ORMONDVILLE ROAD BOARD.

Bush Advocate, Volume I, Issue 63, 29 September 1888, Page 2

ORMONDVILLE ROAD BOARD.

The monthly meeting of the above BoaM Was held pn Thursday in the towri,Boar,d Office. Present : Messrs Leach (chair), Bfabazon, Andrews, Packer and'Henspri. Minutes of previous meeting read, and on the motion of Messrs Hensen and Andrews confirmed as read. . A letter was read from My F. Hollins} claiming balance . of account f6r collecting £83 rates' at five- per cent., ,also af ew items for takiug out summopses, and mileage, preparing rate i book, etc.— The Chairman said .that he had been through the rate book | and found it correct. There were a few shillings more due to the collector. | — The collector reported that out of. I £81 2s 6sd he had received £76 13s 4d. The collector stat ed that in addition to the money paid by him in suing for rates he had attended the court three times, but he would not say that he would not have been at the court if not on the, Board's account—A discussion, of a rather conversational nature ensued , on the question of witnesses' expenses in cases where rates were su«d for, the collector stating that he had been informed by the late chaiiman that he could not claim for expenses in cases where rates were sued for. and had ! not, therefore, applied to the Bench for his expenses, while several of those present held the opinion that in such cases the magistrate had power to grant expenses. It was finally resolved, on the motion of Mr Andrews, seconded by Mr Henson.* That the collector be £aid 5s for the half day which he claimed to have lost in attending to the Board's business, and the account(£4 l2s 9i) was accordingly passed for payment. Mr Hensen reported that Mr Packer and himself had acted on the authority of the Board in the matter on Wilson's Road. They bad found that the best way of doing the work according to their judgment, w_as to put in a culvert. Mr Davis had offered to do the work and f eU the tree on the road for £2, and they had therefore employed him to do the work, as the price demanded was a ! reasonable one. He would ask the I Board to approve of what bad been | done. Mr Packer was of opinion that the work was properly carried out, and that this was the best way of doing the work in question,—- Mr Hensen would state that pipes had been obtained from the old road, and had been put in on Wilson's Road. — On the motion of Mr Hensen, seconded i by Mr Packer. Mr Davis's account of | £2 was passed. ! Mr Andrews would ask the Board I to pass and take over the completed portion of Mr Maycock's contract on Ormond Road." The work had been executed-in the best possible manner, and the contractor was anxious to have this part taken over, because if left until the whole of the contract was finished it would be impossible to tell how the partatpresentcompleted had been done. If left alone the cattle would soon sdoU the formation, and it was hardly tair to Mr Maycock to makahira answerable for the damage that straying cattle would do. He did not believe in impounding cattle but the present state of things could not be allowed to go on much longer, and he would like to see a pound here. Sooner or later they would have to have a pound. Mr Hensen would like to know if a pound could not be got here. It was time there was one here as well as at other places. He would like to see some action taken in the matter; could not the Board make a resolution on the matter and draw the Town Board's attention to it. * The Chairman had always been in favor of having a pound here and thought that something might be done in the direction of getting one. Mr Andrews considered the state of the roads disgraceful. He would move that with the money allocated by the former Board the part of the Ormond Road be made from Mr Grants tram. (In reply to a question) There was, he believed a sum of £75 voted for that road. Mr Hensen : How much is owing. Mr Andrews : £42 5s was the amount of that contract. He (Mr Andrews) had stepped the bad pait ; it was about 10 chains. Something ought to be done to allow the floods to escape. His garden had been destroyed by the late flood. He would like some members of the Board to go and see the road, but they should have a good map. Mr Brabazon knew that there was a good map belonging to the Board somewhere. He would like to see all the maps collected and kept so that they would know where to find them. Mr Heosen thought that someone ought to go, say Mr Packer, and see where the money should be spent. Mr Andrews again urged that something should be done on that road. The Chairman was inclined to think that the balance of the money would make the road right down to Maycock's. Mr Andrews thought that some of the bridges were getting rotten and were quite unsafe. They might be filled in. Mr Hensen : Would you go and see the road, Mr Packer 1 Mr Packer would go and see what could be done if provided with a good map. The Chairman said there was a Sood map belonging to the Board at is place. Mr Hensen would move that Messrs Andrews and Packer go and see the part complained of. Mr. Brabazon thought it would be as well to allot all the money for the year at once and that would allow of a good job being made of the road. Mr Andrews did not think that a good road could be got without removing the loose top soil. If they cut down to the papa a good road would be got, if not the road would not stand. Mr Hensen thought that if money could be got to do the work metal should be put on the road, but that would depend on whether metal pould be got near the roa.4 Mr Andrews knew that there was plenty of good metal to be got near the road, The Chairman said that while all these stray cattle were about it would be useless to make roads without metalling them. Mr Packer thought that if the work was done at the same rate as Maycock's contract there would be money to spare., ?ur Brabazon would b$ yft {avsr. of getting the Oq^nty Overseer tpjay out tfife'yprk. He would like to, know kovf TOa>y cMua \km wsre, qj

the road in question. \ The Chairman .thought .there were about 20,0r ; .3$ chains, or perhaps 2s to 30chains. On the motion of Messrs; Andrews, and Brabazop, Mr. Maycpck's contract, was passed as far as completed, Messrs ; Andrews ? and Packer; tjaf inspect' the? work and pass it=i£ satisfactory. : Mr Hensen- wpuW move that the same two gentlemen lay out the work' to be done. ' Mr Brabazpn qbj eoted. They had wasted qu:te'enough ; money already. Mr Hensen did hot think that the members of the Board would waste mpre money than the Overseer would do v Some of the work passed by him had been very badly done indeed. Mr Leach thought i| best to get the Overseer to lay out the work. Mr Andrews was of. opinion that the. Overseer or an engineer should lay out the work ; a non-professional man could not do it. > Mr Packer would see that the. work was carried out according to specifications if the, County Overseer laid out the work, and he wduld move that the County Overseer be employed to lay out the work; < x Mr . Brabazon seconded. Carried with the addition that tenders be called in time for accepting by next meeting. Mr Brabazon would propose that the .£SO, deferred payment thirds, be spent on Mann's road* the work to be laid out by the County Overseer, and tenders be called for both roads at the same time. Seconded by Mr Andrews and carried, the work to be formation and metalling. Mr Groom would ask permission to make an inquiry as to whether there was anything on the Board's minutes respecting a vote for Dongi's road." Mr Packer said that the Board was prepared to pay half the cost of making that road, but they looked to the Town Board to contribute the other half. .- ■ A short debate ensued, which terminated in the Town Board's Clerk stating that he. had written to the Town Board Solicitor on the matter, but had not received a reply, and the matter dropped. Mr Hensen asked for a little gravel to be put on Wilson road, at the place where Davis had put in the pipes. Howes had offered to cart good metal there for 2s a load, and 10 loads would do. It would also need a man for one day to fill in the ruts and spread the metal. Mr Brabazon wanted to know what was meant by a load. Would there be a yard in a load I ; Mr Packer : Howes says that he will bring a yard in each load. Mr Hensen said that Howes had promised to take full loads and would put three, or four horses in the dray so as to do so. The road was in a wretched state, the wheels had sunk through to a depth of 18 inches, ancl there had been very little if any' metal put on some parts of the road. The Chairman : It appears that others than the Overseer pass bad wcvk, then (laughter). Mr Hensen moved that the work be authorised. Mr Brabazon seconded and the motion was ; carried, Messrs Hehson and Packer to see the work done. Mr Brabazon reported that there was a place on Newling's road where the pipes, were choked Up, and asked to have the matter attended to as soon as the water was low enough to allow of that being done. Left in: Mr Brabazon's hands on the motion of Mr Hensen. An account of £1 for stamps and stationery was passed. Mr Hensen suggested that the Board have three forms made for the convenience of the public. Left in the Chairman's hands. Mr J. J. Brown applied to have a road cleared which would gtve access to his property on Buckland's road. Mr fiollins • was appointed clerk, returning officer, and rate collector to the board. Mr Packer moved that a special meeting be called for the 12th of October for the purpose of borrowing money un^er the ''Loans to Local Bodies Act," the Chairman to look up the law on the subject and see if a meeting at that date would be in accordance with the Act. , On the motion o£ Mr Hensen, seconded by Mr Brabazon, it was decided to call for tenders for clearing one mile of Buckland's road. On the motion of Mr Brabazon it was resolved that the attention of the Ormondville Town Board be called to the road between Thomson's corner and Fotherp ill's corner. The Board then adjourned.