WAIMATE COUNTY COUNCIL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13713, 1 October 1908, Page 7

WAIMATE COUNTY COUNCIL.

, The monthly mating of the Waiinate i'ountv Council was held ycs>erd-jy-Present—Messrs It. H. Kh.nl-* (chairman.. 4. SmcHic. T. L. Hat:. .J. Ilardit, A. Walfctr, and G. Lyall. An tipolot.7 k'" worthy, who requtcted that consideration of the reports of the engineers on the Plireora deviation be held over for a month, and. this wan agreed to. EXGiXEEKS ItEl'OltT.

Ihe engineer, Mr C. K. Brcmner, o - -'ported on the works in each riding. I'artora Upper.—Colliert» bridge was competed anil opened for traffic, to the great of traffic. tl>e ford being always IjvUiuurjv and miev-ii. More important re pajrt> in th? Caunington-White Hock district were completed, and extra labour dispensed with. A small contract had been let for :he fornption of the flat in Gordon's Valley road, to be lightly metalled at pome future time. u» iumlr> may permit. Arrangements may l>r made for completing repairs on Cabbage Tr« <• I'oint road, damaged by the lit- Hood. Parcora- Lower.—Metal .re pain* on lirustell's road were nearly completed. Materials were delivered and pile* were being driven for rebuilding Dip Creek bridge for light vehicles. A npinbcr of smaller bridges destroyed or d;unaged In' ;lie •'Jtnod should be replaced or repaired as ioon -as-possible. Otaio.—l'oatl cuiting--•at Itobb's Bush Creek had btcn madgood for'all .traffic. Makikihi.—The contract on Kngelbrecht's road wan approaching completion. A statement u'to <?ub mittcd of tho cost of icctifying damage done by traction engine haulage to 15 chain-, of Kodge:t>' road. £5 In 6d. IsK'juircd 14 yardo of fresh gravel and labour, llrep Creek.—The laying of pijte drain for Meters' Cheverton and Kolxrtihad b'.-en arranged for. lli comuiitte.' «|f|Joiuted to meet Mr E. C. tftudholuie rgarding the flooding vi' hj» land by rloxvs of Waimate Creek, allege! to l>' eaoEed by a. weir in tin' rivcr-l>ctl, had examined th" sjiot. and concluded;that with the creek bed •>vi rgfh>wn~wl!h goKe. Aueli a Hood tronld have> overllowed «l>otliei lln weir .was there »r uot. They, however, rerommemkd iai«ing the road by 15 inches, and lowering the weir on the Waim-tt. ?ide by 18 inches for 50 fivt. and 12 incii over the "remainder. 'Hie tcam.> h;id l>* en employed on variant? re|Kiirs. Time had not permitted an examination and reports be made on tlh- eucroachineii: of Waiinate on Xotth Uv»,h nmd. Wai hao.—The metalling contract oil 15-de|i|f roail wa~ tsitisfactorily roiuplcti.l. except htbiK'-brcitking. The repair of einlunk iu*nt on Valhy road was com plcto.l, and the slope*, thickly planted wish willows and sown with gum >c'l. The .Shearers" Hill road eommitl-.v hi l

met Mr Ilarrbon. nlio ptopo*ed .i n ; i| -r- '' ration of route, and th- eugimvi ua--> instructed to report Oil the pi»|n>?al. ;,i. to grad*. ttc. Mr I'orb.., a.-ked for another <k vim ion at bin end of th.- load, and what lie oil.'inl wa.« a mote Miitabkline than thai otiginally surveyed. but it wa.- objected to by tb- foinr 1 •»« n< r. The ensineer, theiefore. 1 c<oiiiiik-ihliil that ibi•itfer be adopted. Ilakat-. ram<. a.—Mjy weather had (>eruiittc<l the toailinan make ncev.-*aiy l. p.nr- on tb .Muii; Valley road. 'I he <lov. iniiient h;if> pro vided for the tin-t toward* bridging the Hakaterani .i river at th" - ' Itatihfrio. fto thai 'li. work can -liortlv pnicertl'd with. tieif-ntl.—Kur Ink of time, and the al*.ne> of on-- of the HKjiibtfr?» of the foininittfv. th: imp itiou of th-.' Waihao eni allow Main ,*/ fjouth tuad had not yvt l»*vt» made: i! wa* fcopcil '» liaw ;i report in for Oiriug t>> tlie ab-enci- of on.- of the com mittcc. the revouiiiKiitl.ition- u-i!h to improving the Council loom had my yrt been prcjwrcd. Thv Council'.-, t-.un liad done -oiih 1 patching an.l >.,i tbi- m-lin load northuanl-. from Waihao bridge. Advii-t- hail In.-'ll i«rci\>d fiom i?ir W; .1, ."-"tenar.l tli.r. all n.if.. in ~j.| of work- in th' touuu- ii-oi ii. -n <1 in full. It Atar. il-iidi'd. on tlu- npoit. t.. 1.11-1* out 11*-- :'toiiiiii-ii.!.iii..|j u- 11.-j t 11, W.ii mate Cteek; to d-. maud p.iym-m of £6 Jo •f. 41 from th.- owivr of tiaiii'on " d ini-ige :«» tii.nl: to am-pt Mi I-'oib -' •••frr of t-hang' of to.il till' at, >||l afl lliU. o»i:i:;.Ni'i)\i)i:.wi; Niitf- iorre-|xiiidence w.<r 1• • i\■ d fioir. Mr 1. I•m Ik iidL; 1 - of ad ditional E. ctiou- .. t Tavi-to, k. —1 h- |'„hi: • d decided thai tlcy «"nd not ».i nunv as Mr le.-clieiii.ik i .1. -ii« d tliviu to A settler at St. Andtew* turned T. Niclioll-, applied fo : rrfund of pud by him for cutting nillou.- in th- Otaio 'iv.r. nhieh the engineer refu.-ed t'j k: him b,rr«-. anil u-cd t Ikiii for C-oUiml purjxwo. He one!i»-ed .1 o»pv of J.-t t«.r -isincd by N. H„pkii|.. -,\",i,-

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more years ago. on a similar complaint," and Very little encroachment had taken place in the meantime. At that rate it would be many years before the comity road would be endangered.—The" Council decided that, no action was called for at, present.

Mr I*. Meredith wrote suggesting that the Council should tako some action in regard to the Local Elections Franchise Bill. The chairman suggested, and the Coutlchvagreed, that. ;u< ;i local administrative body, tlie Council should not intcrfohjiin, genercl politic"?. McsVrs Gray and Paul applied for shingle on L'rilaue road. —Engineer to report. GOVEUXMEXT GIIAXT.S.

Le(K-rs from Sir W. J. Steward »civ read,'/regarding the votes in aid askcil for, all of which bad been granted. Nothing appeared on the estimates for a newpost . oflice for Waiinate, but the item might appear on the Supplementary Estimates. In all £I6BO of ne\r vote.s and £825 of revotes had l>een parsed. The chairman stated thafc lie had «1v udy. wired t iuitks ou behalf of tli/j Council, and it was now moved by Cotmeilloiii Walker and Hardie and carried.—

"That the Council endorse the telegram tent by the chairman to' Sir \V. J. Steward. and records on its minutes its appreciation of his efforts during the present str.>ion in obtaining Government aid towards further improving connminTfaUon of Crown tenants in the county with the railway and market centres, and that a. copy of this resolution be forwarded t« .Sir \Vm. J. Steward."

HEAVY TRAFFifc BY-LAW. .Sir W. J. Stewaid sent- a copy of, tho Heavy Traflic Ily-Law. and advised that .uiy amendments thought desirable should be sen! at once.

The engineer and Mr Walker pointed out several objectionable feature in the Jiill, and a committee was appointed to go through the Hill, make out a list of amendments, and forward tlicin as soon as l-ossible. WOKKS TO IMC UXOEIiTAKEX. Tlie ".stimatis for the year win- inferred tx), and it was thai, tend ci.- foi the following works In- invited for next meeting, to the amount, sanctioned by the Council for each: —Kinross and Davidson's. Waituna, Urutaue, ' iiingit top. W alhaorunga Itack and L'aiivll's roads. VOTE OF TUAXKS.

(Jn tin- motion of Mr Walker it «a> icrolved—"That the action of Mr Cniigie in -ucce.-srfiilly opposing .the propa-ed in - clu-ion of the South C;uitcrbuiy Ho.-pitui and Charitable• Akl J!oard District, a.- be* ing liable towards tbo North ('anU-ibitiy Sanatorium lias yearly saved this district ;v large >uni, and that he be thanked for ills service-." misci-xlaneocs.

It w ; a.- ic.-olveil to icquo.-t the Uoviiuor to extend the time for th« county <dection from' the 2nd to the 17th November. 011 account of the Cljli*tchurch Show, and the Council resolved to meet .1 week earl-it-r in 1 October, on account of the Tiniaiu ShoM'.

Kight of .-carle! fever and one of diphth, rhi «cve ivpoi te«l dui inj; the moiiiii. The committee '>ll the .-object rci-oni-ineiidid that the laigcr ;i 1■ ■ niiion-. fit the (,'ouncil Chamber, proposed by Mr I'ctne. be relegated to the incoming Council, and thi" wa.\ adojited. Accounts Amounting to £11)03 3- 3d weic |M->ed for payment.

The Council tnv: at I p.m £ '