OUR WATERFRONT.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 171, 21 July 1924, Page 4

OU R WATERFRONT.

PICTURE OM?H E FUTD I GREAT BECIABIATXOS iwlß NEW 1 However it may be «,., B some points of policy (^<l Harbour Board lacks no\nL'>^B Vigorously pursuing a BrnJ?'"^.K improvement and transformed the waterfront-V^B reclaiming large areas of .1, .*fl turning them into sites for the i^ , of the activity o f erecting wharves that have k» ''""B by experts from all partß of? Wβ But the progress of ihe port means yet been brought to pause. Quite an army of worl^" Bi< B on the pay sheet of the Board, and the completion Prince's wharf is but a prelude ♦! V greater things. . w «ie The Western Keckaitim. ■ The programme for f,,t nre ment is a bold one, stretcW number of years. One dreary wilderness of the raW- B between Victoria Park and the WW 11 wharf over the grass-grown along the weed-SUed guttering**!• W mud holes here and there withjfpß of deep depression. With the of a few stores and other buildfaefcH area of 67 acres presents an apX B of utter stagnation. But thissr B removed when one peers into the fnL'E and sees that in all thi sis an otfcSir plan. Over half of this «Cji reclamation has already been la c""-----from the Harbour Board by bafclaß men with eyes on a crowded fotajef and it is prophesied that within itrEl few years the area will be covered J»| factories, engineering works, oil ttJlfe etc This is intended as a grett-toBF industrial area, and when this j t *| occupied, there is an extent almost B great to be reclaimed adjoining, Btfttijß ing across to the City Markets... It be twenty years before this iraiß reclaimed; it may be less, all depsifeßp on the exigency. 'BP New Tram Depot I" Three acres of the western retire! tion have been secured by tit (faßf Council for a tram depot in commiaß with the tramways extension whidujßl run down Quay Street into Stup«B Street, across Hobson Street and fail Fanshawe Street, past the timber bsr| and into the new depot. Fansknß Street and the streets on the redm H tion area are just now as sloppy igR depressing as could be imagined, intif-. . former thoroughfare the spectitlt i* men scraping mud out of the vrair. channels for it to be washed it aph gives one an idea in relation to petual motion. These streets: ire is yet in the order intended. They hit! been formed by the Harbour Board d formally taken over by the City-CoraH but there is an agreement that fa shall be maintained by the' Ward mi such time as the board puts' a nsfei bitumenised surface on the roads. Bn the council will take over the aa» tenance. Several New Wfcama The Western wharf is also a feat ■water, and in length is about lOOO.fet From the end of this there is tob another 1200 feet or so, running ottii right angles, bo as to act as «ffi deflector to turn the waters of the n> going tide from the great wharf bis of the inner harbour. When. ttisi completed there will be an .yawns wharf for ocean-going ships—over ffl feet in length, and with a breadth t: 240 feet. The length of the pai Prince's wharf is much less, runiuignl to 1253 feet, but it has a width of S feet. The programme of the Hirte Board provides for three new-whine between the Western and' the Priiai wharves, but these additions • perhip, are a good few years ahead, and it ii probable that two" new wharreefropitJe Eastern reclamation, .beyond K»?i wharf, will be proceeded with'fct Berthing space at the Central* may shortly be found i«sufficient,jui an extension of a cdupfe of hoMW feet has been provided for. Acoaiwra off the Eastern reclamation is on Us programme for probable early constro tion. New Commercial CentM. Whereas the Western reclamation» intended as an' industrial area, tM Eastern reclamation will be for w houses and stores. With the n£ growth of the city and the preesoreW retail premises, the warehouse mprtp a little farther afield, and ttoiiTJ* uot seem far distant when the gW reclamation will be a big copeW "But" there will be a greater WJ formation much nearer to the |ear the city. The old Graving Do**J was filled in some years ago, » intended as a site for the «**£ of the Harbour Board, in ph» •« " present offices, which wil Abandoned with the remodelling of «■ quarter of the town. , .