PUBLIC WORKS.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIII, Issue 3017, 28 March 1867, Page 5

PUBLIC WORKS.

. Wi obsetvft tK»t ieadere h*ve beftfi invited by the J Engmeer-in-Ohi»f for repairs to the Queen^treet Bier. -On inspection of! the plans 1 we find that these repairs- comprise in 'fact- * great and permanent . improvement J -of the^ south end of the pier, which oar. .readere will doubtlesshftve observed has been in a 1 bad State of repair for some; time past. The workj now contemplated provides ia the 1 first place for ( a| mew/ timber opening acroßs'theipier' 23 feet wide at; its. commencement, to 'allow for the outlet of, the main Bewerj' and beyond the'2B-feet opening,' the whole of the upper planking and- timbers 'ire to be' re- j ; moved,andtheitonework,whionwascommencedß6nT[e 'time sinee^belngfbrbught to r tfae proper height, will be then "pitched' *nd- covered wi£hineuiVand r icbria ijushun the ordinary form of a- macadamised roadway. .Shis^wbtk' will be continued • out 'to - the watermen's stairs, . Being a total length of 470 feet; «nd : will be in completion of the -original dekign of makin^this -portion; of the wha^f permanent. '* This imprbvemtfnt vfiileffeot the saving of a, very considerable' sum in .the annual expenditure on repairs on this the oldest and neceiiarily'deoayed portion of the original Queenatre«t iKer. ': The'work 1 will 6nly-J«quir* a' facing of aihlar Jmnsoiry -on th*' sides, to make- it in every respeot a Complete and permanent strnoture. ' „'jWe are- also glad *o< observe that tenders are invited by the Engineer-in-Ghief for the substitution of stone oulyerti in lieu of the present timber bridges on the Gre«fc Sfoutb Eoad beyond Drury. They wDI be replaoea by structures similar to thoie on the «arne road'tietween ; Auckland and Drury,. and will be a. permanent and important public improvement to this leading thoroughfaMririto tbecity, and a boon .which the country settlers and others will know how !to appreciate. • - ' , ' !