BRIDGE BUILDING IN WAIPA.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1941, 13 December 1884, Page 2

BRIDGE BUILDING IN WAIPA.

TO THi: KOIL'OR. Hik,~l see tli.it the Waipa, County Council ha\e let a tender for there-erec-tion of the Monavalo Ihulge. I, amongst other--, went up to Cambridge to see the plans, but on leading the I did not dare to tender, seeing that piles l."i \V> were lequiied. i never s.vw such si/.ed piles in a blidge ui> here, and I find tli.it no ->uch sue has ever been put in e\ en on the railway between Auckland and Te Awaumtu or Cambudge, while we have had scoies of piles much linger, but up to 4.i feet, and 12 \ 12 weie quite enough for them, as the ti din running over them prove*. I know of otheis who would not tender because we did not know where such pile-, could be got, though I have since found out Lhey can be had at Waofcu, and will eo^t t!8 each there. Fetching them down will cost £'•"> each, and I don't believe anyone in Waikato has got the gear to diive the monsters. It is inst absuid and a waste of money, as Mr Nit'id'h tender proves, as he will supply 12 \l2 foi £30 les-. Then why don't the council savu the money? A good name for the budge will bo the " Uuvt Leviathan," and the aieliitect .should be named henceforth, " Old 15-inch Piles.— I am, &c , A CoNinvrroK. Ngaruavvahia, 10th December, 1884.