MASTERTON ROAD BOARD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2987, 27 August 1888, Page 2

MASTERTON ROAD BOARD.

Tiik monthly meeting of tho Board was. held on;, Saturday, ■ Present—' Messrs \V. Beotham (Chairman), R, D. Dagg, T, Brown, Buidk, and Tliemimitenof the previous meet; ■ ing.wero read and. confirmed, , COKBESPONPESOE.'" ■'.'.' - From Mr G. Fannin, Wellington,/ intimating that ho .would be prepared tp fiirnishjtliji Board wit!i information as to lands sold, maps, •snrveyC&c, From the Treasury, remitting £27 7s 9d to tho Board's credit. From Mr • H, C, Cbristensen' with referonoe to rates due, and repairs required to road-, j leading to his property, "" .<"*^ , SUB-DIVISION OP THE IJOAKU. '; ■■ Mr Beard, the Board's solicitor wroto; with reference to the petitljfK presented by tho ratepayers of thT Mastertoii'Koad District praying for a subdivision of tho Board's district, stating m reply that; the-, petition, does not fulfil tho requirements of'Thu Road Board's Act 1882."

: The Chairman was inclined to favor tho prayorofthopetitioners if the alteration would deal fairly ...with' the ratepayers as a whole. ;? Mr Dftgg said thei^Board' had no power to take tho initiative, but it would lie well to consult with tho ratepayer!), and thou faction could pie. taken. •■•••.... This course wasoventually agreed to and the Board decided to invito ratepayers to'meet them at the 1 Board's Office to discuss the mutter at its next meeting, an announcement to that effect to bo published. MISCELLANEOUS. Mr ytuckey moved for a return (at the noxt monthly meeting of,the Board),

of nil freehold land obtained within last live yours by tho Board for roaPjt purposes; tho acroage so obtained mid" '•' ' of whom, for each road line; also the length and situation of such road; the title (if any) the Board holds over each section or part scctiou so obtained. Mr Dpgg proposed, and Mr Brown ■ seconded that tho corporation of the North County Council and tho Road Boards within this county be invited for the purpose of bringing under the notice of the Government the unsatisfactory state of the roads in their legal aspect, witha vieiv to effect amended legislation and to romove existing anomalies. Carried. Mr Uorringe mado a personal application for payment for fulling timber on the road leading past his propertyat the Fcrnridgo. : Tho Engineer was instructed to inspect the work dono and ropoii at next meeting, Attention bavin; been called to. iw, paragraph recently appearing in the Daily with reforanco to largo unbroken stones being allowed to remain on the Upper Plain road, tho Overseer--, reported that he had aheady taken steps to demolish them. Mr Cade waited on tho Board with reference to tho road loading to his property. Speaking of the disadvantages with which ho had to contend, Mr (Jade stated that of JGI7OO spent out of tho' Arikirau Block during tho past fourteen years, not a sixpence had been expended upon tho road which opeued up his property.—Tho Board promised to endeavor to get tho road legalised.

On the recommendation of Mr Stuckey ike Overseer was instructed to prepare n working section of a piece'of road leading from To Ore Ore-Kangi-tuman,

With reference to the- petition of ratepayers presented to tho Mauricovillo Road Board to get their properties in that'district transferred to tho Maslerton Boad District, tho latter expressed their willingness to accede to lii 3 request if approved of by tho Mauriceville Board, Tho, Chairman « requested inquire of Mr Marohaht what steps wsro necessary to bo takon to get tho road now laid ofl' leading to Mr Cade's property, legalised. OVIHIBBKU'S HISPOKT, Tho Overseer's report was thou read as follows:

I have the honor to report for the intormation of tho Board as follows ; According to instructions I examined tho line of proposed road leading through Mr C'ado's property, with a view of coiiumiai'ion of tho lims to the Wangaehn, and nm of opinion that th& grades could be got'by deviating ott that part of the lino, a course which, Mr Cado strongly objects to as boing; injurious to the property through the necessity of cutting up two of the: sections, and as his Crown grant has; matured, the tualter becomes one of consideration. .'

Bluff .itoad Heavy slips still continue on this line, and I havo been, obliged to employ an extra umn d'ur-]l ing tho past week to assist in keeping (ho road open for , Miki-Miki Eoad—The : ne&ssaty repairs referred to in my last report havo beon satisfactorily effected. -Akura, Chapman's metalling con. tract-Tho contractor is still progressing slowly with his work, the Weather, no doubt, retarding- ppertlions. The term for the 1 completionof the contract expires to-day, and it will require a week or perhaps a fprtnigbt to finish tho work) f }.r i '■■'. ''■'/■ )\\ SteW Contract, Upper Plain,-,,

Fnir progress.lies been, made on tin's '.contract,', and it would no doubt have been finished., to-day, but for tho fact, that I have'had to ijiiiploy'Mr Stevens on the loop-line from Upper Plain lo Manaift tb.pnt' thoreon 200 yards of metal, which I-have arranged for at the same price as tbo other work on tins Upper Plain, bo that tho coat coin s within-.tbo-amount estimated on tho EcVdiiln fnrnNhed tn Mm Hoard. Westmero Uoad.-Tbo melal_ was obtui.icd from Mr Hare's pit at a cost of Id per yard. The repairs required on, this line liavo • been completed, the

. watertables have been cleared out, and ■ho road generally put in good order. %Veraiti lioad.-'JJj* 40ft truss bridgo which spans the Wangachu on tbo road leading to l)r Hosking's property, and is built on sills requires immediate attention, the recent Hood lining .scoured tho bank away, and H' iJKecnred at onco the bridgo will roost likely ■ also be carried off. I recommend that piles bo dvivon at a cost of about £ll.

1 have, 4c, M. MoKbhzie,

The Overseer's report was adopted. Accounts amounting to £l3l wore passed for payment and the meeting terminated.