A NEW APPOINTMENT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 30, 30 October 1907, Page 9

A NEW APPOINTMENT.

MR;; W'.' FERGUSON'TO JLVNAGE'THE • ■; ;-v" '-"GA'S. 'COMPANY.; :;3 : -' :[ . v ' ■;]. ' RE-ORGANISATON SCHEME! " - 1 ."'.; ■• Mr. " William , Ferguson,' : the secretary rand engine'e'ri:! to':-the Wellington Harbour Board, : whose resignation from the positions.named created a nnd sensation, in, the 1 city, has not been long' anbthpr outlet, for' his undeniable talents: ,' : The / 'Weiluigton Gas Company;,, which Jiasi.ljeen, without', anV-engineer-seerctaryt, Mr,'sonffe tiih , e.jfrnade i 'Mi , .,U' , e,rgusd.i an offer as .soon' as it';'was,learned 'that. lb did-not intend to.contiriuo on with' the Harbour: Board m ...his -present' capacity. -The Offer Was thaf "Hi-:" FergiisW should' bec'onW general manager and engineer! of the'rapidly- 1 emending business l of the V company;'. which \ s t 9!,P e , still ;further.;,extcnded„ as soon as B .^as o ijable' j 'arraii2enieht':'can !bo come ' i'o with the Aiiramar in whose demesne ;thc company has purchased a. block •\«k"(-' to Provide fpr;the 'needs 'of,the future.' • " nI J?, making the offer the company Jiavp agreed to Mr. 'FergusoiiUctii)g,as'consulting engmeer.rto the Harbour .Board (at'"£soo. a year) -as' was 'arranged 'at the"meeting of the lioar-d on Monday.— •:,-'-- •■:::. , /Speaking to a Dominion representative'yesterday, Mr. David Nathan, chairman of the Gas Company, said he wished it to'be understood that Mr. Ferguson l had not been ongaged as gasworks manager, a position that nowadays demanded an expert who had 'ha J d a. scientific as! well' as a 'jneclia'nical training! Mr.-I'Qrgusoh had-been engaged' riiord for his v'admmistrativo lability, 1 : which ', had mado his term 'of office with' the Harbour so eminently, successful.: As..soori 'as thev heard that,there was no chance of Mr. Ferguson reconsidering' his "decision -an' offor W! i? Mr., Ferguson would a from the company.' ' The new'position itliat arises'oiit : of Mr. Jorguson's acceptance of the position ;■ f, Consulting Engineer to the Board, will probably result- in the completo -reorganisatio'i of thc.executivc methods,'of, the institution. .Hitherto the •'. administrative power jn connection with all' dopartmbhts-of tho Board's service, centred jn:one maii.and it has bee.i a frequently-discussed topic for: years .'past' how ho has managed : to get through'the work.' If .-you want' a ; thing done, do : it'yourself"has been the maxim Mr. Ferguson has" pretty rigidly-adhered-to, and ; by so domg ho"'has built -up a^reputation : second to none m Australasia. : Reorganisation must follow, and-it will .probably bo in the direction of giving more' power to trusted -officials in ; tlie creationjof departments, each with a head, who shall bo responsible to the Board in the same, manner as. the. departmental heads ar>. held .responsible to'tho City Council. The probablo rota of departments and-their respective heads would their bo as 'follow:— .ConsultiDg-'Eiiginecr: ;Mr. William .' Ferguson: ;.. . •,';;■■' .; : --:: ;'■ ; . ; , ; '.-'■ '■!

Secretary: Mr! .V.;.L. Cacbomaille (no,v Assistant. Secretary).'"' \ ... Engineer:' Mr. E.' D;' Cachemaille (now Assistant .Engineer). ' . Wharves: Captain Munro (Wharfinger).' Accounts:.-' Mr. H.-E. Nicholls (Accountant). -.-. ■)■■■ ■ ' .•...'.' ■■■ , ■.' ■••'..;• ■/ Captain"'"' Johnson (Harbourmaster). ' ■■■ i'-::]■!■■ ' ■■:■■:■ ■'• ■■ ■. ■■ ■, . All the above gentlemen have proved themselves thoroughly efficient officers during Mr. Dorguspn's regime.