SEWER CONTRACTS
■ gr-The Drainage Board has exits dissatisfaction at the slow jCiB being made on several sewer Eacts. This, however, is at least K-j? due to the board's own misKgement. Were contractors Kfow-pri more latitude in the running B-dr jobs, instead of being almost Wgjpjetely under the direction of the RgtFs engineers, drainage work be carried out quicker, cheaper as satisfactorily. No mention Ks been made of the long delays fcfen about a year) between the up of plans and the calling E teasers. Such delays are usually W&sbly greater than delays due &5W progress on the jobs. The fcflton. too. incidentally, is mis■Jesented. for the contractors of the Kt- recently-started contracts have Mw* twice as much and one-third Ke work respectively than stated.— Bkts. etc, T.- PASS THE BUCK. | March 18, 1954.
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Press, Volume XC, Issue 27302, 19 March 1954, Page 13
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