MOA ROAD BOARD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 161, 17 October 1910, Page 7

MOA ROAD BOARD.

MONTHLY MEETING. The ordinary monthly meeting of the Moa Road Board, was held at Inglewoocl on Saturday. There were present: Messrs Trimble (chairman), A. Corkill, Lawrence, Bishop, j. 'Williams. J. W. Coll in;: wood, F. J. Virgin, R. T. Williams and Anderson. TREASURER'S STATEMENT. The treasurer's statement showed that reecipts for the month amounted to £4O Wh (id, and .expenditure to £Ol 7s Sd. The bank balance showed a credit to the General account of £197 i)s 7d and loan account £7 10s !kl. NORFOLK ROAD SPECIAL RATE, A petition was received from 18 settlers on Norfolk road west asking that a halfpenny special rat?, be raised over the Norfolk west special rating area for the purpose of repairing the road. —The matter wlill be dealt with at next meeting. FOREMEN'S REPORTS. Foreman Jones reported that he had laid 21- two-foot pipes on the Durham road east. A ditch 35 chains long on Norfolk east road near Mr. Harding's was very full and would cost about 4s a chain to cb.au. It was, however, doing the road no harm, having been the same for years. There was scarcely any traffic down there excepting cattle-driving. Some of the s.ttlers thought the money would be better spent on the portion of the-road they used. On {he Durham road east there were two eulv.-i'ts where the pipe.-; were so close to the surface (hat the heavy traflic breaks them. As it would (■•■)=!. !<>-> n>i;..-h to !ow.r the. (■;•<■(■!,< he siigiestel that tin: vond be raised IS inches.—lt was resolved tomi- the road as -:i-:e-ied. .Mr. Ilardiuu' is to be inform; (1 that the Bnard do not think it necc-'-sary to clean the! For-man Be-.in el!- reported that he had' bci-n employed v.\ attending to wat.r----t:;--!ii!" i'.n.l f'irniin'-r 'in ?wana. . -alisbury tH l:et.-'l'il-..-) rea.'.s. and also in tiuineliip.e- on the Toitoi road. The Man:; road was hre.ikiim' up fast and recjUii-'d about 1", ).-;-.-ls ~f metal tor patching.— Mr. Corkill e.-iimated that, the luimel on illTolloi v;,e,l would Cist about £S !:>saml o'eiu!. 4''o yards of would be required for the wash-out.—lt was resolved that the filling be left in the hands of Mr. Corkill. The for'man is to be instructed to repair bridges on the .Molu-

Jva\va road before November Ist so as f to be ready for the heavy wool traili". I Foreman Ludeman asked if it. w?rei possible to prevent dealers '.hv.i'tr.ii; cattle on bv-roads. lie also reported iiiat C. Scliroiher had not yet. commeuc.d his contract on tlie Mancauno road. Next inenth he would lie engaged (illinir in a culvert on Manejaone road, cleaning watcr-tubks on l'.ristol road east, and attending to metal on Davis and Richmond roads.--.\icutbers. while recognising the damage dune to uiimciailed roads by draffiiiL,' cattle, did not see how it could 1)!> prevented. It was resolved that- Mr. Srhriebers contract be cancelled and his deposit forfeited. Foreman iio.-kin reported tint now pipe culverts v.c;v re([iiired on the Lcpper. iKirlii and Leppor south roads. Dudley west required l/D or 7D yards of metal for repairs and the Kaipi road required -'>() yards. The King, llursthousc and Windsor roads required attention, l'igs had been doing damage on the I'pbuul road, hut he could not ascertain the owner. He also complained of the nuisance caused bv a settler topping his pine trees and leaving the trimmings on the road, to the detriment of water-tables, etc.— It was decided to write and request the settler to at once remove the pine tops. ("IEXERAL. H wis resolved that the separate road accounts of the Redford and Derby roads be closed and that the balance now standing to their credit be allotted between th? Surrey road and Norfolk road west. The chairman intimated that through some sections abutting on the main road hcin:.' subdivided the amount accruing to the bridge fund would be £45 and not £25 as was thought. It was resolved that one-fourth of the cost of lephu'ing the culvert mar Drake's on Durham road cast and of making the tunnel and filling on Toetoe road be charged to the bridge fund, in accordance with the resolution dealing with that fund. The whole Board was appointed a committee to go into the question of quantities of stone required for the ensuing rear, with a yknv to calling tenders for same next meeting. Accounts to the amount of £74 I3s were passed for payment.