MORE LAND.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 718, 18 January 1910, Page 6

MORE LAND.

WATERLOO QUAY RECLAMATION. . . ii.-.,:" i v ill ■ WORK DONE: AND PROPOSED. The position;, of; the' Waterloo Quay reclamation and connected works up to September - 30, 1909,': and tho' 'further' intentions • of /.the 'Harbour-; Board are set Out; in the ; aniraar report of .the engineer (Afr. p J. ' ilarchbaiLks) a3 fol--S ': r .i. ■/. . ' ' "A contract;iras' let .in. August jast to Mr. Charles . IV" Pulley for the iextension ■of ,thesea: 'wall, . Waterloo. Qua}' reclamation, : fora distance .of 1297 feet, and for the' construction of the . Waterloo ;Quay),and Daris ; Street; culverts -to. their intersection,; for tho sura of ,£35,610 7s. /Most of the. workso; ; ;fai r . has. been pre.liminary..: The contractor has . erected, staging, and installed the. nebessary;'plant, and should soon be able to push' on-with, the contract. Payments .'to, the '.end of: the yearamounted to J8247 10s., leaving : ,a' liability of 5i£35,3(i3 ,17s. <; .The conistjTiction .'.of. this nail is' urgently required to •; enable - the Waterloo . Quay reclamation to be economically carried out. . .

; •' 'The extension of "a joint cnlvart along ; the.poirthiitirtion of Waterloo Qiiay,■ from ithe 'intersection of.' the Davis Street; and ■Waterloo. Quay; culverte. has been allowed to /stand; over jiintil . the Pliabilities :of 'the- Railway Department, ami' the har.bcrar board; to contribute to the 'cost have been decidwl. Bv agreement''"a case: ihas ;been . stated - for; the decision' >of , the JnagmeirS Act. As-soon as the col'rcrte to their intersMtidn 'oii .;th'e; line of. , Davis:' Street are' completed, the area"to the west- of .Waterloo: Quay prodnced |TM^:!b6'jredaiin'ediy : '-.The , ,''.cdst.-.-of' : 'this. reclamation will;'l>e'paid;f6r, by'the Bailway Department at the: fixed price,: viz., Is. 2d.:per. cubic yard. .

i . Six Acres:for the Government. ; "During last year 291,340' tons of ma..terial were 'pumped: ashore by the dredge :Whakarire.;; f.lt: will: not. be : possible' to' continue pumping to any appreciable ex-' cent : until: the: sea wall in . No. 152 ; is/ well'..advanced. reclamation' .of the-area which is to ..be vested in the Crown for use as yards for the Post and: .Telegraph and the Public Works Dspartments, amounting to nearly six acres, has been completed. . Formation -of the adjoining, streets,. footpaths, kerbing- and .caannellTTig,- the. laying of; storm:: water ian'd; seirage y'drains' -lis .'beiig;; proceeded ■ jwith,' .and':-should . soon, be completed. The Post and'Telcgraph Department are anxious to obtain possession -of . tlieir . 'block, ' and ./1',.-;understarid: that it 5 will', .shortly:.bo gazstted-.under, tho WelKngton Harboiir._Board EoJamatioa and.Empbwmng l ' Act > : 1903/. Amendment v -'Act,. 1506.•.- Trill}pay-to ; the 'hoOTd vin,, terms- of i.the ; aWve; Act. the* .'cost; of •. mlamatipii-: ,of, 'the -land taken, ffi"- bxccssof -• trro. apd a, half_ acres, '.to-.', ' 00 • proportioiiQte part oti the. retaimng;;-w~alls'• on;.the' 'sea■y^d; botmdary, ■of • the sewers' and yj j ";th<s roads- and .aj<.proacfaes/}iponsnch j reclamation/-; Apart •from 'mter^t... dnriiig this, amount.; is estimatod afc;\over ;^2o,ooo.»'';' . of a-maiii. SoWer 4 along ; Waterloo,, Quay . is* .necessary \to pro vide' for .the. sanitary V. drainage ? of- the : board's' land;: and • for.,tbe v adjoining • lands of 'th« . 'Govenment. , v ;The - Pnblic.Weeks' • Dega'rtment . haa .agre&l 1 to" ; : confebute- half the cost-Tip .to -;a*maiimnihiof iCKOO.;. The . scheme, will- entail tiie. iiistallation of one .or; more ejectors 'the- ■ air ana- -nstng,.. maios.;. '•iA ; geiieiS' plan is : brang; prepared for .tho approval of: th«' erigmeeri ,; wiU .'uiriCTtake • the :conrtnrction• wotk.' J -.^i-•>>;. > • •