MANAWATU HIGHWAYS BOARD.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 20, 11 January 1879, Page 2

MANAWATU HIGHWAYS BOARD.

Fftixur, Jaxuaby 1U,'1878. Pre^nt: Wardens •JE)alrymple (i'hair) t '.Farmer,... McEwen,, McPheraon, Bruce. and Mcj£enz,ie. ... When the inmutes were read some .few inaccu.ra.cies, were corrected,, and; : they werVconnxmeav . VAIiEBHS TO. TjftE BOA.BD. The CJaajiBMA.N staled that since tuela,st ■ meeling he had found that the- . vahtation for the. property m the Board should beitvfh,e handf of the G,oyermenfc by -the lS&h January, and as no timeootrld hfi losj h.e had taken, upon himself? onus of appointing Messrs. Keeling and Hoe yalwers^ He was^quite aware that the course wa* irregular, b.u,t he had; ta^ejxjntdcoTisraiM-ation the shortness o£ time and, th,e. fact that the holidays ■mjghjb u\ak.e it.' improbable othe* aaaiat-- . ; t4.nce,.conjd be objtained. ",'. i^rJliclilvifßN. sajS that he should liave. likedr-to l»ave seen a. special meeting i.op. . ihe. purpose.. He was not, a,\vare "thaV the services o£ Mr. Linton K . r-ajs b^Snndi.spensed with. { The . C^Aißa^i.K pointed 04$ that thi8 t ,vi;aVa, ne\^ T3oarcl. ' " ; V^'Mr.'McEiijc!B». was quite a.ware of tbafc. fab't x still -he aoprehended that the nevr .JBoaM shou,ld lake the onus of the acts, bl theoJ,ddJie. ' Anotu&r thing he would ilil^e \o mention was that He had heardi th&rthpse tw,o, valuers had appointed a. thij-diV^NQ^ if; -th^ %?ere true it was !: 3e'c^l)BdJy''e4ntrary to the provisions and< [-spvrijt-of, the A«t--_TUe Boar.d cou.ld »p-. k pointed, re-.appoin.t, but certainly the ! P?Cs§ps so appointed could npt delegate ! thf ir-.pow.ers, to an outsider.. j ""The SECBj?TAttY rose to say- that th©'as'sertipn was not correct as, to. a third •person having been appointed. '* "Mr. a £^bCß tliought the. best thing, which could be done under the circum*. stances.- Rfts ta^emd? 11 ? 86 c . a fition of the. t GhairnfatH &s&#& .providing that tho^ . siep w.as_not ilk-gal..' -" Me. MclJherson, "thoughjk that ft. special mpeting should have been called ,aj»d~tenders,. advertised for.. His own* Qpinipn; was that' the course taken was,. ilfegsii*. and Hha,t tlies val.ua;iDn would, vnpt* 'b(3 received.' 'Beside,, if he wero. ui>JT very uiucii mistakjen, a;n e^teosion, 1 0; tijiie,. if a^dr*or,;w.oi4d h^ve beeiK f gra'jijbeil. , :. : -"-' : ' ' 'jiie^'CE^jnMis 1 admitted, that such was tli'e'fajrf,. although, he w,as. not aware, .of Xi <fimte^ : t^en a,ctipn. m theoiiattof. "r->.-- ---' received the cir-. XHla"rforw.aude ( dhy...<he Oh.«rman, but 'look-intf a,t tlie ajiorfeness of. tijne at hig. drsp*osar, v he thought Ma Dalrympl©. jco»>d.U9tha : ee,don.e. better.. - -Mr- then, n\owd— That Messrs. E,eelin« and Upa be appointed valuator to the Bpard at a. salary of •^7' s ;'_L.Seconded, by Mr., farmer, and •c»rjiedr ; ..-- < -•/•* .. It w,as next propose* th» application should be lna'de to. thp Executive foua»;ejttensipn'pf time to, the 17th of March.- . . , ' Al6i'ig djscussion, thpn, ensued with regViT to •defiu.lting ra.tep,ayers, and. ultimately ijt^as. decided that the names of alidftXnlters. should be published m 'thp SUNityi^u TjJ^Es aM the other T®o»V>.tjT paper, twic*. *"""* C0BB^E8P0SI«£?lCB. . .; >* Erx)jn Mr. Jf. 8. Cowper, a.cknowleclg. ing- receipt of fetter,.^ l».»ft °» deferred uavui.ent system. JPrem. Mip iiiiilawajtu. County Council -wrinpnji's voted to Highway Board.— •• (j^Kwen, and seconded ■by -Mr. Farmer, "That the Chairman of the Hi' T|lwa y Board convnunica % wUh" tlrc : i v lftirulan of the Chairman oc the County Council before next njeeU ' Fi-oru D. Knight,, asking the Bpa&l

To "iake tt:<? cutting to'""?>"£v.-"-stoartV property wider. It wa3. resolved that the request .be. granted. From Messrs, Stace and Eeid, re bridge across the Tc Matai lagoon, offering to give £10 each towards it. 1 : : Th« Board- dccit|ed;.tliat there were "JP& Iwdff'Available for the purpose at proseftt^^ t , : Petifion--^rnni Mr. R. 'Bishop and X>th*-fs.if»/ respect to the r.>ad dividing -j§a«d on -and, .Eoxtoau— Tenders already (called, ,.„ . . A i:\ ' Proposed- by ; *Mi\ .McKenzie, and aeconded, by xVIr. Me IS wear, that conirat'ts I*ifo.s, T l, 2, and 7be advertised m jthe Manawatb Times,. Slid RangUikei Achfoj;atq, f not exceeding three weeks previous to tender; -being m; and that all specifications for Kiwiti. i a should be i-lcii at Messi-siJLoudonau.l Haybittle's ; flnd;for:&andon at Mr. Oakley's. Petition fro i Messrs, :'Mcßetb and others-r e the> opening of Mcjieth's Jane-— To stand over. From M. H. Fiizsimons. off^rina; to : ■fall busli on; the. road : . lint*. — Tue -Engineer to report upon it at m. i xt meeting. The Engineer's report was then read . ajid adopted. ■'•'.: • : -■-■•' TENDERS ACCBPTKD. ■; James's Line.— W. C. Hanson, £7, oCar,tlnrork only.; Ujgbridgf, £'(j. SJce/matt's f<Tne.— 'ShearoM and Co., „08.. .8d f per chain. . ■ \ Randolph aiid Walker's Bridge. — Bcyant and Laurie, £59. | Gore stud Parr's Line.— W. Petersen, &is 3d..per.^liain ; ,4s. clearing.