THE HARBOUR.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1639, 4 January 1913, Page 7

THE HARBOUR.

v SVORKS OOMPLETED AND IN HAND. . PROGRESS OF RECLAMATION. new whaep consteuction. . .'The year. 1912 'has not been an exceptionally busy one for tho Wellington Ha'r-' ; bour cngiiworing Btaff, ,w far' as .new. works aro-concii'ncd..'- The principal ■•; work.on'hand.has/been the'reclamation ?J..thearea;',iiioludid'by tho sea-wall off Waterloo Quay, and next in order comos . . the. reclamation- of the, dock site at' tho . y southern'end of the wharf.system."-.-.- ~' ; c y I'he sea-wall to euolose tho Te A'ro Dock - ;.6ite,,ha3 been completed,'and the work of ; v . filling in"tho great hole,that was dredged .... out to mako rooniiforTUD 'projected dock ... is.in.progress. : -:.-'Th6 spoil availablo has' . been distributed between the dock area .and:',tho; reclamation, at-Waterloo'.Quav, .;.•' ";■ npcording .a3 the.woathpr favours either ■•P'ftjc. '■'■ There is.not always'a comfortoblo -, ■ ■ .'.' berth for tho dredge outsido . the wall at .thp dock when, a stiff northerly .'is .-blow-. . :; 'ing,-bdt^a.''ereat'deal'of'iipoil>li'as'been'de^' .','•' posited there..: A new pumping. berth for ■"•;■■;■ the Whakariro has becn-in preparation at '■: '/ Waterloo.Quay, 'and tlie dredge has been- ;;.,/ '.unloading into *tho dock untifthis berth .o-.-,. is .completed.;; : '; '■'" .;;;;-• ~:.'.? , '~x".*r?;' J '.:-. -.■■ —^ : :\ vßoqfaimlno land at}Thorrjdon.f i;-^ • ■'.' (;'. The -Waterloo. .Quay .reolamation has ;■■;.- ~'ibeen.going' ahead steadily,: and during i. the.yeav.2so,ooo'tons of filling have" been .. pumped pver'thpavall.. .The dredge v.;as ,'absent;.from .the,'harbour,'under hiro to '■*:. the:.Napier Harbour/Board, .for'threo -: ■'. .months of tho time, otherwise tho "amount of spoil would.have Been abiwt one-third ■ more.MThe:pumpirig berth for the dredge','. •'■'•■' alre'lidy referred to, isai; the northern end ..; of the wall, 'and the object Pf it- is to per- ' -.. n ?, lt -of 'thpnprthern part o'fjho reclama-'- :■ w tionbeingprbceeded with.' Tho eiterision -■•'.-pt; the has'been ■"■'.''' • ; l c p m P'eted, iind some of .the'rood work-pn' ' ;,- ;thb.recently-reelnimed area isnowinhand. '■■-.': plans' .have, ten-pre^ared-., : f6r :i; '- ■vW. 9 rk along ; ;thb ' reclamation"'= .outside ' the . L -r j.'.iito of the' proposed Pipilea' v Wharf: The) ~;-.'.'. i.board'has.'dir.ccted.plsQ that plans.be prp- . .■■■-■.. paredfor n new wharf at Pipitca Point/ ,y .■ ; -,beyond 7 ths.'.King's 'Wharf.^Whei'-'-this' ;. wharf is'built' .Way iinforior - . to. the' standard sot in 'wharf construction .■.■.."' nt. .Wellington in later years. The biggest'. •dovelppnient work now and in the'.'fnhiro' ••;'...•. must-bodpno in tho nofthorn part pfthe ..'■ harbpur.'and a'.gobd deal haV.becn-carried out.in .the past j .'..to extend ; the ;wharf. system >-td tho south' >: v..' to-any.extant,-or. to. reclaim," any 'consider- /, .able'area of the foresho'ra..thflroi,without' ;■' ■.Kriously'.hamperihgthß approach of ships ;-.'.. to'spntherh-'tees', of the Queen's Wharf. :'••. ■'; -.Now' all the. land, tested in tjie'bonrd off ;-;■ iWaterloo .Quay is 1 ;reclaimed, or:in prbcPM :'..••;.".': of :reclataation. When this is reclaimed ■'"''■'' i^ 1 !' tlie en(l ' i s ' rar ta inl y■ in?" sight-tho; ;. board .will have en6'ugh lan'd'.to"*servo its' , : . .'.'.purposes.'!for -a number pf years,-'and: -it' ~'.; will bo a question ofpolicy-as to Whether './ an: endeavour, .will be made : to' g ; et ; an •: -Enabling- Bill rthrongh :".Parliamoht .to .-• permit, of stiU: more ilttnd -being taken -';•' . from 'tho' sea- .::'■''>•■':; ;'.- '■}.■■.':"'■:, ';■■ ':'■:■■■':' ~ •-''-':W- :, , :/.All the 6pbil has 'been 'takon' ! from the' • -Palcon Shoal/'just 'mside'''the 'harbour-. v.;, mouth.!- The removal of-the : shoal is':'n'o.t' : : ; .' /necessary for ! the safe 'navigation ,bf. the /!;.', harbour, for .thp channel by "which ships : ..-;:-avoid;it is;by ho' mi>ah3.a tortuous' one,- . 'but,;tho spoil '.is soft "arid' 'easy-"to! obtain': .'-. 'there, : Tho.dredgb'Mhas cut a ?-straight' •'/',; channel through .thoishpal; with a depth ' . v; ' ;- at'low water. 'T;hiß : - will allow. '"■'. ships : with'..the greaWsstpossibl© 'safety.'to .■.-.•.- head :Mraighfc up-to.tholcadirig'.-light oh ■ /-,-, Bomos .Island with'ou't'.fear of: finding any / . Bhallow';:waier.: : :The channel was made-a - ■ ".year ago;-;but the dredge is still digging at •;the samb-,placo,.'and tha',ciit.is.now ; -2500ft. ;\ . .wido.:-The,.:tptal .removal-'pf..tho pho'ftl, if :v excavation goea oii at the-present-rate, is '■'•". f. n 'y,; a .matter,--:of a. 1 comparatively; 6hort time,/and,;" tho ..board 'will'.'liave 'to', look ...round ..for other easily' obtainablo -'spoil." .'■': shoal, ' ; •'.(.■■; betwpen. Ward,.; Island' "and, Muritai/ 'or ', ■. ;•' from '.the deposit shanks;, .pppbsitb "/the :■• ;:.mouth,of;.thb,;Hutt/Eiver. '.'Portunately !. ,thp; v harbour is.,.deep enoughvoveryivhe'ro . .-'-, :".■ for.any vessels how afloat, so that theto ..is -no need : to.; dredge "to facilitata naVi- •-',-.•■. ~: '\', ■;::'■; y :'■'■" -'/'■;;■ V:/'.-'-- r '- : : ' '■- w T : ; ' ; ; Whar 'i ß ! l ':? nc ' Buildings;','-: : : :\- : .'A little has theVmat-' ' /.to/of .renewing and Extending.', existing. : •'" Sr"^; 1 he. extension of. the Tarariaki ' ~ :-.btrcet;Wharf, and the staging,'frora.Jer- ;•' 3 . Qu.W round to'-.theTaranaki Street , : Whart is now ln.progrpss. Theivork.has • • been delayed ,on account ;of the 6lpw de- ; ' livery: of. tho./timber,'but it'.'has- now • ' ; i H. '■' A">'ontraot .bna -.been .! . let forthe .building of a'new'.ferry'ivlmrf ' - -"PW O^ 6 , "teh'sioroT thp'oldbne. Some '■ :'. V ? £ t¥ .pmbor :_for-;this' work':has''arrived;- ' : ■--': but ■ not sufficient; to /permit!- of •■»'-■ start V'': bmnr ; madp;wlth the s work.: ; The recon- .' struction-of. tho .wool wharf. is'-, well .'in ■■' ."• h ?f, d ' .? ncl 'gobd:; progress, ■ ''■'-'"■'? lth Li. lt :.-'''AS < ! thOT .«> n t™ct-has-been-let i ' / ' for the .additiprt of 160, feet: tp. tho 'Glas-' ' '-':. FM an'M?/ corresponding, addt : tion-to/tho/shed,' but nothing has been v -done:pn ; the work.. The timber has not -' ?? ais a ?J*ent to Mifa: : • mar .Wharf have been nil put into pro- ' per order, and the wharf teovght into use ' ; pnneipalhyfor landingc'pal for thoWel- •': ."".StonGns Company's works" 'th'erb. •'"'■• i ,' 4 : *ork';:nnaeTtakon by , : the board last year was the construction . , ? , ,;:of -a store-Z ,atore-for.-the/re'ecptipn ,of --'■ viml 'v n i C^' '■.■Wfing-:Shipment.- . ■' •■''"ffci been made' with ■', ; ' tfe g - ; ' .... the-walls arp built;, tip ..to the', finished' ' . th «: ferro-cpnereto. skeleton, of the Snl ' '... - . ljrl(: K Wrk is.npw being :cnrried up. Work : on,the store .has:;beenßelayed" consider:' -ably of "slow, deliveries frorii '■ Of. the ronpreto;pillars "ah'd 'flbor's,:', "