TIMARU HARBOR WORKS

Timaru Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 1761, 22 June 1877, Page 3

TIMARU HARBOR WORKS

The following is a copy of the letter received on Wednesday by the Harbor Board from Sir John Coode : —

2, Westminster Chambers, Victoria-street, Westminster, S.W., April 30, 1877. Sib, — On mj return to England from the Cape Colony your telegram of 26th January, and copy of tho telegraphic reply sent to yo« by roy cliief assistant, Mr Matthew*, hare been placed before me. I gal her from your telegram that your Board is under an impression that I might undertake t« execute the "orks recommendfd m my report of August, 1875, at a fixed mm. It is therefore neceunry for me to inform you that I do not contract for the execution of works, but confine myself strictly to the practice of my profession ai a Ciril Enginrer. It is true that m my report of August, ■ 1875, I gave an estimate for the work* therein recommended, stating the amount, at which thoy could, m my opinion, be executed, if carried on without the intervet tion of a contractor ; but inasmuch as the execution of works m this manner imposes a gre*t amount of work m matters of detail upon myself and staff m thii country, and as my professional engagements hare considerably increased since the date of that report, I should not now be pr- pared tn undertake the' duties consequent upon the execution of the Timaru Harbor Works, unless they are carried out by a e-m---tractor. Under thi»e circumstances, if it be decided bj- the nuthorities m New Zealand to proceed with the works, it will be for them to determine whether they will execute them by the contract »yttem under my direction, or whether they will make arrangements for carrying them on without the intervention of a contractor nnder some other engineer. I am, fir, Your obedient servant, Jno. Coodb. The Chairman of the Harbor Board, Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand.