Wellington City Council – Wainui-o-mata Waterworks Extension
To Contractors. Tenders for laying water mains from Petone to the Hutt River (about 2 miles), will be received at the office of the undersigned up to 4 p.m. of Thursday, the 14th inst. Specifications, &c., at City Surveyor’s Office. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Charles C. Graham, Town Clerk. Wellington, 7th October, 1880. The following tenders have been received by the City Council:- For the formation of the tram-line and race-track for the Wainui-o-mata waterworks – Accepted: John Kelleher, £443 3s 2d. Declined: P. Scalley, £554; W. Burton, £557 1s 3d; W. F. Oakes £591 10s; John Coleman £692 10s; Pat Walsh £724; James Cleary £780; Robert Scott £783 3s 4d.
For clearing the site for the reservoir the tenders were – Accepted: Tom Wood £70. Declined: C. Mahoney £72 5s; E. O. Amoore £85; R. Kilmister, £93 1s 6d; J. D. Sinclair £99 9s; J. O’Connell £110; Crawley and Moffat £116; D. Archibald £216; Thomas Pavell £255; W. Burton £295; Robert Scott £440.
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