ROAD BOARDS

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 1, Issue 53, 20 December 1912, Page 1

ROAD BOARDS

This Month's Meetings. PUKEKOHE EAST. | P:c iv.t -Mr E. Allan (in Ihe th-.ir), Messrs J. Hartley, Ingram, j Eh; mr., i':aig, Fulto'i an- Wilcox I. W". StyLs' teoder of 9s 6d per yard, for hr-.aking, carting streaming and blocking- s;p') yards 2£ inch metal, fu; I'okekohe East roa I, hj? school, foi.ti.u-r to be tir.i.-r.ed bv b'Oth April, 191", was accrpted. Geraghty and tender of 2s l\«il p-r yard, for carting 1000 yard metal fr,::i quurr to New road, Tum-.au lo Whyngariita, w.-.s accepted, GrifTen an J Glasgow's tender.-; of la per yard f')i are cutting, a d la 3d for hixa. t i uitm • foimation on New .•::.d, ti d lift::,; .mi repla:ir.g fonct : t '.'< ;..r fhji: , w re t;c:epted. A tioptitati. i! v.'ith a p: tition of vVhantara'a taxpayers wait.d on the Hoard .. giant from slKtion to river. -It was agreed to \ ...d th clerk and anuni cr of tha Board to '.jew ihs work r- quired. Mr VSilliam Tiiley asked the Board ' to take o. r a road tin u.h hi 3 (arm, ar.d the Bu.'.ml agre d tu aecei t dcilica: i n whe in ore!' r. It was agreed to take out the us .; 1 insurance 0., ;he Board's emIt was ckci-Li! .hut the dog tax for liilo be 5s for fportir.g and Lis Gd for oil. r d.g : . Mr Fridk. Laucr was a .r. a klier ' as received from the iii ti Engineer I Railways saying that the v»alCi would b; hid on at Tu kau loa:.iK yards. Acc-j'Ji.ta pa..;ed f.,r payment totalled £2b"S. PUKEKOHE WEST. Pres.r.i jlecsu J. W. Johns (in the chair), Boaie, Finlay, \V:a; and Wo< 1-3. ■'. lot -ji detail uu.diiL'-.1 was transue'ed. A i.i enssi. n tdk place rs to the best rr.i; ,: ■of j/ettirv variouu woiks dene, and it r.as icolui! o leave ii •o Mos rs West tr.d Woods to interview Mr Bill "wills re carting spawls from Messrs w..11-i'a, U w .-.. .do' and the Biard'a quarries. If .o tatisftctory arrangements can ee made tci decs ate to be invited. In connection with the required teamster, team end-drays for general road work, the chairman reported that J. Hogac had Lcen employed at 22s per day. The clerk was authorised to secure sigi.ature.i to a petitio.i for the Road Boaru to ne ;: into the Franklin Count.,. In reply to a letter from the clerk u.king what money was available lo: the rat in road to Aka Aka, the Departmental reply was that the £250 on the E limates was tor the r ad bet*-te.i Messr3 bhiphtrd'a ar.d Wily'a property —After some fairly waim comments tii: clerk was inatrueted to write to Mr Maaity txpressirg the Beard's "interne disgust" at public moiuy maite u\cilbLle for the Eastern drain read, which led to nowhere except private property, while no ir.one> was allocated for cii- main load which was used :, the -eet-ral public. It wti decided to call for Lenders fo: o';o vLids n.eial at Fuiapura, of which 2'jO yareh \-j to go o:. th«: main io .d nea< thu Ea;i.ein drain, iIOO yards on Brosr.'s ioud; alio for 20u jatds on the Buckland to luukuu main load.

WAIPIPI. I\e:'cnt Messrs kenall (eh irmar.), C. Motion, 0. Ridgley, A. M. Barriball, Alexander ar.d the clerk (Mr A. E. Melh-u.p). i Saltwater Crrck Bridge.—A letter was received fiom the one iner-r givirg alternative piices for bridging this creek, one wi.li a 12 feet road- , way to ctst £SUO, and another of t le-inforced concrete with a 21 feet roa .way to cost £7BO. —Mr barriball saiu hd considered the 12 feet roadway iriLch too narrow and should not be considered. —lt was explain d that ih.re was a of £SOO available for the work, and tie Board were rot prepared to find the balance reqiirsC—After sonic discus,; n Mr B.rrioall proposed, and ;'r Moth r. seconded, that the clerkwrite tu the MPietcr of Public Works stating that the Beard were of opinion that the Government were ;oi: g to carry out this work, explaining the br.d state of the Hoard's finances and Ihe immediate necessity of having the hridpe started—the present otic bein« in a dangerous state as this bridge linked up Waipipi and Waiuku some prempt action was r.ectsjary. Road on K-nhr.u'3 Procerty.—lt v,fcs arranged that the chairman ard clerk interview Kaihau on this question, and try ar.d get the change agreed to at a recent meeting of retep.yirs effected. U;g-tax.--It was proposed by Mr Morion, seconded by Mr Renal), that th Board collect a dog-t-.x of 2s 6d as formerly, to be increased to 5s ait.r the Ist March. Metal-crushing. —Mr Ridgley sa'd he wished to complain abeut the siz:: of the metal supplied by Mr Parry, it bein.' considerably over ihe 2J inch regulati'n. It had been four..! necessary to put a rr,an on to break (he larg.si flakes. —Mr Renrll said he lonsidercd Hie man's wages should hj: d.ducted from the crusher's payment;, LOWS IN THE STREET. Mr Barriball complained of the unfair and selfi-h remarks passed by members of the Waiuku Road Board (as reported in the "Thins ) regardin,: c w:: in the street. H-? stated that tho 3 e complaining drove far nr.re objectionable cattle through the htveets themselves, two cr three times a month. He said he would weln m.j a by-law prohibiting cattle in ihe street, and said if the Waiuku Bosrd took action the Waipipi Board should also do so. Mr henall said the difference waa that the cows came through twice a dav aid the sale stock twice a month, but the Board s position was thai the streets were free to the pur lie to drive cattlt as they liked. He considered it wss im.v too late in ihe day for the Board to do anything in the question. Presently the County Ceil; cii would frame suitable by-laws and all districts would come under their jurisdiction. S vcral members complaintd of the

vehicles that were let! in the streets en Saturdays, and the number of horses that wete tied to the various verandah posts from oma end of the township to the other. MISCELLANEOUS. Propes d by Mr Ridgley, seconded by Mr Alexander, that Mr Short he ;. ked to level down all irregular surfaces abutting his property. Considerable discussion took place regarding the locality upon which a sp_tial rate for work on Keogh's hill should be spent. —Mr Mution proposed, and Mr'; Barriball seconded, that the matter be left tu Mr Alexander to decide, a : i he considered in accordance with the wishes of those 'nterested. Metal Contract.—Mr Motion stated that a metal contract let to Powell waa at a standstill, and the work sh uld go on right away, as Mr Harris wanted thfi stone removed at once, it was resolved to notify l'ov.i il to at once continue the work, or else hand his contract over to someone eLe. A siart litis to be made within seven days and the work completed by the end of February. Accounts totalling oven £327 were p.-. std to. payment.

MERCER. Pres.v.t —Mr EC. Martin (chair), Messrs Hunter, Linctln ard Valentine, i A lot of business was put ihrcugh Trrgeweth, Ei-t »:d Co.'s lender ' for the erection of the hall was accepted. The hall H to be a very larg;; buildiig with plenty of floor I space, 70 feet iy SO feet, a roomy stage, two dressing rooms and kitchen. Tee big iron turret at Mercer used in the early days on bo;ird the man-of-war Pioneer is to I e used as a powder magazine at Hamiricn. 'I he Beard are very properly protesting i; gainst its removal from Mercer. j Corbett, the owner at one ti.T.e o f the i section rpposite whore the turret I new stands, clainn that the Imperial ' uovernment gave it t.) the family just after the war, hut the turret has been on Roi.d Board property for 40 years, and the Bojrd, in the event of its b.ing shifted to Hamilton, will be quite justified in putting in a liii claim for rent tor that time.