OROUA COUNTY

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3478, 14 October 1926, Page 8

OROUA COUNTY

Meeting of Council The Oroua County Council met at Feilding yesterday, Cr. A. Campbell presiding. There were .also present. —Crs. Green, McLennan. Brewster, Greenhow, MacDonald and McElroy. CoiTCspondence. The Manawatu County Counci, wrote, stating that they were unable to agree to the suggested re-alloca-tion of the cost of Aorangi bridge. - The chairman stated that the objection to the new allocations left no other course open but to apply for a commission to decide the issue, the preliminary steps in this direction had been taken, and the existing contributing bodies had been asked to agree to share the cost of a traffic tal)>. landing Borough Council agreeing to re-allocation of cost of Aorangi bridge.—Received. Feilding Borough Council wrote, asking for another conference on the proposal to re-build the Port street bridge.—Agreed to.

Kairanga County Council wrote, stating that representatives had been appointed to confer regarding the flood waters along the Taonui-Bunny-thorpe road.—Resolved to hold the conference at an early d'ate. Post and Telegraph Department wrote, requesting notice of any works undertaken which are likely to interfere with telephone lines.—-Agreed to and referred to the engineer tor action.

District Engineer, Napier, wrote, asking tor price of 500 yards of crushed metal for Gorge road. —Referred to engineer for action. W. J. Port, Cheltenham, wrote, applying for permission to instal a petrol pump.—Agreed to.

T. Hartley, Tokorangi, wrote, asking that the road in front of his store bo widened, and that a culvert be put in.—Deft in the hands of Cr. Green and the engineer for report.

W. J. Price and W. Booker, of Bunnythorpe, drawing attention to a blockage in the Taonui stream. —Resolved to inform the writers that the trouble over the flooding of the Taonui stream is to be the subject of a conference.

Manawatu Auctioneers’ Association wrote, protesting against the Council’s charge of £3 3s for saleyards in the County.—Resolved to advise the Association that the charge was made in accordance with the West Coast Counties joint by-laws, and therefore must stand.

H. L| Maul, Ashhurst, drawing attention to accidents occurring through j a nasty bend at the junction of the, Fitzherbert East and the main Siberia roads. —Left to Cr. Greenhow and the engineer to report. Treasurer’s Report. Total general rates outstanding at | March 31, 1926, £BOO 17s 3d; 'arrears collected, £2049 11s lid; outstanding to date, £706 14s sd; general rates levied, 1926-27, £9,621 2s 8d; collected, £2049 11s lid; outstanding, £7571 10s 9d. Riding accounts. —Western riding (dr.), £1413 13s 7d; Eastern riding (dr.). £IBOB 7s sd. Bank balance. —'County fund account (dr.), £2942 15s 7d; Highways: loan (cr.), £719 Ss 7d.—Received. Kate Roll. Alterations were made on the County rolls lis follows: — Herbert Smith to John Keith Yiles: Mrs. B. E. Laing to Mrs. M. Adsett; Est. B. E. Laing to Mrs. M. Adsett: A. Wapp to Adelfena Sterne. Engineer's Report. Western riding.—The main high-1 ways in this riding have been repeat- j odly treated with grader and some maintenance gravel has been placed on' JVXakino and Kimbolton roads. Forlong’s road from Kimbolton road to Oroua river has been considerably im- j proved, but still requires some addi-; tionul gravel. As instructed, I have prepared alternative estimates for repairing damage to approach at bridge across Rangitawa stream at Kakariki. (u) For putting in wing walls, protective works and filling, j (to) For providing extra span wing: walls and protective works. The cost | would bo approximately £l3O for the' former, £285 for the latter but one disadvantage of putting an additional. span would be thut it would be necessary to close the road for all traffic j for several days. j Eastern riding.—Gravel repairs! have been carried out on Spur, Taonui, Bunnythorpe, and Stoney Creek roads, a start wa s made at repair work on watershed road but wet weather stopped this work. Highways have been maintained by frequent use 1 of grader and drag, and supplies of I maintenance gravel delivered on to I Palmerston-Ashhurst and Pohanglna! roads. The construction work on the j former roads has been completed. All \ boundary signs on main highway have now been erected. Flood damage.—The recent abnormally wet weather culminating in anj exceptionally heavy flood on last Sun-1 day night resulted in considerable damage being done to the County roads. i

Makino and Kimbolton roads again suffered by having considerable lengths of surface destroyed, on the latter road a bad scour took place at the 'approach to the Kiwitea bridge. Conditions are becoming worse on this road and unless means are devised for cutting oft portion of the water which conies down the drain at the side of the road it will bo impossible to prevent further damage in the future. While the flood was at its height, I made an inspection of the majority of the roads and noted a number of cases where culverts must be enlarged and outlets improved.-—Received.