MOA ROAD BOARD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81826, 20 August 1906, Page 2

MOA ROAD BOARD.

] The "Moa Road Board met oil Satur- - day. Present Messrs H. Trimble e (chairman), Chamney, Ilenwood, Hoby, Lauranee and Turner, t. METALLING CONTDACTS. Mr J. C. Montottore wrote that he J had been unable to work on his metalI ling contracts for some months, but' r had maintained the coinfilotod portions, r This was becoming expensive, and he i- askocl the Board to take over the work e done. —Referred to the engineer, with power to act. i, Tho tender of H. Wilson, at 6s per o yard, was acceptrd for 40 yards of maintenance metal on the Bristol road. s Mr Lawrance reported that the Bedn ford roid drainage work was progres. j sing satisfactorily, d LOST 01! SI'OLIJN. I' A lloskin, foroman, reported the losi e of some timber used by him in repairP ing the Bristol road, and named the v person whom he considered responsible 0 for the walking of the planks. Ho had x also warned a settler against sledging t on the Lepper road south.—Loft with » the chairman to deal with. KEMOVIXG SOIL, 0 J. Schumacher asked permission to <> remove 100 yards of soil from the side ; of tlio Lepper road lor tho purpose of improving the 'rout-Age of his farm.— g Referred to the engineer tor his s report. a XGAToIIO IIIIIBGK, " In answer to the Board's request fir II a subsidy towards the cost of erecting ' a cnrl bridge instead of a footbridge s over ihe Ngatoro stream on the Bedr ford road, the Roads' Department wrote e that a report hul been obtained from tlie District Roa<l Engineer, and, in y view of t tie good ford existing in the j, line of road anil the more urgent needs r in less favored places tliere was little s chance of a vote being placed on the , s listi males for this work.—Left to the il chairman. L , snir.r.T hoad. .1 The clerk of the adjoining M-iuganui-t Ro-ul Board forwiu'ded that body's eon--1 sent to its foreman supervising the e work of both Boards on the Surrey H road, and asked that the cheque be ii handed over for payment to the cone tractor on completion of tho works. i. The Hoard will be thanked, and the cheque forwarded: e I.VijLKWOOD WATER SITt'LY. = The Inglewood Borough Council 'j wrote that it had now completed re- \ pairs to the Dudley and Windsor roads I damaged by the laying of tho town II water service. s In discussion it was stated that in ' some places holes needed attention, and the roads had not been put in as j 1 good order as before the waterworks '■ commenced. ■' The Chairman said tho Mayor had 11 promised to have any little defects 1 remedied, * KEW l-OItEMAN, s A]>plications will bo called for a s second foreman, d lei-pub eoaij sorra. d MrW. T. Jennings, \l. H.R., fori warded a letter from the Premier, declining to authorise a deviation of |j the Lepper road south, the District r lioad Engineer having informed him 0 that there was no physical reason why the road should not be constructed as _ a first-class road in time. Ho had e also been informed that the road was r level. 1 Members queried the last statement. , —No action taken, SI'USIDV ON BATES. f The Treasury forwarded remittance r of subsidy amounting to £lsl Gs Bd, 1 THE I'KICB OF METAL. , Mr W. Middleinas wrote that he j. had raised the price of stone taken t from his pit, and the Board would be . charged 3s (id instead of Us 3d per f ya , r ;'' . The chairman complained that the , owner of this pit had sold to a county [ contractor a quantity of metal that , should really have been supplied to j the Board. ( Mr Ilenwood said that it was of . little use for a man to think he could make a " corner " in stone, and recommended opening another pit. OVERHANGING TItEES, Mr Kenwood moved that public . notice be given to all occupiers of land to cut back to the boundary line aU overhanging trees. He instanced : several cases where these wore ruining 1 the roads by keejiirg out the sunlight, and considered settlers should, for the sake of the roads, need no second d mand. Mr Chimney thought such a policy would lie objectionable, as it would mean the ruin of all the good shelter oi l some farms. Mr I/aunuiee agreed, There was no seconder. Tin: youk koad. Mr Hoby brought up the almost im- . passable stale of (he York road, and i anil complained of the recent decision j of Ihe Board in making the Lincoln and \ ork road accounts into one, al- ' though it was one continuous mad. The V ork road ratepayers wanted the bulk ( ol their rates spent at their own end of 1 Ihe road, ami under the present system the money seemed to be going on the Liucohl road. He give notice to move that ihe resolutian of last meelinglie / rescinded, and that the hvo read ac- 1 counts be reopened. , Mr Jlenwood said every settler o i > the i ork road favoured the onc-ac- t count .system. „ Mr Hoby denied this, and named several dissentients. ; Mr Chimney said lie had voted foj u the change only on tile express assur- t anco that there was no objection on c the part of the ratepayers. Accounts amounting to £lO3 3s !)d were passed, uud tlio meeting terminated. , »