WAITOA ROAD BOARD.

Te Aroha News, Volume XVI, Issue 222043, 30 January 1900, Page 2

WAITOA ROAD BOARD.

Tiie ordinary monthly of the Wait a' Road Boa'-J was held at Morrit.sv ilia .on Saturday last. Present; MessrsFarmer, Borne, and Allen. In theabsence of Mr Chepmell, Mr Farmer occupied the chair. The clerk stated that he had received a map sh w"ng the road leading near ‘o Mr Nelson’s section through Mr Thornt -n’s land. Resolved, that' the B mid will obtain a road to Mr Nelson’s, providing he pays the cost of getting, it dedicated and fenced. [ Vt fhis stege Mr Chepmell arrived and took the chair. Mr. also ='""1 arrived and to <k his sent.} * The clerk s'ated that he had received a letter from the supervising valuer, stating that certaiu alterations been made. Resolved, that they be' also made in the Board’s roll. Iu reply to the e’erk’s letter re recovering rate from John Timmins, Mr Swarbrick stated th >t he had issued a summons against Mr Timmins, wishe'kfor a certain b ck to he duced. He said he would guarantee that the Board w iu'd get the money. The Chairru n said ho had received a letter from L. Warren, asking that a pound for st ck be crested at Waihou, ns the journey to Te Aroha 'wvm so dis anr. Res lved, hat the ehSffmuM* go into the rn.ttor ai:d report a next meeting. Tho following tenders were receive IBaker’s Road : N • tenders •eccived. Stanley Road ;N. E. Mik-k(-Is n, £3O ;S. Bellamy, £3O ;W. J.Sweeney, f -r nation, 3s 10 1 per chain claying, 6d per ya d—to al, £l4 18s. g Shaf e.'bury Ro .d; Cronin and Kiel v,. V 4 £ll. '

f Mr Caepmell prop sed and Mr Farmer soc nded, tluifc Mr Sweeney’s tendor bo accept'd, if lie w 11 an- ept a lump sum of £l3 18s,"’ Carried. It was als > agreed that Or niu am i: K:o----l.'y’s lender f r Shaftesbury uot accep'ed, us t was co sideredlS be excessive, and that Mr Mikkels n’s tender fo St n'ny R .ad be accepted. R s lved, that Mr .Farmer b empowered to let the w irk on Shaft sbury R > id for £B.

Toe engi-ieor reported rhat he had' iuspec ed he Pi iko Road, and 'econ-r mended that the sum of £lO be spurt be'ween HorreiFs and Hin’on’s and £lO b-yond. Resolved, that the engi~ neer be instruc ed to sp- n I up to £25 be'ween Hin'ou’s and Horrell’s, aud to cal! teuders for s m°.

Contin ation of Knight's Road ' The engineer stat d that he had inspected K ight’s Road, and it wasdecided t > call "for tenders. Mr Firmer stated he would give £5 towards it. Burk-’s Dr tin : The engineer stated that he thought this ought to be There w:s •• vor 100 chains, and it w .uld b'-nefit the To Kaman i Road, Res lved, that specifications be pre-f*' pa- ed for this work. I r was also reported that Mikkelsen’9 drain wan ed w deni ng and deepening, Rosolv-d, tliat specifications be prepare!, and a* it wouli benefit several settlers, the Board would be pleased to receive contributions from them to* war Is : his work.

The engineer reported that he had let 9o chains of road mending in different places for £lO, an I some about Wal‘on and Taylo.’s for £ll 5s 6d.

Mr Ai'ken said th it the fascines near Kiwbafa were uns .fe and it was decided rh it it be attended to at once.

Resolved, that a special meeting be he’d on 24th February, to bring loan under a different Act, so 'hat the interest. would be less, and also to go thoroughly into the ma'ter. The f- Rowing accounts were passed u for payment:—F. Pavitt, £3 15s; W, Pevr- al, £6 ; R. Parr, £l ; A. Brerancr. £2 10s , N. E. Mikkelsen, £9 16s j J. Lavery, £4 13s.