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Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 531, 26 September 1902, Page 4

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Continued from page 3. Captain Tucker : Yes. Mr Sievwrigbt asked if the Engineer could not give them some idea of the quantity that he proposed to take out. The Engineer : I have not gone into that, but can show it on the plan. The Chairman said that they had a depth of eleven feet now, and the Engineer hoped that they would yet have a depth of 16 to 18 feet. Captain Tucker (laughing) : Then he is tlie most saugine man we have here. Mr Matthewson also joined in the laughter. The Chairman : That statement causes members to smile. Captain Tucker : Yes, very much. The Chairman said that :f they had the time A Member : And the money The Chairman said that they were now down to the clay bottom of the river without anything being done to it. Mr Matthewson said that tlie dredge should be at work taking it out instead of poking about at the wharf. The Chairman said that it was down lower that tlie rock was tlie Engineer wanted to take out. The Engineer stated that by getting the widtii they would get a larger inflow, giving a better scour. They had now Bft of water where there had only lieen 2 feet to 2£ feet when he came here. But owing to the rock projecting it caused a drawback which left, a deposit of silt, and he could not get down deeper until he got more of that rock out. It was resolved that the Engineer •should give a further report on the subject, showing the rock cn the plan. IN COMMITTEE. The Board went into Committee for the purpose of discussing the report of the special committee in regard to allegations that some people were escaping paying the proper wharfage charges 'l'lie result of the committee’s enquiries were not made known in open Board.

The Board also continued in con inittee to consider the applications ft the position of Engineer on the dredgi It was held that only the name of tl: .successful applicant should he disclose and the point was also emphasised <1 to a skilled mechanic being required l Jill the position rather than an engin driver. After discussion the applies lions were deferred until a later stag so that the Engineer would have a opportunity of considering the test monials of the applicants. Tenders for supplies were also deal with in committee. The successfi tenderers were Messrs Williams an Kettle. THE FORESHORE. Mr Sievwright proposed the motio of which ho had given He sai that they need not discuss ihe qf-iestio of an outer harbor. Captain Tucker : l was hoping tha it would lead up to that. Mr Sievwright said that ne did nc think that it would make any diffej ence to the consideration of his motio as any outer harbor would have to t in some way connected with the iune harbor. They should, he stated, 100 ahead and consider what Gisborne importance would be in the future. A were agreed that Gisborne would ye develop into a large place, and the should seek' to make provision for ha: bor works to cope with the increasin trade. He gave numerous instance of what had keen done in Great Br tain, the experience there showing tha invariably the trade was carried to th traders and merchants’ doors by th waterway. lie cited the case of Glas gow as typical. A hundred years ago one would almost walk across the lit tie stream, the Clyde. But improve merits had' been steadily continuer until, last year, it was claimed tha the Clyde was the first harbor of thi kind in Great Britain. As time wen on, they had found the necessity of ta king the adjacent land, and the owner: along the Clyde protested. Eventual ly, the Commissioners had actually tc pay for the very land which they bar themselves, by their reclamation work, made up. The Gisborne Board should take a lesson from such experience and look ahead. Without mentioning any names, he could cite cases where th<>« ownihg property on the bank of “the Taruheru had been encroaching, and so that sort of thing went on until all the original landmarks became effaced. On the town sido the boundaries were to the river bank, and in time there would he no telling where the original lines were located. The Board should have a record map, showing clearly the position of the foreshore. As it was, they had no such record, and no provision made either for obtaining revenue or making improvements. Mr Shelton had years ago offered them a pound a loot for a 2} years’ lease of the portion of land on which; the old iron shed now stood. Thus, on that one section alone, Biey were losing about £3O per year. I hey could increase the volume j of water by deepening work that would not be very expensive, but they must have a properly defined scheme. At present they were encroaching too much by wharfage on what he believed was to be eventually the turning basin. This proposal was no new thing with him. As far hack as 1887 he got the Board to unanimously agree to a portion of the foreshore being surveyed, hut nothing was ever done. The Chairman seconded the motion, believing that such a plan was necessary to give them a record of their property.... The Crown grants showed I a great deal. \

Mr Sievwright said only in a general way ; there were no peg ,s or anything to go by. Mr Matthewson considered that they had all the plans now. The Chairman thought Die Engineer could get all the information Ironi the old plans. Captain Tucker said that there was an important point as to who owned .strips of land parallel with a roadway; nature made it impossible for the extent of tiej't foreshore to run straight along. Who would own any intervening strip ? Mr Matthewson : Tlie Board. Captain Tucker : That is what we Want u> know. Mr Matthewson thought that the Waikanae should lie included. . Mr yicvwrjght said that he had considered that too small to be taken into account. Mr Matthewton said that it was the most important. The Engineer said that there was a recent pian showing an accretion of ten acres. Captain Tucker said that that area bad torn taken by the Government and the question of compensation was now before tlie Land Court. It was a good Lime to move in the matter. The Engineer was instructed to obtain information (in the whole subject, md prepare a plan. DREDGE ENGINEER. The applications for the position of xedge engineer were then again consilereu in committee, and Mi J. Mackie vas appointed, his testimonials being try good.