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DINAS POWIS HIGHWAY BOARD.

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DINAS POWIS HIGHWAY BOARD. MISS JENEER AND THE BOARD. A monthly meeting of the Dinas Powis High- way Board was held on Wednesday afternoon at the Barry Dock Police Court. Mr. 0. H. Jones presided, and there were also present :—General Lee, Mr. D. T. Alexander (Dinas Powis), Mr. Oliver Williams, Mr. D. \V. Savours (Rhoose). Mr. J. M. Savours (Pcnmark). Mr. Oliver Thomas (Wenvoe), Mr. Thomas (Michaclstone), Mr. F. Laurens (surveyor), and Mr. Morris (elerk).—Miss Jennor was also present. The minutes of the last meeting were read, and signed by the Chairman.—The Surveyor reported that he had sent notices to the farmers to cut and trim their hedges and remove scavenging.- Several other works ordered by the Board had been carried out also. — The Sur- veyor reported that an encroachment is being made upon the highway at Westra. St. Audrew's-Major, by Mr. John G. Marsh, of Car- diff. and he asked for instructions. Å villa was in -course of erection, and a cesspool was being con- structed out on the waste land in front of the houso encroaching to the extent of 12ft. 4in. or thereabouts. The distance between the cesspool wall and the wall on the other side of the road is about 35ft.—The Chairman said the clerk had better write to Mr. Marsh on the matter.—Mr. Alexander thought it would be advisable that the alerk should write immediately, and stop the work, as every day Mr. Marsh was incurring more cost for work which would have to come down.—The Board concurred.—General Lee pointed out that the house in course of erection was on his land, and the Sanitary Authority had passed the plans. It was very regrettable that the Highway Board and the Sanitary Authority did not act more in concert. In this instance had the two Boards acted in hurmouy they could have stopped this encroachment before.—The Surveyor Asked that a set of ordinance sheets of the district be obtained at a cost of probably about £10. It was pointed out that it was very necessary to get such sheets, as it would save a lot of trouble, and mark the different alterations and developments of the district.—Mr. Alexander asked whether there was any pressing necessity.—The Surveyor I said there was not. but the sooner they were had the better. — Mr. Alexander and Mr. Oliver Williams thought it would b3 better to leave the matter for a tima until they were better able to meet the expense.—This,course was agreed to.-It ^3 announced, that th? co'Trmtn^e appointed to view the ftevrly-ifracfced bank on the Wcnvoe-roa1 had inspected it, and it was now taken down. The road was progressing favourably, and a sum of money had been paid on account.—»The matter of the drainage of the road near Mr. Nell's premises -was reported on by Mr. Oliver Williams and Mr. Oliver Thomas, and as it appeared that Mr. Nell was acting within his rights in erecting the wall. It was decided that Mr. Nell should be seen as to whether he would allow a drain to go throug'h his land, or contribute to the costs of remedying the nuisance, as his land would be benefited by the im- provement.—The Surveyor reported that £ (>0 would be required to meet current expenses. Cheques were due amounting to £ 207, and bills -amounting to £ 45.—Cheques were signed for the amounts.—General Lee drew attention to a piece or road between the Barry road and on the east side of the Taff Vale Railway. It was. he said, in a bad state, and required repairing, and he asked the Sur- veyor whether it wi\s not the Board's duty to repair it.-On reference it was found to be within the Barry Board's jurisdiction, and it was decided to draw the attention of that Board to the matter.— The agreement between the Barry Local Board and the Dinas Powis Highway Board with reference to the repairing of cortain roads were read, and on the motion of Mr. Alexander, it was decided to affix the seal of the Board to it.—Mortgages for J6400 and £800, at 3J per cent., on account of the Wenvoe and Waycock roads were presented, and on the motion of Mr. Alexander, seconded by General Lee, it was decided to affix the seal of the Board to them. — The Board's seal was also put to a copy of the resolution authorising the Board to raise the mortgages.—A letter was read from Mr. Shepherd, saying that a public path had been closed.-The letter did not -state what footpath had been stopped, and Mr. Alexander moved that the clerk be instructed to ask Mr. Shepherd to more definitely define what pathway he referred to.—General Lee seconded, and it was agreed to.—The contractor of the Way- cock road had, it was reported, refused the gentle- men deputed to act on the Board's behalf as arbitrators, and it was decided to leave the matter in the handsuf the sub-committee which had been appointed in the matter-viz., General Lee, Mr. D. T. Alexander, and Mr. O. H. Jones.—Messrs. Dagnall's charges for negotiating the mortgages were agreed to.-Miss Jenner, who had sat silent during the whole proceedings, now came forward. and asked the Chairman if that was the Dinas Powis Highway Board sitting there that afternoon. If so, under what Act ?—The Chairman informed Miss Jenner that it was the Dinas Powis Highway Board.—Miss Jenner said that twelve months ago she submitted several points to the Board with regard to the road from the village of Wenvoe to Twynyrodyn, and Mr. Morris had written to her informing her that her proposi- tion had been entertained, and £ 3 spent in making the inecessary improvements.—In the January previous,—The Chairman Confine yourself to the present, Miss Jenner, we don't want to know what happened before.—Miss Jenner said the money had not been spent properly, as a stile 7ft. high, of which a lot of people had complained to her had not been altered.—The Chairman We have nothing to do with stiles.—Miss Jenner said she wanted to know by what means the Wenvoe Castle Estate had taken away a footpath in a field opposite the National School. Mr. Thomas, the Glebe, could tell them the name of the field.-The Chairman I tell you plainly, Miss Jenner, we are not going to interfere in your law affairs.-lliss Jenner asked how the Board cime possessed of the land.-The Chairman said the" land was bought of tl-ie-owners, and if anyone else disputed the ownership, they must see the people the land was purchased from, not the Board.-Miss Jenner Thank you, Sir, That was the point I wanted to get at. Just one more question. I sent two or three messages through the contractor to asked the surveyor to call on me. -The Chairman The contractor is not the .person through whom to send massages to the surveyor. I cannot say whether he received the messages.—Miss Jenner, again thanked the Chair- man, and retired.

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