COUNTY COUNCIL

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 68, 25 March 1929, Page 3

COUNTY COUNCIL

ENGINEER'S REPORT.

The Engineer (Mr. J. W. Spenco) reported, as follows at Saturday's meeting of the Stratford County

Council: —

North Riding.—The filling on the Rutland Road near the railway crossing has been widened, over the old wooden, eulvert which was recently replaced by a tunnel. Bitumen patching and, cl,ay banking have been carried out on the Mountain Road. (Slay banking and metal patching have b e «i done, on Denmark Terrace, Kenilf Terrace and portions of the Stanley and B.eaeonsfield Road havo received bitumen dressings. South Riding.—Fern cutting, stonO ■ tjjlr,-, m . -=

raking and clay binding havo been carried out o the Wingrove Nos. 1 and Chcal, Cornwall, CHmie, Skinner North and South roads, Ce.nermaintenance work in the way of clay balking ad bitumen Winding has been done on the Mountain Road. The blackberries on the reserve on the Finnerty Road have been cut. Further quantities of shingle have been crushed at the Cornwall Road depot for blinding the Hastings and Robson Roads. East Riding (Toko and Douglas.)— Loose metal on the Toko No. 1 Road, has been raked off, 119 yards ci pit shingle being used in blinding the metal. The loose metal on the Standish- itoad has been raked off. The grader has been run over the sides of the Ohura and Gordon Roads. On the latter road loose stones have been gathered up, the culverts clean-

ed and the fern cut. The culverts on the Strathniore Saddle have been at-

tended to, and fern and scrub on

this length have been cleared away

East Riding (Huiroa). —Portions ot the Makuri Road havo been blinded with pit shingle. The surface of the Mohakau Road *lTs been crowned up and. the water tables cleaned out.

Similar work lias been done on the Autawa, where three concrete have been put in to replace an old

wooden culvert

West Riding.—A considerable amount, of clay blinding has been done on the metalled surfaces of the Ronald, Poto, Waingongoro, Cardiff Has-

tings, Cliinie, Brookes, Brecon, and Hastings Roads. Bitumen surfaces m the Opunake No. 1 and Cardiff Roads have' been re-blinded. The redecking of the Waingongoro Stream bridge

haw l;c n n completed the renewing of ill" handrails and post is being carried out. Mangaehu Riding.—The dry weather was l.icginning to have a had ef-

fect on the shellrock reads in this Riding. On. the Mangaotuku the fi.no metal from the sides has been used in rc-bilhding the metal and. building up the wheel ruts. A had bend has been made up, widened and metalled.. On some of the bends on Mangaehu and Tututawa Meads the fine metal has been replaced and used as blinding. A loading platform has been, placed in position at the end of the aerial tramway. It is suggested that a handling of the shellreel: can be saved if the crusuetl metal, when available, can be used when the quarrying is in progress. the contractor being (requested to work in conjunction with tho Council in this matter. Thirty wards of

pit shingle have been used as blinding tin the rougher portions of the Pmiiwliakau Bead. Further repairs have been necessary to lire's bridge, also the small bridges near Puniwhakau, Mr. Morgan Cyme's property. The drag-log has been run" over the Taihore and Mangaehu North Roads.