BRUCE COUNTY COUNCIL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14439, 4 February 1909, Page 3

BRUCE COUNTY COUNCIL

The ordinary meeting of tiie Bruce County Council was held on Tucnday; pre-;ent-L'rs IJ. Driver (chairman), Tough, Kiwsell, Jkiyil, liaggart, Gardyno, lidl, Clark, .Smith, Adam, and JJe-sjg. E-WlNtiKK's l'.Kl'OiU, Tilt- Engineer repori ul that formal ion works on the .Mount Smart to .Manuka Creel; roads and Coouibe 1 lay road, nieudling on tho Ola,iondon-Ikrwick road, ct-ntro drainage hoilm ut Incliduiiw, metalling on a portion of tho Ijovoll's i'lat-liillend rotul, and [.ho renewal of bixiges on Vangaloa roiid, were in progress. He rccoiuliirud.'il the- renown! ot t-lio Urnliam's Greek bridge near llenvick, so tlmt it, might carry ;i. I radon eiigne. lie stated that tho followng works ha<l been completed:—.Metalling of approaches Berwick bridge, renewing planking in bridges where necessary, lie had prepared a rjueuayeiii' consent for tlie puriKisp. of raising a loan ot £10G0 over portions of the W'aihola ami Ulenledi Hidings to assist in tho erection of lho bridge at Taieri Mouth, ami jt. had been signed by the required majority of tho ratepayers.—Adopted. COIItIESI'ONDENCE. The Roads Department forwarded Mitltoriiies for vote of £150 (Blackburn road), £100 (Cairns road), and £323 (Owenfield Settlement. road).—Tenders for works to be called for.

The Tuapelia County Council forwarded tlie following resolution:—"That iho clerk write to the Hon. the .Minister of Agriculture asking for an increased bonus for tlie eradication of California!! thistle; and aJiat wpies of this resolution l« ,-ent to i!k-. Cliitha ami Brnco County Councils and Creeutield Farmers' Union asking their co-operation."—lt «'a.s resolved tlmt the liruce l.'ounty Council co-o]x-.ra!fl with Tuapeka ill tho direction asked.

Frank Dixon (Cliriuteliurolr) gave the cotincil permission tc make a deviation of the road from Milton to Cooinbe Hay by leaving tlie river kutk and going along tho foot of the spur.- Kveciv«d wiili liianics.

The Clerk of tlio Taieri Draiutge Board wrote with reference to a. |>etition from the ratepayers in Bruce asking that'the.ir lands bo not. included' in U l ° Taieri Drainago District, as they 'mid provided for their drainage, ami asking: what works t'he council had <u.rried out- in tihe locality, and wlwt the petitioners were po-yitig for the works.—lnformation to be .--uppli^l. I. T. Waiting (Wangakm) wrote asking that, something Iw done to improve tJio road along the .Sandhills from his place to Cccmbe Hay.—Matter referred to Or Hag. gart and the engineer to seo whether it was not possible to give the writer access to tho road from the Kuituugata end. William Kelly, juti., Kaitangata. requested leave to put a pipe from the river wider tJie read for tho purpose of supplying ltis cattle with water; lie was erecting a windmill to pump the water inside of his fence,.—l'oriuiesion granted. H. J. Huirett asked permission to cut tho cocksfoot, grass on tliv road from Stiinmerliill to the schoolliousu.—Council could not- give the necessary authority, f. M'M'illan, Waitahuua West, drew the council's attention to the state cf the road ■jeadiuu past his property, tile water imvins washed deep rutß in the c'ay formation. He asked the ccuixx] to push on with tho opening up of the new rc::d through Hanlio'ti ration.—Matter of Hardio's road to be hold over in tho meantiffiej. other worJc to be, ittonded tft.

•lames Smaill, Inohelmha, sugge.iled that the tendei* fiiv raising 'IVJo^r.ij:iii road Ik held over until a imeling of tlio ratepnyer.s be held; a number liu.il agreed lo <lo .-[Mile ill tlioy ttlHilwl |.)lO £100 to go as f ak- ii.-> possible in mctailiing l.ho road.--.Matter leli in the hands of the engineer.

L'oulUm Jires., Waugaloa, gave Uio c/junoil formal notice that if ;ui accident occurred on that dangerous port-ion of the road between. their property ami Mr J. -M itched!.» they would hold the council nsspoti.sible,—Or llaggarf mid the road was dangerous and iirgrtit.lv required attention. H would take £1000 io put. it in order.— It was resolved tlutt- £5 Ije spent oil iJie i*oad during the forthcoming tnont.lt, Cr Haggart. an<l iiito engineer ill the. meantime to inspect ;iikl report..

Mr Whiteley (iianuka Crock) stated that •he thought that a fence consisting of one post lo Iho chain and iron standards would l:e a fence 1 har he could approve of on Iho side of lhe road deviation.—.A "reed to.

A. .T. Brown wrote asking permission lroin tho council lo cut a drain aero-s part of Waihola p|a?c to draw water from his section into the lake, as llie drain from railway ran through ihe section and discharged whore it was not. wauled.—The engineer reported that ho and Cr 801 l intd insi>ecto'l ilie hind, and reoomtnended tho construction of a drain.—Agreed 10. The Secretary, Kducalion Hoard, wrote statins that rejircsentations had been made lo tho hoa.rd that, the road leading from Mr (,'utfance's house lo the Awamatigu School was considered dangerous. If, bowever, ccrlain portions had a. fenco creeled on tho oulsitle, it would be safer for llie children driving to the school. The council was asked to attend lo'ihe. matter.— Cr Ikgtj said tho roatl was perfectly safe; it I hey fenced that road every road in tho district .should be fenced.—Kngincer to report.

J.-unes Alton, M.P., wrote in reference to lhc_ opening up of the i-oad through Hardie's section, (ireenfieid. He had seen Mr Barron, ami understood that .Mr Barron was taking action to pay IVIr liardio for tho land and fencing when til? other parts of the agreement would lie carried out by the respective parties.—Keceivetl. GFAT.P.U,. Or ITaggai't, in aocorda-nce with notice of motion given, moved that the rttoiutiou passed at the December meeting in reference t-o tho streets in Duthie's Toivn-'hip be rescinded.—Cr Tough socondcd, and the motion was carried. The chairman was empowered to sign Ihe plan of streets, providing they were formed to the satisfaction of the engineer. Tho following tenders were accepted: — IliUe.ud, Mount Stuart road formation, 11.l 1 . M'Oluskey, £101 ss; Clark's read, ISarnego, metalling, 11. TI. L*ark, £71 5s (with a- proviso it' drainage). It was agreed, at the suggestion of Cr Bogg. that tho owner of a traction engine that made use of :.!k> Riv-erside road, leading mi the right bank of the C'lutha from the traflie bridge, be informed that, he may not break tho county by-laws. The road was closed to motor ears and motor cycle,*. William Thomson was temporarily appointed to replace (iilbert. Seolt, the assisla'il county clerk, who was reported missing. David Scetl waitesl on tlie council and protested strongly againsl a decision at which ,'t bad arrived at las' meeting in consetpiencD of which lie wa-s ordered to remove a low embankment from ihe :oadlinj. lie complained thai he had not been pnnsultivl in the malt :i r, and declared that his action bad, lacilly at any rale, been approved of bv a former council, tie. explained ihal the hank was a soil wall, which, replaced one that lund a while nrovioiisly been removed.—T'be council saw no rr<i-on why. it should reverse its earlier decision.