OMAKA ROAD BOARD.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 112, 14 May 1914, Page 5

OMAKA ROAD BOARD.

The i&onbh^ meeting of tho Omaka Road Board was held this morning.

There were present: Messrs R. J. | Bell, S. Tapp,- R. Ham, and R. j McArtney. | The reteirn of Messrs R. J. Bell, j R. -Ham, said S. M. Nevflte. unopposed I in recent election was reported j by the Jteturning Officer-.. THE CHAIRMAN. On the motion, of Mr Ham, i socooicted by Mr Tapp, Mr Bell was tfe-elected chairman for the ensuing ■year. . Ma' Tapp spoke of Mr Bell's qualifications for the position, as all that | 'Oould be desired. ' \ Mr Bell, in returning thanks^ said! |whiatever his shortcomings, he could ; ■honestly claim that he had never j 'fovored-one i>art of the district-as against another. -■'■ ' TRANSFERS. The following transfers of property were placed om record:—Allotment' 25, part-section 52., 2 roods, A. | Patchett to E. A. Hewitt; part 18 of section 54, 1 acre, 'Griffiths and Son to B. F. White 5 pa,!* allotment 40 of section 53, 1. rood 10 feet, H. J. Allen toH.. B. Ma.Het.. INSPECTOR'S REPORT. The ■ Inspector reported that under the circumstances the roads were fairly good, thongli many small holes were forming, which would require 'attention if they were not to- give trouble during the' winter. The grader, used now in places before the hard frjosts set in, would do a lot towards letting rain 'water run off them. lie .reported in detail as to the. boundary bridge on Avery's crossroad, which he had inspected with the Wairau Road Board's inspector. The bridge was liteing attended to. It could be,lowered about two feet and ehoritened about four feet. A con-, crete pier f or sill would be, required. He had done the necessary excavating work at Griffiths's bridge. The structure had about seen, its life out, and was liardly worth repairing, but would apparently last out ,the winter without presenting danger. ■ JVith reference to the culvert on the Alaihama Roadi, he recommended that a foot pipe be placed , alongside the concrete culvert, and' some stone •crates lodged in the Alabama Road between Itedwbod Street and Mapp'is bridge^. The watering;: place would be better on the south side of the culvert in Redwood Street than on che Alabama \Road, where- there would be a tendency for the Stones to roll in and get under the pipes. Some 'fencing would :be required at- Alabama Road. With an expenditure of about £15 the whole scheme could be carried out. During the month repairs were effected on ijgbrooke Flat and on the' Middle Road, and a. concrete wing attacked to the Fairhall bridge. It would take about a week to finish tihe bank at Seventeen Valley. He had enough gravel out at the Overflow tor repairs at that end. A bad piece of road from Allan's cross-xoad. to Parker's "old stockyards wanted gravelling, preferably before the bridge w-au taken away. Planks on the Fairhall bridge and on P.attie's ! bridge required renewal, aaid a culvert i was needed on the Middle , Road | between Mr Duffy's and Mr Gee's ; properties. The Inspcfcor's report was adopted, nnd lie was authorised to caa-ry _out the recommendations contained therein. ; j • REDWOOD PASS ROAD. A departmental ciixiular inforxsned the Board as to the procedure to adop^i for the application of graait« foa* pubHo works in the Board's district. At tihe instance of the chairman, it was resolved to communicate with the Awatere County Cbuncil and the Blenheim Boa-ough Council and invite thieir co-operatfion in iwging. on the Goveriiment the necessity for a grant of £1500 for the improvement pf the Redwood Pass road leading from B>]>enJieim to the Awatere' district. This, jnemarked the chairman, .was a piair t of the main highway between two .provinces. The chairman and Mr Tapp were diepufted to wait on the local bodies mentioned. GENERAL. Tne motion for th^ striking of & rate of one half-penny for the <>jisuing , year—thie same as the i'ate' in force last year-^—was confirihed. ' /The-plans aond specificjitiohs for the factoiry to be' erected by the Marl-' .boirough Farmers' Co-operative Bacon j Compainy, LM., were approved, subject to the requirements of the Agrioujtuiial Diepafrtonent. The Renwick poundkeeper notified that, oh her instructions, an iin- I claimed horse had been sold -at auction. It fetched' £2, aaid a balance of 14s 6d was due tto her for expenses. —It was resolved that the 14s 6d be paid. . . ! It was fnesolved that apolicatioh he mad© to Mr R. H. Priddle for the contribution of £25 promised in l>eliaJf of the residents interested in the formation of a footpath along Mui'phy's Cross Road. . The condition of Dick's Road, mentioned by- Mr McArtney, and that of the Redwood Pass Read, spoken of by ; the chairman, were referred to the inspector. . . ■ ; j Messrs Garnham and Gunn, contractors for the erection of the Utawai bridge; were granted a progress pavrafent of £86 2s 6d. 4 '- Mr H. D. Vavasouir wirote asking that an approach be formed to give access to his Da'shwood property at the point where the new road hadi altered the conditions.—Granted.

At tlhe instance of the chairman, a bonus of £10 was voted to the secretary in consideration of. the extra work entailed by the recent loa.n. transactdonis. '

Accounts amounting to £206 were passed for payment.

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