HUTT COUNTY COUNCIL

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7024, 12 January 1910, Page 3

HUTT COUNTY COUNCIL

THE CHRISTMAS STORM. The liutl County Council met yesterday. Present: Councillors J. \\ a;-.cmau (in inc- chair), J. Wakeham, W. Galloway, F. Edwards, JI. W. Welch, and JI. J. Lynch. Jlr J. W. Cudby, tho council’s inspector, reported that the roads throughout the county wero all in very good 0,..er. The timber for redeekmg the Silverrtreum bridge had been carted to tho site and would be used shortly. During tho storm at Christmas time the J-owry Bay-Day’s Bay road was damaged to some extent, the retaining wails being a good deal shaken about and in places completely carried away. From five to ton feet of tho roadway at several places was washed away, but the damage was not sufficient to stop traffic. Repairs, which wero put in hand Immediately of tor the occurrence, would probably j cost £SO. Tho work of widening the Lowry tiny bridge was being carried out.—Tho report was adopted. Tho Deportment of Public Health wrote dear. :ng attention to tho fac t tnat stagnant uater aas lying on tier pumic read at Paj-a.inira.umu.—Tho council decided that nothing could bo done because the drains were privately owned. Councillor Welch was appointed the county’s delegate iu connection with the_ forthcoming conference of local bodies interested in tho administration of the Taita cemetery. 5 It was decided to take the necessary legal steps in regard to tho taking of land for the Plimmcrton-Pukonia road. In connection with the damming of the Waiwetu stream at Nai Nai, by tho owner of a flockmill, if was reported that the flooding of the dam had caused the water to flow over about six acres of land where oniy one and a half acres should be inundated.—Tho council decided to take steps to have the obstruction removed. It -was decided to construct a small traffic bridge across the railway lino at PJimmcrton to give nee css to residents living on both sides of tho line.