WATER SUPPLY.

Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 929, 30 June 1903, Page 2

WATER SUPPLY.

V/AIIIIRERE AND WAIMATA WATER SCHEME.

(To the Editor of the Times.)

Sir, —At the request of a large number of ratepayers I submit t.hu following com parative estimates of the cost of Mr Mestaycr’s ’Waihirerc water supply scheme and tho Waiuiata scheme. Mr Mestayor’s estimato is for supplying Gisborne alone, while the cost of the Waimata scheme includes Gisborne, Whataupoko, Haiti, and the freezing works. In view of the forthcoming poll the statements should bo carefully digested by ratepayers.—l am, dtc., W. Douglas Lys.var.

Mil MESTAYER’S WAIHIRERE WATER SCHEME. £ Ml- Mcstaycr’a lowest estimate for a 12 inch supply, mains and reduced dams to suit... ... 36,000 Reticulation of Borough according to Mr Mestayor’s reduced estimate ... ... ... ... 9,500 Estimate for land and pipe line, eay ... ... ... ... 3,000 49,000 £ Annual interest on above at 44 per cent ... ... ... 2,205 WAIMATA WATER SCHEME. £ Whataupoko Board estimate for headworks and reticulation of Whataupoko 15,078 Cost extra storage tank to increase storage capacity in reservoir up to 1,300,000 for extra requirements of I ■ ugh and Gisborne Freezing Works ... 2,200 Mr Mestayev’s cost of reduced Borough reticulation ... ... 9,500 Reticulation of Haiti and main to supply the Gisborne Freezing Works, say 5,000 Extras, say 1,000

Annual cost of pumping, £6OO, capitalised at per cent. ... 13,300 . 46,078 £ a. Annual interest on above at 44 per cent ... ... ... 2,073 10 Deduct revenue to be obtained from the Gisborne Freezing Works 600 0 1,473 10 Note. —From these figures it will be seen that Whataupoko, Haiti, Gisborne, and the Freezing Works will all be supplied with water at an annua! cost to the ratepayers, spread over the three districts, of £1473 iOs, instead of £2205 under Mr Mestayer’s scheme for supplying Gisborne alone from Waihirere.