THE MOUTOA BRIDGE.
At last night’s Borough Council meeting a letter was read from the controlling body (Horowhenua County Council) of the Moutoa bridge, setting forth in detail the cost of construction and supervision as follows : —Contract price, £'47 13 los ; extras, ,£5Ol 9s 3d ; inspection, ,£196 4s ; survey of approaches, £9 2s ; compensation for land, ,£4O ; filling and formation of approaches, £4 4s ; metalling same, ,£150; engineering, ,£260 ; total cost of bridge, ,£5874 5 s 3d. The Government subsidised the cost £1 for £1 up to £SOOO, which reduced the cost to the three contributing bodies by ,£2500. The balance of cost is apportioned as follows: Manawatu County Council 5-i2ths, ,£1406 os 6d ; Horowhenua County Council 5-i2ths, same amount; Foxton Borough Council 2-i2ths, ,£562 8s 3d.
The Clerk explained that the Borough Council raised a loan of £6OO. He stated further that he had looked up the Commissioner’s finding, which did not specify any sum which each local body had to pay. At a previous meeting Cr Heuuessy was of opinion that the cost of construction was restricted to £SOOO, and that the local bodies would only pay their proportion up to that amount.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 428, 25 August 1908, Page 3
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195THE MOUTOA BRIDGE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 428, 25 August 1908, Page 3
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