. Municipal and official handbook of the City of Auckland, New Zealand. City Engineei-. The staff consists of the ChiefBuilding Inspectoi, two Building Inspectoi-s, twoPlumbing and Drainage Inspectors, and two OfficeAssistants, who attend to the issuing of peiinits, etc.,and to other routine business connected with the CityEngineers Department. The number of permits issued varies considerably,depending largely upon the financial barometer, butis influenced by other causes. The following are thefigures for the year ended 31st March, 1921— No. of permits for the year ... ... 2,046 Building value
. Municipal and official handbook of the City of Auckland, New Zealand. City Engineei-. The staff consists of the ChiefBuilding Inspectoi, two Building Inspectoi-s, twoPlumbing and Drainage Inspectors, and two OfficeAssistants, who attend to the issuing of peiinits, etc.,and to other routine business connected with the CityEngineers Department. The number of permits issued varies considerably,depending largely upon the financial barometer, butis influenced by other causes. The following are thefigures for the year ended 31st March, 1921— No. of permits for the year ... ... 2,046 Building value ... ... .... £895,623 As illustrating the progress which has been made,the figures for the year ending 31st March, 1913, areof comparative interest. In that year, 899 permits, forbuildings, valued at £399,258, were issued. The position of City Engineer has been occupiedby the following:—Mr. William Anderson, 1871-1899, andMr. A. A. Wrigg, 1899-1906. The present holder ofthe office was api)ointed in the lattei- yeai. WE. BUSH, M. Inst. Citv Engineer. 119. AUCKLASD M(Mi/JAL IIAMJliOOK. WATER SUPPLY. Ill the eaily days of the City, the water supply wasobtained from storage of rain water, springs, and wells(public and private). The public wells, with pumps at-tached, \vere situated as follows. Two were in QueenStreet, one nearly opposite Mr. J. H. Dalton, tailor, andthe other opposite Hardies Buildings; one in AlbertStreet, opposite Masefields Buildings ; and one inKitchener Street, nearly opposite the MagistratesCourt. There was also a spring in Wellesley StreetEast, outside the old barrack wall. It is interestingto note that when the asphalting of Queen Streetnecessitated the removal of water mains from road tofootpath, two of the old wells w^ere unearthed. Thenew water mains now pass through them. In those days people had to carry their suppliesin buckets from the wells to their homes. The journeyto the wells began at 5 , and so great was thedemand that queues w
Size: 1248px × 2001px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, bookidmunicipaloff, bookyear1922
