TAOTAOROA ROAD BOARD.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2046, 18 August 1885, Page 3

TAOTAOROA ROAD BOARD.

Tub usual iimnthh meeting' of this boaid was held at Cambridge <>n S.itmd.iy last Present: Messrs Hunt (ehaiiman), Bum skill, Killendu and Hilly Stonk\ Cnthh Ilium. h Tin- following tondeis was received for this woik — "Worlhington, UU4 ; .Tolin Lord, t"»L> l"w, andHspei hundred for working old timber ; 4^M. Dillon, l'!>l!)s; I). Campbell, tll2 ; Keir, t'« 10s, and 8s for old timber ; Meiedith, £1W 17n and (is foi old timboi. Loids teudei «as .accepted. Tho enpinceiV estimate w.is tt2O. The e.iif,'ineci it was tho cliu.vnest woik he had kno\Mi in the W.ukato for five years, Some discussion ensued as to how the money should be raised for the woik. Mr l^i un>»kill thought they should exert themHehes to get the sioncy undei the Roads and Budges Constitution Act. The other nuMnbers wero of the wmc (tpinion, but questioned the feasibility of such a means. - The clerk pointed out that the county ' council would ha\e to bo applied to, as such an application under this act would have to bo made through them. It was ngieed to mako the necessary application through the council.— On tho motion of Mr Brunskill, Lord's tender was accepted for tho woik. Winrmui, R<nn. — Thomas Bruce wrote complaining of the state of the road nppi Ditching 1 his place from the Auckland Company's lino onwards. There were three wain pa to cross, and se\ei.il \eiy bwl holes which horses had Ricat difficulty in stiuggliug through. The grade in .some places was hardly «afe for a sledge. He was willing to contribute liberally to the work, on condition that he should carry out the woik. — Mr Brtice's offer was .ie cepted, conditionally ; the nutter to be im ranged by the engineer. Sevei.il accounts weie p.T-«od foi pay. Vp ment.