Pahiatua Borough Council.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 115, 23 February 1894, Page 3

Pahiatua Borough Council.

Adjourned Meeting.

/ Vj» mating of the •tor*- | <<#nno*l we* held U«l night when toon wee* pre*sot ; -Hi* \Vo~«hif» the Mayor • VfrO. H. sumi.i.< t, Boitoa»ltj> Vole. Wilson. Bngg« and Birni# ' OBlmt’OSDII»CI. < omopoodfiK* vu r*ad a* follow* : Prom Wellington City Council stating that H t He custom to charge half n for affixing -cal to certain 4oCU(B4HIt« PiltofrMoii North fire HngaJi offering to sell fireball weighing *cwi for the Mun of £24 W. Wile* permioion to remove earth from King Street to till in school playground Re ferred to Engineer. K Martin taking that he uught be allowed vo make dewatioo m creek in Palmer»tun North road—Referred to Engineer. It w%a molt«.d ou ilia motion of Cr To««will seconded b\ % r Yule that the Palmer*von Firr Brigade Im informed the Conned does not feel justified in offering more than £ls for tirebell. landed in Weededle, bell to be passr-d by *oin* on# in Palmerston to be appointed by the Clerk of the Pahiatm Rorrugh Council. rtVAXCUL Account* amounting to £26 16* lid were pas*- d for payment. DCPVTATtOK. Mt J. Gregory waited on the Council and pointed out that the road to be made to give hmi access. ended nearly a chain from hie section. The matter waa held over for the Kupnm't report. TMF MANOATAINOkA RIIDuF. The Clerk then read the following repo tby Mr R 11. Heaney, on the plan** foi bridge over the Mangatamoka river : •' In reply 10 your memorandum of the 16th inst., and in accordance with instructions received from tho Surveyor-General, 1 hare t» inform you that I have carefully eiarr. ned and considered the design* of * Scot . and * Tara ora for the above work*. And have to report a« follows : * Scotia' —Bridge and approaches.—The waterway afforded by two span* of ninety <9oi ftet each i■*. .n tuy opinion, iuvuffi cient. the bridge being too short bv about *llO one hundred and ten feet, and it* level is about six i6* feet too low. Pro tective worka.— Hie general design, that is the location. I consider good, but in de tail 1 think they are uulikely to prove «fheient. ‘Tara* ttv*— Bridge and approaches.— I consider the total waterway of the de ' sign *hould lie i...*r«*a-» d by about thirty i difi* fret. and that the level of the bridge j ■hould be raised about <4» feet : also that J the location of one of the pier* close to | the edge of the right bank of the river is J a senon* defect m the design. Protective j work*.—The proposed fence is. I think, i an insufficient protection against the < direct attack ot the river ; it i* also pro posed to exienu it along portions of the I bank where it* direction, relative to that . of the river, would render in ineffective and useless. There is no attempt, in this j design, at protection by the diversion of the stream itself, from those portions of the bank* now threatened, into a safer 1 channel. Tht* i* also. I take it, a serious 1 defect of design. Having to ron*id«r in «ach case the j bridge and us protective work- a* one design. I have to *av in rejly to your first ! 7ue*tion that. f< r the rca* ens above stated. do uot consider either design as it non •lands sufficient, and tht- alteration* which in either case I consider necessary are m tny opinion too considerable and imp* rtint to allow of either of them being accepted. I return the designs undei separata cover and enclose the estimate* herewith. Cr Toatwill moved That the Council is ' unable to accept or approve of either of the de-ign« for the Mangatamoka Bridge and I*rotective works sent in by Scotia or j Taraoraaud that the design* etc., be re turned to the competitor*. he *ondcd by the Mayor who pointed : out that Mr Kenney did not approve of the plan* because of defects in the designs themselves. l r Yuli *aid they ware now m r wor»e difficulty than ever. They should apply to ths Govt-rum* nt to send an rngincei ap to five a report on ths bridge ami site. Ths resolution waa earned. Cr Tosswill moved that the Gov eminent be a*ked to matrurt Mr Reaney or some other Government engineer to prepare plan* fur bridge over Mangatamoka river —the cost not to exceed XI6OO. Seconded by Cr Bottomlsy. The Mavor aaid Mr Beamy hud told him that he would be unable to act as was proposed by the resolution, r»nd he advised that an engineer be appointed to act in conjunction with him. He named 1 Mi Bremueror Mr King. C r Btrnie said the be*t tiling they could do was to return the money to the Govern cnent and decline to go on further with the bridge. They had humbugged them •el' **% end had been badly humbugged by the Government. The Ma vor *a;d they had not been su« . e*-ful tx-cause it was impossible to build th*’ bridgr with tiie mean* at their disposal. Experts were of opinion that the bnig* and protective work* could not be built for £l*oo. At this stage the Council went into coinnnttee to consider the matter. Cr Rirnie objecting te the Council going into com ip i Wee. It waa decided on the motion of Cr Mileoo. *»«*ond«d by the Mayor. That Mr Heaney be *«k«-d whether a sufficient bridge over the Mxngniamoka river and necessary protective work* on the Manga bao road can be erected for £2uoo ; and if not what m the estimate roughly ? A motion that Mr Beanev be eased to give a# pa rat f estimates for hridge and protective work* was lost. Ths Council thsn adjourned until Monday evening next.