GERALDINE ROAD BOARD.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1607, 14 July 1887, Page 2

GERALDINE ROAD BOARD.

1 The usual monthly meeting of this Boar.d; was held- on Tuesday last at the Board’s 11 office. 1 Present Messrs W. Postlethwaite (Chairman), F. R. Flatman, J. Kelland, and W. U. Slack. s ■-■■■■■! : MINUTES. The minutes of the previous meeting were read andconfirmecj. 11 chairman's statement. The Chairman stated that ho hud written Brown’s Road, Blelfield, to Mr Baker,>-atid the enginleryhX(l 'since been down about the : m#tter. Owing,however, to the illqess qf. Mr Baker, it, w,ot|ld have to stand over . for / the present. %He the immigrants cottages, 'the .clerk ahd himself had gone carefully . thrpiigh‘all the > documents in .the office, and could find nothing in them that would give the Board ; a title to these'sections; ! He had written to Mr H. H. Pitman ra the title, and that gentleman stated he could find no document that gave a title to the Board. He (the Chairman) said that as (hey could not obtain a proof of (hair title they had decided to give up all claim to ' the cottages', 1 but both Mr Slack and himself distinctly remembered the land being vested in the Board. He also read a letter from Mr Elliott/ in whjch tfint gentleman mentioned ifie reserves that had been vested in the -Board from timo to time.'-"' ; RIVER ENCROACHMENT. - Mr Slack mentioned* that Mr Kelman had complained,that the Waihi river had been washing away a portion of his land owing to a drain that had bean cqt by the Board some years ago. Mr Kel4 BD had stated his intention to claim compensation for the same. After some ! little conversation tff?, matter was allowed to drop.

TENDERS. . The following tende'ra’wore opened and dealt with Contract No. 323—Gathering and stacking boulders, Rangitata. Station Ro id—G, Hammond, Is per cubic vard\. J. Fiefield, lid ;R. Rae, 10d; T. Sugrue 91 ;J. Berkley, 9d; M. Lawlor, 7d _ (accepted). No, 224—Grubbing gorse nod trim ming fences, Board’s reserves—W. Ga'ger, £4 13s; W. Fly, £4 5s (accepted). ... No. 225—Grubbing gorse and fence trimming, Woodbury Reserve | J. Fiefjgld j

Eeiliher, £9 10s; Weaver, ; £Bloa W. Fly, £6 (accepted). No. 226—Filling and carting broken - metal, Cook’s road, Woodbury :R. Rae, . jilslos ;tG. Hammond, £9 9s (accepted). One or two of the cheques accompanying the tenders not being marked by the Bank, it was decided to fraat as informal .i in future Alb tenders accompanied by such cheques. CORRESPONDENCE. The following correspondence was road and - dealt with ; From Hon. L. Walker, Pour Peaks, : asking the Board to improve the crossing over the Uae-lm-te-moana, which hid been much upset by the late floods. He, also stated that be intended to cut a drain to let the water off his land, and asking . pi rmissirin to carry the drain oh to the road.—lt wks decided to grant the applied-, tion re the. drain, provided Mr Walter. V\took’the responsibility of any damage itiiat-might be caused by the same. The Overseer was instructed to attend to the river crossing. . : From Mr G. Nswmao, Peel Forest, • r v calling the attention of the'Board to the r state iof ’ the road leading from the' - Rwngitata r i ; vay station to the Rangitata traffic brv'gf - The Clerk stated that the -road was being cut up by the Government m waggons carting stone to protect th ‘'•bridge." The Government had a large number of waggons at work, some of them having six,or eight-horse teams, which had continued to travel on the road during tho whole of the late wet weather. The Board were of .opinioa that the atontion of the‘Government should be called

to the damage being done by the traffic being cQutipuod. during the Tret. weather. Alter'd iecufsiofi Mr Slack .proposed, Mr * .Mat man seconded, and it .-waß-.i-oarried-!--r >fh«t the-attention of the, Government ; bo drawn to the damage, done by their ■ wagfona carting. heavy loads of atone on the Bangitata Boad., and respectfully ask that the work be discontinued until more favorable weather.”' From Mr ! B.' BayleyJ Mr R. Taylor, and ■ six otlitrs asking for the Raukapuka road *, to b# put in repair between Mr Taylor’aand Mr Dierck’s coiners.—The Board regretted that they could not entertain the request f'.at present. ’ : ... . •' *■ v< From Mr J. Townsend asking for Mr , name tp.be substituted on the V rpte roil lor his.—lt was decided not to , entertain,,the request without the written application of the purchaser. : V; ~ From Mr Thomas Markham and nine i other ratepayers: asking for a road to be •formed from Burk’s road to the Orari traffic bridge through section No. 849. " ! ‘Granted. 1 i* ■

From Mr George South, Smitbfie'd, asking the Board to have the drain running l paat, bis section cleared 'out, and offering, to do it at the same price as last year.— The'Overseer was instructed to do the work if necessary. From Mr P. McShane, Geraldine Flat, expressing his willingness to terminate b s agreement for cleaning the drain by his . section.—The Board decided to take over the drain. . . From Mr U. Denoon, calling the attention of the Board to the state of the i.- approach to the ILugitata Bridge. The constant traffic of sheep had narrowed the approach,—The Overseer was instructed to attend to the work. From Mr Alexander Brown, Orari, ro- ' questing the attention of the Board to the state of the Kakahu road leading past his land. —The Overseer was instructed to attend to the same. From Dr Foster, enclosing the lease for Mr Taveader, and-stating that the Grown grant for the same was required. —it was decided to obtain the same. From Mr: J. Sperrey, Property Tax Commissioner, enclosing form of declaration re subsidy under the Local Bodies Finance and Powers Act for signature by the Chairman. —The Chairman stated that he bad attended to the same. From Mr E. Scaley, enclosing a price for a strip of lane of about one acre on the road to Hilton opposite Mr Skinner’s, namely £lO per acre.—The Board ..considered the price exorbitant as tbe.lWqd • was worth nothing foi cropping

or grazing purpose*, seeing it was the face of a steep cliff. It was decided to leave the' matter in the hands of the

i Chairman. $ / I APPLICATION lOR BRIDGE. * u Be the application of the Kakahu Bii'sh School Committee which was left over from last Board day in order to allow the Chairman to visit the spot, . the Chairman said he had done s<’, lu addition to the £7O that would be require 1 to erect the bridge where it was asked for the river.was taking such a course as would .-i.;.necessitate the erection of another fifty yards of bridging at a probab e coat of ; about another £75. He might say that tbo statement that £lO would be sufficient,, ' 'to blfect a bridge tnui would answer the -j; purpose was a. mere fallacy/ He was perfectly convinc'd that a good track 1 -'gould be got around tlie terrace that would answer all purposes. The making of p Bucbi aitrapk would in- no way interfere : " with the owner of the land (Mr Wigky)

getting his stock to the water, , '* 1 • Air ‘Kelland said be had all along been 'in favor of the track. At the same time he did pot think that the Board need trouble itself about the riv«r widening at this ! j tf. spot .as., it. had remained in its present course for many years past. The Chairman said the land could probably purchased from Mi Wigley for a .- price. was decided to write to Mr Wigley 'in . upon, tlie subject. , ■ -vJ FINANCE. 5 Mr Flatraan proposedi Mr Kelland secopdod, and it was carried— “ That - be re;depoatted respectively with the Bank of New Zealand and the Bank pf New South Wales, Geraldine, for J2 “If-C nrohths and £SOO with the Bank of New , , South Wales for six months, and £SOO ! " with the Bank of >.ew Zealand for three months, interest due to be placed lo cur* rent account. ” RATES. jllr Kelland moved, Mr Flatraan seconded, and it was carried—“ That this wi'-.Board will, at its next ordinary meeting levy a rate of one halfpenny on tbs rateable value of the district for the year eod- , iog 31st March 1888.” , 1 HTTBRJIIf. Mr H. Ford waited upon jibe lloayd for , the purpose of asking them to take some step towards repairing the road at Mr Suprue's corner, the river having washed the road away at that spot with the exception of {bout 11 yards,—He was instructed that the Over«e»r would attend to the same. Mr J. Quantock, Interviewed the Board aad asked for a cutting to be made a t

Belfietd flat, leading into his section.— The Oyerseer.was intructed to report upon the -same n«*t month'. ■ Mr Fiefield attended to explain the reason why ho had asked for an extension of limb to fioish his contract. He stated that having taken the work rather low he wks unable to employ labor, and hotn e his request. The explanation was accepted. OVERSEER'S REPORT. T;ie. Overseer’s report was read and dealt with as follo.ws:— “ Ifiavo the honor to report for the month ending date as folhw*:—Tin,' heavy rains experienced during the mouth have prevented tho contractors from completing- their contracts on the Baugiu.ta and Dunoon's roads, V e inn. for both these vvoika having expire! some time ago. Floods—Ah we have had, throe t reshfcs, in as many weeks the rivor,cross-1 mgs and fords have been cut aboni, and in sotue places very much altered, entailing a large amount of labor to render them passable. No - : lions damage, however, has been done; Peckham'e Grossing—This crossing has given a good deal of trouble during the late floods to keep it;open for s coach -traffic. The river has cinaadewn on tlje south site and scoured out a .deep channel at the ford, making it unsafe to cross ’in a fresh. I am of opinion the best thing to do would', be to divert the stream above the present ford by erecting a bank iu the riverbed. ThL ought to bi carried, out at once, as lh» : next flood will ba sure to do .more' damage, as the rivor lias a great f ill at this ford. Redciiff —The slip at Redciiff "has alsoi required a largecaiqount of attention to"keep .the read open for traffic. T advertised the road as unsafe, being unable to divert the road without encroaching upon private lands. Th's will require id be attended to at once, or the ioa> will have to be closed for dray traffic. Kaku.hu River—This river has encroached considerably qn;Mr Sharp’s land, leaving ai gap at thpend of the stock bridge of about 60 feet'-Aiid "as the terrace is composed of silC* aod jV p‘if sand I sda 'nothing to prevent tho breach becoming much wider than at present. The.'river is also cutting into thu road above Mr Holland's house, and will, eventually catry.away the road. Orar.i Rivor —Tho Urafi is also encroaching,,up6n .tlie.ro-id above ilia bridge. I think adytsable to construct, a spar grom at thisplace/ JtCould ba made with the booms already bn the ground. Raqgitata Station Road—This road is teams carting Stones from the . railway station to;thq,.pypteclifo'Wbfks Aboye the. bridge. 1 should.adifise.ihe'broken mota) which is available to-be- usetl'in repairing the Gyersepr.’’ ’ r ■ ‘ St PeckhauTs-Road—lt,.was decided that the Board shoiild ’ mefet ntAhis cyrossfing on Monday,'"i|^»rat,,lo.3Q;a.m. : ;St Redciiff—lt waA-decided to-leave this matter ia the fiaihds of the Chhirman. St the Kakahu River—lt way decided; to refer Board.

j jR* Orari neci-saary Ulb Overseer to call for leaders for the work by next Board-payiv, The matter of the Raugilata Road was dealt with when; the correspondence was being ‘

ACCOUNTS, Accounts amouniing to £164 6* 61 wore passed for payment, and the Board adjourned.;'- -.-■ ■' .V;- •