PIGEON BAY ROAD BOARD.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume V, Issue 435, 21 September 1880, Page 2

PIGEON BAY ROAD BOARD.

A special meeting ©f this Board was held on Sept. 18, to hear Mr Holmes, agent for Mrs E. Helmee, support his objections to Fenton's road. Present—Messrs Hay (chairman), Pitcaithly, Budna, Mclntosh, and Pettigrew. < The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. Mr Holmes having then been called upon, examined witnesses in support of his objections to Fenton's Road. The first witness examined was Mr Pavitt, surveyor who asserted that another route, more acceptable to Mr Holmes, could bo con" structed more cheaply than the one pro. posed by the Board. The three next witnesses, Mr Savage: sen., Mr Win. Paton, jun., and Mr George White—thought the route proposed by Mr Holmes would suit the settlers in Holmes's Bay. Mr Knudsen, who was next called, was of opinion that a water right ought to be secured, which could not be by tho route in question. After Mr Holmes had addressed the Board, he, with the members and the witnesses, left, to go over the ground and see the different routes. On the return of the members, the Board resumed consideration of the matter. It was proposed by Mr Buduaseconded by Mr Pettigrew, and carried unanimously—That the Board adhere to the track surveyed by its engineer, as publicly notified and gazetted. Mr Pitcaithly proposed, and Mr Budua seconded—That Mr Mclntosh be deputed to take tho plana and specifications of Fenton's road to Messrs Joynt & Percival of Christceurch, and ask them to draw up a memorial to the Governor to proclaim Fenton's road a public road. Carried. Ho was requested at the same time to consult them on one or two technical points. Mr Pitcaithly proposed, and Mr Pettigrew seconded—That the rate of 9d in the pound for the current year, proposed at last meeting, bo confirmed. Carried. This formed the main business, and tho Board adjourned.