WAIMEA ROAD BOARD.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 6, 7 January 1880, Page 5

WAIMEA ROAD BOARD.

I The Board held their monthly meeting on Saturday last, all the members be 1 ing present.

The Overseer stated that he had no written report, very little having been dbne oh the roads, ahd the 'greater pert of the time had be3n occupied in receiving rates and preparing the new assessment.

ThO Chairman reported having, accompanied by some of the ; members, visited the Appleby bridge, when it was decided that 'the approach should be repaired and a breakwater erec^.d at the 'river bank.

IMr Fowler reported that the proposed meeting re Mr Best's objection to a Culvert near his property at Wakefield, had been held, wben ib was arranged that Mr. Best should execute the required work on his land for the sum of £2, of which che Boa"d will contribute 15a., besides erecting the culvert aOross the road.

A letter froth the Minister for Public Works, in consequence of an application for progress payment on account of work on Stanley Brook road, stated that no reply had be.n received to a letter written in July last, advising that two agreements, respecting the expenditure of the grant for this road, which had been forwarded for the Chairman's signature, had not come to hand, although stated to have been enclosed in a letter from this Board of June 7th. The letter from the Minister enclosed copies for signature, of the missing agreements. The Secretary reported having already procured the Chairman's signature and forwarded the papers, along wibh a letter stating that the letter of July 25 had never reached this office, but one dated July 27th, enclosing forms for progress payments, had been received, and were supposed to be in acknowledgement of the transmitted agreements.

Letter from Mr. Rout stated that the Board having declined on his former application, to define the road line by

VHis property at- Spring /Grove, feb^lt erected a fence, taking existing fences as a guide, but now finds that his fence," stands on the road. Considering that it is the duty? of. the. Board to define all road lines, as is done in other places, he"*-, again requests thafc their Surveyor shall be instructed to do so in his caae, wherix he will be prepared to inipVe-his fence! —Resolved, that, the' J36ard. having,, doubts as to whether thisyf afe legally * obliged to define allpublicrb^s, private ; palrties requiring such r^aijasfW be defined shallpreyiouii^ deposit with the /Bdkrd the estimated cost of'the requisite '" ■ fsiirvey, on the cpmplStiori 'of^hich any balance will "be- refunded ; but that ndj frOm ihaccuracy of surveys orother :<itdty .in re-acquirihg -portidns^dfrroada "' | of which posession had been held for A twenty years, thia Board could Kbfc inN> all cases guarantee the correct liueJ. s, | a list of works rqqtjirifk|f Jpreient^fl-tention. be', prepared v and forwarded to the County Council. iv. 'J^Vorial reVj^d'fb^WqlrsVa^d^? \ htsoufah'ht Wd^tevl's Vafley/^ v sgjowstjing^tfcfiftion,tpL.t^es gjowstjing^tfcfiftion,tpL.t^e road, whioh, owitog J to |»or&e, Sv-_W-_ti§arly impassable. Reßoly.ed;/rp«fnofr<.6 t^MiWeii lb/Mr ■■» Arnqla .toclear^he gprse^ pnjyhat the ; j m'e&qr^tiij^^^^ J tne road has been cleared or Mr Arnold sued for allowing tire igorfcento- spreads v Application having been made., : fpr extension of time for completing the rosid work in- Sunday iValtey,}' dJove- 5 < dale, it was resolved, That all the contractors i -hate fiottcfe lh& We '*w6r_- "■' must be completed by •Fabr.'-atb, 'fafliiig which the Board wili avail themselves of ! the ipdWer 'reaer^d '8f 1 cohtraete, thist being requisite to-pre-vent the vote, from lapsing. „-.■■ n- ,; Resolved, That, tenders , } be ; iny,i(lpd for erecting a breakwater at Appleby, anid for road;:;.work iav.Pigeon V«H©f ; ( . anid Sunday Valley, on t S,tanley ,]Brppk roads. j „, m , r . ii!(- ., /i:i '. ; . :/i . Resolved, That proceedings be at once taken to recover all unpaid rates.

Warrants were, signed for £130 Ib 3d. . . - _..,,... ' „,,', •" c ., t: r:-':l" Rasbl ved , That the Government p be requested to erect a footbridge over the Wai-iti, on the QuaiLVallay ; rroad I| .. : as, in consequence of the Pretty Bridge stream, the present arrangement : will no louger be sufficient.