Masterton Road Board.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3244, 1 July 1889, Page 2

Masterton Road Board.

Tbo ordinary monthly woetitig of tlio Board waa hold on Satuidnv. Present—Jlensra Vf. H. Beotlmm (Chairman), J. Stuokoy, R. D. Da«» T. Brown. W. B. Buick. Tho minutes of tho last meeting wero ri2' ! a od confirmed. Mr MeKauie was inslyuetsd to ascertain and report upon the test modo of expending ]" thirds" in the Kopuaranga and Kaiwhata districts. Mr A.' Martin applied that a pottidn of tho aurplua money raised for the BUiff-Eangitumau road be expended in continuing the fence on the river bank. Granted, provided .funds were sufficient. ■•'■'''. Messrs Mawlay ao4 Wagtimd applied for permißsiion to erect gates on their boundary, Wansjseku. Granted

with the w»tts! provko that they b®fß kept ik good owfe* aorf tao road as* *& itiqnred. Mr Marofcaafc wrote asking for a 4, plan of ihn roads th» Board wished..his department to survey that are to be legalised. The Clerk was instructed to comply with Lbe rcqaest. I Mr W. G. Beard forwarded the result of the ease Mawiev v. Masterton Hoad Board ia which plaintiff was non-suited. Hb pointed out that the decision in this .above caso diametrically opposed to that tUfF Phillips v. Alfredton Boad Board, lately given in tha Masterton District Court, and in -which the facts in favor of the Alfred ton Eoait Board were much stronger than those in which the Masterton lioad ,B < *t&bgif r as interested. Mr Beard als<Pl§P" 5« giving hia opinion that the Hoard uad power to rite persons {other than/ natives) in occupation of native hinds for loans raised under the provisions of' " Government Loans to I*>«fe,< Bodies Act, 1686. IK^ A letter was read from N. OP* Christiansen in reference to a bridge over the creek at Femridge. Mr Beard wiote stating the Whireama Road Board had struck $, rats to raise funds to pay the dubt das to ■ the Masterton Board. II Mr G. H. Wftl.-h tn (K-

Mr G. H, Welch applied to tbs Board to open and make passable for traffic the road laid of through Mews Latham and Stuckey's properties,

August Petersen waited on the Board and asked that the bush road line to bis property migiJKLa felled, and offering to do the work at BBs per acre. The Overseer was instructed to interview thei adjoining property owners in'raferenca to having their portion felled. A. W. Cava waited on the Board and stated that Mr Brodie last year ploughed up a piece of the road adjoining his property, and it was quite possible the present hold*» might do the same unless the Bejpf gave him notice not to do so. X&*"' Overseer was instructed to attend to it.

Mr O, H. Welch waited on this Board relative to a road leading through Messrs Stuckey and Latham's property and his. Tba Overseer was instructed to inspect the line ard rejjori. He was also further instructed to meet Mr Welch and report on,the road required br Sirs Welch. It was resolved that Mr Beard be instructed to write to the "Whareama Board for the monies due to mLAlastertan Board.' That four gates be erected on the line ot road through Mr Fallooa'a property at Wangaebu, That the Betuming Officer takes fresh poll on the proposals to borrow .£IOO for repairing a road at Upper Manaia. The Inspector waß instructed to report upon roads requiring repairing, He was also instructed to put oa a - mau at the Opaki station and repair the road leading into it. Js^ That tbo Chairman interviflP Native Land owners in the Okurupet*Block, and ascertain what compensation they would require for & piece of Und for a road leading through the block. That a rate of 7-lCtha of a penny in the £be atruck on the rateable value on all the property within the district for the year commaueed Ist April, ISS9, and also a special rata of 11-24ths of a penny in the £on

sections 120, 121, 113, and pari section 9, Kopuarangi Block, io 4r interest on the sum of LSO to% borrowed under the Loans to Local Bodies Act.

The resignation of E. D. Dagg as Treasurer was accepted, and it. Wibone was appointed in his stead. Accounts amounting to LlO7 10s were passed for payment. The Overseer's report was read as follows:

Sin.—l have the honor to report for the information of tho Board as follows:

Upper Opaki Eoad : One hundred and forty yards of metal have been,,), placed upon thiß line of road, raked off, and rutsfilled in, but owingl|" to the continuous wet weather, improvements promise not to be so beneficial as waa expected, owing also to the heavy traffic to which tha road is subjected.. Mr Cotter baa not quite finishedihe work let to him, and it is useless to proceed further until the weather clears op, and the road is allowed to dry. Lower Manaia ; The clearing sHa deepening of tbe drains on the ifonaia road has been completed, and the most parts of the line have been repaired with metal obtained from the bottom of the drains. Wangaehu Road : Tins line is becoming impassable owing to the recent wet weather, and I would recommend that a man bo employe* occasionally to keep the water in proper channels, so aa to pravent 16 flowing over the road surface and thereby damaging the outer edges. In accordance with instructions I have visited tho breastworks on «iS railway line, and am of opinion that similar works would bo (suitable for Tp the requirements of the Bluff road, provided it wore placed On the pap» foundation, but am also of opinionthat it would be useless on clay. I hid, &c., M. McKenzie.