http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0373739
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contributor: Blakemore, William
issued: 2017-03-21
issued: 1913-11-29
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note: The Week A British Columbia Newspaper and Review. [ol. XI, No. 40-Eleventh Year Victoria, B.C., Canada, Nov. 29, 1913 5c. a copy, $2.00 a yeat>,\ Change of Address THE Week Publishing Co., Ltd., hereby notifies the public that for , greater convenience in conducting its business the editorial and business offices have been moved from 1208 Government Street to 625 Courtney Street., where the printing and publishing of the paper have been conducted for years. The new offices will be open for business on Monday, December 1. The New Finance N November 24, the City Council opened the bids which had been submitted for the manufacture of the steel pressure pipe required for the Sooke Waterworks Scheme. There < only two tenders; one hy thc McDonald-Godson Compnny of Itmcouver, $485,203. and one by Mr. David Chesney, $420,080. On ! 31st of July last the McDonald-Godson Co. tendered at $40,205 Iks than the present bid. Instead of acting on the advice of the en- fneers and promptly accepting the offer of McDonald & Godson ade in July last the Council began to manoeuvre in order to give llocnl syndicate, in which Mr. Andrew Gray figured, a chance to sc- lire the contract. This syndicate had put in a tender which wns 120,000 lower than tbe other, but it did not comply with the condi- lons of the competition and therefore had to be discarded. The main Iject to be gained by awarding tbe contract to the local firm was not lily the saving of $20,000 in the price but the performance of the lork in the vicinity of Victoria—both desirable objects. Meanwhile, jpwever, the McDonald-Godson Co. became convinced of the reason- encss of the Council's desire mid agreed to manufacture the pipe thc vicinity of Victoria. At this point undoubtedly tho Council liouhl have closed with their oiler, instead of which that financial cuius, Alderman Gleason, the Chairman of the Finance Committee, rged the Council to decline all offers and advertise for new tenders, lie object being still to allow the An…
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