HOWICK WATER SUPPLY.
TENDERS FOR RESERVOIR.
Tenders for tho erection of a reinforce
concrete* reservoir with a capacity of 75,000 gallons on Stockade Hill, Howick, were received at a meeting of the Ilowick Town Board on Thursday evening. The prices of the 10 tenders received ranged from £1365 to £1064, tho estimate of tho board's engineer, Mr. A. T. Walker, being £ll3O. At n. meeting of (ho waterworks committee yesterday, the lowest tendor, that of 11. Bray and Company, Ltd., for £1064 6s, was accepted. At tho meeting of tho Town Board tho engineer reported that the water reticulation ill t lio township area was well advanced, and several new properties would be linked up within the next few weeks. Tho supply for tho Howick portion of the eoncrcto highway now started in Picton Street was assured.
It, was reported that tlio cutting down of Stockade Hill to Iho now level had been completed, and good use niado of tho spoil in widening parts of Uxbridgc and Church Streets. Tho footpath and Btormwater drainage seliemo was within a few days of completion. It, was decided to call for tenders for the glazing rights for 12 months of the cemetery reserve.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20620, 19 July 1930, Page 9
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