View report page

17
in the several Districts where the Work is contracted
for, the complaints from the Inhabitants, as regards
the Watering especially, have been most frequent,
whilst in the Division E, where the Vestry was
engaged in the experiment of doing its own Work,
by Horses and other appliances purchased by them
and carried out solely under their own control, it was
singularly free from all complaint, not one complaint
having been registered in that Division during-
-> o o
the Eio-hteen Weeks that the Work has been so
o
conducted. As regards economy, this also will
bear a favourable comparison with the cost which
would have been incurred under the terms of the
Tender for this particular District, and it may be
observed that this test, viz., thecomparison of amounts,
is not the only item to be kept in view; a very
important element in the system here advocated is
the further economy which results from having the
H orses and other portions of the Plant ready at hand
for its desired use, at the time when it is specially
needed for any particular work, thus avoiding constant
delays which occur by having to await the convenience
of the Contractor, whose arrangements are
so frequently found to interfere with those of the
Vestry; this, of course, leads to an useless expenditure
caused by a repetition of labour and material.
Complaints (
insufficent V
by Inhabitan,
No complair
against Vestry
in Division
Economy of
working dis
E.
Plant at han
when required