THE DOCK SITE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1045, 7 February 1911, Page 5

THE DOCK SITE.

WHAT IS TO BECOME OF IT? How much tho port will ultimately gain by tho abandonment of tho dock coutract and tho idea of continuing tho work will bo known hereafter. Tho question is raised once moro by tho Harbour Board's action in calling for tenders to clear tho basin of tho dock, now a maze of white pine piles, built up into trestle work for trolly track purposes. _ Since the contract was determined, nothing whatever has been dono towards clearing tho 6ite. Tho gre.v, gaunt concrete-mixer, tho grimy smithy, tho offices, and tho great cakes of perished concrete lie scattered round the dreary extent—gravestones of the dock that was to be. It has boon pointed out beforo that such a central position, in among tho commercial wharves, and a site fully exposed to tho prevailing set of our winds, should never havo been selected for tho dock—tho sito was too valuable. What will bo dona with tho sito is a matter for tho board to consider, but most probably tho basin will bo reclaimed and tho frontago wall reserved for tho wharf sites of tho future. Another suggestion has been talked about—that tho basin should bo squared up, but otherwise left intact, tho sides rough-cementcd with boulders, and tho rowing shedsStar Boating Club, Wollington, and Naval rowing sheds—bo removed ' from their present sites and placed alongsido the enclosed area. Doubtless tho matter will bo dealt with at. an early date.