MOTUEKA HIGHWAY BOARD.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 57, 6 March 1880, Page 1

MOTUEKA HIGHWAY BOARD.

Monthly Meeting, Feb£faiy2B. Present, all. the members. . . After this confirmation of the minutes of the previous meeting, and passing the month'o accounts, the Secretary made the /olio wing. report : — j In accordance with a resolution passed last meeting, Messrs. Carter, Cbaytor, and I visited the Company's ditch, at Lower Moutere, to consider the best means of protecting the side of fcne road, when we agreed that it would be 'advisable to. drive two rows of stakes, *<the inner row to be much shorter than the other, and fasten down manuka between the rows with wire, and in order to take advantage of the low state (of Che water. I have invited tenders for the delivery &f stakes and manuka. In company with Mr Grrooby, the member for Pangatotara, I have made an alteration in the proposed of the /jjfldge on i the west side "of the Moutere where I reported last catering .that u portiou of one of the banks of a itfeek had slippel iu. The contract for

lowering a hill and widening the road at Waiwero is completed, and it should be gravelled as soon as possible, the ; floor of the road through the cutting being very soft and springy. Contract; No. 2, through the .late Mr Heath's property at Pangatotara; ia also com> pleted. Having received a telegram from, the Minister for Public* Work?, authorising the Board to proceed with the work of completing the RiwakaTakaka new track, and Chinking that arrangements could at once be made with Messrs Fell and Afkinson for the land through Messrs. Thomas Brothers' property, I invited tenders for making the track, but it appears necessary for Messrs. Pell and Atkinson to communicate with Messrs Thomas Bros.', before the matter ean be finally settled. I have also invited tenders for another section of the Pangatotara road. Talcgra n from Minister for Public Works read, authorising the Board to expend the vote of £700 on the Riwaka-Takaka new track, and nlao letter coveriug printed agreement to be signed by the Chairman, nod six copies of the form of application and certificate for money. Letter from Chairman Waimea County Council read, advising that £44 4s lOd had been paid to the credit of the Board, being its share of the land fund accrued to the CJunty during the past year, and also asking to be supplied with a copy of the valuation list. : Resolved, That the above: sum be equally apportioned amongst the subdistricts of Moutere, Pangatotara, Ngatimoti, and Riwaka for the purpose ef opening roads to land lately purchased, and also that the Secretary furnish the Council with a copy of the valuation list. The Secretary was instructed to rmke enquiries whether the day man at Ngatimoti bad been employed in removing timber thrown across tbe road by persons falling bush on their own lands, or by fires that have spread from bush clearings, and report to the Board at its next meeting, a complaint having, been made that such was the case. < The Secretary reported that the day man at Riwaka had made application for his pay to be raised to seven saillines per day. , Rasolved, That the Board see no reason to alter a previous resolution, viz., that eix shillings per day be paid for all ordinary work, being still dt opinion that such an amount ia a fair day's pay. . Mr Carter reported that he had as requested made one trip in the new barge for a load of gravel, aud considered that it was well adapted for the work, but to work it to advantage a mast and sail were required ; also it would be necessary to procure a dingy, planks, and barrows. He also recommended that the barge should be well tarred, and he thought if his suggestion were carried out that gravel could be delivered at one shilling and nine pence per cjbic yard, Resolved, That (he Secretary procure the articles enumerated by Mr Carter, and place Mr Charles Brougham in charge of the barge, provided he will undertake to deliver what gravel may be required at one shilling and nine pence per cubic yard. Resolved, That the work of protecting the road at Lower Moutere alongside th.3 Company's ditch be proceeded with as fust as poasible. | Resolved, That in reply to Mr Spicer's application for re covering in an old ditch, the Board declines to comply with his request, taking into consideration that the road/ditch drains his land. Resolved, That the Secretary, give notice to Messrs Evans and Spicer that the road through their land will no longer b» required, and also that he have the gates removed. •; „ , Petition read from some of the settlers at the lower end of Pangatotara road, askiug the Board to construct a bridge across the Whakarewa stream, on the road by Mr Taylor's, and offering to oontribute towards it. < Resolved, That the Secretary inspect the place and report to the Board at its next meeting. An application having been received I from Messrs Drummond and others, for assistance in improving the road known es Drummond'a road, and offering to coutribuce tbe sum of £10 towards the work. Resolved— That £10 10a be granted by the Board towards improving the

toad rfefeWed to,~ and 'also Im 'reply to j.';an application from 'MrEdwaTtis to have a, ditbn Jdeepened {^oh\ $d Ranis'/ '., r/oad, that the Board will defray one half the 'boat. _ • "■■■ ' • | ■■• - 1 'abbve^Tej&rjita Rafter, a ./^vfeifrn^&yes;.^ ' Ayes— She £hairmaV Measrs :Bste> Burrell, Chaytor and Derick^r.':)N r oes — Messrs Bisley, Carter, and-Grdoby. Besolved — That the following motion passed on December 27th- be rescinded! . viz \ i— rf hat as the Cofmty ij'und is. overdrawn by several hundreds of pounds, it ia tferor>jr orcjeted 'that 'the' cost of any work, erected upon .what' the Board terms the' County j road ;abalL be defrayed from the funds accruing to the sub-district in which the part of the' County road is, where the work is done, until such, time as there are agaio funds to the credit of the said account. Resolved, The following works were; ordered to be done, viz. : — An . old bridge in the road in the Church ; Swamp to be done away with, and nevr culverts pj*fe Across the road where re-< quired, arid'the J road water-tabled by thjaf late Orphanage building, and a few chains of road ditched between thb Dove river and Mr O'Connor's land;' also that tenders be invited for widen- , ing the road at Marshall's Bluffy anil • making a new culvert close i l)y,; , aha" for carting, gravel at per load to thjei road lately formed at Waiwero. j ? BesJolved, That, as 1 tender's have, been' invited for completing tHe TRiWaka l -. Takaka new track, and, aa t He Boaril t has not yet been able to finish the: arrangements for the purchase of thte necessary land from Messrs 'Thoinajs' Bros., it is advisable, in tHat the work may be commenced sobnL^spossible, and the dry season of th;e year taken advantage of, ;thafc tenderjs* should be accepted, subject to tihd cod-, tractors not beginning the work until the purchase of the lander eferfed t6,:---is co i eluded. ; « Kesolved, That the Secretary convene 1 a special meeting of the Board, as sooji as a reply is received to to the offer of the Board, to submit the matter of compensation to Messrs. Thomas Bros.: to arbitration. The following tenders were accepted viz:— ; ; Mdtueka— Digging trench and put-; tioff in culvert pipes by Post. Office, ■ Robert Goodman £4. ; • Lower Moutere — Stakes for Com- ■ pany's ditch, Carter Bros. £1 18a per 100. Manuka for Company's ditch, John Alleott £1 10a par 100 bundles. Paogatotara — Making new road throug ' land formerly Hale'a, E. Grooby £22. Riwaka-Takaka New Track— Nt. 1. about 80 chains, Henry Wratten £l per chain. No. 2. About 80 chains, Henry Olson £1 9a per chain. No. 3. About 80 chains, Henry Bate £1 16a per chain. No. 4 About 80 chain*!, Henry Bate £l 14a 63 per chain. No. 5. About 140 cbaino, Henry Bate, £2 per chain. Warrants were signed for £233 is 2d.