KILBIRNIE RECLAMATION.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 516, 25 May 1909, Page 8

KILBIRNIE RECLAMATION.

. Sir,—From reports in the press it appears that the:city and 'Harbour Board authoritios that "a. : large, sum 'of money should bo' spent on a concrete retaining wall before filling in for the purpose of .making a recreation, ground is, proceeded with. If the site of this necessary work were in an oxposed position tho need for elaborate and costly protection could. be understood. As fho spot is the most , saeltered'in Evans Bay a rubblo wall would bo quite good enough. This.class" \6f.. construction is'.'sufficient to protect tho Hutt railway lino against'the range of : heavy. southerlies breaking- directly on. to, it, and should : be inoro; than sufficient where waves of loss forco rua in the' same direction as the walL ; Then again, in time the more comprehensivo Harbour Bonrd-te-clamation scheme will fill in outside -this suggested concrete wall, so that the £2000 proposed to' bo' spent-on it would bo simply thrown away. /PnocoHld understand the need for a substantial strueturo if it were carried from Topp's.-Point a few chains eastward on the, outer line of thfe .Sarbour Board's plan, of works. If this woro done it would prorido 'all tho shelter required, and savo tno .wasting of a largo sum. Spoil could then be tipped ; directly at the. water's edge, and .tho slight wave action,would only have tho effect of mixing spoil with sand and raising a narrow protective beach in tho same way as has beon. dono at the south end of Evans Bay. Hoping that tho City Council ''willi,'apply, the. monoy voted to reclamation work proper at no distant dato.—l am, 0t0... -;. ■ . : ',. = - ••", ,-' ■ ■.' '■■■'"■ . • ■ ■ - ... ■■':'■■ ■■■■•:■'' EVANS BAY. May 19. .'■ : : ; .;■>;" .