Huntly Town Board.

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 4, 5 November 1915, Page 2

Huntly Town Board.

MEETING HELD ON OCT. 28th. At the regular monthly meeting of the Huntly Town Board held cn October 28th. the following were present;—Messrs J. P. Bailey (chairman), Jas. Elliot, G. T. Horwood and R. Green well The preliminary business being disposed of, the following matters were gone into : QUEEN CARNIVAL. An application from the Huntly Schools Queen Carnival Committee for permission to erect stalls in the Main Street on Saturday November 20th, in order to dispose of various articles provided by residents, was granted. SANITARY SERVICE. The new agreement was duly executed for a term of three years. SUBWAY. A letter from the Public Works Department, pointing out that the subway with its walls was now under the jurisdiction of the Board and must be maintained by them, was received. OFFICE SITE. The Deeds connected with the section recently purchased by the Board for the purpose of providing an office site, were presented and duly executed from November Ist. FOOTBRIDGE ACROSS WAIKATO RIVER. The Auckland Education Board wrote pointing out that they had acquired a section on the west side of the river, to which they wished to remove the school. They were of opinion, however, that it would not be safe for children to use the present bridge, and they therefore called on the Town Board to see to the erection of a footbridge attached to the present bridge. It was pointed out that the Board had no jurisdication in the matter, the bridge being the property of the Railway Dept., and also that the railway traffic over the bridge did not at present constitute such a danger as to make the erection of the footway imperative. The clerk was instructed to bring these facts to the notice of the Education Board, and to point out that, when the footway did become necessary as an approach to the school, it would be their duty to see that it was provided.

ELECTRICAL WORKS. Tenders for various contracts in connection with the installation of the Electric Light and Power scheme were opened as follows . NO 1 CONTRACT (Overhead Mains) Electric Construction Co £2046 9 3 Turnbull and Jones 2062 10 0 A. and T. Burt ... 2152 0 0 National Electric Co. 2331 4 3 The tender of the Electric Construction Co. was accepted, and that of Messrs. Turnbull and Jones retained pending the signing of the contract by the successful tenderer. NO 2 CONTRACT (Boiler) J, Chambers & Son. £lsßl (accepted).

Messrs Lye and Son’s tender was accepted and the next tender held.

NO 3 CONTRACT (Booster) J. J. Niven & Co. £221 0 0 H. G. Anderson 250 0 0 A. & T. Burt 270 0 0 Turnbull & Jones .. 278 0 0 British Gen. Electric Co 280 0 0 Electric Construction Co 300 0 0 National Electric Engineering Co. 349 0 0 Andersons Ltd 355 0 0 A. & D. Riley 370 0 0 Messrs J. J. Niven & Co’s tender was accepted, the second tender being held as before. NO 4 CONTRACT (Accumulators). Turnbull & Jones £949 0 0 ” (Alt) 982 0 0 Elect Construction Co £1011 0 0 W. Chroser 1068 0 0 J. J. Niven 1080 0 0 British Gen. Elect Co 1100 0 0 Turnbull & Jones (Alt) 1112 0 0 A. & D. Riley 1145 0 0 Andersons Ltd. ... 1162 0 0 D. K. Blair • 1236 16 0 A. T. Burt 1237 0 0 Messrs Turnbull and Jones tender at £982-0-0 was accepted. POWER HOUSE CONTRACT. Lye and Sons 789 0 0 Guthrie 969 0 0 J. H. Edwards 1064 0 0 J. Clark 1100 0 0 C. W. Cooper 1240 0 0 J. Murry 1699 0 0 C. C. Porter 1327 10 0 Briggs & Murch 1416 0 0