BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1540, 11 July 1873, Page 2

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The : ; Council^ met • yesterday morning-^' t specially. All the members ' were preseriti - A 3 : First,'.!th'efe!was^fe r a'd y a report' from ithe Town Surveyor, in which ihe^ stated that, as requested- by^resblu^ipnj.thejihadr.pb^; tamed 'professional:' advice on' the best method'" of 'protecting Richmond v'lQuayv With himself, Messrs ' J^ylde, Cooper, Young, and,,Dobsori;; had : gone carefully into the matter,', jand a^report.hacl. been prepared by them rpcbmmending :'a,'.l|esign exactly coinciding- with -the ■ work he had proposed to thie Council on the Ist instant.; --.fj !;•. v> .''IW.- uli -'g .iwl-K-oiWO Theifollo,wingiwas;the'feport ! wfii6h.'lia'd been thus prepared and presentedit&theCouncil' ''^u.y-'-' h:w. «a;r!jLw ' " Having been requested by Mr Johnston; City Surveyor, to confer -with, him ,upon the rf best plan, pf; r .pro > tecting,Rich- v fmond Quay 1 , in^c^omance with^'tne ieifms 'of a resolution' ' ji^sse^if'ffie'Council on the sth inst., we have carefully examined;, the river bank, 3 andj jjlans^andpsections prepared for ourcbnsideratibn^aridjhaye the honor tp o^submit n the, 9 re- r f,pllowingport : — ' '"■i('(v. ! ,-fyi:-.H " We are of opinitin^tffat^wer'e funds available, the worki3'^t r pr^^^ of construction should be earned, on in' a regular Mberi^sfteet the Sbutfi. ' 'Spit^' 'the' line "of 'ifie' present j'wall being carried,. pn ; ,,jtp. street ; ibut failingithje^power,. to- accomplish jthis.v the next best land only. plan to adopt^ with... the limjted fftn^s at; cqnamand w iU[b,e';jtpr harden tHe exixting bank w^th. a facing ooxf x rough stone at an even_slppe, not steeper than^ 45deg, keeping the stonework as^ close* a^ptjssible tq'the;lirie^shb^ii^oi' th' 6' accoiripariihg^plari' (arid-coibre'd deep^red),!; which line we consider is the onS' bri'^' which all p r ernianent ( work should be iSn-' structed. . i i--"r;»A : ; 'tJ^ithiKe^view-Ibfieipe'ridirigiith'elkum^ , of LIOOO to the best .advantage,, we would recommend the'"sii6iie s wbrk''tV be com- . menced at.the.west pnd. of the 16ft., whart (down to' which point we consider that • the existing^ wharf '■work'sC klthb'u'gh not ' f bf;a permanent character, will sufficiently protect the towif for' 'the ! ' present), and continued, >|rpmj; thatr ppint j .west wards upon, or as near as possible to, the line laid'^dbwn^by iis i t '(already ;mentioried) ! 'as ! '' funds .permit, an ! d'; ( shpuld beacon- , jstpeted'^n 1 accbrdarice with para^raph|s. -, pf ; this_report. ._ J[t. is.,to_.be_exp.ectiLOhji£ the stone w,ill settle considerably during :the first flooflsf andi'theUoss by-settlement jsvill require to be made as soon "after' t'tie^ floods as pbss'ible^ 'lFwill, IKere^, fore/'i^ %Ml>&^^ ! e^all' available furidsjja first. .c^psj;,, ) < but' l to v reserve a small' balance for'repa'irs. ' ' We have oo hesitation: in reebmmehdI ing;thM.)plaij)tp.,,the.;Cp.uncil;a3/»nerformi' ing part of the general scheme! of harbor. iwprksii?which ; mdst be 1 , eventually conf' f^tructedifin'brder to-'inak'e iGreymouth;a ! good port, and f which will also include 'a' 1 wall on the 1 nbrth n sid r e > bf' ; tne 'river about 10 chains.Midistant^ from./ and generally parallel to the line of the works proposed by us)- r on . fthe',>sputh; jbaok, ;:as; apprpxi- 1 raately shown on the plan accompanying* this report, Lbesidesi; which; lie I will afford immediate protection in a cheap and per-' manent manner. .r:r ■> r -i . ■■:';.,'"' ""'" ; ' "We»are further oi opinion that 1 the continuation .of, the. wall is. the;- proper method by^wh'icK'tb' Carry the 'deep ; wateV : throu^h'ihe' sh^aX ! bp^osite;the maga'^irie, ,: and cantipt.Jre^ .atteriipt improving the n'avigatibri of "the,, river, , by groins .pr., spurs, the ultimate.■effects , of^. theseib'eirig; extremelyidifficult, to predict, . ) Whilst , i the ; [backwaters 'amd! eddies which they. -invariably occasion aret certain to erode the banks immediately below,, them, unles.s very/ strongly tected, besides throwing up shoals in the lines between the main current and, back-; water.,. ,-; ( -i ' ;•?.-■>! ;h "r.rst [ '- r -hA •.';■-!.•; . " We have given; due >cbnßideration tothe various methods that might beiadopted with the materials at command for harden^

ing the river bank, but give the decided preference to stone as being the only material which can be considered permanent. jWe also > consider it unnecessary in the presenif instance to use dressed stone, on account of the greatly increased expense, the work proposed being merely a f acing pf .. rubble thrpwa pnJhe.JbLajgfe« !B » !re « s - " DEsciBiPTiON of WbEK.^-The~fgce~<sf " the river,bank to "be coyered/'for a;,d#pth of not lessthan four feet 'witfi good hard stpne^.atleast pnerthird of the^sj^n^mej^ to be in blocks of over. lOOlb inweighv one-third of overiSOlblii: -weight, and the remainder clean quarry rubble thrown into the interstices,.care being being taken that most of the stones below low water line be of the laxgsisj^jkiQ^ "The stone to be laid at an angle of 45s?^ ,and kept carefully tpthe line shownr on plan, land the face regularlyi sloped! t The topcof r the ; stone; work ;-to be^kep^ about one 1 foot above thegerieral level cofr the-bank;- :.,. r^a : ; .=- r . „n..[^ --.-.M ' ' ''' 1 ' We estimate 'this work will cost about L2oo ! p^r^h r aitil y J :W.:-JI .A-imr/IATMA: i Mr Moore moved— "That the plan and 5 report 61 'the ! Engineer' be feoeive'd!-aiid adopted, and that the work be' I proce r eded' B with;? ,«■;,:?, ■.:/-.; .-, .-.: .. ;; ;:;-i7/' . ,vm>,WA. V-5 ■ ". Mr DuPEßtsecpndedrtheiniotioniii'r .nihi) Mr Kerr BQoved, as^an. amendinen^y " That the ' General- (bbyern'inen^ bJß^^requested to undertake 'the extensibn'of ' permanent works as far as Chapman-street, and ; that the Council pay. towardsthe:said work the : sum ' of L2(K)() froin'theplpanA abbTi : t ( r -'td "be ' negotiated, • <■^aMf^fbm l^ 'dtHeTfW revenue." •;— ! " ;!r ' l ' y!C > avro ihdi Mr'CoATES seconded the iamendment/O ; rThe'';amendmeat I 'Wasy afi»r'disctffistpn,"B carried/ 'btf'a^diyisjori/' 'There ocf ■ Ayes : Messrs rOoales, C!f Kefr, l ;' i ßefd^Bna' / ' ) the Mayor. Noes : Messrs Dupre ; Wool!cock, Glenn,, and rr Mo,pre.;. r The^Mayo^j gave his casting voting in the affiraJative. The'MAyb^ he had requested 'the 1 ' v Tbwn Surveyor to consujt^ .with r Me3srs;*C r ppper. and t WyWe with--' reference' to' We' resojufiMsjpis^^ at -the .public meeting heid'm J Gilmer's.Jl. Hallfon Saturday lafitj'recommendingtthafe* the Government, ;be/Teques^dijto considei|j) . tjie matter of the viaduct Jn. connection with the railway, with a view tb^aving it .reduced to thedevel^o'f thequ'ay^ /\ Mr Cooper had a report compiled, and 1 agreed ;tfr by^fWjld^^if^lTe^m and opinions 'as 'io' Why 1 the'Goveriitnent should be requested tp.conatr net, the railway inj;o .roira at louver level" than that of the' proposeel viaduct. He read the report follows :— ' " ; " " ™7r^." j "In reference to H;he"'question whetne'rj^ the Brunner Railway: can, be, brought into the town by Mawhera JQuay on. the level r of the street, w ( e hajye^th^ ; hpnpr,^^epprt that we^^ have examined th'e J gtouhd, 'w well as r the plan and. sections r pf, i t|iS 3l rAfl- uu !\yay, Md K firid that 'it'is'jpractickwe-'io bring the h'ne'dowii Mawfiera Qa&f on a 'level of the top of the coping of the stone— ;breastworkj' arid 1 setback about 20ft from -its outer face at the east end, gradually. „ approaching it so as tp'be-'a^out V sft fr6m| the face^at^Jbhristori'WeW^if^he'lihfe isl--ladopted for the stone", f&irig" which was recommended in Engiri'eers ? 'repbrt' ! df'ißth ? :} lirisfc 'The Tailway line^ wottld^thW'be I'^1 '^ immediately behind the 16ft wha^f> )HtK ? r f ;, nc 20 of railway survey, will be the same as that proposed fbyj.the t General Government fpr. the, branch iine into the passenger station/ From peg 20 (at the breaks - water) dpwn^ards-the;lev,el.of the raite Will ( be about 3f 1 6in.above the present metalled surface of the roadway, or lft oin higher than: the :piankujg,pt tbe ; l6ft jwhark; aWffl _cdnsid6rritrnedessa^ that tto. permanent.!. Bine ■ should be fixed: at/this heightimorder!'; di 4n fit in with the back of the is| rioW^beirigJpro'ceededi^with'^'uifOta^ meantime^howtfverf'ih'e'heigb^&iglitf l^ 0^ reducedwestwards.pf the-p'6lnl Ia ■ toj whicn'^the^ f st6riew6rk- ! is !/ at v present being-«onstructedy"yiz, r } opposite-TaSaui*^— street, as a convenience to jthe traffic of the wharf . ..''*" :-- — .-— "r.n | " WJith regard the^general qu,estion-^-----asto wHether thejhighjleyel'pr I6w-leye^_^ line is preferable," we may^ remark that it willlgreatly 'deperi'd' ''upon"''^ 1 itfetfiod^e which may be adopfe'd of putting the coal on board ship,, r a dqubt be decided by the Gro'verriment .after careful consideration of the subject gin] all its bearings ; but we may point out ■'that; thje;lowrleyel> line. ,would>.possea(s ofae'J. material advantage oyer the; p.ther>in,the ;« facilities i t woiUd . afford to general-traffic,- — inasmuch asvheavy/gppd^ could bje^rajnsVjr 'ferre'd at one bperatjipri^frpni'jtije railwayirJL 'trucks, jfcp^th,e ; ship's, hpld,[ and )vice>versOrF[\ 18 say for example timber !f or, transit outwards, and. machinery ; and other i heavy/go'ods! iriwards>[ The' low-level* abe |: '^ be much'^lessf 'cdstly'thanthe^propysed'f'.'f Viiduct. V. r.-^yyr.U ■>■.<..: wj rt-rAism rf^il - j" There' is Me -point in cpnii^tipEywitfi*'' 0 Ihis subject : ' l whi6h; shoul^ ' b e 3 settled as early"'aß"possible7"rn"OTder r tT 1* definite scheme Vi 4"6-'be y? decide?l"upori, of bringing the railway into town,* viz., the most .suitable place for a coal wharf. '& -AsCr the whole of the existing 16ft wharf isv»required ferl general pufpb'se^jHh^re are only two sites available, none being on. Mawhera Quay between Werita and,Taurai. ,j li'treels, and the other on Richmond Quay r from Boundary street to i Johnson street. The former would not requiresojlong a railway line to be made to altora access to Jtjibutitls subject totwo disadyrfntage&a^U .) I. i The .rapid advance of the shingle bed- - 'abbye^ ,the, ,, town ,, renders] it(> dou^tfuLr r whether 'deep waier* will ultimately $^UL maintained there. 2. As ships conld noi lie j near the s,l»ne, jwal^ .special works r,would have to be constructed to enable the i=jjpal. Mi beiJputodn >boafdi '^Jnitheiaa/f other .hand, ( tiere,^ey^p^babUi^.pf wotf rperm'arieritly deep water alongside Richmond Qualy]T.unles ! s / 1 the ; '■■ riVer h sKBiSKI O lo changftMitSj^cpursef als9gethor,)jaft)feveri.tO which the general works suggested in the, ; before- r nieriti6rie^ , ii; - engineer's i report will/ / effectually prevent; and when'th'e r «to'ntf£ ri ' f) facing of Richmond Quay, as proposed— /therein,, is ;J completed^) :this Y"\ will' afford greater facilities for thevJ' construction;, of ah. suitable placet for I -.' ships,ip ! beiat'i than any other part pf /.the^* river-bankj inasmuch S3 ' the'Stone-facifag dv^ bfeing here keptiurtherAajbk behind the piling than elsewhere, the; piles at present •. \ .standing' will, with] .yery'little^expensci') ;• serve as- berths fpr vessels.; ; ]The expense a r pf constructing railway Une^PMldjnotrK -V ,be ve^much greater.inj^ejpn^^ the other," if it is considered, that the line ,5--mustlin! either ! case be carried l as'far l asj^ Boundary-street in order to accommodate the general traffic of the port. : • "We forward hprewith/^lakn a^d ! fc6bf^ ; lion.b^stiggested'line^^-^ 1 ;' ?'[«* iy •ijr>i»H;jo-i<{ is Mr" 3 RBlb, seconded'^b'y.MrJiWooLßpb^^ . m'oved^'^hait; %*[ the General Gbvernnientthi reaolution 0^ u^; ;i ■ • • * ■;-; " ' ■ • - ' . _■ ■

the public meeting in respect to the proposed level of the viaduct of the railway, and acquaint the Government that this Council coincides with the terms of the resolution, and recommends that the early consideration of the Government be given to the same." . Mr Moore, seconded by Mr Coates, moved— " That this Council, in forwarding the, inclosed resolution; passed at a public meeting, would without offering an opinion on, the same respectfully request to the Government ofor their . consideration the accompanying report received from Messrs Cooper, Wylde, and Johnson, who rfSrej instructed to report on the proposed alteration." The original motion was carried. m Telegrams relating to the construction of the culvert over the Tidal Creek, in Tainui street, were read, and the Clerk was directed to telegraph} to Mr Giesow again, requesting ; him to have a suitable culvert constructed. He was also instructed to request Mr Giesow to compel the contractors to ; remove the debris taken out of the outting, and placed on the sides of Tainui street, and to remove it to the swamp in Chapel street. The Council was then adjourned.