Borough Council Tenders.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 437, 3 April 1890, Page 2

Borough Council Tenders.

CHEAP PRICES FOE A SMALL JOB. At the Council meeting ou Tuesday night, the tenders for outlet drains were opened, being as follows

Jas. Graham.. .. No, 1 .. £8 2 6 >. » -- .. 2 .. 6 7 6

A discussion took place on Wall’s tenders. Or Townley said he did not know the tenderer, but it being the lowest, they ought to accent his tender.

Cr Whinray seconded. He was not always in favor of the lowest tender being accepted, but in this case there was no reason to depart from custom, as no special skill was required in the work and they must assume the tenderer knew what he was doing—if he did not take up the work it could be given to the next tenderer.

In reply to Cr Coleman the Overseer said in the previous year the whole work cost £2O odd and the men had not made half wages. He considered Wall’s prices absurd. In reply to Cr Townlay the Overseer said there was more work in the drains this year, and the extra work would be worth about £5 more. . Crs Lucas, Hepburn, and Coleman considered it a mistake to aocept’a tender so low, and the motion on being put was lost. For: Crs Townley, Dunlop, Lewis, and Whinray; against: Crs Lucas, Hepburn, Taylor, Cole man, and> Harding, The voting was the same e»oh time Wall's tender was brought on, and thia made an even tender for No. 2. Or Taylor proposed that E. Hooper’s tender be accepted. Cr Coleman favored • ballot being taken, but Cr Townley pointed out that balloting was provided against—it must be open voting— The Mayor ruling that there could be no balloting with his knowledge, there seemed at first a desire that the Mayor should engross his Attention in • study of the maps on the wall, but Or Taylor's motion was then ae< ends 1 by Cr Lawls, and carried without dlluti

• • II • • * • 8 .. 13 1 3 M. Wall 1 .. 1 15 6 II • * • • 2 .. 2 10 6 >1 a • • • 3 .. 4 7 6 Gregg and Martin .. 1 .. 4 15 0 M »» « • 2 .. 5 0 0 »♦ II • • 3 .. 8 5 0 W. Stuckey .. 2 .. 5 15 0 C, Bice (accepted) ,, 3 .. 5 5 0 Loomb and Maher .. 1 .. 5 10 0 »» H • • 2 .. 5 19 0 3 .. 6 19 0 T. Corcoran (accepted) 1 .. 4 0 0 If • • • a 2 .. 7 15 0 II • • « a 3 .. 9 10 0 S. Hooper .. .. 3 .. 11 0 0 E. Hooper (accepted) 2 .. 4 15 0 J. Brimmer .. 1 .. 4 10 0 >1 • • a a 2 .. 4 15 0 »» • • • a 3 .. 8 10 0