TAIERI COUNTY COUNCIL.

Otago Witness, Issue 2902, 27 October 1909, Page 9

TAIERI COUNTY COUNCIL.

T1..; oidi-iniy monthly meeting of the Taieai County Council was held on Friday. itul was" attended by Crs \S". Blackie (chah.iKi'i). Gow, Robinson. Freeman, Hay, Dccherrj, and Blai" COKKE.iPONDEXCE. The Treisuo, Wellington, wrote statin;; that the sum of £1621 Ga 4d, repairs to fiood dann^c, hud bee.i romiUed to credit oi council's account.— Received. G. W. Bush, Mornington, applied for permission to erect a fence along the bank on the icad (being outside margin of the i road as for-jied) in continuation of the fence erected by the adjoining lessee, block I, Oirokia. — Member for riding- to report to ripvt Mieeripjr E W Mes<*ent. Middlemarch, a«ked the council ro dony ths lenort that he wrot-; to th' 1 council and asked it to como u*p as coitain cows were eating chaff in his por-peny.—R-eceivcd. Jopp Bros., Hir.don, asked for an estimate- of the ccst of a light bridge o\er the Taieri River.— To be supplied. , .Jar.io3 Orr, Arrow, asked if anything J conici be done to give acces* to Little's section from Main road along the- Kur; Beach. — Rofei/jd to member for riding and to ' engineer to re-port. I John Allaiton. stated that ne '.vouki g!\e ilia -council ]0s p?r year for tho use of the Allanton Town Bait. — Accepted 1 Goi'inar i B os., Allapton, applied for a culvert on tiioir road, 6m pipeo, 18ft wide, ' p-id i^td'.-pd t^-.ut they would cart the pipes free if Hie council- woi'i-d deliver them at; Allauto 1 Sta'iou — Mciui>?: fo/ riding to renori. The Cleik, Tairri Drainage Eoard, applied for the use of thd county hut, Otokia, a.s a polling booth for the Drainage Board election. — Granted, providing county surfaceman does not object. Tho clerk, Bruce County Council, wrote staling that his council proposed to paint the Taieri ferry bridge during the summer | month* It was proposed that the Bruce : Council eunply the materials, and call ten- ' c!»rs for th;> labcur only in painting the ' bridge. — It was resolved to pay half cost, j Tho !-'anitar> Inenector imported having j made petiodieal \ isits to the Kaikorai, and ! found the stream in much the same condi- ' iion as utuol. He reported cases of in ' factious disea'-'os at North. Taieri and Fair- j fifid. At fh" coiiricil's expense, he had been oblig-pd to bury two dead bullocks, and was endeavouring to find an owner to have the cos*, of earns refunded. The parties who had deposited rubbish on road line at G;een kiand and Middiemarch had urorimod to ek-nr it away. Twenty-five head of and horses had been pounded during the month. — Adopted The Finano' Committe-e rccoicmTided that accounts totalling £803 0s 4d bn passed t f^f pay-ne-it. The receiots for the past i foui weeks amounted to £2519 15s &d, and i th-n- bank buok ?ho.\ed a debit balance of iJ36^5 le 9d The commitic.3 further re- ' commend jJ that the letter received dur- ' intf (h-j n<onth reaarding- the rates on the ' Salvation Ai-iny properly be referred to ' the chairman and clerk, with power to act. That all owners of traction engines be ' notified that they are to bo hold rasDonr.!b!e for 'lamapo causc-d by extraordinary traffic— Ths report was adopted. KKGIXtER'S P.EPORT. The ong'neer repoiteJ as follows: — "The I contrans completed dun.n- tho month ero: Ei-'ctioa of two time-".- -Mile bridg-e-s Ou f-ra-n Ridng : do!i\'-ry 33,3 tons metal' Out- ' la-n to Berwick ddiverv 230 tons of ir.cta' I Kaikorai Riding, md delivery 600 tons of motal, Offik:a and Ouirani Ridings The contracts in progress are: Delivery 500vds metal ii"ar \los/;ol . delivery JJO cub-c yards t ehisr snails, Outram to Len Stream • d'ld arched culvert at Kuri Bush. Hptalies dij,: Contract : Aan and .specifications '< rave be— 1 pr«par»d for formation of road o\er ti.^ sh 0 . and the work will h--> ofrrred to JJ M-Col! f o - the sum of £15. orovvded He ar.-ancre A-itli owners t> shift, fen^fs to ivy?', lll)p of >•->*'] Brighton Foot pa! h: Uitn r^-arcl to th-o application of Mr •John S. ; a:i. Nt B-i ? iiton. for fooipath and ■ wate- cn-iri'.'l. Cr Allen md tho 'en%':ne<>r ' r"'.,. ,-n,;-.-l tint the footpath !>■• fo'mp.; a.;xl da-)--! deeponcd t o prc\nit water ' Iron, roa.t.-.cy flowing over M r Swan'e s tc- j •■M-Kpffjr* CuJverfc, Ileniey : The pipes! have b(-» inserted through (he Main South road. To afford drainage to Mr M'Ke~g's sectuT if . w n he n€CO3Sary to conj.t^up",., a h,,x \wtn tidal flan at outlet This I have offered to insert at Mr il'K»'<-^'« e--!iens 3 Sidoy's Subdivision, Block XV Uuncdn: Cr Frcoman and tho en?inp°r visited this property in eomnanv with Ur tridey E ':d Air 11. S. Allan.' VVp rocom nien-d as follows.- Ground plan. — That, thr> junction of Kay street with Glen street De altered so as ti give a width of 65ft to both sneots at an intersectinij angle. Tnat the council .ipnrove of the Main street of the subdivision being 66ft vvide. provided the consent of ihv | Mini«ter under clause of • Tho ' Land Act, 1903,' is first obtained. That drainage for each allotment in the subdivision be provded for by means of ' rwjht to drain.' Longitudinal section: We appiovp of gradients 1 in 89, 1 in 11, bui - quufc the grad-e of 1 in 9 to be re-

duced to 1 in 10. Oross section : We require road to be formed full width between boundaries, but wil] reduce this to a 20ft road/way and 10ft pathway providied the road is metalled 16ft wide by 6in deep and footpath coated with scale or screenings 3yds to the chain. Culverts: Water operaing 6ft by Mb to bo provided far carrying or©3k and necessary pipe culverts at road intersections. Mr' Sidey agreed to the conditions stated, and we arranged with Mr Allan to submit plans and specifications of road formation beforo work is proceeded with. Barewood: The secretary of the Land Eoard has forwarded -a communication from Messrs Reade and Sons makng application for a homestead area of 120 acres in Run 79k. Baj-ewocd. and asks whetihe-r tiie oouxi, cil has any objections to the granting o£ tho application. Subsection B of section 213 of the Land Aot provides that the Iss^e may, with the approval of the board, select not exceeding 150 acres of land immediately joining and including his home-sK-ad, through which no road may be taken wifahet't his consent. I do not think the council is in the position at the present tiirM io make any sfcatemcret regarding the future roading of the" particuLar area reforred to without also .taking into conaideration tha roaclingr of the -n-hole run. I an-fci-ctpatfi that tiho council will shortly beuconsults?d regarding the roads of, Barewood generally, and su'?g«c-t that the board be respectfully asked to defer dealing- 'with this application till the council - has the reading of the run under, consk'oraiion Hummock : Mr F. Atkinson has applied to th>3 council to construct a road to his run in Hv* Hummock- Survey D:eti-iet. — Cr Hay fin-d ihe eng-ineeor recommend t-hai the rofld bs consfruct-ed as far us the ' fourths ' awu^d from this run will permit." The report was adopted.