Manchester Road Board

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 87, 10 January 1888, Page 2

Manchester Road Board

n Tj&* 'wcdinjwy monthly meeting of this B^oard wjaa held ori Saturday afternoon laat. Pr^nt^-Measrs Loth-Pryce-Jones, and Wheeler. / The minutes of the previous ordin* ary iaeetingvaaid^oi^thß special ineeting, held on the 22nd ultimo, were read and confirmed. . . , Correspondence waaieftdaafollow*: I Prom .A, and, J. 8., Pnttglej an, application; for renewal of slaughtering license. ; ■••?'.■'■ I From. Mr* Qlsen,; wittt account JB2 f.or attending on Mrs Jacobean. ' From T< Harrison^ re' finishing and feltfng road line. ■:>-<■ L — •:•:, ! Eromft, Fidler, re transfer of lease. i From J. Phillips,' te opening up No. 6.line. ?i ,, _ „:.,,. :■■; -.;.-■=.,■?. -..- ; ; r^:- , | From Manawatu County Council, re sale of Gorge Berry punt. \, '-.■■■. \ From D. H. Macarthur, a letter, of which the following is a copy : — | ' y-7 ! 7, 1888. I Chairman Manchester Eoad Board, ; Sia^i^i'ain unexpectedly. called to ? Wellington, oa very tu-^ent business, I have to ask that my notice of motion for this meeting be allowed to stand over till the; next meetang of the Board. As the Hospital Bill did not pass the House there is /no necessity to take action. E wish' at the same time to protest against the proposed expenditure on Jones' road.a road which. »s not of much importance to the public affecting as it does the cpnvenieuce of the Warden of No: 2 Ward only and possibly one other ~ settler. The Warden for No. 2 Ward has uniformly objected to. expenditure on roßds loading to; sawmills, the great local • ' industry of . the district, thereby (if his > ' action^ jhad been supported}.' tending to throw many ratepayers out of .work. The ground he has ostensibly taken has been that the warda.affected were overdrawn. Now, that his ow% interests are - ooriceraed that consideration is to bo overlooked; 1 ' 1 am aware that he has : offered to /xmtribute Lone-third of the moriey,_ b.ut on |the> ground afe public i wterefet". the Board is not .warranted in spending even 1 th,e remaining two-thirds on a road «f : radh%inbT i im^riance,as. Jones', road. ' My waTdf^No.4ris in credit and I have hitherto forborne to press justand long outstanding claims for road construction in that ward until the Board's finances were completely restored. ; The Board; it must, remember, :haye to piur the Government £400 at the end of this month, there is also a liability, considerably overdue, of nearly £600 m addition, <■ which may be called uj* by the Government. Our revenue is about to be muck : reduced by the repeal of the Crown and Native Lands Eating Act, andiastly our. . siib'sidy.for this year will be less by ©no' half than lastyekr. On all th«se grounds I; ask the Board to pause before it incurs an expense not, warranted by ihe urgency of the case,, and to reject a claim whick would not be entertained -for, a moment under present circumstances were- it put forward by aiiyon* ele>« than a member of the Board. While main roads of great „ importance retoam unfinnhed, and whilst the ward concerned v is debt, such a claim is not a, reasonable o&e^rto use atpy. stronger teras.—l am &c., - . *r^. ; P.B.— As the last meeting was a special one for a special purpose it would be 1 in- - terestiag to know when authority «sh • given, and by whom, to. call for tend, for that work. V l •> From C. Warne r re tender for heart of totara, with 'account for extra lengths,' ' . ';' ' ' ' .'"■.. '■ -.;■/;' '' ■.',,. ; ■ _ From Kirton and Curtis, rct.adveis tisinel ' " •"■"••"■■■■ •■-;■ ; - ".' "'. , ' ■ Trom Treasury office, r t e payment of balance of to^n grant and a special rate for proposed loan. - ,";-. r^ • : From Clerk to Kiwitea Road Board, re- advance of £30 from said Board to this Board for. clearing track through iValley; road. ' ', ;, j "' ' :.'-.' ■. From . Seoretary of Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, re voucher* . and forwarding cheques. ' i > s , ;From E. <Warburton, r« transfers of certain sections. IFrom the Engineer, a report r» M* Walker's application for right of road through Ferry reserve. ; [ : j .. .-l >| T .'.. From a number of settlers in Po- J hangina, , Kiwitea, Road , Uoard district, praying the Board to metal the road, from .^ar^e'f mill to their boundary, Joeing continuation of Pqnanginaroad. „,; v " r .;.. „••. .'~ . ; .. .• ■ .;' MrpV Jacobsen . waited on; the Board toast for fujrther aid for her destitut* , children. ''*'" "' '" " . r i .._,? .■■■,\ i ,, v 1 Mrs Paschke , also waited Vpa the Board re charitable ai^ j-i^.i^, J .; .'• '. i: Resolved, on the motion «f Mr Johes, seconded by Mr Wlieeler, That the fees f f^r the slaughtering licenM for the year ending aist December, 1888, be £1 sterling, a»d that the fees payable under the 34th clause of the Slaughtering House* Apt, 1887, be one halfpenny per head fer all small cattle^ and three pence per head for great cattle slaughtered, and thai Bfr 0. Bray, senr., beSlaughter-heuse ! Ip»pectori receiving the said feck a* Ins remuneration. .... — ' Resolved, oq the motion ,of Mx Bull, seconded by Mr Treme warn, That Messrs A. and J. B. Pringle's application for renewal oi '■• alaughtenug license be agreed to. r,'- ;1. T^ ; :s Resolved,', on nth* motion of Hr i Jones, seconded by Mr Wheeler, That the dog tax be the same as last year, vii:s» for .every sheep or cattle dog, and lQs for, every other dog. • .With reference ta ttoe letter from Kirton and Curtis, Mr Bull denied that he had! said anything at the Board's meetings either good, bad, or indifferent respecting the Fnuuno Bt a*, „ He asked Mf Treaewan's opinion relative to the qireulat|on of iwpecdve newspapers in No. 6 ward. Mr Tremewan replied that he wa* not in a position to eaj. „ V „.; Mr Bull said L he did not see that tbe> - ; that the letter required any comment. y The matter theu dropped. The subiect referred to in Mr Mac- - arthur's letter was opened up by Mr • Wheeler:- ; '\...-'.::.^ ~^ ::..''* Mr Bull suggested that the diacra*- - sum of the matter be held over till ne»;t meeting. . , Mr Wheeler *tked if tU ooi^Hp^l^c^wouldWi^iiih^ T^ Th^(»airm*jtJup>inedth»titwii-

pondence that were fmblißed by tha Press. „>,.- '. . .''.' '■■■ ,'■'< 31; ; '■■■-.■•'.■■':'- ■ The matter was;, deferred till the opening of tenders. . , ifoSndlair.waiked onth^Board in aupport of die' Pohangind settlers' petition. „ „ ...:~.~7 „. .., •.-.-..■ •■; Be Was informed fey the' Chairman that the. matter; would, b« attended to when the loan applied for was granted, and that otherwise sogie'.pth.er, means would 1 have to be adopted for making the road. . ; ;, !■;': A conversational discussion followed on the matter 6f the {loan and special rate referred to in the letter from the Treasury office, and it was undetstood that further information be applied for. Resolved, on the motion' of Mr Bull, seconded by Mr Wheeler, That the Chairman be empowered to sell to the ; Manawatu i County the punt jind- gear lately in Ttse ! Hit the Lower Gorge Ferry^ [ K ' :ViSi '".;::'\\ The Board then proceeded; to open tenders fo# the works as a^yertised. B*eJs^#ci^''' :^^t&'V4nS^Md.''of^M!r BuU, seconded by :>tr ; %heeler, That Berheudt; .'and' Rhousen^' tender for metalling in No; 4, ward accepted, ' viz. : ,6a per yard for Mangaone road, 2s 9d Makino road, and 2s 6d Kifflboltou road. ; ' . , ' ' ' „ "'< ■{' 1 1 7. \ , The following wJBr^ J the, 'tenders, for ' Jones? read :^^: : Purk)Bß, n ,il^4i J. Berheadt, JB IO6 14s; t. Heappy, £14 U 11«: ■■% 10>;,JWFow,ety £ 1 7BYF. Kiink/4^? "\l*i R- Neil•on, £125h14» Bdi; McDormottl, £l 12 ;• Younger ,500 V Lai»g, £ 142 45. , ' Resolved^ on the motion of Mr Wheeler; aeconded by Mr BuU, That thisjne^ing-appr^ve the action of ;the Chairman a,nd Jpleck rin "calling forr tenders for ' the extension : of Jones* tamfr il -""?' :! * -""^ ■""■'■■■',■:..{.■:.■■ .*■ Mr Jones repeated dn .writing his former •qffer ,of oneiihird'. of the cost of the v^eJa^o-ipalled Jones' road. - ; Resolv«*d, .on; tii*' motioh-pf Mr Bull, seconded by Mr Wheeleri'Tha^ ia coiisidemtipn^'Mr'JbnMcontnb. uting one-third of th 6 dost of forming and r metalliil^ 73 chains of "Kakarikif Onepuhi | xoa/d, .Mrißerhendifr tender be accepted for the work at £106 Hs. ItWM discussion, to allow Mrs, Jacdb«en 12« per week. > Resolved^ That Mr BuK be Treasurer for this meeting. y r; After passing accounta for payment, amounting to £201 7s, the Board adjouxiaed^'.;'^^ ' > [|;V.-".--'>;^' .i- ■:■- t s-' : '