LONGBEACH ROAD BOARD.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1044, 8 January 1884, Page 2

LONGBEACH ROAD BOARD.

The usual monthly meeting of. the Board took place on Friday, the members present being—Messrs G.igg (chairman), Dobson and Gilmour. MINUTES. ' M j The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. Correspondence, ' A letter was road from Mr 0. H. Dowdmg, applying to have his name pat on the valuation roll.—The Board considered it had not power to comply' with the irequest. lu the meantime it would conYmunicate with the Property Tax Commissioner.

The Clerk of tlm enclosing a the Colonial Secretary regarding gazetting_Mr Boyle as mem beg for No. »i»b-di vision, pointing out th|j| section 3? jpf thOAct baa been reheated} and that -ft new flection #ould,nave t 6 be held.~*The ■ Clerk w.»s directed to.instruct the Returning Officer to hold ani|elect.ion. *' Messrs Moßeaa|Bnd Frisby wrote asking the B6hrd th‘ relievo "their properties of standing water locked by the Boundary road.—lt was resolved a ford made.' JL ' " ' interview. ; : Mr Horsey interviewed the Board 'and some metalling done ■ on "North Paddock road, and also the end of the same road eased of standing water. —It was resolved to have the culvert and metalling done, the Surveyor to report on the water. surveyor’s reforp. The Surveyor’s report was read as follows :

I. McLennan’s Road Drains :—We have inspected these drains, being the subject of a petition,, to have a portion of the water that comes down the upper drain conveyed to the drain on the lower side of the road by means of a dam and bridge across the drain. As far as we are able to judge we should imagihe the drain on the upper side, which is a good width and Aas.k jrcfilidcriifele fhUt was able ito carry all the water required of it, and if a portion was allowed to go over the road it would probably involve the Board'widening,' etc., the present outfalls ; the-drain on the upper sidej is getting choked with weeds in places, and should ■ be cleared out,, If.it is decided to send a pertioti ofthfe\Vater acrbss the road'a'bridge would have to be placed over the drain.—2. Graham’s road re-forming-: Tlje .contractoi:, is progressing with his work. We would call the Board’s attention to the drain on the east side of the road, which isr becoming choked l with watercress,'etc., and requires cleaning out. — 3- Great South road, Tinwald ; The re-mefcdling of this, road is being proceeded with. —4 i ! Great South Road, Hinds ; The formation and metdlingjof a portion of this road is being satisfactorily carried out.—s. Poplar Road : The contractor] is ; at work forming, etc., this road. — 6. WinslpW Road : Thefmetalling of this road has been duly completed.—7. Shepherd’s Road : The formation of this road has been completed. It is njot such a good job as we could wish, owing to the nature of the ground. The contractor has eyi u dently done the best he could. The repairs to the ford opposite Magee's, have not yet been done, as until the cutting to the river bed is mafic 1 boulders cannot be procured.— Boundary road : Complaints havings |faesa «,maqe of this, road blocking the \witer anltri’MCssfs Frisby and McLean’s land,- .we have inspected the same and taken levels bn the road. We find that to get rid of die water it is necessary to ma,ke ‘a'jfold 'ajbjjut Ihalf way between the t\yo bridges, between Willowby and Ford’s road, and to widen an outfall drain for a few chain?; the cost.(w6hld 'beidbohtt'JLSl North Path; dock road ; Mr Horsey drawn ourattention to certain portions being bad traffic, we have inspected it and find that;a culvert requires repairing badly, and _ abopt three]chains-of the r<wd v ,requires jnetalling, as even in dry weather it would be t mpossible to,' take a load over this portion.—xo. We haye’ been : requested t 0! bring before 0 the ’ Board,’? notice the necessity of having a ford made fitthe junction of Shepherd and, Mfil opposite Williams, arid atso llie formation of about five chains of the north end of Shepherd’s road,

Clause I —The Board did not see the necessity of making any alteration with rezwdijto ifcp drainage,,, , .1 Clause 2 —Resolved to have side-drain, cleared out. Clause 10-*ißeaolved tohaVe-foriruatioh, of five chains done, the other work tp ( stand over. r> wioqn* I>, * j MIDDLE PARK HOAD. j

The Surveyor was instructed to ■ present culvert taken out of creek on thjsn road, and the ford made. | QORSB ON ROADS. j The Surveyor was directed to send' notices to have gorse cleared out of drain's. EX PENSION OP TIME Extension of time was granted to the Use worth estate to grub the gorse on roads, I r bbogden’s road.

The Surveypr instructed to reporl on the state of tlie creeks at the head pi the above road. ~ - , ; 71 •*ppp£l*r ; Roiib. j 1" u " '* |

The Surveyor was directed to inspect this road, and 1 call Tor. tenders for necessary work.

. ... _ . EALINO 80,AD., . The'Surveyor Wiis ihstructea to have a ploughed furrow made at the side of road that had been fenced bffihy the Coldstream station as the present track was dan* gerous, as it crossed the fence at several points. TENDERS. W. Lockhart’s, for cutting and ford on road through reserve No 1927, was aqF. Lowh's tended forformlhg* Johnston street, Tinwald, at 12s 6d per chain, was also accepted, and the same contractor’s tender was,accepted for ford at Tinwal^l. H.' l! 03ilbh l V tender for metalling Sueveyor’a road at Is 8d per yard was ac-f cepted. I . The tenders for metalling Longbeach. road were thrown out, fresh tenders to be called for the March meeting. \ ford at Houston’s. i

It was resolved to apply to the County Council for contribution towards this ford. UNCOMPLETED CONTRACTS. i Extension of time was granted to contractors who had works interfered with by accumulation of water in gravel-pits.

accounts. ! After passing account the meeting adjourned.