HARBOR BOARD.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 386, 5 December 1889, Page 3

HARBOR BOARD.

Thx Board met on Tuesday evening. Present : The Chairman (Captain Tucker) and Members Chambers, Townley, Clark, Shelton, Bennett, and Dr Pollen. The Marine Department wrote stating that they would accede to the Board's request for the breakwater to be built on the line originally proposed by tbe Board’s Engineer. Tbe Harbormaster reported that Captain Skinner bad a boat for sale, which would replace tbe one recently smashed, the cost being £lO., Mr Burns offers £1 for tbe old boat. Additional springs will be required for the breakwater as soon as possible. Tbe Chairman moved that the Harbor Master be instructed to purchase the boat, which was seconded by Mr Townley, and carried, It was also agreed to .accept Mr Burns’ offer for the old boat. Mr Shelton aaid he conjdey.qd these springs were an unneoesaary pxpAnae',’aa..qqi benefit waa at present derived by the boat's coming alongside the breakwater jn .(act itwas costing the Board a large of 'money in keeping the river dredged so that vessels could lay at the pier. Only a short while ago new hawsera were purchased and now it waa found that they were not answerable for the work. He thought it was a waste <f money to keep these appliances on hand until there was proper accommodation for vessels. It would st present be far better if tbe steamers did not discharge at the breakwater.

The matter was left over to ascertain the different prices of hawsers.

XNGIXEEU’S EXPORT.

Mr Thomson reported:—Another section -of breakwater is on hand, which when oom?leted will make a total length of 90S feet, he Marine Department have agreed to allow the work to be carried out on the straight line. The deptha alongside are similar to those quoted in last report. On Wednesday, 27th November, the Union Company's steamer Ohau, 766 tons, came alongside the breakwater and discharged about 250 casks cement, and to-day the Omapere, 601 tons, esme alongside about 12.30 and left about S o'clock, discharging casks cement. The present position of works as to cost is as follows:— ■Boating loan, and law expenses .. £4,410 Survey, railway, buildings, yard 34,565 Wharf and viaduct, 1580 ft .. .. 5,845 §reak«ater, 988 ft ~ , < ~ 39,557 raining wall ~ ~ ~ 300 Concrete blocks, cement, and stores,, 7,281 91,948 JJalanes inhapd ~ 13,0-52 Leasing £20,333 for work—this includes material on hand. The average price for the breakwater from the' beginning (not including plant and preliminary work) comes to £43 4s per foci, and the price between 700 and fIOQ feet is £46 6s per foot. Regarding the store the post for making a new floor would be £55, hut we could lift the whole shed tot £35; thia would be a better job. I require another 1000 fascines for the training wall, The contracts for Ironmongery and horse and man in the year terminate at the end of this month, The captain of the Omapere advised us to get stronger lines for mooring vessels alongside ; similar to those used at Timaru, gnd offered to get full information from that place inspecting them. On the motion of Dr Potion, seconded by the Chairman, it was decided to raise the fh»4 »t the wharf. PAYMENTS. The following accounts were passed Duty on cement, £llB 18s Sd ; weighbridge keeper, £1; Lyon and Blair, £1 13s lOd ; wharfages, £32 5s 10d • Wingate, Burns and Co., £l7 10s j H E. Johnston, £127 7s ; D. McLeod, £3 15s; Brown and Smaill, £l7 16a 31; Kennedy and Evans, £6 16s 9d ; G. Humphreys, £26 4s fld; P. McLoughlin, £46 0a 4'l; J. Mullane, £5 10s 1 83;'wages Recount, £323 13s 6d- , ’ ‘ Jn reply' tp Sfr Shelton the Secretary said the overdraft of the General Account amounted to about £l5OO. After reading the solicitor’s opinion with reference to 53 casks of cement which were landed from the Wave Queen in a damaged condition, the Board deciqefl to make a iflairn on Messrs McEwen and Co. (or the JBlblipt.