WAIPA COUNTY ENGINEERING.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1916, 16 October 1884, Page 3

WAIPA COUNTY ENGINEERING.

TO THK r.DIIOH. Sir— Through yoiu- widely circulated paper, T take the libcitj of addtewng the latepayeisof the Waip.i county. Hy .uhcitisetncnts in the Hoi aid and the Waiknto Tunes newspapeis, tendois weio called for, fora competent Ci\ ll Eimnn ci foi tlie Waipa county, and on this dly the said council met to take into consiikia tion the tentlfis uciiwd for the ofhee Seventeen tendcis for the ollice weie received. How many of tliein wcie fiom competent Civil En^inceis 1 am not piopaicd to say, hut v, ill lc.ixc it for the ratepa>eis to decide whin the council publishes their names, and the amounts of their tciuleis. These* seventeen np plications weie by the council, by some pecului process of their own, 1 educed to thice, \'u., those of Mi Sandcs, and jSIi Mr Nappcr, both of Hamilton, and of Mr Armstioinj. I believe Lite of Chiistchurch, repotted to bo bi other in law, or some i elation of a memb' r of the council. "With rcgaid to the fust named pcntleman, e\eiy one is awaie that ho is not a Civil En^ineci ; thesecond applicant has the lequisite qualification, holdiny Hist ela<-s certificate, ami the thi id Mi Ainibtionp is, I belies e an Aichitect and Mechanical Engineer, but I na\c it to the lattpajeis to »ay if his being a connection of a certain niembci of the council has not been his best testimonial, a^ he is utterly unknown in the distiict The leoiilt ot the dehbeuition of the icvu councillor-, v,as as follov s • — Two \otes luconled for Mi Saiuks, auA also two i«n Mi N.ippti, and thiec foi Mi xVimsnonu Now what I would ask is thi^ : foi which of his qualification the council d( ( l'li d in favoiu the Liit mentim genrloman as 1 \\.i^ undci the lmjuession that the council as per ad\ii ti'-'-nunt K(|'.iiiid the sciviceb of a Civil Eiijjineoi, and not those of an Aichitect oi Mech liiiuil Eutjinoei, two ivHlely^jfleieiit pifJefraioii'-. I may also state foi the mfoi ination ot the late payeib of the Wai pa county, that the tendci of Mr Sandts wai i"i £2t) and that of Mr iN'arper foi M 100 pei annum, but that of M^ Ai ms-tiong was toi £2M Whether the Lugei demand on the late payiib' pockets, oi the lel.ition^hip to a ccitnin inciiibei, supplied the lequisite qualification to the council I leave foi the latopsiycis to decide, and for tho acting chaiunnn of the council to supply the lequisite infoimation.— l am, &c. F\IM'LVY. Ohaupo, October 13th, ISS4.