Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1862 – No. 9

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✨ Accepted Tenders for Road Works



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ACCEPTED TENDERS

FOR WORKS ON THE GREAT NORTH ROAD.

Lot. No. Consisting of. Names. £ s. d.
MAHURANGI Section.
1. Bush Cutting, about 14 chains. At per chain ... Joseph Phillips 0 8 6
2. Constructing Korowhero Bridge. Lump sum ... R. C. Jordan 18 10 0
3. Cutting about 26 chains of ditch and making 4 culverts in Kaikatea swamp. Lump sum ... Ditto 58 10 0
4. Bush Cutting, about 124 chains. At per chain ... Ditto 0 8 6
6. Ditto, 800 chains. At per chain ... Ditto 0 10 6
7. Constructing 2 small bridges in the Forest. Lump sum ... Ditto 26 0 0
MANGAWAI Section.
10. Constructing a bridge, and executing about 150 cubic yards of earthworks. Lump sum ... Thomas Webster 36 0 0
11. Making a culvert, and ditching through a swamp. Lump sum ... John Smith 48 0 0
12. Bush cutting, about 467 chains. At per chain ... James Conway 0 10 0
13. Clearing a track, 16 feet wide, through about 26 chains of tea-tree and scrub. At per chain ... James Stewart 0 2 0
PUKEKARERO Section.
15. Bush cutting, about 62 chains. At per chain ... Thos. Hull 0 12 6
Ditto, (tea-tree), 20½ chains. At per chain ... ,, 0 4 0
16. Constructing 2 truss bridges. At per foot ... T. W. Webster 1 14 6
Making approaches to ditto, about 200 cubic yards. At per cubic yard ... ,, 0 1 2
23. Bush cutting, about 200 chains. At per chain ... James Stewart 0 15 0
WAIPA Section.
23 A. Bush cutting, about 400 chains. At per chain ... M. W. McKenzie 0 17 0
24. Clearing high tree, about 207 chains. At per chain ... Neil Campbell 0 4 0
25. Constructing a truss bridge at Waipu, of about 70 feet span. At per foot ... M. W. McKenzie 1 7 9
26. Making 2 culverts, each 12 feet span and 12 feet wide. Lump sum ... Donald McLeod 15 15 0
27. Bush cutting, about 285 chains. At per chain ... James McKenzie 0 15 6
28. Clearing tea-tree, about 140 chains. At per chain ... D. McGregor 0 3 9
29. Earthwork to bridges, about 1,000 cubic yards. At per cubic yard ... G. McKay 0 1 6
  • No record kept of the non-accepted tenders in these cases, the Contracts having been let on the ground by Public Auction.


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🏗️ Accepted Tenders for Works on the Great North Road

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Tenders, Road works, Great North Road, Bridges, Bush cutting, Earthworks
14 names identified
  • Joseph Phillips, Accepted tender for bush cutting
  • R. C. Jordan, Accepted tenders for bridge construction and ditch cutting
  • Thomas Webster, Accepted tender for bridge construction and earthworks
  • John Smith, Accepted tender for culvert and ditching
  • James Conway, Accepted tender for bush cutting
  • James Stewart, Accepted tenders for clearing and bush cutting
  • Thos. Hull, Accepted tender for bush cutting
  • T. W. Webster, Accepted tender for bridge construction and approaches
  • M. W. McKenzie, Accepted tenders for bush cutting and bridge construction
  • Neil Campbell, Accepted tender for clearing high tree
  • Donald McLeod, Accepted tender for culvert construction
  • James McKenzie, Accepted tender for bush cutting
  • D. McGregor, Accepted tender for clearing tea-tree
  • G. McKay, Accepted tender for earthwork