MANAWATU HIGHWAYS BOARD.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 105, 7 January 1880, Page 2

MANAWATU HIGHWAYS BOARD.

: — *— - . Monday, Decjsmbeb 5, 1879.' Present— Messrs. -Dah-jmpie-*(chair-man), M'Ewen, Bruce, M-ICerizie, aud M'Pherson. " ' : . . PETITfOJTS; """ The following petition was received from Thomas l^dward • Morritt, and seven other settlers on the Foxton Line. "We, the undersigned-; petition, the County Council to help us m the niatter of "draining (theriba^k-.waterrfrom'^d'ur several sections.' ""We are.'dbirig > our best to drain our land, but without the* co-operation of the, County Council our. endeavors are of little avail,-' that this petition will bo, "considered favorably, and that we shall be .assisted during this present summer." As it appeared that the document had been addressed to the ' County Council, the Board decided that it was not regularly- "befpre them, and elected > to take no" aciion m the matter, . Petition received from Robert Mil- . son and 25 others, asking that. ..the. Board would endeavor to^etal the.first mile of the Bunnythorpe Road from Rangitikei Road. If such were not done, it was suggested that ihe taxes, gathered from Richardson's Road up to the Stoney Creek Line, and from thence along Taonui stream, be spent upon tho same road. - Mr. DjuLurMPi-E, as. Warden of that part of the district, said he could not support the petition, m the face of the resolution passed not to expend any uiur«*?| money. The prayer of the petition was therenot complied with. KIWITEA -DEVIATION. - A 'letter was received .frorii., Mr. Walter Johnslancr©.sp.eoting, the vexedquestion of the deviation of road lines.; m the Eiwitea, about' which consiiier"-. able Correspondence had -taken place. Iv explanation •Ylr. Johnston wrote that the jQhief .Surveyor" had: not couir munibated with the District Engineer, Mr. Dundas, because -h-e-ha'drfound tho. : infornaatioin ' wanted in^ th§, Werks •■Departmen£^r.vHe*lCfuHher ' wrote : " From* this it isvapparejitjthaj the Government did not m,ake thf deviations, and ajMj.of p,pimpn. thatitliey should not pay fo'r*'them. ' Soriie'tiiae? ago I wrote this tq Mr. Dalrymple, at tho |ame time sending liim a copy of the ".stimates.and- drew^ his atten tiem to thY fact that"'£l*"iO a"Ye voted for roads' in Kiwitea, and £-000 for rOads ■ to open . up the Otamakapua, some of* -which may be expended m jpwitea t(Ji

make approaches to Otamakapua. -* If the. Highway Boards mil agree with the Government as i^the lines of roads on, which thVVnioney, would be expended* I believe the money would bo handed to -the Board to ;be spent under its supervision." The general feeling of the Board was that the. Government was liable, still it was, better to" actHipon the suggestion of 'Mr,. Johnston. A resolution was therefore carried to that effect, a copy of which was ordered to be sent to that gentleman.- :.-_-.-—-.—...,.._.;. y~ .J.'.'..... SECTION FOR BOAOWAT. Prom Messrs. Brarid6n~ and Son, * "intimating that they: had obtained tbe-- , execution of Messrs. Sort -and Nathan to a trausfer to the BoardVof Sec. JTo.---297, Beaobnsfield, r ejojitaininjj; la. 3r.9g. for the consideration of £20.: OKieqiie* passed, and Secretary instructed to forward it; ' - - ; ->*-*••; •-.-:'■•'-.' ~iy' : ■""' 'y * awahttbi bacbs. A letter was received'from Mr. T. M. : Drummond, Secretary to the Awahuri Race Club, asking- permission to use. the gate -on the road leading to Mr. Alexander M'Dohalcl'i property ' at Awahuri as a toll-gate for thg race day, it being the only convenient -place te*» jtake toll from people going to^ the races. "—Reply forwarded that Board had no ,\npwer. •■ . .--v-i.-,..^,,,.., v .;, O*MB . .- r '■•.■' ._ From Mr. George MiaHfoMfßringihg under the notice of .the Board the state of the drain on the left hand side of .- Jones's line of v road, : whioh, -iwheii the weather is bad, the road becomes -flooded, and* ' overflows r and : **washes" ". , away the sand away. Itwas suggested that a culvert should be v put iti opposite the drain, wliich ; Mr. Gower hail ; deepened some time ago. If that .were-. / ' done, ihe writer, would undertake^ta , part the ' timber, and put m free-oncost, - and would also find; timber, if the' cost were refunded when the Board had the money.— lt was agreed that- theiffefrof Mr. Mudford shouldbe accepted. ," ' «~ WX-t^ON'S -LAlitiD;. ; r V'y t • : A long correspondence was read fi-oni Mr. Prior, soliciior, " relalive to sbrrie negotiations which are being carried, on by him on behalf Of tih Board for a certain -pieTce ; qf land W&Med;as-axoad : '■*. , m Kinitea. '* ' .' :::Vr .' ' V V.'HIC_3OBD3_XI_rE. ; _ Mr. .RocKELt; said thftt at a,prev*i- .. ous meeting' he Had"' mentioned' the? necessity that existed for some works near Cam'pbelllown^.'but it was 'then, . though t that the Dou-*la.s. Settlement should perform the work, and the mat- .. 'i tcrjiad beerinef f&Sfc that.^^ ** he Tiad : seen Jj^r^-M'Lennan who agreed ... to aelyaffc&'th'e'n-ioiiey '"for tlie •work-pro- v viding that he woiddjhe credited for the amount m ratosv ,-. \', i „ -. ; ,.• My. M'Kwen* should most firmiypp-" 'pose "any such "arrangemenV' " which,. ,was nothing more nor less than striving by a to enter intOf.npwv.c.phr - t tracts..,. Hisr.-war^l i; - w-^te^ repairs:; jas_ - bad as any," but while he^va"*-, satisfied ' to the stri-it..Aetter'of 'the. . resolution he would do his .best to see . ; ■that other's should do [\h>. same. . ' Tui*?. general opinion was that it woul^ be a "breach "of 'contract entered into, to take; no new works until Tho -.overdraft' •* -Avas cleared off, and no Warden would saconil |_f f Ro'ckeL"* resb'u.t 0.1. -" iy V , "; : "„ t . .:"'"' ; '*-■ * V^l'o*"A ; TlO*tr i Vi^v v ,."j:; v Mr. James Linton, the Valuer to. tha . Boarjd, was -m attendance, anei handed in. the valuation, for six, wards. Ho . stated that ori'aceount of 'the exception- " " ally bad weather, he had. been unable to got the seventh- ward -r-Kiwitea-r?. . finished, but that would be completed; .and m the h^d^'V^^^:^^. I '^? 6 .^^ .the' time allowodVbjy^la'w-Kadarri^ .-Ba. gave the following analysis of, the; valjiatiori.'but StalSei'-tiiatr-ilt^ough "the; ' sum total of thjerateS ihisy ear would , be considerably- arbove- those- of last, the increase had.' been • obtained hot .so much by higher values "put upon property thau -by: rating some which had* ; been over-looked . entirely last year. . - Even the -amounta-. sett down. '*; to C thpVV- ; various wards did not represent tho. full Vamou'iit derivable this your as m , many cases where- the owners were:unknown, no sums were sot down.^ This, iuformati-iii *would, hoTvevef, l).e forth* coming, and a^-perfect 'correct list furInished by' the 15th. - , Np. I,- -or " Sando-tf: Ward— "Value, . JBB6)f,' which 'at fiyeVper cent., or a shiU ling : m- tlie* dS,; would yield rates to the. amount of-i£'4i"3s. : - ■ : - .- ; - ; - ' If b. 2, or Carnarvon "Ward.— Valuey £12,000 ; rates, No. 3; -or -Eox ton "Ward-— Value, £12J2; mtes, £21oV .- - ■jtf b: '4, or Karere Ware!.— -Value, ■64809 ; rates, £215 V"- - "*" ' - Ko. 5, T or Fibherbert "Wara.^Value, "JB3301; ratesf£l-70. - ' - J v.* ■: -~PiNo. 6, o*c Bunnjihorpe - Ward.---s Value, £540.0 ; ra,tes* '£2%0y .-.' .". v : » . ;TEsnBBB: '. . ;. -v . -. The following- tenders, were, receiYed-^ L_^ v r j ia le ,liine— cuttings,- formation^ scrubbing, &c, £118 ; totara fpr : cul-. Verts fixetl at per hundr«d feet, -fil 6a, li.R. Bryant and Co. Accepted." . Tendersi foV , metalliug. Eagan's Line/ —At per chain, 19s 6el. Accepted. ■;■".. There were only twpother tenders, one, . from Gladstone andparty ; and; arvothesf - from Michael Walsh, but -the prices were, considerably higher than Bry- ■ ant's. ~ . HIGHWAT3 MAP. Mr. M'Ewen brought "und-3r the notice of the Board the necessity which existed " for the wardens having a( thoroughly reliable map of the bouadar rie's of the Bom d. The one. at present m use was utterly worthless since -the redistribution of the 'wards,'' and did* tot show the road lines. He wAuH suggest that the Engineer prepare -a^map which would be cif such a size as: to be of service. ; . :. „ ■ Mr. RocKEinhad very much pleasure, m seconding the proposition, which was . one- in which' he had. been anxious to. move hi mself . He thought^ it was'.ofparamount importance that such means should be placed within the reach of. Wardens so that they could have: a reliabe. knowledge of ' the Vtlistrict and boundaries wttiiin which :tbeir vdutiea. lay: ' Ue also thought that as the .map ', was about to be^pr^ared'irthe^^ iEngiiieer shoulu name sll-^he^rdads^oElat least p'aceaheuamesoE tlixj j*oada Qa^tiiemapx „ as su-^-i a course: would be , ;t|ie ; means pf-j r .. preventing much confusion whioh all present existed. / - .. . •'-.*>? The Chaibmaw thoroughly agree^ with the resolution, hat though^ th£. matter of narajng the streets ba *iii the" •hands of the Board. At the .pi'asenfc time four out of the seven wards were. v .baying no \vorks executed, and; wasay.

quently he was of opinion Mr Hay ns could well undertake the work m his *pare time. ; '■" The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. --_;.* i