CAMBRIDGE HIGHWAY BOARD.

Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1580, 19 August 1882, Page 2

CAMBRIDGE HIGHWAY BOARD.

i ! The ordinary nionthly meeting of the above board was held at Mr Runciman's house, Broadmeadows,' on Wednesday last. There was a full attendance of members with the exception of Mr Runcimuh. The board having gone round the district on a tour of inspection to see what woi-ks were 'necessary and requiring immediate , attention, it was estimated that something like £1000 would be required to enable the board to effect the necessary improvements. This sum includes the debt which was bequeathed to them by the previous board. From a statement of accounts laid before the meeting, the liabilities of the old board when they left office amounted to £140. The l'ates collected annually in the district only reach £400 ; and this being the case it was decided to call a special meeting of the ratepayers to consider the advisability of striking a special rate.— The following is the schedule of works deemed necessary to be undertaken this year and for which a special rate is thought desirable :—Fencing gravel pit at cemetery (estimated cost) ' £1 10s ; clearing Mangahau road, £6 ; draining, fascining, &c, £6 10s ; road forming near Dougherty's, £5 ; gravelling near Hitching's, £9 ; do. near Maclean's, £3 10s : forming and gravelling near Fen Court, £70 ; do. Tamahere road, £75 ; gravelling near Hautapu school, £6 ; proposed Hautapu station j road from cemetery past Al will's to Hamilton road (2 miles) £150 ; road from Hautapu station past ( No/grove's and Beeres ;toj iHamilto* ! tya(c{ r (2i ™ ile s) £200 ; main road 1 gravelling from MartynV culvert! to /Jtiautaqm schoolhouse, £60 ; repairs to main road, £25 ; Clarks Gully culvert (very -urgent) £21 103. — In the ' matter of closing the tramway road the board expressed their willingness that the road should be closed, provided a road is made alongside the new railway line between the Fen Court station and the cemetery station on the Victoria road. — In the matter of the station on the Cambridge Hamilton line near Hautapu, the board having made a minute inspection of the district, decided to recommend to the* Government that the station should be situated as fixed by their own engineei-, and not removed as had been' recommended by a few petitioners in the district ; the station where it is at present fixed being for the benefit of seven-tenth of the settlers. — It was resolved that the members of the board attend the next ordinary meeting of the county council to protest against th,e money which stood to the credit of their district being hypothecated for the Karapero bridge.