APARIMA ROAD BOARD.

Southland Times, Issue 3324, 14 February 1879, Page 3

APARIMA ROAD BOARD.

The" Board met' inT the : Great -Western' Hbfelf*- R&er-tori, oh 'Monday, lOtlr ; insfc : Members present— -Messrs W'.a.A- v^y on (chauTOan),;Suttoh^ ton, Boyd, .Jflpsp^.fcse, Wm. ;^alker,' {Wm.^ MacKhtos^jj {'"James.; Ma'ckmtbsk, T_u»-> -John. /WaUcer; \A Report r of Committee re Mcljean's application' for /deviating road through section, 25, Jacob's River HundredV "was read. It' recommended thtit , tiie alteration be made as far* down ' as: thb 'gaf e leading to Mr McLean'^ .^puse. v T 7'}^ /: T <; .- a'a7 Tlie ,<- Jej[M)jt ; 'was ' adopted provided '',Mt. McLean pay all VexpehsesJihcujTed iii getting the al^rj^pnjin^e. T. .jaAa aaAa)a Inspector- S:jfepprtf>e complaint Mr-,. J v Stockyijagaihst; AMx Calder, .was read. - Tit, saidi'r-^As ifar - as. I cahsee, the contractors have-not done much 'damage tb' the chain reseryb(iTalon'g : the T river. -If the ; corhplairiarit A has a V_ustMhed daijiage by T*the action ' : bf ""contractor k, the - matter .' should .' be settled between, themselves* ,1 would ' recommend tlie .Board nbtjto take action. On .the 'motion pi "^Hamilton, seconded by^Mr Boy^jthe report, was adopted- ,-A A The inspector recommended that three" chains^ ndditipnal ; be.Jgraiyelledv at < Qtaitai' Bush, to make the road passable. Agreed -to.vi"T'i j~iiiA--\. A^AiAA:-;). -A uTu:. The Board then elected two members of the "Riverton^HartiorißparH-^-Mr Hamil- ; ton, proposed by Mr Boyd,; and seconded by _tfr' St^h,' ; 'b'eing : bhe; arid Captain = Stevens, proposed by Mr Hamilton, - . and; seconded' by'Mr^Wili.' Walker, the other.;' '-"■' A petition frpnx^^.settiersat.Waianiwa re,, questing' -tfeat the' road nbrtlV pf 'ssctidns 18 and l^;^ipckJl6, ;NeW|Riyer .Hundred^ be f ormei^jagd ,%rave_le'd, and the culverts be put in- repair, was referred ..'to the committee'Tof Tthe subdivision to report I_iereOn:.tTr-;.; ; :'^:|; ; ;;-'- : '; ;•:-;.'..-::; 'Vv '■'-;; V:T'^ '"M£-sbyd;pom^ * culvert ph road leading to Ms house, and ihe^at^r was. referred, fo; the .Engineer;' with power to .acty:.but»at ah expense not tb'exceed3^li^.-*-'' --A- l" : >'-■ - '• ■■• ;T ;; ;- Leave was granted -.to Mr P. Daley ' to cut firewppd on the. road.in Heddon Bush. ".-'■ The ; oifer. ''of Tthe Southland County dbuhcil',*tp. subsiiiise, .by ;£l' for £1, to the' ' exieritTbf '£150, .any., sum voted .' by the, 'Road-'-Bpard''%y^y.el/.a'. portion of the, New-iiijVer^ FJat r^ it -was resplvedltocaU for {tenders, f or ; ;ihe work -mthoutf delay, the gravelling to r be done^between^"Mr.Beayan's and the fWallacetown rpadv : ..; Tnej settlers; agreed^to advance the money, and to be repaid put of next years-rates. r: > r'' /.■■<,.■-, ' .7*- : a- '■'■' T-" The following'tenders were accepted :— r NoT39sp-WafweaToad; £171, AA7- Pyper;" No. 297; __97 7 ; and for extri f ormation,' at ls^d p.r : yard, JTShaip; No. 298^0.' 1James Gobell, at 12s : per chain, 1 ancl 'boxes £5 each; Np.,2, Thpmas.Me^ 'phmAvA...7.7' r .'''''i77.'.77:77 ''■''"'" '"' ■"" •:.- Therebeihg no tenders for other works the inspector, was authorised to make ; the. bestiaiTahgements.f or carr^ngthem outj.; J Mr Curse's hdtice/bf,. motion in favor of merging the Road Boards "into the County syste_a,<..canre:. under.. discussion' and/was; lost. ; Those Twho. voted =;f or it were— Messrs Nurse, Boyd,: Sutton, and Johnston; and against ifcMMessrs Lyon, ,Hamilton, ; W. Walker, J. Walker;' W. 'Mackintosh]; JMackintosh; juhr.} ; Grieve, ; and 'BrbpksT & letfer ;frorii ,J the ■ Cqmmissionei' c, of Crown Lah'd^tO^ffie 'Ghaarrnah having advised the" Board 5 to specify the roads, in deferred; payrneht blocJks,^on which desifed 'thjeT ; sumf yptedj' ;^ prior tp'; January- _Bt,'iß7B,' > shbtil'd be ex* pendediit^wakjresplved the sanA^;£^soJoe e*xpehdedbnfroad;le;ab^^ 66, New River > Hundred j. to! tb;e''horth^end; o£ section .%, Oreti Hundred , ; £ that £50 bej e^erjdedinjmakingthe bridge' approaches/ and formation on the road north bf section 46j New>;River. -Hundred;; > that £150 be expended on road from section 104 to secf tion 'l29, Oreti Hundred (alltbefie being ;in j ; that £150 be'expen'decl.on. road -ram IJ4O to r 136,:0re-ti Hundred; hprl^e&ttjpf secidbns:l38 1 a^jl43,}Oreti liuhdred,*in Wallace County. a.7 TT ' T , .jMr^ some•Ening^ght'be^do leadingtp his-place, so as to;make it passable in jwintef. It was first proposed to expend £30- on it; ft and } id. request the Gq_i4ty- : -Council < to, subsidise 5 •%? the ' - same amount, but'ohan 'amendment moved byMr r ßancdltpn,, and seconded by Mr. Boyd"; it 'was 7 resolved; to vote .'£lo, f prthe road^if the Couh^ j^.uiicil wp^uld vpte^£2o, and that the contractor 1 be [^ asked" to give £5 towards the w,Qrk, ; the sums to be repaid ont'of ne^.yeaT^B.Ta^yiv Aa-aA' It was resoivei;at the suggestion of i-Mr ..Hamilton lT that" tlie < inspector be -: authorised £6' irepair a -culvert' on the j on Waunatuku^'flatianew one, the cost not tb exceed £4^ With regard to' Mr Calder V pbnti;act r on the road to 'Flabksj';it^a^'res^^ fliile'ss tlite^ contract^ was^ ebihpl^d: within a mpnthVfrbm^ate^^ the Avork already done should noi^e^aid^fp^.,, , ' :7'7- : v : : • r.; The report of the Tcommittee- appointed to :invesiigatb;_f^V;petition of Waianiwa settlers was adopted"; .It recommended ah . et_pendrhwe:of/£2O/^ in^ouestion, tHe*|ietitioherstto/advahbe the money and have it refunded; out Tof next; year's ; '■■ -'/raiesT.', 77a7ZZ"77a*;Z;a.77Z^* i. ..■ AJEprinal' -cpinplaiht - '-Erbm Mr; Hugh ; Rbdgers;;thrbugh his solicitor, Mr JSarveyj ; ' about; '- flpwihg :frbm* a ditcn yon to his land, was not:} entertained, on ,the;v,in^on ;^pfr s/££'i A. "Hamilt^n^ /secohdedby "*_lr tßrdofe, a^-jtl % was pointed^put that^^the,;^ditph in ques'tibhi was not made on the Board's ;aiuthprity. - a a ? ;;^^s;resplved to expend £19. 19)3 6d pn ' ; the construction: - of; a bridge, and apT: ; Tproachesat aicreek ph the road east of Mr a. fJi^McKihhbn-s property, Wright Bush, in \ ord^r- '*ti& -give access 'to Mr Jack's timber] 7 £&y : :Ay.y ' 77AyA yyy. -. .- a Se^eral'wiprks.reported as.finished having beehtpiafls'ed^^-forTpayineht, the ' Board adi* ■journed^ aa:.A'-.-a_,-a~^-.,AA-', .-•■■'■:'.;.-'::■;•. .-"'A. ' T MtjH>u_iiltph; gave notice of -motion— r/ . " TTmt'all words' stopioh lstpfT^nlj^and; ithat;the injsr^tor'srsalarj;: as .engineer stop; T^httMs/date;!"^ '