WAIMA ROAD BOARD.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 270, 10 November 1873, Page 4

WAIMA ROAD BOARD.

.-at : . .TuxsDATf NpyKMBBR 4. Hftogßoard met to-day at the Bridge E-*&^?,^*^-£— Messrs Baigent, BarniiMMilrßdu^yraD^ «(pd/ : l?qtinicliff. ■ ' %c OyeVs/erVreport was as follows :~ " Wfim mbjih atid . jbresawell have cdm--pleted tfieir contract of gravelling "at I * XeßairC'ori by T ro„ad- by raceCO RMft oave, ;^een attended to by tbe , day man with the assistance of a horse and' cart md driver for a couple of days. MP Bbit offers the Board, free of cost, a seam of gravel running through a cooraer of ,his property. I think itis very desirable tbat it be accepted, and , tenders invited for screeoioe the, aame donng, .the summer months and "stecked at the back of the Wesleyan Chapel, ready for ose. With regard to BOTrWee'/S'hill; *I should 'not recommend - anything to b 4 done nntil such times as a BQrvey;had been made. A footbridge has been erected at Richmond, £5 Bs. The CeTfaetfciy road Js being repaired by gravel taken oat of ditches, and water-tables on m W-]^'j": A. Bam of -^2 4s has been expended on Glover-road. I -have made arrangements with different parties to brfiSk' : fitoneß-*at 4s 6d per cubic yard : ; these depdts of broken metal are for repjpre .dqriog .;. the winter months. The aeceseary works on roads leading to Mr J. JLaukows's amoaDts to £13 14s, of whiclr silms the Board pays only onehalf j tbereisalsoa small bridge which is notinciaded. In Spring Grove, Mr , Higgins has completed his contract, amount £&j^„sh(y t yMT W. Wad worth is graveHing'Pigeon Valley, amount £50. On account of the quantity of wet weather at the commencement of last month a sum ?^i^o fiajsf been expended, in repairs in* thia" district." The by-road leading to the cemetery will require your attentibn if the traffic is to be diverted during re^Jf-tohridge on 40-line. A culvert has I>een put iv by Mr Trass ; ,a!so three atone ones in Quail Valley^ costing £3 14s. Threes men have been sent to repair road on Spooner's range, and to clear sides of at Foxhill. TJn^edwood's Valley, a small bridge Having been washed away, another 'has been put-up*.*^ -^ -Sp Waa= Tetfolved, "That tjßnders be ml vited for screening 300. yards of gravel on Mf, Bout's. l^nd, and carting away." The Board having been' informed that *<* *>* le , can be given for the intended rcfta'througfi-Mr Siggelkow's -land in West , Waimea, ik was resolyei that the project be .given up. *Mr P. Leahey- attended, and cbmplaiiied that gorse was growing on his land, al--%5P% he ife^J ever planted any, and as he wished to -fence, requested the Board to k fl8 P the road clear of gorae. He was in- - formed: that'the gorse on the road and his land originally proceeded from the opposite property, and :that the Board had lon» Bince cleared the road. .■■■■-. ° MrHildreth attended to request tbat th f d i.Q Bicketfs Valley, near the mill, be repaired. * The Overseer was directed to examine tbecread;iMd ascertain what will be contributed. • Messrs Hunter and' Andrews attended, and wished to know '\ whether the Board wpgld ; assist in making a road to their lue&iinyEyeft Vailey^ stating that the Government has promised to give an equivalent to the amount raised, and that it would cost £70 to make the road. It was resolved "tbat the Secretary ascertain whether! the .Government is prepared to §£$!?*s£ i BB its e q«^alent, when the WJs,y w 4Jl 'also contribute;' and that the reply be communicated to the applicants, . B *i b^ th ® yl m »7 '»w»nge about their quota. tender rreevedi ved for making a bridge J9»fi^?'.. }Fo^'lS ie heing = considered too, hlgfej wbs not : accepted, but tenders will be invited, for making a ~fbui%fo6t b !S!)^ fa i n a y the same P lace ' -Tender tC^'also^nvited for clearing th? rpadand miKibg_a_bruJge:in Trass's Valleyj 7 " jffhe.:'. Collector reported having sent n ®S |,: % P" tie? iQ ?«ear with. rate 4! a WP e i reanlt, and was directed to see all - who have not paid. '■'-,}.-..' >fA.4etter was read from the Provincial a j f l ta Jf- aßkicg: " whether the Board will undeT-tafcetfo complete jthe; portion of road 09 Moutere Hills within the Waimea il'istrict, with the fonds already placed*at the dwpoealoft the. Board for that purpose, sSppJlemented, if necessary, from other f^pda at the disposal of the Board. Should tip Board agree to dd so, the Government walKbe prepared to make arrangements with the Moutere Road Board for thecompTjßtyin'of that portion of the road within lhe Moutere district," ilfcwas resoivedi to avoids afiy SS® rd |- ay in ih ' lB matter » Board Wnf^T^'^^Proposal of the Government, and that the parties who tendered, for.j.the work;,be communicated with Should they now decline, fresh tenders to beinvited." '.^.Ly^AV:. y,- ;, the Hon. °frf eg^.tionsabqpt It was ordered,that,thffy, should tbe distributed. -1 a y. Warrantt weresighed for £365 8s 7d. Itwa « Solved "That, in the event of the Surveyor being engaged on the survey of lhe proposed road in Pigeon Valley towards Dovedale, at the time appointed for .5 0^ 9 new rate, Mr Malcolm attend m his place." ,M£ 086 ? b , Andrews, to whom notice fo^arrears of rates had been sent, attended ™ W^ ed ' ** V et - off ' a refund of rates paid by him in former years, on property , which, he alleged he did not&n occup/. J*eppard not being satisfied with the evidence tendered by Mr Andrews} declined to: make* tbe refund*