WELLINGTON HARBOUR BOARD.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 74, 20 December 1907, Page 9

WELLINGTON HARBOUR BOARD.

t]i6"Wcllin-gton|' ' r Hbfbo'ur.'Board was held yesterday) arid was' ' attended-by* tWd-WrnksTwErrMacdonald,,' 3LL.C; '(Glvairmari), Ho'n.-.'E: W, ; Hislop, and' •Mcssrsi H; : BohuoliniTij)y.AV ■■". 1 ,^'AVoocl „ M.I 5 ., F. !h. Frascr) O.'.'E. Daniel, R. .fletcher, . : and ir.'iSlnrtcliffo;-y -;n r :r "Tliei following financiaUreport. .was^adopt^.dv.o •>. 'Bankvjpasj AiooksTyCiirrcut-,.account,. credit... ...u 'balance,,' £p,529.^ j 9 4--; lmprest account, : ; r :cmliV: baiaijc'e,'. ,£9QQ.< -.on. Lfecd.. .deposit,,,.,,,, ''£60,000.' "j Paymcnt,s,i ~r r ;Foi'; j accounts. and, . , Ages,"'ii'4',6oi"tis.' 4 iod.";""fdr "progress;pay-.,; . 9)J> jfoj>jract|, n £6,162^35. Id.; for ... .salaries t fpr jDoccnibcr, £/'ifj j l(s. 2d. ;, total, j^?i,7i6"Ts.id; adlThe Chairman reported' • ••,.•• S«WThafc the tender,'_of'.!Mefsra.k A. and 1. "Burt, Ltd.. for- contract No. 143 for lOcwt. ■ cranes and jiggersTfOK the' King's Wharf "Store? for the sum of £3702, bcing , ' ' and in order, had/been- accepted, -with Messrs. - • Robert Johrisfoif and''J.'Robi'ri' as su'rctie&V*''," That Messrs. A. and T. Burti .fitd:; -have. * * withdrawn* tlieir. offer , to construct .twelve:;"; hydraulic, double-powered Gantry-cranes forthe King's Wharf for the sum-of £13,620;, :. , Tho' Wharves' and s Acc6«nK;; fecbrii'inonded the Board to- call' for tenders,; ■;clo?iilg in .March noxt,':£or .250r.tons\ of: cutrv' 1 . ?a*id plinched steel hoops, and for--6 tons o£, ; *>", 'malleable cast studs for delivery: in .Spptem-.,., v j bar' aridXovombei'l9oß. ' v . *' ...

•n"?Tlf6 reports were adopted;,■ "'[Scheduled payments amounting to £21,716 i7s.'ldj wore approved^ si';Tho Town Clerk wroto asking tbo.Board ~ v. to coiitributc half the cost of sewering the Waterloo Quay Reclamation, the understanding being that the Railway Department*:;.i .woiild pay the other,.half. : v ...,, ..,jir. Beauchamp said it - was ii disgraceful tilling;. probably to maiij; ; pooplo,;. ■; .that.ftjfiuantity of sewage was going, into t ;the 'harbbu'r. "Ho moved that the request' 1 be' '|(ijjr'eisd"to. _ , . '!,','./rhiV''lnotion ,\vas passed. .' ."'''The.Board then went.,i^to..committee. . A scale of salaries'for the' staff was ap'iproved. ..fl" i..-i w '" It was resolved tq;.a'ccppt<the. offei; of ,-Anv.i ;d(frSon and Co., Ltd., to,*supply. and ejrect-A , twolvo hydraulic,, dpiiblp'-powored," gantlry' cranes for £16,170 i' *>' ; Motions on noticc :bj :31r. Shirtcliffo (in- r crohsed shed accommodation), and ..llr, ne.iu-. j champ wore deferred' until the January meeting. ... Consideration Tof';'a>lcttor i from the Mira.mah J3o,rqiigh, r .Cpuncil * regarding- oxtonsions "to ;JXirainar and,;SeatQ)in .whar.vesr was also ' ■postponed until a future' meeting. •. ' Vr.v''Ai l':' '•