July 1931, the Pioneer Road Construction

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Ferrycarrig Bridge •••••••.••..•..•••...•••••••••••• Ps.ge( s ) 8-9

Overdraft Accommodation ••••.••.•....•••••••.••••• • •.•••••.. 7

Use of ~V exford Tar .•..•.. ~ ...... · 7

Rexford-New Ross and Enni scorthy-Buncl ody Road s •••••••..••• 1-7

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SPEOIAL ETING - t1TH JULY, 1931

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A special meeting of ,exford County Council was held in County Council Chamber, County Hall, on 8th July, 1931, for the purpose of considering the -following recommendation of Finance Committee from their meeting of 2nd July. "That, in vie of the fact that .I:.l.essrs Collen Bros. , East Wall, DUblin, ihose tenders for road improvement orks Wexford-New RosS Road and nniscorthy-Bunclody road - were a.ccepted subj'ect to the approval of the Local Government J:epal'tment, have failed in the case of the first mentioned road to supply the undertaking reauired by that Department, and as regards the road ~nniscorthy-Bunclody are not prepared to caxry out the ork wi thin the time, viz., by 30th Septem ber, 1931, as -orovided by specification, e hereby recommend the Council to cancel provisional award of these contracts to l_essrs Collen Bros., and accept the folIo ing tenders, <:!ubject to the approval of the Local Govern~ent Department, provided that the accepted tenderers are prepared to give the necessaxy undertakings as to completion of the orks in snecified time, viz., pioneer Road Construction Co., East iall, Dublin, Wexiord-Ne Ross Road T.12, Nos. 20 and 22, amount £10,830,- 16 ft by 4 inch slab With ma.cadam sides, and illiam Lee, Arklo, nniscorthy-Bunclody road, T. 16, No. 24, amount

£3,400: Is. - 18 ft by 6 inch sla~ with clay margin, the acceptance of thiS tender being conditional on the Contractor being prepared to deal with such extended length of road as will represent the amount of saving on Ne RosS - Wexford Road bet een the figures for estimate and accepted contract on said road, and at a pro rata price according to his con tract for the original ork. "

Present:- .r ! ... Doyle (Chairman) nresiding: also hassrs , J. Clince, P. Colfer, John Colloton, J. ~~U

T.F. DArcy, Col. Gibbon, James Hall, P. Hayes, l~i@r, Sean 'Byrne and James Shannon. The ecretary, County. Surveyor and. ,Ar 1 gee , County © WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES Solicitor ere also in attendance . .l!;XTRfACT FRO ~ lHNUTES OF FINANC~ COlvlMITTEE - 2ND JULY, 1931 The-!ollow1ng correspondence as submitted:- Under date 2bth June, 1931, (R/SGH/32) the Department of Local Government (RoadS) rote:- "I am directed by the Unister for Local Government and Public Health to ackno ledge the receipt of your letter of the 24th instant intimating that the Wexford County Council have provisionally accepted the tenders of Messrs Collen Bros . Ltd. , ast all, DUblin, as fo110ws :-

nniscorthy-Bunclody Road - £3,259: l~ : Od for le ft road of 6 inch slab concrete ith clay margin.

exford-)Ne Ross oad - ~l " ,094 for 16 ft road of 4 inch Slab with macadam sides. It is to be noticed that in the latter case an addi tion is to be ma.de in resnect of the item tendered

for at 40/ - eaCh, gate ays, etc. , (nage l~, Bill of Quanti ties) . An examination of the tender shows that the difference in cost between making up the sides in macadam and extending the 4 inch slab to the full idth of le feet is Gnly £311 . Furthermore, as the tender is about £2,000 less than the estLnate, the

Council would do ell to cOl~ider the advisability of extending the concrete ork the full 18 feet . Having 'regard to the observat ion made by :Lessrs Collen Bros . , on their tender for the Wexford- He Ross Road that the time a110 ed for completion of the work is insufficient, the Council should o"btain confirmation from them that they are prepared to abide by Clause 7 (Time Limit) of the General Gondi tiona of Contract and to execute a bond accordingly. Having regard to the period that now remains for the com pletion of the work, it is not pOSSible to afford muCh time

for negotiations, and if ~ssrs Collen Bros . are unable to give the necessary confirmation, the Council should a,ard

© WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES the contract for the exford-~e Ross road to the next 10 est firm of tenderers, provided that the latter give the necessary assurance as to completion. Provided that the confirnation required from ossrs Collen Bros ., is obtained, the .inister sees no objection to the Council's accept ing their tender. The several tenders received axe returned here i th. " The County Surveyor held as regards the amount for gate ays that as this as not brought into bill it should not be included in the tender, and the Local Govern-nent I:epartment had been so informed. Under date 29th June, 1931, the Department of Local Gov ernment rote (R/SGH/32) (Roads) that the item of 40/- each in resnect of gate ays etc ("!Jage 18 Bill of Quantities) as clearly an extra over and above tne sum of £10,094. Under date 27th June, 1931, the follo ing was read from the County Surveyor:-

II i th reference to the letter from the Local Govern ment Depart~nt(R/SGH/32) - 26th June, 1931, I beg to point out that there was an eXhaustive discussion at the County Council meeting on the 23rd instant in regard to the altern ative Tenders for H:S ft and 16 ft slab. I, personally, recommended adoption of 18 ft slab, but the County Council, on a division by 14 to 10 decided to adopt 16 ft slab i th macadam margins . The reasons influencing the Council ere that the 16 ft slab on this road would be Quite as efficient as the Ib ft slab on the exford- nniscorthy Road, and that the ider margin between the fences ould be of more utility for cattle and animals passing along the road. In regard to the 1tem for making good frate ays, which though priced in Messrs Collen's Bill is not brought into

ll total, I ish to point out that in "Particulaxs of ork , Clause 1 of the General Conditions in Specification, on page 6, it requires that the "Tender· should be at a lump

© WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES sum" , The Contractor in putting in his tender, page 19, omm1 tted this figure, and accordingly, I did not add any item for the ork ; as I take it that the co t would be covered under PrelLninary Expenses in Bill of Quantities. Under these circumstances, I do not think it necessary to make any'alteration in the Contractor's figure." Copy of this letter was furnished the Local Government Department (RoadS) . Under date 27th June, 1931, the County Solicitor rote .essrs Collen Bros . as folIo S:- IIReferring to your Tender for the above work ( exi'ord Ne RoSS Road) which as submitted to and considered by the , exi'ord County Council at their meeting held on the 23rd inst. , I have been instructed to ascertain from you, het:aer 118ving regard to your note on the margin of the tender to the effe

to start the ork at once . II The folIo ing under date 2nd July, 1931, as also read from r 1 gee :- "As instructed I rote to essrs Collen Bros. .nose Tender for the aDove road had been accepted by the County Council, asking them if they ere prepared (having regard to the note hiCh they had nlaced on their Tender that they considered the time allo ed for the ork too short) to abide by clause 7 of the Specification and complete the work on or

before the 1st November next, and I no~ send you a copy of a

letter received this mor~ng from them from WhiCh you ill see, that they are not prenared to abide by Clause 7 of the Specification, but ould undertake to complete the ork

© WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES ithin six months from the signing of the Contract. Le/ Trunk Road Enniscorthy to Bunclody They state that they are prepared to carry out this Section of the ork in four months from the signing of the Contract, the penalty in each case to be· £lv per week for delay . As neither of these conditions come within the pro visions of the Specification it is now open to the County Council to reconsider the matter, and if thought advisable accept any other Tender for the work. II The follo ing under date 1st July, 1931, is copy of letter from} essrs Collen Bros. to :1.r Elgee:-

II In reply to yours of the 27th ult., re above, we beg to say that we would not be prepared' to abide by Clause 7 of the $Pecii icat ion, hich provides that the work shall be completed on or before the 1st day of November, 1931, but e would under take to complete th4s work in six months from date of signing Contract . Re/Trunk Road Enniscorthy to BU11Clody e would be nrepared to carry out tnis Section of the work in four months from date of signing Contract, and penalty

in each case should be £10 er week for delay. II After considerable discussion the following resolution was adopted on tIle motion of dcCarthy seconded by Mr 0 ' .3yr:oo :- "That, in vie of the fact that _essrs Collen Bros. , ast all, Dublin, Whose tenders for road iIIg)rovement orles - Wexford

1~ Ross Road and Enniscorthy~Bunc1ody road - ere accepted sub ject to the approval of the Local Government re artment, have failed in the case of the first mentioned road to supply the undertaking required by that Department , and as regards the road 'nniscorthy-Bundlody are not prepared to carry out the ork

within the time, viz. , by 30th septe~ber, 1931, as provided by Specification, we hereby recomrllend the Council to cancel pre visional a ard of these contracts to 'essrs Collen Bros . , and accept · tIle follo ing Tenders, subJ ect to the approval of tb.e

© WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES Local Government Department, provided that the accepted tenderers are prepared to give the necessary undertakings as to completion of the orks in specified time , viz. ,pioreer Hoad Construction Co . , liIast all, Dublin, vexford- New Ross

Road T 12, l~S . 20 and 22, amount £10,~30, - 16 ft by 4 inch

slab with macadam sides, and illia~ Lee, Arklo , Enniscorthy BUl1clody Road, T. 16, No . 24, amount £3,400: IS . - 18 ft by six inch slab ith clay margin, the acceptance of thiS tender being conditional on the Contractor being prepared to deal ith such extended length of road as will represent the amount of saving on Ne Ross - exiord _ oad between the figures for es timate and accepted contract on said road, and at a pro rata

price according to his contract for tne original work. II In reply to a query the secretary sta.ted that the figures of the lowest and second 10 est of the tenders in the case of each road in question were as follo s :-

Enniscorthy-Bunclody Road: ~ essrs Collen Bros . , £3259 : 16 : and allowing £40 for gateways ~ £3299 : 18 : Od .

w. Lee, Arklow, £3,400: Is. Difference in fa~our of .Collen Bros . £100 : 3S .

exford-l~e _ oss Road: .essrs Collen Bros. £10,094 and allowing £150 for gateways £10,244. pioneer Road ConsGruction

Co . , £10,tj30. Difference in favour of Collen Bros . £~b .

The follo ng atter discussion as proposed by ..lr J t Byrne

seconded by ~ D' Arcy and adopted unanimously :- recommendation of Finance Committee from meeting of 2nd July, as to acceptance of tender of Hr Will . Lee for ork Ibn IIDiscorthy Bunclody Road at £3,400 : ls. be a.ccepted provided that ritten undertaking be received from William Lee that he ill carry out the work within the time specified plus an extra 1b days - the period whicn elapsed bet een the date of meeting of County Council of 23rd June, 1931, when tenders were first considered, and the p;r:esent special meeting - and also ttla.t he is preDared to carry out the work on extra length provided by the saving

© WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES on alT'.ount of Estimate for exford-rTew .oss Road wi thin the time specified MJ for same by County Surveyor. "That the tender of the Pioneer Road Construction Co. J£ast all, Dublin, at £10,U30 for improvement work on - exford - Ne Ross .oad be accepted on the understanding that this COdpany furnishes an undertaking to complete the work i thin the specified time plus an extra lb days the period which elapsed between date of meeting of County Council of 23rd June,

1931, and present special meeting. II "That Local Government D3partment be mquested to approve these proposalS, and that -our Sol ici tor take all necessary stens to have Bond and Contra.ct Signed. a·s soon as possible." OVERDRAFT ACCO ODATION ------The follo ing resolut ion as adopted on the motion of O'Byrne seconded by Mr Colfer:- "That the Minister for Local Government and Public Health be requested to alloW extension of present overdraft accom7.0dation to £34,000 until such time as full Agricultural Grant viz. :£19,754 (for period ended 30th June, 1931) COllies to hand." USti: OF XFOOD T

!Ja: Ga'U1l SFtld it was very unfair that the Ministry for Local Government compelled them to get the tar required for the dressing of their roadS from the Dublin Alliance GaS Co. hen as good an article and at a 10 r price was available atexford Gas orks the Directors of whiCh had gone to the expense of erecting a de-hydrating plant. He moved the fOllowing resolution hich as seconded by Mr D' rcy and adopted:- "That representations be made to the Minister for Local Governuent to allo t1is Council to utilise exford produced tax for dreSSing roads. It as quite as good an article as was supolied through the Trade List and could be purchased at a 10 er price. In vie of thiS and the fact that 1 ts

A1nister to agree to this requs·st. II

~~YCARRIG B IDG~

The County Surveyor said that in his o::pinion it ould De dangerous to leave tne abutment on the nniscorthy side of errycarrig Bridge to re.nain any longer in its present condition. He had been in corres-pondence i th 1r telap, En- gineer, \Torthern Bank aha nbers, 115 Grafton St. , Dublin, ho had examined and reported on the bridge generally in 1926 and had received the follo iug letter from him under date 4th July, 1931 :- " e will be very glad to undertake tIle preparation of ::plans, specification, etc., for the work you mention on Ferrycarrig

Bridge . Our fees ould be the usual 5 ~ on cost of work, plus It ~ for Bill of QUantities, with of Course actual out of pocket expenses . As regards the latter, our practice is to charge mileage at bd a mile or 1st Class railWay fare , which ever is least . "If you are to be in Dublin shortly, will you let us lmo date, and coroo in and d1scus matters; but I think it is essential that we should study the problem afresh on the spot , so will arrange for an early visit. e could not get down for a ·eek or ten days, and if you are not to be in Dublin before then we will

give you a fe da¥s ' not ice and hope to see you on the bridge. II The County Surveyor said that in his previous report l.r Delap stated it would cost about £500 to repair the abutment . It ould probably cost more no as the piles ere damaged.

The Chairn~an asked if the County Surveyor could not take the matter on his own snoulders.

The County Surveyor said it as a specialist's Job and he did not 1 ike to tac'de it. The design of the bridge as regardS the abutment ias faulty . Mr Gaul moved that tIle services of lr D3lap be retained to

examine the aoutment of Ferrycarrig Bridge on the ~liscorthy

© WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES side and report to the Council on the terms of his letter of the 4th July, 1931. This proposal 'as not seconded. The Chairman moved and .4r O'Byrne seconded the folIo ing resolution Which as adopted without dissent:- "Tha,t the County Surveyor be instructed to examine and report to next meeting the condit~on of abutment of Ferrycarrig BridgB (£nniscorthy side) ith recommendations as to its repair. That if considered necessary the question of the employment of

Mr A. D. JJelap, Engineer, DUblin, ('0 eX8.'1line tnis Bridge be considered at meeti~g at Which the report of County Surveyor in this matter is considered."

Administration ~ovine Tuberculosi s Or der•••••.•••.• Page (s) 5 Agri oul tur a1 Grant 1931- 32 •••..•.. · .. · .. ·····.· . ·········· 31- 32 Agri oul t ural Grant •••.••..••...... •.•• • ...... • 37 Add1 tiona1 Ove rdraft •••.•. '•.•••...•.... ~ ...... •...... • 37- 38 App11 oat1'on for erection of wall at Hopelands, Rosslare •••• 46- 48 An undesirable structure •••....•...••...... ••...... ••• 56

Butt er and rgarine J\ ct, 1967 ••••..•..•...•.•••••••...... • 50 Butt er Exporting (Examination} Order,193l ••••••...... • 50 Contribution cost of Fidelity Guarantee Bonds of Rate , Collectors ...... ~ .. " . · .. · ...... · ... · .... · · ... 3 Continued illness of Mr Kehoe ,Assistant Surveyor •••••.••••• 4 Carr1gbYl'ne Quarry ••...... 6 Colleotors ' Poundage ...... 27 Cabo ra P1 e r. • • ...... '" ...... • . . . · ...... · 34 Courtown Harbour Pier••••..•••.••...... ~ ...... · 3 35 Courtown Harbour Pi e r ••••.•...... •....•...... •.. 3 - 40 contracts for Road Improvement .orks •••••.•••••.••.••••••• 4 41 County Committee of g ricultur~ and Technical Instruct ion Aud1 t of Acoounts ...... 50 County exford Vocational Education Committee •••••..•••..• 51 ~r t ailment of Po ere of OOuDty Counci1e •••••.••.•..•.. · .• 54 \ \ , \ Disoharging Boat a.t Oour town ••••...•...... •...... • 35 Deputation workmen Ta ra Hill Quarr y ••••.....••...... •.•.. 48- 49 \ \ DrailltLge ork •••...•••.•.•...... • 52

\ Easement of Kavanagh f sCorner, Curracloe •••••••••••.••...•• 23 ' t Ea.sement of Kavanagh f sCorner ••••••.••...••...... ••...... 28 E ~ Co1 1 e c tor •• Kel ly ••••..... ~ •..••..•...... •.•... ····37 Erect ion of shed within 30 feet of centre of road ••••••••• 45 Fi re Ex·tinguish1ng Apparat us for Oounty Hall •••.•••...... • 14 Ferryoarr1g Bridge ...... , ...... 22 Fi re Extinguishing Apparatus ••••..•••••.••.•. . • " ...... • 27- 28 Flooding a.t Askamor e ••••••••.•...... ••...... ••..... 41- 43 Floodi ng at Kilmichael, Hollyfort ••••••.• ,...... • ••••.••. • .. · 43- 44 \ Gene r 1 Oounoil. of County Councils••••••.....•.. ~ •• ··• •. ·.·5 General Council of County Councils Annual Meeting•••••.••• 24- Gene ral Council of Oounty Councils ••••.••.••...... 28- 29 ~ vernrn ent Grant for rain Road Upkeep ••••••.••..••••.. . ..• 49 Hire of Breaker...... · 35 Hea ring Properties of Count y Council Ohamber •••..••.••...• 55 Industrial School Applica tions •••••••••••.•.•...... •. . • 6 Injury t o Tar Sprayer ••••••••••.•••. . .•...... •...•.•. 23- 24 Indust ri School pplications •••••. • •...•••.. • ...... 25-26 Injury t o Tar Sprayer...... ,. ... .•...••..•.. . .•.... 28 Industrial School Applicatione •••••••....•... • ..... ~ .....• 33· 34 Looal ' Authorities (Officer s and Employees) Act,1926 ••••••• )) Looal Authorit i e s (Offioers and Employees) Act,1926 ••••• ~/.38 Loans ...... ~ •...•.•• • • ...... • •• :3 . Mill race at Johurry•••.••. '...... •.•.•.... •• ..... • . .. • 35-36 oteybower Lane •...... ' ...... 44. ... 45 Navigation lights New Ross Bridge ••••.•...... •••..... • ..• 45- 46 New Secondary Schola rships ••••.....•••••••...... 50 - 51 ,Overdraft A ccommoda. tion••••.•...•.•.....•...... • 32 Of'fice in exford for Inspect or of leights & Measure s ••••• 38 Payment s ...... 1 ,Payments •••••.. ..•...... • •..... " • ....•...... • 3

Payment s•••••...... •. '• •••.... '* ...... ~ ...... 8 Paint1ng New Ross Bridge •.••.....•••.•••.•... . . • •...•••.•• 8 Paint ing He Ross B r1dge ~ ••.•••...•••...... ••...• 27 Payment s...... 30 Prov1s10n of Of fice for Ex-Officio Inspector of eights and' Measures ...... •.." . '...... • 32- 33

Pet rol Pu.mp Licenoe .... 11 ...... 48 Poisons and Pharmacy Act Licences ••• • • ~ .•...•...... •.•• 5l Proposed reduct ion of Publi c Repr eseatatives ••••..•.....• 53-54 R8,t e Colleot ion...... 8 Collect or • Kelly ••.•.•.....•..•...... 9- 10 pervision of Colleotors of Local RevenuelO-12 Coll ector J . Cummins and Irish Discount Co . 12-l3 Rate of Poundage of Rate Collectors for current warrant •••...... 1 14 Report Ar bi tra tion County Council and' Pioneer Road Const ruction company ••••...... • ...... • 14- 17 Re T~unk Road Enni scorthy- Bunclody •••...... " ...... 2 21 Repairs to house of r 1. Furlong, Spa lell Rd, exford .••••• 25 Rate Collect1on:- St a te of Rate Colleotlon••••••••.•...•.... 3 31 Rat e Colleotor M. M. Kelly ••••.••••.•.•...•• 31 Sanction of Rates Inspector••••••••.•...•. 31 Retention of Land nnu! ties ••••...... • ...... ••. . .• . ...• .;2- 53 Road Campile to Ballysallagh Cross •••.. • •.•••.••.••...... 55-50 State of Rate Collect10n•••••••...••...... •...... 1- 2 Sa,netion of Overdr ft •••••••.•...... •..... 4 Sohol arshi p Schemes •••••.•..... " ...... 4- 5 Sheep Scab - ovement of Animal s •••••••.•..••.••.•..•...• 24 Secon,da ry Sohola rship Scheme •••••..••...... •.. 25 Sano t i on :of 'Rate Inspector •••••••..•...... •...• 37 Sala of Fortvlew...... · ... e o · •• .•••••• •• ••••••••• ~ • •• 49 St .. /Hel ens Harbour...... 50 State contr1bution to County Bod1es under Rel ief Vote •••• 51- 52 Tenders f or Road Improvement or ks ••••••••••••••••••••.•. 17- 20 ' Temporar, clo sing of road s •••••••••.•..••...... •.... . • 22 Tempo ra,ry Veter 1nary Inspector ••••...... •...•...••....•. 34 Tourist ' Tr af fic (Development) ct,193l ••••••••.•....•...• 49- 50 The H01.l:sing Pr oblem•••••.••••.. • •...... '...... •..• 54 The ue;e of , exford !a.nufa,ot ured Tar•••••.•.•.•...... • 54- 55 !fe ~ gh is an~ >!eaeur es Acts ••••••••.••...... •.••...• 5- 6" (e,xford Ha J:'hour Boa t Club - Tennis Se ct lon ~ •••..•...... 25 ,exf C) rd Harbour Boat Club - Tenni s Seotion •••••• ·•••••• ' •.• 29 \

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_.0 ~THLY ETING - 27TH JULY , 1931 .

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The monthly meet ing of 'iexford ",ounty 0 oULci). s held in County Oouncil Chamber, County Hall, \exford, on 27th July, 1931. The follo.ing ere in attendance:- ...essrs James Armstrong, John Brennan, James 01 ince, Patriok Colfer, 'r.t10mas Oooney, ... icnard Cor iSh, John Oulleton,

John Cu.mminE!, Ti:Dothy F • ....,' Arcy, John toran, .L~ictlael [X)yle,

James Gaul, Col . C. J.'" Gibbon, James Hall, Patriok Rayes , .I..lichael Jordan, ill iam P. Keegan, Tho' as lay 1 or , Tbomas LcCarthy,

John urphy, , ~ean O ' Byrne, Miss ellie ' Eyan, Col.I .P. emyss

uin, James Shannon, les Snyth and James . ~alsh. The secretary, Assistant secretary, County Surveyor, Oounty Solicitor and the folIo ing ASSistant Surveyors were also in at tendance: - ... essrs T. Treanor, :'. J • . 'nnis, Thomas Cullen; Pa.trick 0 ' lTeill and J . l!. Birthistle.

iss O' Ryan proposed and 1.11' '""Byrne seconded a resolution moving Oolonel Gibbon to the cr~ir and whioh he occunied during the confirmation of the 11inutes of ordinary meeting of the 23rd June, 1931, and of special meeting of eth July,

1931, after ... ioh ~ Doyle (Chairman) presided for the rest of the meeting.

PA~{1 ~ TS

. Treasurer's Advice Notes for £13,3 7: 7: Ild Ordinary Account and £21,377: 15: Od (PUblic Bodies Tran£fers) ,~re examined and signed.

STATE OF RAT~ COLL£CTION ------The State of Rate Collection up to 27th July, 1931 , waS suomitted as follo s :- percentage of }:I,T8.lD9 of Collector. \ arrant collected. 1. James Quirke 12·4 2 . John CurtiS 12.1 ll.v 3 · patrie' "olan 4· Sean C-annon 1 .4 © WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES percentage of Name of COIIE?c"tor . farrant collected. h ./ ' Thos . 10 e . 1 ).1 b . J .J . .J'Reilly .2

7· IV • _oyle d.l d. Joseph c.:U..ACnlnS d.l 9· patrick Carty d.O le. .1.,,1- McCart.i.1Y ( .4 11- iJ. CUlli ins 7·0 12. P . o 'Byrne 7·0 13 · Art Dunne b.~ 14. T. Bolger (_'10 . 14) 5·2 15 · J . Deegan 5·0 lb . T. Bolger (No .12) 4.6 17 · Jas. uirlce (No .2) 4·6 Id. P . Doyle 4·4 19 · J .J . Sinnott 4.0 20. E . J . .MUrphy 3· 3

inance Com~ittee : The follO ing.inutes of .I:·inance

orn.rni ttee in respect 01' meet ing held. on H~th June , 1931, ere SUDmitted:

fortnightly n.>e tin of 1 nee Lom i te . held in County ounci1 cnnmb r , Co mty 11", . xford, on 18t h June '. 1931 . Pr ent - .es r J h nnon ~d John J . CUll ton. ry, itt ' cret r y, vounty Sur veyc , Cou ty licit Ins ect r ar i .ttend ce o

7he inute c~ 1 ; t e *' tin and conti d • .r Y , J'1" •

! e urer's dvicc ote for £3,596: 16: lId 19red.

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of t he v • ir eco dad by on:-

"Ttl t e reco . nO. tIe 0 ty ouneil to contribute £3 to rd the CO.t~i elity G t tee ond for eriod ended 1 t y, 1931, of t e follo i te o11ector

ho re p 10. ~t t he r~te of 51 in the doe not exceed 150;- P trick C rty,

rt ~unne, ID . y1e , mon, Tho. ,

. . J t yr , John ~urt1~J P. 01 nd

© WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES Ct>U:$¥: H al1,WQxfol"Q) 1ft the eame condItion as crotalus 1'l~ " Lf- SANCTIO TO 0 DRAFT. ------The Local Government Department rote under date 6th June, 1931 (G.43968/193l - Loch Garman Fa..) sanctioning overdr-.ft ccommodation not exceeding £28,000 upon the account of the exford Co. Council up to the 30th inst - and not exceeding £20,000 a from the 1st proximo to the 30th september next, Intere t to be paid thereon at the agreed r teo COl TINUED ILLNESS DE JOHN KEHOE, ASSI STANT SURVEYOR.

The question of further sick 1e va to Ml' John Kehoe, Jussistant Surveyor, as considered and it was decided to recommend the Council in respect of any period of leave beyond the 27th Jun9,193l, that r ehoe should be paid at half

alary, the other mOiety being paid to es~r8 0' el11 and Bir thistle, ASSistant urveyore, (who are crying out the work in tt Kehoets Di trict) in proportions to be fixed by the Co.SurveyoI SCHOLARS'"dI P SCHEMES.

In connection ith the retus of County Council to recognise E1 izabeth 1 ,ry CAul iffe, JchY'...stOml, Cl one gal , as el iglble to compete for University Scholarship on the ground that her mother who is a teacher should be in a fin ancial positlon to provide University training for applic ant, lir CAuliffe wrote forw rdlng her Income T Notice of AS essment ho ing that her total income a £193 :10: Od. She said she had to put a goodly portion of her inco e as- 1de each month to meet old debts hioh accumul ted while she wa bringing up 11 children, their father having died in 1914. Her sal y then was only £51 per annum. It as through the kindness of the u.n! he paying a reduced pension for the econduy educa.tion of her daugh- ter, the applicant. She was~ar the age limit for retir-

The 00mmittee; 'iter consider tion, considered it i ~dvi - rble to make reco~end.a4-ion to the County Council i regardS Itering tkeir decision in thi c e . The following re 01 ut ion \ ' adopted on the motion of Shannon seconded by r Culleton:- "Th t in vie of re... orts of Teacher s e recommend the rene al of Second ry School Schol- r hip to the follo hg : --utler, J es • DrUhan, J . :connelly and Ri cnard College, exford);

Johanna Co y, ~ . Doyle, I thleen F . Lunnolly, I ~t 1e Doyle, - and ..ry . HOIli.n Loreto Convent ,{exford); 1y (Loreto bbey, Gorey) TIli pro 0 al to be ~ubje ct ~--" to ction of artment of ~duc~tion . "... CIL () CQUl'lTY COUNCILS. ------

Letter fro the ~ecretary to the GerEr' Counc il of Co .

Councils ~s to submission _f rtters for consideration at an nual eting on 5th ugust J 1931, w~~ ... ':journed to next meet ing of Finance Coromi t ·~ee.

tVr1r\ A '

Tuberculosis Ora,r of 1926 '. iCh ~~ dopted t their 1~.t rueet-

ing by the Fi~nce Committ of the exford COunty Council , I \ have to st te th t the 1.. PiJ.rt rent for tlle rei!lOns indicated in their comnunic tiO~f the 6th ultimo, regret they are un.ble to recon ider their deciC!ion in t __ o rt""er."

~o order. .t.lGET2 AND t CTS •

The following re olution w adopted on t he mo tion of the

"Th~t the nee ~s~ry be~cho for ex- fficio Inspectors of eights &: 0 - .,ure be Qvided. n the v riou Courthouses, to the S~" e p~ttern ~nd at ~ e c t a bench upplied in "nni cor thy ourthou... ,e.

CARBIG3 JE 1] " Y.

Th folIo ing re olution ropo ad by l' Shannon seconded by '1' Culleton ~nd ;do ted:-

hat the v~al of t e count Council b ~tt ched to the a.greement b ... tl"e€l exfc.lc. C . Council and f, ' 'I'hos . efteries ar to £upply of 1'0 d re'" t l"i from 'arri byrne uarry. 1111 I:t-JllJSfF.I SCHOOL APPL CArrI Ot1!:. • ------~---~~- Appl ication a received from .wi t rict "ourt ler Emi cort... 1Y, to p1'opowed..J mmi ttal to an Industrial Qchool of ", ill i ~ll 4ind at t ... e Nolan, Ior!nerl of '''oleto n, T ghmon, to Industrial School. "he lother ~ dead r nd the t ther

undergoing term of i ,Dri~on~ent for cr' elty to the child- reno

'the Dis"trict Court Cler r .exford rote.j3 to propo ed committal of .~ y ~l]en Lo'ry of ~gral ~ to an Industri School. Referred to lr Elgee, Sol ettor.

© WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES 7 1111e follO ing resolutiOn as adopted on the motion of x.J' Byrne seconded by !Ar Hall:- II rrha t the ~inutes 01 ll'inance Corm. 1 ttee in resnect of meet ing held on l(jth June , 1931, be received and considered. II Tne various items having been dealt with the follo ing resolution as adopted on the lotion of .1r 0' Byrne ,sec onded by 1 r Hall :- "That the Minutes of Finance CornlTIittee meeting of l(jth June, 1931, be and are hereby continued, and tnat as regards tne supply of work benches f r Inspectors of Weights and ,.eas\1res the County Surveyor be instructed to keep the cost as 10 as is possible. II

The Minutes of Finance C0I111111 ttee in respect of meeting neld on 2nd. July, 1931, were sUbmitted as follo S:-

Pre~ent:- ee r n O'Byrne, John Cull ton, Tho . cCarthy; and Jtill1 Sh. nnon. '!he Secretuy', Secretary, County Surveyor , County Sollel tor am. te Ins ector ere also intts nee. On the mo tion of O'Byrne seconded by r Culleton the Chair a taken oy I.. l1. Th mute of la t eetin ere re d and confir ed. s

reasurer's dvlce Note for £4,165 : 6: 6d examined and 19ned.

p ass BRI~ . ~------~------Under date 24th June, 1931, on and Son enry Street, Limerick, wrote that they notice the Council

~ short of money for p inting e Ro ridge. They Quld b pleased to give an e t te for same d to ~coept p yment over three or four or more ye-re. They ere kno n in exford

a they h d decorated the riary Church f 1 0 Gr nt to n nd allymitty etc.

The following re olution ~ adopted on the mo tion of r O·Byrne econded by Culleton:-

t e rs Hodkin!on and Sons J CCle i tic ~cor ator , Li erick, be reque ted to furnieh n e tlmate for the p inti of e Ro~e Bridge, and hleh will be presented to the County COuncil With copy of their letter agreelng to bold over yment for a number of year in the event of their quotation bel aCC6'Oted by the ounci1. If T OOLLECTIO.

~tate of the Bate Co~lecjio~ up to the 30th June, 1931, was submitted "'8 follo .. J. uirke ...... £345: 6: 2d © WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES T. Ro £212: 15: lId P. C rty £186: 13: 6d

P. O' yrne 113: 18 = 9d ins £104: 16: 4d • ])UO,ne £1 2: 8: 2d P. 01 01: 18: 10d J. Dee n £97: 0: J. vurtts £78: 6: 8d. J. Cumm1 60: 1: 7d J.J. Sinno t 57: 2: 5d lly, -33: 11: 3d Joy1e £32: 7: 6d £27: _ 91 8d 01 er 10: 15: 5d T. Bo1g r £8: 13: lId gollector . III! In conneo ion wi th the re olution of 1 t eting of the ~wu.&.tt th t cons1der tion of the

ction of this ~olleotor 1 ith- oiding the s of £33:11 :3d hould be adjourned to the present et1 the follo 1ng let- tar read at the last meet1 of th County Council oonsid- ered:':' ith reference to your letter of the 19th inst. re a re ort fr m m , I wish to s t t", that in th c of John Cullen, The oyne, nnHmorthy, the beast in question not seized. en my elf novan vi 1ted the pl c -nd found tb. heif-

eron the lQlld a ere going to eiz it, but i S Cullen ked DJnovan to urchase the 1 d he did so. e had not the money avai1abl to PiiY for it t tll t ,and the w rant ·clos d by th t e I got the oney. In the e of Jas. ny, To 10 at, this oney paid through DJnovan iiIld not received by e until after the arrtmt closed. In the other c as I had DO receipts to give they ere t n 4 up by the Rate IIl!pector, c ri d to next ye r's 11 rant. ter the di cuesion the folIo ing resolution W adopted

on the motion of r CUlleton econded by Sa.'1;umon: - © WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES "That the Finance Committee view with gr ~ disapprov th conduct of Collector •• Kelly (NO. 6 District) in ith· holding £33: 11: 3d of r te oney collected by h~ on the ground th t official receipt ere tail ble at the tim thi ! w collected. In the circumstance e re ue!t thE Loc Gover nt tment to low h to continue in off1cL provided he can furnieh fidell ty gu ante bond from an

pproved In~urQllce Co or renew rec lpt for present oDd by next eting of the Inance 0 ltt Th fOl10 ing under date 23rd Jure, 19311 (G.49282/193l

n) ! r ad from th p t nt of Loc 1 Govern- nt:- "I direct d by the ini t r for Local. Gover ant d ublic He 1 th to cknowledg the receipt of your letter of th( 19th irust., no. to t te that he eanctions the ppoin ent of r Sean Gannon temporary Collector in th No. 6 District subject to adeq te $ cur1ty be1ng prov1ded.

regardS Collector ~ lly, I to state th t the inis- tar w111 it the outc~ of th 00unc11's further consider ation of the cae and the procedure indicated 1n this p rt mentis letter of the 20th inst t. The follo 1 resolution dopted on the motion of CUlleton, econded by Shannon:- Th t in the event of Collector . '. Kelly, not being continued in office after th next eting of thi Committe e ppoint Collector

temp~r y collector in ·0. 6 District for the col lection of arr t for financl ye 1931-32 provided ·he turni hes addition ecuxity fro G antee SoCiety in the uereonal of £450 With dd1 tion- / eouri ty in and of £100. sB£erv1 i2n of COt ector of t02at Revenue: The fOllowlng under dat 26th June, 1931 (G61-31) . re d from the repart ment of Local Goverrunent:- "I directed by the ini ter f or Local Government nd PUbllc He th to state th t he h been concerned to learn

© WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES that n her of c es of 1 conduct on the p t of collectors of r te , &c., h ~e recently b en reported - ctual e b zZl ent h ving oocurred. The circum t ce poInt to ineffective cllecking and ~ to reque t t t you ill b gocx1 enough to p e for ubml ... lon to the next eting of tb Councll d th ini ter a report on the ex1 lIng r ements for thl purpo in th County together with your p rso ob erv tio to the effectivene or otherwi of the e rangement • In thi connection eci ttention should given to the terms of my circular of 24th August, 1928 (copy enclo! d) md also to t t rInS of Artiel 106 of the Public Bodie Order. From the terms of thi ticl it ill noted th t County Council e r quired to point one or more te In pector for e ell he&]. th d1 trict. o lected centres for the ttendance of collector tmd fix d te for the purpO! should be r- ranged. The Rate In ector ill of cour e be 10 d re on- able locomotion expense for vi 1 ting outlying centre and hi dut1e if pro rly cried out y 1nvol occ lonal visits to r tepayer ,., peQXing in' re h ehould 10 d tr :vel- ling expens for uch purpo e. In my Clrcul of 7th October, 1925, it" recommended th t by rangement ith tb Board of Health th ate IIl!pector ...liould so be ntru ted 1th th checking of rent collectIon for the Bo d the obvl 0118 economy of thi cour require no tre • The dutie of R te Inspector e outlined in tlcle 106 of the Public Bodies Order. In th event of R t Inepector being:t y t lroe i c'" acl t ted th duty of ensuring th :t checking 1 properly c r1ed out ill vol va on th County ~ or t y chief ex- ecutlve officer. Some Councll olnted number of part-t1me Insp otor but tb nister doubt~ th t euch arrange~ " mente have pro¥ d effective and exp rienee indic tea the appoint ant of h~l -ti officers to b preferable a 11 an ul tlmate economy. In thie connection moreover th terms of the Bond! by hidh roo t Rate Collector are now eoured © WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES /2-

hould not be overlooked - the ~nger of vitiating such bonds through 1 ck of .efflcient rate inspection being consider able.

The lnlster direct me to take this 0 roortunity of im pressing upon County cretarie that their re~ponsibilitie s chief executive officer 1m os s upon them the duty of d vising their Council to the best of their abilitie as to the ch cter and ultabl11ty of any ne collector it m y from time to tim b found Dace .ry to eng ge e Circular 1 tt r from .oc.l Gover nt p t nt of 24th ugust, 1928, (G 59042/1928 Ilgn (v.) • s Iso read for the eting. The Secret ry reported follows:- " R te I ector i in ch ge of the checking of the ccount of the R te Collector of thi Council. Fixed dates for checking for ea.ch fortnight h:va en ranged, and the checking 1 0 ried out t e t tions se1 cted by the Ooun- ell, ViZ., four courthou of the county. Under the present system it ls dlfficul t to sugge t improvement. : it ould greatly mise the risk of r if it ~ep ¥ers would Co- operate with the Councll ~ 1st, on 1 occ io ,1n re

ceiving the official receipt tor all r t~aymente. II Thls report approved. Collector J. Cummins The follo.in under date 23rd June, 1931 (G 48992/1931/Fa Loch QQrmm) read from the I:epartment of Loe Goverr:ment:-

N th reference to the inute of the xford County Counc1l of the 8th instant reg din the institution of proceed1n in the Dublin Di tr ict Court nst the

Irl h Discount Co. Ltd. for poor r t~s, I am dlrect d by the lnlster for Loe 1 Government Publlc He t! to

state that the Councll Should eatl fy them elves by co~ sultatlon lth their legal adVl er if necessary th t any r tes ln re ect of hlah lt i propo ed to 1 tltute court

© WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES proceeding e in f ct recoverabl - doo regard being given to the terms of ctlon 19 of the Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1849. If the Council' po ltion In thl tter i cle the COUl-t 11 pre UIIlal:>ly charg th coet to th de! ting r te p . er but in the event of an adver decl 10n due to causee out lde th control of the collector the q etlon or co ts might receive further coD81der t1on. " The follo 1 re olution tlon of Shannon econd d by ocarthy:- Th t copy of letter fr L. G. D. under date 23rd June, / 1931 (G.48992/l93l a LOch G man) b furnish deer J .A. Slnnott and Co.,Sollcltor, for Colleotor J. C 1na for t eir observ tio tl

" R te of Po~ of teaa Collector for current rant: The uncia dat 20th Jut , 1931, (~.47369/193l/ Loch r-

man) wa re "d from th ~-:'Irt nt of Local Government :- "I directed by the in1 ter for Local Government and PUbllc He lth to cknowl dge the receipt of your letter of the 13th lns"t. re rd th poundage ot the ate Collector in re -

pect ot their rr t for t he current financi "~re , d to st te th t he consider h t tie Councl1' should be re- consIdered 11 t th1 t e to announce that tb Y Y incre d po to any Col- lector 0 do not fully ccount for his r t by th 31 t

arch, 1932. Th reduc d ~ nt 111 obvioUsly fac1litate th ark of th Collector 0, ( ranted d1ligence of effort)

should ~ r1enoe l1ttl d1fficUlty in collect1 the r tee 1th1n the:f1 c1 ye

ne tollo lng re 01ut1on 1f adopted on the otion of r ' O'Byrne eeono d by thy:- \ "That regard the propo al to 110 Collectors ound- ' a on the unt of r t, consider the COUll eil sho d polnt out to the Loe 1 Government art nt, th .t © WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES so fa.r as extord County i concerned the date for the cl0 _

ing of the Col1ector~~ account viZ., 31st ch and 30th C'eptember in each ye~ e most UIlSU1 table, and the collect1on

ould b de t 1th more e~edltiously if c10 Ing date in e ell c e ere extended to 31 t nd 30th ovemb r. H · Vin reg d to thi faot e reque t the Loc Government p t ment, to 10 full poundage 1n aocordanc ith th proposal of the Council to be pa.id Collectors 1Jho lodge full arrant by the 30th prl1,

-~------~--- The County Surveyor ubmi tted '"' number ot quotatlons for fir extingui hin , d pOinted out th t these r led .... 0 much and the r so dIver th t it ould not b po lble to give comp~r tlv f1gure .

After dl,.,cuseion the folIo ing re, olution adopted on the motion of cC thy econded by the Chair.man - rne dis enting: - 'Th t the Counoil be recomu};)nded to crept the quota.tion of s r S oni Ltd., 32 Alfred 1 ce, London, for ply of fire erlingulshlnO' par tus rec- o nded by J.C. Hut on, 1 t C t n Pe;nbroke Township Fire Brigade t £20: 12: Od." o T ARBI TIO COUNTY COUNCIL D PIO R .v.AD CO''ifr£i; GCTION CO ---.. _--.... _------_ ...... -...._---- The follo Ing report of bltr tionproc ed1ng in the above as re d trom the Arbitr tor, 'r J .• C. Courtney,

B... Inst.C.. I. County survey rJ North Tipper~ y, under \ \, date 19th June, 1931:-

II r quested I held Court of bltr tion in Gorey n 21st y 1931 into the di ut bet n the Pioneer Road Co t rl.lct ion L1mi ted tbe ex:t'ord County Council as to u the q ti ty of li I and 3/4 tons 100 produced durIng the re urf clng 0 the Gorey-Courtown Ro in ce nt-bound

ien the County ouncil hoUld take over from © WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES th ContI' etor 7/- per cubic y d in ccor~ ith la e 22 of the Specification for the work. via no w tlubmi tted by both ide in very falr u_.J.J...I>oIr . The Contt ctor' cl m t the Council 1s for 3,145 cubic y 7/- r cubic yard, hile the Coun cil' representative esti ted toO e quantity at 1,224 cubio yra It b c obvious very e 1y in the proceedings that the County cuneil' repre ent tives ould not accept the

Contractor t thod of rue ur ant , and th t th Cantr ctor refused to eoapt t e County urveyor t e t· te of the tOD3 in the '" nce ant of the ork, or of the quantity dr ~ dur! the pro e of the ork as there

no agreed ure nt of th to~ in the Quarry at the co ncement of th ork nor of the tone t n a:y during th progres of the ork. Since both part i sub it ted their figures in 1 good f Ith cannot accept one !Set of figures g inst the other cordlngly 1 propo e to examine the hole po itlon in th light of my a erience of uch ork and deter.:aine I't quantity of 1 nd 3/4" stone ould ordi . y b produced lz:. this type of rk. I ba-c my c·'oUl tlons on the follo lng f ts hlCh e not in dispute:- (1) The length of the ro d 1 4971 y d

(2) The width of the 1'0 i 16 feat (3) The :vel' thickne e ie 5. The County Surveytr eed th t thl re olli1ble figure b d on thlckne as of 6 t the ide, rnd 4 ,t the centre. (4) The of the ork 1 26,512 q. y 08. On e find the p cific gr :vi. ty of the tone to b 2.7 giving eight of 168.6lb per oublc foot in the .solid, and a eight of 24.3 c t. per cubic yard looee

~$~umlng vold,.

~ exnerlence of other erk has 0 n th ,t, in general,

1 t n of ~t n ill cover rox tely 5.e • e y rd~ of ro d 4 thick on th t b 1 1 ton of . t ne would cover 4.64 square y dS at 5 f thick. Th vidence ubmltted by the County Surv yor sho ad

! lng ~m 11 tone contr ,ry to specif-

1 tlon to th 3rd Q ,1")te iber 1930 nd th t th 1 ngth of r02~

10 d 1th thi mixed ~to~ 2,000 line 1 yd. The Contr ctor di uted th.i figur of 2>000 line 1 y , but did not submit eviden of y d finit length. Accord ngly I

~ccent the County Surveyor' fJ. for thi .d I find th t it gre very nprox t 1y ith the f1 found by taking the number 0 cru h un to th 3rd of ptember and the number of y ter. Tho County Surveyor, ho ever, hen m in deduction for thl tone e ti . tea th t 3/4" t De U ed i1e th cont act rts return aho th t hie out ut of 1 f 3/4ft stone during thl riod app-

tely one h If 0 hi output durln~ th rem inder of the or. I 111 therefore t it th t h f of the 1 stone produced before t he 3rd of ant 10 d to go 1nto the first 2 1 0 line of the r nd th t only 2!« tore

~ d for t rei inder.

lf r g rciS the percent~ ... of 1 t a d 3/4' to my ex- parience is that p rox~~tely 40 0 the ton p ing through tb cru~her auld b 1e th 1 nd 0 this 5~

ould be d t 16 nng 35 of 1 I and 3/4 stone. '!'h1e

ree proxim tely with the County veyor I Vld.eliC of h1 rience nd 1th the t te nt fr leece Q Com any h ad in by the Contr otor. 1 th n ep r tely lth the t 0 ortio of the to d I Itt th t for th 2,000 lineal yard of ro d 2,300 ton of tone oUld be requir d d 10 lng th t in

© WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES / production of thi there Q2 17! %of 12ft d 3/4" store left over to the county Council I find th t 520 tons of 428 cubic y d of ll.f1 d 3/4" to left over on thl portion. In the rem lning -portion of tb ro d, 2,971, 11 y CiS, the qu.Ul'tl ty of tone reQuired ou1d be 3415 tons 2lld in th pro duction of thi... 35 of 1 II d 3/411 tone QlIlountlng to 1992 tons ould be produced yielding 1640 cubic yd . Thi makes a total of 2,668 cubic y - dS of Itl 3/4' $to~.

I therefore cO!l$ld~r th t th COntr etor should be paid for thi unt of stone 7/- per cubic y rd." The ra ort g :ve the Contractor £376: 19 : 1e than they claimed nd decld d th t the Council hould pay £295: 8: Od mar than they offered. l!r O'Byrns pro osed d oulleton seconded the fol10 ing reso1 uthon: - " reco end thj;) Counc!l to ay to the Ploneer Road Construotion Co=npany the sum of '723 : 16s. on the findings of the. bitr tor in the arbitration proceedings relative to the dispute - s to the value of the tone left in Gorey Hill Quarry nd taken over on beh f of the Council on the termination of improve nt ork on Gorey- Courto n Road. "AlSo that the Council pay courtney half arbitration fee I viZ. ~ £10: 10 . the Ploreer oad Construotion Company to be responslble for the other moiety Y SOrl O l :lT --~~~~--~------~-~- T'.ne follo in.g under ~.te 26th June, 1931, (jSC!.I/32)

re d from th part nt of Loe C--overnment ( 0 dB):- "I direct d by the lnls:t r f r Loe Cl G ver ent and 'Public He 1 th to ac1.no ledge th ree 1pt of your letter / OJ. the 24th. inst t inti tl ng that th xi'Jrd County Council h ~ pr ViS10nally ccepted the tenders of '6 r Collen r~s.

Ltd., 7:lao t all, Dublin, fo 10 S:- nnlsoorthy -Bunclody oad - £3259: 18: d for 18 ft. road of 6 1nch slab conorete with clay gin.

o exford- 0 Road - £10,094 for 16 ft. road of 4 inch slab 1th macadam sides. © WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES J~ It is to be netic d that in the latter ca e an addition i to be ~ in r spect of the item tendered for t 40/- each, gateways, etc., (p ge 18, Bill Qf Quantities). An examination of the tender sho th t the difference in cost bet en . in up the ides in acadam and ene.. ding tne 4 inch .olab to th full

1dth of 18 feet is only '311. ther~~re, the tender i aDout £2,000 less than th estim t , the

Council oul~ do ell to consider the advisability of extendillg the concrete r the ull 18 feet. H :vlng regard to the observ..,tion by e ... sr Collen

ro . on their tender :COl' th ,ex!"':!.' .....- ~_. .0 f-'l ro d that the t e a110 cd far co 1 etlon of tne ark is insufficient, the Council should obt n coDflr tion from the t hvt they e pr ared to bide by Clause 7 (1 Limit) of th General

Conditions of COntract ~.!'..d to I3X cute bond ecordingly. HaVing rgard to th pried tIl t no r m ins for completion of the ork, it is not po . ible to atford much ti! for negot i tion , and if sr CoIl n 3ro. e unabl to giva the nece sary eonf11' :tlon, the Co 011 sh uld rd the contract for th exford- T 11 : a to d to th n xt t firm of tenderer ,provl d th t th 1 tter g1v. th - urance

to co~1etlon. rov'1d d th t th con1'lrm~ ti n r qulred from Mas r Collen ro . is obtain d, the, M1ni ter ~ee no objection to the Counci ' ccertlng thelr tend r.

The several tender' receiv d eX r turn h re ith. q Th County Surv yor held th a1l0lmt for g t - way th:t th.1· as not br ught into btll it shoUld not b included in th tender, d tb Loe Governm ,nt tent had be.n 0 info d.

Una 1" t 29th June. 1931, the Dep rt 1 nt fLoe Govern

env rot (R/S~1/32) ( od ) th t th 1tem of 40/- e eh ln respect of ga.te -;y to t ge 18 ill of Quanti tie ) clearly \ an extr over d above the sum of '10 ,O~4. Under d t 27th June, 1931, th f 11 ing as r ,ad froil © WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES /9 1 County Surveyor:- ".ith reference to the letter from th Loe Govern

ent D~artment ( / S 4/32) - 26th June, 1931, 1 beg to pOint out th .t th re an em :u tlve discussion :t the COunty

Olli1Ci~ eting on the 23rd instant in regard to the ter~ tive T nde s for 18ft nd 16 ft. lab. I, er onally, reco ended doption of 18 ft. lab, but the County Counc1l, on a divi~ion by 14 to 10 decid d to dept 16 ft slab ith ntacadaI1l margi The 1.'e 0-:' intl uonein the ouneil 1'e that the 16 ft. ~ la. on tti~ road. ould be ulte \ effioient as the 16 ft. Slab on tbe .exford.- 'nnlsC!>rthy 10 d, and tha.t the ider margin bet ean the !enc S ould b of mora utility

for cattle and animals J lng ong the road. In reg d to the item for , ing good gateway, hlch though priced in .. .e sr Collens Bill i not brought into totill, I wi h to oint out tl1 t in I articulars ot .ork" , Clause 1 of the General Conditio in Specific tlon, on page 6, . it re uires th t th "Tender should be at lump sum I, Tn Contractor in putting in hi Tender, age 19, ommitted this figure, and cco£dlngly , I did not add any item for the work; I t 1 t that the cost ould be covered under e1 ina:ry ::xpense in Bill of uantltie. Under th se clrcunstance I dO not think it ' r~ce sery to e any alteration in th Contr cto'r' :1:1 6. fI Co Y of thi letter turni hed the .t.oc Government rep tment (0' ) • Under te 27th June, 1931, Tn County Solicitor rote

r Coll n Bros. a follo :-

l ... . eferrlng to your ender for th bove ork ( ex:ford- oad) hieh ubmi tt d to and con idered by the .exford County COuncil at their meeting held on the 23rd inst., I b '!Ie been instructed to ascertain from you, whether h '!lin reg I'd to your note on the margin of the tender to the effect th t the time all0 d for the completion of the

completed on or bator the 1 t &~y of i~ovember, 1931, and execute th Contract and Bond ccordingly. an er by return i imper tive s 1t 1 !lece a.ry to tart th ork t once." 'me folIo in und r d te 2nd July, 1931, a so read from . ..;!;lge6!-

if 1 truoted I rote to e sr Collen ro.:>. hose

Tender .1.01' above ro d b en "CC _ ted by the County Council, ki them if th Y ere prepared (having regard to

th note .hi 1 they h lac d on the1.r Tend! l' that th y cor..sider d the time 10 ad for the .ork too hort) to ab1d by Clause 7 of t he Spe cific tlon and [pI te the ork on or bet ore th 1 st "ovemb r next, d I DO send you copy of lettel' received t ~. is ir them from hich you w11l see, that they are red to abide by 1 use 7 of tlle

SpeCification, but QuId l~d rtake to co lete th ark 1thl six onth fro the 1ening of e Contr ct.(/ TO BUNO Olly .

hey ~tate th t they are pre ad to carry out this

ection of t e or i lOur. onth from the signlng of the

Contract, th$ I cr ty ~ each o"'~e to be 10 per eek for delay .

." nel t r of tl e~e condi t10ns co ith1n the provision of t~e ecification it is no open to th County

Council tc rccon31 61' the llatter, d if tl1 ught advl able acc t (lIlY other ender for the ork. II

~1e follo lng under d te 1st July, 1931, 1 copy of letter tr~n ' e~~r£ ollen Lro . to ~lgea :- "1. n :reply to yours of the 27th Ul t., re above, e beg to

3Sy th t e ould not b prepared to abide by 01 e 7 of the Specification, :licrJ. p:covides t t the ork hall be completed on or befor the 1st day of ove~bar 1931, but e ould undertake to complete thi ork in s1 month from of sign1ng © WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES J,/

Cont) act .

• 6 culd b prep':) e" to 08 ry out tills ,'ection of the or in fou te of Signil ~ontr ct l ~nd Pen ... ty in each oa € sho11.ld 0 ek for

~:ttcr c ns ider- Dl . isc C' 'ion the folIo ing re olution ' :~ .. dOuted on the motion 0 cCarthy econded by r O'oyrro :-

essre ~ollen Bro ., ct all, ublin, uose te ' r' for ro d improve ant orkS oad and . wliscorthy-Lmclody road - ere

acae t€d Gubject to the pro ~al of the ocal vernment!)e- artment, have . 11e i case f the fir entioned road to supply the undert required by t artment, 2.nd fe ardS the road ..... nniseort· -Bunolody are not prepared to c r:y out th o:r~" 1 thi tl ,Viz. by 3 th tem-

bel', 1931, nrovided by 8- Reiiie tion . e heleby recommend

th Council to c noel provisio a ard of the e contr~et to

.s rs Collen Bra ., ~nd co pt the fol 0 ing tenders, ub-

ject to t .. roval of t}J;; Loo'" lloverru nt .partment t

. rovided that the accented teru.:ie . r G prepal'ed to give

th n~oo· ~ y undertakl ce· as to completion of the ~o rks in

s ecified tl viz. .f-ioneel.* R '~. Con~tr uctiQn Co . , ast 1, Dub in, crd- .:lJe Ros 0 d T 12, "', s . 20 22, ount £10,830, - 16 it by 4 inCh ~lab ith mac~dam Sides,

nd illlam I e, A rklo .nni corthy-Bunclody ro~d, r. 10, o. 24, ~ aunt £3,400. 1 . - 18 ft. Y ~ix inch slab ith 01 Y ,. gin, the cceptano of thty1 tero...(i6I' being cond1tional on th 0ontr, etor being prep ed to deal 1 -11 uch extended

length of ro ill repr ~nt th amount of s :ving on

e Ro ~ - I ad bet en the figur s at and cceptcd contr ct o! ~. id ruad, and at pro rata :prlce ac

cording to hi contr ct f r the original ark. I

nder t 25tn June, 1931 (IlJl 7/1) the axtruent of Loe 1 Gover ant (Roads) fo arded Order of the ·111 t el' a

to the clo in of the folIo lug roads .1'0 the 25th June to the 15th cem er, 1931, (oth y inclusive:- u. 1. The ortion of the road from exford to situate bet een Tomeoole Cros oad and the Old ural istriet bounds a,t oul e ty. 0.2 - The ol'tion f the road fro nor o s situate be n OUSh1 to n and ally car brl , nd fro the 25th Juoo to th 15th d Y of ovemoer, 1931, (both day ino1uslJ) of the follo lug road: The portion of the road f1' n nnicorthy to unc10dy sit te b t Gen omgarro ero s roa and omb 10k bridge.

-..--~--.. --... -- The folIo in under date 1 t "Tuly, 1931) r ad fro the OUIlty IOJUl'veyor :- 'On several occasions dre th ttent10n of the Council

to the contin 0. .:::ovement of the trueturo :t errycarrig 1'1 ,and I ha e had the ork under con tant observ tion .

On yeater y, 30th ultimo, I had the o~ ortunity 0 ins ecting

the ) i1os t very 10 . tide, and I found that the "thrust I of the moving abutment i st ting fr cture of th pil port-

ing t ascUle . 1...e danger of thi co 1s if tl1.e . at rcol te

. to the reinforce ant the act ion .a the ~te 1 ill bur t

the ooncreto, ~ d I no tis!i d that it 1 b olutely

G senti to tal<: the tet> reco T nded by r 1 ho re-

oIted on thi CO" :t ter 0 t lme o. " It was decided that t he OUIlty urveyor c mmunie te ith

lao, 1neer .ith vie to ~ecuring report 7 as to

t to done in order 0 permanently secure the abut nt.

from s v n '1'1'18, ask, Curracloe:-

II I connect lon i th th cut t i of vanagl I Correr

in CUrl' cloe I a reed lth _ I' lrthic-tle in cutting my i'rui t tree 1f it a necessary to do so, but I did not

think Y $ r house would ;.;e to be cut do n. It the pride of my cottage. I am sure it ill be big dra - back to e in 1 tti my cotta e no r on the b t er ,. ays looked for "rd to it in ood oro.e1' as it a for tne children nd eo Ie to sit out of the la'in un. l..ut hen I seen it blocked 11,1) the

C'ight of tne corner I di a .ree ith ... 1' 0 tune to cut

lt do n. ",,0 lope, ana. oulA be va ,- thanld"ul, if you b ill treat fair, as it n y/the eans no of me not getting

as much ent for cotta 'e . I

t ~ ciQe to refer the ~atter to the ounty Sur

veyor all! pendln his report t t __1' uJ.leton oui inter / orris d report t next eati 'of tne Finance Comnittee .

--~--~~-~----~~ Under d te 2nd July, 1931, th County ",Ul'veyor sub-

mi tt d the 0110 , lng r ort from L't!' :-. . J . nni) sistant

Surveyor tor th di~trict :- til h ve to r ort that yec

lorry 0 d, and driven by dWard Carley, 26, uffry treat) nniscorthy, truck one of th tar boilers on the 11s o d, d did eo cert in unt of damage . pnarent1y 1 t got out of control t :1TOugh a front pring bre 'ing, and dashed acro th rortd. The boil er " standing at t he moment ell on the prop r i - . Carley admits liab1lity, and offers to ay for any dam done . He h , I believe,

Ire dy ttled With t he 0 ner of the horse hien slightly 1nj ured. I have asked urphy to get the bo11- © WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES ex ut ri t to-day, ~ to not o~t of repai r, .ith

a vie to <"e in Carley an account. .e i~ :q.ot insured,

I believe, ortunatGly no one a~ seriously hurt though

o of our ,en had a really extr ordinary esc: 6. he follo 'in resolutiolJ. as"o ted on tIl tio of

r Cull ton S6CO ded y r 'J.aDnon :- 'Th t the County i::>uxveyor furnish coc! t of repa.ir of tar s:prayer of the Council to ""d ard Carley, 26 Mfry

street, lnni cor thy . n lIIL ./ v(). c -----~------~------~-~--- Under d $ t h Jun , 1 31, 1 tte read from tn

cr tary, County Councils ~ naral ~ouncll st ting that the annual otlne- ould b held on 5th Au t, and sk ing the Council t for rd notl of ny m tter hich

t y ished to h :ve disCll c: d th 1'e t by t e 24th July, 1931, It .. decided that t he Gan r 1 Council be ked to consie' r th i ility 0 submitting t th • G. D. a,

r solution a kin~ r t he tent of the r cultural Grant -t the beginning and n t t tbe end of ch quarter. SCAB - ... -.. -.------...... ----~-.. ------Under date 30th June , 1931 , F . S. . ingtJood, Veter-

inary I ector reported foll 1f :- IRe ee scab at Grai emora, Cloh yrne the ower of the diseased snee oved seven sheep on t o thi farm uring the onth t e tention notice being till

in force. I re olution as, adopted t hat 1gee, Solicitor, comnuni c te with Ringwood, Veterinary Surgeon, and obtain' / a mol' detailed re art in thi 1 e to proceed aga~ t Tho . Byrne should he consider the evidence war nt pro cut ion.

"Th t rene aJ. of bur ary una r econd y , ~ol hip Scheme be roco ended t !latrick , Cl )n.ttin " rey." p • • 'URLO.&:"'G, SPX "tL 0 , ...: .0. - - --~------~--- ~- ~------Tbe County surv yor re ort d th t the 1 v t ry ~ t the house of ~ 'ichael Furlong, t nant of the lIDcil,. in- /" a bad condition, and as offensive in its re nt po~ition . .. .x Furlong had co!nl ined of i t ... conc:oiderable time ba.ck, and tnere as no doubt the matter (if only r m .. ani tary oint of vie ) eouired att ntion. It c1 ed th t t he Council re bout t 11 th1 . r erty th v unty yOT Uld or t h present only

;OUR lG ,). v U3 - T: I S CTI(r . - --~-~ --- - -~~~~- ----~ -~ -~~ -~ Under date 2nd July, 1931 t e oUIlty urveyor 00- mitted application from the ~ ittee of bove for the 10 n of t rayer in oraer to ~ read a ealin co t of bitumen on ne 1y la1d tennis court in the 01 ub ground . It ould b u ed by ex:oerienced or I n 0 had b en in the servi ce of the Council, and 1q-oe returned it r one d ;y in erfect order. The follo' in re olution a do ted n the motion of Ir '.3yrn econded by Culleton:- "Th t tJ:ie lie tion of exford arbour oat Club

00. ·tte ( ennie ~ec tion) for loan of t r 0 ray r for one d y be cceded to, the Corrmittee to 'Jar tee the.. t the achin ill be retur ed to th Council in rfect order.

I 1 STRI S...... '" '.... .101 ~---~~-----~---~-~~- Notific tion as received for the co itt to © WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES Industri _choo1~ of th folIo in~ ehildren: ary 11 gnar, Curr ,el06,

~g ret y1e, nnl eorthy nd ary _11 lynn, B links 1e, ylet!' teo

articul~ co 1n e ch e e h d been for arcle to

~1gee, Solicitor, for his info ~tlon.

© WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES r Clinee pronosed and !r O'Byrne seconded the folIo ing resolution wniCh as adonted- -nem -con:- vne •. inu~es of jf'inanee Committee meeting f'or 2nd. July, 1931, oe received and consldereu. " Paint ing Te Ross Bridge: It as decided to a ai t decis ion of Kilkenny County Council in the matter and if they ree to the proposed expenditure that tenders for tne work be invited through advertisement .

Collect ors ' poundage : The folIo ing under date l~th July,

1931 (G55l~9/l93l LOch Gannan) as read from the Department of Local Government :- "Wi th reference to the recomrnenda,t ion of the Finance COl1Lmi ttee of their meeting on the 2nd instant in the matter of pounda ~e in res~ec~ of the current collection, I am direct ed by the Minister for Local Government and Public Heal th to state that he must re. ind the Council t.at the uniform accounting basis prescribed for Local AutnoritioN is the financial year and the stipulations contained in the Fuolic

Eodies Crders concerning rate collections dep~nd for their effectiveness on the arrants being accounted for by the

31st J: arch. The ..... inieter cam ot agree to any extension of this period for County \Texford and desires that this be specially understood by the Rate Collectors. As regards any variation in poundage consequent upon the additional relief to agricultural rate. ayers the Minis ter does not propose to come to a final decision until to ards the end of the financial year "hen he will be in a positi~n to judge the progress of the collections and ill have received the views of all the ounty Councils ." It as decided to ost one further action in this atter until the collection Was nearing a close . Fire "xtinguishing Aoparatus : It as decided on the motion

of ~ Hell seconded by ~ f"\ ' Byrne that the recormnendat ion of the Finance Conmittee in t_ is matter be adjourned until

Easement of ..~avanagh I sCorner: It as stated that lrrs .v.orr is claimed £lC co.apensation for land taken for easement .

. r 1 cCarthy proposed and;.1ir I 'Byrne seconded the fol

Io ing resolution WhiCh was adopted nem c~- "That !,.rs Owen A:orris, Barnahask, urracloe , be offered a sum of £3 (Tnree Pounds) for land taken in order to ease dangerous

corner on road adJacent to her uremises. II

Injury to Tar Surayer: Tne County Surveyor Said th~t he had suoulied a statement of Cost of repairing the damage to County Council lorry to ... r Carley. He ould report further in the matter hen the occasion arose:

General Council of County Councils : The folIo ing resolutior~

ere adopted on the motion of fa ~;urphy seconded by Mr Cl ince : "1l hat the General Council of County Councils be request ed to discuss the Question of derelict farms on Which in this ounty cons ideraole arrea.rs of Rates are due , i th a vie to approaching the Land Commission to have tnese farms allocated

to adJOining occupiers if possible. If

II If this proDoSal could. be carried out , the -present a.rrears of rent and rates ould be very conSiderably reduced.

II That the General Council of Count y Council c- be as'red to take steps to induce tne Government to introduce legislation t'or the repeal of the nrovisions of the Statute hich makes

' ratepayers responsible for unpaid Land Co~nission annuities

thro~gh sto nage of Government grants to meet the deficit under tnis 11eM. If The follo ing resolution ;was adopted on the motion of COl . Giboon seconded by the Chairman:- "Ynat, 'in the opinion of this County Council, the General Council of County Councils has lost recently a good

© WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES deal of its effectiveness ith the Executive. Council of the Government, and we feel that the xecutive Council should be urepared to ay more attention to the recomnendations of so representative a body. lIiVe are dissatisfied ith the resul ts obtained by ahe General Council for the past few years and ould be glad to have re90rt as to ho their recomnendations conmiended them selves to tle Government during,say, the past t elve month co ." Wexford Harbour Boat Club - Tennis 8ection: Col. uin pro posed and the Chairman seconded the follo ing rf;~~lution hich a ado ted:- "That the exford Earbour Boat Club be cnarged a sum of 2/bd for use of tar sprayer for one day - in order to establish the precedent that the Council's macninery Whenever hired must )e "9aid for even at a nominal figure. " The following resolution s adopted on the motion of f.r Hall seconded by ~r .' 3yrne: - "That the Minutes of Fin ance Comrnittee in respect of meeting held on 2nd July, 1931, be and are hereby confirmed unless here otner ise altered or amended by resolution adopted at this meeting. It The J..-inutes of Finance Committee in respect of Meeting leld on Ibth July, 1931, ere suomitted as folIo S:-

© WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES The fortnightly meet1ng of the F1nance Conmi ttee held in County Council Chamber, County Hall, axford, on 16th July, 1931. pre ant :- sr an O'Byrne, Jazoo H 1, Thom oca.rthy and Jame Stlannon. The si tant secretary, County Surveyor, County Solicitor and ates Inspector re al 0 in ttendanoe. PAY ms.

reasurer' Advice Note for £4].21: 15: 5d w exam1ned and igrSd.

CO OTlON state of th te Collection: w ubmitt d follo s:- of Co11 ctor. rcent of '22 arrant collected. * Q 1. J . Quir~ 10·9 2. an Gannon 8.6 3· Tho • Ro e 7·4 4· J . CuJ:ti 7·0 ~ 5· p . ty 6·5

6. m. y1e 6.1 G 7· · O' yrm 6.0 8. · 4cCarthy 5.6 9· J .J .O'Reilly 5·5 10 . P. olan 4·9 % 11. A. Dunne 4.1 12. P. y1 3·9 % 13· J.J. S1nnott 3.8 % 14· · cummins 3·7 % 15· J. egan 2.9 c.' 16. T. Bolger 2·9 % 17· J. Cummins 2.5 % 18. T. Bolger 1·5 ~

a • It decl d th t Rate Collector b commun1cated with th t the Finance Committee are dies .tisfied ith the progress of the R te Collection, hlch iid: i in a. worse position than a.t the corre onding period 1 t year. e Cornnittee trust th t by the date of the next eting sub stantial progre s in the ():)llection 1f111 h y been made.

Rate Collector .ll.• ICe 111 : Mr P. Lennon, ReSident Inspector I Ne Ireland A suranoe Co. Iltd., for arded receipt for £5: 12: 6d, premium on Fidelity uarant e ond id by COl lector . . elly.

'fa: Lennon t ted he had !orlfar Cl the amount to his Head office in hlin.

A letter ~received from the Head Office, New Ireland ASsurance Co., th t they ould not acce t reneWal of Kellyj Bond and that they had notified their ... e ident Inspector to thi effect. It as declde to report failure of Collector to pro duce ond or renewal recei'pt to next meetIng of County Coun- oil on 27th July, 1931, by ien date 1t antic1pated rulIng of the .G.D. ould b received regard1ng Kelly's posit10n. Sanction of Rate Inspector: tetter under date 7th July, 1931', (No.G.52156/l931 Loch Garman Fa.) read stat1ng w J that th in1ster for Loc Gover nt & Public Health sanctioned the ap ointment on a permanent b i of r O' Ken- recly R te Inspector.

~icUltural Grant 19:21(35 : Notification received from the ~ artment of Local Goverment & Public Heal th that £1359: 9: 2d had bean deducted from .Agrlcu1 turaJ. Grant In

© WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES pur uance of Or .r made by inister for Finance oWing to non-payment of Instal nt of Loan under the Labourer ' Act by the Board of ",eal tho e portion of t he Agr lcul tural Grant aut ori d for payment atnounted to £9630 and Bank Draft for the balance amounting to £8,270: 1 : lOd had been re ceived.

Letter ~ re from th ~er, a.tional .Jemk, that Directors declined to sanction th ns ion of overdraft by 14,000. It ;as pOinted out that inc tl.. e lication as made port ion of th gricul tural Grant had be n I'eeeive leaving £9,874 d in respect of th period nded 30th J It decided on t_ e mo tion of Mr 0' yrne econded by H I that it ba pOinted out to e uirector of the National Bank th t plic tion for dditi nal overdraft i "'- / mee ry in co e uen· of the b ckw d state of te Col-

lection, and 0 1 to the b nee of grlcul tural Grant not be i avail 1e legislation in connection there ith had not been f ina.lly P sed. Th exte ion no re uired as £10,000 and oUld not extend beyond a period of ix aekS. The pre ent sanctioned overdraft lias £20,000. PROVISION 0» OFFICE F a 'l "r AND • ------~~~-- Superintendant e~sh stibmitted plication from Sergeant rJcanlon for properly f it ted apartment in the Old Jail for use a eights and e uxe Office. It . dec1 ed that applic""tior be adjourned to next

eting of th C ittee and th t 1t be a~certa1ned in the meantime if sergeant Scanlon ere out verifioations for I exford UXb District in add1 tlon to the Rural areas in the one office, and also to the location of the equipment supplied Sgt. Sem110n as bet en County Council and Urban

Councilor. LOCAL UTHORITIES (OFFI S D MPLOYEES) ACT 1926 ------Or r ada by in1ster i n pursuance of baetion 12 of the above ct sessing the ount payable ere- / un ~ r by .e:x:ford County ouncil at £l45~ 12: 7d. a read. It decided tl1at the id. SCI lCATI S ------~---~ e folIo 11€ ~pplicat on :read tro r John Leacy ) ctor of the .C . 'I . • -

I orge rr June, 1926. ir te of St. , lckroc, Co . Dlblin, since 3rd ugust, 1 9. other rldget erriman aged 23 years, an lnmate of Good epherd Conve t , . terford, inc July, 1929. a er --? It ls ro ed to .appll tlon for c ittal to District Justic a1 tting t BlackroCk) 00. lin, and the

Council t ganction to c ntrlbut i re~pe ctfully sought. II cy b fore the atin and explained the eir- c t cas of the c e. Solicitor, t ted tuat the lld as d . ciled in bl in a_ 11e tion should be ae by the ciety to the DUbl in County Council exford County Council had no leg' r "Con lbillty for the ntenance of t h child, s lt not at present do lel1 d in their ar r Le cy s t t d . e did no t believe e Dlblln Council ould t re ibll1ty for the atntenance of . e child . in an Industrial SchOol, as it was b in County exiord. It pOint d out tha.t the ch ild ould be eligible for sion by e poor L Au orlties to the lin Union. It w deci d at tiona! Society for revention of Cruelty to Children be informed that exford County O>uncil cannot aceept re -ponsibili ty for maintenance of child George erriman in an Industrial chool he is dOJliciled in County

© WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES llblin. Leaoy a1d he ould report the Co itt e's decision to his autllori t es as he oUld not i tnout furtl1 r inStructions, ake an applioat on to DIDlin County Council. It mo t unlikely e 1 tt r uld ccapt ny responsloili ty in the m tter.

T ....",r., Jr< Y INSPEC'r ------Letter as reead from the artment ot grlcul ture that they had no object1on to t temporary employment of

r aylor V. . o~ a ubstl tute Local t or1 ty Vet- arin y Inspeotor for portion of e Ro District during the absenc of iI' Lynch V.. on fortnight's ~e :ve a from 16th instant.

The fol10 in- ~eport by r, sSJ.stant urveyor to th Co un ty .... urveyor , fa: -

I hen 4:r reported in ovember la t on ark to be done a.t above I calculated that to cove portion of roCk interfering lIi fishi 1 t ould only require an ext nsion of floor for

len of 53 feet by six J.eet t lde t and nl~ feet de , co equently I est , ated tb t of £50 ould suffice to do the ork. Ho ever hen utt1ng rk in handS its found t t rock exten ion a more than anticip t d, d 1n order to dO the ork properly len of di tion had to b incre ad to 83 feet i th a further increase of 8 1 6' t idest, and nine

feet deep hich added considerably to work to be do~ . . I find no that job is finished that a sum of £21: 14: Od will be re uired to complete the cost of ork. It as decided that t extra amount required - £21 : 14: 0 be allocated to complete tue ork.

OUR p '. ------~----~- The County ",uxveyor submi ttad the fOlIo letter from Lee, Oontr ctor, rklow:- © WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES "In reference to the neces ar r~pair, I cannot quote you a. lump sum for this job. The 0 y ¥ I could do this ork price ex cubic yard of concrete i n tne unde inning or bag rk, and al 0 a price per cubic rd concrete in sa for the in 10 filling. If i ould be uitable I w111 quote you for the .0rk. M It w decldea that tne County surveyor summon eeting

f th Councillor for Go tJy 'lectoral ~re , for ins ection of pier ea and suomi t r or t f orrxt meetin . liTI OF . ", ------The County' Surve or sai - he had re ce ved an app11 c tlon

from the Pio er d Constructlon 0 . , or hire of bra 'car.

It was decided to allo breaker 0 lire a.t £3: 10: Od. per day, same r te as obtained in t case of revious contr cts. Dlsor· GIN ------The follow! r R. rl , Chairman of the Cou to tte :- e i h to br ing before the next eting of your Council the unse'" orthy cond1 t10n of the di charging boat bich is ore or le S in constant use. "The boat is too 01 and her tlmbers rotten and the repair of her ould be usele s . " e nd that a ne bo t be built." I t ~ deoided that diad ging boat be inspected by

County ~urveyor and Council lors for Gorey T ectoral Area hen in9P cting the _ler ·t CourtOlm, and 'that estlm ta be

Sl itted to next ~e tlng as to cos~ cf a ne bo t.

------_ ... In reference to complaint by Shannon as' to culvert being broken down, the County Surve or tated he ould hay the plac inspected by nni , ASsistant Surveyor, and

•

Mr Hall seconded by ~ O'Byrne :-

" T..'1a.t the ~ inutes of Finance Committee in respect of meeting held on 16th July, 1931 , be received and considered." x-Collector ~ .. : . Kelly: Under date 3rd July , 1931, the Department of.Local Govern~ent rate (G. 52269-31 Loc~ Garman) for arding copy of letter . (G. 52269/31 - 3rd July, 1931) addressed to ~r Kelly stating that as regards hi f~uspension from office the inister for Local Goverrunent ould be nre pared, before deciding whether or not to confirm the suspension imposed, to consider any explanation ~ Kelly might deSire to suomit on or before the 12th July, 1931 . 1 . Under date Ibth July, 1931, the Department of Local Govern.rrent rote (S . 5393~/31 a Locn Garman) transmitting co y of sealed order removing ...Iir Kelly from office hich course had been adopted after full consideration of the

eA~lanation received from him .

Tne follOWing resolution ~s adopted on the motion of .lit.:!' O' Byrne seconded by •.• r Armstrong:- "That e anprove of the recommendation of the Finance CO~llittee a,)ointing Col lector Gannon as temporary Collector for 1\,0 . b District for

the collection of a.rrant for financial year 1931 -32. II -Sanction of Rate Inonector:-- The L.G. D. rate under date 7th July, 1931 (G . 5215b - 1931 Loch Garman .I.'a . ) sanct ioning the appOintment on a pertr.anent baSis of }, C::ean 'Kennedy as Rates Inspector. £\.gricul tural Grant : The follo ing resoluti on as adopted

on tne motion of U' Hall seconded by U' rmstrong:-

II That the D3partrnent of Finance be re uested to for ard

as soon as ~ossible oalance of Agricultural Grant due to 30th June, 1931 , " Additional Overdraft : he follOWing reSolution was adopted /on the motion of r ... ' Byrne seconded by .~ Clince :- "11 at Trea'"'urer of County Council be requested to arrange © WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES for the overdraft of the ounty Council standing at £30, 000 from 1st July to 31st August and that the IB artment of Loca.l Government and Public Health be requested to s Al\ction t.nis 'Proposal . " Office in exford for Insnector of eights and easures : The Secretary stated tnat the resent office· as adjoi ning the

~exford To n Hall and the Corporation were paying for it the

ground renl . Tne Inspector had a set of stalldards ~tc for the Corporation. The County Council made no contribut ion

to the Cor or at ion t·~ ards the rent . The County SUrveyor sta.ted there as an a artmEmt iri the

Old Jail . nich could be converted for a. eights and ~ easures office at a moderate cost .

a resolution as adopted on the mot ion of Col . (~uin seconded by J:"r Hall tnat an esti.rrate as to conversion of

apartment in ld Jail, exford, for eights & .easures Otfice be suomitted to next rp.eeting of Finance Co;.mittee by Cou:nty Surveyor.

Local Aut orities ( fficers and ~nloyees) Act 1926: The

folIo ing resolution was adopted on the motion of the Chair~a~ seconded by .fir Culleton:- ' "That the . sum of £145: 12: 7d contrloution of Wexford County Council under LOC81 Author ities ( Off icers and Employees) ... ct 1920 be pai d, P8¥ Order t o is sue (, . as soon as tIle finances of the Council sho imorovement ."

Courto n Harbour Pier: ~e folIo iug report as submitted:

"~n "r.Iriday, 24th July, 1~31, the Comlli ttee met at

Courtown Harbour at 3 0 I clock 'J . J ~ There ere in attendance

Only 0 member , 1~essrs S. v t Byrne and m. P. Keegan. The

County Surveyor, £I Treanor, sSistant Surveyor and the Bar

DOur ~aster ere also present . The COJnittee inspected the Pier Head and noted its very defective con ition, and report tnat imn,ediate steps (llust be taken to deal i th it . The 'County Surveyor informed the Com'1littee that he as at present in conmunication ith

The CO~littee discussed-the ~tter of cutting a ay c oefective Pier Head a~ had been suggested, and in connection with thiS matter intervie ed all the local fisher :<3+0 ante in their vie s in regard to the effect thi~ ould have on the safety of the entrance, and the shoaling around the South Fier J Heed . All the local fishermen ere unanll~uS in stating that the shortening of the North Pier ould incr~ase the danger of the entr~~ce in bad eetner, and that it ould cause further shoa~ing alongside the South Pier. ~so that this 8hoa1- ing .ould not be canable of being scoured out by the action of the sluices if the North Pier as shortened. Tne Committee accordingly recommend that DnT£diate steps be taken for the re- 9air of the Pier in its existing position. The ap lication for provision of a ne disCharging boat as considered by the committee. rom particulars, obtained fro.n the Harbour ,-_aster it ould a:;;mear that there is no comnaratively little ork of this nature. The receipts an- nua,lly far the use of the disch9-.rging boat do not very very muCh from about 2b/-, and as there ould be little use for the coat during the Autunn the Committee reco~nend that consider- , ation of the matter be adjourn d to next Spring." In renly to 'the ChairInan the County Surveyor said tnat £250 had been al10 ed for the ork. Ml' Lee, Contractor for the sluice gates offered to do the .ork in concrete bags at . a piece work rate but it was not advisable to do anything in the matter unt:iJ. he (County Surveyor) had the renort of an ert ~o ~s concerned in the erect ion of a sea wall at Corle and i th om he ould go into details , fully. So far as he could see the cost ould run into £500 or £:600. r Keegan held that the North Pier Wa~ dangeroUS and ready to colla:ose at any mo. lent . The County Surveyor said that not ices had been placed

kr I Byrre proposed aruf r eegan se conded the f 0110 iIlf, : - resolution hich as adopted: - "That reuort of exoert as to necessary repair ork at Courto n Harbour be submitted to next meeting . That the County Surveyor furnis!l a prel iminary report to the Department of Lands & Fisheries sho ing the pres ent condition of the Pier and a$King them to contribute half ~ cost of the ork. Unless . ' be carried out at an early date. the fiShing industry at Courtown must close do n. That this

Department be aloo su~plied by County Surveyor with copy of

report and recoroo!endat ions of xpert hen same are available . II , ith reference to sluice gates at Courto n Harbour the Department of Lands & Fisheries rote (D!5!2) that it had been noted the County Council were prepared to accept the conditions under hich the contribution of £350 from state F~dS would be available to ards the cost of providing ne sluice gates a.t Courtown Harb our. Payment of the Grant ould be made hen the ork had been completed to the satisfacti on of the Com- ' missioners of Public orks.

The folloWing resolution ~as adopt ed on the motion of hr 0 ' Byrne seconded by Col. Quin:- "That the inutes of Finance Committee in respect of meeting held on Ibth July,193l, be and axe hereby coni irmed. U CCNTRACTS FOR CAD IMPROV.J!j NT WORKS . ------The folIo ing resolution as adopted on the motion of Vir

aul seconded by ;r O'.wyrne :- "That the seal of the County Council be affixed to contracts ith Pioneer Road Construction Co . East .:all, Dublin, for improvement or:{ on Road ,Texford Fe ROSSr nd ith illiam Lee of Arklo , Co . .licklo for im provement ork on Road Enniscorthy-Bunclody . 1I rnder date 9th July 1931, the Pioneer Road Construction

© WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES Co. ast Wall, Dublin, wrote giving undertaking that they would carry out the ork on exford-lie Ross Road in ac cordance ith the terms of the specification and according to the time limit allowing an extra Ib days for the postnone ment of .the acceptance of their contract. Under date 20th June, '1931, tne Department of Local Government . (Road~) wrote the County Surveyor that no objection wou1J be raised to util~sing the saving on the exford- New

~oss Road to extending the proposed length of slab on the Ennis- corthy-Bunclody Road. If t e contractor agreed to carry out an ~xtra length at rates which ere not in excess of those tendered by him for the original length he ~hould be required to execute a bond to cover the increased length. Under date lOth July, 1931, J:.U' William Lee , Ark10 , wrote giving undertaking to carry out the iInprovement o'rk -on .o.Jnnis corthy-Bunclody Road in accordance ith the SDecification in every detail and to carry out any extension of the Ork at a

~ro ~ price according to the original tender . Under date 14th July, 1931,' the Local GoverI1'n6nt tepartment rote (1!SGH!32) acmo ledging receipt· of copies of forms of from agreement from Pioneer Road Construction Co . and!~~ ,i1liam Lee

, . in respect of Road Improvement work . The folIo ing resolution as adopted on the motion of .r

~ ' Byrne seconded by "tr Eal1 :- "That stonebreaker be hired to ill Lee, Arklo , Contractor for improvement ork on Ennis- corthy- unc10dy oad at £3 : lOs . per day . "

FLOCDING AT ASKAMO~ .

The folIO ing as read from Oounty Surveyor under date 25th July, 1931 :- "As directed by the Oouncil, I made inspection on 15th instant, of the remises of .tr d ard Doran, Askamore, with reference to the alleged flooding . "I met ... r Doran at the place , and he pointed' out to r.le the cause of his comn1aint . There is a bend on t' e roEld © WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES im ediately op osite his gate ay, and his yard is consider ably below road level . The road slopes down to ards his gate ay, and the ater cnannel alongside same is carried through his yard. He has a private ater supply orought in, in another direct ion, 10 '.er do ,and he contends that the road ater contaminates his supply. At the present time, independently of the road ater, his supply !1asses through a

d~k pond, and therefore cannot oe in any ay conta~inated by the road ater. This state of affairs has been in existence

for a very long ti.llle, and as .... ~ :::oran has only been about four years' in the premises he could give me no information as to former circumstances . Recently the County Medical Cfficer has complained of the ater supply used by .. r toran. He ?roposes, I understand, mru(ing some alteration in piping

the ater across yard. If this be done I cannot ~ee how the road ater could be inJurious from a nealth point of vie , tho is, to a certain extent, a nuisance running along an open drain in the yard. If any alteration be made by the County Council I consider it should be by taking the road water

across road in a gullet, and then for some distance throu~~

a ne ater channel on the oppos~te side, and again tnrough a

new gullet back to. the 10 er side of the road. .U' DJI'an in- f oI'med me :tha.t he uld be pI'e ared to form a ne ater cllal'..nel

along the road side ~~ the County o~cil ould put in to'

gullets . Tne ne~ gullets ill cost in or aoout £9, but it is really a legal matter as to tne Council ' s liaoility. " lr Culleton proposed that the matter be adjourned until the County Council could note the effect of the improvements

hich U" Doran proposed to carry out . The Ct..airman said the hole t ling ,as a legal matter .

/ They should refeI' it to ~r ~lgee and obtain his advice in time for' considerat ion at next meeting. He proposed a resolution to this ef!ect .

The folloving resolution as adoPte ~ u the mot ion of

Au' 0' Hyrne seconded by Hr Arrc..Cltrong:-. "That nursuant to letter of sanction of the _ inister for Local Government and PUbl ic Health under date 31st October , 1930 (No . S· 79,b43/30 Loch gCarman (PL.) the sum of £3 ,049 oe borro d from the rational Ban.1<: Limited wexford for the urpose( of redemption of ground rents arising out of the for mer ,exford Courthouse to be repaid ithin 10 years ith in terest at the rate of a half per cent under Irish Ba;rlks ' rate varying subject to a rnininn.lm of 4 %per annum as in said letter

of sanction provided and it is further resolved that the ~esl of the Council be a.ff ixed to the necessary mortgage over the rates to secure said Loan. "

'rhe folloWing resolution as adopted on the motion of ~r

Gaul seconded ~y Corish:- "r:;:'nat as regards proposed loan of £dO for provision of

aternity accommodation etc at County Eos~ital this County Council consents to portion of said loan being ap.I;lied to pro /' vision of office aCCQ.Dllodation at Co. Hos~itaJ. and to the ap- pI ica t ion of the balance for provls iQn of lv:a,terni ty acco!l1llod- at ion. "

FLO DING T ~ 1L .. \. I JB L, HOLL YFORT

The 1'0110 ing under date 22nd June, 1931, as read from __essrs ..' . J . O' Connor & Co. :-

"M!' John Byrne of ","ilmlchael, Hollyfort, Gorey , has instructed us to rite to you complaining that t 0 fields of his at ... i1 ichael have been for a. considerable time pae

© WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES da~age to our client ' s lands has been oing on for the past thre~ years, and he ill not allow it to continue any longer . ::e has asked us to talee _ roceedings against the County Council for de nages, but e thi[lj{ it right, in the , fir~t instance, to rite to you so that the defective gul-

let may oe ~ade right .

we shall thank you to let us know if this ill pe ~one without further delay. II

/ The County ~urveyor stated that this ~r k had been included in Provisional Road Works Scheme at £10 but it bed been cut out by tIle ouneil .

~A.r Treanor, Assistant Surveyor , for the istrict said it as a very necessary work . The follo ing resolution as adopted on the motion of .... r 'Byrne seconded by Col . uin:- "That gullet at Kil-:-

, iehael, adj oi1}ing the premises of ~r John Byrne be enlarged

cost not to exceed £1 , a~ount ' to be withdrawn from County Contingencies Fund." ...... T.c.YB WER L

The fol10 ing memorial from ten Batepa¥ers as regards

renair and .uaintenance of ,~oteybo er Lane was submitted: "we the underSigrled resnectfully reauest t he Council to have the Hot bo er Lane repaired, ith a vie to having it

put under con~ract . This road leads from the County Road

at Ballyellis to the ounty icklo boundS ax Park~ore , and apart from serving a number of Ratepayers living on or ad joining it also opens up a big District on either side. for Schools,Chapel and the 'narket to ns of Tinahely, Carne and Gorey . The iroportence of this road may be judged from the

fact that the Wicklo County CounCil~ , through hose area 3/4 of 'the Road runs - have already passed a sum of money to have thei r portion of the Road repaired, and the ork

is already i n progress . The Representatives f rom the Wick-

© WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES 10 District, hYe further informed us that their Council ill put the Co. ,icklow pprtion un.der Contr8;ct, -provided the I,exford COuncil have their portion repaired. e trust the 'ouncil ill see their ay to meet 'the wishes of the large n1.1.!lber of Ratepayers and others concerned." U' O' Byrne proposed and 111' Corish seconded the following_

, , resolution whiCh as unanimously adopted:- "That the members of this County Council representing Gorey County Electoral / . ' - Area, i th Mr Jordan T. D,4 be appc lnted to )inspect ~oteybo er

Lane, and report to the Council ~ inspection to be carried out on Tuesday 11th August, 1931, County Surveyor to summon Com mi ttee and arrange hour of meeting and to accorIl9any the COln mittee ." , ER.t!;C TION SHED 'ITHIN 30 !LET OF, Cl!iNTRE -- VF CAD.

The County Surveyor submitted from fIr J' Neill, Assistant Surveyor the following report :-

" I ish to report that !I Jame s Kavanagh, 01 d Ho ss , Ba,llinaboola, nas erected ,a galvanlsed iron shed, as a motor house, within 30 feet of the centee of the road. " In reply to query r O' Neill said the shed as ithin 17 feet of the centee of the road: . it as not an obstruction, to traffiC . /. Colonel u1n said it .as illegal to have this building in its present position and the Council should not agree to allowing it to remain. tt Hall proposed the following:- "That no act ion be taken by ,this Council as regards removal of shed of James

Kavana~~, Old Ross . II

Colfer seconded and the resolution 'W~s adopted, Col . uin and Lessrs Culleton and Corish dissenting. 'NAVIGATION LIGHTS ROSS BRIDQh;.

WI' it ing under date 1 eth July, 1931, Hi' Hagee, Sol i c ito I' ,

© WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES gave it as his opinion tr.:.at the County Council ere under no obl igat ion to place navigat ion 1 igh ts on Ne RosS Bridge and he could not find any provision as t ~sMie in any of the Acts dealing ith the structure .

APPLIOATI F R M CTION CF lALL T 1: P.~L DS rtOS~~,",", ------. The following under date 23rd June, 1931, as read from Mr P. Bent, Burrow, Rosslaxe:- /"In the report of the meeting of the County Council e ere very disappointed to have seen tha.t our request for a ell or barrier as rejected. Your legal adviser stated that you had no authority to protect people's houses. But e beg to refresh your memories that in ~ur ~emorial we asked for a wall or barrier that e might have an unobstructed ay or road to and from our homes; and in sup ort of our lea we gave as a reason that e :paid rates which entitled us to such a v.ay or road. Being ratepayers e have a right and a claim to a road to and from our horres like the rest of t~e community ; e pay for the social services hich the ordinary citizen expects and dem~nds . ve do not 0 neal th or riches, e are poor people striving to live and rear our families decently . lTevertheless e are ent i tled to receive from you the consider ation that is sho n to the big man ith the motor car . You make sure to cater for him and his needs and conveniences by expending thousands of pounds on roads for his use and "oen- r. . efit . A f e hundred pounds . ill cover the e~-penses of the all we ask. But it seems that because we cannot afford the luxury of a motor car - because we are poor peonle - the County Council do not consider our .rights when there is a. que tion of giving us a uroportion of the public services which involves a fe hundr(3d pounds . Where is the justice or fair play in that attitude? You collect rates from us and

81 though you say that they do not amount ~o a large sum of money,' yet in the aggregate over a period of t enty or twenty-

© WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES five years, the rates paid by us ould be sufficient to build the wall we are looking for . Surely then e have a claim to a road hich cannot be effected it lout, erecting a all . e have already pOinted out to you that e and our familie!=( are comuelled to alk through mud and ater t 0 and three feet deep, for a great part of the year. Is that fair to us ? Is it fair to our children who are obliged to suffer those hardshins and dift icul ties when going to, and returning from / ... sChool d church? You kno. that these conditions are in- hurr.an and un,t'air , yet you refuse to spend a fe hundred poundS on the building of a all to remove them . . We are led to believe that amongst the members of the ~~ Council, tnere are ho 90se as democrats and hose concern'

, , for and interest in, t~e orker and poor man , is suCh that ·hen tnose so- called deillocrats see,him unfairly trGated and unjustly burtnened, their very hearts are reD~. But strange to say not one of their voices as raised against' the injustice and unfairness of refusing us the means of providing a road. occasionc.lly e hear and read of their jeremiads anent the conditions of the poor orker . At the time of an election those democrats are most voluble in thelr denunciation of the condltions under hlOb map.y a orker ls condemned to live. It ould seem that the poor man is just a cat's pal in the

ga; e . }:o ,Gentleman, e 'have a grievance end' e a~k you to redress 'our grievance by providing us ith an unobstructed road a and from our homes . As e pay rates to the County

Council, we claim-, a road. For long have Tre been forced to

travel through ~llme and ater .. A few hundred Dounds ,hich ill build the all is not to be compared ith the health and lives of us and our children, ho should not be compelled to ade through ater for the greater part of the year . You

have the remedy a.t yom' disposal, and ~ t is your duty as reo resent at ives of the people to see that every part of the community gets a fair prc)'oortion of the public sefvices.t' © WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES The follo ing resolution as adopted on the motion

of Mt Corish seconded by Col . Quln:- II Tha t a Comnll t t ee consisting of Co . Councillors representing wexford Connty

Electoral Area inspect Hopeland Bank relative to ap~llcation of x . P. Bent and report to next meeting of the Council, the Committee to meet on Friday, 31st 'July, 1931, at 10.30

m: and to be accompanied by the County Surveyor . II

PETROL PUl,jp LICl!JNC~ .

Th~ follo ing resolution as proposed by .r Gaul, sec-

ond~d by ;ir O l ~yrne and adopted:- "That 1 icence for petrol / / pump issue to Michael Browne, Clonroche, provided site etc meets i th the 'ap_ roval of the County Surveyor."

DEPUTATION WORKMEN TAF HILL ~UAddY

.essrs John alsh, Lce . ~herty and Y.:l . afer, workmen

at Tara Hill ~uarry, attended in connection with their employment .

.. ~l . Walsh ho acted as ~1)okesman said they had been ., . ) working in Tara Hill Q,uarry for the ~ast 24 years and tney ere turned do n now on account of being single men. Kane of tnem had any dependent s . The County Surveyor pointed out that since the big work on Gorey-Arklo road had been carried out there had been restricted employment at Tara Hill uarry. Walsh said he r.Lad orked only 4 eeks and 2 days Since last September . The married men ho were working in the

, ~uarry ere from the district .

, 'r Treanor, ~ssistant Surveyor, for the district, said that acting on the instructions of the Council be had given nreference to married men . The hole ,ore in the Quarry ould ter.ninc,te on Saturday next . ark on the roads auld not be available until inter. After considerable discusSi on the follo ing reSal ution

as adopted on the motion of.rt.r eegan econded by .I:o::.r' D'Arcy :-

apPointed a Com~ittee to consider the question of the em-

pl~yment of orkmen in this area. That the County Sur-

veyor attend ith the Co.nmittee and produce any nece~saJ.'y

/ records a to Inourance Sta'!lps etc. That the Co~~ittee meet on Tuesday 11th August, 1931, at 1(. . 3 ,a, ". and visit . 1..oteybo er Lane on conclusIon of their work at Gorey."

SALE OF rORTVI~ .

./ The follo ing resolution a 6 adopted on the motion of Igyrne seconded by Hall:- "That the. ."'lremises at Fortvie recently occupied as County Council offices be

offered for sale by publ ic auct ion by ...... essrs Kehoe & Sons,

Auctioneers, ~exford . That reserve figure be arranged by County Surveyor, .r Igee, Sol ieitor, and the Auct ioneers. "

GOV~ ~\.. ~'T GRANT FaH I ROAD ·upKEEP ------

Under date 8th July, 1931, the ~ , G . D . (Roads) ote (:'G. ..!201- 31) that a provisional allocation of 40 per cent of the cost of the u-okeep of the ..: ain 1. oads in Co . Wexford for 1931-32 and hich amounted to £1 ,162 lad been fixed. . , ) TUURIST TRAFl;'IC (.u..:.VELOP ~NT) ACT 1931 ------The follo ing resolution las adopted on the motion of

.1r Hall seconded by .Lr .... cOal'thy:- "That letter from De- )artment of L. G. (9irc·59/31 - Ilgh - 13th July 1931) ith / copy of Tourist Traffic Development Act, 1931, be referred to the Finance Committee for report . "

~ In connection i th resolution passed by the Cprporation of Dublin on loth June, 1331, to help the Tourist al1-

paign and Tourist Association, .. U'. ~ 'Byrne -oro·oosed and .. r l...cCarthy seconded the follo in resolution mich a adoptee.:

unanimously: - II That the exford County Council axe prepared to support the Irish Tourist Aosociation in its efforts to attract Tourists to Ireland. We concur ith the resol ution of Dublin Corporation _~ssed on 1st June, 1931, that

of their own land before andering afield. II

Cu. CO:" UTT,t!;~ AG. IOULT- & Tl!.CffiiJIOAL INSTRUOTION AUDIT OF 000UNTS ------The L.G.D. wrote under date 8th July, 1931, (A.53331 _ 31) for arding Co"Oy of Report of their Auditor on his audit

of the ACGounts of 00. Wexford Committee of Agr icul ute & rechnical Instruction for two half years ended 30th Septemoer 193Gr, and period fro. 3Cth September, 1930, t'? 12th November , 193 , the date of abolition of the OOmYnittee under the Voc ational ducation Act 193C.Certified copies of the Abstra~ts of Accounts were also forwarded.

BUTTiE .A1TJJ ...AhG n I AOT 1907 ------~ ------Un'er date 17th July, 1931, the Department of Agriculture forwarded (L. 31/31) cO"9ies of tl1irt. ninth 1 ist of names a _ . proved by the Department for use in connection with margarine. BUTTER XPORTING (,11; _I TATION ) ORllI!. 1931 ------The folIo ing resolution as adopted on the motion of Ott Corish seconded by r Culleton:- "That letter from Department / of Ag,riculture under date 20th July, 1931, ( . 7~O'd/3 - 0.b7.31)

i th copy of Butter ..... xporting ( X8; lination) Order 1931, be re ferred to Oounty Oom'11i ttee of AgricUlture for con<::iderat ion. " ST. HEIA_- ' S H.A}\.BOUR ------Under date 3rd July, 1931, the Department of Lands & FishAries wrote (L/14/5) t:tat the Oommissi oners of Public Works ~ - ould C0111.\ unicate directly i th the ounty -Surveyor as to a suitable date for the visit of their Engineer for the proposed survey of st. Helen's Haxoour .

SECONDARY SOHOL SHIPS ------The following resolution as adopted on t he motion of ,, 'Byrne . seconded by .. u Hall:- "T'nat in accordance ith letter from Cffiee of .cTational Education under date 20th July, 1931,

a ard 2cholarshins under Sche«~ for Secondary and Vocational

Scholarships to James ' £yler, Black~all, . GlYlu1 (703 marks ); dmond P. Rossiter, Rathmore, 3road ay (bIb)

Hroad ay (5 4) and bursary to Ja~ . A. ~ rde, ~elta Cottage, Gorey (546) a$ he resides ithin a short distance of a recog- . 1 nised Secondary School .

~ight candidates failed in thexamination. __ CO . . ltXF D VOCATIONAL .... :cUCATION C01, .... ITT.t.!..1: .

Col . uin proposed and lU' uurphy seconded the folIo - ing resolution hich as adopted:- "That .'fiX John Culleton, The Raven, qurracloe, County Councillor, be ap ointed a

member of Co . Wexford Vocat ional l!..ducat ion Commi t t e~ vi ce

' {;r • Jordan T.D. Co . Councillor resigned. "

J. ~\JlII4CY ACT L I NCES

The foIl ing resolution ·as adopted on the motion of

U' Hall seconded by .U' ,1cCarthy :- "That rene als of licences

under Po isons and Pharma cy ct issue to ~d ard Redmond, The / arro, erns, and Daniel Keating (P .Tierney) ~uay Street, l're Ross . "

STAT~ CONTRIBUTI iqS TO C L~"'T BODI S tINDER R LIEF VOT~ . .

TI!e folIo ing under date 3rd JUly , 1931, as read from the Acting ecretary, 00 . Wexford Board of Health:- "In reply to yours of the 1st inst . I isl1 to inform you that the amount received by my Board out of Relief Vote s (. as folIo s :- For Bunclody Se erage Scheme - £?OO 11 Coolgreany " " £300 " Work at Ferns Burial Ground £50 The amounts raised on l ean by my Board for these orks

were ; ~unclody £3 ,300; Coolgreany £770 . A sum of £84 was spent fro Revenue for the ork at Ferns Burial Ground ."

£,1,2 fro ..n the _I.el ie! of Une. nloyment Grant for tne purpo~e of opening a ne (road bet een st. John's Roa.d and ygrafn place in order to develop a uousing site there, on condition that the .Cor)oration 'ould provide the balance of the £1,500 which it as estimated the road ould cost; -- .Up to the present, a'sum of ~1,26l: 17: 9~as been ex

ended on the ork, and of this amount £1,0(;9: Iv: )d has

oeen received on foot of the Grcnt, and tl1~ balance of £252:7 :9d has been contributed by the Corporation.

It is expected when t~e road ay is completely fintshed

the entire Grant of £1,200 ill hav.e been utili~ed as well

as the total contribut ion fro" the ~ates, viz. : - -"3 • ~s ill be seen from tne above, the Government i~ C011- tribut ing four-fifthS. of the entire cost of making t11e road.-

ay. II

The follo ing resolution as 2dopted on the motion

of .r O' Byrne seconded by ~ Hall:- "Tn8t we call on the tepartment of Lands & Fisheries to inform this County Council nat contributions are )raposed / to be made by them in connection i th _ro osed dr inage'

L. rovement ork at Cahore, -,-,oira and Kilmore. It · T YfION OF LAl"n A1"'NUI TI S ------The folloWing resolution as suomit'ced from Tipperary

(::; ••<...) County Council:- "']:;.1at in vie of the fact that six leading ";enioI' Counsel have pool icly proclairred tna't. it is an illGgal procedure to send the Land Annuities to England, e hereby call upon the Govern"T.cnt to retain them for .ce-Pating purposes, and tha.t copies of this resolution be sent to

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.. ~iss ~ I _yan proposed and .. ~r '1::: ' A:rcy seconded the

adoption of the resolution but after discussion it 8S decided to adjourn its consideration to ascertain hat

steps the C~neral Council of County Council~ proDose taA ing in the matter .

p ,OP ~...; .REDt-CTI . v -- DELIC ... ;P::-"c.::4:.,J. rATIV~S. Tne follo ing resolution as submitted from Sligo County Council:- "That e the Sligo County C-ouncil, at Annual l,.eeting assembled, desire to nlark our disap"'"'roval and enter our strongest protest against the proposed legislation having for its object. the further cutting do n of .opularly elected re~resentative~ of the people . e call on all T.. '~

to strenuously o1'_)se any suc~ Ie islation nd that cO"9ies of this resolution be sent fmr adoption to the General Coun cil of County Councils and the other C01mty and Urban our..

cils in the ~ree state, the l . D. I ~ of the Olli1ty and to the resident of the xecutive Council as also to the Leaders

of J ianna Fail and Labour Perties in the Dail. 11 ... r Corish pro_ osed the edoption of the resolution ,lr Hayes seconded.

As an amendILent .. tlr il.:urphy proposed and U' .. ~cCart .. y

seconded the folIo ing:- II hat no action be taKen in respect of resolution from 21igo County Council as to reduction of nUllberS in elected Local ut. ori ties."

A poll as taken ith the folIo i~~ result :-

For the a11endment - .Lessrs ~rennan, CUlleton, ..., 1 Arcy, .!.X)r an , Jordan, .cCarthy, . LUrphy 8: S.ayt ... _ - (5.

Against - ~es~rs A:rrnstrong,Colfer, Cooney, Corisn, / CU'ntins, Gaul, Hall , Hayes, J:J.eyler, o'Byrne , 0 'Ryan, Shannom, alsn and the Cnairman - 14.

© WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES (..... essrs Cllnce, GiObO , Keegan an 'uin 4) ere llilOt resent when poll as taken). The Chairman declared the amendment lost. / The original r:esolution was then put and _ assed lliUf £Q.ll .

Cu"RTAIL .. ~lH 1,;1' POW .S OF CO'illt"TY CvU.lJCILS

The follo ing res lution .as adopted on the motion of ~r Corish "Seconded by r Gaul :- "fhat we protest against any

curtailment of the po ers of County Councils hic...~ may be in / cluded in any measure brought before DatI ireann. " TrlE hOuSING ROBLEM

rne follo ing resolution from t.e Civics Institute of

Ireland , ~illiam street, Dublin, Was ado ted on the motion of

... r Gaul secopdea by .. ~ .. ~cCa.rthy :- "Being convinced of the

urgency of dequate end well conce i ved ::~ea~ures be ing t cen to deal ith the slum problem in Dublin and other centres of pop ulet,ion in the Irish ree state the signatories call on the

Govern~nt to press forward the pro. otion of such legislation • as is necessary for thi~ purpose . They consider that the adoption of a Tom Planning Bill on the 'lines of that already passed by the Senate, is a mat tel' of immediate importance and that po .ers should be acquired ithout delay to provide for the ccquisition and demolition

of sl Ui._ propert ies i thout undue cost bnd the erect ion of "Dro per Iodern d'ellings at rentals suitable to the! eans of the -.;>

tenants. II T.HE U""\ OF , XF' RD ,lANUFACTURED Tar

Xl: Gaul cplled attention to the resolution of the Coun cil at a recent meeting asking the Lepartment of 10cal Gov ernment (Roads) to allOW the County Council to use kxford manufactured tar. The County Surveyor said t Jat for a 'oerinanent JOb the

Dublin Tar of the Trade List as the better but it took .~

~eather it as almost .imnossible to mix. J:.r Corish said that in some centres in hich Gas Companies had put uo de-hydra.ting lant no objection had been made to use their tar but it ent through the Dubl in All iance Gas Co., the official Contractors If the local GaS Co . made application it might be possiole to have such ah ar rangement for rexford. Tne County Surveyor said that lexford tar as meaner . ING PROPERTIES F ",L£iTY tiNCI

Colonel Giobon asked if anything would be done to i!Il prove the acoustic uroperties of the Council Cnamber. At present it as impossible to hear more than a fe crds no and then. The County Surveyor said he .as aoout to cover the steel girders hic.J. to his mamd ere responsible for the echO ith beaver ooard which gave no reverberation. Tnis

--ould cost about £25 ~r £26. Col . Gibbon suggested the use of Thistle Brand Board and nroposed that the County Surveyor should consider its efficiency along with the ~eaver ~oard. The Ohairman seconded the resolution h1eh as adopted .

ROAD C.AA'ILa; T B~ YS LAGH CitOSS

~_r Cooney said he had had conrolaints from J; r ~ . Cloney a.nd .. AI' P ...... ' Ereen, Dungulph, and the anager of the Crean:ery as the a ul condition of the road from Campile to· Bally sallagh cross. people supplying the rerunery said they could not bring their lorries any longer to the Crearr.ery - o ing to the condit~on of this road. Tne road had been cut up hen used as an alternative route hile the Cffi~ile-New Ross road was under reconstruction. The County Surveyor said they spent some money on it last year, and their efforts ere very successful. They had

© WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL ARCHIVES a proposal, in this year to continue the improvement but it had to 0 out .hen the Road ':.Istimate as cut . • 11' urphy said the money last year as .spent on a small port ion of the road leaving the balance as bad as it ever a!=:! . It vas decided to adjourn consideration of the matter to next meeting the County Surveyor to supnly full nartic ulars as to the amount expended on road Since improvement ork .as carried out on adjoining main road and 11is rec

OIn! endations for future iaintenance . .arT UN IEAB S RUCTUEJ.t.. .

The follo ing resolution as adopted on the motion of 1X 0 l.cyrne seconded by "EX CUlleton:- "That .. '.r lJagee,

"'01 ici tor, direct Jas . Jrookes to remove nut hic~l he bas • erected by t he side of the road at Ballyprecus, ~ally carney and if he failS to do so , ithin 14 c.ays that a

Elgee proceed by la to COffi 81 him to remove said hut hich is an obstruction to traffic. "

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