BOOK COUNTY COUNCIL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2407, 23 January 1909, Page 7

BOOK COUNTY COUNCIL.

/ ’ .MONTHLY MEETING. , The monthly meeting of the Took County Council was hold yester|aVi present: The Hon. Can tain w' ’ll. Tucker (chairman), Crs. Bolaiiil) Holden, and F. J. Lysnar. CORRESPONDENCE. Mr. S. J. Spencer, wrote objecting to " permission being given to Messrs Bros, to prevent him from '+arccirnk a fence- at the Mangatakerau | Tologa Bay. The fence at * ipreseiWaltered the boundary of the road. . . , , . Toe engineer said lie thought the Council should direct Mr. Spencer to (Voice .according to the road line. jt was decided to inform Mr. S, H .ncer that any alteration lie,made +,> the boundary of the road would bo at his own risk. . y petition was received from a lmtnl,cr of ratepayers in Makai’aka and TVaogenga-a-hika districts asking 'that Thursday be appointed the day for abthe weekly holf-holiday. Jy said tliat some districts desired the weekly half-holiday on Thursday and some on Wednesday. It was decided to appoint the halflioliday for the day most suitable in the various districts. Mr. W. F. Cedorwall wrote asking ilmt provision should be made for s tor!c to be watered on the Poutae pond and .at the t0p.,.0f Tatapouri Rill, on the Tologa* Bay road. .Mr. Lysnar said sheep travelling on pic Tologa- Bay road needed some proris’uni lor watering, as there was a -temptation for theta to drink the salt vater in the Pakarae River. iShe engineer was instructed to make some provision for stock in the tonus of Mi'. Oeclenvall’s letter. Tlie Department of Roads forwarded the schedule of thirds duo to the Council for the period covering June Ist. 1008; to November 28, 1908. The total amount to be expended was £620 14s 2d. The clerk of the Patutahi Road jßonrd asked the Council to forward, the cheque for £4O promised towards tlu-*e«t «f completing repairs on h->j4'eufuii’s Road. As Cr. Sherratt was not present it was decided to defer payment. A letter was received from the Treasury Department approving of a loan of £SOO for the, construction of Darwin Road and stating that the money would not be available until after March 31st. Similar letters were received approving of the loan of £IOOO for the Mangaheia bridge, and the Pouatva stream bridge. The clerk said there was very little probability of the money being available before March 1910, and the letter was rc--ived. 'Mr. \V. Morgan., ‘ secretary of the High School Board, notified the Council that Mr. A.M.rut'facw.s’ term of representation on the Board would terminate Ai Feb. Ist., and asking ilm Conii/? •Ip appoint a representative. /yu. Cr. A. F. Matthews was re-appoint-ed to the Board, and a vote of thanks was tendered to him foi’ his past scriices.

A subsidy of £IOO was received from the Department of Roads to bo swat on the Tahora and Government JM'}. 'fhe Council was advised to tippt? to the District Road Engineer J'orimyment of the money. TJie Engineer was instructed to ap- ?]■- fertile money J Thpkumial notice to clear County hinds /com noxious weeds was received li'oni the Department of Agriculture. It was decided to instruct the -settlers adjoining the infected areas : to dear the land. A copy of the Ordor-in-Council declaring the AVaiapu Inland Road to be a public road was received. Tlie audited copy of the annual .hxlance sheet of the Council was re-' beared from the Auditor-General. REPORTS. Ihe statement of accounts to January 22nd showed : Overdraft, December 19th, £19,365 13s id ; collected since £3939 9s 9d; accounts clue £2303 IDs 6d ; overdraft-, January -'h'd. C 18.229 14s Id ; required February Ist., £1620 2s lid; advances duo, £3868 2s. The County Inspector- reported that a case of typhoid fever had occurred at Patutahi, the disease being probably contracted in town. The patient A'.ul been removed to the hospital. . 'ENGINEER’S REPORT, dir dcG. Fraser. County Engineer, reported: Contract 254, metal repairs Gray’s Hm, south side. —Satisfactorily completed. . Contuict 250, quarrying spawling, and knapping stone, Gisborne- \Vairoa road, Government grant.—Good progress is being made with this contract, and the stone is being carted on to the road as it is being broken, jflptwurt 249, metal repairs Wail mutti,— -The contract quantity of the -o* stone has been collected and is beuig broken and carted. Contract 248, metal repairs Middle road, etc. —-500 yards of shingle lum. been spread on this road and 100 yards placed in depots for the v.' inter.

Con tract 245, metalling Von Fein’s l'oud, Wli'atanpoko.—Completed. Contract 244, metalling Hauibi-Ta-kapau road. —Completed. , { Contract 241, road machines.—Cood work lias been done with the three machines. The Tologa Ray *S%l >ar . lias repaired the Hat roads on yjbotli sides of the river and is now 'engaged at Tak apart. The machine at Tiniroto is repairing the Te Itoinga ~s n d hranch roads near Tiniroto, and tho party in the Arai riding has completed nearly up to "Wharerata, and v.'ill proceed in to the South boundary of the County. Contract 198, metalling Arai-Toko-nui road.—All metal is ready for carting land teams leave to-day to take up the work. Contract 198, erection of bridge at. Fakarae.—Better progress is now , being mado with this contract. Tho \ centre concrete pier erected, . also I piers on the south side, staging is up for the first 100 ft span, and the lower chord assembled and rivetted. "r II .the material is on the ground, and the' contmctov. expects to have the work, completed' by the .end of ■March. Tramline to Arai has been laid off and pegged, and the plans are now in hand. The report was adopted. ' ROTORUA STOCK TRACK.

Mr. .Middleton waited upon the Council and asked for payment Tor work done on tho Rotorua Stock track.

Cr. Lysnar said £SOO had been voted for the work, which was left to

Or. Sherratt to supervise. The grant had been exceeded by £287. Tho Europeans, all -except Mr. Middleton and Mr. Steel, had been paid, and the natives had not been paid. Cr. Lysnar held that as the contract had been allowed to pi’oceed to an amount over the grant it was the Council’s duty, to P,ay, because tlie Council was responsible for what Or. Sherratt had done. Cr. Lysnar read three letters from Cr. Sherratt to Mr. Middleton encouraging him to proceed with the work. In reply to the Chairman,; Mr. Middleton said the amount due was £43 and a liability to Mr. Steel of £3l. ' It was decided to pay tlie amount of £43. TENDERS. The following tenders were received for erecting the Mangaliaea Bridge:— F. Overton £1077; J. Griffon £921 3s 6d. Mr. Griffon’s tender was accepted. The Council decided to sign the deed of dedication for Benjamin Street. Malsaraka.