WAIMATE COUNTY COUNCIL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13240, 21 March 1907, Page 7

WAIMATE COUNTY COUNCIL.

The meeting iif;; thK ■ .Waiinate: County- Council- was bold yesterday. >, Present r^tesirs; P., .Studhohiie ■ (eha,ii'manj,;. Hliodes, . Hart, l.yali. Hardie. Walker. An apology: was. received from Mr' IS^eeri. 5 -:. He aslred-.-toi 1 -leave ol absence on account of'iUhe;il.yliy;'.;Vii.d this was - granted with; /regret: for - : -LNcixuLir.s i;i OR r •I he engineer, .-Mr -C.' hj: Rremniiiy read bis repofoffor. the- 1 month. -In Upper Paretuu iKlmgr progreiv.s was b&mg made with the contract 7 on I HoVell's-awl-: rela ted roads, ■■and l'ema.ifiK: 96i2- chains of the latter unformed to,make connection. with Little River, road, ajid, :to cotrjpjeic this . road, and its tuiiipletion would greatly improve, the commu-nications...of,tT>i.s>-part'of;: the .district.- . In' Loweisidfgreorn,. the Pareora-and l'leasantfinished. Lyall-dale-Pdeasaht. /-Viiliey .. road ; would be;: put: in hand shortly./Mr DavidsPh'svnppHeation had bean. inipiirfed into, and", aw the public load could'-derive-, no . benefit, it'could iiot be recommended. Cii - Kinross's; application, the. engineer .recbnimended; a, lightcoat (;f shingle;, to: be provided , for iil " the coming. year's; estimates-- : In Oiaio riding :Tavistock road contract was 'being pushed on ; that foK.' Daisy-Hill ; ; ; rpii.d's'va3. hot. yet started ;- that; forAghew's'jthtV' onlyjust be'gunjmd.jSpriiigbank. was temporarily.:in? abeyance,--the contractor ■ being, engaged :.-e!i?ewhere...:-, The: Council's teams had 11l Makifcihi: the ■'Swdmp- road, contract had been.. ..satisfiicf orily fulfilied.;. anil. . .drains had- been; attended .to; :as--fai.v as'.'jt-He-*choked s;afe:::'(jfi:^heipiuMager. ; Rqaid:^:: r ;elii&iie!s .would 'permit. -.- The Drainage Board had dragged olf. surface and slips" iii"" the' main; - dram^.liad;/.;!not;.;, .cleared^..'" In" Deep' Crejlc the . timber*. for HiiveJ;: bridge iiacl been ...delivered;' and the. er.ecticijis. -would:: be proceeded- with, at. i.'iTCe. : '-In.;:-W:iihao 'the - Pike:s. hPamt-» -to scon tracts w:as ":ahottf ; comT jileted. : About. 69 chains of - Takihu Point road had ; .been- blocked: out and opened for .traffic: of formation should be completed in time or. four weeks. Station Peak .terairiea ■ Galley : road > contract s;onebreaking wa-s not yet finished. ; 'The fencing of.the-;liate!'vfi'i;ies-'-;i:nad was ahnbstyM-. ishwL/^rTiie bridge irig "redeemed aiid■;''Oth , erwLsb'-oyerhaulect ;or■deWHo;,clear goi'se'off roads; were T.equired in four.vcases;; orders, - previously, issued' in two' beeu,;.complied .w'ilhv,. It. was agreed to write To 'the...Drainage I'oar;! uigiiig thai llicy have the Makikilii dram cleaned :out. , r- ■: ■ : . :■ • -

The engineer was insiructoeri to take proceedings against; tlie r persons?; named,'; for clearing; goii:e off .roads. -■ • t A lst.C'i' was-read'-from Mr Nicolk. setting'forth, conditions on which lie would permit a. road in Makatenunea riding to bB/deyiiited.iLryagl! lii| latid,Vahddhe Council accepted, tlii conditions. ;. : V. ' The Level* County, Council requested;this Council to. slum: (lie. tost of defending an appeal tcsf. case against: •'Mr \Y. Harkness.—lt -was agreed to pay one-foiirtli\ of tlie ' "... The-Lands Office, Christclrurch,. wrote; ilia; tin gravel reserves iii/^he;settlements belonged: to.,.t:hefCrowti.Klan<l jxs.3£' was-cte--.sjred"to.:l»a>ye.-.f^pni: Vested;, ifr"the Council,' the capital value must' be paid JorHiiein. As'gr'ayel reserves they could,be;used witfc oub payment'. ■ "■■"■■■ , The femuka jhivough Council wro'e asking. at change .of name. of the electorate from Temuka "to Reraldine'.T-'iveply to., be sent thatl a-raattoer;of lndifierence to the Council. : The Milburii Linie and Cemen- .Company replace five: pressed (.oiicrettf ..pipes,- .broken;,in ; railway ' transit, bill? tins ji}ljs-6 not; bet»Keii as a, precedent ■ —i-he engineer said tit must be ai precedentor lie miMiM~de.il eHewliPie. The nialeis shrjjild j\itk the pipes with cli.iw, to save '|>4 risk'.'rif.lireakage- in s|iuiiting ; . -,,. : =®he part iif a road,leading to Knnftingley ®'W C be : formed.—Uhevtdrairriiah said there': was doubt, whether 1 this ,road wiis :in : ; , >/yi^: ii)(jitivq aifil . i : ':S PX OhXl'RAl/' Mr C. Manchester, and Sir A. Walker «'er«i reappointed.-.- t<> the'isHigh 1 lJfMu-d and the Technical: tio# respectively, and -tW'. usuM. ;coiitri-<; bufion. of £5- was inade. to .the- classes'.

: On the report nf impounding rangers, j ie'.ftras decided to withdraw- tlie permis-i sion.: to: graze; stock , on -roads;, that \ was ; - 'gi>: drought, of raiigers , i.uid' collectors of icfog: tax for the'^-sevorai districts were vimi'de. W; Walker asked whether : ;my progress' had: been lmide. with the acquisition of; t ho- A acres of; waste 3^/(}i-etha : i, which the laie Miqhiiet f-tudholme ■; gave, to tlie piibiic.'4-Ih'e '■ clerkthe" solicitors; 'had the matter m-:haifth ' and they said thai, it- .would :.take«?t,svlong; 1 ime to get. the land, transferred to the Gtntneil. ■ .-beisvus'e. beneficiaries... the will, j.M'lio:' had ■ to sign . documents,"-'were : ;scattered . all over the W.liker urged " that; tlie matter' sho.iild be. pusheil through and ( .'a- transfer to: tliis -Gouiicil. .obtained.' ■.' ■ • ;'/ : , '. At Mr Lyall's: that a.i,' footpath in. St."Andrew's be -'es-'.-tended and gravelled, from the school' .plantation to the constable's cottaga.—: .Mr I'liod'es -suggested that- the school com-, .mittee should plant some other trees': '.to! .provide shelter, and then the present plan--tatioii that damages rho road could be cut- d-own. . Mr J.yall undertook to consult the committee. . . i/The ; church plantation was also mentioned ' ax .causiiig ;avmiisance . in winter. V, ■ ill- Lvall mentioned that. 3tiv Trayescomplained of a few big gum . tre'eis dii the road line oil tlie Way to the old l'arcora ;homestead; that were impoverishing hi- land for a long way. round.—it was agreed to let Mr Xraves .remove the gums. ' The, report of .the-' Waihao . water-race compittee.\was'-.iai4 : .andjadopted,' ~aiid'',cor? respondehce respecting several detail matters was-, read. Mi-■!. J. H.... Andrews was appointed a member of the committee. Tim chairman brought- tip the .question

of making a by-law. requiring all vehicles to carry lights- at night. Mr Hart: said it was no use making a by-la.w that could not be enforced, ami it. would be impossible to enforce such a. one.—The matter was-held over, pending a--further meeting. IKXDKIiS. Tenders were received as follows:" - Contract No. 601, formation ' Hatchei ies •road, J- Johnston'£ll4'lis (accepted) ; K. Whire £159 ss; : A. Xicol, £159 13s 2d. Contract. No. 602, metalling WainiateWailiao I'-orks road. J. Cochrane £152 18s (accepted) ; R. Awhile. £206 ss. Tenders were ordered to be called for metalling 276 yards on back line near Morris's, Sfid' yiirds Woolshed Cully road. 232 yards Chui'chill road, 462 yards Oumtiee 'rlat road, 210, yards McXaiiglitou's road. - accounts. Accounts were passed for payment amounting ;to £B2B Is 9d. SimARITvV TIILL ROAD. The Council discussed the details of the cost of Ihe Shearers' Hill deviation, and ptUting down the value of land (the Council's ■ valuation).: eoninensation for severance and "supply, of water,- fencing,, road formation, ■ metalling, culverts and fords, surveys' and' .deeds, a total of £IB7B , was 'arrived;lit., . , Hart, 'as one fmeinb.er c:t tlie nanig, said he! v would the . ie^Donsibility of c'ccidiii"'\oiie. av;iv nr other. l'ersonnlty he had fixed, his '.limit' at- £1500.:. If the (Vovernment would,increase the grant, above £SOO. something might be. .done. 'Mr Walker thought -'that a,s' the alteration. of' the road would benefit- Crown tenants chiefly,, the Ooverninent wpidd ,in-.drease-tli'e subsidy-. , .;,' , . . ' Tt was ngt'ceil to ask the Government' to reinstate .Ithe': grant; Tiext year,. .".md ; the decision on going on with,the:.work sas held: over for a 'fuller meeting. , ;