THAMES COUNTY COUNCIL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13613, 5 December 1907, Page 3

THAMES COUNTY COUNCIL.

I :, LBY TELEaBAPH.-^pWHiCORBESPOXDEST.] ■ i Thames, Wednesday] , THE monthly meeting of-the'Thames County Council was held yesterday. ' The following tenders for road work were ' accepted ;-~South Creamery Road, P. McCon* .' mi, £45 7s 6d; North Creamery Road, ."J. '-.'■/ Maxwell, :; £28 : 17a 6d; Bell and Townsend'i 'road, H. Wright, £33 15s; deliveiy of 2453ydft. of metal on the various roads, J. W. Bickit, , ; ijiMi 2s 6a (this ■ was the only" tender, and. ! as the price was considerably in'excess of I th* \ engineer's J; estimate, it '■:' was decided^ ■ ';:. divide tne work into tour separate contracts, and ! call lor iresh teuuersj; ameer's Ko'ad, "'P. H. O'Brien, £49 is - oj; Matatoke iSO&d (carting gravel), J. Roumson £i/ is ■ bo.;"' iitkut:,.' , aerungu. VaileyKoad (isforming and metalling),: * Wi Wnliams, £29; Puriri to Xseaveevnie Boad M (widening at Bluff), d.Udium, £76} Thames .<. to Waikawan (metal), J.'-W. JRickii, £61 <•-. -v*. Mr." Odium wrote, stating ..that' ne had■ rftauo '.', '; a mistake in his '(.tender tor ; widening" the :-C Blulf-i\eaVesville Road, and wouia withdraw-, it -.i It was 'decided' to forfeit the deposit. Mr. Penncll offered to fence the Hikutaia •'-, Station Road for, £79- 4s including ' all ma« ' : terial, or tor £15, labour only. ■ The letter / was' referred to. the engineer. J. Kiigouß -. . wrote complaining of the state of :•:•:. the upper portion of the jKauaerauga Valley ", Road, and asked that the:necessary.' repairs ' be done, as there was danger of serious aeci- ,•• dents taking place'in some of the more dan- ; gerous portions. The letter 1 was referred to : ' the engineer. The manager of;the Temple;/ . Bar mine asked for the repayment of £5 expended in labour Aon the, sledge track, % which was granted. The manager of the > Champion mines (Mr. Selion) Wrote asking to v have the new road - put ■in repair, to enable" the company to convey the machinery at a '■'■"■ 10-stamp battery to the site, and stating that.'? tho company was prepared to make the - branch road to the battery site at their own > " expense. The request was granted. ;i Mr. Adams referred to the urgent necessity ■ of the proposed bridge at Tairua,: and also > of the road to the Golden Belt battery,'both ,¥i of which were important works. The chair- . man stated that the engineer bad completed ,/ the, necessary plans for these • ■wqrks,; which would, be gone dn with as snort' 'a» possible.' - -.'» •Reference was made to therOmahnJWhanga- f» mata Road, for whioh the sumof £100 had - been granted, and it was decided to:'spend ;,. the amopnt on that portion of the road on which nothing had yet been done. ' ' - Regarding the customary stoppage of the *. water-race during the Christmas holidays for m repairs, it was pointed out that if the usual ,'• course was adopted during the coming noli- ."" r days, it would interfere with the continuou* working of the Thames Hauraki;pumps, and: y cause, great inconvenience. ; It was' resolved ; ~ to Instruct the engineer to so; arrange .mat- ~, ters as not to cause the Stoppage of the pump for any inconvenient period. ... ; A vote of condolence was passed with t*e.' " family of tho late Mr. J. A, Miller. '.{•. ■