PAHIATUA ROAD BOARD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2549, 16 March 1887, Page 2

PAHIATUA ROAD BOARD.

The ordinary general rneoting' of the Board was held on Saturday last, Present Messrs Crewe, Wakeman, Wkitcombe, Miller, and Corbetfc. Correspondencewas'read from Crown Lands Office re road's' to sections on the Tiraumea River Road North. Prom Public Works Committee re proclamation Toritea Road deviation. From County Council.re levels of district roads.. From Treasury re. loan for Tiraumea Road, conversion ,of presont loan, also credit notes for subsidy, and Crown Lands Rates Duty; From •Marsh & Co., offering to pay one-third the cost of metalling twelve chains of; the Toritea Road. ' From Woodville Railway Opening Demonstration Committee inviting members to take part, From Mr W. W. McCardle re Mangarama Road encroachment on his section, No. lj}.'. From Mr Baker re felling bush on. roadline adjoining his .section No, 2, Woodville Survey District. " The Overaeer's report .was read, also .the return of all monieß:paid to credit, and spent on District Roads, . • Mr. Beaufprt',rßported.,; .on .the bridaje. and deviation, Makakahaißoad;. .Mr MflCsi'dle'waited on the Board re encroachment of road on Seo. 18, as' he desires to fence thereon. M r Harris also attended, and urged his claim to be; paid for 'wQrk, for jibe Board. Resolved that Mr MoCardle's complaint be forwarded to ttie. Survey Department : with; thereon; That "Messrs' fieli),. Whitoombe ahd, Rhodes/ be billed" With 'the 'Cost', of ■ Removing timber.that had. been burnt ind; fell upon the toads :frbhv their jeeotlbnjj! -That the Colonial •TreasuW ;be r |lpfqr.raed that : the,, Joan ,was required, for, metalling new wad only) andlfalsd' all ,'partifiulars <fe -rating' arcaiand amount of rates to be struck.' TMt'','Mf •' Baker' be; informed -the JJbardwill accept hia'offer le felling bush on road.lino as,per letter... That Marsh and CpjViofjler're Toritea 'road' be accepted, and that tenders be called' for theMvork'tobeia bjr the 17th inst. .That the. Works Committee meet and have power to accept. .That a deputa-' tioti' wait' upon Mr : Mavchant re various': matte! ts''of/,; moment •... to: the: ■ That alplan,of PahifttitaBhpwing.propoaed: .expenditure of. deferred' Srds,. accompanied by letter >of explanation, be i Ui ■■ ffy-

Mr Be'auforf'be instructed to prepare o ! :plans of'bridge. over Deep Creek,. ,1 Wo7th"fpumeaßoad, That' Mr H, g Sedcole's account;-"-.of £6 for punt for e use of Pahiatua-Pttketoi Special Settle- 1 pent. Association; orilhTTmaumea, be t returned to 'him without comment, r That tfie:accqunfa amounting to £2l3' 1 J2s.be..paid.'..., _,.. " _'-.; . ;& f BEPOTaTION TO SIR. jqLlt& « .VOGEL FROM THE NuRTHM£ : * • from; :th'e North Waira* 'j ~rapa_; '■h]m^6gelm^u^ :^^<k^^&r- ■■'■ reference to a loan'., spplipd for by the f Council for carryinp olt certain works in the .Wairarapa, which loan the .Council * had not yet jobeived, though they were 1 under, the impression that fc« money ] would be paid over by the Government, j The deputation consisted of. Messrs G.s / Beethanv':M.H.R'., T. Ma'ckaWohalrman h of Uag«, ''•'''•''' ! Mr Mackay, after. Mr (i. Beethara, t M.H.R. hod introduced the depu-; < tation, said that, they wished to see.if thd' Government could get the Council out j of adifficotly which they had, evidently , fallen into.through oertameorrespondenoe .- wUchhilbeenremveflfrotai& Govern- '] merit. -Triai wrreapondettot;- Me; JlwlMy. ! said, had led the Council to believe that ;■ they would gat the loan they applied for, i and under that belief, they had Jb) opn- : tracWfornearly4he whole they bad propojed to borrow; Tho opt>',' : tracts ware all but completed, and the ' County Would have to. maetibe whole of < '. the payments. Tbejt met.'' ' a payment.; for £l2W,:'arid unlew the; ; . GovernmentasßistdJ'theCoiitity would '! never be able to meet the.payments now ©online due. He would point out.that 'the 'contractors, many.of, whom werafta small Way of business,.would not he ■ sb'le, to pay their men unless the Government financed for them. . Sir Julius Vogol asked if the..County Council could take -apoll; which'ooureo would get it over its trouble; '"" '"'' "'' Mr Mackay obsoi-ved that the deputation had considered the matter, and had come to the conclusion that suoh a course was not practicablo.v Ho was not altogether certain-whether a'-pull could be taken after the work was really done. In regard to Mr Hawkins' district Mr Beethamsaid that 'a numberof .the .rate'- 1 , payers there' resided in.a Lyttleton: and"; and it would bo htf'easy ' matter to get those absentees to come to tho Wairarapa for the purpose of voting. .Mr Hawkins doubted .very much ' Whether it would bo possible to get a sufficient number of ratepayeas to vote in favor of gettinp a loan, Sir Julius Vogel wantndtpknoWihow it was that the work had been done; ■■;,' !; : Mr Hawkins'explained that it was done after tho receipt of a letter from Sir Julius expressing pleasure at the resolution arrived at by the County Council. On the receipt of that letter the tenders were let, , and the part of the work would bo com-. pleted in a weok. ■';■••'■ Sir Julius Vogel said there wag no doubt the Council had got into a difficulty. He would refer tho matter again to the ■ Solloltor-General, but he (Sir Julius) was I strongly of opinion that the olause of the i Government Loans to Local Bodies Act; , under whip h the Council desired to borrow ■ the money,'could applied in the present-case. He would bring tho matter ' before Parliament, which/would shortly •'. meet, but in' the meantime; he did not ■ think he .could do anything for them He . would much prefer the .'County taking -,&' i poll on the subjeoc. V " {■ v/Mrßeetham pointed out, again that ~; people would not' irquble themselves "'; abontivoting.after the'work waidone-. ■ \ Jn.answer to;Sn; Julius, Mr'Hawkins { said the total amobnt-they •wished to C borrow wis' £3,200, .dividediovar the" • : Uppei• .Tauerti,. Oaisfclepbiat, and Jlarter-' .. ton Road' Board districts. ; < , ; ~ Sir Julius y«gel said that, though: the s County Opuiioil.'of Wairarapa had: .got' into a diffiouity, he considered the Gov- : eramentl^anß'tp 1 -!^'lJbdtes'jabt a ' very. useful measure,, and :■.' mi' . whM : t shouldhatre'evaryfacilityglveri'to'.it,..... -■ ■ 'Mr>Hawkiha:was »oti;»ureof'that. The Couhty.'had : atthiS an j overdraftat the bank.' They were'liable ~ 'for payment "to 1 , the • contractors' next ' month, and they kdnomoney to give .them.- : ..-.' ■ .'. :■- v.J';■. ■ 1 ' Mr: Beetham, thought .that the Trea--1 Burer could let them have'the money if ho i, liked; . ;. ; • . •,.. .". .:.:;!''" 1 Sir Jnlius Vogel sftid no duuht tho ; Act e gave him very great statutory powor; but : he did not., think he could, take the res- • ponsibility oil his own khoirlders of acceding to the wish of the deputation. If, however, tho County would give him legal debentures,, he would give them the. 6 money at once. t. Mr Hawkins said they could do that by i, a'special rate. Sir Julius thought they could not give ij. debentures without first takings poll. Mrßeotham said he understood local opinion had been taken as to tho borrow* n ing ptiwers under Clause 21 of the Act, l " and the advice received was at.-'.variance n with that given by the Attorney-General. :t Sir Julius promised to consider the whole ir question again, and suggested that' the [ County, should endeavor to take a poll of j the ratepayers. ' , The deputation then thanked Sir Julius, " Vogeland withdrew.-I?.Z. Times.' ■;