MOA ROAD BOARD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 50, 21 August 1911, Page 7

MOA ROAD BOARD.

(.;„,[ MEETING. T.'Jlll Wti'B'! I*l ~*~: " I'iisFfce UHWliiweoting iof the Moa Road <JBo>rd:/'A*)j< Wa at the Board's office, lugtowpdyi.eitji&itiirday, when there were .presptttatiMlefesrs/ H. Trimble (chairman), Bridgman, A. E. ■ilsWlWrncejlAi iCWds' 3. Williams, Ander.ftpir'andißf T t .Willlanis[r . r .!iHO';:> =iMCHiNEEB.'S REPOR/T. .-■ ,J T# r ßrigiße&','Mr: S. Orbell, reported ,that owing tq the difficulty of obtaining 'QmlMFlt ,yjould lie, ( 'a,week, yet before BriMfroajd'Widge'on the Manganui t'omple'fed. In regard to m the Bedford road near Surrey" r road,' he had inspected the site and coiißid«Wf=flMt-t in order to prevent any further scour it would be necessary to excavate a channel to straighten a bend of the .river. It might be necessary to concrete portions of this channel. He estimated the cost of cutting the channel aiifl'blocking'the! present watercourse at £4O. ' -Mi "''FOT?MrEN^' i REPORTS. reported, hat he ;Ma.;^feW;,3?.,,y'ajds, r .of metal on the jHuraffiolite , r ',Some pines near f^TP/Y,} poifij'rcfrH'fKCfl, trimming. Repairs; W-ftiAtai aM; were required M'lJuuTl- -foacj, t place on the Bcdfoi'd road, heeitetl ,widening. Wndcdto ditches roads,'and also ret !i?'. ] r > ' ,,^a ' m t roatl - I>>Ml"ini east and re-lav-■§g%'m&-{*',,; ;:'., Fo'remStn' Mueman' reported that there were no indications of jiigs having rooted on the Mangaoflc",road/ d,urjng the last six months 1 ' - - ' J J --" 11 "-' '

Foreman Knofflock reported that he had'-'beeh'* working' 6n the Mangaone. -YortyTOcMona/kh'roiata. north and Lincoln roods'. " ! 6orfie fencing was required onHbhe Bristol''West road. He also reported this road for taslng tailto'c'ks. 1 " I !'*ofymaji r Geii l fi'e-'£t'T(!p'6rt'cd that he had been occupiwH;learhig slips on the Toitoi and Motukawa roads caused by the recent heavy rains',' and also attending to water-tables. He had also found it necessary-to-pirtr iff a set of pipes. He ' M alsq worked on the Mana and Kai-niata-ijoadi 1 '../' „' ! F.Wseil, clerk of the Waitara Wcstjr .-wrote asking the | fIWAi tS i<Wort*tft at statement of exwn4jiljur; e.<itoi,vartUi)tk«)auii.keep of the D«yiiß,r.oad; a-ndiftlso intimating that any ! donation West Road 'BW'Uj-was B» rcJ .V:Vplttntary and that they sfl; Wfe-i-fflopgWe ,»n-yi"-liability in the a.dV|)Vl)Jj2|fJ!pj suppiyatlie statement. The W4/_ w ja6jJKi}HoJiir. : gooti order, and he .fchatl it >w«s the outlet for Wttjta|-a.ffie,st:y; settlers who wished to come to Inglewood, as the road to Leppertpij , wis., not-opened. The Public Wjoifks-,Aflti„provided 'the necessary mae)nae,ry, tp enahle'the up-keep to l>e apportioned ' between the two boards, but tliis-> Svas; rather, expensive, and he thought Uie.jWaitara' West Road Board should be .approached to see if an anW3-b)ft{in;;i,tigemc.nt could be arrived at between the Iwatds. He moved to this efl'ecjt.'i-Tlierrejolution was seconded by Mr.' Chardi and carried. .'.'■!■.' NEW FOREMAN. , Mr.-T. B. Knofflock wrote accepting the position '-of , foreman of Division 3. The chairman stated that immediately after last meeting Foreman Ludeman had resigned and-asked to be relieved of his position at once. He had therefore appointed Mr. T. B. Knofflock, who was runner-up when the previous foreman had been appointed—The chairman's action was confirmed. MANUFACTURE OF PIPES.

The'.'-iquestion of the manufacure of pipes iby the Board reached a further stage when a report was received from Mr. Orbell, engineer, in which he stated that the cost of building a. suitable shed in which to store cement and manufacture pipes would be £SO, and the cost of mould* 'for making pipes from .-ix inches up to three feet would also be £SO. He considered the Board would save money by making its own pipes in the absence of any private enterprise of that description.

A letter was also received from Mr. 0. Kyngdon offering to supply beach shingle

The matter was discussed, various sites near the Maketawa being brought up as well as the suitability of that river for the supply of shingle. Members were very favorable to the pipe-making scheme, tind a committee consisting of

the chairman, Messrs. Corkill, Bridgman | and Laurence viaa appointed to arranged re «ite with power to act. \ The Cement Pipe Co. notified that theyf did not make pipes under 24 inches with-J out collars. They also forwarded quola-{ tions for pipes. SALE OF TIMBER. The Electric Lighting Co. forwarded a list of timber which they were prepared to buy from the Manganui bridge erection at the prkie offered by the Board, viz., 5s per 100 ft. Mr. Corkill did not consider the Board j should .' sell according to specified lists. The price had been made low so that settlers could take advantage of the opportunity, and also so that all the timber could be disposed of. If they sold the best of the timber for five shillings there would be a lot of timber unsaleable, and this would reduce the average price to about 2s Gd. Some desultory discussion ensued, member* retailing their various timber-buying experiences. The offer was accepted. A COMPLAINT. Mr. C. A. Simons wrote expressing surprise that it had taken the foreman 30 hours to repair damage done on the Mangaotea road by hogs. He admitted that his pigs had damaged the road, but considered one a half days would have repaired the damage. He pointed out thai" the foreman had. put, down three days, of eight hours eachj and one of six i hours, whereas he could, prove that the foreman did not reach the work until 9 or 9.30 a.m. each day, not only on those particular days, but also during l the; nine days spent on the road. He would bring evidence to support this, and thought it time the Board should shaike the'foreman up as well as him. The chairman said that Mr. Simons had paid for the 30 hours work done, and he had asked him to attend at 2,30 p.m. to substantiate his complaint. The foreman had been also so advised. r Mr* and Mas. Simons appeared and gave evidence in support. It was resolved to forward a copy of the evidence to the foreman concerned, and ask him >to attend the next meeting of the Board and explain the matter. ) GENERAL. The Advances to Settlers Office notified payment to the Board's account of £696 10s, being balance of £2700 loan for Manganui bridge, Bristol road. Mr. W. D. Reid, secretary of the New Plymouth Sash and Door Co., forwarded a cheque for £24 12s 3d, being royalty on timber carted over the Lepper and Egmont roads from November, 1910, to June, 1911,. The Valuation Department forwarded a cheque for the year's subsidy amounting to £205 5s 7d. Mr. F. J. Jones, District Engineer of the New Zealand Railways, asked for rniormation as to what land the Board required for road purposes. The chairman stated that this referred to the road to the Waiongona creamery, and the matter had been placed in the hands of the Board's solicitor some time ago. The Board confirmed the special reso- . lution striking a rate of l%d in the £ } on the Upland road special rating area ' as security for a loan of £ISOO. Mr. G. T. Murray, Inspector of Quarries, wrote asking the Board to supply information as to the quarries! used by the Board and the managers of I the same. The information had been) supplied. The chairman remarked that he did not think the Act applied to gravel pits, but only to quarries. Some members said, however, that gravel pits were often times the more dangerous. Mr. C. A. Shuttleworth, a settler on the Mangaone road, asked the Board to repair the road so as to enable him' to get to the factory.—lt was resolved to send the foreman to repair the road for a few days. Messrs. Price and Mawson waited on the Board and asked for additional gravel on the Hursthouse road. The settlers wore willing to assist. The Board decided to give the request favorable consideration. Mr. W. J. Dustin wrote objecting to a settler having sole use of a portion of the Ross road.—The Board referred him' to the settler mentioned . Mr. G. Martin, Surrey road, asked : the Board to fill the road-line adjoinin" his section so that he could fence.—R«° ferred to the National Park Board. Mr. Bly, settler on the Derby road, 1 asked the Board to make a bridle track from the Surrey road to enable him to take horses and cattle there.—Resolved to reply that there were no funds available, and to advise Mr. Bly to raise a loan for the purpose. f Mr. Anderson stated that settlors on Mana road were willing for their rates to be spent by the Moa Road Board. They were paying rates to the Stratford County Council at present. He wished to know what steps would be necessary to give effect.—The chairman said the settlers interested should approach the Stratford County Council and ask them to hand the rates to the Moa Road Board. Accounts were passed for payment as follows:—General account, £145 3s Cdloan account, £3152 13s 2d.