BLUFF PROGRESS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 184, 3 February 1914, Page 2

BLUFF PROGRESS.

BIG HAKHOtt SCIIKMh

By Tclogrnpli—Pi'(» ss Association

Kxlensivo lmrlior improvements uncontemplated by (he liiuir || ar | )or Board. Mini its engineer, Mr. fi, ,\. '''"■• formerly of flic (Kayo Harbor Hoard, has submitted plans for improvomcnls costing- C:illi.-I2(i. Of (his iimoilnt works costing LTilMi7."i will proImbly lio put in haml rij>ht away. I)c----tails of the scheme provide for the wideiiiii{< of tiie present IsOllfl wharf bv IS feet alon» its whole len»(h. a( a cost of 1121,0110, and (his will enable the wharves to accommodate vessels drawin? ; i'fl of wafer, as against 2Sft today. In the course 01 ordinarv dredging- operations it i« expect I'd to enable vessels of .'Kft to come up to the wharves. Some ihirly-four neves of land will be reclaimed.' a I a cosl of Ui-1,7.->O. and opposite tbc reclaimed area a 1200 ft breastwork wharf will be coustrucled al a cosi of .128.8011. These works." winch arc lo be I rented as the immediate section, will cost :Cll-2,(1(111. The remainder of the scheme i* Ireaicd as (he future section, and comprises a lliflOl't wharf lo the ■westward with tongue niers of SOdft, liflftft and ISrifl lengths. These wharves, together with an extension of thes winging- basin, will entail a cost of £17.">.01i(1.

The TilulV Harbor Hoard has had many schemes submitleil to it, including one I>\ the ccbdiratcil Sir .lo'an Coode, lint the present scheme, by Mr. Lee. is considered the mo.s I modern and Hie one which makes the most use of the harbor.