CO129-340 - Governor Nathan Acting Governor May - 1907 [4-6] — Page 74

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Of payments being made on the spot I consider to be fully justified by the advantages gained. It allows the contractors to be always on the ground to look after and pay their men. It also avoids all risk of robbery to the contractor which is greatly appreciated by them in outlying districts.

15.

With all this I venture to say that my Engineers spend more time on the works than the Public Works Department Engineers. From what I have seen in the Colony, I consider too much trust is placed in the sub-ordinates in charge of works carried out by the Public Works Department and I consider that better and cheaper work would be done if Engineers were resident on the large works carried out in outlying districts.

16.

The first sentence of the last paragraph in page 5 is in my opinion rather strong and uncalled for, and I can only presume that the Honourable Director of Public Works has written it in ignorance of the orders I have received on the subject.

17.

I do not consider the Public Works Engineers capable of forming an opinion on the various systems under which work can be carried out. They come out to

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Of payments being made on the spot I consider to be fully justified by the advantages gained. It allows the contractors to be always on the ground to look after and pay their men. It also avoids all risk of robbery to the contractor which is greatly appreciated by them in outlying districts. 15. With all this I venture to say that my Engineers spend more time on the works than the Public Works Department Engineers. From what I have seen in the Colony, I consider too much trust is placed in the sub-ordinates in charge of works carried out by the Public Works Department and I consider that better and cheaper work would be done if Engineers were resident on the large works carried out in outlying districts. 16. The first sentence of the last paragraph in page 5 is in my opinion rather strong and uncalled for, and I can only presume that the Honourable Director of Public Works has written it in ignorance of the orders I have received on the subject. 17. I do not consider the Public Works Engineers capable of forming an opinion on the various systems under which work can be carried out. They come out to
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ד

71

taal Textsew tod erið að bæðiste raw #trit

.SI

Tow end trata of nodsantnov egral on teg biveo I bna last

nevä .eetan snæðidroze da ¿qnoxe bad on Bew nonaea sɗð na

*Įtaun od no Jug etow offw nem eaodt to zeltainu erið ritkw

,800 mпixTow Isutom edit of babba erotomijnoo vijeg ext

TodoBrinco zid odt nadt "oquedo dova »nob gnied at ITOW ONI

.beTebnet

of payments being made on the spot I consider to be fully

justified by the advantages gained. It allows the con-

-tractors to be always on the ground to look after and pay

their men. It also avoids all risk of robbery to the con-

-tractor which is greatly appreciated by them in outlying

districts.

15.

belistne Xrow to tavoms erit betaamos nerid OH

.GI

**\ow ol[d¶ eft dilw mejaye ye Tebow affld sit gniyaq ni

end anoidovnjani ya rebnu aysa of ‚metuyn İremÝLaqoi

ezeenigni ant yď ebam eð of evad allld set bra etnomDIKE SOM

adтow oliɗui est tant ynolod sad to wise and rot #qod I

a di Tebienoo I ton ob vedd 11 .emer end ob areenigmä

a od bedavit ad ton biroda Stow dove as sxadaim fuerE

anted as invasos ent of viltres I «fametot étanibroďua

.adow slidut to rojoeTia Giɗarsonok erið asob os

JO0700

ISTUɛASTT sdt yd botsinger al tuo eben seiqoɔ to redmun edr

ant ni two sham teɗawn erið besore dan soOD SKURBIq I bns

«İnandıaqeⱭ ***oW si[dưa

betatinasoen ai rebroyaq s to zNIS/TW ONT

bra toqe edd no abam eď od ead tnemyaq tadt tost odt vď

wolls of an oa bellažne daoo antxe eft .vtunsert arið mi don

to

With all this I venture to say that my

Engineers spend more time on the works than the Public

Works Department Engineers. From what I have seen in the

Colony, I consider too much trust is placed in the sub-

-ordinates in charge of works carried out by the Public

Works Department and I consider that better and cheaper

work would be done if Engineers were resident on the large

works carried out in outlying districts.

16.

The first sentence of the last paragraph in

page 5 is in my opinion rather streng and uncalled for,

and I can only presume that the Honourable Director of

Public Works has written it in ignorance of the orders I

have received on the subject.

17.

I do not consider the Public Works

Engineers capable of forming an opinion on the various

systems under which work can be carried out. They come out

to

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