HARBOUR WORKS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 845, 17 June 1910, Page 2

HARBOUR WORKS.

THE MIRAMAR CUTTING. ROUND TOE WATER FRONT. Tho eastern sitle of Evans Bay is a particularly busy scenc at present, so far as harbour improvement works arc .concerned. Tho spoil which camo down in the sad disaster at the big cutting last week has been removed, and the work is proceeding as usual. When tho job is finished, 153,600 cubic yards of earth and rock will have been shifted. All the spoil from the cutting, which is being made in . order to widen the road from the wharf to Jliramar Flat, is being thrown into the shallow water of tho bay, so as to make a strip of new laud, retained by a sea-wall, which is under construction. Mr. C. l\ Pulley is the contractor for the whole ot the work, the price being ,£26,103, but ho has sublet all except tho erection of the wall up to low-water mark, the sub-contractors being Messrs. Saunders Bros. 3li\. Pulley has so far accomplished about-two-thirds of his part of the sea-wall, and Messrs. Sanders Bros, are making good progress with the earth* work. Tli*. ponul of thu contract has another twelve months to run. i'ifty to sixty men are .at work on the earthwork and sea-wall. Tho wharf neai by is to bb superseded by a new one, the contract for which, at the price of t £13,3G2, is let to Mr. O'Connor. Timber is being moved on to the adjacent ground, and othei preparations are being made. The new Clyde Quay Wharf—Wellington's first ferio-concrcie wharf—will be available for shipping as soon as the road approaches are made. This work has been arranged for, and should shortly be completed. At the Te Aro dock, Messrs. M'Lean Knd Sons are still shooting concrete down through the .water by a tube and are hoping for the best results. . Continuing this glance round the wateifront, the erection of the "J" shed on Waterloo Quay, to.replace tho one which was destroyed by fire, is actively proceeding in the hands of Messrs. Sanders Bros., contractors. The foundations are nearly completed and the brickwork of the first story is begun.. Nearly 40 men 1 are employed on this work, the contract price of which is ,£23,5^7. The erection of the ferro-concrete sea wall and culvert in front of Waterloo Quay is going steadily on, and the filling up of the area to be reclaimed is keeping pace with tho extension of the wall. Air. C. P. Pulley is the contractor for the wall and culvert at a price of. £31,624. The above are the principal harbour works in hand at tho present time.