Manchester Road Board

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 49, 7 October 1884, Page 2

Manchester Road Board

An ordinary meeting of this Board was held on Saturday afternoon last. Present — Messrs Bailey, Lethbridge, Linton, and Grammar. Mr Bailey occupied the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. The following correspondence was read : —Manager Bank of Australasia re the overdraft ; petition from a number of ratepayers of No. 5 Ward praying for the construction of a portion of Spur road near Mr E. Smith's property; Mr Stewart, District Engineer, re grant for the Manawatu Gorge ; Mr Baker, solicitor, re the trial, Adsett v the Board advising the Board to offer a compromise i Mr Kavanah, re a proposed lease of the Stoney Creek gravel reserve ; Mr J. T. Bray, asking for stoppage of traffic on a portion of Taonui road ; Mr C. J. Harrison, re altering name on rate book ; District Auditor, with balance sheet duly audited aad passed. The Engineer reported that he had selected the best places for railway crossings on the Feilding-Bunnythorpe road as requested by the Board. It was agreed that Mr J. T. Bray be authorised to stop traffic on a portion of Taonui road as requested. Resolved, That all resolutions of the Board be in writing. Resolved, That the Government be applied to for a crossing over the Railway as pointed out by the engineer. A conversation followed oa the matter referred to in Mr Baker's letter, and it was decided to let the matter stand over till the next meeting. Messrs O. Pleasants and E. Smith waited upon the Board in the matter of the petition re the Spur road, and were informed that when the ward was in funds the work referred to should be one of the first to receive attention. A resolution to that effect was afterwards passed. Resolved, That the speoial accounts as read for expensas of witnesses be paid. Reuolvedj That the engineer give an estimate at the next meeting of the present cost oi keeping the several roads in repair. Accounts amounting to £574 18s 6d were passed for payment, and the Board then adjourned. The following is a copy of the letter received from the manager of the Bank of Australasia :— To the Treasurer, Manchester Highway Board, Feilding. Deab Sib, — I beg to remind the Board that the extra limit of overdraft, viz., £200, arranged for by the Treasurer in July (in anticipation of outstanding County rates to be collected) expired on the 30th ult.; the limit is now £1,000, and the account stands Dr. £1,169. Referring to my letter to the Board of the sth July, I would also take this opportunity to point out that in order to bring the finances, in so far as the General Account is concerned, into a thoroughly satisfactory state, it will, I consider, be necessary for the next twelve months to suspend expenditure on works of construction, and to practice the utmost economy in maintenance. — Yours faithfully, A. P. Websteb, Manager. Bank of Australasia, Feilding, 2nd October, 1884.