WAITOA ROAD BOARD

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2649, 4 July 1889, Page 2

WAITOA ROAD BOARD

The ordinary monthly mooting of the Waitoa Road Board took place in t'io Nottingham Castle Hotel, Morrinsville, last Saturday in spite of the great downpour of rain. Present: Messrs W. I'. Chepiuell (in the chair), J. Horrell and J. Turnbull. Mr Pavitt. the engineer, also turned up from To Aroha, Damage bv I'r.oon.—The chairman and the clerk on neaiiug Morrinsville learned from one of Mr Turnbull's sons that they could not get to the place of meeting with their horses on account of a culvert being washed away at the railway bridge in Morrinsville. So consigning their horses to their informant who had very considerately to obtain them, they along with Mr Tmnbull made tracks on foot and found on arriving at the place where the culvert had been that a number ot men were employed in putting two groat beams of wood across to enable foot passengers to cross. It seems that Mr Harrison, the manager of the Lockerby estate, 011 finding the culvert gone had employed the men to fetch the beams and put them across. It was found also that the culvert next the Nottingham Castlo Hotel, Morrinsville, 011 the Hamilton road had been washed away. Mr Harrison, on seeing both culverts gone and knowing that it would take some time to replace them, very kindly came to the rescue, and not only allowed the temporary use of some bridge timber that happened to be 011 the estate at some considerable distance from Morrinsville, but employed men and waggons to fetch it and put up two temporary bridges, which they had finished before night. It is needless to say that the members of tho Board are very much obliged to Mr Harrison. Th.n'DKlls.— The following tenders were received for the work on Lovegrove's road : Jas. (>T>iien, .620 10s (accepted); K Voysey, t'3-l 10s ; Bellamy and Busby, £33 10s. 'Ditch to hh Clbaskp.—lt was decided to deepen the ditch on the road by Ngatumanga, regarding which Mr Jones had written to tho Board, on condition that he pay half the cost of deepening the ditch and spreading the good stuff dug out of it on the road. , Payments. — Accounts amounting to i-io l'Js Gd were passed for payment,