GERALDINE ROAD BOARD.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1544, 12 August 1886, Page 2

GERALDINE ROAD BOARD.

; The monthly meeting. of the above Board was held at their office on Tuesday Ust. Prei'eot—Messrs L. Grant* R. ’H. Poatleth waiio, «T. Eellaad, and F. P, Platman. Mr Slack, Chairman of tliißoalrd, being absent through indisposition,; |dr Flatman occupied the chair. j: ; MINUTES. ‘ The minutes of ihe preT ; iouß «eel4Dg were read and,cooffimed. ' r , ■ j,';* POISONBOGBAIN. Mr Flatman stated that Mr Wells'v'had asked him to mention that he wai perfectly satisfied with the rptripofed -grain that had been auppliedby the Boards • TENDERS. * ■; The following tenders were opeaeiTand dealt with.; — Contract No.lß3—Cutting' down gum trees at Geraldine :A. Coles, £1; Huffiey and Pizzey, £4 Bs (aeeepted). ’ The specifications were that the person.tendering should state how much he was willing to give for the timber. The prices offered being bb above the tenders were dealt with accordingly.; } Contract No. 189--Tnraming. fences at reserves, Geraldine district; W. Fly, £7 10s; T. Moore, £4l6s 8d (informal) : \ W. Qaiger, £4:l3s (accepted). Contract No. 190—Trimming faoois at (he reserves, Woodbury district jj.W, Weaver, £l3 10a; J. Pieroe, £9 ; W. Gould, £5 12s 6d (accepted). Contract No. 191—Shingling repair* near South's, Hae-hae-temoana; J. Webb, £9 (accepted); Mr Flatman thought that while they were dealing with the question of trim* mipg the fences round the reserves they should take stops to have them ploughed round as an extra precaution against fire. CORRESPONDENCE. The following correspondence was then read and dealt with, From J, Quaid, asking that his Wlame be struck off the rate role for section 3613, Fairfield, and Mr Barley’s substituted.— Decided that Mr Quaid be seWeil with a notice that be would have to pay the rate for this yearj andget Mr myley’s consent to the From Mr K. Quaid, aaking if he might be allowed to enclose a piece of waste > land that adjoined his sectioh. as he was about to fence.—The C ! erk statod4h4t in reality there was no waste land adjoining, as there had' been a mistake in'the' surveying.—lt was decided to inform Mr Quaid that the Board could not deal with the question at present, and to request him not to fence outside his section. . From Messrs W. and E. Yereall, and E. Turpin, asking that tbs road running through the village Motions at Orart, geioM which the Board had givea leave to Mr Batty to erect a slip-panel, be left ; open as they used it daily, and had objected to the panel being erected.—lt was de* cided to give Mr B>.tty notice to take the panel up again, the permission being given to place it there on condition (bat nope of the neighbors objected* - V' V'. •.

From Mr M. Buckley, offering, to lease the Board’s reserve, No. 98, and to pay i£l per aonum for the B«me.—A ccepted. JFrom the Hon. W. Rolleston, r« haring tba district divided into wards for •lection purposes only, and promising to de bis beat in the matter, but stating that unless an amendment of the Act was

.brought.down bytlie Govern men t there was racy little chance of private raembera ■; gettingacbange made at this stage of tbe session. Afao, stating that the moneys 'dim to "the Board on the deferred pay* • ' pient lands would be forwarded when tbt •appreral of the Land Board bod been - obtained. From tbe Mount Peel Road Boad, re :vtebhig c|ay from the boundary road for / blinding purposes, regretting it bad been done through' thoughtlessotos, and staling that in ; future it would be discontinued. manager‘ of the Bank of New .South. Walto, acknowledging . the JWCiiiptoAthe-Board’a latter f« depositing. £6oo9: with that, Pank, and enclosing receipt lor same. ;> From the Manager of the Bank of New Zealand rc f e Board’s fixed deposit of : -■ ? From Mr W. Budd, Winchester, asking , Ihoßoard to give Mr J. Lewie notice to ■ ■ fence Ms land, and to remove the old fence aeroaa the road »f tbe tep of his land *.«' Lewia’cattlo were damaging his (Budd’>)

fenoee- Also, informing the Board that he would hold them responsible foi any ' damage done to. his land through th* ; cutting the Board had made into t * river on- the boundary road.—No action - waa-taken id tbe matter.

From MrEllis,gardener, asking the .Board if.they would bo willing to sell him nnuaed road running bo. tween hisaudMc Gripp’s property, or Bating his wi'lingnesß to rent the same. /• that the Board coaid not grant ~. tbarequpat. , , , From ;Mr F. Bethnna, calling the atv Uutien of tbc Board to the state of the _ of the Waihi river at .the ' back of Mr M. McKenzie's. as it had bten

wearing away for some time past and a flood, would probably wash it a way, i a X which case river would probably come .across, the road near Mr Hawke’a.—lt • waa. derided (that .being oa private pm jflortjytbe!, Bpardibad no power to deal yrith a i; From Mr A. Grant, asking the Board ....to take. his.name \oS the rate roll for a X.section 'Adjoining Mr McKenzie’s pro* petty, : and Mr McKenzie’s .name :> jpsteed, as'be had become the purchaser the goodwill. Clerk stared he bad writtehtoMr Qrahtnn the matter. _ the,,-Charitable Aid Board, giving ' particulars sa to how the amount of Iha jVQeraldipe Road Board’s donation to. the gnd Charitable Aid Board was From Messrs r Woolloomhe and Glolee. . rMlprniag.tbe Board’s demand for rate ■ h " MrWhittakeria station, as ! they had >•- Interest iu thepropertys;' From the Clerk to theQaraldine Conn • j asking the Board; to- supply him v with the total■' amount collected in rates fdr. the past' year, and eoqui ring whether X the Board had app’ied tor the balance of . subsidy dee Ch the same;—?he Clerk ./iw.M inatreotdd to attend to the same, , From Mr,G. B. Meredith, seo„ stating that be was opt liable for the rates on 20 aerei at Kakahu Bush, as it now belonged Tto Mr John Hay, of itakthu, the former's ’tessehaving expired. . ( ,Frplnj Mr Tripp, asking the Board to form about 20 chains of road at FieVfldd’a ‘corner alongthe south side of sec’tion fTo 2148?; also asking the Board to have the road from, x tbe Creek Station re-

{prted pp, as.it was. in need of repair,— t was scpided to call fur tenders ter the

Baogitata piece, - the Crown Land*Office, Welling- ? ton, ‘vs the thirds pf the receipts from deferred. payment land*, stating that the •mount-< could not be paid until the ap|>roval of the Land Board had been ®b» tained,... As to the. claim of the Road Board to the pound site, the letter stated that the Town Board also claims the land u it is within the Town District boundary, jfftd that after carefully examining tba cor. tespondenceonthe subject the writer was unable to see that Mt Olliviet'a award aifeeledkhe question of; vesting the site in Board, as it was not the real , pipperty of'The Board > when that award waimada, atid he expressed a hope that the matter would be satisfactorily settled between the,two boards.—lt was generally tfioJght that the site pbospn (near t he Dairy Factory) was cot a convenient, one, as the Town Board had put up notices ■' forbidding cattle being driven through the practically made it impOßSibl* tp the propbaod aife. c"- OTXBSKIK'a EEPOET. ~ The-Overseer-a report was read aa follows: — • - MTo the Chairman Geraldine Road Board - ,«Sib, -I have the honor to report for the-month ending date as follows: The contracts ip hand have made fair progress until within the last few days. The following have ’ been completed and passed for : final payment this day .. Pleasant: Valley: footbridge, R. Rae; ■ • Toomey’a road, shingle repairs, E. ' Murphy ; drain at Bradley’s. Aa in- ’ structed, I have had the drain filled in - land’the storm water diverted down the side of the road instead of going through ?‘ {he paddock. Culvert at C. Leary’s—l have inspected the gully, and find there - is plenty of fall to drain the Hilton township .without lowering or in any way interfering with the ford if the landowners would; only clear out the natural watercourse. The ford is about Ifi chains . below the, township. About 10 chains of 'the creek runs, through Mr W, Beattie’s land.. .-/The only advantage obtained in building a culvert.would be to level the roadway, as the ford and cutting could be deepened if necessary at one-fourth - the coat of a culvert.—Mr Sharp’s appli;a*tibnj As directed I haye fiad aeyen white pine spars placed over the river • terrace above the bridge at Sharp's ■ 'erossing at Kakahu.— Bridge over Scobie's: As the, lagoon at this bridge is still full of water, and likely to remain '#o .for ,several months, I should advise 5S » large pipe culvert fie, substituted. lot the concrete culvert intended to be •-■'■; built at this place. The work could then ->-.fi© proceeded with, as the decking of the ,old. bridge i» very much-decayed.—Mr j Wreathalls applioation, Beautiful Valley: X this line of road, which -. attaifis an (elevation of about |OOO feet at >Hr IFreathali’s bouse. The upper end pf the surveyed line is very steep and rough sidling. To make a narrow track 14 or Ifi feet wide, to enable him to get to bis fioasej would coat about { bale issupfi a large quantity jgf poispnecl

whebt during the month, and have now got a farther supply of strychnine to hand. The road leading to Fairfield Bush and the road near coding’s require shingle repairs. I would advise that tenders be called for this work during the spring months.—l am, etc., “ W, Bhbskb, : “ Overseer to the Board.” The Overseer’* action re Mr Sharp’s application was approved of; it was decided to call tenders for the work at Seebie’s bridge; also for tbe work in con* nection with Mr Wreathnll’s application, andifor the repairs to the road leading to Fairfield Bush. KHIDCB ovvr THE OPINI. MrW. Pdstlethwaits waited upon'the Board P* the Opihi bridge, which it was proposed to erect. He had got an opinion from those' who lived near it rh't it was a piece of extravagance; also, he : would ask the Board to consider -in constructing bridges whether it was desirable to construct them of wood. It was' hoped that if the bridge was built the piles would be of iron. He j instanced the Winchester bridge, which, although not an old one, already needed rebuilding, and on behalf of the ratepayers in the district generally he objected to the.bridge being built. As the minty Council met the day following (Wednesday), it Was felt that some steps should be taken before that meeting took place. It was not only the construction of the bridge, but the future maintenance, that would fall so heavily on the ratepayers, upon whom the rates were already beginning to press heavily, Mr Byrne Bayley also waited upon the Board with regard to the Opihi bridge. He stated he was to have come with Mr Postlethwaite, but was unable to do so. His views on tbe matter entirely coin* tided with, those of Mr Postlethwaite. — Mr Bayley having retired, the Chairman stated be felt divided upon the question. He did net see that the whole of the iWncliff district should be left without a bridge to get their stock, etc., out; He thought they were certainly entitled to a stock clerk was also appealed. to with regard to the relative durability of iron and wooden piles. He stated that in his experience iron-bark and iron piles weuld last about an equal length of timej, that, is if the real ironbark Was obtained, but his, objection to wooden piles was that being so large they gathered weeds, drift wood, etc;, and so caused the course of the river to ehange, while the iron piles being so much' smaller did not catch , drifting material, arid therefore were not so liable tocauae the river to change.—Mr Grant also thought the people of the district were entitled to some sort of a bridge.— After a desultory conversation, it was resolved - upon the proposition of Mr Kelland, seconded by Mr Grant “That in:view of the strong feeling shown against the proposed bridge over the Opihi ’ river ?at Raincliff, this Board would respectfully request the County Council not to proceed with the work for another month ; should the Council agree, however, hot to postpone the work, the Board is of opinion that a stock bridge only should be erected. “ • DEPUTATIONS. Mr B. H. Pearpoint attended on behalf of the Town Board with reference to the action of the latter re the drill shed, and asking the Road Board to indemnify them against any action they had taken. -—Agreed to. Mr Niel, Raukapuka Bush, attended with regard to some pigs that were running at large and damaging the road near, his property so as to prevent him driving along that way. The pigs he stated belonged to Mr Taylor,. who had professed his inability to do anything •with them.—lt was decided to write to Mr Taylor, instructing him to keep the pigs from trespassing, Mr W, Gould waited upon the Board, and stated- that be wished to burn the tussock off his land adjoining the Board’s reset re, and asking the Board to take some steps to prevent the fire spreading to the reserve,—The Board were- of opinion that Mr Gould should plough up a furrow or two to keep the fire from running in that direction. They thought that they had nothing to do with tbe matter ; he should take tbe ordinary precautions that he would take as between neighbors.—Mr Gould wanted the Beard to take the responsibility upon their shoulders, which they declined to do.— Mr Postlethwaite pointed out that Mr Gould could not expect the Board to take ' any action in the matter, as it was entirely for his benefit the work was to be done,—-M r Gpuld said he would send them a note repudiating his liability, and that he would spend Os 8d before .he would accept the liability. He did not think it fair that the whole weight of the matter should fall on his shoulders. —The Board advised him to spend the 6s 8d in get-tine a man to help him, and tbs thing would -be done.—Mr Gould then withdrew, new pound. A letter was read from Mr D, McKenzie, stating the estimated cost af the new pound and cottage to be £ —. The plans and specifications, which had also been’ prepared by Mr McKenzie, were laid npon the table. The Chairman thought .it would be folly to spend half the amount they were raising in rates for the' purpose of building a new pound, but ho thought that the poundkeeper should . look after wandering cattle more strictly. FIANTINQ. The Chairman asked if the Board Intended to take any steps with regard to painting, as this was the proper time for such work. ; The Clerk stated that as far as he knew the Board had no reserves open for planting just now. Aopopuys. Accounts to the amount of £174 2s 4d were passed for payment, and the Board , adjourned. ~