MATAU ROAD BOARD.

Clutha Leader, Volume IV, Issue 182, 4 January 1878, Page 5

MATAU ROAD BOARD.

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The usual monthly -'meeting of the Matau- Road, Board. was held in the schoolhouse, Inch Clutha, on Saturday after-., noon: There .were present: Messrs. lnglis (Chairman), M'Donald, Smith, Anderson, and Mosley. -'"'"'ry ':■-•-.-;:'- ; , t . : .MINUTES. The minutes "of the previous, '■■meeting were read and confirmed. .... y . METAL CONTRACT. . ~ "_. . < 7iA\ letter -was. i*ead'; from Mr .William - Watts, asking for a progress payment on his contract for ■metal;.; :; ' ' ' " • -- Mr Anderson said Mr Watts had 90 yards 'of riietal upon the rbady/broken and ready for spreading, There was also an amount .due now for work pn the old Manse Road./; He ; moved r tliat \LIS be paidy ; '' i y J " 4 y : " -."* ;/- ; -y- aS ; ■ Seconded %Mr Smith, and carried. ; " ! " : DEF^uiiTBRS. ' ;. ■ _■; t ., ; A' ; letter was read, from Mr D.;;Reid, I solicitor^ instructing^as-t6;- : the: course- to pursue with defaulting ratepayers, of which' ja,list.was;handed in. by:the Clerk.; . ,■ '-. ,t. s

'accounts. - ' y ''^-. 7yz The following accounts were passed for 'pay merit' :-^-Siev wright- /v arid - ' Stout/ , ex-' -'perise of-coriveyarice;pfi;roadTlirie,l_6:lis ; ).Clptha. Leader, advertising, etc. ,L2 ; lks ; R. Grigor,. fpr r su^ labour, Ll Bs ''; Clerk, 'iricitlerit'kkejtpehses, L 2 10s, 7Tkl Wi3 F^j j#»ber, yL4 5s lOd ; James Rarhsay , ; labour fiEo -i.3s Od ;: Saniuel Taylor^ labour j L2 ; r2s.; .: - \.7y. :-. ■; '. -} yy J ~*S'A*' BpiD Sz'T

Mr Anderson, called attention to 'the urgent necessity. for something; being. done to the road on_ihe river bank Between rGranton. and^ Stirling during the < s ( ummer months. There was a large 'quantity of metal lying idle alongside the fcwamp

X-, " '' : -J'.- A A .-""^''{?o^'?@^ -iioad, -■whiclvthe.Bb^d.^^ ! W Ml%* •■' He"; sugges%d ' that*tlie ' ifietal ,■' be*' npw.-'cartjjcl to 'ahd=;-;,spread4iipph.;';the';:r6ad ; ; t-eforred €o7 A '{fAyS-Tyi yf.y' .' "\, ; : s The Cliairinan^qiiite.^ to .the-' itrgoiicy bf^liie wHrkyplHe ; -thWwould; shbr ; tlyyreßei^e^cpiii3i.derabl c amount from the 1 Bruce^rCp'uiity l-C.ouncil which m ight be"-ex:pended,inii'ne'talling tho'road.- y<. SAyy •: ■■ -"- ;^y f .y- :;■-.. -_ 7A Mr Anderson v; said the^-rpad jnxist fi ;be,,, metalled w^hether-the funds came from! the. County Conncii.pr not, S^i-^yi.-.. y. ' I Mr Smith;ablm6^vledgc"d'.thefnw something being done 'to ttl^ road* i^ tlie : '.vwaysVand" meansv could ';be 4ourid. s , \TJie road should be '- metalled'f romiGranton to , /KaitahgatarCreek. ;;lH'e -thoughti whatever sum they might' get from .tlieißruce Council should be applied.rto: the. purpose. 'In the-.meantime: he 5 ; mpyed. ? that, the, metal lying upon the S\vanip>B,oad;^be carted to and spread twelve feet, wide upon the road near to the creek. ■' -•^.yiy.'yyy .;.>;.;.

Seconded by Mr Mosley,, - and carried. . From a 'conyerWaiipn ; :thatVen*sued.'it- ; appeared', .that.,.. the': road'v^^prppos^d ,to' ; \be metalled' was about '25 v ch"ains< in* length, and the cost would be, 1j266'.7T-< - * "'.

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•-.-: Mr,.,Mosle'y7-Vap^ to; erect an?.©mb.'tiikmentVacross road line at the river bank. wets! em^ hanking -his -property adjoining'^he roadline, and his work would ;be rendered useless were" the. water, allowed to 'flow;, along, ihe 'road-line. There was and' could be rip' trafficat; the spot- as it simply led; to the river, and stopped. — Permission; granted. river bank roads."' ',";.. : y Mr Anderson called the, attention of the Board to a number of places where tlie river was- speedily washing away the roadlines, and pointed out that -''unless, some protective works were undertaken the ex- ; pense 'in the .purchase of ' road-liiies and o therwise': would shortly be enormous. , The Chairman pointed out that nothing could be done in: the matter until the river fell. In the meantimeleach member might examine -as to the damage" arid report at next meeting. Mr Mosley said in -many cases a few piles and a little straw would be all that ' -would be necessary to protect the banks. Mr Smiih-> thought it -was - the -;. duty of the County Councils tp attend to' the matter, as it was altogether beyond the power of Boad- Boards to undertake such expensive works as would be required.' Mr Mosley said the Councils should certainly do the work,- and 'that was the reason he was so anxious to have the island a separate riding. If ifc was not so proclaimed, then the -inhabitants should form themselves into a Municipality. The Boad Boards could not maintain the river bank roads wliich were being washed

. Mr Smith said -the Board of Conservators when proclaimed "would no doubt attend to the river banks. They . should have a Board for the north .side of the river, as well as for the island.

Mr,, Anderson said they should think twice before asking a Board to he constituted for the north side. People would yet find these Boards to be expensive organisations..

After some, further, .discussion, the , matter was allowed to drop for the- time being. ■ , -

The meeting then adjourned,