TENDERS FOR DRAIN PIPES

Colonist, Volume XLIX, Issue 11861, 15 February 1907, Page 2

TENDERS FOR DRAIN PIPES

7 , Before these tenders were opened, Cr Harrison asked^Sto |be2"e'xcused from voting* as he was interested in ■ ohe, of the tenders; £ Bs£ The Mayor pointed out that a shareholder in a company having more than twenty shareholders was not debarred from voting. Cr Harrison said he was aware of that, but would prefer not to vote. Cr Haggitt said he also wished to 1 be excused from voting for the same reason as Cr Harrison. I The Mayor then asked- the City Surveyor as to the quality of the ' specimen pipes that were in the Chambor. | The Surveyor said they were all very good. The local ones were the | heaviest. Cr Lightband thought tbe Surveyor should be asked which he recommended. 1 The Mayor said he stated they | were ail good, and he thought that was sufficient. _! Cr Harrison asked if they were all made similarly. The Surveyor said that as far as he could see tbe Auckland and Welling--1 ton pipes had the sockets put on, and ' he knew that tbe local pipes were made in one piece. Cr Lightband asked where the pipes were to be delivered. The Surveyor said that outside pipes were to be delivered c.i.f. on the wharf and local ones at the works. To have specified delivery on the works would have required means for protecting them. The Mayor said one tenderer had asked him where they were to bedelivered, and he told him he understood they wero to be delivered at the works. The specification did not say. The Acting Town Clerk said the specifications sent Jout of " Nelson required delivery on the wharf. Cr Atmore said a local agent would not see that clause, The Surveyor said it was understood that locally|made pipes were to be delivered where made, and those made outside were to be delivered at the wharf. Cr Atmore said the Mayor was right. A local agent might be at a disadvantage. The Mayor then moved that the acceptance of tenders be deferred till next Friday night, and tbat any tenderer who had misunderstood the place of delivery be allowed to amend his tender. Cr Atmore seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. concluded the business.