COUNTY ENGINEERS' REPORT.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8286, 14 November 1906, Page 3

COUNTY ENGINEERS' REPORT.

The following is a copy of the report submitted to the meeting .of the .Mastertou Uouuty Counnil tiy the County Engineer yesterday after* noon:--tapper Opaki Road.—Contract N9,, 106—Reforming and iuetallhjg 16 chains ot road.:— ilia contractu!' reports that He e-xpeeta to finish tns uouiraut bv I4tu iuutaut. ' Oak'a Estate Streets. (Loau).. Aa instruoted by tne <juul»cU 1 nave interviewed the promoters ot ttio Oaks' iiii'iulG Loau and ic bus beeu • agreed Lo eliminate 7 chuius lroui ; the onuinai contract ui 4-J onuins to J bnhg the works roitinu uie L lmiit c£ the loau; the promutors ugieeiug to Had llie neaessaiy expauaea incurred Ju couu«etiou with raising saait. The oou tract haa oeen let to A).. Keiina a t,u be uuinpletea by ttio 30.c;j December. Wamgawa to Camp iluud, The necessary repairs to t.»u txualJ i«i»iforui'bndKti'i iu tbu vicinity of UjO .Kopurangtt liave bdtu aUtnaed to. .Opakl Loop Lilue. A Oit wide atopic.utiage, ovt,r iho Waii.upi liua been constructed witn stonework lu same. le Whiti Kiuing:—Oolumba lioad jpencmg.—Contract iNo. lUU.—i'ne fencing of above road is being aubesauciaiiy ereuted ana id well uu ihe way towards ooaiplet.ou. 100 lessee, Mis Evvington, bus 111 ado a teyiiebt tor the ereOtiou ot #ihiee gate* ou the roail liuo aa the teno'ng tnt'ough the property nas euiailou a tuijti subdivision. I iiavu ak ranged for the gates lu be ereutud. To Ure Ore> iWute Roads.—'lhe Committee appointed to interview Mr'iYlcKiliop in connection ivuh chu deviation ou bis road frontage, uiet oa toe 12tli nit. From inspection Mr MoKillop doiiided ihe diversion of the streams on nis proposed tie viatioa would bo too costly toe bis undertaking, it was therefore agreed to adhere to the old line which has been made temporarily lie lor wheel traffic. ■ .JRobießOU's i*oad.—'lhe grading, on above road, ia connection vvitii iVlr Robieson v d contribution, bus been completed, and au unformed length or aoouc 2d onaiud on the SoutLea) end o£ tbu road baa also Jbeen . graded, Messrs McKenzie aud Pike hairing ploughed and prepared the giouild for. tue grader. • MaStettoo Gladstone Road. The unexpended balance of Uruelman's ooutract bus been utilised m improving tbe sine width. Ihere are several lengths on this roud which might cheaply ba oonvtirtud into side widths lor wheel tiufflo by me of plough and grader which 1 would ask leave to undertake, iroui time to time as facility otters. Waingawa rrulieolive sVoiks. — The recent flood in tbe river aus changed the direction of the oiain fl-ireaui vvhioh is undermining the Northern biink about 5 ouains above the bridge; it will fce necessary to s'reuglbeu a groin and an overflow banK at tbe coat 01 about JEIS. Itangitumau Kiuina. —Wanfjaebu Road.—*iContiact JSo 7(3. —61.U cbaius o£ metalling was reuooimencied on tbe 22nd ultimo and fair progress is being made towards completion. Ooutract JMo 74.—100.49 eha.na oi! metalliuis is ; Leiug again pro:eeded with, a length of about 5 or (J chains having beeu laid. Ihe expenditure o£ the balance of the allocation ou the Uoraet3 Road ia beiug spent in repeiis. Aifredton hiding. - 1 - Alfred ton Weber Road. -ERetahuna to Tawataia Section. —Oontracii Ko 65. About 80 c.yds surface repairs. The inuomple f ed portion of / this contract will be started next week. Contract No. 78.— aiotalling Tiraumea Valley,, will also be started next week, weather permitting. Contract .No 102. Bakanui Section.— 25 chains of metalling with papa.' 'lhe contractors are at present engaged refolding and pioparing kilns. liutewai Koad.—> (Accrued thirds). Coutraot No. 105.—35 chains metalling with burnt papa has been let to Bellshaw liros who advise me they will proceed with tho work immediately. Waihoki Road,—Repairs are boing made to the abova roacl. Moiiht Baker Road.—Contract No 81. —lO3 chains of metailing with burnt papa. As tenders have beeu invited twice for the above wotk without success, I- would suggest that tenders db called for turning alone, failing which that the ooutract be reprepaied for metalling from Harding'B pit. Upper Tauwru Rid ing. Mangarai Road. Contract Repairs to the Waipipi dray track are being pioceeded with. Gltndonalcl Wpirere Road.—Contract , No. 103.—Was let at last meeting. The contractor informs me that he has ordered the timber and expeots to have the bulk of it. on the ground during the coming month. Te Ore Ore-Bideford Road.—Tbe depressions in the formation on miles 11 and 16 have been up and metalled preparitory to wool traffic. ' Watauioru Riding.—Weraiti Branoepetlvßoad.—Oonttact No. 94a. Building a bridge over the Taaeru. This work is praotiqally finished, the"oontraotor undertaking to reihedy" any discrepancies during the maintenance period. The! fields survey of 3% miles of the Wweiti Branoepeth Road has been made and plans are now being prepared for contracts. ,