to the editor.
Sir, —Now that the Council is to part with their Engineer, it is to be hoped that they will not again fall into the same error of appointing a so-called engineer, but will follow the example of the majority of other New Zealand towns, by appointing an intelligent foreman of works who could make drawings and specifications, and knows the value of work, and see that the works were faithfully carried out, We need not go further than Napier, to see a town whose works are well designed, and carried out under a foreman of works, and all who know Napier must admit that the Municipal works there are much more intricate and difficult than any work that can possibly be required here. If, however, any engineering works were required, a consulting engineer could be nominally appointed and bound by the Council to do any work when his service was required at a fixed per centage upon such work, the per centage to be fixed by tender.—l am, &c., Alia Tentanda via est.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 188, 21 July 1884, Page 2
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176to the editor. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 188, 21 July 1884, Page 2
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