Manawatu Road Board.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 35, 9 July 1885, Page 4

Manawatu Road Board.

"'. ]■"•'■"■■ YESTERDAY. -;i ! _ ; _ ■ . - . ■ • (Continuation of Beport.) (The Chairman stated that he had had ayisit from Boos', solicitor, since last meeting, regarding the balance of the firie imposed that. Boris- intendedtio talc© action it it was*n6t refunded m fall. ' |Re'MrJ. Knight's, appjication to have road formed it -"was decided f toftet this matter stand over till the Board was m funds. . jv •■ '\x ..-■»,--> ,-x •:■{.' kpplicUtibn'feom Mr Be'ale'WprV-^ mijam to take gravel -fepiri pit at Awapuhi. The Chairman objected to the application ,heing ? grapted as required vi-^., from inse tet.time butltbat tvvßenever a written application was received to 'grant it and that'metal only Me taken from the one place m use. ■ ' ;■ • ; ji*l?e^lH<f'a letter frdni J/T^tej^ar^re the bftllast.pit at Terrace . End .the Bo!ard •vv^itfcenltoiay that-ho think less haH than\£4oo would be taken as this Board wo,s /fis,t;- liable.! tfor any ■■ arra"ngements-5 entered into with, the. ManaWatu County Cojincil.'^-H. r " i '"' / '•''"■ <". l "y v: ? " ( Me Mr. ir .^ans^n's complaint pf-i#o) b'eipj? able to draw ' gravel from ' pit on Bangitikei Line, the Chairman decided to visit the place and ascertain the facts of the case. ,■•■•-'• i ....... •■ l^rom the Borough Council re the overr flow from theKawau Creek. Held over. s -..t $ame forwarding, statement ,. of im- : pounding.^ V. - . ; ' '•'•;' '-,- ■? ., > «&.- the^Secretarv forwarding * par- > ticylars pf grant of 45?253. '„ . . „ . , . From'ilh'spebtbr James stating tltai he i-could not allow. Constable ' Manning to leaye his station m connection with the Dog's Tax collection tO>enforciß payment from the Natives. The Chairman stated he, had seen, and itAva's'cjmte clear 'that the Natives were liable for the rion! -payment of the f 'tax' and * that the collector should take the' 'firit opportunity jdf bringing, a-case into Court - to llest it. ■ \ ..-•! ; ■< / i Tjhe .slaughterrhous^ report ■waS read with following returns': — Beale, : , l^a!4M ; Collins, 8s l^d ; Moore # Car-" ter,i3s'ld^totaT^l'7s l 7d:'.' '■' "''•: •• ! The r Etiginee'r ' staled that : he had m • . company .with Mr Edwards visited Mr IJodlvnicks vlace anrl • inspected • the land ■ on Avhich.the; overflow nuisance 'occui*-:,' retl: He had written to Mr Stewart for.. inftVrtriation ;regarding tlii^ ; matter. , but. had- not roceived' .'any reply as yet. ,'.-..; ]■. Mr Podevin _yvrais. asking" permission ' ;tp constnitiji ''a : ditch."- 18' inches wide i alongside his fence. ' '■■•.''••■ "-^ i ; ' •■;.,' i^Porden Sly opposed the application assnch ! a: request "would m his opinion bo interfenng wit the rights of

the [mlilio who worn :ih;o to bo considered as well n'A tiip applicant m this c:u;e. lie (Mr iSiy) know well that 18 inches meant 4or five feet and to inlerlbro with the roadway m this fashion was too much 6f a irood thing. Owners ol property should^ construct ditches on ? the -land 1 (.hey owned and not on other peoples. If a precedent of .this kind were established it would be. hard to tell when it would end.' Mr Mathieson thought that the construction of a ditch as required by Mr Podevin would do a great deal of good to the settlers and m no way interfere withi the- existing' road, his experience,/ had always been that such dikos were constructed m the . road or portion of it 1 at least. The Chairman also supported the ap- I plication as -did also Warden Alters, there being therefore no seconder to Warden July's amendment it was dropped and a ' Resolution proposed by the Cliainnan to grant the application was carried. ; ■ An application from S. Lancaster, to fall bush on. road line m Fitahorbert was ■ granted., . i i Messrs Julius Anderson and Volkert waited on the Board and asked porniis- '. sion to erect a Bft fence. I Application granted on the understanding . that the fence should be removed ;• when/ever the Board desired. * 1 The deputation also complained of stoppage of water on their sections for want of drainage, decided that the settlers residing and affected by this.nuisance should construct a drain under the supervision of the Engineer and at lii« estimated to be n^ade out of the rates „ coming from the properties affected. , The Board then adjourned for luncheon. "'■ '-'I ■ ■'*'• ■'■■'■■"■- \ ■ ' • ■