Eketahuna Road Board.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3432, 11 February 1890, Page 2

Eketahuna Road Board.

The ordinary.meeting of tbe Board ' • mb held on Saturday. PrtsentMessrs Anderson (Cbaii raan), Bright, Matheson, and Morris. : The minutes of tbe previous meeting were read and confirmed. After the correspondence bad been ■ read tbe chairman proceeded to opon tlie tenders for tlio various road contracts iu tbe Parkville settlement and tbe Wellington NoT Block. Tenders for 85 chains of metalling • (Parkville) were Sparksniaiv and Co, £4l 2s Gd; (accepted) D. MoGill and Lower, £42 )9s 0?; A. Anderson, £4o7sGd; 60chains of jmetulling, Parkville, A. ■ Andersen, £O3 16s (accepted), D. McGill and Ccf., £67 IDs Gd; M. P. Britt, £llßs 0(1 chain; 70chains formation, Parkville, Kenny and Thomas, £2015s (lowest) Sparkes and Co., £203) H. Fredericks oil, £210; J. Walsh, £2BO. Tbe engiiioers estimate for the contract being considerably lower. it was' • decided to call for fresh tenders. Ono mile formation, -Wellington " No 1" Mr Sheban and Haiubrook, £B4O, accepted; W. Konny and Co, 1889 , . iOs. n, Mr King said be. bad inspected * the proposed road fcomi the Mangaone ceutral road to Mr' Trench's section and lie estimated it would cost about £2O to make a rough pack track, 'l'hn chairman elated that all the money due from the thirds on that road was only £7lO so that boßaw no way of getting the road through for the present. It was subsequently • arranged with Mr French, to.form the track for thoßUtnof £lB, to take in payment theieof tho;£7loi now due, it and to wait till there was Euffiaient accrued thirds to pay. him the remainder. ■' Tbe chairman said Mr Timmons wished to address the Board. Mr l'iminons stated that he was of opinion that the Board could,not legally . spend any of the borrowed money on. l ; tbo deviation of the road tbrougti Mr' ■

tyversens section for fencing. As this was a point of technical law, it it was referred to Mesprs Hichraond and lMmond, solicitors, Wellington, Mr Timraoiiß filso requested that'the acrued thirds on sectioni 64, 65 and 75 should be spout in making an approaoh from tho rivet reserve to his place. . , . . Mr McLaclilan here addressed the Board, lie stated that at the previous meeting of thefloard some of, the ; members had made speeches against'' him of a damaging nature.. He believed those mcmbors were Mr Mfttheson and Mr Nielsen. They bad reported that a road contract let to Messrslieesterand Harding andwbioh he (Mr MoLachlan) had "passed for ; payment was not'up to measurement'f> and badly finished. He stated that this was incorrect. The road had been completed in a, satisfactory manner.,. MrMcJjaohlan had asked a follow engineer to inspect the work and he agreed with him that the worn lmd ' been satifactorily completed. He thought that in all'probability Mug had crept into the matter, as he lmd had occasion to condemn some of the work'dono by Mr Matheson on his contract. Any way he questioned the right of any member of the Board to interfere with his work. It would only occur onco with any engineer. At the time that. Mr Matheson and Mr Nielsen had measured the rud they were driving sheep over its and this fact in itself was sufficient to account' for any deficiency m the width of the ■ embankments. Mr Nielsen being' absent Mr i Matheson in reply said he was sorry i it had occurred. He was ouly trying to do what was right, Why lie had felt io strongly in the matter waa becauso the account had been .passed for payment at' a special mootiilgiand i he had no idea the matter would crop up or he would have been there. He considered he had been treated in a [ shabby manner by not being informed ■ of the matter. ■ He, sti|l i maintained : • that the road had not been done as it < should have been. Mr Bright said he had been on the . road, but riot all over it, and ho Baw : , nothing wrong.' ■' Mr McLaclilan said he would liko i the voice of the Board on the mutter. ' The Board passed a resolution that ' they were satisfied with Mr Mo- - Lachlan's work. :: ■ i Mr Bright moved that in future all complaintsshould be made'in writing, , as this would condense the mutter . and - save a lot of tho Board's time, i which was now wasted. Tho reijolu-, , tion was carried. ■ • After some minor business bad been [ ooncluded, accounts to tho amount I of £SBO 103 5d were .passed, for i payment. With this the meeting" ; adjourned. . .