HARBOUR BOARD'S NEW WOOLSHED.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 8, 9 July 1909, Page 7

HARBOUR BOARD'S NEW WOOLSHED.

Good progress is being made with the large woolshed which is being erected by the Harbour Board at the head of the King's Wharf. The foundations have been in for some time, and at present energies aie being concentrated on foundations for wool presses and for hardwood story posts. The shed is to be built in galganised iron on rimu, but there appears to be considerable delay in getting tlfe timber required. When sufficient is on the job work for about twenty carpenters will be available ; but at present no more hands than those already engaged are requited. It has been found that the dredged material on which the structure is to be raised, and which will be used for filling in, has been solidly laid,_ which fact speaks well for the denosit of the suction dredge. As was expected, some difficulty is being experienced with water which rises and falls with the tide! The men working in excavations for the wool-presses and for other purposes will have to be protected from the* water by continuous pumping. The centrifugal pump for this purpose is now being put up. There is a rise and fall of about 4ft, and excavations for the presses will go down sft below lowwater. When the shed is completed— and it is hoped to do this by next selling season, say in October — it will be found a great convenience for brokers and buyers. The floors will be of asphalt, and light" 1 will be admitted from the side and from the "saw-tooth" roof, so that the wool may be inspected and valued by buyers' under the best possible conditions, so far as light and ventilation are concerned. The shed, however, large as it will be, is regarded as only a temporary structure. There will be railway lines pn each side %of the shed, the trucks running under verandahs, so that the wool can be dpalt with from truck to shed independently of the weather. The shed is to 'be 240 ft long by 90ft \vide, and 35ft high. It will be about three, times larger than the hemp-shed, which was burned down.