Manchester Road Board.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 61, 11 August 1885, Page 2

Manchester Road Board.

An ordinary meeting ' of' this Board was held^at Feildrog/on Saturday afternoon. ■■''"■■ ■ '/s■]* -•>■?•*. '] '■' Present— Wardens Bailey, Lethbridge, and "Whibley. • v . v l '.'■ , Warden Bailey Was. voted to »the chair. The rninfttes 6£ last meeting were read and confirmed. • .. ... .".-. The following: correspondence was 'read: — ;/- \-~* ~ :;- r :^.;-'\ " From t\e Cqlbnial Treasureiv drawing attention io ndn-p,aymerit;M>debentiu'e of £1,600, <lue onlf t Mayv;an)J iiskinj: that same be^nrado. -' • ■' ->";.-r- ■.--,"■• .' : From ' Sir J;'H. Hari]cin%; : with bill of costs m case of Adse,tt v^Bdard. . From Messrs Adsett -and" others, askin? that a bridgeibe made, over the creek on the Taohm-road and One. on Reid'sline, also to clear abpu.t forty, chains of road, as at present they bad no means of obtaining 1 access to thejuv properties on Beid's-line. V .\>^JvT ; . v"' : From A. STBakWr4 : his'Costs,in--la^r i< ' action Adsett v. Boards ', ~."""'^'^ : Proposed by Warden »#nibley, and seconded by Warden -Lethbridge— That the clerk write to Mr .Baker, and inform him that the claim' m full has been paid to Mr Haakins.— Carried; Re Messrs Adsett and others request. Warden Bailey said the" clearing was very necessary, and - would cost obout £20. , ■ \ . ; It was rasolved— That the engineer visit the spot and report on same at next meeting, v,. ..- . ;.(-.-.•.. \. . Resolved^That Messrs P. & J. 3Bartholome'w'b.e Jeqnested : \tp;put the Bun-nyfchorpe-road m a proper state of repair ; where they , have, brokeji -ft; up by dragging lo°rs across it. , . Thy Engineer" repo;rM'ifea^he:Man-gaone-road and the road from Bunnythorpe and- .'Ashurst were both cut ; upt ,i very much. . .;..., '.';.'' : ' : ' k Lethbridge said it wbuld be of no use doing anything tp: the. : Mangaorie- road this winter!. '' '■,'.. ,' V - * '• ■ Resolved— That 150 load of metal be • carted to mend the Pohagiha-road to Ashurst, and leave be asked to cut scrub far. lo chains, half a chain wide, toallow the road to dry ; also.- about 60 loads of metal on Gteprge-rbad. •:.'. ■ With reference to the Bunny thorpeAshurst Eoad, the Engineer istated that the road was being ruined by the heavy traffic, and unless something done the money spent last year would be all lost. He recommended that about ' 200 yards of metal be brought from Palm-. erstoin.'/- y -. ••' ■ - : -\ '■'-- - . ,:*Hj ; - ■■■' > The Engineer also -Btated^that two bridges on the Makino-road wanted seeing to— one by -Mr Bell's wanted re decking, . and one near the clearing waited replacing altogether. : Resolved-— That the engineer procure metal \by2 rail from -Palmerstpn ; for< the repair of. the Bunnythorpe-Ashurst Eoad. ,■ ;■. ' \' [ • Resolved-^-That' a new culvert be put m over the Raumanea creek, on the Makino-roadj and that the bridge over ' the Makino be/ire-decked. Resolved— That the clerk write to' the district railway manage^ .asking him- to clear out the diich on the railway ' { ]im from open culvert No 48 to Nanestead'sroad. ': • . , '■■ The usual monthly accounts wei?e passed, and the Board adjourned. "