Studying Local Manufacturers.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 12818, 28 March 1905, Page 5

Studying Local Manufacturers.

, A STEEL PIPE CONTRACT. Mr Mestayer, C.E., in sending to the • Borough Council the plan, specifica- . tions, forms and conditions of tender [ iqv the cast-iron pipes required to I connect the steel 21in. main with the j turbines, stated that he -.could, not get : out these particulars sooner for want J of details of machinery wMch had on- j ly reached' him quite J recently. The ; cost of the pipes wbulii be below £ — \ delivered at' the New Plymouth Rail- ; way Station. He said he did not \ ; hink the local foundries could do 1 them at the price, he mentioned, if hey had the appliances at all,,- but they could be obtained at Welliigton j at the price mentioned. "In view of 5 the experiences I have ha"d of colo- j nial founding," wrote Mr MbstayW, * "I consider that your Council will get / the best work and most satisfactory >: worik generally *b^go*doriirg» the pipes < lirect from Messrs Crabtree and .Sons: \ they have the best appliances of, any ? firm in the colony for^ dojng this class J of work, and have supplied you -with j the man and lamp hole covers for the 1 sewers ; they have also quite recently ] supplied, some e.i. pipes for'the"Feita>'' | ing water supply which were as good ' as castings could be/ . | The Mayor suggested tEa£,\ local foundries be offered the^work, remarkng- that the Borough Engineer had [ said they were capable of doing tke \ work. If that was the case, and [ other, conditions -being" equal, the Work '■ shdiild be offered locally. I Cr. Wood agreed.- He considered i. ratepayers should be, given an opppr- f Mmity to do the work particularly, if } f< the price was right. ,J, J < , \ Other Councillors expressed concurr ' rence and it was decided that' local ? namifacturers be requested* tb 7ufnish ; prices for the pipes reqxtireHl ' ",'