VEHICULAR STAGING FOR NORTHCOTE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 164, 13 July 1910, Page 6

VEHICULAR STAGING FOR NORTHCOTE.

REQUESTED BY BOROUGH COUNCIL. ' . '... . ~~—> —- ' i At last night's meeting of the North- ' cote Borough Council Councillor A. E. * Greenslade moved:. "That the Council, in 1 committee, consider the question of ap- - proaching the Auckland- Harbour Board, * with a view to the construction of a r vehicular staging at Northcote wharf., c The mover said that the vehicular stag- * ing at Birkenhead was almost com- \ pleted, and a new era in the carriage of c cargo across the harbour would shortly f be instituted. "Whilst this would be an \ excellent and advantageous system for l Birkenhead, and would reduce tbe cost d of the carriage of freight and vehicles c by at least fifty per cent to that dia- c trict, no reduction could be hoped for l to Northcote, unless the Harbour Board took immediate action to provide vein- i pillar staging there. There was an un- '1 comfortable impression that the Ferry I Co, might ship all goods to Birkenhead, c which would greatly add tovthe cost of c cartage, i The Mayor (Mr, Cad-ecs) sa£d that he -, and Councillor Hunt, had that, after- 2 noon met Mr. Entrican (Chah-rmwi of J the Harbour Board), and had mentioned \ that the matter was to be brought be- 3 fore the Council that night, and tha,t ' Mr. Entrican had held out no hope of the I prop'os-t being entertained/ The work c would cost some £9,000, he,believed. Councillor Greenslade replied that he ° -SHsidered the work could be done for i about half the price stated, but, per- I spnally, he was satisfied that when Mr. Entrican and the members of the Board . realised the position in which North- * cote had been|?placed, they would not 5 only admit the urgency and justice of i the work, but would willingly do their < best to give immediate effect to the ; proposed works. > ,j The motion was carried unanimously, Councillors generally expressing an opin- \] ion that they should not and Would ~ Hot /test until the. necessary accommo- i dation was provided, and claimed the same, wharfage facilities as had been provided at other districts. - • ■ ..'.... . .- '*• - '.'!