WHARF ACCOMMODATION.

Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1784, 9 April 1874, Page 3

WHARF ACCOMMODATION.

To tllQ Editor ol the THAMES ADVERTISER, Sra,—lf it is aot presuming for ,a stranger giviag his Ophna aimt youe port, I hope yoa will find space for a few remarks. Oabeiaj asked to go to the L'hames from tfew doutU Wales, I made inquiries about your port; the informstioa I received was not very fluttering to it, bat as a ooasidorable advance of 'freight' was offered oyop the A.aoklaad rates, I took tli> risk; bat since my arrival here, although the wither has been very liae, still through the iasuffioioaoy of your wiiacf aco.tiuuolitioa . neither myself nor ores? have hid a night's peaoo since our arrival; aud oa Saturday night, «rith a' very - uudjrate bceezj, X was obliged to esse my vessel adrift from IWu wharf, as it was impossible to lay across both wind and tide without doing considerable damag® to my ship. Since taen, althoagi f lia I only 140 tons of cargo left, £ flat ic impossible to get aloagsiie of any wharf, pausiag m$ great expense and detention. Bat ,vvuat ; paa X expect when E sje some of, your 'small coasters, only dcaffiug about; .7 foot of water, unable to get alongudi, of tlio Government \vharfwith)ufc lightering, All chat I o.tn say is, tluc where there is such a largo community, and so much enter* prise shoyn by private, individuals, it is disgraceful for your G-overnmant not to supply you with better wharfage aceom* mxlitiou.—l am, &0., . ! J. jJI. Liipot, r _ Master, .barque ' Oorfido.* ' Thames, April 8« 187.4