RAILS ON WHARVES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 459, 18 March 1909, Page 9

RAILS ON WHARVES.

' : *-r : , V "LOOP AT !" (DX TELEGIUPn—S.PECIAt CpnßE^rOlfpßliT.) Auckland,!' March 17. IJuring a discussion tvt the Aiickl;\'nd Harbour fipard's "meeting- -as-"'tq rwhetjigr-rMj3-or should not .be laid on ope of the new"whairvos" for which tenders are tp be called,'some referanoes to Wellington \yh3rves \yere,' made- ' Mr. A.' J. Bntrican, in opposing the layirig of'the 'Vails/oil tlip new jetty,-said that tli'gsp" wlia'. feally understood this pprt' ivould Itn'ow fhe'raihyay traißpc' wou|d centre to'the eastward'of even tlie present rijihyay wharf. It' vks" a quegtibri a yej-y great mistake was not made in rails to be laiil on Queen Street Wharf and to go qlong Quay Stroet, and lie thought those who agreed to that yet be porry to see lilies 'along the"water"'frpnt." ]\tr."AV. <]f." Napier: L'oqk at Wellington! • Mr. J. B.' MacFarlf(nfi: Thp' lijies there are the greatest in tlie \ypr]d. '' " "Mr; Eptrjc^n. said lyere 'no rjtUg pi} the main wharf at Wellington."

. Mr. j. Kneen: At thq Ij ail way Wl|arf thrpe or four vessels have to kpock off \york soiier times ' while shunting Is parried on. /' Mr. MapFarlane "quite agreed with- Mr. En'trican, hut' as the rails were tp pass along Qiiij'y Street they might as well 'be "used' fgjf thq he\v jetty. The r:\ijs yyouldibe a nuisance in Qi|ay Street, arid .jiiprp go iyheii" the road leading across the lines near the tyaihtvay "\Vharf was closed and the overhead bridge made,'for the experience'of Dunedin showed that the overhead bridge wjs Rarely used. . 'l'ho matter was referred back to the board's committee.