THE CITY ABATTOIRS

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 507, 14 May 1909, Page 8

THE CITY ABATTOIRS

READY IN ABOTJT TWO MONTHS. v city, abattoirsnowyinj course of; construction milo and- a quarter from' Ngahaurangav up tho Gorge,; aro expected to bo finished and ready for tho commencement of kilhng in a, little over two months from now. lne brickwork of the main: building Has been, practically .completed and' the .• steel-• roof •trusses are in "Most cf the yards are roofed/in- and about half of the fencing 1 necessary is done. 1 The large concrete, cuhert,, enclosing the Ngahauranga'-.Stream for a distance of -oyer 100 yards, : to'enable the ,authorities ti make the -whole>site available: as the, yards extend over it, has been finished,-and the concrete :fldors to, the-yards-have been laid. 'A start has been made, with the office buildings, winch are to be. cf brick. ■.• - : • 1 : ■ . .In about.a' week's timo,'tenders will bo called |or tho supply of. steel hanging, rails and'runners, hoist-gear,,etc. . ■ The contractors for, the erection of the works are Messrs. Muce, and Nicholson, the contract prico being about iSBOOO. : '"••• v ; ...A draft Bill. to regulate :the abattoirs :is al present .before ilio Abattoirs Committed of the City Council. The committee ,Has not as yet' formulated any recommendations to tho council'as to the regulations, but will do so in a few,, weeks.;