MOA ROAD BOARD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 297, 19 May 1914, Page 7

MOA ROAD BOARD.

MONTHLY MEETING. | Tli» ordinary monthly meeting «f the . Board was held on Saturday, there be- j ing present Messrs H. Trimble (chair- | man), J. A. Bridgejman, W. Shoemark, , A. Smith, G. Capper, M. Hopson, J. Wil-" linims and A. B. Laurence. j ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN. j Mr. H. Trimble was unanimously re- ' elected chairman, -his past services be- ! ing eulogised. ' Mr. Trimble, in expressing liis thanks for the honor conferred' upon hinii said that without the support of the membora he was unable to do anything, but ' he was confident he would receive that support in the future as he had in the past!. RESIGNATION'. Foreluan Jones wrote resigning his position.—The resignation was accepted, j and applications are to be called for , fillia; the vacancy. GRANTS FOR IIOA.D& j Tha Public Works Department wrote ! asking that all applications for grants for road and other work* should be sent in an soon a» passible, stating Uie amounts to be applied for and those to be provided. i It ir«.» decided to apply for grants for ! the following works:—£3so for Kuimata road uouth, about CO chains metalling; £l5O for Cooper's Hill formation; £-100 j fi;r Bedford road bridge; £l5O for Rata- j piko road. - j A fcTONE CONTRACT. ' Mr, G. Copper, wailed on the. Board requesting that Mr. Swan be paid the 1 full amount for the stone delivered on the | Leppur l'oad south, there being about j 52 yards above the contract quantity, j and the contractor lwd onlv been paid hall price for the extra stone. The cha.ii •man stated that the actual ; position was that the contractor had put the stono there and frctn the time ■ it was placed on the ro«d it belonged : to the Board. j After some discission it was dec-id-"! that the contractor be paid full price ' for S!0 yards extra and half price for ■ the remainder, o2 yards j FOREMEN'S REPORTS. j The Tariki foreman, Mr. R. Jones, re- ' ported that, owing to the heavy .ram, the. tunnel on Norfolk road luid been ! blocked with timber, causing the water to flow over the road, and washing away a portion of the metal. This was fixed and the tunnel cleaned, but a large ijuautity of logs and stumps -blocked it again two days after. This was again cleared. The flood also caused a washout at Rugby road bridge, taking three days 1o repair, a stone wall having to be built, which was filled with dirt, with metalling over the lop, and it segued right now. A creek near .Mr. Hunter's on Knrl'idk road flooded., causing a washout. V. ith the help of Mr. Hunter that had Ih'cu fixed, Ine road had been patched from. the Mountain road to Mr. Heel's, The contractors who were carting incbl ever a portion of the fSurrev road had agreed to deliver 20 vards of crushed metal to repair the road. A •lilcli at the lop end -of the road had

boon cleared and the worst parts of the io;ul formed up, making it much better. Tile Ratapiko foreman, Mr W. Bennett, reported that Messrs Laurence and Paul had delivered about 50 yards of boulders on Uie liatapiko road, but owing to the rough weather the contractors had not made much headway. As there did not seem la be much chance of getting, tlio Mangaotca filling work done at prcj'sentj he suggested smarting about a chain J from the end of tho Mangaotca and | Tariki road, and put on what 'broken . : mctal there was. He detailed -the work .done by liim during idle month. With reference to the pipes br the lUtapiko road he suggested that as- there were oily three p'pes in tho shed ho shout.ll wait un,tii there were enough two feet pipes on 'hand; in the meantime lie , would proeeed with patching the old bridge as best lie could. The Egmont Village foreintui, Mr. A. WiUnshurst, reponjiied liaving been en--gnged in raking watoHfables and 011 genieral work. During the ensuing month the work would chiefly be wit-f tali'e I clearing nnd patching the Dudley road, | Egmont road north <ind south, Ilurstj house road, It,lie to)) end of the Upland 1 r«ad north, nnd putting 100 yards of gravel 011 the Bedford south road. Only 100 years out of the contract fov 126 yards had been put 011 the latter road owing to the wet weather. The remainI ing oO yards of metal to complete the i Ifursthouse uviml conUract was ready, and would be spread as soon as possible. A dram of oil wan required' ftt the pipe ; depot. F. Bishop's time with horse and | dray for March and April was 10% (lays, j the amount payable being £7 7s. j The Inglewood foreman, Mr. T. B. | KuoflTock, reported 011 work done during ' the, month. He asked the Board to get Messrs MnttJiews. fiamlin and 00. to I put an open drain at their saleyards j crossing 011 Dudley road etust., as the ; pipes were always getting blocked, alsc 1 to stir up the contractors on the Bristol , road east. Kainiata. road, Davis road, : Wortlev and Richmond roads, as they had n<ti put a yard of imetal 011 these roads. The work for next mmntli included patching Richmond, Lincoln. nnd York roads i and clearing water taMefi. i On the motion of Mr. IJupson it was I decided to call upon Messrs Matthews and 'Oa.mlin to take up the pipes an<i j substitute a paved erosiug lit tbeii j saleymvK the work to be done to the j satisfaction of the foreman. ! The oftVr of the contractors who wer; , carting nr»tnl over a nortinn oP the Sur. I I'CV roa-' to supnlv '2O yards of metal t'< 1 repair damage done was accepted, j 'The Board went into committee ovel I a disputed claim over tlireo yards o i broken stone. On resuming it was de j Kdefl +0 lem'e the matter in the chair i man's hands with nower to net. J PROPOSED NEW COUNTY. ! Mr. Capper asked leave to hold ove his motion (of which he had given no tice) that the t'(me had arrived when th Moa Road District should be eonvertei , into a county, lie said that he wouh | like 'So have the proposal discussed b j the full Hoard. Some of those who ha: 1 signed the petition against the. annexe j lion by the Taianaki County Oounei i of the outlying district within '{.lie Man , gorei riding wnnld withdraw their signfl j tures if his proposal eventuated. It was decided to hold a special nieel ling 011 Saturday next alt, 10.30 a.m., t discuss the motion,

i TENDERS. Mr. Swan waited oil the Board relative j to the surplus stone delivered on liis contract. Tlic chairman informed him uf the decision of the Board to pay him in full for a further ten yards beyond the usual ten per cent. The Chairman reported that tenders had been called for work on tho ToL Toi ( road, t>o be done ou tof the balance avail - I able, but only one tender was received. ( —lt was decided that the matter stand , over. , Accounts amounting to £2GB Os 4d ■ were passed for payment. s The Board adjourned.