TAYLOR’S AVENUE.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXV, Issue 4776, 14 November 1924, Page 2

TAYLOR’S AVENUE.

WORK TO BE PUSHED ON. RESTRICTION OF TIME. The Works Committee oi the Paeroa Borough Council submitted the following report to the meeting oi tlu, council last night:— In accoi'dange with >4 the last Council meeting tenders were called for the formation of Coronation Street, and the removal of about 20*00 yards of spoil from, the '-op of HU} Street te Taylor’s Avenue. The engineer’s estimate for the formation of Coronation Street was £206 and the foreman’s £276. Only one tender was received, namely, that of R. Rasmussen, £330. In view of the estimate your committee did not accept Luis tender. For the removal of spoil from Hill Street the following prices were received: W. H. Shaw, 3s 2d; Brenan and Co., 3s 6d; R. Rasmussen, 4s 3d per yard. The most important feature of this contract is that it requires to be pushed through, and five weeks only was allowed the successful contractor in which to complete the work. We would like to point out that if any delay occurs in this work the Railway Department will be.hung up in .ill the new station work, inasmuch as the siation caainot be moved until Hill Street crossing fe closed, and Hill Street crossing cannot be closed until laylor’s Avenue is formed, kerbed, channelled, and metalled, and a concrete culvert put in over the outfall drain. ' It will, even under the most favourable conditions, be within a week or two of Christmas before the filling is done, after which all the other work must be cone in the remaining few months of fine weather. Any hitch will hold up the new bridge and stop-bank protection yvorks and expose the town to a longer period of danger in regard to the flood menace. From the foregoing it will be seen that time is the essence of the contract. The matter was explained to the lowest tenderer, who informed the Mayor that he could not do it in the time, and if he had known that time was important he would not have tendered. The committee under the circumstances released the tenderer and returned his deposit. Further inquiries were made, and Mr A Curtis submitted prices for the work as follows: Coronation Street, £269 IQs; Hill Street to Taylor’s Avenue, 3s 5%d per yard. The Public Works Department recommended Mr Curtis as a reliable contractoi, and he was’able to assure the committee that he could carry out the work in the time allotted, and after consulting with the Finance Committee the work was let to Mr Curtis, and we ask that our action be endorsed. The Railway Department is paying 2s 6 d per yard for this work, so the cost to the ratepayers will be 11 %d pet yard, or £95 16s Bd,