Manchester Road Board

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 107, 10 April 1888, Page 2

Manchester Road Board

The ordinary monthly meeting was held on Saturday afternoon. Present Messrs Lethbridge (Chairman), Tremewan, Macarthur, Pryce-Jones, Wheeler, and Bull. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. COBKBSPONDENOE. From Rangitikei County Council, : re painting Onepuhi bridge. • j From Secretary Charitable Aid '■ Board, Wanganui, cheque for J827 Bs. ' From Treasury, applying for a refund of £15 195, proportion of expense* for advertising and elections of Waituna and Ashhurst ridings. From Property Tax Commissioner, advising payment of L 238 3s lOd, - subsidy due to the Board. Petition from settlers at Ashhurst, asking for a track to be cleared on Gallagher's road. , FromiJ. C. Maunder, Ashhurst, calling attention to the state of Gallagher's road. ; . From Treasury, stating the proceedings re loan for No. 5 ward, which will have to be commenced de now. From Colonial . Secretary, advising special order re levying a special rate had been published in the Gazette of the 15th March. Telegram from Property lax Commissioner, asking for copy of resolution levying rate, and statement of rates collectable^ exclusive of Crown and Native Land rates, so that advance of subsidy might be paid in March. From same, re rates on Native Lands. .. From Manawatu Eoad Board, asking for copy of bye-laws. (The Board has noneY . From G. Wheeler, asking the Board to do something more to the Halcombe Feilding road on the Feildirig side of the Mangaone. From John Cotter, asking permission to fell bush on the roadline boundary of his land.— The Clerk was instructed to write asking "which, road." From C. Thorns, re the road up the Waituna, offering to transfer a .portion. FromM. 0. Driscoll, asking if the Ferry Reserve at the bottom of the Manawatu Gorge is to be re-let, and if so, asking for conditions of tha lease. From John Cotter, re southern portion of .the Ferry Reserve, drawing attention to the swamp in the reserve. From J. Aitken, Toll Collector, applying for lease of paddock, in which the toll house stands. From JR. Cobb, drawing attention to the condition of Palmerston-Ash-hurst road passing between his sections Nos. 454 and 457. From Henry Burrell, re the intended diversion of present watercourse now on east side of the Kimbolton road. — It was decided the watercourse be kept on the road. From A. E. Capper, re drainage of water on to his property. — It waa decided the water on Spur road be takei*^ off the road. Proposed by Mr Macarthur, seconded by Mr Bull, That section 13, sub. Halcombe, be transferred from Augustus Wisichnousky to Herman Behrent ; section 50, from J. H. Fry to 0. H. Coote; section 86, sub. D, from C. FitzHerbert to L. Wheeler ; _ section 30, sub. H, from W. Neary to> '*$' W. Maxwell; sections 90 B, 90 C, 90 D, sub. E, from J. B. Roots to E. W. Boots ; section 36 E, from W. Bly to S. Cawood ; section 4, sub: L, and 40 acres,, section 3, to C. Francis, and remainder of section 3 to P. G. Francis, from each other as joint tenants in common ; section 86, Ashhurst, to W. Gardner; section 102, Ashhurst, to T. Close; section 86 to Herbert Woodham ; section 67, Ashhurst, toTheo. Easton; section 58, to J> R. Russell ; section 89, to B. J. Port j section 88, to D. Hughey; section 91, to C. H. Symons; section 87, to Arthur Beeves ; section 85, to. J. F. de Bidder; section 53, to M.^ Power; section 116, to K. Port; all from the E. and C.A. Corporation. — Carried. Proposed by Mr Bull, seconded by Mr Macarthur, That John McKennoa be authorised to fell bush on roadline fronting his section ; also same to W. Mair, for part of section 22, Watershed road, cost in each case not to> exceed 2s 6d per chain. Proposed by Mr Tremewan, seconded by Mr Wheeler, That £20 be ■pent in felling bush and cutting; drains on Gallagher's road.— Carried. Proposed by Mr Pryce-Jones, seconded by Mr Wheeler, That the Engineer have" a culvert put in on the Sandon-Kakariki road, the cost not to exceed £10. Proposed by Mr Bull, seconded by Mr Lethbridge, That the general rate of payment for bush felling on roadlines from this date be 25s per acre, | payment to be made 12 months after completion of the work.— Carried. Proposed by Mr Bull, seconded by Mr Macarthur, That £20 be voted for repairs to culverts and bridges on the Feilding-Bunnythorpe road, on condition that the Manawatu Road Board grant a similar amount.— Carried. Proposed by Mr Bull, seconded by Mr Lethbridge, That the Engineer be authorised to inspect the road as requested by Mr Cobb, and iithe work can be done for L 5 to have it done.— Carried. ;:■ •-.-..; Proposed by Mr Bull, seconded by Mr Tremewan, That Mr Macarthur and the Chairman be a committee to deal with the lease of section 166, FitzHerberfc -MDarried. Proposed by Mr Wheeler, seconded^ by Mr Pryoe- Jones, Tha* the Board will pay Mr Thorns the sum he mentions for the land required for the Waituna road provided the settlers on ' the Waituna road will pay the expense connected with survey and conveyance. — Carried. Proposed by Mr Tremewan, seconded by Mr Macarthur, Tkat a poll be taken in- -No. 6 ward of the Man- r Chester Boad District for the'feum of Jg £35:00,: to be borrowed under the. Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, iaß6, the special rate to be one xhall-

j-penny in the £ on the whole of the rateable property of No. 6 ward, to ■^construct the f allowing roads— Valley Toad, 120 chains, £330.; Bunnythorpe--Ashhurat road, 336 chains, £900 ; Pojhangina road, 110 chains, £192 10b.; Henderson's road, 80 chains, &1S0 ; Heanigan's road, 90 chains, £225 ; Watershed road, 240 chains, £840.; •continuation of roadline in No. 6 ward, 100 ichaans, £350.; Old Napier road, £232 VQbj Salisbury road, £180 ; <Gallaghes?**ead, JSIOO; total, £3500. —Carried. Propped by Mr B«J1, seconded by Mr Macarthur, That a petition be prepared for signature by the ratepayers agreeing to tafee in to the Manchester District a portion of the Man&watu Road District, expenses mot to exceed .£2o.— Carried, Mr Treanewan dissenting. During the discussion on tias resolution 3£r Bull stated a meeting had been held At Taonui School-house, at which about | thirty ratepayers were present. It had been found that the special rate on the portion of the Mariawatu Boad Distriot 5n the south side of the Railway Line, ■would be 2M in the £, and the meeting •considered it would be better to join, the uortion affected on to the Manchester District, and strike one special rate over that portion and No. 5 ward for the bridge and other works proposed. The xate proposed at the last poll was % of It on No. 5 ward. Under the new proposal it would be iof Id more. The petition to join the southern portion of the ManAwatu Boad Board on to the Manchester JDistnct would require two-thirds of the signatures of the whole of the ratepayers jn the Manchester Boad Board, and twothuds of the ratepayers in the portion of the Manawatu District proposed to be joined. There were eighteen ratepayers In this latter district and there would be no difficulty in obtaining the signatures -of two-thirds of them. It was pointed out that there would be igreat. difficulty in obtaining the signatures of the required number in the Mantester Boad District, to whom the advantages of the object of the petition would not be quite so obvious. The '.expense was roughly, estimated at £30 to JI4O, unlessit were taken round by unpaid volunteers. Mr Lethbridge undertook to do a share, And- Mr Bull the same. Mr Tremewan, speaking as a ratepayer ■of No. 5 ward, said he was sure it would aiot be signed about Bunnythorpe, unless ;■ 3>y very few. He would vote against the anoney being spent in obtaining signaiures. ... Mr Bull suggested if the petition were successful that the new district be made a separate ward, and bear the expense of the petition. ..." Some fear was expressed there would Jbe a lot of liabilities to take over in the ;Bhapeof the new district's share of special anted, overdrafts, &c, &c, of the MahaBoad District. Proposed by Mr Pryce-Jone.°, seconded *y Mr Wheeler, That a special rate of •one-eightieth of Id be made on the rateable property within the Manchester JEoad District to repay a loan of £328 15s. — Carried. Proposed by Mr Lethbridge, secor-ded ; : *y "Mr- Bull; That the Engineer be in-.-etructed to call tenders for formation on Cemetery road, cost not to exceed £20. — - -"Carried, -«■■- Proposed by Mr Lethbridge, seconded "* *y Mr Bull, That it is the intention of ithis Board, under the provisions of the JBating Act, 18&2, to make a rate of fd an the £ on the rateable value of all projperty within the Manchester Boad District for the year ending 31st March, 1889, such rate to become payable on and *fter. the 7th day of May, 1888, in one .sum. The rate book to be open for inspection at the office of the Board on and After the 14th day of April, 1888, during office hours. — Carried. Besolved, That the Board endorse the Action of the Committee in accepting E. Jackman's tender for No. 6 line. Account* for £315 13s 4d were passed for payment, and the Board adjourned.