A BUSY SCENE.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 February 1922, Page 4

A BUSY SCENE.

THE HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS. STEADY PROGRESS BEING MADE. Visible result? are now attending the work in connection with the New Plymouth harbor improvement scheme, and a visit to the port reveals signs of activities in many directions. The breakwater extension is beginning to creep further seawards day by day, as the stone from the Paritutu quarry is railed down and tipped over the end of the present breakwater. The stone is of good quality and much of it is of great bulk. At present two cranes are busy at work in the quarry, but, with the installation of the Priestman crane at an early date, the work will be more than ever expedited. It is estimated that about 46,000 tons of rock was brought down by the charge made in Paritutu some time ago, and there is quite 35,000 tons of suitable rock still to be used, so thin will provide material to work with for\ some time yet. Steady progfess is being made with the overhead railway bridge, leading towards the site of the new wharf, though expected supplies of timber are not to hand yet. AU the piles, however, have been driven. When the bridge is finished the work of reclaiming the land between the old wharf and the site of the new one will be commenced.

The dredge Paritutu is engaged in cutting out the berthage for the new wharf. The “cut” is to be 900 feet long when completed, and of this 630 feet has been dredged to a depth of 30 feet, whilst an additional 30 feet has. been dredged to 20 feet. Meantime the remainder of the “cut” is to be continued at this latter depth in order that the work may not be unnecessarily held up. The workshop also presents a busy appearance. Altogether it is estimated that about eighty men are engaged on I the harbor works at the present time.