BIG HARBOUR SCHEME.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 195, 16 August 1920, Page 2

BIG HARBOUR SCHEME.

A THAMES PBOPOSAX. j IMPORTANT WOBKS TO COST | £150,000. ' Messrs. F. H. Cla-xton, W. I- Danbr, a.nd H. O. Cooper (Thames harbour , scheme delegates) have been tn Wellingr- ' ] ton with hcie objei-t of givinjr evidence to i the Local Bills, Committer on a proposal 'to have legislation passed authorising ! the Thames Harbour Board to raise a loiin of £1.")0,000 for harbour improvt- , ment. Tho scheme is n most compre.he.n----i sive one. and the details aa outlined fliow that on the authority of Mr. J. Blair Mason, one of the leading marine I ; engineers of Australasia, n. deep water j ; harbour at Thames in not only feasible,! I | but is considered tv be .1 .splendid corni mercial proixißit'-on. I , i OUTLINE TO (,0\ KT.N.MENT. ; . : Prom porticulars of the schctrto stib-j '. mitten it is gleaned that an Inner hur- ' hour nl Thames is proposed, on the dock jin iujciple. with a. dredged channel. Die I nailed Win. with whipping on-tra-noe. | I such a<. ha« been constru-ctcd at Lyttel-1 ton, will ,be about 100 acre- in extent. | I The bcrt'in-re will be. 21ft at lo* water, i I From the enclosed basin will be aj i dredged channel of not 1.-ris lha.n lift at; low water. Oversea, vessels will enter j ; , tiie port at high tide, wiien there will he , | a channel depth of 20ft. to 23ft. load ot. the berthage where they would be con j tiuuouslj afloat, and depart "ti hij.'h I water. The deta/ils eubmittcd to the ] committee "how that Ihe enebising walls j' are estimated to coat .CrM/iOO. dredging; channel t-'l-1,:;00, berthage; £ 10.000. provision for drodee ■'- :'•■".<M): ! ' total, jCll!>.soo. I*AR(JE I'KODL L-Tl\ E AREA. The harbour, it is submitted, will servo i ! a.-, an outlet for a large and highly pro-! i ductivo urea, the annual value of tiie I dairy produce of the various companies, ,| operating in the Thames Valley- being; over two million*, while its total exports. | • run into three milli-ons. A shipping outlet from 40 to 90 miles nearer then Auckland would be provided, and the sin ing in railway rates to the farmers alone is estimated at L7OOO annually. ' , There are two mUlion acres of land availI able in the Thame.* Valley, and only one- I i sixth how been opened up. The saving I jon imports would run into many] [ j thousands of pound" l . ] l \ REMARKABLE PROGRESS. J •I li iii contended that with such re-] marsable prepress, as the districts have I made, and with such vaiiiaole exports.j the waterway nru«t prove a financial j I siioeess. it is pointed out that, com-1 I I pan-d «i(2i lh«- port of Auckland, tiie! railway mile-age in favour of Thames ii. aj» follows: Te Aroha. s2 miles; Morrirts-! ville. 58: Matamata, SS: Tirau, 58: Cam- j bridge, HO: Hamilton. 24: and Te Awn.mutu, 22. It is claimed that the approxi-' mate annual revenue will be tlfl.OOO. i which, will -be more t.naji saffic-icnt to: [ meet all cimrrffti on capital expenditure.' costs of maintenance and administration, 1 while over 2000 acres of valuable land! i will be reclaimed. ! '! Certainly a strong case was presented i .I by the energetic and enthusias-rV dele-. ,; gates, wim left Wellington confident that I * i full justice will be done to districts the I I propnws n-nd productivity of wihioh have 1 : been remarkable. I ! ' — r