MANUKAU COUNTY COUNCIL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18586, 19 December 1923, Page 13

MANUKAU COUNTY COUNCIL.

MANGERE DISTRICT ROADS. FORMATION AND MAINTENANCE. The Manukau County Council met yesterday, the chairman, Mr. P. M. Walters, presiding. There were > also present : Messrs. S. W. House, T. Speechlay, F. Granger, F. Kearsley, G. H. Morrison, and J. M.Davies.

Considerable attention was devoted to the question of formation and maintenance of the tar-sealed roads at Mangere. The engineer, Mr. C. R. Pease, reported that the increasing . summer heat had resulted in considerable " bleeding" to the tarred surfaces, but that all the roads, in different places as required, had been treated with a light top-dressing of clean scoria. -. • . f It was decided on the recommendation of a special committee, that the formation of Robertson Road, be carried out by the council at a cost of £1708, and that the sealing of ' the surface in bitumen be carried i out by the Restar Company, which tendered for the work at £2388: In view of the fact that the Staveley bitumen mat is practically a new thing on Auckland roads, it was considered advis-' able that the company should give a guarantee as to its successful maintenance after completion' of the work, before the tender was accepted .; v '- # •.. " A committee's - recommendation that a tar-sealing coat should be r given to Kirkbride Road, Mangere, as early as possible, was referred back to the committee with powar to act.. ' , '. The engineer was instructed to prepare plans and - specifications v and ■• call tenders for completing the loan work on the Win Station Road.: -: '' ' ■• Hi was decided to take a. poll of . ratepayers in ■, the Mangere Riding on January 23, on a proposal to raise a supplementary loan '';. of £1260 to complete;' the erection of a public hall sit Mangere East. The sum of £2750 was :, previously /raised for this purpose, but it was found neces-sary-to! bring the total to £4000., J' A circular letter received from the Bay of Islands County Council asked for support 'in urging the Government to hand over to local bodies a portion: of the rents collected from •Government' and soldier settlement properties: from which the local bodies ji concerned found Wit I impossible :to eolket rates. It was agreed, to . support the:. proposal." -':,{, *-;-■•■■''.'■: -