Taranaki County Council.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7708, 10 January 1905, Page 4

Taranaki County Council.

The usual meeting of the Taranaki County Council -was 'held on Mond-ay. 1 There were present : Crs. 11. Ok'ey ' (chairman), Uill, Andrews, Gray, ' Hopson, Brown, and McDonald, —Foremen's Report..— John W. Orr reported that most j of his time last month had been spent on J unction Houd. A new. cul- i vert h a d been put in at the corner of 1 Mangorei Road. Another j| new cul- : vert had 'been placed near the Mangorei bridge and the road raised , between two and three feet at a cost i of £4 extra labour and carting. Several days had been put in on the Zig-zag cutting scrub and cleaning .water-tables, The small bridge 1 known as Patterson's is very rotten, j and should be repaired as soon as possible. The bridge near Norfolk j Koad has the centre stringer broken on the south side. This should be renewed. He drew the attention of ' the council to the injury done to the ( Manganui bridge, on the Junction j 1 'Road, by fast traffic. He considered steps should bo taken to stop | this over all bridges. The Mua Road Board i wrote ob-! 1 jecting to the culvert on the Man- 1 gorei Road, stating that it was unsuitable, as it did not carry away tho water away properly. , Some discussion took place on the subject, and Crs. Browne and Hopson were finally (authorised to deal jvith the matter. The foreman was instructed to employ a carpenter to repair Paterson's bridge. In regard to the fast traffic nuisance, th# foreman stated that milk carts were responsible for most of the trouble. Cr. Gray thought the only remedy was to prosecute offenders. The foreman was instructed to ' Keep his eye open for offenders with a view to taking legal steps against [ them,Mr N. G. Walker, Moa riding fore- [ man, reported that 100 yards of ' metal were required for the road between Waiongona. and Inglewood ; 50 yards between Inglewood and NorJ folk Road ; 50 yards "between the ' bacon factory and Upland Road ; 50 : yards Mangorei and 1 Kent Roads ; 100 yards Mangorei to New Ply- . mouth. A smafl bridge near Nor- ; folE Roari railway; station is unfit for heavy traffic, such as traction engines. A concrete culvert would be 1 the best; oft by Oft would, carry ' away the water. Tbe New Plymouth Borough Council has taken 5 yards ! for patching holes, and he also put in one yard of patching on account of the borough at a cost of about 1 6s ftd per yard. ! The foreman was authorised to re- ' pair the Norfolk Road culvert. Tenders are to be called for carting 1 boulders.. ' Mr T. Urry presented his eirgine--1 driver's report, in which he stated ' that he had assisted Foreman Orr ■ for seventeen days and was with > Foreman Walker the remainder of ■ the month. An open culvert at Nor- ; folk Road required immediate atten- ' tion, as one : of the stringers had, broken away.—Adopted. Mr Evitt, Omata foreman, rcport- ■ ed that the roads are in fair order, with the exception of the portion be- ■ tween the town and breakwater, ow- > ing to heavy traffic and the showery i .weather. He suggested that tenders : be called for repairs with the metal 5 from the beach or the Waiwakaiho. i Filling in over concrete culverts near i Puniho had been finished at a cost of i £6 4s. The new culvert asked for , by the Omata Road Board would re- > quire 44 feet of piping. The board , should pay half the cost, as it will - have as much water going through as -the council. Ho suggested that f Mr John Honeyfield 'be asked to . make better protection to the break- * water road where he has the water . dam near the freezing works, as the i constant lapping; of the water is i wearing away the road bank. When i the banks are made good willow - planting would meet the case. The council decided to put in the . Omata culvert ' provided the Road . Board pay the half share. Cr. Gray referred to the portion of . the report regarding the breakwater t road. He said something should be . done to repair the road, t The Chairman said the 'bus traffic t to the port was very heavy, and 1 was responsible for tho .wearing of the road. t The matter was deferred pending s inquiry as to the supply of metal j available. John Holmes, foreman of the ,Wai--2 tara riding, reported that no repairs hadj been required to bridges during 3 the past month. A culvert on the (. main road had been repaired. Ant other on the Mounrain Road, near 3 the Waiongona station, needed rej placing. He had continued making up, the side roads and lowering the grass from the side of the metal, and levelling the worst places on the unmetallcd part of Richmond 3 Road. The reports were adopted, a —Tariki Bridge.— s Tho chief . engineer informed the , council that the Government is ask- - ed to interfere in the matter of the maintenance of the Tariki bridge, r and that some doubt has been expressed as to whether the road is , under the control of the council or - the Moa Road Board. He asked for e information as to the facts of the - case, as settlers* complained that they could get no metal on the road. s The information will be supplied. ■ —Avenue Road. — ' The Town Clerk wrotu that the Avenue Road holes had been repaired. * Cr. Hopson asked whether the * chairman knew that Mr John Newland, of Inglewood, had met with an e accident here. 2 The Chairman said there was nothing before the council. 3 The matter therefore , —Waitara Crossing.— ; The district engineer for railways replied to a request by the Council - that no expenditure could be incurr red on the Waitara crossing. } j The Henui Road Board asked the t council to draw the attention of >the ; borough authorities to the unsatisfactory state 'in which the footpaths _ have been left on the road at the . top of the Henui hill. Tho borough I council promised to leave the foot- , paths in the state they found them, which was in n, good state of re- ' pair and kerbed'. ' Cr. Hopson moved, and Cr, Hill seconded, that the letter be forward- > ed to the borough council.—Carried. —Eltham Road Loan.— > Mr J. B, Roy telegraphed from . Wellington that the Treasury* was . re-considering the legal aspect rci. garding the payment of interest on the Eltham Road loan. The Chairman explained that Mr r Roy contended that the council was I not responsible for the interest, as 5 the district was now in Egniont [ County.: A very large amount of . correspondence on the subject had L passed between tho Treasury and the council, and the solicitor had iuter- , viewed the officials in the hopes of , arriving at a settlementj - —J unction Road.— 1 Tho Roads) Department informed the ■ council that the sum of £3OO had 1 been authorised' for metalling the 1 Junction Road (Inglewood to Tarata)j —Tariki Road.— The chief engineer also asked whether the council were taking any steps to get tlie Tariki Road in the Moa Road district proclaimed a dis- . trict road. He asked for reasons, if such were the case. The clerk was instructed to acknowledge the letter, r —lnfectious Disease.— Mr J. A. Brownlee, health inspect- ; or, reported (two cases of infectious disease, namely enteric fever at Fitzroy apd scarlatina at Mangorei.; —Hienui Bridge.— The Town Clerk applied for the first contribution of £IOO due by the council towards the cost of the Ilenui bridge. In reply to Cr. Hopson, the chairman said tho payments would extend over five years. —Vehicle Licenses.— Mr Jones, Tariki Road, waited on the council in reference to tho issue of a vehicle license for a timber waggon. The council informed him that it controlled the road up to the bridge, and tile other portion was in dispute with the Moa Road Board. Mr Jones said the state of the road was a disgrace to the body having control of it. The council decided that the byelaws must be complied with, awl it ' .was also decided to advertise that proceedings will be taken against - wners of unlicensed vehicles using J the county l'oads. Lists of these 1 were furnfclk-d by the foremen. ( Mr W. li. Davis waited on the < council with referouco to the severing of a ftfocS Iras ftfa Pafciua l

Road District to the Carrington Road District. Ho pointed out that the settlers had subscribed £lO towards the expenses incurred, and he asked when the wishes of .the ratepayers for severance would tbe given effect to. The Chairman said that owing); to the money not being paid in by November it had been impossible to gazette the matter in accordance with the requirements of the law sufficiently to enable the transfer to be effected at March 31st next. The matter would have to stand over till March 31st, 1906, as no alterations could be made in the valuation rolls except at those dates. —Sentry Hill BridgeMr Hill said several Waitara ratepayers had inquired when the iron bridge fon Sentry, HUI would be ready. He understood from Messrs Rollo and Okey that the bridge would arrive in a day or two, and the firm would have it erected in a mon,th or six weeks. Tho chairman said this was correct., I —Accounts.— Accounts were passed for payment as follows: Administration, £7ci 8s 3d; Moa, £43 9s 3d; Waitara, £29 4s 7d; Omata, £27. —'Tenders.— Tho following tenders 1 were received : Carting metal from Tollgato to Allon's Hill ;F. Kendall, 5s 5d per yard ; E. George, 4s Id ; Oliver, 4s (accepted). Carting from Alilen's Hill to Morris' ; Oliver, 3s 9d ; J", C. Montcfiore, 3s 3d, I<\ Kendall, 3s 2d; H. Kendall 3s 3d (accepted); F. J. Nori-is, 3» 4d ; E. R, Bailey 3s Dd.; T. Hart 3s 6d. Weroldno bridge ; F. M. Grayling £366 and £324 (accepted) ; w. C. Rhodes', £331 ; A.. Miltfe, £348 ; A. A. Piketb, £405 ; Lambert and Tay r loi j £402 10s; Boon Bros, £479 4