UPPER MOTUEKA ROAD BOARD.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 11, 12 January 1877, Page 2

UPPER MOTUEKA ROAD BOARD.

j The Board met o^Moh^ay fe' 'l-elSberr ,; presenfc: Messrs Griffith/ r Csble'i_an, Risbv j and Needham.' ? Thtf-Bafeon >i_tJ.ler_iat(«Haed iaud agreed;to cOnstrttct 7-hiiles 16 chains of i the catt road, being from the boundary of* the Road District to the end of the surveyedline, for £310 1 2s 6d, the estimated value of the work being £610 I2s 6d. Resolved, Thafc Mr Curtis be informed of the agreement, aad asked if the £300 will be* available Resolved, That as J. Wilkinson is hot progressing satisfactorily with his contracts, the work .u f l^ Q^°. the nexfc lowest tenderers, and that Mr Wilkinson be informed that' his cotM tracts are cancelled. Mr Coleman reported thafc ifc was the wish of the settlers thafc' the" old road," Motupiko, be stopped. A letter was received from Mr. Wiesenhavern object: > ing to the road ,being taken away from his land in Stanley Brook. Resolved^ That he/ be informed that the- Board; *itl make t&s old road agreeably with his request; as soon i^fundsrare available,'.; Resolved, ThaV Mr" Byrne be paid £ 12, and have ' fche road restored agrseably with his demand; Some" discussion fcookaboufc the poad from. pi geo n Valley to Stanley Brook. -The! Secretary, in/ conjunction jvith, Messrs T. and.X.Grifflth. offered to-layout thfrpart bithe ljoid 'j^thin' the Waimea District,' subjept'tp Ih'e^proYal' of thafc Board, and to accept Vhatefer" re-' muneration they might deem sufficient' Tfc' J was resolved that tlie offer be Communicated to the/ Wairiieia Roackßpkrd; "i> &-*<%-» _#«!*_•• the Waimea ißoad Board %e requested to repair the road between the Bell Grove Inn and the'-well ohi i Kpoofe"ef , 9 > SR_^e"a§'%aofe' as possible. Resotvedj - Thafc tenders be wvitedr-i-K-*-^gravelling T.m.jmWj^anm.tion m Mofcupiko and Motueka Vailera to'gfive'fche'noeiees of th^VaWa^lrafcM^ accordance. lwith the 1976 " ThecSeftretary was instructed to make oufc the returns required by the « Financial Arrangements Act," and the Chairman was- requested, to See that Ithe sara-saaly attested are forwarded' to the Governmenl Rested, _^"-."S?*-- meeting ,be ( ..held t at .10 r a.m "oa, Saturday, fche' _rd gebifpary:/ 1 passed and paid amounting to £31 16s.