WANGANUI COUNTY COUNCIL.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14234, 6 March 1914, Page 7

WANGANUI COUNTY COUNCIL.

MONTHLY MEETING. The monthly meeting of the Wanganui County Council was held to-day, there being present—Crs. Poison (chairman), Vhi.eman, Glenn, Allen, Biggie, Fietchrr ind Collier. .GENERAL BUSINESS. MEETING—It was deckled to hold the lext ordinary meeting on April 7th. A •pedal meeting to confirm the new tele ahone by-laws will also be held on that day. TELEPHONE , BY-LAWS—The tele oiione by-laws were passed, to be confirm ad on April 7th. OROIA HILL—It was decided to cal! tenders immediately for the metalling o' the road up the Okoia Hill. The accept mee of the tender was left to the clerl ■ind O. Whiteman. ABERFELDIE 110 AD—The repairs tf tb?, Waimata Bridge, and the easing o' several noints on the Long HiT on tlw \berfeldie Road were left to Cr. - ffirar md the foreman to deal with and see that things are nut in order. GORSE GRUBBING— I The foreman renorted that he had served notices on set Ters in the Mangwhero Riding to clear •'orse from their road frontages, but, sc "ar. no move had been made to have tlw ■■"ork dope.—H was decided to notify set Hera who have not complied with tlw notices served on them, to do so at on. / otherwise action would be taken against them. ACCOMMODATION PADDOCK—It was to erect an accommodaUon pad dock at Mason’s with the material at nreoent on the ground. CULVERTS —It. was dllS'kled to put in several ranch needed eulverts on the Paranara Road bevond Kakatahu. Ml TARAWA ROAD—Cr. Higgle moved f> -at the Countv put 400vds of metal on the Matarawa Valiev Road.—The motion W(*s put and •carried, a deputation of settlers who came in over the matter re -eiving the decision with applause, as U-e matter has beau before the Council for some considerable time. Foreman's R; ( n>t.—The foremen's re fort was rend and adopted. Tho luncheon adjournment was tlier taken. Thu following business was transacted after tho Council resumed at 2 u m. UPOKONGARO- FERRY.—The Wan ga.Hui Education Hoard wrote urging on tho county tlw necessity for ro-ouening the Upokongaro ferry, as its closure was a great inconvenience to a numb w ol children.. It the ferry is opened tin ..Board wiH pav-to. tho county controllin}. the hirry 6d for each child over the agi of five years of afie (return fare), on condition that tlm children-are conveyed b, 1 the mint *nd not bv the ferry boa t; that the service is regular, and th'nt-no •horses •or '.other stock are conveyed across the river at the same time as the children are crossing. As sixteen children .would po .crossing, this would mean a rovemu of :ahout £2 a week to the conttolliiip •iutUority for .44 weeks in tin? year.—A letter;was also received From tho storeksaoor at Upokongaro offering to tjakc over'the running of, thcr ferry at satisfactory remuneration, offering to exercise aufkfont ■ control over, the passage of school children.—The chairman stat'd that under the much improved conditions the terry should he opened. (Jr, Glenn; “It should never have been clos-ed-”—'Cr. Fletcher was not in favour of opening the ferry unless the Waitotarn County would come in and share cnually the responsibility of running tho ferry. —Cr. Allen expressed"a similar view.— Cr. Poison moved that the Wanganui Council approach AM. Waitotara Council and see if they will bear half the loss and half the responsibility of running the ferry, Wangamuj County. to gi\e half the profits to Waitotara in-,return. Cr Poison s tided that'if this' would be agreod to the ferry, would be opened . next day.—Cr, Allen seconded the motion, which was carried.—Crs, Fletcher and Higgle were deputed to wait on the Waitotara County Council over the teLHFT BANK OP RIVER.-A mee'ingof settlers and others interested in the formation of a road down the left bank of the river met at the County Council's building, on the 11th uP. Tim following report was forwarded to the County Counci ;•;• “That tho Wanganui County Council lie requested to make strong representations to the Government for an ado- i quato grant,for a bridge over tho Pitang-i, J and for improving the present track to Jerusalem, and that a deputation of settelrs wait oil the Minister of Public 1 Works to put the matter duly before him."—Tho Council, decided to accede to tho requests of the meeting.- , SLIPS.—It was decided to grant A-30 In compensation fer slips which have come j dowhi on the road in the Upper Wangaohu to tho contractor, Mr McCann. TELEPHONE.— -An application was re- ' ceived from six Mangamahu Creek settlors for the erection of a telephone line tolheir district. . \ similar- petition was received from another batch of settlers in the same district, • Decided to accede to the requests of 'the petitions. .. ' TENDERS.—Tho following tenders were aceeptcd:—Long Acre, claying, J, Hogg; metal supply, No. 1 Line, Snow. (Left .Sitting,)