Taieri County Council.

Otago Witness, Issue 1751, 13 June 1885, Page 12

Taieri County Council.

The ordinary meeting of thia Council was held on Fridvy at Mj'-giel There \v«ra pre ont! Met-era R'>bßitd (in tho chair), Bunt np;, Uraham, Gow, Thompson, Snow, and Chart-3>s, PEP RTB Tho 1. Bpector ranorted tnat the divert at the j wet on of the Main 3 >uth road and t'ru M'Vgi.'l r.'ttd, n>'ar t>v< i>\d s^ii-bar, hM Zuli n int 1 » bad fund' cf rtpjvir. Tho coaS of (U 'uijf in :>mitier cul<e:t word iui up'.va>d'i of jtuu It was rea Iv. d to call tHnder3 for a new culvert.. Tho C miicil al<o 'O«lvoci to pia^e the mat er »#f 1101 10 con' ttu>>(iion 0/ the Brockevdlj culvorS in tno hantia f ih- c p;itieor ThI.'iOfiret&r "a c icveral othar rcC'-'miUt'iiUaUon 1 ! ro H'rdinji metulhriK and grbVolliuKi b.iu in vi« w oi the iar. 0 oxpeuniiuro tnibo ■•vorki would oi'tail tontic!e at»on <>t 'Jovinj? th)m was dehrwd. The Kncineor hubimted n tched'jie of w ihs for iho u-u.l uirai't-M-aid umior the Koada »nd Bridges Act a 3 folio a v : - OuTa-n to Hydo— (loinpU'tiun <~t road near Sutton Crotk .. £200 EVmamosi at juneti n Maniototo County .. 300 (J.eeu lr< a>nd via B i,»hton to 'iViori Alouth - Mi'Ui hn\.' <)cz.v, ford's devlatiou .. .. 100 Cutt'ristnev i_'i&\*f.ora'B .. .. 100 Al.ti-l tiui- Kirkluod's .. „ .. 100 Coinpi. tinif aid motalliag round cliff noar Bikhcon . .. „ 100 Gravelling >andy parts of r >ad near Brighton 100 Jit.d <-xt r.sion ihr^ugh Miori ReiOive aO Xai"ri Uoa la .. „ „ 250 Fx ending bridge at Lnwer Kaikorai .. 350 Cvt'rrfbnm to O rt<turphtcio - Ko iiieiag hill near <i !8-.irphi'ie .. .. 100 hill tie vr Gom Isiar.d ... .. 400 B air lai n 6> M onhvht and Hauraea— 0.-aviH u<f at B'»ij-T.«erl .. ..500 Bridge at Ardtn town-hip „ „ 3(.0 Outcam to tKr.vi k — iJravolll „ .. 700 Berwick tn >tain South roaJ at Henley .. 700 Otaliia to Kun iSuoh „ .. „ 700 Total „ .. .. ..£SOOO 1 h j 1 chidule wai approved of. D*PU CATION Sf* Fnl ton, MH It aopearLit brfore tho Council aa the spukcoinati r-f four hadd c Hill hettleis— Moe6sß J M. Coll, Donald M'Coll, Kenneth Kenntdy, and John li!>xtdi-. Mr Fulton cxpl.iood nh*-i the-e fceoiler^ ha<i no means of g< lqldj? access to their pron r y, because tho old tr.,ck, which u>td t> be their mci.is 0' gaining access, had beim fenced oK by Vlr tfracey, whuho p operty it was 'Iho muuerb&d been 1 u.'id^r the cunslduranou of a P'.rliamontary ComI -iiuve, aii'd dioy iv»d deuidod to a>-k th a Ooutiti Uiuneil 10 take'otepj to get the old track for a ditiita u'of 18 chains proclaimed a ilia riot totid. He did uos ku..w who hor the Council had received any mli I mation of the resolution or not. He knew fcom ex p*ri r.c that sue ouicera iti eonne'tion with Pariia.uoun ts q isiitly omitted to Fe'id such uo'ices —It wa-< te^olvtdihat thoCUair«rar', C'« ' tioruson and Graham I iw ippoimtd i cn.m.ttee, with Ihe vie v of seeuriiivr iho UnJ rice n'n-" frr the f r'ua'io of the road.

TONT AT TAIEBI MOUTH

Mr Fulton also die*' aue^.tion >o tho nscosslt-y for pUi-in^ a puno at thu moutrt of tho T iori River ' h 1 erection of suoh a punt would puncipally boiietlt flttUers in tlruc.; O >unty, and he undertook 1 lie re-p i.r>ib'lity of bringi.^ the u^tter b«fotu the C uncil ov.ing to the ill o a of Mr U. GUiea, the member for B."uco

<v, wna txp ainedthit the Taieri County Ocuncil had Pum'ju Is Q^ree.' to conttioute tow.rda tho oost of erouiinK Buch a puns, dug ihd B uw Cuumy o'iunci' had tikuu v > fur her action in the mattur. li ouly remsiucd fox tbo Bruco County Oouacil to t^kt* action.

CORRKSPONDK\CB.

A, Cameron applied for an extension of time to complntrt hU e?>ir>'ct! Jor thi approuehfii to the itjuttJii E.idge.— Referred to the engineer, with power o act

The Henlty River Board wr<-te reea»diD<r tho dai>[;erous state of tha cilvertu* der tho embankment at the mouth < t the l» dr-in. Tho Hoard had obtiined lo.al advico to tue effect that the drain was under the control of tho Co msy Ununcil, a»d tha\ now asked that tha maitar be amended to — Tho leltt-r was minntjd as read.

J .mes K. Ma her a--ked the Couucll to repalf the Ui don road hotwern the. West Tui'j.i bridge and the Oien Mill-.— ln w^s dvc di.d to take uo ucciou iv the nwtitiitiic.

D M'rtwen, Silver P. aka, wrote Fta'lng thai he had p.id jaws for throe years, and had received no ?etum in tho Bhapo of road-making He a-^ked tha srme m>cey b> spent i.n the road 111 1 his yro f ierty.— Kdfertod to iha i 1 pectcr Co lepcrt.

Suvfnt to'tiiTS st Maunga<ui pifc;iouod the Oou'ieil to put * bridge over the creek at the Mill o d rpp'-si'e Mr t.'ari'a property.— !he Oouncl! r.!B)ivcd 10 enntiibufo nound fjr pound with the -.(jit fiauo t3 th turn of £0

WhiiiiaUr nuu waoKio ap.ilird fir pcrmi-ei ;n to lay doifn •* tramway on iho co-inty road befcwe n 11 ibortson'a corner a d Mlnoi's, at Kortli Taiuii — lhc a< p lea-ion waßic^rit B f], tho mattor of 3rranplng oouuitii.ns h< ing Io tin he hn ' •■{ t ii e e-iglaeer SrBIKI<<3 A nATB

Cr Graham havim.' t ;iv« n nouci of motion a 4 'act rao til));, n.w movtd "Th<t a g nsrai ra^e of ono halfpenny in the pnu- d ba Htruck for all r.tfieiblo property wi hin the county, and that a 8 parate aduition '1 rato of 0 0 farthing in tha p und be levied iv outlying district " He said tbe matter wna one th.it hu did nnt c^rp abous going into, bui it waa on^ that would have fco ha fa^ed,

Tha ( jiaikmak proieetcd in abroad tomia acainafc the prop eft i ohvya fipe-Ul rate on the nutl-.inif district H waa minifeot-y unMr. If they wjahe t to taipemore t"t.A*. lot. them levy a unif<.»m rtte over the whoie of the couuty Ho qu itod t.bo revo-ii> a d oxpundituro fov tho va»io "3 udii pa du-ing tho ?aat jtar in i ro"f of Mi c int-ntion thU fho outlying rutinuH 'J? ,ull uol be a ,bj ■Cod to a ti fforai.tial rat.). Thu i u'no* •/(■«« a> fi.l.f w- : - W-ika-i r) ; ,,/ rfnci no I\'b oxjopd tin a, £22: i li'Od; >or h '-aieii i 249 19i 3d O'l'l £01 5s ]'l ; K,i <; T.i r i, £t,>2 13^ Id .n4 £M- 2> 91; Kvltornu £158 6' 81 and" KTBI 4s 9d ; vitik>-. £M£ 5> and £t»yia6d; O >trara £5 3iß7d anrt I7i lo ; Oopp Stream. £U & 7, ad ,vnu £16Ji ll» S.( ; M.unpatua, & 59 His 4 i ,vid £'/!) 8- 9d Cr Know also objected to the rftto as an uigust tux und hiUI ho wuld take evrry mema t . opp j'e it. He mov» d. a an am. rdmont, th&t (be lattor c aina of the n.nt>o 1 he B'ruck out.

Cr Buxtimj recondo'l tho avnonrinent. which was defla<rd )o ( bl.b 1 . fourv^s to three

0. Thompson said he would prf prge thafi tho rate be double iv tho outlying districts, were it not for the fact that tbe motion would cuiso an alteration in the

•0 k^ aim •dy propped by tho clc;tJ>', and m ciesita c ;■ rlh r 'dve/tioin.'.

;ho motion aa ori.;innily oiovoi v/a3 then put and catr.ed. TBNDBRB. The followincr tender* wire ■.ccented : Suppy of nvta 'rora Aior B iel Ju ctlou to Abbott'a Or">K Drid.'e, J-.'b^ph Br\ant. Nt 6s L'rt per yard Supp'v of m.-.t&l torn Abbots Creek biidgo to tioon-ou 1 ; Vomti, Joseph Bryant, ut 61 at per yard. I ir the p .Httton of r.Wßftr c. 1-r^nunibrrrf ton.iarH hb)s r coivcd, ron t "H;r hnm £1 l^s u,i to £(27 8* per vi'av. X KoherisouN ,en ior in tho first in ntioned xum was a.ot-p^d. The iri inij teas Tor imijOiuidiiJK it was stated, would to t.ha inopeotor.