MANAWATU HIGHWAY, BOARD.

Manawatu Times, Volume IV, Issue 47, 12 June 1880, Page 2

MANAWATU HIGHWAY , BOARD .

, : TmratpDix^ JxririilOthiaSOj, ! -BNGHNEBB'S; BEPORT. ; 1 have, not much to'report about thifc month, as there, are veryfew,work&.beingcarried on in the Highways District at thai present time. The late rains hare don*. ■ certain damagei, which arehereunder menrljaoßedt^fcb^is.^p^tiy«iw J ard»: ' . . wo. 1 wab»» The metaUing on r tht. eometpry Eoad i».finished, as alseu the short piece at Burt's ; Bridge. _ , ' . •; | I hftr» v agaia called tend«Ei?or formation, : of th.f Btre.Qti through Sanion, ' Tehati, the- succeigfnl' tendertr, for Wilson's Boad m«tall;ng has. l^ifufpd tocarr/on the work..: ;I ; therefor* called fre9h, tenders for same. The late haary rain;ha«, ! carried away another of tha old white pinebridges : on, th#; FfiildingrHnlcombe Koad.. liter consulting with Mr. Tarmer I called tenders for a new bridg», which is urgently required. ■'.-. _-„. :; Together with. Mj*. Farmer, X ipt«>n»wodi yUjPr. r»> neur r«ad< I^ir, b^ipg oon>tinuation'of present road line, known as-, Wilson's Line, towards Kakariki. The pro-, posed new line will be shorter and a much better grade than.tho old line. The following are : the arrangements under which. Mr., Wibon will allow the road to be dirertodj ithrough.hu property :— . ; ; . ' Mr. Wilsoß^will u^a<J»rta6fl. <p,ej«phang9, . road for-wad so far as thevroad fine is . con--(Ssrned, from th« junction neir the Eangi-. tikei Birer and where the old and proposed-: road line joins on the flat on; the Kaikarikk side of the gully ; Mr. Wilson, taking th*. .r.os^aboT.e mentioned, and. giving a new; roadthTOaghrh^Bronertj.^.apd.thij Board? to undertake to fence the laid new' road, line on one side. Supposing the Board had not power- to exchange road for road, the BjpatdL^paj. Mr,.,lsriso;^6 per, ?»pre for. th«v lland, and allow £$ptt6[ ]ffis."Wil«pn forfencing said.road line, and the said f«noing- ! to' b'e erected, wi^hia threii years' . from : : dat*. of signipg agreement. . Mr. WjlsprrvrillgiTe. a: letter undertaking to allpw a, road through, his proper^ subjpet to the *bbTe^n<Jitioaß, said road to.be set out by the Board's Enr 'giceer.. .". "'': r .. .: . "' ""■■ . '". : ; yhe. confcractorfpr Hickford's Li^e forma-, tion is progressusft with his work, Upon, my Tiaitiag the road linelfoupd:itnecessary that two ditches should be, cut, instead; of one M specified. I therefore instructed* • eontraotor to carry out the ditches and : ■ focraation as the other portion of tjie road. i haxexcafl^ tWtJ^OT^^wn? 1 ' I"***on1 "***- on the road line near (^anipDeHtowßL, being bridge, culrerts, and formation at each of the. creeks. At the last meeting of the Mana-. watu County, Council, -the former rote of £3PO for. Ljne> o£ rpadj Carnarvon, waa, and the following rer solution oarried—" That after the present: adntracts were protidtd for, the balance, from the £300 to be expended on the. ' fomnation^of. road line between Jpues's line, and Taipo Road, formation tof start at. Jones's Unbend, t *wait your T initafuctions to set out ih» aboTaVroirkv. : :.:'> . - ' "'■ ISO. .8; V WABD. ":■■: '■'S:^_ •.. '. Mr/ Bpw.e. has jbeen. working at therditoh-. clfMripg in front of hit house. . :. ■ Mr. Webb hMstwrl»d his worfcof widen.. ing the main dram at Foxton. ■ I hare, had to arrange with the Local; Board contractor, at Foxton to scrub and aandt a. few chains of Jwhat; will /eventually !to the FoxtdnrOtaki Boadi Thu'rbad wae ; badly cm> up by.the drajs metalling thero. road/from, 0. Sym^ns!a.tb^rapdß town. coptn^tor- on the Motoa Boad is: pushing on; with his work, and making » good job of. same, I have staked out and. lerelled 80113^., §^ty ch^ms more of. this road,. bp.JihaT«. nofr^e^n' able to prepare pkns for. same at present.. . , would suggest that Mr. . MThersok.and mynelf be empowered to! receire and open tenders, in, say, ten days from now, for the aboTe fifty chains, so as. to push the work on. Thi» is part of the. County- Goancil tote;" "t; - ' c ; .5 There ore seTeral majn, drains at Motoa. that' require cleaning but and deepening Tery badly, to get the r^«te' away from, road line more* quickly/ It will not be a very - costly iobr-f ay aboßLt £30 would go a loxigV ; way t»warasthMe < works, and possibly thef settlers may he induced to contribute v par^of, tKp i^oney, aj by »lie7ing_ tho roA<i