PROPOSED N. W. WHARF FOR BARRY'S AND LUVAUCHELLE'S BAY.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LIII, Issue 2779, 9 June 1903, Page 3

PROPOSED N. W. WHARF FOR BARRY'S AND LUVAUCHELLE'S BAY.

TO THE _D__OR Sia, —Tha settlers of the Penin.ula are rather unfortunate in being shut out from direct railway service. Ihey are foiCT-d to depend on ocean tian.it as the cnly me-.ns of conveying their produce, For years they have Contributed to the country 8 revenue a •urn iqual to, il not mor. than other favAred districts, fcnrely the time ha. no* arrived wheu tha helping hand cf the Go\ernment might be drawn to give, at leusi, .orne little assistance where it is most urgently required, Most of the Bays have their wants and grievance, .ad of tb-.:se a renewal of the wharves at Davauchelle's and Barry's Bay ia well worthy of consideration. Nearly thirty y?_ri us. h*« decayed both wharve., so mutii *», that they are hardly capable of repair. This season, large quautitits of grass aeo.l and dairy produc have Brained them te their utmost, und the day is lot far distant when some of our sar vice bo»tB may meet a line of this -eed en its Way down the harbour, the eoll.pse of the wharf having thrown the bags into the tej. Goods are now placed ou the xvharf at con side.able risk and inconvenience. Steamers have to approach in a very cireful manner, generally after having to xvait mvny b mr. for suitable tides. On rough and datk nights, they sometimes go away leaving produce, lather thau rink damage to th . wharves, which it seems, they would ba called upon to iep_ir. Ev n the needful Piraki has 10 boat g>-- : ' <<i p -en" gers from the beaches at U xv iter We now want the support of a :■ w no pro gressive and energetic settleis, <■'. eh - Mr riper, of Duvauchelle's, wh > h n it a great deal of time in po; n- on the advai tagea to be derived i\ ;>th bays combining to err ct»ue good hLi . d siied, near the gap, Onawe 1.1-ind, tote !ier with the formation of an almost level r • i ,n both lid"' of the hil . Many thiuk this tchi me a fe 'de one, well worth consideration, if o: • t was completed within tli approxi m estimate, made by Mr Wilkinß, of £ . lt has been sugg ted that ihe local I- and Government m_.y give assistance t terially reduce the rat r able ..mourn r •■ :. ad. _ . . adoption of this scheme shows the fol" 10.. .g advantages :—A fair depth of ..iter at liw tide ; a stout wharf, Hubetauti-l'y built, with a good shelter .bed ; peii-diabl. good., dairy produce, griss satd, e'.c, arid even passengers, would find this aviil_bbat all Beason. ; a good running truck totuk the place of the apologies vow iv use; level roads, with pic.uretqn" scenery ; a good tourist's views of the hi real Maori battle ground, Onawe Islun r )_rt from thewharf, this road, once 1 ee\ would all ,vx all heavy truffle to c Duvauchel'p'. hill, giving milk _uppl :i'm: easy ac to tbo benefiis of the d ■.:.-.'. ..i-y, whiuh, but for thi. hill, wool, 'm *-t a-, their doors As firewood b <_■ roer, co.l mu3t b come a at -ssii., «nd thi.s x.0u1.1 allow more coal to be I . d with eass. Pi-mpt ditpitch, up! with increased comfort and security, would we': r.p_y the .mail amount neces ary to yearly cover the L crest on the whol>_ outlay.—l _m, etc , JAMES BAIN. Barry's B»y.