AKAROA AND WAINUI ROAD BOARD.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 344, 4 November 1879, Page 2

AKAROA AND WAINUI ROAD BOARD.

Saturday, No. 1

A-meeling .of this Board was held on lhe.> tfljove date 'at their,, offices, Duvauch'eUoVßay. , ;"" .. "* '■. ' Present — Mesas' Chappell (Chairman), Curiy, M'Dpnakl 'and Shadbolt. / - iNXEBVIKWS. ', Mr M'Phail waited on the Board in reference to a supply of pipes for the culverts ■'Mount Bossti road contract. Ctprk was instructed to inform Mr M'Phail as to the size and position of the the culverts. Mr M'Phail also wished to know how he was tcr> break/- down rMr Bhodesj gorse fence, near McKay's house. It arranged that Mr M'Phail should be instructed as to this matter in a few days. " Mr Broiigh was in attendance to put in a letter requesting the Board to settle the claim of himself and Mr David, for the lioiseshoe-bend contract, in accordance with the recomme"hdation of the Engineer. It was decided to postpone consideration of the letter for a week, when a special meeting would be held for the purpose. CORRESPONDENCE. Letters were read— ■. . i From Mr 11. H. lihodcs, in reply, stating that he should require £20 an acre for any land the Board might require in excess of what was given in exchange. Alao the additional fencing to be paid for. Eesolved that the offer be accepted. From W.: Montgomery, Esq., M.H.E., stating that he had made; enquiries of the Colonial Treasurer as to the payment of the subsidy due to the Board', and had learived.-4h-at-it wo-uld be -paid as-soon ac ■the accounts were made up. From 11. 11. -Fenton, Esq., reporting that he had inspected Kenny's contract, and that it had not been completed to his satisfaction. -1 lie recbinmended the Board to put tnori on to complete the work. From Sir W. Kenny, on the same subject, stating that he had carried O'it the additional work as directed by Mr Fenton.

Consideration of the two letters was allowed to stand over till a later stage of the proceedings. From Mr JW. C. Latter, enclosing a letter to himself from Messrs Harper and Harper, asking for further particulars as to tho road diversion (summit road) through Mr Lattery pro pert}'. The Clerk was directed to procure and forward the necessary plans.

Mr C. Green, asking that something might be done to the upper part of the Long Bay road, immediately, as it was hardly passable in wet weather. The matter to stand over for the present.

From Messrs Wise and Co., asking for certain information for insertion in their New Zealand Directory.

The Clerk was instructed to furnish the information required, and to order a copy of tho publication.' bull's road. The Clerk reported as to the probable cost of the stone crossing on this road asked for by Mr Hammond. It was resolved that the work should stand over for the present. odell's road. The Chairman stated that the contractors for this work were not carrying it out satisfactorily. The grade was not at all good. It was impossible t.'iat they were carrying it out according to specifications. Proposed by Mr M'Donald—" That Mr Fenton and Mr Dnxbury be instructed to visit the work,, and see whether the contractors are carrying out the work according to* specifications, and. report to the Board." " ' " •An amendment was proposed by Mr Curry tb tho" effect that Mr Duxb.ury alone should inspect and report on the work. After considerable discussion, the Chairman declared both the motion and amend- ;

„, .f , , ~ CONTRAC,* , .. , " jlii aefciiitiQejto tjhls wWk', it Was resolved Mr JFenton's report to tlio contractor, iiifouuing.hun that the -BbaHCcould"TitTt take the work off , his haiidfc witlioujrthe engineer's certificate; j , PDfirta PEAK? ijbftD. ," J ,An application. was received frem the '.contractor fo.r 'thi&f work, asking for, payment , •»'*»-■?!> liesol'ved that the contractor , { be < requested to finish the work according to specification. ' , , , Tlndurs. Tlie following- tenders for tha-Sujninit •rrmd" wore openfd v 2-* ", -»-•-— -, > Thoh. Johnson, tivo inonth\o(!Goo. liipoks, threo.moflths^CdSGNys. lVJ , iitjPA , Siinilb.olt*ij»l , cHfnil. V \ \ llall and Sweeney, five months, JLS2o . fQOan/l tender accepted. » PAYMENia. J , Jl'ho tollowjug accounts passed for ji.i} niont: — \kaboa M\IL .-£ll 10 6 .W. Vogan. 3 0 0 T. Shackell, do 0 7 0 J. Berwick, pile shoes, &c. ... 5 0 0 '—' Murphy, 'laboif ...• ... 0 7(0 ti; Slater, do ..." ..." . . 14 6 11. Wright, do 0 8 0 J. Biggs, do 2 5 9 Eeed and Wallace, iron work 4 0 0 IS. Giles, bullock hire 6 5 0 T. Martindalo, carpenter's work 5 5 0 R. Close, labor 0 10 0 J. Gunning! 3rd progress payment 80 0 0 0. Burns, second do ... ... 50 0 0 Fenton and Wilkins 18 18 0 T. S. Johnson and Co., Long Bay"road contract ... .'.. 149 15 0 S. Onrregli, Onuku road ... 58 18 0 Garwood and Co., tools, &c. .... 3 3,0 Cairns and Co.. Long Bay road • 236 9 0 Eclmondson and Co., Okain's road ■>... 223 7 9 — JRankin, labor 0 17 6 rKennedy, do, , ••• 110 0 CJurtis, Ohuku slips .... ... 10 0 0

" ': ■•■ " ■ ' ; - ' 0 The Board then adjourned till November 8, when a special meeting will be, held.