ROAD BOARDS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 5009, 9 March 1877, Page 3

ROAD BOARDS.

LINCOLN.

A meeting of this Board was held in the office, Prebbleton, on Thursday, March 1; present—Messrs J. N. Tots will (Chairman), Maakrey, and Perryman. The Surveyor read his report—ln reply to a letter to the Halswell Boad Board in reference to re-letting the contract for cleansing the river Halswell, the Surveyor was requested to state that the Lincoln Boad Board would be happy to eontribute a reasonable sum for tbe purpose, the work to ba under the supervision of the Holtwell Board; also, to ask for an estimate of tbe total coat of the work. —In answer to a letter received from Mr Bobert Aiken relative to out gone lying upon a public road opposite to Mr Parker’s property, near Prebbleton, the Surveyor was instructed to reply that notice had already been given to Mr Parker, and that, if tbe naitanoe complained of was not immediately removed, the Board would cause the same to be doneat hie ooit.—The Surveyor informed the Board that be bad attended the Provincial Auditor on Jon. 19, and tbat the books, account*, vouchers, &c., had been satisfactorily passed and signed by him as correct. —Correspondence was read at follows: —From Mr G. A. Buck, offering to prepare the ratepayers’ list for the electoral roll for the sum of £5. The Chairman informed the Board that he had authorised the Surveyor to accept Mr Buck’s offer.—From the Colonial Treasurer, requesting to know the name of the Bonk at which the Board keep tbeir account. —From the Registrar-General, Wellington, requesting tbat certain forms might be filled up and returned.—From tbe Colonial Treasurer, enclosing forms of returns to be filled up.— From the Chairman of tho Selwya County Council, requesting to bo furnished with certain returns with reference to oil rateable property, roods, bridges, drains, &0., in the district.—From Messrs Hamilton, Bros., Oxford, enclosing price of timber delivered at Oxford station. —From Mr J. B. Sheath, and from Austin and Kirk, each enclosing reduced price lists of their drain pipes.—lt was resolved to call for tenders for various works.— The Surveyor wae alto instructed to report, by the next meeting ot tho Board, os to what roads required to bo formed m tho western of the district.—The pay-sheet, amounting to £lll Is Ud, having been passed for payment, the Board adjourned. heathcote This Board met on March " «p n “r K r W ° r } of‘''the'* sXy^‘con^tr^® detailed account* of rao^p^^^® d *^£tHat o <wL jtfflminl the Zr'cM J the main and district roads in owh district, also a b BUof district Justifying a special grant to wch district.—A circular wM reoelved fuM^^^^th*a*dat«J?e4»ooo^^oftSo^»pu^U<^ I nrerorty. Ac., Ac.—Messrs CowlUbaw and Gemge Ote&e waited on the Board to AaU their at ten-1

tion to several important improvement* that oonld be carried out In tho neighbourhood of the river Avon. The Hoard promised to give prompt attention to their recommendation.—A memorial was received from Mr John iiamtord and several others, requesting the Hoard to form the public rood between sections No. 81 and 14, Woolston, now in a most Impassable condition. Tho Board ordered to bo formed 20 chains from the entrance to tho Ferry rood, Letters were rood—From Mr Fenton, floathooto Arms, Ferry road, complaining of tho foal state of tho drain between Mr Hatcher's S remises and tho bridge. Ordered to bo immolatoly attended to.—From Messrs Adams and Son, Fast town belt, requesting permission to erect a verandah at their premises. Granted, subject to tho usual conditions.—From the Clerk to the Assessment Court, requesting permission to have the nso of tho Hoad Hoard office to hold tho Assessment Court. Granted. Prom Mr M'Qrogor, requesting the Board to form tho road from near tho old Stanmoro road to the Band Hills. Ordered to ',bo carried out, If the usual conditions are compiled with,—After the Hoard had gone through a largo amount of correspondence, and ordered tho same to bo answered, tenders worn opened for keeping Dyer's Foss rood in repair for twelve months, building a largo concrete culvert at the foot of tho hills, and shingling 630 yards of the Biver Avon road.—Tho Hoard then decided on calling for tenders for forming 29 chains of Dyer's road, tho Biver road from the Perry road to the Bailway Station at Opawa, 300 yards of metal for tho Gas Works toad, and 200 yards of broken metal for immediate use.—Payments wore then made amounting to £221 15s 10d, and tho Heard adjourned.

EXCCABTON. f _ The ordinary meeting of this Board was held on r, Monday, at the office. Upper Blocarton ; present— All the members, and Mr H. J. Hall, Chairman,—A ) letter was read from Mr Pearce, Chief Inspector of Nuisances, calling the attention of the Hoard to a r foul drain on tho Station rood, Addington. Tho (, Surveyor stated that tho matter had boon attended , to.—'Tho Board directed tho Surveyor to report all ■a cases of nuisance which may come under his notice ; arising from offensive trades or manufactories ll ™ thln ,^ e district.—A letter was read from Mr • , • Bolloston, requesting tho Board to furnish, » for tho Selwyn County Council, a return of tho rate1, able property and amount of races collected ; also, a I, statement of tho conditions of roads and bridges in j. the district.—The Surveyor was directed to forward ' the necessary Information.—A circular was received '• ‘ roni the Kegistrar-Qeneral, Wellington, enclosing ), form to bo filled up for statistical purposes.— -A. letter was received from the Secretary , to tho Treasury, Wellington, requesting to ■* be informed at which Bonk the Board wished their subsidies paid. The matter was left for tho Chairman and Mr Deans to decide.— A letter was road from Mr G. Leslie Lee, Registration Officer for the district, enclosing electoral rolls, and asking if the Clerk would mark off such names as had ceased to possess the necessary qualij fication; also, offering information for the preparation of tho ratepayers* roll required unde; the G Registration of Electors Act. Tho Board directed n the Clerk to comply with Mr Lee's request, and to !• thank him for his offer of assistance in the preparation of the roll, which would gladly be accepted.—A letter was read from Messrs Durey, Watson, and Stanley, in reference to the damage caused to property by the overflow of the Biver Styx. The Surveyor was instructed to examine the locality, and report at next meeting.— Messrs J. T. Bell and J. S, Buxton (as a deputation from the Bpreydon Eoad Board) had an interview 0 with the Board in reference to the maintenance of the Lincoln road. After much discussion on the *• difference between fcbe coat of broken metal and 1, gravel, and the quantity required, it was resolved 3 11 that the Biccarton Road Board will agree to pay 3s 6d per yard for so much broken metal as the Bpreydon Board may consider necessary for repairs to the Lincoln road during the ensuing year." The deputation considered 4s per yard would be on equitable price for the Riccarton District to pay, but ultimately accepted the terms offered.— 'The Surveyor s report was read and considered,— p With respect to the opening up of the Wairarapa road, it was resolved to defer the work for future consideration.—The Clerk was instructed to write 1 to the Bailway Engineer, and call his attention to a the dangerous state of the Bailway crossing on the j. Biccarton road.—The Surveyor reported on the ’ works carried out by the Drainage Board within the r District. The report was considered satisfactory. —After passing accounts for work done, and other routine business, the Board adjourned. TEMPLETON, The usual monthly meeting of this Board took Slace at the Road Board office, Taldhurst, on fonday, March 5; present—Messrs Bailey Chairman), Carpenter, Delamain, Jones, and Sinclair.— After the Surveyor’s report had been adopted, a letter was read from the hou the Colonial I revmrer J referring to certain clauses in the Public Works Act, 1876, and stating that the subsidies payable to the several Boad Districts under the Financial s Arrangements Act, 1876, would be paid to the District Fund Account at the Bank appointed by the Board y in each case, instead of being paid as heretofore to the Chairman of the Board-—Memoranda, enJ closing quotations of reduced prices of drain--9 pipes, were also received from Messrs Austin . and Kirk, and Mr Joseph B. Sheath, the Clerk being instructed to file the same.—A letter 9 was read from tho Chairman ot the Selwyn County Council, asking to bo furnished with certain [ statistics, to assist the Council in deciding upon the proportion in which the funds p >yabie to the ' County should be distributed among the various > Bond Boards within the County. The Clerk re1, ported having sent the required information.—A g circular was also read from the Registrar-General enclosing statistical return for the year 1876, to be 5 filled up and returned.—A letter was read from the I Clerk of the Assessment * 'ourt. asking permlsalou [. for the Judge thereof to bold the said Court in the Boad Board office. The Board, while granting the » request, expressed its surprise at seeing both Che 'i time and date ot the sitting of tae Assessment Court | ( already advertised in the daily papers, before receiving the application.—A letter was read from * the Bpreydon Road Board, advising the Board that 5 the sum of £25 16s had been paid to the credit of i, the Board at the Bank of New Zealand, as per I account rendered for ha’f cost of maintenance of ’ boundary road.—The Clerk was instructed to get 1 the necessary works, referred to in his report, j carried out during the month.—The monthly pay- . r sheet, amounting to £132 3s Id, having been , adopted and passed, the meeting adjourned. . EYBETON. i The monthly meeting of tho Board was held on I l Monday last; present—All the members. On the I motion of Mr Bradley, seconded by Mr Wilson, Mr I . B. Coup was re-elected Chairman for the ensuing I year. Letters were read —From Birch and Co , resupplying cement for Flaxton bridge.—Prom Mr I , P. C. Threlkeld, informing the Board that some I person had out the Eyre embankment on Wood's I road daring the last flood, and requesting the I Board to pay the full cost of making the embankment across Wood's road. The Board declined to accede to Mr Threlkeld’s request. Mr Dixon asked I the Board to clear and keep the Eyre drain reserve I ploughed, so as to pi event the lodgment of silt I and rubbish. He also complained of Mr Burgess I keeping a fence across the reserve, and requested I the Board to order its removal. Mr Dixon's re- I quest was agreed to.—Mr M'Roberts asked tho Board to clean out the drain along the Oxford and I Ohoka road, from Ashworth’s road to the end of the drain, along Chapman’s land. It was decided I that the work be done provided those interested I agree to pay half the cost. —A tender was accepted for building a bridge over the main drain at I Flaxton.—lt w<s decided that providing the I cost of a new office and stable be not more I than £2OO they be erected near to Kaiapoi, and I that offers of sites be invited by advertisement. I —lt was resolved that tenders be invited for repairs to the Eyre embankment, near Davis’ house I The Surveyor was directed to write to the Railway j Engineer, requesting him to have the drains alongside the Eyreton railway, near the Ohoka station, cleared out.—Attention was drawn to the necessity I for something being done to prevent tho river I Waimakariri from washing away the Nor'h road, I near Mr Pashby'a land. The Board requested the j Chairman to communicate with the Minister for I Public Works on the subject, as the wo k was I beyond the means of the Board. —Accounts amount- I ing to £144 2a 6d were passed for payment, and the I Board adjourned. J : SPRINGS. The Board met on Tuesday afternoon last; pro- I i sent—Rev A. P. O’Callaghan (in the chair), Messrs ' Qammack, Duke, and Wright.—The Surveyor's 1 report was read, from which it appeared that tho I 1 sum ot £642 had been paid to the credit oft el Board on account ot Government grant and general I district rates.—The now assessment roll was also I placed upon the table. It showed an increase in I the value of rateable property of 27J per cent.— I Letters and a telegram were read from the General I Government, with reference to as extension of I time for completing tho valuation list, and advising I . the Board that the necessary extension should bo I t made through the Assessment Court. - a circular I i was road from the Chairman of tho Selwyn County f Council, asking for iuformation as to the rateable J <■ value ot property, amount of rates collected to Deo. I t 31, the length of main roads in tho district, and a I statement of Public Works that would justify a I special grant from the Council. The Clerk was I directed to forward the desired information.— I A letter was road from tho Uegiatrar-ileneral I requiting certain returns for the district. I Tho Chairman said he had directed tho Clerk to H furnish tho necessary information.—A letter from tho Halswell Road Board asked the concurrence of the Springs Rond Board to have tho cleansing of th« I river Halswell for a term of throe years instead of annually, as ot present, us they considered it could I be done at a cheaper rate if let for u longer period. (;1 It was resolved that the Board agroo to the proi*> _ sals of the Halswell Board, and a hope was that, tho terms of the contract would be strictly I adhered to-a petition was received from Messrs PowoU, Rowell, aad others, asking to have the re- £ msiningoortion of Powell's read shingled, ami a.I. jq miliuelho attention of the Board to gorso growing A 1 on the Tram way reserve, at the .bottom end of lul Powell’s road. It was resolved to n f-rm tho po »,! Honors thTt tho Board did not fool itself justified in tll( oxoonding auy more funds at present upon a road sjt , upon* 1 which 'there was such a small amount of li;fc traffic. —A letter was road from Mi J.■ - the rough* state of the Ellesmere Junction J road, by Stack's, and asking tha Board to have it wll repaired The Surveyor was instructed to have the ) e hoWomplained of filled up.-Tenders were opened si , for certain works, but were considered so excessive that they wore rejected, and instructions were given that tho works should bo re-advertised. —Mr g Mahnke waited upon tho Board, and asked it to have tho outfall of Qerkln’s drain cleansed. It was decided that the Board could not entertain the f GI application.—Resolved, "That a circular be ad- an dressed to landowners, whose property adj 4ns the au railway and a public road, oaklngthora to eml-avcur to have their fences cut and kept at such a height on either side of the railway line that the public might have an opportunity ot easily observing tho trains approach, and thus obviate danger as much as possible" That a statement of all ~| amounts spent by the Board or each road, drain, J and bridge in tho district since the formation of oa the Board, be prepared by tho Surveyor within tne wi next four mouths." —Accounts, amounting to £74 do 3s Bd, having bsou passed for payment, the Board T< adjourned. of

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