CEMETERY GULLY BRIDGE.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 262, 9 November 1906, Page 3

CEMETERY GULLY BRIDGE.

4 QUESTION OF DESIGN

ir the meeting of the City Council a.o. a report of the Streets rnmmirtee. that tenders be invited for V j-is and estimates for the Cemetery rullT S ridce ac '" ordin P to P la ns, specifitions and conditions prepared by the r?rr Engineer- was adopted. Last night to this report was submitted, deleting the word-; "tor designs aJ,d c='tim ate? - nn '•> nTuu.mending that the engineer prepare plans and specifications on which tenders for the bridge shall he invited. _ Mr H. M. >mcetou enquired th. reason for the amendment of the former

report. lir. Grey. deputy-Mayor, said that the matter was brought forward as the -esult of Pre« criticism. Mr. Bush's :,3»a was thai the plans should bo prepared by him. and designs invited from timi-. lie agreed with this" course. The present motion was not only binding ihe tender, rs to one material, but was also limiting the' number of tenderer*. He felt that the engineer was ijuitc right in his former fl d.ics to the Council. Jfr. P.. Farrell thought that the plans should be prepared b\ the engineer, and all tenderers should start on level grounds. This was the first public ffo rk which came within the province of the engineer, and it was proposed 'to put the work on the shoulders of jumebody else. Mr. Bush said plainly that he .v.- prepared to prepare the plans, and he should, do so. Cr. Ca-ey supported Cr. Farrell, and considered that it was tho duty of the Council to eet the work done as cheaply aE _ efficiently as possible. The only TO -v was to pet their engineer to prepare plans and specifications. That was the only way to get fair and reasonable competition. Otherwise they would _c working into the hands of a monopoly. _ir. Bush adhered to his report- given a month ago. Cr. Entrican supported the engineer, and said that the Streets Committee were traversing lho engineer's report. Chorus of .treets Committee: Oh. no. no. Cr. Entrican thought tho report \va.. ~-•■>o clear, and that it was the duty of the Council to give effect to it. Mr. Bush said that while as an engineer he would rather have the control ci the bridge from start to finish, still he waived personal feelings, ami did what he conceived to be best in the interests of the Council. Cr. Farrell: Well, I'm sorry to hear you say ?e'er. Entrican: The Street. Committee are jroine behind the engineer. The committee were entirely wrong and out of order in bringing this forward. , The clause was ordered to be deleted on the casting vote of the deputyMayor.