GREYMOUTH HARBOUR.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 912, 3 September 1910, Page 13

GREYMOUTH HARBOUR.

, FUBTHER EXPENDITTJEE NECESSARI. -.■■■■,, ■ Minister for llnriiie (Hon. ,T. A. Millar) lias .received the report of Mr. E. W. Holmes," M.I.C:E., oa the . moutli Rarboiir. The report deals in detail with the. works required, and points' out. that -the '.following items, --iiot .included in the estimate of the board's late engineer, \ Mr,' Thomson; .which 'estimate was about; ■£106,1)1)0', will-.require., to'be provided'-for:—Opening-, span in ;bridge ! over ■■ dock,; j. completion north 'mole, ,£12,000; one-third of cost- of renewal'of silperstructure ,Cobden Bridge, .£3000;. or. total additions'-"amounting to .£18,000.. The engineer/; also states that' if only timber traffio.is.provided for in the'dock the cost of. sidings can be reduced'.'by aiid it Vonly ■ one cool-orane instead of two is provided, a, further reduction' of JE2718 oaii be made. ''. Summarising the position, Mr. : Holmes gives-.the .total; additions '.to. Mr;'' Thomson's" .'estimate , of J3108.000 as '.£IB,OOO. Less the reductionsmentioned: (d£8000), 'the ; total is ill6,ooUv but ■ with the addition of -430,000 as* the cost of a 6and-pump; for ,bar-work, the total "capital, required''is. /-The engineer recommend? --that '.a.S it ..will be. imperative'- that. steps' be taken, in the near future to improve'•,the.'depth_'. s'of. water bh the bar, . provision 'be made in' tne" Loan Bill now, before! Parliament for-the purchase of a" , sand-pump dredge, at '."an ■ estimated;',cost-'-df : , dredge to ..be, obtained ;.on" completion;.ofthe dock, the north-inole; extension -and the dredging of thenver. I '. Although the trade of the port would be much benefited if the depth .• of. water .on the : bar were' increased, the engineer, considers it is necessary to first provide interior ar> Qommodation\ for all ..vessels, whioh jcaa now navigate the port. ■■ , : - -..-. "' ■>-.;