WALLACE COUNTY COUNCIL.

Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume IX, Issue 428, 22 July 1913, Page 5

WALLACE COUNTY COUNCIL.

FRIDAY,. 1&. Present: Crs J. Mc^ughton (chairman), J. HorreuYW. J. A. McGregor, T. Flyn'n, F. j. Linscott, T. A. Buckingham, F. J. Dyer, A. Greer, and R. Tapper. The Public Works Department wrote m reply to the Council' s application for a subsidy of half the cost of maintaining ! the ferrj - at Tuatapere, that the application was duly considered by the ! Minister, but as the Council has been , maintaining the ferry for some time, and as the Government is finding the whole . cost of the new bridge which is to replace the ferry, he regrets that he cannot- 1 favourably entertain the Couxi(**ir& request. — , Received. '*"* " " „, .. ' In, reference to. the Council's c^iu. for £146 ss'9d (£1 for £l subsidy fov Manuka road),/ 1^ Indent Engineer,' Invercargiil, Yi'aip that the work had Been inspected, aud he found that the quantity was right, but that the metal should have been broken smaller. He asked that this matter ibe attended to as soon as ppseibh**. — ; Referred to Engineer.-

The Public Works Department, Wel- i ington, wrote that the Minister for Public j Works had decided, after consideration of >he Resident Engineer's report on Sheelan road, that it would be better for the i Department to undertake the expenditure ; *>f the grant of £100 for this road. The ] )ffer was therefore cancelled. — Received. The Publio Works Department, Welington, submitted a copy of the suggested ] >ramway regulations, and asked for any I comment thereon to be forwarded imme- j iiately. — Reoeived. i Under direction of the Wallace and i Fiord Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, the secretary forwarded a copy of a re- - port received from the Public Health De- i partment m reference to the sanitary con- t iition of Nightcaps, and the Board trusted that the Council would see its way to i effect the suggested necessary improve- • nents.* — Received. < J. T. Pram, secretary of the Provisional ; sommittee of the Southland Court at the $ Anckland Exhibition acknowledged receipt < af the Council's vote of £100, and wrote i that the Committee was receiving every t mcouragement and support, and expected - to make a good show worthy of our great i iistrict. — Received. 1 M. Carmichael, "Runnymede," Thorn- < bury, wrote drawing attention to the bad state of the Toad leading through his pro- \ perty, and asked that temporary repairs j be effected with a view to gravelling when winter was past. — Received. - R. M. Fitzgerald, Pahia, asked permis- * sion to erect a verandah m front of his shop, and also that he be granted 3uffi- ■ cient pipes to put m a culvert. — Granted. D. G. Hodgette, Tihaka, wrote asking that further work be undertaken on the * road there, so as to enable him to get < timber on to his section to build his house, i — Writer to apply to Public Works De- i partment. ] Mrs P. P. McKay, Grove Bush, again ] wrote drawing attention to the state of the road leading to her property. As it was impossible for nes to get to her seotion, an offer to clear the timber on the road to ] a width of 20ft at 10b per chain was made. The writer also asked that a large tree i that had fallen across the road be removed. ] — Engineer to report. W. B. Lowrie, Tihaka, wrote asking that steps be taken to have his Crown lands section line cleared. He offered to clear the stumps for the sum of £3. — Received. R. J. Diack, Winton, wrote that the contractor felling trees on to his boundary ■ fence at Tuatapere had not removed them. He asked that the trees be removed and tho fence repaired at once." — Left hi hands of Engineer. T. W. Kennedy, Otautau, asked permission to plough the roadlines adjacent to his fences. — Granted subject to usual conditions. Geo. Blondell, Wairaki Ford^ wrote that a well' on the ro.ad m his vicinity was a menace ty> trafii<?i and he offered to fill it m for the sum of £1 5s. — Received. Robt. Sutherland^Clifden, wrote that he had never received compensation for land taken for a road through his property, and suggested that he be. **** Wen the old road.— Received. .Jas. Hunter, Secretary Wairio Railway and Coal Qompany, Ltd., wrote that since the, construction of the line was begun they had been hampered by bad weather, and it would not be possible tos finish the line by the date arranged, October 18. The formation ds nearly finished, but the . ground is so soft that if they were ready to lay down the rails and sleepers, these } i would sink into the clay, They proposed, i therefore, to leave, the plate-laying for a couple oi months* jn the hope that there Would, be a period of dry weather allowing' the formation to harden. An extension of two months was therefore asked to complete the work. — Granted pix months' extension of time frqn\ Qe to \>er 18. E. Clent, Apa\\ima r wrote drawing attention the deplorable state of Devanney's road, which, -. the __. writer stated, : "compared more than favourably with the far-famed Manuka road." He asked if the

Council could not dee its way clear to gravel the road, that it be graded the full width. — Received. W. T. Brothenston, Lumsden, wrote suggesting that double pipes be put m for a crossing m Oreti street, which had repeatedly been washed away by the floods. —Engineer to report when m district. A petition, signed by nine ratepayers of Merrivale, was presented praying for work to be carried out on the Cameron-Maori Hill road, as it was m an impassable condition.—Left m hands of member for riding and engineer. The trustees of the Methodist Church parsonage, Otautau, asked for an outlet lor the water that collected on the sections.—Referred to Town Board. The Otautau Town Board wrote regarding, the Council's claim for quarter cost of repairs to Yellow Bluff bridge, that they could not see their way to pay more thau £20.— 0n the motion of Cr Buckingham, seconded by Cr Flynn, it was decided to offer to meet the Board on a date suitable to it to consider the proportion of the cost of upkeep of the bridge each body should pay, and m the event, of failure to come to an agreement the Government be asked to appoint a Commission to decide the matter. i J. J. Johns was granted an extension of time to complete gravelling the Line of Hundred road. W. J. Pryor, Pahia, drew attention to state of road near! his property. — To be attended to. j Accounts and salaries to the amount of £1203 % lid were 'passed for payment. The Engineer's report was adopted. Macalister BroS/, county solicitors, wrote advising as jio the procedure m a case where damages had been obtained for cutting up a rdad by means of heavy traffic and had no); been paid. — Mr H. Macalister also appeared m person. — The letter was received, G. F. O'Connor, Wrey's Bush, asked that a culvert be put mat the end of Nevada street, Wrey's Bush.— Left m hands of Engineer.. S. D. Mills, Birchwood, asked permission to plough the roadline adjoining his property.— Granted. J. Stirling, Riverton, asked the Council to look into the matter of a person blocking the road into the Native Reserve at Riverton. A letter was enclosed from the Native Minister on the subject. — Engineer and Member to inquire. Wm. Watson, Pahia, renewed his request to have a portion of a road ckwed at Pahia. — Usual steps to be takem to comply with request. i Engineer's Report. «<wfe 5 n BiMer8 iMer reported aa follow*:— With the exception of surfacing no road work of any consequence had been done, lhe bridge gang, which is at present engaged strengthening the Thornbury bridge, have completed two small bridgea on the Merrivale road, and driven thei piles for a private bridge of two spans on Merrivale estate. Whije the bridge gang is m the locality of ThornlJary, I advise that a email bridge on the main road to Riverton and three others between Fairfax and Otautau be re-built. The contract for the repairs to tho Pourakino bridge has been lot, and the c-.Mlr^'tor started work this week. Th.j V .akl bridge, including a lanibVsuvvev OI 30 chaaus road approach, and two b* id have been laid out, aud the work will be gone on with m due course. The sur- ) yey of the new rowl through Topi'fl land, ' Longwood, is finished, and the levels V«i ken and the formation work wfll bo | started as soon as a Government grant is available. About half the ironbark piles for the new Orawia bridge are now on the ground, and a contract is to be advertised ag soon as the balance' of tha timber comes /to hand. Regarding the application of Mr Baxter, of South Riverton, to divert a stream from its' natural course, the project was impossible c*«> cept by seriously injuring the road, i Report ado ted.