MASTERTON HIGHWAY BOARD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 140, 22 April 1879, Page 2

MASTERTON HIGHWAY BOARD.

A meeting of the above Board was held on Saturday last, '

Present—Messrs Bennett (Chairman), Minchin, Moore, Buchanan, and Beetham. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed,

CORRESPONDENCE. The following correspondence was also read :

Letter from Messrs Moorliotiso, Edwards and Cutten, solicitors, Wellington, asking to be furnished with a tracing showing the situation of the land to be taken from Mr E. H. Hunt for a road at the Taueru,

From the Clerk of tho Castlepoint Highway Board, stating that that Board had at present no funds at its disposal to assist in opening up a road at tho Upper Taueru.

From James Colway, relative to. compensation for a piece of land taken foi: a road on his property at Lower Manaia, One from Mrs Palmer, as to the laying oil'a road to her place. From Messrs Gossett, Morrison, Carman, and othera, stating that they understood the Board had decided that the Upper road should follow the line oil the Bowland side of the Taueru river, and requesting them to keep open as a cross road the line at present surveyed over the .terrace, MEMORIAL A memorial was received from Messrs Hitchings, Meredith, Donald, and others, requesting that a road might be laid off to the shipping place at Uriti, in No. G Ward,

ENCIiVEKIi'S REPORT. The Engineer's Report was given in and read. TENDERS.

The following tenders were received for cutting a bridle track on Hood's road, Upper Taueru J. Morrison, £llss per chain; Charles White, £SB ; Thomas Gwin, £62. A tender was received from T. Brown for falling bush at Kaumingi, at 19s Cd per chain. Mr W. Harris waited on the Board and requested that a lino of road might be laid off to liia place, and a cutting made on the Opaki, and offered £5 to assist. RESOLUTIONS. The following resolutions were then passed That Mr Chamberlain be requested to attend to the application of Mr Harris for a line of road and a cutting. That before accepting Mr T. Brown's tender for falling bush at Kaumingi, Mr Bonnettbe requested to wait on Mr Yallance and ascertain if it his. intention to fall any bush adjoining the deviation, That Mr Palmer's application for a road be referred to Mr Bremner.

That Mr Gossett be informed that the road along the Terrace, referred to in his application laid before the Board by him, will be proclaimed so soon as the necessary survey is completed. That M. McKenzie send a man to assist J. O'Conuor to make certain repairs on the Taueru road and bridges, That Mr Minchin be authorised to expend £2 on grass seed to sow the track near Messrs Rutherford's station; and also a sum not exceeding £l3 on repairs on the same line of road.

That Mr Colway be paid for one acre and one-fifth of an acre of land taken for a road at the same rate per acre as the arbitrators shall fix as the price for Mrs McKenzies's land,

That Mr Woodroffe have liberty to erect a gate on the line of road running through his property at the Upper Manaia,

That tenders be invited for making plans of working sections of about forty chains, moro or less, on the East Coast road, together with plan for one bridge and a culvert.

That the Secretary write to Mr Percy, Te Ore Ore, and request him to keep his cattle and pigs from straying on the main road, and inform him that should he fail .to do so, proceedings would be taken against him under "the Public Works Act.

That John Morrison's tender for cutting bridle track near Mr Hood's station be accepted.

That this Board cannot, from a public point of view, recommend the formation of the proposed new Highway District of the Lower Whareama, Tho percentage of expenses connected with sufficiently disbursing its income would be much larger than at present, and the boundaries as at present proposed would include properties where traffic would pass directly over tho boundary into the Highway District (Kaumingi, for instance.) This Board cannot admit the correctness of tho plea put forward 011 the petition, that the ratepayers could see no prospect of the expenditure of a fair proportion of their rates within the district. Their applications were put before the Board after all the funds for the year were pledged. Under any circumstances the balance due to them can be handed over within six or eight months. The Masterton Highway Board has arrived at this resolution notwithstanding the knowledge that the secession of that part would (owing to its distance from Masterton) save it from a considerable amount of expenso in the way of supervision and engineering. It may have escaped the notice of the ratepayers in question that surveys in that district have recently cost over £4OO, • which has not been charged to that district, but put down as general expenditure. ■ PAYMENTS.

H, Aulin, advance on contract, L s. d. Mauriceville 84 0 0 G. Ohristenson, advance on contract, Mauriceville ... 27 C 0 J, O'Oonor, four weeks wages, So. 2 Ward... ... ... 80 0 Draughtsman ... ... ... 19 4 8 Engineer, and wages of survey 48 0 8 Men's wages, Forty-mile Bush 9712 6 M. McKenzie, four weeks salary 17 0 0 Men's wages, repairs 1, 2, and 4 Wards ... " 1616 0 E. Wilsone, to pay sundry accounts 13 5 4 R. Wilsons, advance on salary, etc 47 15 8 F, Jaggerhorn, paying men3lo 0 W. Minchin, repairs in No. 1 Ward... ... _ ... ... 2 5 0 Tamati, compensation for land taken,.. 20 0 0 T. H. Hill, 'drawing agroejinents, etc .... 22 0 / The next meeting will bo held on Saturday, 16th May, at ten a,m.