WATER SUPPLY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22258, 10 May 1934, Page 10

WATER SUPPLY

DEEP CREEK SCHEME TENDER FOR PIPES ACCEPTED In accordance with a recommendation from the Water Committee, the City Council, at its fortnightly meeting last night, accepted the tender of Messrs Hume Steel, Ltd., for the supply and delivery of approximately 36 miles of steel pipes and fittings required for the pipe line from the intake at Deep Creek to Stoney Knowe (pipes and fittings required from Stoney Knowe to the existing city mains were not called for in the specification). The tender price was £81,280 i7s, a further sum, equal to 3 per cent, to be added on the schedule prices of the pipes if manufactured from steel made in Great Britain. A report submitted by the committee stated:: —“Tenders fortlie whole or part of the materials required have been received from eight firms of which four submitted full tenders and four partial tenders. After careful consideration of the whole matter, the committee now recommends that the tenders of Messrs Hume Steel, Ltd., be accepted for all nine construction section contracts at schedule rates, as quoted, and which have been calculated to a total sum of £81,280 17s, for the nine construction section contracts. A further sum equal to 3 per cent, is to be added on the schedule price of the pipes if manufactured from steel made in Great Britain. “Messrs Hume Steel, Ltd., provide for manufacture of pipes in (with the exception of the thicker pipe—l2| per cent, of the total length—which they reserve the right to manufacture in Wellington). They further advise that they have entered into an agreement with Messrs A. and T. Burt, Ltd., that in the event of. the acceptance of their tenders they will place an order with Messrs A. and T. Burt, Ltd., for bends, tapers, branch pieces for tee pipes, beljraouths, all valves, high-pressure flexible joints for pipes, all of which will also be manufactured in Dunedin. Messrs Hume Steel, Ltd., guarantee to deliver pipes at 3000 feet per week from four months after acceptance, fittings to be delivered to suit this rate of supply. This rate of delivery corresponds to completing delivery of 191,000 feet by about November 30, 1933.” , After a discussion _in committee., the report was adopted, with the proviso that all pipes should be manufactured from steel made in Great Britain. BENCHING AND TRENCH CONTRACTS.

Prior, to consideration of the report, the town clerk (Mr G. A. Lewin) reported that tenders for benching and trench work in connection witli the Deep Creek water supply scheme had closeil only that day. A very large number of tenders had come forward, and these would be dealt with by the Water Committee as soon ns the engineering department had considered them.