EPSOM ROADING SCHEME.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 232, 29 September 1915, Page 9

EPSOM ROADING SCHEME.

XOAN OF £75,000 REQUIRED. A POLL TO BE TAKEN.

Various i.mere connected with ta'e Btw loading s-lieme submitted by Mr. John Roger.-, engineer to the ■ Epsom ■jjoid Board, came before that boa/<tet >«ie fortnightly meeting last night. The -eiainaan (Mr. V. H. Wood) introduced tbe' question by moving that the. BawxVf •c«pt th e neu scheme a» submitted by <ie engineer, subject to the amendments that might later be considered advi*able.. ' Sir K. •'■ <larke seconded the motion. }Ir E- Clay objected to the suggestion af leaving to any right to ajnjonJ tfce 6cheme. as it would give the incouj'.fug Board power to do ac it- liked. FiMl'r the s< heme was adopted as cub- . fitted by the Engineer at the last mffft' ' jsg. It was also decided to take a poll of • f«tep»ycrh on Wednesday, NovemWr~lDi JBl5, to authorise raising a loan ot

',£75,000. - The chairman explained that -Cl&OQ, ins allocated to Manukau Road. He loped that «ould be only the Doarl's (DBtributiuii to a united scheme to form*, Jtinukau Koad from Newmarket to OneburtS'i- He thought, too, that a Commission should allocate the contrjba; tjone to be paid by the various local bodies using Manukau Boad. Thore. v>as also £7000 for surface drainage of the jo»ds. ■ That was a matter thai hid hitherto given the Board a lot of and must be faced. Therj was also another £1000 for plant, including a steam roller. The chairmaji itaid the fcfrt that Manukau Road -wa* a. main arterial one between the waters .ni Ufaitemata and Maaukau, should make • very strong case for a Royal Commislioa to aJlo<ato the cost Upon all bodies using it, including the Oty oi Auckland. t The Clerk i Mr said in striking, jhe rate if the loan was authorised they irou.ld require to go on the preewit ,*a]uatio n of £ 1,T40.30e, as there could tot be a fresh valuation until MarW 3r next year. At six per cent, a penny in the pound would raise £4478 5,6, l>ut that would not be sufficient, n> iUUoO *ras required to cover the ten per cent txtra. He had hoped a penny in the. pound would have been etifEeieni, hut the Board would require to strike one penny and one-eighth in the pound, which would return £5035 18/2. _. t , GILLIES AVENUE. Messrs. Jackson, Russell, Tunke, and CWller wrote re Mrs M. .T. Buekiand'e property. Gillies Avenue and School Poad, btatinp that, under the new roadiax scheme, their client's land would, b? damaged by the reduction of the levels of the wo roads. It »v pointed out that a portion oi the area would- be perched up 11 to 12 feet. They, therefore, a-sked the Board to undertake within two years to cut down the level, of her corner section to not more than four feet above the final level of these two roads; to create a concrete retaining wall. In return for this th«- Board was to be alloweJ to take all the etone for road-making purposes, free of cost. The matter wa* referred to the chairsnan to consult with the' Board's tsolici"torr. - The scheme submitted by Mr. Rnger*is a comprehensive' one. ftiiliee Avehue »nd The Drive are to be formed substantially, no grade to be greater than lii.