WAIAREKA ROAD BOARD.

Oamaru Mail, Volume X, Issue 4203, 3 September 1888, Page 2

WAIAREKA ROAD BOARD.

A meejting of the Waiareka Road Board was held to-day, when there wero present —Messrs Jackson (Oha(rmWn)jTodd,Paterson, Oonian, Isdale, and Meek. The minutes of last meeting were confirmed as read. ....-1.1 Mr J. M'Pherson wrote taking that oertain repairs be made to road near Weston, on Ardgowan,, whloh was in, ,a very bad state. Mr Isdale moved, and it . was resolved to refer the matter to the members-of subdivision with power to.act or report. Mr Malcolm wrote asking that, the rosd leading past section 29, block 11, be re» paired in order to give access to his plMoe. l Mr Todd said it would requireagood deal of labor to get the roadi In good; order, .:ii. On the suggestion of Mr Meek, It was decided to leave the matter with Mr Todd, to expend a few pounds on the road. Mr John Kiddi asked that ,* crossing be made into his seotion 36, Ngspara. The .-matter. waa left with Messrs Pater* son and Oonian. The Engineer reported as under • Aslnstruated Z mst CommitteW of Board «9n 20th nit. and went over the coalpit road from junction of Battenby's road to pit with the view of estimating tt|e post,of,, worka required to put It in {good order.' The whole road 'was 1 then in a very bad state, in several plaoes almost Impassible for wheel traffic. • '• 1! " 1 :IJ The: worst portion of the mad is from janotion of Battersby's road to bottom of hill near boundary. between, the propertlsa of Messrs Meek and' Menlove, a dlstianos of about 75 ohains. or, denoting portion now metalled, about*6o ohains; ".n' 1 Considerable damage is, done pn this portion, by tha water from oreek droning rosi from the east of seotltih 60, blook 7» AWamoko. At present the road Is fioodaa for abont 6 chalnai A pltohed crossing should be : pat in, and a .channel abont o ohains long,out to.the oreek In seotion 62, If MrMenlovewittgivepermisilon. A smoll bridge on the "rreek-"belweei reations 1-16 Is Vsty nearly dons and shonld be renewed. . From Mr Meek's boundary to BlghlH oreek, about 75 ohains, Is. at present, the best of the road. The grades are steep, bat the bottom is good. This portion might be left until the remainder of the road ia finished. ' The portion op theßlghill Oreek to foao* ' tlon of roads between sections 8-1% bloofe Vfll, Awamoko, abont 100 ohains, is nearly level, and at places very mnoh cot up by water. The formation wouli be light, bat many drains and pltohinga are wanted. From junction of road* between sections 8 13 to pit, abont 130 chains, the road is very badly drained, and is consequently mnoh ont up by water, Very little forma* tion Is necessary. The culvert at Falconer's oreek on Friston road is too low. If a ditoh ware ont through Mr Todd's property, so as to oarry water from the culvert, it would oarry all Mtt water exoept for a few honra daring exceptionally heavy rain,, whlph would do no damage, , Mr Todd said they should make up their minds and say what they intended doing in the matter, and pot have tha ooalpit road.hanging overthelr heads. " ' c Tbe Chairman said they ahonld faoe tha matter properly, and, if it were reoognised that the werk was a necessity, a speoial rate should be made and tha money , need In making the road complete as far as it would go. The County Council was in no better poaltlon than the Board, and If they took over the road a speoial rate would be neoessary, and the cost the same to the Tha rate of a would give about L 450. Mr Todd said he would be no party to the rate unless the outlay were made as part of completing the whole. He thought however, that a general rate should be strack, as he saw great difficulty in levy* ing a speoial rate. The Chairman thought if the road were made the boundary of the EuGeld and Waiareka eubdivlsions, it would save a lot of unpleasantness in the futuro. Mr T?odd gave notice of motioU that'ia general rate of id be struok.ln all the subdivisions, hall the proceeds td feo' to making the Coalpit road.. Only one (ender for oontrsct, Lll7, formation and gravelling' at Bdroside to Elderslie was received., The Board considered, that,' the' tender was. too higb, and, .. r.. , ■ , Mr Todd moved that the Engineer be instructed to cut the work down to LIOO and oall tenders for the ,mosfc. prasalvg parts. :i . un Five tenders were received lor gravel* ling' and forming Ooalpit mad vibd Battersby's TOad. ' a< ; It was resolvedrafter a long disouislon, to oatl for fresh tenders for half of tha works, tenders to be in by next meeting. Accounts amounting to L 36 were pawed for payment.