WAKANUI ROAD BOARD.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2299, 11 December 1889, Page 2

WAKANUI ROAD BOARD.

The monthly mee.iog of the Wakauu ' Road Board was held on Saturday : — Present — Moesta Biuoo (ah&lrman) Brown, Ooe, LIU and Straohun. SEASIDE BOADi The Chairman said that ainoe the last meeting of the Board he had seen the oocuptera of land who had made tbe water raoo crossings on the Seaside roid. They h d asked that the matter be allowed to stand ever till they (the ocoupiers) hid seen the nonoly engineer on tbe subject After a lengthy discussion Mr Brown moved and the Chairman seconded, "That if the raoea have been male by tho approval of the County Qouuoll, the oposq. lnga be made passable by the Board and that the Board oharge the cost of anruj to the County 00u0011.7 On boing put to the meeting the motion wai)jo«t, aadj;lt

vr&s finally reßolved to defer tho matte till next meeting. , CORRESPONDENCE. Mr D. Wilson wroto asking for oorUin alterations to be made In the valaat ou roil. TheOlerka wdreinstraotßd toatto d to the. matter, SURVEYOBB RBPOKT The Surveyors report was road a* follows: — Beaoh Road : The contractor fo» teformnc; part of this road near Gothic's bridge commoocod work, bu f ' we fcjad that the stuff alone; the sides was not what we expaoted It to be, there bciog too much soil with it sad oonssqaenty we thought It not wise to proofed with the work, ?e would tecodjmond ih&\ the piece be shingled with 12 or 15 yards to the ohoin, We have had a ou'yert, which appealed to be rotten, teken up and 1510 pipes aabatttated. Surveyor a Ko»d : The ploughing of one side of the orown of tSU roid has boon OJinplated, the ruß «loog the otnfcre ore get Ing rather bad and wo propose to plough, a furrow along eaoh wheel traok and rake the a tuff iaio the rute, whioh be far cheaper than patching *l h ahlngle. Seaside Road: We have nerved the occupiers of land with notice re water raoe oroßsloga bat nothing has beeu done to make them paisable. Speolal Meeting : The special meeting of the Board called for November 16 lapsed for want of a quorum, only Messrs LIU and ooe ntteadiug. The members present opened tenders for ploaghtng oat part of Dromore road and af tor oonaldaratlon It was decided not to aooept any tender, bat to have the tussocks grubbed An the road, and we were Instructed to let the work, the cost not to exoced £3. The work has since been completed. The maintenance mau has been engaged la ploughing aides of Gardners and Qhertsoy roadß, repairing water race crossings eto., bis diary la on the table for your Inspection. Elgin Road : The tuasoofeiug of this read has been completed, 0 ause 1 —The matter of chlnglln? part of the Beaoh road was left m the hands of the Chairman, The remainder of the report was adopted. Railway reform league. Consideration of tne circular from the Railway Reform L?»gae office was fntther deferred, COTTAGES, A discussion ciißued on the arrears In rent of the ocoaplera of cottages, and the mattee was left In the hands of tbe Chairman. It was resolved " that no tenant hj allowed to occupy a cottage without drat tigulng an agreement." INSURANCEB. The Olerk reported that the Insurance Company htd reduced thu amount of insurance on some of the Bjards property. The Board agreed to the insurances at the redaotions made. BIRDS EGIGS. Ii was resolved to pay '£i %\ per 100 for small birds eggs. GRAVEL RESERVE. The Olerk reported that the transfer <f Kelly's gravel reserve to the Board had been elgucd, aud the Boaid tgreed to fenoa In tha pit when called upon to do bo. UNPAID RATES It waa resolved to sne fir all rates not paid by the 31st. December, ACCOUNTS, After passing ucoounts tho Board adjmrued.