The following tenders were received by the City Council for the construction of the Wainuiomata water-race:- Brown and Farrell £6,387 9s; W. F. Oakes £7,439 7s 6d; C. McKirdy and Co. £7,592 19s; Murdoch and Rose £7,778 8s 3d; J. and D. Sinclair £7,799 19s 1d; Robert Lyon £7,827 10s 3d; A. Whiteford £7,975 1s 8d; Robert Scott, £8,244 19s 4d; Walter Pell £8,320 10s; Joseph Saunders £8,319 13s 4d; Glendenning and Griffin £8,740; J. Lockie £8,765 3s 6d; Sinclair and Archibald £9,239 13s 6d; John Coleman £11,563 18s 6d. The first-named tender was accepted, but the tenderers being unwilling to take up the contract, the next lowest offer – that of Mr W. F. Oakes for £7,439 7s 6d – was accepted.
Tags: Newspaper WaterworksEvening Post 16 Jun 1881
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Evening Post 29 Apr 1884
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The two-foot flume was adopted on the report of the City Engineer, and was the only one that could...
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Lower Dam Drained for Maintenance in 1939
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Lower Dam in Wainuiomata or the original dam as it was also known was drained in 1939 for maintenance....
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Evening Post 04 Dec 1883
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The little locomotive works fairly, bringing four or five trucks of “stuff” at each trip from the Clyde Quay...
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Evening Post 20 Jun 1878
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Councillor Dixon requests us to state that he signed the memorandum in reference to Mr Clark’s telegram, yesterday, by...
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Evening Post 09 Nov 1905
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The City Engineer is now busily engaged upon the plans and specifications for the extension of the water-storage area...
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Internal Affairs Research Station
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This is the original research station established by Internal Affairs to seek ways to control the possum problem. Photo...
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Scholes Cottage
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Thomas Scholes (1839–1923) constructed this cottage around 1865 on Coast Road, and it remains standing at 103 Coast Road...
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Solomon’s Knob Reservoir
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The Weekly Graphic and New Zealand Mail, November 24, 1909. Morton Dam in Wainuiomata was dubbed Solomons Knob Reservoir.
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