THE SUMMER CANAL.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12932, 11 October 1907, Page 5

THE SUMMER CANAL.

LETTER FROM MliSsß.s COODE, SON, AND MATTHEWS.

Tlio secretary of the Lyttelton Harbour Board (Mr C. Howl Williams) yesterday received the following letter from Messrs Cootie, 6on and Matthews, with reference to ttio report t& be obtained from that tirm of engineers on the subject of Jmrbour cxtuibion end - v lii,> canal :— ••London, August 27di, 1907. Dear "tr, — \\e have to the rt- ,- wipt oi your letter dr.ted July 13th, « op,- ~; a ppnuol report ud''hcsktd to u» by yo;;r cuainecr, Mr Cyrus \\ illifliiiuj, with tetwenco to thy Plans, tigures. dimples, etc., winch it W3s <i.n-iiiigc<l on luv ofcusjoa c>f Mr \\ii.-ons run ihonld be i-.m forwaid tor our intormati'ju. We note tliat ti»t< planr. ami oMior items have been Mnp|K«d l.y the s>. Kiiip«ira, end wo ■alirtii, no «oul>t, reec-ive them shortly. \\o iliall tJicn be in «v p< virion to mto t.1,0 wiioio qurotion and prepare our ro]K>rt tor your con-*idcrui-..ii.—Yours, etc.. Coodi', Oou und Mtitthows."

'Ihc Kaipari arrived in Grout Britain on LTtJi.

.Mr Cyrus W'ilHajiis's report dealt with tin- following lii.itt'jrs:—Copy <>r 18<>.} i-eport on Lyttehon Herhoiu . copy of -Xoiv Zealand .VauticiJ Ah:.. - nac for l'M7; ridntrtiou of largo jn.. . showing site of proposed canal wii:i boring;,, soundiiijis, direction of heaviest fewis, quarry site, cud temporary railway and. viaduct; tnu-o of Stunner entrance, showing comparative eoiuidings, also presewt high-water line, and water luio as <igre<*d upon, bo t»wn .Sunnier Borough Couueil and the- Harbour Board; ni.bstrai-t of ivnthpr reiforts oiid wind diagrams; district maps, Waimakariri to Hanks' Pmirsulo; lithographed plan of Lyt-tt-lion, Hnibour; inn-ings; special borli'g to determine, mi titration- levels on ground; typical orot-s scot ion 6-of rivers Avon, (md iieathooto above estuary, noting lutturo of bunks; plan showing present bi£,h-water lino at iSumnor Bay, and high-water Lin© 36 agreed between Harbour Board nnd Suinner Borough Council; longitudinal and cross-sections of proposed canal; copies of quantities a.nd estimates; three, or four acwiaJ croN?-sections (recent) of Tiiraru outer mole; quantities of averago yearly costs of stone- in Timaru mole; details of staging for moles; cross-sections of proposed moles; crosseeotion of tre.ining bank; croes-soction of protecting beinJas; general plan of (Sticking Point liarlwur, showing quarry sate, and general information, position of borings md directioo an<i height of lieaviost eeae, crosa-seo-tiom. of brralrvviiter and protecting mole, details of timber breastworks and timber jetties; geoieral plan of GoUan's Bey Jiar'baur, with quarry 6atee, etc.; 0r066-eection of breikira.tor and protecting mole, and of reolu<metion banlce; dotaiils of timlxsr 'brcflvstworke and timber jetties, copy of Wliaitoly Elliot's report on Stunner bar; tracing of plan showing portion of Canterbury plain, ine.mor%ndum as to loce-I prices, and eaimplee of lia.ui hardiwoods used in New Zealand.

In addition the following la.rge size photographs were forwairded:—Panorama from Sumncr Heede, showing bar and carnal ontrara/oe; panorama from Andrews'e quarry et low water, view from some ehowing site of proposed port Iα estuary at near high waiter, view of model (general viow and three side views), view of quarry at Suinner Heed, Lytitolton mole (showing outer face), top view of jetty (showing one edge a-nd flush deck)! dotails showing piles, bollmrds and connections at low water, Sticking Point (showing site of proposed harbour), Gollarn ; s Bay (showing sit© of proposed harbour), general view of present inner harlxmr, with 12,000 ton vessel berthed <it one of the wharves, and general viow of eeimo witli first-class cruiser Euryalu*. aaid 6econd-class cruiser Challenger, at Xo. 3 jetty.