WAITAKI COUNTY COUNCIL.

North Otago Times, 28 May 1908, Page 1

WAITAKI COUNTY COUNCIL.

The. Ckiiincil met.yesterday. PresentBonie, Nicolson, Mncphcrson, Munro, Livingstone, Porter, and Wvlic.

. Thoi minutes an.l o.Unard correspondeiiceiwerc read, and approved, Accounts amounting' to. £1152:. 303 10d oil general account and £ll 12.\ on Pilpakaio watcr-raco account wero passed for payment.

•Mr W. G." Grave walte;! on tlio Council td further explain what Mr Bya'n wantd the_ Council to sanction in tho way of a toad to give aca'sfe to the land he recently sold' to'Mrs'Craig. What;they wanted was to l«.treated similarly lo tho A-. anil P. Association ill rcgaul to Gardiner-street. If ;.tho Council wished 'Mr ltynn would giy.o. the Cbuncil the- opti.on : tq purchase.land lo oxtbnd .tho'. road- to the /rail' 1 way Imo for £3O at any time- mthin the next live years, That would enublo' tho Council to givij access in the iuture to the Iwacli over the railway il 1 ever thought desirable. —It was'agreed to grant Mr liyan's request on the terms stated, ' The'secretary/, of the Chamber of Commere'c thanked tho Council for the use of the Council Chamhors' for tho Conference rc'cornsacks.—lteccived.

The' District Engineer of Ilnilways wrote! that tho windmill at tho Kurow; bridge would Iny : erected about , 7Qil away from , tlio bridge .in response . to the Conncil's-refjuost.:; At,that-distance it should not :interfere with .horses crossing the bridge,—lt: was .agreed <to thank; the District Engineer for his action, :

The Secretary to the Otago Land Board wrolo that tho Council woiild l:o granted a yearly license to occupy section 78, 7!), 'BO and 81, Maoiewlienua Estate, as a homo for a ' surfaceman, rental £2 10s per annuin, subject to a payment oi £35 .valuation for the Wirt at present on the section.—Letter received. The County Clerk, Levels County Council, wroto that a conference o f representatives . would he..hold at 'i'itnaru on the litli June, to considei some uniform method of dealing witl. the small birds' nuisance— It wai pointed out 1 that this clashed with tho Duncdin winter show, nnd the Council regretted that it could not be repre-' scntcd.

Notices were given by medical attendants of cases of searhitiun at Peebles and Enfield and erysipelas at Kurow.—Received.

Mr J, Cowie Nichols wrote asking thut something be done to . Mount Stalker road, A side cutting was required in addition to attention Ui two pieces, of swamp, As the landi affected were Crown lands a grant could probably be obtained from tho Government.—lt was decided to apply .to the ltoads Department for £IOO ,as the road was to open tip Crown lands.

Applications for renewals of slaugh terhou.se licenses were received from D. and E. Leievie, J. T. M'Quade, G. H. Cox, H, Rusljatch, James Craig, I), Morrison, Tertius M. Jlunrb, It. U, Wilson, 11. Webber, A. G. Sutherland, Christehurch Meat Company,, aiid E. P, James,-Applications upiii'ovwi Mr W, Milne again drew attention to I the risk tho county incurred in -not 1 erecting parapets on tho bridges across Parson Creek. The hand rails, for which lie provided the timber for the bridge near his house years ago, were evidently not heavy enough—Left to the Engineer for attention. Mr C. W. Rcid wrote that having purchased a considerable area on Bal-i-uddery he wished the road from Upper I'ord to the Dmuobin house, where he must have his homestead and "; woolshed, made passable for vehicle traflic. lie was prepared to contribute £l5O, to (he cost if a fair road wero made. The road would tap at least four other farms.—The Engineer and the member for the riding wero asked to report to next meeting.

Mr W, ISegg wrote forwarding tracings showing new road nnd old roads proposed to' be closed through blocks 2, !! and 11, Moeruki S.D., for the consent to be endorsed, ThCs was for tlio reading of the Kartigi Estate.—Usual fiteps to be taken to close 1 lie roads and to effect the ex change. ' .'

Mcs.-jis N, and E. S, Patterson, surveyors, asked the Council to pass a resolution exempting certain roadß which were 50 lints wide from the widening, provisions of. the Public Works Act.—Council passed the necessary resolution as mpiested. Mr 11. Murphy, Kurow, asked . per-

mission to erect a ga'u on tho Kurow settlement road,, opposite tho boundary, fence between Ms property and Mr J. Gilmoui'.-The permission was granted.

Mr M. Francis, Duntroon, asked t« lie allowed to trim willows ulong the embankment adjoining his property, suction 11, block 'l, Mnercwhenua estate. The would lx> for planting nlpng ,the river,—The Engineer reported favorably, and tho , request was granted, the work to be done Hilda the Engineer's supervision. Mr G. M. Truman feqiicsictl tlmt tfio load called. Doctor's Creek road, oil Olckaikc.Kstate, be made, passable (or traffic. 110 intended building, ■ but could not get on to his section with a vehicle of' any kind.—'The Engineer said ho had instructed the. surfaceman to give the access. .Mi- W, 11. Miuuo, Olekaikc, again asked tlmt tho road leading to his grazing run" be attended {o. Several of the settlers, on Otekaikc EstaU wanted the, road improved.—Tito Engi- '■ nccr said he. had visitctl tlic. road. to . Mr Jlanro's hoysc. lntely, ~and could not bcc what wee' required. "The letter probably referred- to tho Pass .track, which was only, ft ( ln'idlo track. Any of tho money for reading on Otekaiks which was left would bo availablo for expenditure on tho track; lie intended t 0 have tenders in for next meeting,for the other roads on the estate,-It was agreed to attend to tho matter later on. '-.K- •• Mr A. A; M'William, Towii Clpiit, Ilnmp.den,: applied for a colUlibutiO)i tp tho cost of repairing and renoVm'g tho. public pound in tho Borough o! den.r-Mr Nicolson said the pound.was' more vised fov tho County thnn - .for Hampden. He mo\<ed that tho Council grant £1 for A sulJjidy up to £2O for 1 repairs.to tho poynJ.—Agreed to^, 1 Mossrs Scales nndjloudorsou asked ] that tho road' at section Settlement, lie.attended to,—Loft to. • the Engineer for attention, ■ , Mrs Huttoii, Livingstone,' again, ap-' , plied for £lO, damages to . the lambs mentioned in hor letter qf last month.; She asked what tho Cotmeil intended ' to do, and added her .intention, to ' place tho matter in the hands of, het , solicitors,-It was • agreod to-reply.' " that tho Council could not acknowledge) liability, Messrs Newton and Bolton wrote

a&fuiij}. tho Council to toko-tho neeea|ioJ)B to give' Mr, John llainfortli ft titlte to all tho road lines not now in fltfb (fcloeed* or- othorwiso) crossing or adjoining his property nt Enfield. If thotQoiin'cll had no record ol any ati&ngejqimt for exchange regarding the eovwarWcees of road their client was iirdpavpf, to them at a fair value, hrb'rfc.-to comploto his title.—The iiiembcc for the riding ami the EngitieoLf to report, 0. Gilchrist, Brook field, asked 10,. j(y allowejl to remove somo clay iioij .' tlio bank ,on the road near his gatj lor tho purposo af filling in 'tho foul (Intioii of a : stable.—Loll to thij. , En)|neeiv\vitli power to act. . 'John."King nnd thirteen others '. petitioned the Council to form ( the road fending from section '2oa, Steward ' Set|lenient; tp. jlxbridge. railway ata-tiotf.-tThe Engineer to report, ; Mi' T. Odd wrbto apologising for absence, and suggesting, that the Engi* mo| be instriioted to go on with tho building of tho surfaceman's house at Siding,—The Engineer and Mr Held, ivoro:empowered to act- in the inajler. ( Tenders were opened and,,dealt with follows: Formatioii and: gravelling, . t^toli-Tnc'liolino road, M^v^fßooney, :s|B, 10s 2d (accoptet!); mmutcnance ,Mahcno r Knkdnui road,- Mr T iMaiiijeJl, £lO5 (accepted); gravelling ■Otcpbjjo Flat road; iLivJ, Roonoy, £B2.'2s (accepted)formation George-■toivii-Kgftpnn) I'oad,'! Mi- J, J(, .Gottlding, £BO (accepted); gravelling on Herbert station road', no' torider received. ■

■ Mr Porter Baid several "of -tho Otokaiiic .settlers wanted a plonk over tlio Miici'ejvliemift river, near Mr J. Sutlierland's, Tho settlers would look after tlio plank.—Lett to the Engineer, The Council then roso.