COUNTY WORKS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 9, 21 December 1911, Page 5

COUNTY WORKS.

Foremen’s Reports.

North Hiding foreman reported Mountain Road.—l have finished the binding of the road but there is still some banking to do in places, which will be attended to as soon as possible. York Road.—l have put out about 500 cubic yards of boulders for this road at a ‘cost of £3G, and can get plenty more at about the same price, but if the weather does not take up we shall be unable to get the crusher into that site at present. A wasnout occurred above Derby Road, where some 4-inch pipes had formerly been put in. A small flood opening will be necessary here owing to the large rush of water in flood time. 'i lie trimming up and blinding of the new metal is in hand.

Rutland Road.—The tunnel driven last year on this road is falling in in places, and will require something done to it. The gravel required for this portion of the road can bo obtained from Mr Jakes’ property, about 40 chains away, and a very steep place to pull out of. Monmouth Road.—Repairs as instructed have been put in hand, and will be completed straightaway. Hunt Road.—A culvert on this road about three chains from Pembroke Road is breaking in, and will require early renewal. Upper Pembroke Road.—l have done away with an old 12-inch_ wooden culvert,- which was falling in and which was not required. Barclay Road. —Some repairs have been made to tins road. Radnor Road.-—Some drain cleaning and scrub cutting is required on this road. Denbigh Road. —Have secured Askews’ stone for 2s instead of 3s. Several other settlers have put out stone free of charge. Surrey Road.—A settler here , asks that the scrub be cut on_ the noi;th side.,of the road. •. • North Riding. The foreman of this riding reporter! The roads under my care are in fair order. During the heavy metal carting the Beaconsficld Road and Kent Terrace have required considerable attention. A wooden culvert in the former road has been replaced with six 9-inch concrete pipes. On Croydon Road the stone which was brought out last year has been hand-broken, —47 yards at 3s 6d. The,stone from Manganui crushing site, crushed and delivered, totals 1520 yards, averaging about 8s 9d per yard. I have remetalled about 90 chains or Beacorisfield Road, the remainder of the metal being left for maintenance of Stanley, Cross, Croydon. Kent, Terrace, and Beaconsficld roads. South Riding. The . foreman of this riding reported that all the roads in his district were in good order. He had been busy most of the month banking up the metal and blinding the roads. East Riding. The East Riding Foreman at Toko end, reported as follows: —Most of our time during the past month lias been spent in watertabling, raking and blinding. The Bcuconsfiold Rond bus been thoroughly blinded along the lull length, under my control, and.about 3 miles of Ohura Road have been treated in the same way. During the ensuing month I propose to go on blinding and water-tabling. 1 also propose to widen out the cutting on the hill at Skinner Road, by putting a good sloping batter on the north side for the purpose of letting the sun dry the road. The earth shifted from there, will bemused for banking on the east side of the hill. At the Toko end, the foreman reported;—We have put in a double set of pipes on the O'nura-Maugaehu Road near Strathmore. We used thirty-eight 18-inoh pipes for this work. Wo have done a little water-tabling in addition. The rest of the time has been spent on the Makuri Road. Some nine inch pipes are required for this road, also some bridge decking for a culvert on the Douglas Road. At the Huiroa end, the foreman reported that a culvert opposite Mr Lurcher’s property required attention, but that the roads were getting on fairly well, considering the bad weather. West Riding. The foreman of this riding reported:— Mangatoki Bridge.—We bavo_ started to paint this bridge, and it will be completed in a few days. Opunake Road.—The most of tins road has been blinded, but owing to the very heavy, winds we have bad, it is hard*to keep blinding on the roads. Owing to the very broken weather, I have not been able to raise the Idlings in Opunake Roads No. 1 and 2. I will tar the decks of the Kapuni and Kaupnkonni bridges as scon as the Mangatoki is completed. No teams are. as yet available for getting out boulders. P/langaehu Riding. During the month I have strengthened one of the towers and bolted down the wheel-guards on O’Connor’s bridge. I have finished clearing the slips on Mangaebu South Road, and it is now in fair order. I have cleared a few small slips on the unmetalled portion of Mangaebu Road, and I am now working on the part opposite Mr Woods. The Finn whakau surfacemen have finished, picking up loose stones and banking up metal on the I’uniwbakau

and M-.uigaehu Hoads, and they will 1)0 working on the unmetallcd part of the Puniwnakan Road in a day or two. Owing to so much rain, the unmetalled roads are cutting up.