REPLY TO MR. STANLEY CARE.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 74, 26 June 1878, Page 2

REPLY TO MR. STANLEY CARE.

■I" TO TH?. EDITOR* '.fX ../ '■;?$ Sißi-^ln yottif issue of i;he ; EH;hr msfc -; you publish a letter fftim a Mr StanleyOarr headed a complaint, asking f or en--lightehment a> t^,.tk^;p^ceedi^Ss?,qf ;. the County GounciVin doling yrit^the^;, Kimboltbn-road and .its ppntimi&tioa 1 through the Kiwitea! Block, t. Tax con-i versation with: Mr, Garr, ■ J hare at-; ..... tempted, and as it would -seem m vain,. . : to give ;Kim the desired enJLightenmentg, •-_ but as an explanation of. iheCJouDeilfs:. action; inthis: matter may be. off interest to theKiwitea settlers,*l wilttry through • ■ your columns, to place the; facts of thecase as succinctly as possible before! ■ them; ■ .- . '■'"'r? "■?,<" ■.! : ,"T-T ' ■ :f: [ WitH respeot to the rfeasPn; forvrprk being commenced. at a point 31Qchainatv ■■ ■ north of the southern .boundary of the- | Kiwitea Block, instead of at the poinfa ; nearest Feilding, as' Mb; Cajpr; Suggests } should^ have f 'been i done* ' i$- rhasfc • : b«v : f I understood, that the £1,000 Fotecl? ; by- .,-/ the Grovemmerit' ? last .SeSsipn, , : £najshe>^ j grant of £210 the ; Qduncili wera both ! grants strictly^ f or:, expenditure within the Eiwitea jßiding, and conse-^. quently, that n6; portion ;o| thpse^nma: „; ißould'be spent/oniatiy^ partjof the/Kimi^ . ] bolton-road hearer Peildihg than the~* 'southern : Tjoundftry , of i the /Eiwitea ,; .Biding.; Next, ; the reason . why worlC: : not begun at that ; southern , bound* *ry instead of at a -poinb 310 ;ohjain,a .." further, north 5 .was thi9,r^fchat the; con? • tract for felling and clearing, 1;ho8et31O : chains was let by the late Prorinoia^l Government Jttf parties >whojneTOrjtiU^ < , just lately completed their jcoutraet to , the satisfaction of the Government Engineer,. ;and" therefore that pQrtipn- of:,, - the road only fell under thejurisdictaon; of the County a few weeks ago.? .Irak. T mediately that it did so;faU in^ijthe .I', Council's hands, the work was "setputt..!.'; by their JSngineer, ; and > Renders " for its performance. Not tQ;4?se | any ■;,>• time, ■ however, while the abom ;Pro. " vincial'iGoy^rnment/oontrap^ Mjas^n^,^, completed the formation of the northern-^ j most 1150 chains waig proceeded mfch,. as. „ ' being the ; only part a o'f ! the -road ' thff -■' Council could at that time ideal with. i; When the tenders for the" 310 chains .. ; \rere sent m, the Council rejected thejn,_ r as excessive, and itwas hoped, that- bjr-? some alterations .m the .. speeifibatipn? ; and mode of constructing ;t|ta.rpadj" the "-- work 1 might be tendered for afc^aiwe* figure ott'caiKng^reshtenis^s.

There w^s also the very cdgentTeason for the rejection of these tenders, that if the Council had accepted .them, they would have exceeded by a considerable sum the amount afc. their disposal for the workreven if the Government had fulfilled its promise by paying over to the Council the £1000 grant m monthly instalments of £250. The Council, immediately after rejecting the tenders for the 310 chains, were, unfortunately, deprived of the services of their Engineer, and, consequently, a delay has arisen iti making tne alterations referred to, and calling for fresh tenders, which, though much to be. regretted, has been quite unavoidable. A meeting for the appointment of an Engineer takes place on the 21st June, when it is to be nbped the cause of delay will cease to exist. As to the three miles still unformed, between the southern boundary of the Kiwitea Riding and the finished portion of : the , /roact within the Manchester Riding, it is only within the last few weeks that the completion of the adjustment of accounts between the ridings has enabled the representative of the Manchester Riding to claim a further County expenditure within its boundaries, and up till now the want of a County Engineer has, equally with the other contract, operated against the work being laid but and offered for tenIn ; conclusion, let me assure the Kiwitea settlers that the whole Council, and more particularly, the Councillor for Atanchester Riding and myself, fullywecognise the importance of having the Kimbolton road formed during the present winter. We recognise that we have a common interest with the Kiwitea people m providing easy means of access to Feilmng, and nothing m our power shall be left undone to effect that object. If lam still as unsuccessful irimaking the above matters clear to any of those interested by the publication of this letter,; as it seems I have previously been with Mr Carr, I shall be happy personally to give any Kiwitea settler, on enquiry, what further elucidation of the subject it may be m my power to nfford.— l am, &c, - . v , .. ■■-. D. H, Macabthttb.