WAIMEA ROAD BOARD.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 268, 12 November 1874, Page 4

WA IMEA ROAD BOARD.

= _TOM»AY, NOVEMBER 3. ThV^oari met at the Bridge Hotel. FreKnti: /Measra Baigeni, Barhicoat, Thomson, and Jordan. ; The minutes of last meeting having been read and confirmed, the Overseer reported thai «T6e contracts of Mr T, Martin, No. 6 forming, Pigeon Valley, £18$. JOs — additional works £14; JsJ£ Barlow, No. 3, Qaail Valley, $8& 18s; {Messrs Andrew and Htinter, farming, EveY Valley, £75; MrW. BJ^etta, gravelling, Lower Wakefieid, j$S; iad that of Mr J. Siggelkow, gravelling, Applehy, £32 12s 4d, are completed. A bridge having fallen in nor Mr Blower's, Wai-iti bush, a new one has been erected by Mr W. %d---dington for the gam of £5. The damage caused by the late flood in Pigeon Valley has. been inspected by Ml} ;£ajgeat, who was deputed to examine the same,, but was prevented by illness from attending before; he recommends that some of the day* iafeer men that can be spared from "off the Main line be sent np to effect the nec^sry repairs, clear oat !he. water cooraea, apd m&ke etoae splashes;; he, he considers that if the main channel be&oroagnly cleaned it may prevent a 'refteltftian of , the .damage. Arrangements'were aleo made with T. Martin andtGo., contractors, to pat in a stone splash, properly pitched, in lieu of the bridge in their No. 6 contract. Another work that is recommended to be ; djone this summer, is that of gravelling a portion of the road leading towards Stanley Brook. In Evefs Valley the goraa was dosing up the road, it being impossible for two jArofye to pass, the same damage proceeds $oss^ J/..M. Thomson's, Jan., fence, which hV refuses to cat until the Board shall have oleared the road. I was obliged to send s man up to partially open" the road, and Mr Thomson threatens action if any damage is cansed to his fence from fire by nonretaova! of gorse cut. I want your in'struc'tiobwith regard to the removal pf t |hjw qaiwnce. I also require your consent to place the . Spring Grove day-labor man on the road up the *$&&& Gorge; it is much, used and veryro^agb in places. Mr Sheat makes application, for a culvert to be pat swfoss the road opposite bis house; if permission be granted, he will pat it in, prodding that the Board will allow h^m 4q. take the bricks iron} the kiln free from charge. It would be advisable that t the proposed works under the 1 Payment to Provinces Act in Wai-iti and Honlt's Valleys, be proceeded with as early as: possible.'* 'Keeolved, " JFhat the. day men be *ent to Pigeon Valley and Wairoa Gorge as proposed ; that tenders be hrated fir 1 nex£iaeetiog for grayelling Bir "(he S&njey Brook road; that nothing more be done at present to the gorse on Eve's Valley road; and that Mr Sfaeat have permission to take the required bricks and "pat in the culvert. A letter was received from Mr Holland; expressing his willingness that fheßoardshould take a chain in width at the stream, although they agreed some years ago to reduce the width of ro#a to 40ft, but the additional 26 feet Wfll not make it any better for crossing purposes, and practical men who have teea, Ihe/plaee are of the same opinion as himself - that the stream should be bridged., otherwise it will do a great deal or 1 damage. It was resolved, •Mhat, tbe contractor have notice to imMm* cppiract." The Overseer reported that nothing has been done towards connecting the raids l in r Bed wood's Valley, as the pntfesHntarested would not consent to contribute towards the required work. n Q essrs J, Mercer and C. H. Ford fjttwfe&fc >#>rence $o the proposed alteration of the road at Dovedale. As it appeared that, irrespective of compensation for land taken, the new road wo^d jCosJ^aUgjst d&Q, it was considered' cheaper to lower the hill when faads sfaallrperQiit. "Eeaofoedy "That the Collector at tojdt^.rec^ive the new rate when due, at the Libraries in Stoke, Richmond, $pringn€rrdv6< and Upper Wakefield; IWRner's*, Waimea Wesr, and the flchoof, Boiedale. : ; , J'bft Secretary reported that on enqgtkf ..-he had . ascertained that the erogsisg at the road near the Upper Wakefiejd .school had : hot be^n overloflkedjbat that as the road is unformed, andt apparently unused, it ' -was not cOttaMered necessary to incur expense dFjr Wifttfay crdssiog, Whenever reqtgredjt wUlbe made. A letter was received from • the HpevMeiel Secretary stating, in reply to application, that £220, on account of the- VoWjoPthe Provincial Council^ wfll^be paid in, on the 12th. Also other letters informing the Board that tbe.Siin^rn^tendeiit^pf Public Works Imw, been, instructed to explore for roads from Pigeon Valley to Stanley Brook, rtd-frbin; Thorpe; to Oroqoco, and recjuesting ri tbe 'Board to ; co-operate; with the Motueka Valley: Board in laying out the rpad, betyretm and Mpfatiku .Yallf>X*-.'psymeni for which rpad is tobemalde in land. Resolved, "That -the Government be informed that this Board will be prenerej^ccsflper^teasrieqaested, and that the Secretary . communicate «>ith ' the MQ^aeka galley Board on the sabTherffHowiCgi wm : also received :— Bepresentations have been made to the Pfttfiftjal Government as to the desir^bmtirof^making the present path rpundotbe Bocja. a, passable bridle road, the cost of which is estimated . by the bQf«MMe*i ofPablic Works at

£90. Mr Green, of the Sands, is willing to contribute one half the ; amount, and the Government are desirous of ascertaining whether the Waij mea Road Board, in conjunction with j the City Council, will contribute the j balance. | Resolved, " That the Government be informed in reply that the Board find j the utmost difficulty in maintaining \ existing roads, and cannot, therefore, I undertake to make any contribution to j this work." I Another letter from the Provincial j Secretary stated that " Tbe Govern- | will consent to pay Mr Kelliqg.the amount (£3O) recommended by the j Waimea Road Board for the road made j by him, provided the Board will assent I to the amount bejipg deducted from tbe I vote of the Provincial Council for the Board, but not otherwise." ; Revolved, "That tbe Waimea Roid • Board cannot assent to Mr Kelling'a i claim for compensation against tbe ; Government being paid by the Board." ; "The following memorial, with !21 I signatures was received :—"We, the i undersigned, ratepayers and inhabitants | of Dovedale, would request that you do I not. eject Mr. Smith , an. we feel satisfied, ' with the way in which he works, and that the work is done in a more workmanlike manner and cheaper; than it ■ would be done by tender. Resoly ed, «• That the petitioners be informed that it was not dissatisfaction with Mr Smith 'that induced the Board to dispense with his services, but the Board wish to give the present system of repairing the roads in I^ovedale a fair trial before making! any further change." : A letter was received from Mr Lammas. Dovedale, complaining of Mr W. Jordan* 8 hor.aea and cattle being continually on the road and destroying his fences and hedges, and requesting the Board to . see that Mr, Jordan be corapjiljed to keep ihem off. Resolved: '" That Mr Lammas be informed that the law.% affords abundant remedy but that the Board have nothing to do with the application of that remedy." . '. A letter was received /from' >MjT J.Andrews, complaining of tbe trouble and expense caused him by the Board's carting gravel along "Verry's Road/ and requesting some remuneration. Tbe Overseer was directed to examine and report. In reply to an application for assistance in making a fordway in the Wai-iti opposite Hoult's Valley, it was agreed to grant £6 15b to meet equivalent subscriptions, and in reply to an offer to widen tbe bridge leading to Richmond school, providing tbe Board would furnish the timber, Mr Cantoa'a : offer was accepted. Mr J. J. Ricketta complained of the state of.L4he;iraad in Bigeonr Valleyj > owing to drawing logs on k, which ought to be stopped. Mr J. Taylor : made a similar complaint. Resolved: "That; complainants be informed . .that the, Board will iake , steps to abate the practice if the cb'rirI plainants.are prepared \o prove speci^c ! damages." I No reply having heen received to an I application made to the bon the Minis* j ter for Public Works, it was resolved j that the late Land Purchase dffieeT ' (Mr Brunner) having agreed to pay to the Waimes Road Board tbe sum of .£375, as compensation for the loss .of ! the 'wharf near Richmond, taken for ; purposes of the Eoxhiil Railway, and : application having -been made"(frait- ; lessly in all quarters for payment of this , Bum, that application be again made to ! the present Land Purchase Officer with j the view of obtaining settlement of the j claim. ; ; Mr G. Sharp attended and requested ; the Board to stop up a road between I bis.land and Mr Hildreth's which he I stated to be of no use, and offered to I give in lieu a road through his land. I • Resofcsd: " That if Mr Sharp-can I get the other parties inteirestedto' join | m t H e .j - i?fi!i? at WW> it will be taken into I consideration!" Warrants jvere signed for £424 8s (sdi