WAIKOUAITI COUNTY COUNCIL.

Otago Witness, Issue 2842, 2 September 1908, Page 11

WAIKOUAITI COUNTY COUNCIL.

usual monthly meeting of ihle Wai- j Comiti County Council, held' on the 25th, ' jwas attended by Crs A. S. Orbell (chairansm), G. E.- Charlton, A. Kilpatrick, J. OrDuloe, and J. Poote. _ TEKDEBS. . Xhe oonsideffation of tenders for con- • Ifracts for the repair of the Port Chalmers SJhieskin road was held over, the chairman ( and councillors for the riding to have! ■ power to act in the matter as occasion ©Seared. -ft was decided to call fresh tenders for ffontracb No.' 15, the one tender received VK>i "being deemed satisfactory. l^ ' EEPOHTS. - rTha Inspector (Mr W. Rendall) reported te foMows:— ~ -' I' Y18.& Valley Ridmg.— To carry otit- "MrT Booth's application to form a 12ft road leading to his property will require 28$ j 1 chains of formation at an estimated cost of j i£6S. The grade at the lower end is very peep, and is swampy at the top end. All ' jthe timber for the bridges on the Wai- . ,-tati-Waka.ri road is on the ground, and ■ : Tthe decking of the first bridge is nearly I completed. A landslip, which, completely j /blocked this road* near ife/fiarria^V-pTb- ' x>erty, has been cleared away, so as not j w interfere with traffic. -7- Approved. Mr - jßooth's application 'not to ac entertdictecl an the meantime, owing to tne condition of * the council's finances. * j ' Blueskin Riding. — Manson's, Mitchell's, • and Downes's fords have been repaired. ! jOne day's cartage of grave] has been put ' ,on the Evansdale Station road, and gravel ' jplaced along the side of the main road ' opposite Messrs Jenkins's and O'Connell's etores. Tenders have been called for the ' metal on the. Port Chalmers to Blueskin ' (road, but since the tenders were called ! Messrs Scott Bros.' men have been filling ' up the ■ ruts and holes and breaking the • large stones. — Received and approved. ■ | Hawksbury Riding. — The gravel contract _ 1 on the Main road has been completed. ' ' iOwing to Hie swollen etate of the Wai- j Bcouaiti River I have been unable to get \ j ithe planks put up at the crossing. The ' piles and timber are ready, and as soon j as the river is low enough the work will j 3be done. The river road has been snxr- ; ' faced 1 and re-gravelled. Arrangements have ' {been -made to repair Cowan's road and also « fche approaches to the bridge over the INenthorn Creek. — Received and approved. Merton Riding. — There are three unsnetAlled portions on what is known as': * ■Baine'e road, and material to metal these ] twould coat £21 12s. The; slip on tie top fd>de* of the Kilmog HiU road has been : cleared, and the lower, side ' repaired with ' quarry rubble. Wilson's road has been j •urfaced to receive >he metal. The sheet- ' ang on the bridges onM*ewis roayd has been U arepaired and, the nrotal »ked 'in. \ Th« \ slips Ihave been okaTed'off th« station road, j SETummockside road and the fords at th-e | 1 2>ip Creek have been repaired, but will i J xequire further attention.-r-Reoeived and J " approved, tenders to be called for the s.up- ' < xtty iaeteJ for. ' Cooper's road, metal to 1 Ibe carted by Mesare Cooper and broken 3 *nd spread by the council. ' Saving received a complaint from a rate- ' payet re' the Manse road, I examined the. rroad, and found that it was considerably ' lenooked about.— The Chairman eaid he * understood £h» was owing to the cartage of timber.— lt was resolved — " That the offend- » ing parties -be given notice that unless they cljsoo~ptinu9-the work while the road is in a soft state proceedings wall he taken under the act to recover the cost of putting the . same in order." COBBESPONDENCE.

Archibald Millar and 13 others wrote petition-ing the council to metal the Wakari load from Mr Cowan's to Mr Kay's property, a distance of about 11 chains, as it was almost impassable. — Deferred for tie g present- ~~ . t The Port Chalmers Borough Council j wrote stating that* no objeotion would be takeq to tie inspector (Mr Lunn) acoom- . paaying the County Council's party re in*pectjon of roads used for dray traffics by _ trie cqnrraotors for the new dock, and also stating that it could not commit itself to ? any expense therewith, although .it con- l eidered the step a necessary ©tie.,.- Under . I cover the Borough Council enclosed a letter t from Messrs J. L. Amd G. Scott, in reply v to the council's letter of the 29th ult., hay- t ang reference to the remetalling of the I Fort Chalmers-Blueakm read, informing I the council that the matter had been re- c ferret! to the head office.— Received. i W. Heffernan, jun., wrote drawing atten- n tkm to *he bad state of a track leading • to his oropping paddocks. — Received; inspector to report upon the application when . aiext m the locality, • 1! The District Road Engineer wrote stating c that Mr Rossiter was complaining that the £ council was not spending the balance of b the vote on Rossiter'e road, and stating d 'Vbai,, as the road W still incomplete, he a tad been obliged, to return the deposit to o a purchaser of his property. Th« engineer b asked whether the council intended to t expend the amount, or whethe* It intended h to allow the authority .to lapse, -to -which n cace 'the £50 could be spent under the s Bupervoson of the Department of Roads. — ' _ Consideration deferred for v a month. ] Thomas Maokensie, M,.P., wrote informmg the council that he would give Cr a Charlton's motion re the Warrington road ? his best attention, but stated that he " thought it was a little late for the first n Bstiinetes, and enclosing a latter from the 6] Hon. J. M'Gowan aseuMng him that the s; matter would recsjye attention at the a proper time. — Received. c I/. Brightling (Merton) wrote again call- c ing attention to the wrelohed etate of the t road known as the Mountain track.— The d Cht-irman said that t^« Writer of the letter n had before written to toeoouncu pn the jj subject, and had been |n|ormed tnat when • the {K>rse on th.c roadside £*d bean yethe road would be jwpaired,.— jft wa* *i mpsolved that the letter be reoeiredj And .» shie writere attention called to the council a f. previous letter. • *J The Paymaster-general undoes! vouchers " lor £ total sum of £146, which hud been & 1 plaoej to the council's credit In the Bank Bof New ZflxnA, Pftlmersto^.'-Reoelved. d Qeorg© Stuart wro}» «ncjos]ng 4s lid, tl rMes due on the estate pt the late Patrick lAthey.— The Clerk fe>6rted that this money d« <wA3 got really <W j» $b. toil « ft JajflSfe^' !M Inposh wrote dgawjttfr, •atJsnffdti A\

done by the surfacemen aa toon as the road was ploughed. - A. CKHaJloran wrote claiming the council's subsidy of £7 10s for work done to the River road/— The „ inspector reported that there was still three days' work to be dene to the road, and it was decided that the claimant be paid for the work done 60 far. * " - Andrew Storey and Archibald W. Porteous^ wrote that as they had eepa.ra.te contracts An the county they desired to have all the York put under their joint control as partners, as they desired to have their joint names <xn the insurance policy. — Granted. G. Fenwiok (Waitati) wrote asking - perjnission to carry a. telephone wire over jQjrokonui road at the quarry. — Granted, etoncHfcionally that the line is erected to 4me' Jtatfefaction of the 'department. . "3C " Millar wrote informing the council tha* he could not agree with the request to put a culvert on the Main road himself, and stating that he -was surprised at the suggestion. — Resolved that a culvert be put in conditionally that Mr Millar assist the surfacemen. y FINANCE. ' Accounts amounting to £258 5s lid were passed for payment. . THE MOTXNT BOYAL ESTATE. John D._ Ritchie, trustee in the estate of the late John Douglas (Mount Royal), wrote «=king the concurrence of the council in the dosing of certain roads through the property. Mi Allan waited on the board on behalf of the trustees, and Mr William Argue (the owner of a small property adjoining the estate) and William Souter (who also is' the owner of a property concerned) also appeared in their own interests. The Chairman said that only a month ago, accompanied by the inspector and Cr M'Gill, he had visited the property, and had formed a very fair idea of the. scheme. Mr Allan said that the roads it was proposed to olose up were practically of no use at aIL Messrs Argue and Souter both agreed that certain of -the roads were entirely useless. It was- decided, without discussion, that the letter be received, and the matter be left in the hands of the chairman and the member for the riding, with full power to act. GENEKAIi. The Chairman and Cr Charlton reported that,, acting under instructions from the council, they had waited on Dr Truby King in regard. to Russet's road, and he met them very fairly, ' and promised to metal the road and carry out repairs. It was resolved that two trucks of screenings be obtained for the footpath at the Seacliff Scihool. It was moved by Cr Poote, seconded by Oi Kilp&triek, and carried unanimously— "That the clerk be instructed to forward to Mr Hosking estimates received from Messrs Oxuickshflnk and Couston of damage done to Port Chalmers-Blueskiri road by the cartage, of metal by the contractors for the new dock, and ask for advice 3 in the matter." The inspector was instructed to report on the work bemtr 3one on the rda3 by the contractors. _, ._ ♦ * "-55 m Inspector w«e instruotea r to have an additional load of gravel put on the main road, Waitati, near Charlton's store. Xhe date of the next meeting was fixed Eor Friday, September 25.