NEW OPERA HOUSE.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1517, 13 August 1912, Page 4

NEW OPERA HOUSE.

TENDERS FOE SCHEDULE. Another In toll lias occurred in tlio calllug for tenders for tlio new theatre to be evented in Manners Street East by the Wellington Opera House Compain - . llic plans wore received from the lion. \v. Pitt, of Melbourne, a few days ago, ami with them came a nmnber of copies ot schedules of quantities for distribution anions the leading funis of builders ill Wellington. This method of tendering by schedule is not common m Iwv Zealand, but is the accepted thing an Melbourne. It relieves the contractor from woiung

out quantities—all bo lias to do, u, to price them and add thereto tlie cost of labour, and his owu profit, and put lie samo opposite each item (»> J™ 'f l " Finally lie must n.dd to the total 1J cent, for the architect and H per cent, for the quantity surveyor, and so no.k out his contract price. Since tU< frehedulos mid plans wore received, it has boon discovered that the picre of '« n< ' °" {jf eastern site of the buildms «tt. onlv is needed) widen* out to 30f. for a eomrderablc part of th« depth of the secHon ami the plans have been bended liaclc to Mr. Pitt's representative, will the Wstiou that the «lra ? aee should bo thrown into the integer o. ing instead of going to wa,le. outM.io.