CLYDE QUAY WHARF.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 523, 2 June 1909, Page 8

CLYDE QUAY WHARF.

: v,,;V;,.;;,<./;:■ ;;•-,■....' ~','» .-. ..„.'/ ';■.:.. ; . ~;•.;.;,.-'; ft/ot/STEOG^S-^^ ■•'■'; : ]' ■ Any;■ 'visitor) to ; • the;:' Clyde ■ •Quay; 'Wharf :'. ,'irould ; be quite 'surprised'at/the -progress /. that .his beon: made, in fact, : wonld ibe at a ;'j^:lp'ssi'tb^reco^Bo-:tiie'\Bt'rnofcnre.V'From,^l»iiig- .': a ;somewhat/bewildering :mass of piles; -gir- • .fdors, 1 and steel/network, .enclosed in boxes. ■ '■■"• which:form', the mould for' the 'cpnorote','' the •structure' has been transformed so that % it .'■ -begins : to : assume; something 'of the' ultimate; : .-; i i'.'Bppeiranee'df !the'wliarf.' i ''y?orfc'ott tHo'deok-', Uv'irig/^as.^'comi^cei^Bbmisytiiiio/'^o,. and ■■is; ■■':■ being "carried on; simultaneously' . with , the! ■■'.-. erection''of...the;/framework. J Many people ■' imagine/that'it tho .piles and"frame'/work/of..the' wharf that ; are.to:bo,of .ferro-. :;'coricrete,'.that' the decking, will bo of .wood,; :.': ,but,this:is;iiot .SoV"-Every portion :;.of. the' ■■'. structure, iiiclndirig; the.■deck-.will bo" of the .;/ same -rot and borer-resisting /material, even ' . .to', the curbing.-c About 100-ieet of :the deck- . / work is already completed, with the exception : of /the/ surface 'wood-blocking, which will go: ./"on tho■ top•of.'the,concrete. That, is to say 'V. /the' steel network has been laid ,'and ' sur- .-'.- 'rounded by tho.concrete:" As; the latter .sets, /../•.thowooden frame , is, removed, 'leaving/.the '•.;■;■ : work;as/it will-be lit the/final stage. A • look'/jmdor.tho/wharf /will .show, what the ; ; .,.fi;iislted ■appearance will be.- Thoro' aro to be .sct'ii/ thick gr'oj" piles_ of very solid nature, / and booking as ..'•'•'•if ,:. they/would-.: y'last : ../for..-'ages'.'.•../::■;ln,>'nddHio'n-,i':».^.-tho■•■.portion ;/'inhere'; / tho'/: /decking' -/is //already:'. /down, v th". /framework; has .been "prepared for r. I'l/rtlier extension. On the portion which is /.c-i'-pli'ted, ; there will be a-weighbridge, and '/'■-tho erection- of the offices' in connection, with ;'■; it ;is; already '-'under .way. ..The., total length/of ■•'"■.' (-.the-wharf will.'be-600 feet, and' the foreman, ','' /'JfiV J/' M'Dermbtt,-expects .that it will 'be /finished well up to contracttimo.'