WAIMEA HIGHWAY BOARD.

Colonist, Volume XXV, Issue 3095, 25 February 1882, Page 3

WAIMEA HIGHWAY BOARD.

(The Board held its monthly meeting on Wednesday, "the 22nd February at the Wake, field Institute. Present—Messrs W. White (chairman),'G.Fairhall,J.-Win, W.jßelLjffljfi Joseph Price. *" The min.utes'of thepreyious meeting having been read rand confirmed, the Inspector repor.'eJ ai* follows*:—" The bridge near the Forty-lino being completely rotten and unsafe IforDtrafflc,, I"haye closed the same;and made plans for a new one, for the erection of which „tenders. haye.be_en invited up to. Saturday nex^.—The" foifdway1 'near ■Mr Be veil's^1 in Church Valley, jis in a critical condition, so T have made tfuagfeemehtf'with him to secure it, and also to lengthen a footbridge and other minor repairs for the sum of £2"18s", Xwhifth has been done.—The cost of lowering the bank by Mr Thorn's was £14 19s.—The harvest operations being now over, I recommend the resumption of work. The Moutere hills will require looking to, and should (in placesj'have'a coat/of ''gl;aveL^The/recetpt'6t, . the, resolution passed by the County Council bpenß iip the question of the/maintenance of ; tkVt'w/>< big/1 bridges.—The western approach to the Appleby bridga will gd the.next flood ' if a small sum is not expended in its protection;";." •--";.,,•-;- Eesolved; That tenders for the bridge near Forty-line be opened and accepted on Saturday next by Messrs White aud FairhalL Eesolved, That day labor be employed where necessary. -..;..,,, Eesolved, That the gravelling on the : Moutere hills be postponed for a month, in the meantime the water tables be cleared out .and the ruts, filled in. Eesolved. That the County Council be in-,, formed of the state of the Appleby bridge, it being a County work, as it was quite put of the power of the Board, consideringthe very limited amount of funds at their disposal, to take over these bridges, having already two large bridges -within their district, the upkeep of which encroaches largely on their •■rates. '-■ . Warrants were signed for £63 5s sd. Letter from the County Council containing a copy of a resolution passed by the Council at its meeting on the 13th inst., as follows:—? "That looking to the unexpected and complete absorption, by the Government of its subsidies for the Hospital and charitable purposes, the great reduction of its revenues' under the-Licensing Act by election expensesl and in other ways, and its diminished revenues '■ from other sources, the several Highway Boards, within the County be informedihat the Council in its present financial position is incapable of giving any assistance towards the maintenance of roads or other public , works." •..','-■ r. j | Letter was read from Mr J. Price, calling j attention to the state'of the ditoh opposite''his* property in Waimea West, which has siltsdi up, consequently backing the wat*r on to his I garden and flooding his shop. The Inspector was drdered to have the ditch alluded to* cleaned out where required. - Letter was received from Mr John Schwass Btating that the Overseer had instructed him^ to look out for a better road as the one he has at present is not at all practical; that"h«' would feel obliged if they would send their' officer to examine one through Mr GiUVland as early as possible, as he can ga<; neither in ' nor out without trespassing on his neighbors! Eesolved, That if Mr Schwass first pays into the District fund the whole estimated cost of the proposed alteration of road, the Board will, take the necessary steps fo lojjilUe the same. Letter was road from Mr E. Andrews,- staging the price for whioh he was willing to repair a bridge up the Wairoa Gorge. Resolved, That the Board will contribute half the costofputting the same into a thorough state of repair; otherwise, if it is dangerous,^ the Inspector to close the same till they were in a position to do the work. .< Letter was read from Mr James Arnold, catling the Board's attention to the urgent necessity of adding two more spans to the foot bridge over the Wai-iti at the bottom of 40-line, as in its present-slate it is not-paiiable. in -an ordinary-flood. Eesolved, That iMr Arnold be informed that the Board does not doubt the necessity for this work, but under present circumstances cannot undertake to do it having so many pressing calls on their somewhat limited funds. .. The Inspector was ordered to/examine, a hridge on.the cutting leading to Dovedsle, and .if dangerous to put in a new. one. / " * ''"'"' /Resolved, That notice be sent to Mrs1 Newman to clear the gorse from off the road oppo-; 'site her prpperty in Spring Grove. ' —--»*.. Mr Belt gave notice of m6tioh Lthat at the next meeting he would move the division-'of~ the present Highway district into sub-dijtricts.