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NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.
Published by Authority.
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official signature, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
By His Honor's command,
JOHN OLLIVIER,
Provincial Secretary.
VOL. V.] THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1858. [NO. XIX.
Waimakariri Bridge.
Notice to Engineers, Architects, and Builders.
THE Provincial Government invite Designs for Building a Bridge over the River Waimakariri, seven miles from Christchurch.
Each Design must be accompanied by a detailed estimate of the cost of construction, which must not exceed twelve thousand pounds.
Fifty pounds will be paid for the best, and twenty-five pounds for the second best, design. The designs to become the property of the Provincial Government.
The whole of the designs received will be submitted to Colonel Mould, Consulting Engineer to the Colonel, by whose judgment the Provincial Government will be guided in their award.
The Provincial Engineer's designs will be submitted to Colonel Mould with the rest, but will not be admitted to the competition for the premiums. Designs must be sent in not later than January 1, 1859, addressed to the Provincial Secretary, Government Offices, Christchurch, and endorsed "Designs for Waimakariri Bridge."
The rejected designs will be returned to their owners as soon as possible after the Provincial Government have made their award.
Instructions to Competitors.
The width of the River is 1200 feet from bank to bank. The ground on each side of the River is flat for some distance, and the banks are on a level with the line of the highest freshes.
The ordinary water line is eight feet, and the deepest part of the channel twelve feet below the banks.
The bottom of the River is a shifting bed of shingle at a depth of from four to twelve feet below the banks, resting on clay at a further depth of four feet and upwards.
The soil of the bank is sand and light loam.
The material of the Bridge is left to the discretion of competitors.
Competitors will attend especially to the following points:—
Risk of scouring the foundations.
Danger from drift timber in freshes.
Difficulty of securing the banks.
Simplicity of construction.
Facility of repairs.
Economy in cost.
Any further information may be obtained on application to the Provincial Engineer, at the office of Public Works, Christchurch.
E. DOBSON,
Provincial Engineer.
Office of Public Works,
Sept. 16, 1858.
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1858, No 19
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- Colonel Mould (Colonel), Consulting Engineer judging bridge designs
- John Ollivier, Provincial Secretary
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- E. Dobson, Provincial Engineer