COOL STORAGE FOR BUTTER AND CHEESE.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1292, 22 November 1911, Page 10

COOL STORAGE FOR BUTTER AND CHEESE.

•- p . . (To the Editor.) Sir,—There appeared in ln?t Palurday inormiier s is.-;m> of your paper full details of a motion which Mr. ,1. ("i. Marlines proposes to brinj; forward at 10-day'-i meotiiiß of the Wellington llailr'mr IJoiird to the effect. "That the engineer he instructed (o select a Miilahle site adjnecnt to the Glasgow Wharf fur Ihe erection of a building for the freezimand storage of dnirv produce." It is to be hoped that the members of the board who are not directly or indirectly interested in tho butler'busings will strongly oppose Sir. H-ir!;noss's motion, as it is evident that the Marlm,,Board is not in a position In i:iiderlii!,n nn expenditure of this nature at. the present time seeing how badly off Ihe porl is lor proper nicominodation. If is mn..| important thnl. the members of the beard should consider at llio present I'm- dm urgent, necessity for increased wharf accommodntion without, delay, "here lias be-Mi no move in this direction for Mime years past, and it is now lime s midline was done. What has the. Weilinr-toii Harbour Board done for tho fiozon meal, industry in the way of providing eeel storage? Nothing whatever, and, for years past, the board has been in receipt of ,i considerable revenue from this source without incurring any expense for labour. On the other hand, the butter ami cheeso industry entails . a considerable amount of outlay for labour in handling, which has to be provided out of revenue. It is rumoured that tho sito of tho piesent cool' stores on Waterloo Quay is likely to be required by the Railway Department in the near future. It' the revenue to bo derived from the proposed new cool' stores by -the'-Harbour Board is proved to be sufficient to pay for interest and depreciation, there is no doubt that the matter might be given consideration by the members of the board. On the other hand, if it Cannot be shown that such will be the case, the rniious firms interested in the dairy business should undertake the erection of freezing and -cool stores on their own account.--i am," etc., ' - ONLOOKER.