THE CORPORATION YARDS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1792, 3 July 1913, Page 6

THE CORPORATION YARDS.

' 1 NOT TO BE SHIFTED. The proposnl made by Councillor Frost io remove the oorporation yards from , Clyde Quay > altogether docs not meet with tho support of the Mayor (Mr. 3. P. Luke). • As tho destructor and works in connection therewith (which include the pumping station, diivcn by lieat, eon* crated by tho destruotor) are located on tho block yard, fipaco will always hava to bo preserved there. "Assuming," said the Mayor, "that it' was considered advisable from an aesthetic point of view;to have thp yards at a more remote spot from the city, the present cost of cartage to and from the spot would be very greatly increased, and tho manufactures of tho yard—pavine slabs,- kerb-stones, and water-channel blocks—which were needed every day in different parts of the city, would not be so readily available. To go further, and ' talk of shifting tho destructor to a mora remote place, would' mean an enormous expense, not only to shift the works, but! for over, afterwards in tho cartcßO of tlio city's,.rubbish. As, it would have to bo spot' fiirthet ; but, thp,: carts would . take'soV'inuch linger 'to' oover' tho distance from the destructor to their beats,' and that would mean tho"fcm« ploymont of more labour. ' "My own' opinion is that the matter of tho removal of tho oorporation yards is not ai livo question, but the replanning of the yards aid tho .suggestions submitted by Mr. Morton (city engineer) for the improvement of the exterior of tho yards ,ia a matter that will receive attention from the council. "In connection with tho improvements proposed—a brick wall with indented panels where wall-climbing plants could bo grown—it might," continued Mr. Luke, "be considered advantageous to erect a building on the corner of the block near the morgue that will fill some municipal need, and will at the same timp grace tho entrance to Wellington's most popiilo# promenade."