WAIMEA ROAD BOARD.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 139, 10 June 1878, Page 4

WAIMEA ROAD BOARD.

The Board met on Saturday, tfune lsf. AH the members ftere present. After the tnittiHes bad been read, The overseer made his report, thus : —"The by-road at Stoke is finished ; total cost, exclusive of repairs to the bridge, £285. The Swamp roal is not quite completed^ but I have stopped the works for two or three months, as it will destroy so much of the trunk line to finish at present; cost up to now £305 103. I have put in the bridge at ihe corner of the Appleby road, ordered last meeting; it has brick walls with a timber top. Three brick drains have been put on the Moutere hilis, to repUce wooden ones decayed. AH the drain tiles that were in stock have been used; an order might ba given for 500 more. Minor repairs along ihe main line in Waimea West have* been attended to, and the sume might be said of all the sub-districts. A small dam has been erected by ihe Wui-iti bridge to turn the river from the western approach; up to the present it has aoswered well, cost £5. As the time for supplying horaes and carts will expire on the 30tu instant, freßh tenders should be invited. Au application might be made to the Government for permission to remove the timber that the Board had lately supplied to effect temporary repairs to tbe Wairoa bridge, as the same would be serviceable for the other large bridges sow placed under the control of the Board. In Dovedale a foot-bridge is much needed at Thorpe; a cheep suspension bridge mighfc be thrown across, as the site of the old bridge is favorable for such a structure The pay-sheet will show theexpenditure in tbe different sub-districts, viz : Waimea East, £11 1 15s 6 J; Stoke, £59 17s 9dj Waimea West, £70 16s; Spring Grove, £22 6s; Wakefield, £66 5a 6 !• Dovedale, £38 45." Resolved, That 500 draio tiles be ordered, and that tenders be invited for supplying horses aud carts; also, that application be made respecting the bridge timber as recommended. Resolved, That the Surveyor prepare a plan for the bridge at Thorpe as suggested. The Surveyor reported having examined the bridge at Appleby, ond ordered some repairs to be at once done; also invited tenders for timber for a breakwater, which, in his opinion, would obviate any danger to the eastern approach lately damaged. Resolved, That J. Schwass's tender for supplying piles and spars be accepted. The Surveyor also reported havJDg communicated wiih Messrs Price and Boddingten with reference to their tender for ihe bridge at Bell Grove, and having arranged for the work. A letter from the Secretary of the Motueka Board was read, proposing a meeting of deputations from both Boards to consider the qoestion of gorse 1 hedges, and also the draft Bills re Fencing and Sbeep. Resolved, That the Secretary be informed that this Board will be happy to meet the Motueka Board and confer on the above subjects, and propose Saturday, the 22ud instant, at the Hotel, Upper Moutere. A letter from the Colonial Treasurer advised the payment to Board's account of £174 18a 2d, being share of County Fund to March 31. A letter from certain residents iu Stanley Brook stated, that they had explored the bead of Pigeon Valley, with reference to a proposed road to Stanley Brook, and had cut and pegged a line which would give very favorable gradients. Mr R. KolliDg as a deputation from the above parties, attanded and explained the proposed line on a plan prepared by Surveyor from a recent survey. Resolved, That the Surveyor grade and a peg a line in tbe proposed direction, with such alterations aa may be deemed advisable, and invite tenders for forming a road, the tenders to be opened at a special meeting on the 22nd instant. Resolved; That the repuisite notices j be given for the eleotion, on Monday, Ist July, of member to fill the places of ! the retiring members. The Treasurer reported the result of his enquiries nt the various Banks as to the terms on which they would undertake the Board's business, when it wsb resolved, That as the terms offered by tbe Colonial Bank of New Zealand appear to be the most favorable, the Treasurer be authorised to transfer the Board's account to that Bank. A memorial was received from land occupiers in Hoult's Valley, requesting assistance in improving the road 'there, and giving a list of promised subscriptions, litsolved, That the Board contribute £8, provided tbe applicants can make up £6, Mr J Win complained of the steepness of tbe cuttings .00 the road jo

Dovedule,, Resolved, That they be examined by tbe Overseer and Surveyor, with a view to any possible improvement. Warrants were signed for £411 2s 3d.