MASTERTON HIGHWAY BOARD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1005, 21 February 1882, Page 2

MASTERTON HIGHWAY BOARD.

BNGINEER'B REPORT. Sir,—l havo the honor to report upon the'works in the Highway District for the past month as follows; No. 2 Ward.-In this Ward, on the Maßtertori and Taueru ■ line- of ; road, the TeOrfiOre bridge (thb sheathing of which with 2 inch diagonal planking)was let to Mr, Chapman, and h«B been : cdnipleted'.in a substantial, although not altogether workmanlike,' inariner. l 'Through inexperience v on,.the pai;t.j)f tbe.sub-cohtrac;' . tors, and'negleoi 'bl the'-'parVoff "the Board's inspector to,.properly, attend, to hitj's'pecificatjb'nj'at'ainw rididnloCiip

tnke hna beon mado, which, txlthoueh uot • interfering materially with ii'i- . Ttcionoy of the work, detracts considerably from its , appearance. Further along this line I nave had the sections .measured' up which ' length boioff C 9.74 chains; and Twill' recommend that this work be advertised at once.' .1 will o also, surest; (hat the, Bridges' along the whole line he repainted with hematite paiut, as I believe this, to be more "endurable and a better wood preservative than the ordinary white lead usually oniployed. White's Upper Taueru Road Contract. —This contract, I havo pleasure in reporting, now shews some prospect of being shortly completed. The works when last inspected were well advanced, and on the wholg^djiatisfactory. No. 3.™ td.—The metalling contract on the Maurieeville road has been commenced lately, and with propitious weather may, 1 hope, bo soon fulfilled. No, 4 Ward.—The Kaummgi road deviation but for the persistent errors committed by the sub-contractors for the metalling would have been completed by this meeting, As it is, however, the work has still to be gone over again, and will not be Gnished for a week or so, The work gives satisfaction, No, 6 Ward-Contract for forming and metalling Tnpurupuru road.—One section of the contract will be finished in the course of next week, the other, not as yet j having been commenced, it is difficult to ■n determine the probable date of its completion, Carter's Creek bridge-Owing to what appears to be the most unjustifiable breach of contract on the part of the timber merchant supplying the material for this work, tho contractor has been suspended from work for nearly a fortnight, and has ' how had to get the deficient material (for which payment has already been made to the saw mill owner in question) from another quarter, It is, I understand, the intention of the contractor to settle the mattor by having recourse to the law, by which means it is to bo hoped he may acquire the rights which this apparent lack of a decent oeuso uf justice has deuiod him. Survey operations. —My camp has shifted over the main Maungaraki range, and is at present pitched at tho stockman's whare, from which point I am executing the permanent location of the roads towards Waihenga and Gladstone. I have the honor te be, Sir, Your obedient servant, C. E. Bremner.

To the Chairman of the Masterton Highway Board, Masterton, EESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. • 1 Featherston, 20th Fkbuuary, 1882. Before H.S. Wardell, Esq., R.M. 0. W. Keys v. J. E, Evnns.—Local Board rates, 16s 3d. Judgment for amount and costs, Frederick Faber v, John Nicols.—Debt, #2. Settled out of Court. Frederick Faher v. William Nicols,— Debt, £1 9s. Settled nut of Court. W. Nicols v, J. Driscoll and C. Smith. —Judgment summons, 190 19s, Adjourned to next sit tin«.