WORKS PROGRESS

Waipa Post, Volume 31, Issue 1762, 25 May 1926, Page 5

WORKS PROGRESS

IN TE AWAMUTU BOKOUGH. ENGINEER'S FORTNIGHTLY REPORT. Mr W. D. R. McCurdie (borough engineer) presented lie following report to Monday's meeting of the Te Awamutu Borough Council: The weather during the whole fortnight has been vary broken. It i s not likely that any more asphalting can Le done this season, though small r.a'tches may be yet attended to. The Hood dip at the foot of Wallace Road will be attenc'ied to at first opportunity. Yard conveniences: All the concrete about tile sale yards convenances has teen laid and properly set. The contractor i s now engaged on the framework .of the superstructure. The roofing and the .plumbing work should be finished next week, and the contract handed over.

Alexandra Street: The footway has teen made up to the permanent level as tar as the earthwork is concerned. This will be rolied hard and sanded and made comfortable for walking on as soon as the ground is dry 'enough for rolling. The gateways have not be'en filled in yet. Users prefer 'them as they are fill the weather i s suitable to fill them in. We will then roll them hard and smooth in one quick operation, if possible. Earth for the- making of the footway has be'en given by Dr .Blundell and by the Presbyterian •Church. ,■ . ~ Water supply: A leak in the watermain near the Waipa bridge, Pirongia, on this sid-e of the river, was reported. It was found,to,have been running for some time. It is now c'auiked and made tight. "■"'■■ h !•>' : - : ' iMahoe Street: The loan "schedule provided' for a footway on the north side a s far as the*la~st"house. A survey' has -'"'been,, made, '-"'fixing all , the houses in the ■ street. From .t/his it appears that it'would h be well if pos-' sible to complete'the'whole street. Water meterst-Complaints have been made for some years; against the water meter at the Te Awamutu Hotel. It is no unusual•,;t;hjng' j -;?for owners to complain against all meters, alleging that the meter discriminates maliciously agaihst.'them^' : This meter has been fitted with a stopcock in such a way thatviarbose fcana. attached and the meter checked by 'filling a barrel at any time without, moving the meter for testing purposes.. This ig the plan adopted for the testing of the asylum meter, and it has given-complete satisfaction. 'Laurie Stneet Turrist'ile: A turnstile, or, actually;, a-''small gate, has been placed -at the s foot of Laurie Street to give residents convenient access to the railway station, and also to alow perambulators to be wheeled through without trouble. Park Road trees: The trees in Park Road have all been pollarded to a height of about eight feet, and the debris has been removed. The sixteen trees were . thus, dealt with by Contractor Reily for the sum of £5.

George 'Streets A good-deal of water accumulates at the Gearge Street comer in Arawata Stre-et. This water turns round the corner and. runs down the George Street gutter. Lately it has been overflowing.: the concrete channel and scouring away the clay outside the channel.- ■ This scour has been averted by laying of ballast along the outside of the gutter. . More of this work is to be done on the east end of the,,, street. ~.,,,,,.,,; , Sewers: The. -/sew, ei>: -.through Mr Teasdale's property..to .serve the stationmaster's; nous® < and', a ..number of other Government-cottages this side of the railway: on.the station reserve, has be>en laid, and is ready for use. On the way -across Mr Teasdale's land two have been laid, and recorded"; so that Mr.Teasdaie may, when' he thinks fit, lay off a bu;Ming •• s-f.te of th'e sewer and have both_of.thenvconnected at a very small^cost},,.,:,;., Puniu Road: Tftftvcrossing from Puniu Road into Mrftyallace's place has been causing an insanitary dam of stagnant wateit '<bh.Hbhf \ side in _ the roadway on account or 'the six-inch pipe in" the crossing" being completely blocked solid with'.'dirt: , The • by-law should, make it compulsory .for every, owner of such,a-jorojssing/.tp, keep-.it clean. They are,, strictly private affairs for private, u5e..,., If allowed to choke thev;:£pr;<?e roadway and dp ..gr^at.damage, besides being a nuisancejJan^.an,inconvenience to i- :-.;■.',;-■..,ii':- ..■ , Kihikihi Road: on,the new'asphalt fi'%i--the post office to the through boun.fla.ry »is fiemplting Providence and the_£plice by going faster, than necessary arid, by cutting the corners. At Brady.,:Street corner at the racing- quite foolishlv aftd unnec.e>s'anly getting a wheel off the altogether and damaging the road in cutting the corners The asphaltls made"' '.extra- wide at these cornerg^so*'thati-there is. no need to cufrthemnat all;;''To encourage reckless drivers- to-keep on th« asphalt the corners have., been /filled in with rough spall Henceforth the road will be protected from" this type of "road bog." IBM/H ■ < '■ -' : Domain Road septip,tank;. The, path round the tank has" been cleared of mud and silt; and;the dry- stone walling :ound the area:-has bee.n attended to with a YieAy to .stopping .the underrun that caused the silting; : last win-, ter - '' J *' J ' "'' " '.'"'' , , T 'Merital hospital".water supply: Mr Hall-Jones, \ -the, -district .engineer of the Public Works department, informs me that the lealtage- from the hospital suppiv has been o'ii some occasions so low 1 as'9ooo a day, arid it is ■ ■hoped, to reduce it .yet to- .somewhat-; IOW-er. . ,r •-.-.■.. ... ,-' -<v ■'■ : : '.' i Water supply, intake:;Mr Harwood, of Pirongia." the caretaker at' th 3 in--take, renorts'as uhd'er: '"Have inspected the intake continually. The heavy, rains have caused, a number of stoppages at the intake: on Sunday morning it was completely blocked with debris and silt; /; a''number of fairsized rotten logs' cam'e down and piled up behind the intake; I removed them, and gave it a good.,glean out, which took me about two hours. Everything now in good order." - : Raeburn Street: A house has been commenced .on section 6,, Raeburn St.. without adequate consideration of the drainaee ouestion. I levelled for the sewer in the road up to the back of

the house yesterday, with a view to helping the builder out of.his difficulty. I firid it Will be just possible,'' to drain to : the ; sewer by ; building a-/' good deal of the private drain above , the • iground. • I mention this' matter"

for the purpose of calling the attention of build<ers and other's to the stupid.ity of starting any building without first having all the drainage data in hand and carefully- studied.;- . Paterangi Road: This very important road is nof. provided for in the loan schedule. It is in a fearful state with hoi'es and lumps. The Mayor has instructed me to put jit into the'best s'tate of repair that funds will allow without delay. The.work 'is in hand riow. and in a..few days!'time this road will be ready to, giys. the Paterangi people the test : w'lec'ome that can be offorded --at ; t>e ; time. The length of the road in the borough from Pirongia Road to the Mangapiko bridge is only ten chains. The county road on the other side of the bridge is in fair order. . \