MOA ROAD BOARD.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 July 1915, Page 3

MOA ROAD BOARD.

| ORDINARY AIK.KTIXd. * The monthly mecthi- of the Aloa Road R h r d V" "° W :lt ll "' oflico, 1„lj;;.c\w>ud, „n .Saturday, when there were ii- (chairman,, j .1- A. Brid-eman, W. C. Sho-mark. Ceo < I. I'lono), J,. u t ,_ j i-iiekei. Williams. iUU | j.; u _

I o\ l]i!,xlici; - s i.;j;i>( >i; r r. The overseer (Mr. W. R. |) avios| ported that owing to last heavy ran:, < otisiderahie damage had been done. On (he .dana road, a tunnel near .Mr. lollies had been partly washed awav, and he Rested putting another tun- ' f , llrth : ,1 ' "> the .solid, whore it would stand. On the Alotnkawa road a large sbp liild come down, and the filling no tithe concrete culvert had been wash,,! OUL lie suggested an extra, set of three '"■t pipes .so as to cope with anv fiitum "'jn'.v storm water, lie had tried to obtain labor to clear the slip, but the. men ['"V'T 1 Uh > l ,w A »r- A small slip had also come down on the Alangatme ' ° l' I e r| T "'" t " i m " 1 a tilling had cashed out. The set of Is inch pipe, was nut largo to take the storm water, and he considered that a set of two toot pipes should be substituted, as instructed by the chairman; the work "as be,,,- attended .to, He had inspected the Durham road west, am! estimated that it would cost .d to clear out the blocked dram, which caused the storm water to How round Mr. (Yeans cowshed. A twelve inch pipe chert, on the Durham road required replacing with ISin pipes, and the 12i„ pj pt . M b , utilised to renew a wooden culvert on the same road. Ho reported Air. ,J. Coleman for grazing ten bullocks on the Lin. eolii road, Air. Coleman, junr., stating that it was impossible ti» got «ra/.in- for tliern. lie uad agreed to allow .Mr. Vi?kers to utilise a lieap of stones, raked oilthe road at f.s per yard for his acoo-i at LjM(!»ln road Sm>ntv-t\v<> vard* ~f maintenance metal had been utilised on e Lgmont road, six yards on the Windsor road, 40 yards on the Dudlov road west, and 200 yards on Durham road west, lie recommended that a !»,, pi,,,, culvert should be put in on the John'-, load, near Mr. T. DrosilowskiV to take storm water. (,'coral ,m,inte„anoc workhad been ellected on the lliirsthouse. , Kaimata north, Dudley ea*t, Bristol, liiinutautoka, Katapiko, Toi Toi, Alain kainiatit south, Alotnkawa and Kolrri roads. Alore, maintonnnce metal was i"<<l">red for the Bristol road. He ,t"w £'?}' a tteiition to the da., S ero„s state Of the- second bridge on tb- Koheto road, by divert-ill},' the stream to either sk.V ot tin' present bridge, a sill bridge couid be built HI totara for about CiHl. |) m - | thl ' »>,).,t1, 32 pipes had been mad-v. Ihe scoop, costing t-f !ls lid', was fi, hand, but owing to the wet weather toe tune h.ad been fully taken up with maintenance work. No also report",! that ttie metal on the Durham wot. !•>- mont south, Rugby, Norfolk- east and west, Bristol. Kinuitanteka, Kaimata north, Hurstliouse and Richmond roads was practically worn out, and that the present rate of procuring metal was not. sullieiciit to keep the roads patch,',l and do in noli re-coating. He therefore su"jested that the settlers should agree to , a special rate, and in a few years' time the roads would be in fair order, and the late could be dropped; - otherwise a. special loan would have eventually to V raised. If metal could be procured inlarger quantities it could lie pot out and put on cheaper, as a roller could be utilised.

The report was adopted, and it wis resolved to send a circular to each ra'epayer on the roads mentioned by the overseer in connection with the tion re special loan. KOMOXT ROAT) SOUTH.. The Minister of Public Works notified that the Board's application for a eraui of £2OO towards the maintenance of the hgmont road south, was duly noted f.'.r eons,deration when the Kstimates weve being prepared, Mr. H. Okey. M.P., also notified that he would bring the matter before tip> Jlinirttor.

THE MOA MKlitSlyl*. The Valuer-G( neral notiilcrl that as the. special order merging portion of the. Koad District wit], the Tanninki County (Council had been quashed hy the Supreme Court, the Hon District therefore remained as formerly, and those assessments which were stamped ''cancelled" in the mnrgin of the roll would be retained as part of the roll, ljsppkr south KOAD. Mr. H. Okey, M P., acknowledged receipt of the Board's letter dealing; witli a subsidy for the Lepper Road. He stated that lie would bring the matter lie. fore the Hon. A\. Fraser and endeavor to get; an amount placed upon the Intimates for the work. THK MOA COUNTY. Mr. H. Okev, M.P., notified that there was every indication that the session would be a very short one, possibly not more than six weeks or two months, and he suggested that the JJoard.should bring forward as early as possible any matters that it wished placed before thil Hoii9e.

The chairman stated that the only matter the Board wished to bring belVe the House was the Moa County Bid, which Mr. Hine had charge of. On the motion of Messrs Shoemark and Uiwrence, it was resolved to ask Mr. Okey to support the Bill. A letter was read from Mr. W. T Jennings, M.P., notifying that he woui.i support the Bill. Air. J. B. liine, M.P., notified that the Bill had been introduced to the House. Mr. Okey had advised him that tin' Taranaki County Council was sending down delegates to oppose it, and he suggested that the Board should obtain as many signatures as possible to a pelition to the House, praying that the Bill should be passed into law. The chairman stated that lie had accordingly had petitions drawn up and circulated among members of the Board

for signatures. The Injtlcwood Borou.'th t'omifil. as one nf the local bodies in the district, liacl signed the petition, and on till' motion of .Messrs Williams and Lawrence it was decided that t|ie Board do likewise.

It was also resolved Unit the chairman •and Mr. Cupper wait on the chairman of the lu-lcwood Chamber of Commerce and on the Mayor of lutrlewood to a-i; I t.lu'iii to send down a delegate to «i\e , evidence before the Local Hills Committee. j A AIKTAL CONTRACT. The chairman reported that with Air. Laurence lie liail met Alessrs Rowan and Thoiuason, who had a contract for the, supply of a largo <|Uant.ity of metal from Xicholls - pit to Baton. and had drawn' up an agreement in connection with tinmaintenance of the road from the nit, to the borough boundary. This he read, and the chairman's action was continued. -Hi - . Capper protested against metal tlllowed to be taken out of Mie district. CKX'KKAL.

The Rangitikei County Council liotij tied that it was opening up a ballast pit 'near Creatford, ami would be prepared to supply outside local bodies - roqnirc- { meats. It therefor,, asked the Board to ■ give, information regarding! its require--1 ments, 7,1-ovided the price' was suitabk | The clerk of the Waitarn West Road | Board (All - . K. (iilmour) stptod thai he had been instructed to ask if it- was the usual procedure of local hoifies to notifv the Yalnor-Ccnoral of -tlu-i election ,If new buildings in rural areas. Air. Peters, on behalf of the Kaimin. school committee, waited on the Boa;.! and asked that a crossin- into the school grounds be attended to. Members were of opinion that this was a. matter for the Kducation Board. The necessary pipes will be sent up and arrangements made with the Kducation Board. ft was resolved to notify two settlers that the lioard would prosecute them if they persisted in runnm- their horses on tile roads.

The clerk was instructed to write t.» Airs. Leech re obtainiiu, metal from the pit 011 her property at Bristol road. Accounts amounting to ..C2:::S 7s lid were passed for payment. ;