TAIERI COUNTY COUNCIL.

Otago Witness, Issue 1951, 11 April 1889, Page 3

TAIERI COUNTY COUNCIL.

Ihe ordinary meeting of thUo'ouncil. held on Friday was attended by Messrs Snow (chairman), Bunting, Andrew, Pogson, Thomson, iGraham, Smith,, and Grant. COBBBSPOHDBNOB, A petition was read from j ratepayers In the North v Talerl road district asking that the road district be abolished .ftnd-jqer.gedsJnto the county ;.couucM, as Provided uy'sectlon 53 00r"r r " The Counties Aob 1888. — t was resolved— " That a ; special "meeting of the tounoll be held' on ,3rd May fqr.the purpose of paßs-, Idk a resolution to operate by way of special order : to , merge the JSorth Taieri road district In' the county on and after, the 7th June." { . A number -of residents in the locality petitioned that the road leading; from^orth Jaieri to Mullocky Gully be reoponed.'-Referred to the engineer. , r Jjllen Canning: wrote calling attention to the bad itate ot the road near her place.— Bead. A petition. Vas received from ratepayers at Woodside asking that a portion, of the road between the bridge at Qbbard's and the sohboJhous'e be, gravelkd. .1 The bu(lding besides ; being a school was used for all public meetings, and also as Che Post Ofllce,,and in winter was aTm'ostJiiripa««atilq.-The West Taieri school Committee, .wrote on,, the same' subject.pThe ..atter was referred cothe Inspector.',' Alex. Shomspn;wrote complaining of the damage jone through boxes of .the drains running on to his torn being opened anil 'letting water' on to hie' proeerty.—fieferred to the engineer. John Elliot called attention to the need for immovement of portions of the main road between the i <ye leading to GHadbrook station and the township . a* Mlddiemarch.— The engineer (was [instructed to 4*ll for tenders for tne work,-- r ' " ;ohn Dodd wrote pointing out the neceisity for* u»ck to his placeat Whare -Flat, and offering to do ttae work for £5 10s. He stated that two other settlers besides himself .would be benefited.— Bead. H. Palmer" asked the oounoil to raise the Main South road for some few chains north of Otakia township, she work having already been agreed upon, deferred to the Inspector to report. W. Adami, jun.. wrote complaining of the miserable state of the approach to the Taieri Ferry bridge. A few panels of fencing along each side of the road might prevent a serious aooident.— Seferred to the mipactor, with power to aofc. The Secretary to the Benevolent Trustees wrote itatlng that an old man named John M'Mlllan, residing at the old Brighton road, near Green Island, bad been given temporary; relief pending advice from the oounoil.— Besolved |to recommend] that he is not a fit subject to receive aid. The Secretary of the Benevolent Truiteei also wrote respecting Mrs Heagarty'B children, the family being considered too numerous^ to send to the Industrial School.— lhe Chairman said that he had recommended thai an allowance of 15s per week be made to. the mother, and this action was approved. Twelve settlers adjoining' Lee creek forwarded la memorial stating that tbey proposed to widen .the creek bed and remove obstructions, and applying tor a grant of pound for pound from the council, the gstimnted cost being stated at £170.— Theengiueer roported favourably as to the necessity for the work, the creek having gradually contracted from a wUJth of 33ft to 10ft.— Keaolved— ***Thafc the council subsidise the settlers to the extent of pound for pound up to £80, the work to be carried out under the supervision of the county engineer." : Donald Miller wrote a» to the dangerous character of the bridge across Lee Stream through section 66, Maungatua.— Referred to the inspeotor. James Thomson called attention to the cutting on the Brighton road, through Ms property, wnlch needed something done to prevent further slipping.— Referred to the Inspector with power to act. B. Buchanan applied for payment of his account £15 10s) for working the West Taieri ferry during the repair of the bridge, and offered [£3 10s for the boat;.— Resolved that the account ba. paid, and the boat offered to the Outrara Town Board for £6. David Andrew renewed'his complaint as to surface water being diverted from its natural course on to his land at Green Island.— Reads Alfred Catsidy, Captain of the South Distriot Rifles, asked for a supply of metal for the main road in front of the Volunteer Hall, Green Island.— Referred to the inspector with power to act. Messrs Smith, Chapman, Sinclair, and White forwarded a draft bye law to prevent the discharge of filth from factories, &0., into streams in the county.— Besolved to hold a special meetingjon May 3 for the purpose of making a bye-law. BBPOKTS. Mr B. Hay, county engineer, forwardedfthejfollowlng report »— "Tenders have been Invited for the works authorised at last meeting, and will be laid before your oounoil at the ordinary monthly meeting. " Henley Drainage.— Tonders were received by me for scouring drains, but were too high, and I Imve since let the work to different parties at a reduced rate, although at a price that will give the men fair wages. " West Taieri Bridge.— This work is satisfactorily iinlihed, and has been open for traffic for the last fortnight. > ' ; " Thomson's Bridge.— l have examined this bridge, and found that four of the piles and some of the j sheeting are entirely decayed, and the beams partly J so on the faces in contact with the planking. I ' would suggest that in order to save the cost of a new bridge, that the piles be renewed, and the beams be adzed down 41n, tarred, and a 4ln piece of ironbark bolted thereto, and the planking replaced. Some of the sheeting in the oulverts near Wylie's crossing win be uMlined, and the bridge put into suoh order that it will last for the next five or six years for an ex; enditure of, say, £50 or £60. I have, with your sanction, obtained four of the totara beams from the Wesf. Taieri bridge for piles, at a cost of £3. " Culverts on the Duke's and Gladfield roads.— These are three in number— one 6by 4 and two 4by 4, each 14ft long, and can be built as box culverts at a co? t of £25. " Daplyn's Bridge (Kaikorai stream).— The stream has scoured out the bed and also underneath the stone abutments. The bridge is 12ft in span, and is said to be too small to take the waten . In the event of building a new structure one abutment only could be utilised, all the rest requiring renewal ; cost, £60. If repaired, putting in a concrete invert and underpinning the abutment, about £8 would suffice, " Boad through Boyd's run.— lt will be necessary, if the works proposed by the council arc to be laid off on a permanent 'main road/ 4 that *a' survey of the whole Hoe through the run should be made j and I do not think the oouuoll have any Intention of doing the work, it being one fairly within the soope of the. (frvernment Survey department. -—'-

" Road through Fulton. StanleyLland Ro. stand, section 6, blook * Xtt, Walholai-ArtMp.was introduced* by the i^rovlncfali Qovernnaeiit »n^»«' cu \ title& the District Soads Compulsorr Laffds Taking^ OMinancCfor the'' purpose of taVmg the land 1 required for the road, but the ma.fctejr.jsm nQiyy>.Sk, pleted. and the public have been-Tnaking-use^f-t-he-aame, passing- through the .paddock. As JM c * ■ neceisarv^o»tidn. Wt*«S t]ij&rM6jsCSo^ho^o and the Tack district, \ would, recommend that the 'jrodajb6>ketfH» tNfrte»\»WMtiQoUß ffityp " Pound site, Henley. -I have surveyed this aifce, 60!t by 60ft, and would recommend that a stockyard 60ft by 30ffc be erected ; cost about £20. This will give two yards. , %c, necessajry^iheltgrjiis obtaineaV. by a lean-tb.aiready on the ground.'Ci,,;..; .■ ./• \ v. The report- was adopted; and l^wras-resplved «js fpl- • l OWB s_» That tenders be called forttie'efectlowtrf a p pound at Henley ; tha,t t;he engineer arrange for the corrylngoufrot the,repal'rs recommended t^JCbomsoi^s;] ''bridge ; that he expend the smallest aum sufnoient to put the bridge,on Tounley;V=road la>repai»; *hatv ■Mee»r» Boyd be lpfo?jw ed » JfiffifjL" ißfci road itirougbTtfielr run is made the counoil cannot proceed with the formation of the same; that the engineer arrange for securing the road through section a, block XXX, Walhola?' The Inspector's report.pn yariousjrqrks wltninthe^ county was adopted, afid it fj-as'reeolv^ as foJUp^rsAHt •* That final notice be given tothe'parties interesfcea^ to dear gorae off the roads opposite their properties 5 thaC'tendera b^cilled for renewing oulyejrtfron the 'Outram to BerwWk road, near, W. Heenein'si also for "dulvert at Woodslde, near Mrs' Reed's; that tenders be called foe., metalling the/jre-ad leattlngV toj Mrs Canning's, Green Island, providing tyhe borough council agree to pay half cost of the portion boundr., ing the districts; that the metalling of a portion of' the road on the boundary of the Hoslyn borough be left with Mr Bunting to, arrange wlfih the bqrgugb^, re payment" of share of cost ; that tenders,! be called /for the X removal 'of sand SMftedJ on the centre' road nMf Klrkland'g. : jThft' > thV. gorse at Supnysidebe cut by the I surfacemen,.; ; Thao~ the engineer lay-off the road through- section 12, blook I, Otakia. - - THB HiXFtHOHDAr QUESTION*- . Or Akdbbw moved "in accordance "with" notice— " "That the half-holiday .granted tpr»urfacemen pn ; . the county roads be dirconfilnue'd from tntsidateV—,The voting belngeyeu.the chairman gave his casting . vote to leave matters as afc 'present', alid 'the motion was accordingly negatived,;i ved, ; J. 1 »' ' 'J ■ ■ ■ l|l '' The following tenders were accepted ."—Formation 0f, 35 chains of rqad to Brighton— Datiiel Jones',, £49 J7s 6d ; .forrn'at'ion Centre road," Middleraaroh— Louis Junge, £36 Is !6d'{' road formation' tienle'y-td' Ber- ; wick— O.'Hourke and Ryail, £52 lOs.s two culyertf at , 'Wyllie'soroSsln^-W.'M'Lißod''^. 1 ' ,' ".' ' 1 t ' j 11. FINANCIAI.' {.I ,;''.■ The bank book laid on the table showed a Dr .balance of £2911108. • ''"

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