A BRIDGE JOB.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1991, 15 May 1885, Page 2

A BRIDGE JOB.

(Tq Tip Editor.)

Sin,—Everybody remembers what is known as the Mungapakelia 1 " bridge'job," and I for one "would willingly drop'the subject' only for"two reasons:—firstly, fccau?e '.»"&$!]"• cji.que are'even now attempting io\iija^e u po]j|:i<;ai capital out of it, and are mixing up" the" names of per'taijigentlemeji 'with; the matter who fiayb"W 'connection' with it; secondly,becausea]i|jeM?!;qrylps just been related to me lyljicff'is'Very'sj'milar, and quite as much a job as the Jfu'lga: pakeha, although not- published to the world by " Star light."' Some time last year tenders were called by the East County Council for the building of a 40 foot span bridge in the Alfredton District, ' The tenderer allowed se'yoral m'onthft to mak : ln'g everi 'an I ' attempt .to 'flfcltrfc' with life contract (I should say fully 'his 'c'oiitract ijiiie).' The Engineer of that day then to'go on with''the''bridge, lis. amp]} smaller'one' was to be substituted. 1 Then came ,thb ; Mungapakol'ia business, when flj'e' 'shamefully alloWed their Ehgineov'tole'liiorifiged] I'lj j}l}Q tj'p the contractbr'oE the' ceived from the County Council;' 'by way i/f compensation for being 'deprived' of \\\& 40"foot span',' the' siun of £35, and was also given % fesi|ipg t $ #$ jj}bsi|jute { d f bridge at his own price, witnout'giving ptljer contractors an opportunity of tendering.''f)|oJ)tti)je'pf '\i[n\, contractor js Alex.' ltee/je. '.''jne cpst pf tjie first bridge iya,S £240, anqMr Jieejie 'received LBS for pot being aljowerj to liujld it, instoad of him forfeiting his deposit, The peculiar point to note is, that what was considered by some people a heinous crime under the Old dispensation, is considered quite a righteous deed under the New. '" lam, &c,