Manawatu Road Board.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 31, 7 January 1885, Page 3

Manawatu Road Board.

.. ..' ■ •."-.,■ „»; ..... ■■: ; .v ■...:.).-. '.'_ .•. ; THIS .DAY. ; .; .....;.■ ' The usual; montluy' meeting ot the above Boajd was b!eld to-day. Present Chairmanv and : Wardens Sly, Edwards, and Mathiesdn. " " A letter from property- holders on the railway line, Oroua Biyer ;and Bunnythorpe, was read, re erection of Abridge. , It was decided to hold same over to be dealt with m committee. From Public Works Department, stating that an application tor £4000 had been postponed till end of December, 1884, as before notified. From Mr Sedcole, Pahiatua, stating that he would co-operate with the Board in -the r matter of deferred payment sections. ' „ . -; From the Native Department, refusing to give any information, for rating purr poses, as applied for by tfie Secretary, of lalids in;the Middle, Upper^ and I^owex.. Aorangl district." "' / • From Pubiic Works Department, re amount apph'ed for m June last, viz., i?SOGO, -under' the Roads and Bridges • Construction Act, and informing the Board that 30 per cent, of the amount would be granted, and off- of tbis would ■be' deducted the sum already allowed on behalf of the Awahuri bridge. , " , The-foilpwing statement was received, shbwnlg the granis for defraying expenses of repairs toproads and bridges daihalged by the late- ndoda :-r— Amount applied for, ;8615. granted : Rangitikei 0 roadi nil; Sttoney- Creek road, JS7O; south side Manawatu bridge, bridge, .approaches only (considered inadvisable to raise roadway), £AQ ; Eitzherbert road bridge, , ; Fitzherbert—^re-^ placing approaches, cutting channel, &c, £80 ;, Fitzherbert-Tiritea ,road — adding to two bridges, nil. Total, this being deemed necessary for extraordinaryj damage. '' ■ ' ' ' ' ' ; ■ ■ ! Jlieft sitting.]