MANCHESTER HUGHWAYS BOARD.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 34, 6 February 1878, Page 2

MANCHESTER HUGHWAYS BOARD.

A meeting of tl^Jjoard was held at the E. & C. Aid Corporation Office, on Saturday, the 2nd February* 1878 V Meiss^s Macarthup (m the diaiir)!, Cuiroiuing, Ljaton, and Rvrtkoloaxew. ■;' ■ ' ..' MINUTES* .■■■'■':. '-\:/:. "■:'..':■■■■ The Mihutes of the previoiw'naee ting; yxew •r.e.a.d QflA confirmed,. :

APPUCATIONS BKCEIVED. The following applications were re* ceived for the ofßee of clerk and collec* 1 tor.— Messrs Harry O. Fowles, John | Impett Whitefoot, Alex. S. Boss, Hec* ! tor J. Booth, Ralph W. Byer, Horace- ; H. Hargood, William McKeague, WiU i liam Stammers^ ! Resolved, That Mr Booth** applies ; tion he accepted- : TKNDBUS. The following tenders were received for felting ajid clearing 6ft chains of ' Nansted^s road :— 'Mr John. Jeffries* 19s per chain-- accepted. Mr Daniel CVDea, £j. 2s 6H per chain * Mr G. A< Jackson* 4R 3s; Mr JobA Beckjman X £1 ss— deolioeck > PEWTKXS8 A A petition was received: from Messrs: John C. Richardson, J. B. Rcots,. and* others, for a. bridge over the M&kinu > Creek and a smatt stream running parallel with it on Belk*s r.oad v Resolved* That the Engineer be instructed to re-port at next meeting. A petition was received from. Messrs-. Thomas Lpnghurst, Jajnea Quarrie,. a»d 23: others* requestiag the Board ta have nart oE Godley and Hasting streets m Halcombe metalled. Resolved, That the coneid&ra.tion of; tlie matter stand over untii the member-^ for No. .2- be present. A petition was- received from Meisr^P William Ferguson,. Charles Duigan,. Robert Ljnton. and Alex. Dupdas, re-, questing the Board to define the right . of road now e^istingthrougU the native. reserve to. the railway station at EangU tjlgei Bridge. Resolved,—T hat the- Cferfc be in< structed to write, ta 3^r J. % Ste>'art^ Government Ebgineer on ;the>^ sntject. . A litter was received from, the Mana-; > watu Highways Board m. reference ta ; the formation of Henderson's Liae\ : Resolved,: —^That tl\e member for- No.. 6 Ward be requested to to see. th,e Sec-L retary- of the Manawatu. H%h^a^3: Board m reference- to» tE&mfttterv ' Resolved,— 'That summonses be- takei^ out for next Court-day at jpeildinft for^ all defaulting ratepayers* ; Besolved.^— That the Secretary be- : instructed to write to thje Minister forPublic Works^ asking, th/ifc the. £9^X)» placed on the Estimates for th& road between the new Trafifc Bridge on the^ ' Rangitikei at Oneputure, and tl\e boun-. dary of the Manchesier-Bliock, be placed^ at the disposal of* the Manchester High-. i ways Board, for the constcuctipDk of the'■saidroad!. .■■•,' ■ '■■■ : -:^-?'-> : : '-^:>; i-v Resolved I ,—^That the Seeretajry be ins strutted to write to the. Muvster forPublic Works, requesting payment $i %. balance of £98; 16s 9d due to tb>- Board} on account of Mackifc's Rpad. * siesolxed,-^Tha.t the Engineer be in'-u siructed to ex,peiskd S^O"m wnproving theroad to the Peildi-ng Cemetery; ACCOBiITS. BiJSSEB* ' ! Peter Curren (jroad-manV -J- £JF 4s Messrs Harmy & McCal^ £65 12s 6d t Engineer's commission, £15; sjs 3d;- --; Clerkj'S; salary, £jT 10s.; : Inspector of ■ Nuisances' salary, £p ; postage, £2 14a. 6d. • •';■:■■;. ■■:■/■■•;.■■ ■-. ■. . R,esolvedi— That the Efcgifreer be in-, sixueted tcprepajrea, ptaA apd specifica^ lion and ait estimate for a, bridge at . Watwipk-street ; : also, the same . f or\sorks: at Warwick-street, andi ,to- expend £5 to> repair the; MaMno. Bridge on North Road; apd' an addw tional £4 on the culvert at Ruesell-street.. j Rjespteed^-iThai; the ; Board meet on« ! Saturdßy, the 2nd March, 1878: