TEMUKA ROAD BOARD.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3748, 6 October 1886, Page 3

TEMUKA ROAD BOARD.

♦ The above Board mot on Tuesday morning. PBKSKST. Messrs J. Tnlbot (chairman), M. Quiun, J. T. M. Hnyhurstund G. C.inavan. The minutes of the provides meeting were read and confirmed. Tin: i.vri: mi: .r. rATi:ino\. The chairman, before harness wm Wim, alluded to the lons tho Board, :iml ihe. district i>C!ic:rally, h:id sutVcro'l through the death of a m.unber "ho was present :il the last meeting of the Board, the lute Mr J.jhu i'literson. Mr Qiiinn siijrsesttfd that a loiter of eon.loler.ee ho ser.l to lim relations from the Hoard. Mr H:ij hurst seconded tho suggestion, which \v«:. adopted. Aitowincsr.i. The i-Ii li man announced that a deputation from the An.wbeim-i Town Board would \wiit upjii the liiwrd th.it morning. He had caused the clerk to prepare a statement showing thi! rateable vulue of Arowhenua, wlreh provt-d to bo about £20,001). The total rateable v:iluo of the road district wn3 about £708.000, and ho propo-ed a pro rata distribution of the funds m hand (about i'SOO), which would give tho Arowhcnua Board some £25. ACCOUNTS amounting t) £137 Ca 8d was p.iss.'d for payment co'inrsroSDKNCi; was then read as follows : — From J. K. Aekrovd, complaining that the formation of the road caused the water to accumulate on his land. Ho wanted the drain widened.— The overseer said he did not think this would meet tho difijculty. It wns lift to the surveyor I J attend to. He" also .liked for some shingling to be d-me. No action wus taken m the mutter. Mrs Norah Duly risking the Board to relievo her of tho duty of grubbing up the gorse m front of her house.— No action. Thomas Lewis again asked Unit ho b:allowed to keep Francis street, Rnngitata, closed, pointing out that the road being closed would not interfere with sheep or other traffic. — Uesolved to allow the road to remain closed for the present. P. W. McCaslill asked that his name be substituted for Unit of Miles, Archer and Co. on tho roll for 8.3. 12727, WiuehcsUr.— Agreed to on the usual conditions. It. A. Barker, informing thu Hoard that at a meeting of tha Oniri Kivcr Board, v rate of Id (a f:»i thing) m tho £ had been struck. — Left to tho chairman and clerk to attend to. From the clerk to theQeraldine Road Board, calling attention to tho following works on tho Boundary road : — (1) Replacing two old timber culverts with pipe and concrete culverts. (Agreed to.) (2) Ihe advisability or otherwise of extending Sharp's bridge, as there is iuw a pap of 80 feet between brUgo and terrace. (The Board did not see. the necessity of extending the bridge.) (3) The diversion of the Boundary road, or protective works, where tho river his encroached. (The Roard thought it sulvis-ililo to wait to see if t'lo river will carry away the whole road.) Commissioner of Crown .Lands, promising to vest, tho reserves m the board as soon :.s possible. With nvpert to tho exchange of land with Mr Hayhural, it would have to wait until a surveyor was m the district, probably m a few weeks. From' tho Treasury, stating that rates on Crow., amounting to £14 12 3 4J, lia..| been paid to the credit of tho board. From tho overseer, Geruldino Board, exchanging maps. Tho chairman then read the OVKItSKBn'S RIiPMIT, to the following effect : - Tenders had been called for forming 117 chains of road neav Rangitnt:i School, and that of Mr J. Fifield, nl Cn per chain, accepted. Mr n. Watt's tender for (.-louring tussock, etc., at the sumo place, at £7, had been accepted. The contractor for No. GO having failed to proceed with tho work, tho contract was let to Mr Dowison, who has completed it. The overseer had examined tho ground at Milford, with :\ view of getting tho water from the creek by Colville's, without building a culvert across the Milford and Hadown road, and he found thnl by deepening a ditch by Mrs Moulton's section, at a cost of about £10, tho water could, bo got rid of. The owner of the l.nd had agreed to have the dram deepened, but tho occupier had not been vet comnmnii-ated with. The report recommended the deepening of tho creek for a short distance near Mr Mycr's stable, and tho clearing of the- bed below the bridge, as asked by Mr Frasei-.— Agreed to. Tho overseer, after examination, reported that the temporary bridge on tho road near Mr F. Barker's would meet, all requirements for tho present teaion, but recommended Unit one bridge ho built to tako the place of three already on the road. — Agreed to. To lay a pipe culvert, a3 recommended hy Snaney Bros., would necessitate tho deepening of a drain m Mr R. Thomas' hind, and nn outlay of about £o. — No action to bo taken.

With the overseer of tho Gearaldino board, lho overseer had oxamincd the culvert on tho Boundary road, Sharp's bridge, and tho place where the liver is encroaching abovo Mr ICc'latid's. The wooden culverts wero found to he rotten, nnd required replacing forthwith. He did not. recommend the extonsion of Sharp's bridge as a stock bridge, as thero wns every probability of the river encroaching more on the west bank. Near Kelland's the river is lion- on tho boundary line of tho road reservo, nnd the next flood is almost sure to like nirsy part of the r.'nd. Before calling tenders for widening lho oiinal drain, it wns cnrcfully examined by the overseer, together with Mr Wareing. It had, therefore, been determined to widen the drain for the whole length between the culvert on tho Mill i'iond and the bridge on tho Boiling Down Bond with the exception of 2V chains near the culvert. Tho report was adopted. TEXDEK3 were then opened as follows : — Contract Xo. C>. Cleaning Watertubles Shepherd's and Cole's— No tenders. The surveyor was instructed to get tho work done. Contract, No. 70, Clearing Greenaway's Drain— Three tenders were received, that of I. Francis, at. C 7, wns accepted. Contract Xo. 71, Widening Canal DrainTwo tenders. That of J. McGrath, at £29 13s 8d w:is nccepted. Contract No. 72, Building Culvert on Milford Road — No tenders. ~ Tho overseer n-i'.s instructed to get it built by day labour. Contract No. 73, Lengthening Temuka Footbri'ge— Four tenders. That of Coomer and Larcombe, at £52, was accepted. DEPUTATION, AND PKHSOSAI, APPLICATIONS, ETC. Mr TSiiHctt asked that Stewart's Road bo repaired, it being m v very bud state. Tho road had never been formed for about twelve chains. — Left to the overseer to report. Messrs Lee (chairman of tho Arowhenus. Town Hoard), and F.dgeler waited on the board. Mr Leo said that his town board was desirous of getting an immediate settlement with tho road board, 119 they could not get any funds until they did. The two months alloiri.il by law w.-is nil but expired, nnd they would lide a settlement as soon aspopsiblo. The chairman called Mr Leo's attention to the statements referred to above, re rateable value The course, the road board had adopted with tho Temuka Town Board was to divide the balance of asset? and liabilities pro rala with that board. He thought that, they miiiht take the. sumo course with the Arowhciiua I' '.ird. Their balance m Innd at, the time tho Arowliciimi Town District wa« proclaimed was nbnut .(.'S29. Mr Lre a»kcd to what proportion of this their board would be entitled. Tho chairman s:.id thut the Arowhem.a rateable valuation amounted to £10,552. Tho Temuka Eoad Board valuation was £708,000. Mr Leo suppose.! they would eett^o proportion of the mo.icy m hind. He ploaded to be liberally dealt with ; the JRo.id Hoard lmrl obtained a good deal of money from the district, and it was entirely without funds. Tho rites accruing fi-om tho town district had averaged £25 yearly for ten years. Tho chairman thought it was hardly to much as that. It had been always very expensive to collect. Mr Lee went on to siy that ho did not think tho Road Board had any claim against, the village settlement. Only somo £30 had bi-en spent on it. Ifn thought tho Koad 13o:ird ought, to waive all cliims to the money hing ill Wollinn'on. Mr Havhnrst thought it was not a question of what they would like, to do, but what they ought to do. Mr Lee said that, m rqnitv tho Arowhnnua lioar.l was entitled to it' all. Tho Road Hoard had reaped special advantages from Arowhcnutt, p.nd he suggested Ihit. inaHdition to the pro r«i.i share of th- funds m hand, flint tho lioad B-.iard should forego all claims Lo tha inoin'v lying at Wellington (about C 3-3), accumulating on deferred payment sections. The chairman s:iid l.eforc tho deputation came m the Board had resolved to givo the new Town Board their pro rala shar.> of the en-li m Innd. Tho other claim, he thought, mint. he. left over. Mr T.en pressed that it bo settled at once. Mr Kdr.el.jr asked wh.t the Road Board would propose. Mi 1 ITivlmrst said that w-i? very easily done. They would give Arowhcnua £25 and have dono with it. WhiUt appreciating \r r Hayhurst's generosity, Mr I.co thought Unit woidd hardly he fair. The chairman said it w.vi for the parlies holding tin money to decide who should have it. Mr C.inavnn thought it might safely be left to tho authorities m Wellington fo hand the money to the, parties entitled to it. Mr Loo said 1113 Board had not soul m .my claim at nil for the money, ponding tho result of this application to the Ko.id Board. Tlio chairman did not think they could cmne to any nrmngviinMit lvspcrtinc '' lc money m Wellington. The Road Board would lnld to their offer of £25. Mr Lee c^prc??e'l the willingness of his B.v.ird to accept it, hut again urged tho claim of Arowhenua to the money m Wellington. To end the dUeusaion. Mr Hayhursfc moved that a sum of £25 be paid to tho Arowhcnua Town Board. Mr Quinn seconded tho motion. Mr Leo mid that would entail them calling m nn arbitrator. The Board did not think it necessary. The motion was then put and carried. Mr Lee said thut nothing remained for them to do but to hivo tho mitter settled by arbitration. Mr Edgelor said Government would settle it. Mr T.ee paid it would ho plon*antor for all patio to have it nettled hy arbitration. Mr RdL'clor asked if the £25 was offered as a final srttlrmonf . Thi> chairman sail tint thoy offered it ns being the amount duo. from the mad board to the town board. With regard tn the claim of the Arowhenui Board, they took no cognisnncf of if so fur. The board then rose.