WAITEMATA COUNTY COUNCIL

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 61, 11 March 1916, Page 8

WAITEMATA COUNTY COUNCIL

following further business was trana; . : acted at the monthly meeting of the. Waitfr ";•.■ niita County Council yesterdny afternoon: '■'>.. Tenders.—Construction of 40 cliaftis ot -••... the New Road. The lowest ten- ' dor -was £140 lIS/, submitted bj-'W. iteQaoid. :■>. On -tihe motion of the chairman it was de- •;•:• elded to accept this tender on condition that m the City Council contribute towards theeost ■ * ' of eoustructlon. A contract for the con- : stnicrionof 22 chalnii on the Walwera Road:wis let to W. Taylor, vrliose tender,- i2S9, wns the lowest. . ..; •- ■ The Whau Bridge.—The question of tUe_ - consti-uttion of a uew bridge over the Whan: .. Creek was disc-ussed at length/ A tion was passed at the last -meeting giving ; the engineer authority to draw up tie plans for its construction. .SeTeral members ci- ]' ■ pressed tie opinion that the material neces- . sarv for the constructioa wag not • available until after the war. The • chairnain stated that he did not-think ■;■. that they would get money, cheeper for the , - next twenty years than it Tvas at present. At this state Mr. Day gave notice to rescind ; the resolution previously passed. Tie "question ■will 6e discussed at .the next meeting °t' the Council. « i ,/ -, :