Harbour Board.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 141, 18 June 1904, Page 2

Harbour Board.

The Harbjour Board-met on Friday. Present : Messrs Connett (chairman'), Newton King, McLean, J'rice, Ward, Dingle, Hornby and Foreman. An apology was received from Mr Maxwell, who was in camp with the volunteers at llawera. —l'urilulu Road.—

Mr Alfred <;,,„-«-,- „ T „t,, ~. ~„. ,„._ Hon of il„. Land j(,,aid in ,-losin--the I'arimm l!..ud when acquiring land lor the Spoiswood settlement This road gave Inn, access to I lie r.serves leased hy him from the board, and he asked ii to have it reopened. The roiid Imd heen in dnilv use before the closing.—Deferred to next, meeting, in 1 1n- menntiine plans to he obtained.

-The Diver's Uear.Messrs Kolliery and Harford asked for concessions in charges for the divine; suit, four weeks ut l'l lis per week. It was through no fanli of theirs that the suit was delai I over „ week. They also forwarded wanes of the hoards men, us requested.—A reliule of .til ,Ss was made, reducing- the account to the amount' of the hirers' deposit. The Chairman said he would in future object to the gear eoing uwav at all.

--Shipments of Timber.— Messrs J. W. Wallace and Co., Wellington, forwarded advices of sailnig of the Whunguroa on the JBth inst. with iron-bark timber for the hoard, including two long- piles and limber ordarod hy Mr Murchanl in connection with the breakwater extension,—Kecel veil. —Engineer's Report.— The engineer, .Mr Mart-hunt, forwarded printed copy of specifications lor a five-ton quarry crane, lie imd communicated with feuding colonial and English iin U s, asking for quotations. He had not been able to get un oiler of second-hand plant that he could advise the hoard lo aicepi In a later letter Mr Merchant stated that ke had arranged a plan of operations for the breakwater extension, lie was preparing specifications of plant required, having failed to secure any good sccond-iiuud material, lie had committed the hoard to un approximate, expenditure of £BOll, being for a Tnngyo oil engine £l7O, eight steel Up waggons £-IoU, hydraulic ten-ton pulley juck iMo ironbark plunking UIK i fc] , arß x'JU, slitie; chains und sundries £OO. i 1... had called on Mr liumett, uctineChief Engineer for Railways, in Wellington, and asked if the lieparUment could sell or hire a live-ton crane, hut he was tillable to do so, lie promised that the depui'Hueiit'would supply at. cost price any material required in |he extension works. He had made inquiries and found that the board could get orders filled fur cement in lost of :>oo casks at. a time at a reasonalble iigure. He was procuring u two-ton monkey for piledriving, Hie one at present in the hoard's possession being too light. The Chairman said it was very sausfactory to know that the Ualiwn.v Department, would supply material at cost, ililhcrto (here j„.j heen some ilillicull.v in obtaining such ■dull at all. He thought the hoard should make inquiries us to the cost of secoiidj-liiind mils recent I v taken up locally.—This will he done. —Quolntion for Rope.—

Messrs J), Horry and Co. „iiVim about ten hundredweight of lour inch Manila, rope at lios per hundred weight at thebreakwniei-.—l'l.e loan had a sullicicnt qiunuitv on hand Captain Hooil slated that tlicie'wa' not much of I hat size. —Carrie Street Extension.— The (own clerk, New Plymouth wrote asking the hoard if it conk see. its way to put j„ im \ ur (he Cur-iie-street extension, running tlirougl the board's Kawau reserve. Tin council hull no power to cxpun money there, and the Kuilwnv Pc parlmenl declined (o do anvtlu'ng. The Chairman did not think tin board could legally spend mone\ there. The Hailway Department ha"' made the road, why had it „oi maintained il ? Cntil the louses ex pired the mailer could hardly be arranged wiih the borough council which would not take over the street as it was 100 narrow and not provided with side channels and footpaths.

Air King said it was a peculiar position. The council collected rules there, and yet could not spend money. Air Foreman considered the matter one of great importance. The street should be kepi in repair. Mr King said a piece of land leased by the board ti. Mr Corkill abutted on the road, and unti.l this lease fell in (ho street could not be made Hie full width.—inferred to the chairman und Messrs King and Ward .o report at next meeting. Mr W. J, Honeyfiekl asked the loartl to renew his permit to take -i-iyds () f gravel from the beach. This had been given some time ago, and :'» ««><'"« leave from the secretary, it was refused, as the permits had 'avn withdrawn.—(J run led.

The Chairman reported that a lot •I' gravel had come in during til. icuil rough weather between Miko'iihi and the block works. He hail nslructed Air Monlofiore to save a.' nuch of il. as he could.—Action ao-'i-oved.

Mr ,1. Cameron, secretary of the U'ailara Harbour I'.oanl, 'forwarded plans of foreshore necessary for the hoard's protoctho works, and submilUd a reipast that the New Ply.nouth board should grunt the Wa'i>ara board the fre. hold of that portion of (he foreshore which, in the ■pinion of the engineer, is necessary for its protective works, viz ail that piece of land extending from ike river hank a distance of 77 j-liains from the western wall. and ..ilso the right, to obtain slone ami hingle from the foreshore n" far is Hie Waiongonn reef. On the motion of Messrs foreman and Dingle, it was decided to facilitate (he Waitara hoard acquiring the roreshore and right to acipiire houlders from the beach in terms of its let*'r and the report ,„■ Mv I low sett, engineer. —Acridpnl Insurance.— On (he motion of Messrs King and I'rice it was decided |„ ~,„,,/ ,)„, accident, insurance policy at. ,>;2 per centum per anniini.

Mr Price moved that it he an instruct ion to bring „|, ||,e ma,,,.,. ,„• co-operative accident, insurance al the lirst meeting of the Harbour Hoards' Conference.

-Acrounts.Aceountt: were passed for payment and the hoard adjourned.