliangina Road, near the junction of Spur Road, is being widened, and' to enable this work to be carried out, a small retaining, wall has been erected at the inlet to the large concrete culvert. The culvert on Henaghan’s Line at Mr Romley’s property has been extended 10ft and the filling widened accordingly. Gravel repairs have been carried out on Poliangina, Ashhurst, Aorangi and Bunnythorpe Roads. Temporary repairs have been carried out to Spur Road bridge, one stringer being replaced and portion of decking renewed with old timber from other dismantled bridges..A number of small slips have occurred in the Manawatu Gorge, but in no case has the road been blocked. A trial length (five chains) of road at Bunnythorpe has been put down with two coats of cold emulsified bitumen and appears to be quite satisfactory. Western Riding. Work at the crusher has proceeded; during the month about 1912 yards have been placed on various roads. It is proposed to cease operations at this crusher after the completion of about three more days’ crushing. Three 9-inch and one 24-inch pipe culverts have been put in on the Feilding-Halcombe Road to replace old woodeh culverts. On Makino Road a certain amount of widening has been carried out, particularly the portion near Junction Road. A considerable amount of time has been devoted to the widening and cutting back of water-tables on side roads. As the position with regard to the authority for sealing Kimbolton Road is very doubtful all preparatory work has been stopped.—Adopted.