AKAROA AND WAINUI ROAD BOARD.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LIII, Issue 2771, 12 May 1903, Page 2

AKAROA AND WAINUI ROAD BOARD.

A iii.eting of this Board was held on S_t urday ; present—Messrs J. X Newtrn (in the chair), Peitigtuw, Ne. begin, OheeLl.y, and Piper. MINUTES. The minutes of last meeting were lead and confirmed. ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN. Mr H. W. Piper, in movicg that Mr J. R Nevv'oi be ra elected as Chvirrnan, referred to tne many valuable services rendertd by that gin leman to the ratejayers. Mr Newbeg.u seconded, aud also p-id a tribute to the indubtry and ability of the Chairman. Messrs Checkley and Pettigrew expressed similar opinions. Mr Newton was unanimously elected, and suitably replied. DEPARTMENT OF ROADS. The District Road Engiueer wrote asking for schedule of amount required for r« ads, bridges, etc., in the district for which the Board wished provision to be made on the Roads Estimates 1903 4. The schedule w»uld be sent lo Wellington with the Engineer's estima'.es and recimmtnda'ions. Requests should be cj. fined to wui.a of great urg.ncy only. It was .esolved to make a r.que.t for £150 for the metalling of Long Bay ro.d. BELLS ROAD. Mr James B<own waited on the Board re Bell's road, which badly tequired repairing. There were 13 chains on the flat requ red metalling, and this would take about 100 yds of metal. There were 300 yds of li ling required, and the work, as a whole, would cose some whet c about, £40. There were some 62 chains of the road ou the hill requited considerable repair. He offered to rep.ir the 62 chains at Is 61 per chain. Mr JJ. W, Piper moved —Tnat Mr Brown's offer to repair the 62 chains at li 6_ per .chain, and find 300}ds of filing, at la per yard, b. accepted. Seconded by Mr Newbegin and carried. The question of the metal was left over till nejc. meeting. FORtMHN'S REPORTS Thoe. L Comte teprrts that since 1 ,st meeting, Old Pigo.n li-iy t and Kelly's Road j»nd Barry. B»y Valley Koad have been repaired, one f..d metalled and footbridge erected, but having no cement was unable to poiut footbridge. Trie two ca-d.B of cement sent from Wuinui were no good, being sco in ihe cask, tie has repured Old F:ench Farm Road on Barry's Bay side. Stones have b.en carted to fill up place scoured cut on upper side of French Faun bridge, above the bridge there is a cor_er that requires cutting off to give c eek a straight course through the bridge. At present, the water pit.h.s on to top iid s of wing wall, and will in time work through the bridge. Before cutting is done, Mr Br. cherie's permission will have to be asked, as it is on his own land. \V ji. Wrigh.'s road has been ero.ned up from end to end, and one new culvert put in French Earm Valley Road and Stephen Hunt's Road have been attended to. He is now on Okaiu's Road, crowning up aud putting in the new culverts. There is a good lot of work on this road, an. he a.ks permission lo keep the extra hands fir a w.ek or two to ge. the heaviest work dDne. All the wor.t work has been done at Little Kiver a_d the extra hands kuocked off.

IT. Bunny repots that the lower end f Lighthouse Roa 1 i. flushed tin. in very wood or. er. He put in one new culveit, 'Te is nov working a.t qu try on Long Bay Road an 1 will soon ti.iah the lower heap. X A- Johnson reports that McD.ntld'fl road has b=en finished, and that he is now crowuiiijr the Vulley Road, and will next attend to Jubilee, Eossu and Cemetery Roads, The reports were adopted. FINANCE Receipts Bince last meo iag—Pound Fc.6., 91; Rates 1902 3, £38 1J 2I; total £38 12s Id. Balance to Credit at 8ank.8e397 14i 91. The report was adrpted. ALLEN'S ROAD The Chairman said he had been to sea Mr White about this road, s .greed, on the Thursday, but he w.mot then ready, and putitrff till the f .llovvi ig Monday, whea he, himself, was not able to be present. However, in the present state of things, he thought the matter might be conveniently left over. It was currently reported thit tie Little River Road Boa d intend d to annex that p.\rb of the Akaroa aid Wainui Road Board District in which glen's road was situated, and the conaent?!f.o do the work tai been obtained before anything had been said of the proposed severance. The question arose as lo wh_ther they would be jaft.fied in .pending £100 in this locality, when it was proposed to rem we it from 'heir control

Mr Checkley agreed. He did not like backing out from any promise that had been mad*, but oonti lered the proposal to sever that port of the district amply justified them in hoi ling the matter over. He moved —Thit the matter of Allen's road be left over fir the presen . the quesbion of seve ance. Mr P,p_r sec-.! dcd Mr F.ttigrcw the work should be do_.e. That part cf the di.trict had received a small portion of the expenditure, and tin work had b.en passaJ. The Chairma. siid there hal been considerable expenditure in that part of the dis rict recent'y, for in the 'a.t ten yews the whole of it had be.n practically roaded by the Board, ar.d now what was wanted was me al ing. Il mu4 be runembe r.d that it was not a new road now asked f r, bub an improved on. to thit already ia existence. Mr New 1 ..g0 t4reed that the matter could be well held over for the present, as ib was only a question of improvement on an already existing road The resolution was then put an I oanied, Mr Pet igrew dissenting. HEALTH OFFICER. The Ohairmin said he had seea the health officer, Dr Hargreaves, re the supposad case of ery?ipe'is, and had b.en informed the patient had quite recovered. saddler's bridge. Mr X.wlegin eaid he thought totara decking could b. got in Wainui for thi bridge at 25s or 26s 6d ye: 100 ft. The Clnirman stid it would co3t 16s 6d per 100 ft. at Duvaucheile' o , and it would be cheaper to cart it round. This course wa- agreed to. NOTICE cf motion. The Chairman moved the following notioa of motion standing in hi 3 name—That steps be taken to form ths Akaroa and Wainui R ad Board into a County. After bief discussion, it was resolved that th 9 Board go into Committee to consider the question of forming the Road Board into a separate County. : On re.-umirig, the Chairman reported that the following res jlution9 had been pa. Ed in Committee :-(l) 7 hat the Clerk writ.' to the Little Rive- R-ai Board, asking if the r inintend to take steps to form the Board Intola Ojuu y, a.d intended in doing so. to \ 4slude of the Akaroa and Wainui Road Board Li-trict in the said intended County. (2) That in the event of the Board receiving a reply in tha affirmative, the Chairman, Messrs Piper and Checkley b. a Committee to take what steps they consider necessary. TEMDBRS. Ihe following tenders were received for breaking metal at Wainui: —Amos Arnold, 3s 9d per yard; T. Ls Comte, jr, and P. Shadbolt, 4s 6 . per yard. The tend i of Amoa Arnold was accepted. No tenders were received for tho Crown Island Road. ACCOUNTS. Aco.unts amounting to £140 were passed for payment and the Board adjourned to June 13th.