MANCHESTER HIGHWAYS BOARD.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 79, 13 July 1878, Page 3

MANCHESTER HIGHWAYS BOARD.

■' *"'*' SaWbday, 6fch Jttiy, 1878. The usual meeting of the Manchester Highways Board, -was held, on the ' abovfi t tdate< -Mrp-Hakombe v occupied, the chair/ and there, were also present, Messrs. Douglas; Macarthur, and Bar-. tholome^ : yiy/- : -!;r:^:-;;^^^y-;.-rr,:':>"'vi'r ■ v ■■' • ♦ LBTTBBS EEOEIYED. .. From, Mr -Lash j asking^ perinissiori-to lay a tramway from section No 329, Halcombe, . along Grodley [street to the railway lane— Resolved, that this board, though unable to find that it has any authority to > grant the right to lay : & tramway along 'the public road, will not offer any opposition to the tramway proposed to' be constructed by Mr Lash, m Godley street, Halcombe, and by Messrs. Tarrant, Nichols & Co., along the Makino^road to. the railway line, form three miles; while approved of by the Engineer of this Board, as not'irir terfering with public traffic, or any . desired extension of the road, v ■ • ; : t Prom'Mr Charles Pharazyn, asking the'rßoSrd to fall' bush on the road near his boundarjr— Eesblved that there are nofunds;available for the purpose. Petition, from residents of \Nos. 2 and£ thi '3 Ward^Eef erred to Mr Dduglasi FrpnS/the Minister o£ Public Works, stating that a sum of money had. been granted* for the formation of a; road through the Native Reserve at Tolco-langi-i-Kesolved, that the Engineer be instructed to prepare plans and specifications, and call for tenders for the above wc*k;; •' :■■■■. ---^ ;- ■■' •--•■■■ • ;. ■ .> .. r \ FroniiMr^ Schlapjack- asking vfpr a road nast? suburban land, Halcombe.-^-Eesolved that the ward, being already overdrawn,- ioio funds are available for this work. ■:-•■••-■ ' ; '' ; * r Mr Whitcoinbe waited on. the board, asking if he would, be allowed to fall the 'bush oh- the Toad line alorig his boundary-- Resolved, that leave be grantedto Mr Whitcombe as requested," provided'ithatheiwould agree tocut the • stumps for- thirty-three feet m the centre of the road, level with the ground"; the Board hia'king himmn;jallowance of five shillings per chain, for such work. • '; ; ,; ; '/ACCOTratTS EASSBn. ■■-■■-■- JoKii ! Goweri £40 ; F, Thompson,. £13V 19s 8d : John Humphrey, £6 9s ; E." Bowler, £15 ; R.. Anderson, £7 10 ; P.VCurren, £7 4s ; J. Blackmore, £8 8s ; J. W. Bishop, 12s 6d. ' , ; , ].;, The BoardV then adjourned ; until the 3rd of August.^ . ■-. ' x MA'r : - ;