MASTERTON HIGHWAY BOARD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1122, 11 July 1882, Page 2

MASTERTON HIGHWAY BOARD.

" V-'.':'''.'. ,'.''"■'♦"■■.'■",•'''''■•'' : "'-' y '•"';" V/EkQiNENB's'RKPORT.^•;',. ';•''•:• i ', 'Sir,—l have the hbrior to" submit 1 to 1 you the following report upon works within,th.p distriot»9r the ;past. month.-. No :'2 Ward,-. Hart'B.Taueru Eoad Con-. tract.—ln view of the probable conti.p.ua-, ;: tion of wet weather for some time'to come I arranged witl) Mr barton'the ISth'ulf.' for the euspensiou oi operations iittti|! ; ihe jrAingYAipon theninderstanding that' he at once repair (by fascining or of the road-which he had.'nqt'hsen'lih)e tV metal, sufficiently •well,-'to'allinit of ifhe ordinary light winter; traffic passingYalbiig .without fear of boggihg' rjHother, casualty. .Also -that he should:be-pVepared afany time, when I '■' : Bhould'ebnsider.it. ? desirable to cali npon ..him, to effect any other repairs to, the ' Beotions''Under;contr'act-to him in the in- .; ■terim; • 'Mr;Harf having allowed the first. stipulation to slip his memory, I have ■ J»llei,on:l|im. tp,jul,tiVjihe Beeontfby.oom- ' taencin'g immediately the repair of this J? Jut\taetalled,se(!tionj .which is at present in' , "v iieridusly dilapidated condition and ." ■'threatens,, if not dealt with at once, to 1 become quite impassable. .: -.: : 'No s ,3Ward.-With the authority of the Warden Lam. having a: oulvert con-' >;.atrapied;:apdißbout two chains of road formed on the Upper Opaki line. fl[ith- ,-. .«i;ioja.largequant%,o| ; water collected at" the point to which I refer, entirely block-'

»ud puiui w iyuiuu j. tßier, enureiy oiocK-. , 'ing'theifoad for foot passenger traffic.. Asi" the settlers interested in the • .w.ork.i:are d lending gratuitous assistancain the shape.. \ qf horses and drays/the cost-of the 'work ,; TviffWflWrifling. : "".'"■"■ i .:,- I have examined into the applications ofMM|r|Vilb'and Tankersley, and in 1 the- .' ;fpr{n"er?:c|Be have selected the rout'd'by "which *' V F propbse to give access to! h'ie S property, and in the latter'bave arranged! it .asrto .tlwi : pricatißE : acrefor the bush fell- -1 'J ing r ffhich"formed:the subject of hia,wait-. » :ihg •qa tha Board, at it's last meetiha.' •;' „' Jt hasfllspbeensnecessary to undertake '?■- the' Repair?6f ! 'a iserious 3lip which! occurred on the MaariceviUe road (main ; several diva pre'h ( vented the mail. jjQaiji' from running ' I- would, how- ,, ,ever,''wjth <4e of the Board,|ex- ; pen'd a still'furthersum to -that already . thsitthe friatter may be " i: r v^ o X^y?^r^.keridges'metalling';and on.the 30th ulto,. The w,orlf,:6nH)owliole, , may be'considered "fairly exfl'cuted,. notJ withstanding v tbe formation-has?suffered. -•' •e'od«iderablyjrbm the heavy carting over ,i it iji the bieiaqUoD.of opera* tionS?"-"''' .-.' ..' : .- ~-• -' L o, J ;.^o^,.^W ; timber for the en- . [' largement' 6f -the;o| u ji>ag6 -Tree -creek: ~ halfway } ; to its ultimate dea.irMirjn, but-owing to ■ ,tb'e^«tate'of,the roads U-has..been,impos- - ' sible to take it further-foi- the present'. I • niay add that Ido tipn-hink serious ' damage ni likely,to jiy ita'remains: ing-'where'-it the 'present; as » ;tbroughQut.all.the;Kea,yy rains which have •' fallen -this - ;oulvert as it '• « nibrt''than'adequaf#-tb carry ail the water • likely to be concentrated at : this point in. ■■' ordinarywintOTfl^flda-.'. :: ;£; ; -; Survey ;op~erati survey, of i the ' Wangaehu ;wns i -,co'mpleted;6|i the Br'dinst;.' Thblength of i '■ the new line IcWatefl in in rniinrl niimlinro i

■ we new unejipcatea is ui rouna numbers >. Sfjm^s.''■ Tho^gerjeral'direction of road f first I-hafl-aup- •• /pbwd, : it;wduld 7 bej 'and 'althoupin many I instano'es the gradients are; steep for con-. J Biderable distances, the mountainous ■ and !.' broken Sflaturo/df:-'the';'back ? ihf(}uj|h?Which rifc' fpa'SKes,"'renders this j absolutely unavoidable. _ My'cainp is .now I ; lecated"iti'rthe bao'k'. of GJafotohe. where..l„am about to layoff a " -We ftf^oad'ini ; oooupied by [, .Messrs,Gr^ce . ""." r "'. "•: ''■'^'■''—''■''-litn'&o., ■ ''.••'.-.,■ /;•.-.., 0. E, Bremnee. ' - ' • /' .''.'i»»—i'iii.ii i-A—-