TUAPEKA COUNTY COUNCIL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14528, 20 May 1909, Page 4

TUAPEKA COUNTY COUNCIL

(Condensed from Tuapeka Times.) The ordinary meeting ol the above body was lr.ild on Friday at Lawrence; present—Crs Knight (eliairwiiul, Stewart, Kcenan, Kowatt, Bennetts, Kcse, Simpfon, and Wood. An apology was received for. the absence of Cr Cockbuni.

Tlio ChairinaiL (Mr Knight) introduced Mr James Allen, M.P., to the council, and said that ho was present for Ihe purpose of making himself acquainted with the re(luircmcnlti of the county liefore proceodinsj to Wellington for the session of Parliament.

A list of the voles applied for was reviewed and suggestions thereon made by (.he various members, who expressed themselves, as highly pleased with their member's presence. At the conclusion of Hie interview a hearty vote of thanks was accorded Mr Allan, w'ho gracefully acknowledged tjio compliment.

John C'askie wrote asking that steps under the Public Works Act be taken to open tip the road leading to his properly, section _ 73, block 11, Tuapeka East.—in connection wilh this tnatler Mr S. Fletcher, solicitor, wrote, on behalf of Mrs Elizabeth Pearson, pointing out that- this was not the first time Mr (Aiskis had mails a similar application unsuccessfully to tlie council; that Mr Caskie sued the'late Mr Pearson in the Magistrate's Court; Lawrence, on the 3th January, 1903, also tinsrrcessfolly, and that it. was not only nnconsiiuilional hut, unfair to Mrs Pearson that, she should havo to incur further expense in defending her property from attack when the matter was apparently set alj'esl by the magistrate's decision." The Roads Department wrote forwarding chief engineer's reply re grant of £100 for road to Rankleburn sawmill, which was to the effect thai as no provision had been made for this work in the current year's appropriations there were no funds available.

The Commissioner of Oown Land/--, Duncd.ii, wrote re Mr W. M'Kay's application o have closed roaulincs in block XVII t.reenvale, added to his title, statin" that the request could not ho gdven effect io but that he might have «, yearly liceir-e over ihfi area at a peppercorn 'renfa!.ncecived,

•fames A 11,.,,, M.P., wrote slating tlia! in reply to his wire the Minister had ;'!>!'ovod o £200 being i„ ueil foi . th W ailahuna bridge.-Received. Tho _ Clttt.ha County Council wrole ie repairs I o Poiraluka bridge, slatin- i)M eonsulera.!,,,,, 0 f Hl , ,„.,.,„,. ~ , , j> ] || over until a f,,,.|, 01 . examin3 , ion of n structure was made.-Rccoived.

EKOISKKn's BEPOHT. The Engineer reported for the monihs of March and April as follow;--

Ihe reads are all in very good order. . A considi-rahls amount of maintenance work n.*. been done. In this connection I ttguTo* a-ain emphasise the n-essity of getting a team of horjos of f.nr own. On the whole f.v'r progress ha.? been made with all conlrncts on Ijfllm —(■oveniniPiit vote, Coskrcy's to Renk'e hum: 'fins work has b,en carried out by fcv luboiir by grading and scoopim- ~ vor :, satisfactory job has k-sn made. ° This work has been carried out by the surfaceman, lianios Siiiilli.-The superstructure of tha brulee at Wnilo's has been complcfcd Thi-. is a spleiuiul job.-A new culvert lias bcec put in near Mathcron's corner. In flood limes the eld culvert failed Io carry the water, audi as the culvert- had to be renewed we enhrged it to cope with flood wafer This is also a very satisfactory job.-]' he' (o draw your attention to tho habit of. many ratepayers of allowiug gorsc cuttinr-s to block up water tables and creeks. This is a source of much damage being done to the reads, especially when the reads are only half fl chain wide.

lieports of Contracts.—Tl)7, rr.bbiim' read Sfoa Flat Kstafe: Made a start, rubble "turned out very bad. and had to remove coutruotor to another quarry. I would recommend that this contract he completed from Chalmev's Hill quarry. This will r.r-cessitate an increase in the price, but the metal is far superior. 718 fltmve), road formation Chalmers Hill; Contract completed; good job. 71!) (Tracey Bros., 0.V., road formation Park Hill Io Heriot: Made a start. 752 (M'Mo'!en, fI.V.). nibbling road Clark's Fid: Contract completed. 753 (Crawford, G.Y.i, road formation near Forsyth Station: Contract nearly completed. 7; f |, raid formation Tcvio!: Tlte contractor has met. with an accident ; no progress made. 750 (Leslie, fi.V.l, gravelling roadi, bkwk 1. Crockston: Cojitraci com pic led. 757 (Howe. C.V.), rubbling road near line's Junction: Work well under way. 73S (Tubman, C.V.), gravelling roatli. Evan's Pinch: Contract completed. 759 (Bennetts. fi.V.), gravelling road near Dumbarton P. 0.: Contract well under way. 713 (Tracey Bros., fi.V.l, gravelling read Waitaluma to Wsipcri: Made a start, 7GI. (Tracey Bros., fi.V.), gravelling road Waiiiori to Vt'aifahuna: Completed. 7«1 (Ryan, 0.V.), rubbling road Greenfick'i to Va; tali mm: Xo progre'ss. 701 (Wilson, 0.V.1, rubbling road Ormagiade: No inogrffss.

Report as per Works llcgisler— Wsitaliniiafireenfield bridge. The settler* have not as yet taken girders to side of bridge. John Hogg's application for road deviation mj? I'rankliu's: On 'the road line we rnccinly put in a cor.ercie culvcit; I can no* rccumurad the deviation asked lor hv Mr Hogg. David Barclay's road, Tuapcksi West: This work is being attended to. Slewart Picldier's application for road work; Attended to. fiuhleu Bed application to cross ro.ul :,t El'.vick. A saiistictovy bye-ioe.d has Ixien made by the company, and the dredge is row crossing the road. County blacksmith work: 1 bog to recommend'that a uniform list of prices be prepared for blackshulli work throughout tlte county. This I think would be the most satisfactory method to deal with the blacksmith question.

The :iieuil?3r for Brown's Hiding (Cr Keemui) ini reduced a deputation consisting of Mi- O. K. Cross (lessee of the Lawrence Borough Endowment) Tuapeka. West), and his Worship the Mayor, and Crs M'fntosh, MTvinlay, and Arthur (Borough Iveservas. Committee) in connection wilh tie opening of road line thioutrh Mr Kcenan's property, giving outlet from Mr Cross's property to Tuapeka Mouth. Mr Cross said lie wy.s hssee of the lioroiigh endowment, Ttuipeka West, and he had already been blocked, from using the track leading through Mr Keenaii's property, which had 1.-een in use for Ihe past 25 or 30 yean-. The Mivveyed road line which also went through Mr Keenan'is land was unformed and was being cultivated by him, ami if he were not .allowed the use of tho track mentioned it meant a, detour of from 10 to 12 miles io get access to his property from Tuapeka Mouth.

The Mayor (Mr KoberUon) said that when Mr Cio.-ri leased the. endowmont, ho was given to undorstand that, he would have access to his property fiom Tuapeku Mouth by this track. Their object in coming before die council ihn.t day was to ascertain whether the right to ttte this track was to be continued; if not, to ask tho council to have the surveyed road formed for trafiic. They did not wish their tenant put to any inconvenience that could he avoid"''!.

Mr JM'lnlt'sli (cliairiiia.il of ihe Reserves Committee) produced a plan of the torough endowment and exphm.-ed the position to tlt3 council.

O Eeeii-i-n said the owner of the property through which the track and road line paswjd was his father, ami on his bfihalf was authorised to say he was prepared io give the land for a deviation on condition that, ho received in exchange the two portions of tho surveyed road whioh would be closed, liehig an interested party, he would take no further part in the proceedings, and would retire whilst tho council ditsviKSKl the matter. (Cr Keenan then retired).

Mr M'Kiulay said that an outlet to Tiiapeliu Mouth, cither by means of the track which had been so long in we or by the surveyed road, was a. very imiwriant matter so far as the borough endowment was concerned. Ho thought it would be unwise on the part of the county to close one road and open a new one t.iil they wiv perfectly sure of what they were doing. He understood their tenant

was wrw.'i.ly sitkfcd with tiro Ivauk. whifJi had for so many years past served ill! practical purposes. As far a.s lie understood, a. road through private property, which had been need for over 25 years, toiild not bo. closed in a summary maimer. The comity engineer having explained the position, ii w.is unanimously resolved that ilie cliiiiriiuii, cngineei, anil moinber for the dUirict, together with his Worship the Mayor ami -Mr M'lutosli. visit the locality with a view io eominij 10 an arrangement v/itli Mr D. Keenati either for a deviation or the continuance of the track referred to. Or Keena.ii. who had been called in, gave an assurance that Mr Cross would be permitted to i:~? ths track pondm;; arrangements with Mr Keenan, son. Or Hov.att said he had mH the UUrict Health Ofikv-r (l)r Oman) when he visited Tapamr, and that gentleman had suggested a iimnlo wiv to overcome the drainage niiisinw at licko. The cnginwr h;ul expressed himsdf satisfied iliat the plan sug:r sted «a.s feasible, and he mowd that t!ie ■'naive:-!- he in-trucUl to have the plan carril out when wejii.hov permitted. Cr Stewart ■ -.'rinded the motion, vhich was carried. _ In tocr.:»'.:o:i v.iih the Tapani! i borough >y~'i::age nv.iMme Or Kov.ait moved that ;ii? wuiiril hive a statement prepared setting forth the position of the dtaaiajo

trouble as between the Tuapeka' County and the Ta.pa.nui Borough, and that the matter be referred to the Stipendiary Magistrate under section 63 of "The Public' Health Act. 1933." said statement to be prepared by engineer and niemUjr for riding.— ■Seconded by Cr Stewart and carried. It wa-s resolved to write oil' overdue rates for ISO 6-7, amounting to £35 5s 4d, which were now irrecoverable. It was resolved that poisoned grain to the same value as was obtained last year be ordered forthwith. Cr Rose drew attention to the went of watortables on road leading to .Mrs Matheson's, and the engineer was instructed to attend Io the mallei 1 . Cr Ko-e drow attention to the unsafe copdilion of the bridge over the Norwegian water race at Waifahmia Citilly. lie moved that- the engineer inquire into the matter, and if it was found that the owners were, liable, to give them notice to have it repaired, and if he found the county responsible, (o have the matter attended to.— .Seconded by Cr .Simpson and carried. In reply to Cr Iloivatt the engineer said he had not yet served notices on coal carters and dredge owners at Ileriot in regard to using 6in tyres.—Cr Howait said he hoped the matter would be altended to at once. SPKCUL 31KKTIXU. A special meeting of I he coupcil was held Io consider the alteration of boundary between Beaumont ami l'.enger Ridings, also to consider the question of adopting bylaws affecting motor Irallic. Jt was resolved thiit the boundaries of ami between Beaumont and llenger Hidings be made as per schedule submitted. In connection with the motor traffic bylaws, if was resolved thai the chairman and Cr Stewart wait on the borough solicitor with a. view Io drafHng a set of by-laws.