LEVELS ROAD BOARD.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3523, 13 January 1886, Page 3

LEVELS ROAD BOARD.

An ordinary meeting of this Board was » held yesterday. I pbesunt. Messrs Orbell, Sims, Balfour, and tho ' Clmirman. I " ' ' COnBEBPpNDBNCE. i The- following correspondence was read I and dealt with : — ■..-..■ ) Frpin Mr- W. Jf. Newton, resigning his seat i on the ..Board. The resignation was ac» cepted r; . ,J, . ■" From the- Property Tax Commissioner, stating that he had forwarded to tho Treasurer a voucher, vfoi" £376, being 75 per cent . pn:accouut ofisubsjdy due to tho Boavd. i From the Paymaster-General, stating that i be had paid the sum of £375 to the credit of < '■ the Board, at the Bank of New Zealand. '

•From Ihe Secretary of tha Railway League, forwarding the' copy of a resolution passed at a meeting held in Christohurch', asking if the Board would nominate a member to Bcrve on the General' Committee. i The Glerk 'was instructed to acknowledge receipt of the letter, and to state that not sufficient interest wbb felt in the railway in this district to call for appointing a representative. J . : •■-..-. Fr;om Mr J. Vance, asking to be allowed (jhe use of gravel reserve 1584, when not required for Road Board purposes. : Resolved— " That permission. bo granted to Mr Vance to occupy tho reserve, subject to use whenever wanted for Road Board purposes, one month's notice of intention to reaumo possession to b8 given ' by the Board;". ' ; ■ From ; Messrs Perry and Perry, on behalf of Mr Thomas King, stating that a fence had been erected by Mesars Hampton and Roney across a roadway at Pig-hunting Creek. The matter had been attended to by letter, dated 9th instant. Mr John Bland Smith attendod, asking the Board to. make the road noar tbe Mount Gay school on the proper line, as .he now wanted to fence his land.. , Tho Overseer was instructed to meet Mr Smith on the ground on Thursday next to arrange about it. .-. : '.'.'■' From Messrs Gould, Karelake and Inman, asking tbo Board to take steps to get a road leading from the Raincliff road to the riverbed,- as. if tha land is fenced in, which the owner intends doing, they will be entirely out off; ' ; .The Overseer was instructed to write to the Mount Poel Road Board, asking that body to take steps in the matter, it being in tha Mount Peel district. . „ ' From the manncer of this N.Z. and A. Land Gompnoy, demunding the completion of iitloa of hind taken for rood purposes. The Chairman was instructed to attend to the matter. In rcferenco to an account from ' Mr Bhaw for surveying tho doviation of a rond as Htreetcd by Mr Jus. Balfour, the Clerk was instructed to apply to Mr Balfour for paymerit of tho amount. : INTBHVIEW. Messrs Munro and Crummio waited on the Board, asking that the portion of road by Hampton's, also a portion of the Flat road noar Robinson's, bo shingled. The Overseer was directed to report fully upon this at next moeting. TUB BUBFACEStBJf. It was resolved that tho surfacemen be dispensed with for one month during the harvest. ACCOUHTB. Accounts amounting to £281 Is 2d were passed and ordered to be paid. ovehseeb's bkpobt. The; Overseer's report was read as follows : — ' "In accordanco with the resolution of last 1 have tho honor to report as follow* : — I have not vet been able to meet Mr j.J, B. Smith with reference to the deviation of ' road leading to Mount Grav school, but havo appointed to meet him on Thursday next. | " I.have prepared plans, nnd specifications for tho Cave Road, from its junction with Kobinson's to the boundary at the Cavo, a distance of four miles. " I should recommend that:tho formation only bo done at present, as I bolieve that a great portion of the road when formed will bo of ahinglr, and by waiting a little time tho sandy [wrtions of the road will havo time to harden. ' " Tongawai Bridge — It will be necessary to put this bridge in repair before the heavy traffic commences, as it was only repaired temporarily, to allow tho grain season to be finished. As the river ia very low now it is a good opportunity to have it dono. " The approach to one of the bridges on the Pareora Road, beyond Mr -Moody's, that had been lately re-decked, . having become dangerous, I had tbo same repaired. " Tha foundations of the small-stone bridgo near Chivers', on the Upper Pareora Road, has been scoured out, and ft portion of the abutment has been letdown. I havo taken steps to repair tho same, as it was dangerous. " I havo had the culvert across the road leading to Devon's land at Seadown, re"pilred. 11 Owing to the continued dry weather the stones on tho roads have worked up, and aro lying loose on the surface. This is dangerous for horses travelling, and I am having tho stones collected in the worst places. "The following woris have been authorised to be done after harvest:— Forming to Campbell's, Kingsdown, shingling Robinson's Road, formation of road at Kensington, Miller's Road, reforming road leading to Mr Rhodes' (late Rutherford's'-, re-forming from TosswiU's to Pago's. I will havo plans and specifications ready next meeting.'' It was resolf ed that tho Tengawai bridge should bo repaired at once. The meeting then terminated.