POSTPONED.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 124, 18 February 1908, Page 9

POSTPONED.

, IMPORTANT WORE BEFORE THE ■j\ HARBOTJR BOARD. •' THE CHAIRJIAN'S BIG 'PROGRAMME. ' TKo Chairman o ftho Harb>ur Board (Hoii T. K. Macdonald, M.L.C.) tabled a numbor of highly important noticcs of motion for yosteritay's meeting! but tho new members, of whom,there .are five on tho Board, pleaded ■Jfor a littlo moro. timo for, consideration - . Consequently many of . tho Chairman's, proposals including a . scries of important .notices, of motion ;,for r. tho furtherance of tho Evans Bay " reclamation scHetrlbJ'' and ; r for obtaining" ,power /to . a,, million stdrling fo'r ! bour ; works, were .held over until tho next, meeting. , ' I EVANS BAY .RECLAMATION. In regard to tho .first of theso subjects, the Chairman had given notico to move tho .'Adoption of the 'following-report' of tho Evans Bay Committee, presented to, tho Board on. 'January 20:—"That '.tho Board obtain tho spoil' required for reclamation" purposes at ■the head of Jivahs-Bay-from'laudato bo purchased in Block A Miramar;/between the Old-I'arm-Road and tho-Miramar; Cutting, and for that purpose authorise tho .purchase of' •;tho mictions held by'privatb\ownors and' : tho continuanco of the negotiations with tho Miram'ar Borough for:'tho acquisition of contain road areas and with tho Gas Company for the removal of spoil irojn, their sections. That tho Committee bo authorised t'o.pur'fchaso" forthwith thoso sections which aro 'Under offer ait prices which can bo'approved Cdmmittee, and' to'gite instructions for tho necessary steps'to be-taken for-tho aoquiring. of/tho other. sections. under. tho ■provisions 9f tho Public Works 'Acts." / : , Tho. Chairman! also intended, to, movo:— "That tho' Evans Bay Reclamation Committee (Messrs. Macdonaltl, Eraser;, and Daniell) be 6mpowered| to nc-gotiato.for'.'tho purchaso 'of tho lands lying between Seatoun Road and the foreshore.' 1 "The the solicitors .be instructed to include in tho Bill powers' to' reclaim' at' tho 1 hoad of Evan's Bay.. > _• ' . • ' '; j'That plains bo 'prepared: anil deposited with '.tho Marine Department .'after approval by. the -Legislation 'Committee".of...tho / reclamations proposed at the head of Eva lis Bjiy." ' ■'''. -. " " ''.'■/ i, "That .tho . solicitors.. bo .instructed to include in the Bill tho vesting of so much of tho bed of Evans Bay adjacent, to the. existing /foreshore and .proposed .reclamations' 'as .will enable wharves to bo constructed 011 laud vested in the Board.'.',/',' ', .',

THE PROPOSED. MILLION LOAN. ... Tho Chairman's notice' of motion in. connection with; the proposed • £1,000,000 loan was as follows:— ' '. •: "That tho solicitors bo -instructed to '.include in the proposed Bill powers to borrow £1,000,000 nt a rate of-interest ■ not to produco- to the lender-' a higher rate than- fivo pounds per centum annum:: that provision be, made for a sinking fund of ono per-centum-per annum: that tho Board bo authorised to expend- such loan moneys:— •To execute, : perform and - pay. for tho following "works, acts;'matters and things or such of.i thorn as tho < Board may in its discretion think fit- with - such modification or amendment as to tho Board may - seem ■moot:— . :r •■■■■ •■ : - -. (1.) Tho purchaso of the property, and assets of .the \Vellington Patent Slip Company, Limited,-including the: legal expenses of acquisition. _ - 1 (2.) Tho construction-. and . equipment of patent slips. (3.).- The installation: of workshops, ; plant and machinery in with-' graving docks and- slips.- : (-4.) The- reclamation of any lnnds which the Board: is or may bo authorised to reclaim, including the purchase of all lands necessary in the. opinion ..of. the Board for such reclamation, either for spoil purposes or purposes of providing acccss to or road frontages for such reclamations, including the cost of retaining walls : , tho construction of sewers and watercourses, and of streets. (5.) Dredging, and the purchase, hire, and maintenance of- dredging appliances, and other expenditure connected therewith. , (0.) The construction "of quays and quay walls', pitched slopes, and "works' of a like nature. ■ ■ (7.) Tho extension of existing ■ wharves and stores, and the "const-ruction of. new wharves, jetties,' shedsj offices, and stores, and of crimes and of other machinery, plant,, and appliances, ■; : (S.) The construction of waterworks' for ; thc" supply!' of water to shipping." (9.) Other harbour works. . (10.) Tiie expenses ; or ttio flotation of the loan -or any portion-..thereof. . In addition to the above notices of motion another one to instruct the solicitors to proparo by-laws to increaso'certain charges was deferred until the nest meetimz^