WAIMATE ROAD BOARD.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XX, Issue 2326, 14 January 1893, Page 2

WAIMATE ROAD BOARD.

(FBOM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT^ Aspeeial meeting of 4heJ>oard'was held on Wednesday, 11th January, when there were present at 11 o'clookMfessmPuilip MoOarthy, Henson, Blair, and Downey. After lunch adjournment : Messrs. Wood, and MoKeown. FINNERTV. BOAD LOAK. The Stratford Coaoty Ooaneil wrote stating- that it could not legally pay ooft* of preliminary expenses in connection with raising a loan outsid* of its own district, and desiring to press npon tht Waimate Boad Board, the necessity of the work leing pushed on. BeftoWtd, 3sat Oil loard will pay the preliminary The Stratford Council alw wrote with reference to the Preliminary 1 slips to be taken, arid asking whether the board wishes the council to take charw of the work and expend both loans. Bsiolved. That the Stratford County Council be informed that the board's share of eon* tracts ander loin moneys will only be paid on certificate of engineer to this board. (Henson— Wood). . ..'..,,. Resolved, That the moneys for which promissory notes hive been received (about £75) be rabrftttod £ for £, mA that any moneys aawaing from perpetual lease and deferred payment sonrecs be tfsed to pay the cost over the first estimated subsidy (namely, £40.) (Downey-— Henson,) • , . : . SXEET AND MANCtATOXi SOADS.' Berolved, That about £10 be expended in improving the ford road to.be done on* of general account. (D<H**»y— Wood) fcOHTTI ATO KATITAOStr: BOAPfel Mr. Struthers, by bis solicitor, wrote demanding £11 1b damages tllsged to have been done by the board to property near Okaiaws, or in, deficit of payment giving notice that a writ for £100 would be issued. Resolved, That a committee, eonsistiag of Messrs Stone ana Downsy, accompanied ;by engineer, meet Mr. Struthers if possible. on the groond, and endeavour to come , to -• t ssUlement. (McCarthy—Blair.) " J" ■ :3 XAKAUItpAD. V Mr. E. J. BHerm appliid to thVboexd to form the Manila roid' •bote Kaponpt, and to take steps with tie : Watford County Council to gravel tin slums No foods. . ' , ./ i -PAUIEU.BOAD.t '-,-.,',,., Mr. Martin appjia4<for a smaU «P«iditnre.r^BlsolvVd'.H'That STwaTbe formed; at a coat of about £2 qr £8. * . . contractor's ebpostt. VJ£ Besolved, T?hat £1 be refWiet-to J, Rowellont of general aocoant, ; ]£f«Gar« thy— Downes.) . ■ „ -. r i c j -i#it ■ SBBEHOAD. ,- t Besolved, That eight^dawLwotk be done, to be paid for out otgennaTafeonnt. (Wood— McCarthy.) ( r /, i y\ y » , „' ~r PLOUGHING UP BOADS. * 1 m Besolved, That the ,engi«eer pifeare n single-furrow plough and tfear. . . r " „ . BUEflok tiafo. . :%^ , B; Bnrgon attended, and aske»»| tbe sum of about £6fr*owvin 'bada wrsx. penaed in forming that, pbrtfoni rf tbe road running down .to tb# ritst.— Held over until next meetings „ r j }„• ]'.# Fresh tenders will be oaniyrfor; flir workaatborised on this road. '. % BOWAN BOAD. ' A :. D. Murphy wrote requesting tftst the drain that bad' been, made thNtngb his land 1 be fenced, as it was da«erons to cattle.— Agreed to. (Hensoo-^Wood.) SO ABOrry OF LABOK. '•:.,, The members of theboardlbsdj^loiir conversation with regard to thf f»ii>fferr coming in for works. It was stttil that it was almost a matter 1 of impossibility to get men to do tbe ordinary work of the board, and that as a consequence tbe eammer, was paaiing, but the worki in band did not. nearly repwsent t|« fall spending power of the. toard. Yarioui suggestions were offered, Irat no ißtsps were taken to advertise outside the county for labor, as tbe engineir considered that a premium vonld thus be given to uielese men to fioek into the diitriot.?..S»veral members said that for private work of the utmost urgency they b*s eiperieoeed for months tbe greatest difficulty in obtaining labor of any sort. ' 1 *

TENDERS.

682— Hastings toad, side tracks. 665 — Palmer road, side tracks. 668— 'Lower Ahaipaipa roid« gravelling. No tenders wen accepted for the above, tenders all being considered too high. 646— Hunter road, earthwork: Gletfc worth (accepted), £7 98 63. V * 662— Stuart road, , earthwork :?. <£lent* worth (accepted), 9sd per yard. 666— Ahaipaipa road, iid*< tracks; Hayward (accepted), ,8s 6d per chain.

ACCOUNTS. Simpson, £3; Gnllen, £1 8s 9d; Benporath, 10s; Davenport, £1 8a; Gilmoar and Falkner,,£l 6s 6d; lanes abd Co., £1 2s; Postmaster, £3; Scott; >r,£2; Hawera County Council (ratet), £881 17* 6d ; Irving, £12 Ids ; Clement, £5 15 i 6d ; Campion, £11 11b; Tindle, £5 12s; Malouev. £1 16s; Ferratt, £1 MM; Linn, £5 15s OdY Hayward, £5,