WAIMEA ROAD BOARD.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 270, 13 November 1872, Page 2

WAIMEA ROAD BOARD.

TuJtSDAT, NoVEMJJKU 5. • The Board met at the Bridge Hotel Present: All the members except Mr. .-mfEh.' The minutes of the Jast meeting were read and confirmed. The OvJBRSKEiis rt ported the completion of three contracts made under, the to Provinces Act,"Mz., Watkins', in Pigeon Valley, £40 10s. ; Knapp and Thompson's, highty-eighc Valley, £22 His ; and M, Davies', DovedaTe; £23; and that the others : are- rapidly approaching enmpletion. A culvert north of the Wai-iti, by Mr. Rlower's, »>eing rotten, has been ; re| laced by one of efawn timber, costing £8 ss. The bank at :tlie entrance of Eighty-eight Valley has been; lowered three arid a hulf feet;'the sum of £9 16s has been expended here in extra labor The ditches by Mr. Dixon's. at dpring Grove, have been deepened and cleared out; the eight-inch culvert crossing the road requires replacing by a larger one. The extension^ of the wing of the bridge by Mr. White's has been done at' a cost of £5. Tlie works on the cemetery road could now be proceeded with. Mr.- -Hill 'has granted arighV'of road by the river from Wfibley-s ford towards Clover-road for ss. per annum, the Board to erect-»a substantial swing gate at the northern entrance; the clearing is being done and, the gate ordered. Mr. Harley has completed the repair of the bridge on the by-road at ; Stoke. A new pile is required for the south-west corner of the , bridge by Mrs Haxtpn'si Tlje/bargej, re<i u i reß ( scraping and 'tarriritr; and some new gear; the mainsail has been repaired, The. Waimea .West, gravelling, to the amount of £1%, has been done on road from Tomlinson's towards Anipld's, there is come more to be done, which was' delayed until the Removal of the furze; the splash in the cutting has been widened and. payed. ' r /JS'ew^tto'ps 'being required to two bridges in' Eve's Valley, timber waß ordered apd .they will probably be completed to-morrow. ; In Red w'flbd's Valley a channel has been cut under the large bridge and .the stuff used for repair of road at a cost of '£'i.''' Having ex amined the road in Dovedale about which Mr French' applied, I c^npgt r,epotr*meild. the BSar(p to expend any moneyHbntbeexi^tinl^rack wnicif taken over a very, steep hill merely .to, avoid crossing a.\Biiiall fer'eek.6'o the fiat'wlterfr-'the-road mußt eventually go. Un. lJryne. objects to~ any alteration of road at present; it -would be far more advantageous to purchase ..a. road than to spend any money on the present one. The gravelling to, the he«d of B^anjdy^Cjee^; bus , been.- done ;.? Suggest the desipability'.'bf graSrclling VomV r por- J tion ot the. Port road at Stoke during the, present summer, ;8o that metal, caay^ be brougbtrfrom the beac'h'tQ*repair! > th^Fbaa>tow : ard"B%elß6nl- ~^ li -- Resolved : That the culvert by Dixon's be enlarged, tenders invitsd for next '"meeting for , gEaveiling land other wpi^sineartSprin;gi|®ove ; |e|id of Cemetery'ro»d,tt»ithe

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evaded, baiaaee ef tele, that tlia tLgmman l with Mr. Hill be made in writing, Boston bridge piled, barge repaired, and tenders invited for the Port- road. . • , . , Eesolred : That Mr. French's application cannot be entertained. . Resolved : That a bonus ot £5 be offered for the discovery of a line of road in Pigeon Valley, towards Dovedale, which shall be satisfactory to the Overseer and Surveyor. In compliance with the request of several ratepayers, the Secretary was directed to furnish a copy of the Minutes to the Colonist as well as the Examiner. ■■ The Surveyor, in accordance with resolution of last meeting, produced a plan shewing the present and the proposed roads irom Waimea West to the Moutere, also the following report : — " To facilitate comparison between the two lines, both are shown on the same plan and with the same termini, viz., Sigglekow's in Waimea West, and liammerich's in the Moutere- The data follow - • ing arc derived, as regards the line in Redwood's Valley, over the range and down Bising Sun Valley, proposed by the Mouiere Road Board, irom their estimate of cost, and as . regards the existing and the proposed partial deviation therefrom, from actual surveys. As the saddle intended to be cut through for twenty feet in depth, appeals to be at the same altitude as the summit of the present road, which is indeed admi ted by i be proposers, the summit of the p-oposed road would only be twenty feet lower than the other, while in order to obtain a radient of 1 in 15, the Jine, as laid out, follows several gullies and spurs, necessiting some very sharp turns, which, though acinissable in a bridle track, would be very inconvenient on a dray r^d only twenty feet wide. • We therefore get the following lengths, altitudes, and gradients : — Proposed Road.— Sigglekow's to foot of hills, 150 chain?, rise 199 ieet, or 1 in 49; east side ot ; hills, 84 chains, rise 3F9 feet, or 1 in 15 (total rise, 568 feet) ; saddle, 2 £ chains, level; west side of hills, 85 chains, or 1 <h 20; Rising Sun Valley, 180 chains; total length, 501£ chains. Present lioad — Sigglekow's 101 chains, with rise of 318 ieet, or 1 in 21; 53£ chains, with rise of 85 feet or 1 in 41; 41 j chains to summit, rise 185 feet, or lan 15 (in this length are some slope3of 1 in 10 and 11); total rise, 588 feet; summit to CJay Hill, 99 chains ; thence to Bammerich's 141 chains; total, 430 chninp, or 65 chains shorter than the other line. As improvements on this line, two partial deviations have been proposed — one is to make a cutting through a dip in the ridge near the summit,, and to continue the road by side cuttings to the west of the present road Any material improvement would depend on the depth of the cutting through the ridge, which if even taken thirty feet deep, ■would only reduce the summit by about fifty feet. The other proposal is to commence about twentyeight chains west of the Horse-shoe Spur, and to take the road nearly on a level round the head of the valley until it meets the present road on the : Moutere side. By cutting through the intervening spurs instead of following their contour, sharp turns will be avoided and the road shortened. This line would save a rise of about 160 feet on the steepest part of the road. The estimated cost for a twenty-fett road is £650. As regards the allegation in the memorial, that there are gradients on the present road of 1 in 5 and 1 in 8, the levels taken show that thf steepest is lin 9§. This and all the other leading ones would be avoided by the proposed deviation. The geological formation being the same, little improvement, as regards metal, could be expected from an alteration of the line, except that a small quantity mi»ht be obtained from the stream in the valley. As far as could be ascertained, compensation would only be sought by one party along the proposed line, the greater part of the private property having been sold subject to a right of way. Eesolved : '• That this Board cannot recommend the proposed line, being of opinion that either of the deviations proposed would be pre- > ferable — also that the Surveyor mark out the line suggested by him so as it can be examined by the • Moutere' Board." The Scrvbyok reported having ranged the road from Peirhill's corner to Mr .James Gibbs', and ascertained that Mr Gibbs in trying to ranse j the same road without an instrument, had crossed the road. Mr Gibbs attended, and alleged that there would be a deficiency in Jus land unless the road shown as passing through was included; but he was williDg to allow a passage provided he was not called upon to fence, and that parties using the road were bound to close any bars or gates that be might erect. Kesolved" : "That Mr Gibbs be informed that as the public have full right to the use of the road as mapped out and shown on the plan, the Board is not in a position to entertain any such, stipulations, and that as regards any deficiency in land the application should be made to the Government." letter from Provincial Secretary, with the opinion of the Provincial Solicitor that, "It is doubtful whether the Board has any power to make by-laws at all, but if so, I do not think that Kos. 1 and 2 would be within their power, No. 3 is already provided lor by the " Protection to Eoads Act, J864." KesoJved : ' That, the ' Board regret to find that they have not the power which they supposed was conferred upon thf m by the ' Empowering Act' of the General Assembly, as much inconvenience and abuse may be caused theieby." , Letter from Kelson Board of Works stating that they declined to share in. the purchase of a roller. Messrs MMurray and Sharp applied for acsistance m improving the road to Mount Heslington. The Overseer was directed to prepare a stattment of required work. Application received from Knapp and Thompton for £1 being amount alleged to have been omitted when tendering for work in Eighty-eiebt Valley ; declined. c J k Mr Jordan applied to have some stakes and ■wattling removed from the road, as it caused -water to flow over his land, also for assistance in repairing the road. Overseer to examine and re- ' port on former; £5 granted for the repairs to meet equivalent. " ° lo A letter from Mr Kenyon stating that one of the day men on the Dovedale road has on several occasions been absent at -the proper workine hours. Secretary to reply that satisfactory explanation has been made as to tJie alleeed absence. , s Mr Hinde attended in reference to a notice received about rate charged to him, explaining why he did not attend rin the 22nd ultimo. The amount was redjucedjo^s-ed. Some other application* in reference: to the assessment were deferred:till next meeting: \ ; ; :''• * Memorial from residents in Dovedale for improving the road to the Moutere. Overseer directed,togetpaTtica!ars;by next meeting. ' + yA letter fronvMr Rose respecting the state of ■'c"' : ;'-'U ; *'" ; --' l ii I.'^'1 .'^'- "■' : ",-- i - i '-" I W- /^''f''i-.'- ■ '■'.":■'/, ■ '' >'•