PIAKO COUNTY COUNCIL

Waikato Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 2827, 26 August 1890, Page 2

PIAKO COUNTY COUNCIL

Tin: ordinary irr.mtlily mcetinpr of the l'iuki) County Council was held at Cambridge on Saturday, :it 11 ii.ni. Present: Crs. Cliepmell (chairman), Mills. ISrunskill, Williams, ]lcauuy and Haniner.

The; minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed.

Tin-: Tj.vik .Mr Ciias. (!oi:i,a—Thu Chairman said before proceeding with this ordinary business he must refer to the fatal aceinent that had befallen the late Mr Chas. Could, -lie was sure the whole, of the councillors greatly regretted the untimely death of their former colleague. Mr Could had served with them a portion of the present term, and during the time when the liminces of the Council were in a hail state he had worked hard, and by his sterling common seine had greatly helped t•> place the Council in its present satisfactory position. He (the chairman) and the deceased hid worked together upon the Waitoii Road Hoard for a number of years, and he found that Mr Could was a, nmst able, willing, and courteous fellow-worker, and his death would be a ln.-s not only to his family, but to the colony at large. He then moved : That this Council lias heard with "rent regret of the sudden death of Mr Chas. Could, and that a letter be written to his widow expressing the sympathy of the Council with her in her present alHietion.—Seconded by Cr. Hunt and carried unanimously. Ori.vv.iiis Ib.ocKi'.n. — Captain llaili-.y wailed noon the Council anil reported that nearly all the culverts on the upper portion of the Cambridge-Oxford road were blocked, and the water was ruunim: over the road.— The engineer undertook to havo them cleared immediately. LivAVF. <>i- Ai:s!-:nck.--<Y. Murphy wrote thai, he was unable to attend the meeting, and asked tor Icaveof absence.-C ranted. TI!K UnI>KI>H'ATKIi IiOAIiSOr'T.YorAOItiM. — Mr W. K. r.ueklan.l wrote in reply to an application from the Council that lie. would dedicate a small portion of lan.l at Hiuuo.a : My brother ami I dedicated the other day, tin'- whole of the land m this direction that was vested inns. The old road ran out of property at the point marked A on the man supplied by y .11, I lie piece of road marked red being an innovation ; this road might just as well have been run down outside section number I. I can now understand how and why aceitaio fence on the boundary line of number-I was lately taken bodily away. I'll" not know what your Council i-,!itti.-.iiiptliu-' 111 regard to this road, but I surely might have had notice of it. i I am going to do nothing in a hurry in this

matter, but am prepared to sell the land to tlie Council, fur road pin-pases, for .t's, and would include in this sum the cost of dedication, supposing I do it myself.—The chairman said the piece of land was what is known as Chetwynd's deviation ; the Malamata and Taotaoroa roads did not meet, and this bit connected them.— Cr. limit said a gully prevented the road being taken where Mr Buckland wanted it. —Mr Sandos s.iid the fence that was moved belonged to the Matamata proprietors.—Tt was resolved to accept Mr Buekland's olfor, and pay the &i. M.H.R'.s.-Mr Win, Kelly, M.H.R., wrote that he would endeavour to prevent stoats and weasels being liberated in the North Island, and that he would oppose the Thames Harbour Bill. Oxreitn-MATAMATA Road.—Re the plans for the proposed new road along the railway line which were supposed to have been lodged in the survey office by the engineer, Captain Bailey wrote on the l!)th instant : [ have now for the information of your Council to state- that on making personal enquiry at the Survey Ollice, (in order if possible to expedite the matter) I was informed bv Mr Kensington that the delay was not caused by his department, as the plans, had not, up'to that date, the 11th hist, been submitted to the department, neither had they in anv way been brought under the cognizance of the department. —Mr Sandes said it was a mistake as the plans had been returned to him for completion. A rather warm discussion ensued between Captain lViiloy (who was present) and the engineer, which was terminated by the Chairman saying he thought the engineer had been lax, but that the matter should bo pushed forward with all .speed. Mr Handes explained the various causes of delay, and stated that tenders were now in for forming the road. Captain Bailey undertook not to fence across the old road until December Ist. by which time the new road will bo finished. ThkTiiasiks IT.uinoiiß Board.—Messrs Baguall Brothers, of Tenia, forwarded a quantity of information re the ''The Thames Harbour Bill," which was received; the Chairman remarking he did not think there was the slightest possibility of the Bill being passed this sos-ion. [nfoiuiation' Wantki>.—Mr Archibald Clark's solicitors had written to the Council's solicitor stating their client was under the impression that he had entered into a collateral bond, re the Waiorongomai tramway, and asking if such was the case. The Council's solicitor had forwarded the application to the clerk. The Chairman: This is delightful ! Mr Clark's solicitors, who must have prepared, or at any rate have perused the. bond, don't know anything about it. (Laughter). The matter was left for the clerk to deal with. A Wakninc —Mr Patrick Dillon, of Te Arnhii West, wrote under date. August 22nd: Reluctantly I have again to call voiir attention to the state of my section at To Aroha West, it being covered with water four feet deep for days, and all on account of your road drain, which leads the water from Waihou township and surrounding district, through my ground. Tins is not fair plav ; this is not as it should be, as the water has no right whatever to be put through my section. When yon got the road drain cleaned out, you commenced at the top of my ground and turned sand and rubbish down the drain, filling it up six or seven inches. Your not connecting at Wailiou river or mouth of out-fall, is proof positive that you do not want to do me justice. T intend sowing it crop of potatoes in a part of this ground this season, and if they get Hooded by your road water, I will look to you for damages. I write yon this note so that you cannot plead ignorance on the matter. I'. S. When the contractors were cleaning out this road drain of yours, a lot of grass, ti-tree, sand and other rubbish swept down the drain and formed three dams across it, just at the top of my ground. T wrote to your Council asking you to have them removed, which you kindly granted, and gave eiders for their removal. Ten or twelve days after, a man was sent to remove them, but by thii time the dams had overflowed and burst, sweeping all down the drain. This was sending the medicine when the patient was dead ! (I.,anghter).-Cr Mills said the, water went that way before Mr Dillon bought the land. —Mr I'autt said four feet of water on the land was caused by the Hoods backing up the Waihou river. —Cr Heaney said when the land was sold, it was described as swamp.—Letter received.

I'atktkkk Roads.— Mr K. I>. Rich wrote : I shall be glad if your Council will authorise road formation and two culverts on tho road taken from your Council from the Thames Valley Land Company, running from the Te Aroha-Lichfield road to Mr"lsaacs' sanatorium. The road is now all but impassable. The c»st of the necessary work will be from t'liO to 170.—0r llanmer said the road was used by the company to get. to a block of about IKOO acres that was ploughed and is about to bo sown with grass ; in fact about t'oOOO had been spent upon it. —It being found that after contingencies had been provided for there would nnlj remain about £l"i to the credit of the riding account, Cr llanmer was authorised to expend a sum not exceeding that amount in repairing the above road. — Cr. llanmer reported that he had been authorised bv Mr Rich to state that he would form "that portion of the Oxford-Liehli'-ld road, running alongside the I'ntarnru railway station, for the sum of £10.— The. oiler "was gladly accepted, as the Council could not do the work at anything like that figure, and the railway engineer threatens to stun the read through the station yard, which is now being used.— Mr Rich also wrote: I would ask your ('ouncd's favourable consideration to a road nmmng fi i the sanatorium, to join the Te Aroha-Lichfield mad, at a point near Huiigii. This would be a great convenience to the t'avelliiiL'p'd'lic, and I was informed by the ( bounty Kngineor.that lie had already reported on the necessity of having this road made. The cost of the culverts and ditching would not exceed tdO, all of which work is on land belonging to the Thames Valley Land Company, and I am prepared on their behalf to pay any expense of your engineer in surveying the same, and having it duly dedicated as a public road.—Mr Sandes said part of the road would go through native land.—Cr. llanmer said the road would be a great convenience to tho Company and to Mr Isaacs.-Cr. Williams suggested that Messrs Rich and Isaacs should purchase the necessary land from tho natives ; then th«y could dedicate the whole viiad.—The chairman said tho l'atetero people did not appear to know what they did want in the matter of roads, or where, they wanted them. Many of tho councillors did not know the lay of the country, and they had been completely humbugged. He did not know how tin; others felt, but ho was thoroughly sick of the business. —It was resolved : That. Mr Rich Ue informed that the Council is willing to survey and take the proposed road, provided that he enters into an undertaking to bear all the cost of acquiring and dedicating the necessary land, but that the Council is not at present prepared to form the road in question, on account of not having sullicient funds. Thk Valuation-Rou..— Mr W. Nowsham applied to have his name inserted on the roll of owner and occupier of section 22, block 7, Cordon Special Settlement.—The necessary steps to comply with thu request were ordered to be taken. No objections having been received to the proposed alteration of the roll, as submitted at last meeting, they were ordered to be made. Tut: Laiioui; uckstion.—The Oainaru farmer's Club forwarded a circular, advocating the forming of a I i land Central Km ployers C uincil for New Zealand, the fee for'meinbership being os per annum.—The Chairman said the feeling between farmers and their employees in this part of the country was good, and he should be sorry to disturb it.—Circular received. Financk.—The subsidy for the past two years, amounting to £713 Hs 2d, had been 'placed in the bank, which gave the Council a credit balance of £212 15s -Id. This, however was soon disposed of. as it will be seen accounts amounting to £220 were passed finpayment.—The Chairman said he thought they would be able to retire from oilico without being in debt, for tho first time on record.

Tr. AltOllA AMI WAttjIUINGOMAI. -Cr. Mills reported that he had accepted Mr J. Orr's tender of :is per yard for supplying and spreading metal upon the main road between To Aroha and Waiorongoiuai -- Mr Thackray, the successful tenderer for funning the approaches to the Wairere bridge, had refused to take up the contract amMiad forfeited his deposit. The next lowest tender had also refused the work.- ■ It was resolved to call for fresh tenders for this work.