EPSOM ROAD BOARD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14808, 11 October 1911, Page 4

EPSOM ROAD BOARD.

DRAINAGE AND ROAD WORK* ■ • -i Owing to illness Mr. W. ?. BK»nffidd» the chairman of the Epsom Road -Board, , : has been unable to attend one or i. 53 of its.meetings, but last, evening he via;, ;.; so far convalescent that he was able to ?';;;'; preside at .the- usual fortnightly gather* ing of members of the Board, which, "however, had to be held at "his private■residence in Owen's Road. There wero also j, present Messrs, A. McDonald, & Clarke, and E. F. Jones. The* Chairman pointed out that one of the most important mattery the Board would have to deal'with for some considerable time would be the reticulation of the district and the fixing of the permanent levels of roads and street*,, The decision of the Board as. to what reticulation should be taken in hand straight. away, and what streets should be formed to their permanent levels, was necessary. The main drain from the outlet had practically so nearly approached complex., ft ~ that plans of the Board's main connecting sewers front; Newmarket ''to the junction, which would serve a considerable : part of the Epsom district and also that * of One Tree * Hill, had -been prepared.' That was the sewer upon which Epsom would depend for its drainage, except possibly in regard to,that which came down from Mountain Road mi : Khyber i'ass. But they did > not know exactly whit other branch I sewers mijjht be decided upon. .As the Board's representative upon the Drainage Board he had been pressing Mr. E."Craig, tb« chairman of One Tree-Hill Board had ~ I ably supported —for the completion lof the plana of the branch : sewers. II lev bad been completed, but it appeared that j the sewers were taken through the Go-, v vernmeat workshops, and the formal con- l; j sent of the Government would be re-; i quired for this work. The Chairman suggested' that the Board should : | authorise him to consult as soon as possible . with the. engineer, Mr. H. Metcalfe, so that a report might be reads! by. that gentlemani to the Board. They had had; a .good Ideal of talk about the j roads of the district and the necessity i tpr their improvement, but it would be a mistake to; lay the roads down perm*- f I nently and then have to rip them up en I account of the drainage system. So far .J < as possible the Board, guided by its engi- I neer," should carry out both schemes simul- -V 1 taneously. ,] After some discussion Mr. Bloomfield , , was formally authorised to consult the 9 engineer on the subject as a preliminary ■ ■ 1 to Mr. Metcalf placing his considered report before the Board. ||j It was agreed that the v Board's effi; \ ployees get a holiday or. full pay cKvj i Labour Day. ' f A petition signed by 37 ratepayer? call-;. i ing attention to the deplorable conditions". ■ of a portion of the ■ footpath on the south ; | side of Owen-street from Burgoyne Road;*jf | to Gillies' Avenue was referred to tl» ; \ Works Committee. ) - ■ •:■' imihi i .M V' ■ mmm 1 i! i;• ■ 1 .. 1 .11. ~ ..jm j -