, 1884-02-23
P r @ G I Z D ] N & s
FOR ST. CROIX.
Conclusion of Meetina Of 4M February 1884

of material mentioned by His Excrllpncy,
rocks taken near by, that hay" been used
Of late years. and have proved not very
good it is Chiefly lime stone thar can be
had. and they are soon crushed to powder,
leaving bare the foundation OF the road.
AS the Chief Road-IIspector is here, he
should like to hear his opinion Oh the
matter.
4th Member for ChriStian>ted's Country
District (RaphaeD SAID he believed the
cause Of the bad state OF the roads sliud-
I'd to is, that the best materials have not
been used he believed, however, that
hard limestone might be had nearer to
the spot, particularly from a great pit near
by from which some estates have t ken
materials. IItre are other ESt"te THAI
have still more difficulty to get gravel for
road work, for instance NarN'S Fancy,
StraWbciryhill, DiamOnI & Ruby, Barren
spot they have 10 cart from Glln}'S Gut
ter to the corner OF StldArm, which Is Il
longer dis ance than to La Grange from
the Centre Line. lie should think that
the gravel pit at C0ncorlia could be used
for these rcpairS.-He c uld not agree
with the 3rd Member for Frp,hpj ikSted'S
Country DiHtricl Wilson IN reference to
the repairs in Adventure load. The only
thing required now, is, in his opinion, IL
O'di vi SldNNl Olitl W lSt Lltt Iutt IL per
tcctly good and no fault can he found
with it,. Wilson: Member Lpmmiug
states that the road is in a bad con H.
ton He could not take Lawyer
Lemming as an authority IN that RESPECT.
Now. when the repairs wer2 boirg done
la t year OF this spot, ii vas ~ Tie RAINY
season, and he had noticed that some
estates brought only 90 ShovrlS full Of
gravel as a lord; lalc" oil he bad d@Ircct,G
the Quarttrotliccr to ask Ill0Sa estates 10
send more gravel, but onl, two estates
have since done SO-As f0l the quarter
job having been so expensive, he could
neither there agree with the honorable
Member Wilson whose own cash outlay
was not mOIe than $40, besides Of course
calting, which it is true is worth something.
He ltaphaell had also had his portion OF
that quarter Job.
LIST Member for FrederikSted's Country
District (Latimer) said there could b. no
comparison between the road allotmentS
of the Estates specially named by the last
honorable Speaker; the roads on these
allO, mpntS are not half the width Of those
by Diamond etc; the traffic ON those first
named roads is far less |haa that ON the
latter and the repairs are here . mtle
nothing, compared with the repaU~ o. The
other roads in question IL trt Of repairs
on these latter are equal to almost 1900
on the former: besides which the Estates
mentioned 10y HE honorable Member can
get the proper materials from the gravel
pit at I Outage, which is much nearer. AS
regards the gravel pit at Cnncordia. he
had after having had TO obtain permission
to dig from there, but it Is fan away from
the allotment.
After a few more short remarks, the In
tCrptIlation was cloSt d..
q. Election of Il Member for each Of the
Elective Boards fer the 4 Elective Dis
tricts Of tue Island, agrpeabIy to the Go
~vernmPnt'S request in letter of 18th Jan
uary 1884 No. SO.
The result Of the election was that Is
voting tickets were received, and elected
were:
for ChriStiansted Town & Suburbs:
Mr.. A. Boye.
Country District " II. Mendes.
FrederikSttd............" l.. B. Fabrr.
" I" Country district W.B.W Gods.
Z, Election Of TWO Persons to assist in
q Commission with the Collectors OF Gus
tens and Brokers for the purpose OF fur
niShing tie Presidency with intol mation
concerning The prices Of the Islands pro-
duce, for guidance III fHiug the Islands
tariff.
The result of the election was that is
tickle els were received elected were:
MeSsrs. j. w. Willard and w. II.
Heyliger, with respectively IA and Is
votes.
s. End Discussion on additional Money
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