LYTTELTON HARBOUR BOARD.

Press, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4755, 29 October 1880, Page 2

LYTTELTON HARBOUR BOARD.

The Board mot at their new offices at Lys. telton yeaterdby for the first time, wlies there wore present —The Hon. E. Sicli&rdjoa (chairman), Meeere H. P. Murray-Aynaley, H. Allwright, P. Cunningham, Oraig, H&j. man, Sawtell, and G. W. Turner. Before reading the minutes, leave of absence tos granted to Dr. Tarn bull and Mr E. Alias), The minutee wore then confirmed, and ths Chairman tnado the following statement :— Since our last meeting, the following amoGnfci have been paid in to tho Board's credit :— Wharfage, £2096 3e 8d ; towage and -msps, £169 6s4d; r« leased fixed deposit, £12,000; interest, £150; total, £14405 lQi. 0a? engineer's monthly report will be read. Hβ alao refers to the desirability of the Board allowing the dock contractors to take ohiagle from the foreshore of Quail Island below hisk water mark, where a deposit exists.. Tho harbor matter aleo reports on tho poeitianand area of this ehingle deposit. The dredgisg return for the month of September is on the table. It ehowe that 164 barge loadto bms been removed, amounting to 29.520 cubio yards; or 41,000 tone. 'Xhe towage return tor September ia also on the table. Mr Turpin fuirniehee a report on his trial of Native coal as compared with that o! t'no Canterbury railways, end it will be seen that ho has obtained better reiulte then ihms arrived at by the railways. The whole qssestlon of ooat resolved into the oost of hsulsga, none being charged by the railway on the cost! used by them. A number of accounts fo? payment will be laid before you to-day; bobs cf them call for special comment. A lotto? will be read from the Canterbury IndaatofM Association in reference to the boilers for the dock maobinery. The Board's resolution of last meeting on the subject was forwarded to Messrs Bell and Miller by tho last mail. I reooived a telegram from the Hon. Miniate? for Justice, the Baard to enter into arrangements with the Government, by which sixty or eighty prisoners could be employed on Botne continuous work as would moss ci?» cumstances in question, and without interfering with the current demand for labor, enii my reply will be read, also Mr Eolleston's further telegram on tho subject. A plan haa been prepared showing Ujo proposed shed eitee between the Soisw Pile Jetfcy and the Gladstone Pier on Harbor Board'e ground. Aβ there ie bo mndh delay in obtaining from the! Government any definite arrangement in regard to siding accommodation, I will ask the Board to spptoTS generally of the disposition of the groucd and authorise mc to arrange with, the Government for the necessary lajing of rails along the wharves, &0., for working the»e aheds. Since the Board lost met, the office accommodation committee, acting under your authority, called for tenders for furnishing their ofllots in Lyttelton, and they accepted the lowest tender, bein;? Mr A.. J. White'e, of £158 10i. I will ask tho Board to confirm this action. The question of insuring the offices or otto* vriee will ha.ye to be determined by yen. They are tetoporarily insured in the mean* time for £2000. It will bo necessary that i» meeting of the Board should bo hold cc neat Tuesday, the 2nd November, for bearing M* S. Fisher's objections as to the Board taking his esc ions at Naval Point. No. 2 shed oa Peacock's wharf has been let to the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company on s monthly tonanry of £5 a month. The shed has been previously iet ou these terms bj the Board's authority. An application was msd© some weeks ago to charter the tug Lytteltos to take an Oddfellows' excursion party to Pigeon Bay, the application wee refused, w several ships wer* then dne, arrangements were made by them for two other steamers. On the 13th instant, the day before the dsy fixed for the excursion, it was found one of the steamers was bar bound, an appSicaissß was then egain made for the vie of tho tog Lyttelton, and as no vessels were ther du@j ' land in order, to save the «xcureioniets disappointment, I gave authority to allow th® tug to take them, they paying £25 los; the trip. The engineer's report was read. The recommendation aa to ehiogle was adopted, Mr Herman moviDg the following resolution, which nu seconded by Mr 15*' wright .—"That the Board approves ot'.lmw being granted to Messrs Ware and Jones 4o take ehingle from Quail Island for the_*«» of the graving dock, in accordance with toe recommendation of the engineer, euoli ta>w not to absolve the contractors from tb® ordinary charge for wharfage." The Chairman pointed out that the rsiaJßg of the railway tariff bed thrown some 15,0w tons of carriage from the trafSc, Sβ ehingle would in the ordinary case huvo bssu brought from Kaiapoi or some eoch place. Accounta amounting to £8603 0s 3d «» passed for payment. , ~ , A letter was read from the Industrial Association conveying a resolution regretting *»* action of the consulting engineers r.' -*>• boilers from the pumping ergine*. With reference to are.olutian pausedlet th» previous meeting on this question, jar &«* Wright .aid that he ftt the tune i«d itw» such * "mUk and water" tfw » fc worth passing, and it had «nee everywhere. Mr AUwrijjhfi coneidored irregxdar, ond the matter fj»*| further gone into, no resolution being offewa on the subject. „ . Awr . The Chairman read the following comxHarbor Board-The Goveromeat » ten°fe\ obtftioag in Iytteltoß eoßtiaaouaw»k i™ large gaog of piiaeMn, W Blxty j!,S to They Ira prepaWl to «"» k « theiJ eaployiuentoii ««"»"• ™™S £&£ periol. I lhaU be obliged if w m whether Harbor Board could find ««»*£ WJBld OMt the circuasiMicea m the fatare,»

wHb thecurrent dj. October. MSO. trea Wβ. Kclleston, Wellington. -. w«n* that I a°i aware of that: pnJS SSuS**** be put to is f«matii»n •fSaiSerttoenPoint toward* he-ds. line iftaTsW* their boundary S**?- fester mark- Therefore B-vird could -*?£3Siid»iiDleee the material cut down ia fci«dba»»ti<», ia which we 1 have little jStf (SwUld pay far the filling .t price tfca" tbtir last contract, for reclaam advised no reclamation can be fSfSthoot special Act (see Harbour* Act, S£l47 and 15) If Government prpprcd ftSe the K«pon«b>litT of the reclamation and •*~TL Crown grant such reclnmation to Board Smtime to time as reclaimed, I am prepared the Board to fin-1 the necessary on the terms aWe naxed. fesfllageU to-nwrrow, and therefore I woaJd vicar reply to Ljttelton not later than noon. E. iiICHAEDSON, Chairman. ste reply «ent «< as follows :~ adrl-*3 that tbey have power to J£» tise redasßAtion, and will be ready fe> ZSot present labjr on the term* stated by SSal the work c»n ba legally b-»nded over *tbe Board. GovcoTiment would wish any Z-ib>bein accordance with pans tugaentoA Beard- As the road or Qnaen**. chain is, RZ,, within the Borough, it w.l! be neceawith the Borough Council. fßS,oedo W. B-JLLSBTON. tf, CuDEiEgfjam did not agree with the to pay for prieon labor. The S*acmsnfc were not so liberal with the ftird and as hitherto Q-avernment had fceidit SB advaulage to let (be labor out on of a warder beins provided, be be sorry to pay Is, or 9a, or 6i per fe> *och labor. Mr Herman thonght that the labor might la profitably used in carrying out the «cheme 3 as proposed by Colonel Scratchley. •The Ohiirman agreed with Mr CunniDgham &b matter would be batter referred to tie h*?& or imprjTement committee, and on iLwn of MrOraig.eeconded by Mr Harden, Ajs cocne was agreed to, the committee to plea, ehowing the proposed method of fefJEfoS the sites on the reclamation to the of the boat jetty, wa» submitted. I£f Cinminghatn objected to the plan, the «&j for the four sheds to his mind being ineenTeniently arranged for the tenants. gr lorßor'i opinion was that a plan which 39314 when carried out, jield the largest reto the Board was what wae wanted. gj we opposed to so disposing of the sites, gjfeey 2&rge frontages would be held by one <$£ Chairman inclined to the idea that ogj ghed would be independent of the jSffj; that no one shed would be able to £S out the o'her. If any danger of that {gjjjd it could be easily removed in comggtt. The question was then referred to gibebor improvement committee. fhe action of the offi-e eceommodation fosaattee in respect to farniehing the new s&sesinuapproTed. He Ulwright somewhat sarcastically rejnjd to the common cane bottom chairs Thisa had been provided for the Board room. Ouhioned tests would have been far more |«4mi3(jst the head office of the Board, Mr Hsnnan said, as one of the members km Ohriiteharcb, he would gladly exchange tSa saluonedwated chair used in the Board sum is town for tho comfortable chair ho fea owopied. . . (tee er two other members signified tneir jotjkk«d(S3 in Mr Harman's remarks. Ia Kcardaßce with the Public Works Act 3 to reeolved to hold a meeting of the Bwd in Ohristehnrch on Tuesday, November 3d, to hear the objections Mr Stephen Fisher sj ixre bo urge against the action of the $asri in taking compulaorily bis two sections asr EfaTsl Point. Bis Chairman said the new offices they were te in eoit just £3000, exclusive o£ furnitas. IfcWM resolved that an insuraiice be <&Ud for that sum. "En Koommendation of Mr Strouta re the pfemg on the time ball tower, was agreed to, <a Brticn of Mr Allwrigkt, seconded by Baßsed adjourned, to meet at 2 p.m. on BKsabffSnd, in Ohrietchuroh.