PROGRESS OF HARBOUR WORKS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 107, 6 May 1913, Page 7

PROGRESS OF HARBOUR WORKS.

FORTNIGHT'S OPERATION*. The Harbour Board Engineer's report for Uie forfnight ended April 30th states, inter alia, that the wall at the Hoteou Slreot vehicular landing has been oom-j pleted. Suitable filling is now tctv hard tcjgci. and the work of filling behind thej wall i« advancing slowly. Tlic contractor \S almost ready to briug the parts of the bridge to the Hobson Street site, whore they will bo assembled and rivp.tted up, while the pontoon should be ready for launching this week. At the Mechanics' Bay reclamation the embankments have been joined from either end. sluiceways having been left for the overflow' from the suction dTedgc, and one of these is wide enough to be used for scows to pass in a art out. The Drainase Board's sewer is advancing slowly, and an embankment is beinfc run acroßS the a,r pil io enable the suction dredge to proceed. The embankment at tlia reclamation between Nelson and Hnbson Street is to be pushed , * forward by hrjnginz material from the cliff at Calliope Dock. The report also stated that now (hat timber was available from the old Queen Street wh3rf, the jikidg at the St. Oorge's Bay boatsheds coulil be finished off. The work on the new wharf at F.iverliead was started on the 28th ult. while the beacons ha.ye hr.en removed at the Riverlea wharf, and the pinnacles of rock blown wp. The hrw pumps at the Calliope Rock will probably be given a preliminary run within the next fortnight, reports the engineer, wbile the contractor ie making good progress with the repairs to the caisson. It is found that the bottom plates and rivets that hare 'been protected by the mud will not need so much work upon them as was origina-lly intended. The Parts- of the clock for. the new Ferry Buildings arrived by the s.s. Surrey, and will 'he erected at once.