MOA ROAD BOARD.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 144357, 23 March 1914, Page 8

MOA ROAD BOARD.

MONTHLY MEETING. The monthly meeting of the Moa Road Board was field at Inglewood on ■ Saturday, when there' were present: e Messrs. H. Trimble (chairman), A. E. i- Laurence, J. Williams, W. P. Bishop, n M. Hopson, E. Goppenh, 0. ,M. Boldt, if W. G. Shoomark, and J. A. Bridgeman. L ’ FOREMEN’S REPORTS. e Foreman A. Wilmshnrst stated in his ir report that the stone-napping on the ,s Dudley and Lepper South Roads was s well under way. If the board could t urge the settlement of the Government o grant for Egmont South Road the cour tractors wore prepared to make a start, n The work on the Upland Read South e would be proceeded with as early as I, possible, as also >yould the oD yards of y metal on tne Hnrsthouse Road. He d also asked that the Taranaki County

■- Council should be notified that one o g their contractors had not repaired th s damage done to the road when car tin r out strippings from Willing’s pit in wt 0 weather Metal contracts on the Dud d ley Road West and Bedford Road Nort n had not yet been completed. He ha y urged tho contractor to further effort I: without success, and recommended tha h no payment, should be made on eithe y contract until completed. Ho had dh trihutod. ,'!0 yards of boulders on th Egmont Road South between Egmon Village and about a mile up. This wa independent of the Government grant. Foreman R, Jones reported that hi - time had been spent iu patching am s relaying metal on Rugby Road, pickin' r in metal on Surrey Road, and rakini a metal on Durham Road West. Th - | loan job had been finished as far as th - I metal would go. It would take abon 1 four more yards to complete the job s One of the Rugby Road bridges ha< s been planked, as it was not stronj i enough to cart metal over. ;• Foreman T. B. Knoffloek reportei 3 that genera! work had been done oi . Bristol. Lincoln. York, Dudley East r ; and Everett Roads. Nest montl s j blinding metal, watertabling. etc., re s i rjuired to he carried out on Bristol t ( Suffolk, and Wortlcy Roads. 3 : Foreman W. Bennett reported tha 3 | his time during the month had beet i spent on the Kupara, Kaimata, am I Ratapiko Roads Next month water ! tabling and fern-cutting would have t< r ho dono at Moulakawa, and water i tables and culverts required attentior i on the Toi Toi Road. i KAIPI ROAD. i In his report Foreman Wilmshursl i mentioned that 84 yards of shingle tip > to fin. had been spread on the Kaip, i Road cutting between Sinclair’s anc ■ 1 Berry’s at a cost of 18s per chain, in i eluding rl! labour. The contractors I had made a start to strip the pit on i tho Egmont Road North for 80 yards of gravel for the second rutting neat Price’s. After this was completed a t balance of £2 is 8d would be available over and r.bovo labour and royalty foi | patching old metal. Owing to the unsettled weather, it would ho some time in tho early part of next week before it was completed. • UPPER EGMONT ROAD. The Hon. W. Fraser, Minister for Public Works, replied to tho board’s inquiry regarding the amount provided for Upper Egmont Road. Ho stated that the sum of £2OO was provided on the appropriations this year, against which £ll 7 9s 2d had already been authorised and expanded, leaving an unauthorised balance of £B2 10s lOd. Mr. H. Okey, M.P., wrote that last week, in communication with the Public Works Department, he found that tho vote for tho rohd above the gate leading to the Mountain House hud been mixed up with the vote for expenditure below tne gate. He had at once written to the Minister on the matter. The vote for the board was a full £IOO for expenditure on tho Egmont Road below the gate. Tho liability mentioned was on tuo vote under the control of tho North Egmont Park Board. Tho Chairman suggested that the money should be expended by providing 114 cubic- yards of metal between Lepper Road and Mrs. Patterson’s, and dO cubic yards between Egmont- Village and a point half a mile from the village. Mr. G. T. Murray, Resident Road Engineer, wrote approving of the board's suggestions for the expenditure of tho money, and asked for short specifications in duplicate. EVERETT ROAD. The Under-Secretary of the Public Works Department wrote acknowledging receipt of the board's letter relative to tho vote of £2OO appearing upon the public works appropriations for Everett Road, and in reply ho stated that it was proposed that the expenditure of this vote should be carried out by the board. The State Guaranteed Advances Office wrote stating that the board s letter applying for a loan of £ioCo to form and "metal tho Everett Road had duly come- to hand. In reply ho enclosed a preliminary application form for the required particulars to be inserted, and stated 'that tho application would he submitted fer the consideration of tho board at its next meeting. K.OHETE ROAD BRIDGES. In a supplementary report dealing with the Kohoto Hoad bridges, Foreman Bennett said that all were in about the same condition, but the second was the one on which ho had reported two vears previously. Fie had inspected the bridges lately, and he was of opinion that the second bridge would have to receive immediate attention. He understood that the board’s engineers had found that tho first bridge should be rebuilt first, but the foreman suggested that if tho timber was not yet to hand tho second bridge should ho rebuilt first. It was reported that the . proper lengths for the first bridge had already been ordered, so that the second bridge could not be attended to just yet. GENERAL. Mr. R. Ellis, clerk to the Taranaki County Council, forwarded debit note for £i 10s, being estimated cost of reinstating X-eppor-Carrington cross road iu terms of agreement between the board and the late Waiwakaiho road district. .The Waitava West Road Board forwarded cheque for £4 9s, grant made for repairs to York Road. Tenders were opened for the supply of metal for the Egmont Road v but the price was considered too high and they were not accepted. The chairman’s action in authorising the expenditure of £ol in metalling 9 chains on the Upland Road South was approved. Tenders were opened for tho supply of metal on the Egmont Road, hut as they were considered too high, neither was accepted. Tho matter was left to the chairman to arrange. A stock-drover reported to be' using tho Norfolk East Road for grazing purposes is to bo-informed that he,must discontinue the practice.’otherwise prosecution will follow.

The chairman and Mr. Hcpson were appointed to sign the rate-book. Accounts amounting to £274 14s were passed tor payment.