WORKS AT MIRAMAR.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 567, 23 July 1909, Page 6

WORKS AT MIRAMAR.

i ' £51,000 TO. BE SPENT

:.;;;.; Elans reclahiatioVworks.. the .'secretary l' i foroard/'for. the'.ap-. ipioval J, .ofj ;IJieiGoyiß^OT:M-Couiipil,:^and;' to' \■ V •'■ The ;foregoißg'!'pjans..;prt)vid6 '..for/; works', of j;■ orri<sKWrablo ■."magnitude: /;.;The : 'board. ;js •'.'; to 1 ■'Sgojvtl the I'siim; ;oi'. about '. £51,000 ) in .'widen-,' i.'ing;'the;' opposite,Vtbs iliramar : Wharf.i.','ta ;a''.width \of construtting". a''road ISOft.^in-width.between, the Wharf.' and ...the',city boundary, ''a ;'pQi.iitviil»ut''Kalf a rnile.^or'more; ;along.the, j,watir.-}ine'. . towards ' the' ;.city.'. : ' In' addttion,' they- rJarbpurV.vßo'ard,;intends . practically. /-.toI vWharf;.at-present j little'; more.'than a jetty! ■','l'he ;ncw ■struc.:, : .'t»,V i l)o'/4f i t;"ihj^lier )i '.jl20.' yards \ in i 4efigtt,;jjand ; breadth, equipped < Lwith:-!,fou'f,.: liries;'o'f' -side); %? .:l'hjs' r '-\vorkr'is;:beiiig ..doh©.!undef,,ah. •agreembh-t.Uvith'.trie MiramarJßbrpugh Cduh-; '.cH^'-which'-ori.^ ,tnej!sum'of '£5000 in./simual instalments ;'ot'. ;iW,bvcbmmenangon' : June,'3o,l9ll,/.and; iia. '•:'adaiM<m'A>B'- to'ttransferV to' the board /some .tbjeft ;abres/..0f \ land, consisting c practically. 'of'paii'.ofHhe'present V.the.cut-• ; ting'■~'and the city 'boundary and land 'abut-. ■tihg'bu\;'td ; -Queer's .Terrace.,-. : v '■':ji : : { "■■■ • ;-7':xhe^sp'oil;fof. the reclamation for ; the-formation'„of .the 'new; road ;wiir be. obtained' from!the hill tyithe ..south of the. cut;ting," sp-that in'; one operation asirip; : of .the -head waters bf-'-Evonsi-Bay-will ,be: reolaimed andvtho-irOmovalipf.':.the, -hill'-.will. provide- ; a : gbod- area.:,6fL valuable .;.:land.;jn, close' proximity,; to '.the/ wharf:.. -The Harbour •Board's operations'.dbveteil,.'in!;,wit]i the 'Wellington - Gosv.Co.gipanx's r works : programme at Miraniar, as; the.'return .for/.the.-large,out-.•lay;;. mainly, .consists r pf Vthe .'.wharf age ,-:• dues •wmoh ..must' be.,.cqnsiderable when; the" coal for-the.»'new' 'works, passes 'over ,:th'o .-wharf. AavEvidence,, of .what,: the future, holds' ''id ,'respect !tb'/revenue.; from. wharfage at.' Mira-, ■■mar?' it Ms. vOnlj\,necessary. .to mention ■ that :wienihe..Harbour Board .took overthe Slira;mai Wharf about a,year ago,: the. annual ceiptsvamountedito £400, per. annum,- against !wnaqhv w«re.-was little, or, no i.expenditufe, apart-from! tnep\interest. and .sinking-'fund wiWieJsx,ructureV, :: '-'v;,'.':.'. j, ,;f., V-r .-/■.[.