The Thames Star.
TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1919. THE HARBOUR PROPOSAL
" Wltk malim (vmrb bom t vtth •karity foe all; wttfc lraise» i» Urn : rigfct, M O«d gives a* to m« thm rlgfct"—l/IKCOMT. ■■ ;
In <a aieoemiti is.3ue 'tihe 1 Ohimemuri Gaz■eitfto ii'aia. whiaib purports! - to be a repipalb of tihe i'eaent Harbour Comif ea-ence with Mr Bladtt* Masom and. as tdiis may give al miisileiading inrapresisio'n to uip. ■oouaoitry resideihttisi, we atr ; e. rteluctaintily oomtpelled ta ooa-redb the statemienrts 1 theredin oonitiaiinied. Mi" Blaiir Mssioai is repioa-ted as saying!, -thaib a ilredge ) wiiiil cioistfa £35,0000, atod it aminiuial;: malint'eirilainicie im full opiea-aifcion) £7000. Then h& says: "The totial cioisitl oi impnoiveina'enttlsi thiaiti maghit be ootnisidWod j ai&equaite, would 'aipfpaxnacih £150,000. whale libe iiniteirieisit'. maaniteniainct-, and upkeep wowld be aibout 1 £2"O,O00." ! Any person whioi was preisemib ati that conferemicia is of oounsie 1 fully" aware thaifc Mr Blaiia- Masoml isaad no sucJi tih'ing. What ' he did Bteuy was tha.tl, basing, drediginlg 1 oosti at 9d per.duibia-yard—-arad he w^as 1 of opiinlion *liati ithe aosib. in pracitiice would Work out ais low ,as 3d—ithe^ coisfc of the, imipaioivemieinitis neciesisary woiuld be £100,000, wtttih) £35,C00 additdoml for t!he dnedg!©.--Mr Bia,iiu Masica added ■tjhfltt £150,000 would cierttfliinly cover all oosfe in] oomneicitlioitL witih 'a bar• bcnur tihfuti would admit, •Vesselsi draiwing Sift. He waisi eqiially; clear in regard to d>ntere.;iti amid madnteimnic® ■and oortiaiinly n€.ver ¥ distantly , I Minted .atf, £20,000. Wbait ha d,i'd.gaiy^ was Übiarfc tihe linrteresft oni the full i •amiounltt, tliaifc-.is allowine: tlhiatb tihe fulll'■. sohemiie hind . been., (joimjpdertJed, /wciusld be £9000 per amiaum amd miaintenainioe dredgkiig would ooab aiboait, £1000 petr annum. So> far as |Mr Blair .-Mason! was concerned, tihiait; I is ithe only sftiaitbrnieint; he miade im re:h\4U cwafc £35,000. 'amid its amsnuali j'tihe comp'letbeid Thames liairbour. jj Mr Bkik' Masota! also said tha* it was 1 biis opiniion;, gaiin'ed from practicial ercpiea^einxse, ithiait* als tihe work .piroI ignessed amd hiarboma' facilities) steiad ! ily inifprofved, tii^ade -'would in'oreaige [, <amd the revamiei froan'■ it, should bs ! more tihaini equii'v'.ilent .to the anmiuiiU : dniterest and maii-nibeniwioe. Atl tihe pre- : setnt timie woltih.. tlo fajcdlities the .people i 'of Thjames ars paioividiniti' by way of | sji imtproivemeintfc rajte oto good® and | 'Paissemgers, emough anniually to pttfoi vide the tt,nter-es(b on- £30,000- *We> •trust itihiaitj! the Ohinemuaii Gazetto ■will -aKakteJowledigie that it Avais in erroi' a-nid l-emove any miii'sleiadi'H:<y imipresi--5 siom iijj rma.y haive ciau-sred, by sfcating I the facits. f STOP THAT COUGH. < ;■ Stopi thaib aouwJi. Cut it out enrareily. Gab rid <rf that- thi-oM. ia«tita-.| t:on- QiaimberlafhiV Ccaigh Remody sttoips tJie cough," by loosemng! the pMegmi and allaying the irritation. -—Sold everywhere.—Adyt..*
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Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13936, 15 July 1919, Page 2
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442The Thames Star. TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1919. THE HARBOUR PROPOSAL Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13936, 15 July 1919, Page 2
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