THE DOCK QUESTION.

Evening Star, Issue 4419, 28 April 1877, Page 3

THE DOCK QUESTION.

To the Editor.

Sib, —The selfish Cargill influence is again at work endeavoring to make as certain as possible the concentration of all the business of the City at the south end. What is the plea urged for the remal of the docks ? This, forsooth: Mr E- B. Cargill did not approve of the site determined on by the engineers; and Mr John Cargill has—well, I won't be vulgar and say .cheek -such a profound respect for the opinion of Mr E. B, Cargill, that be urges the want of that gentleman’s approval as a reason why the plans p£ the Harbor Board should/ be altered. The Board's engineers has fixed the site for the docks, the Harbor Boar), after mature consideration, accepted the recommendation, and' the consulting engineers have signified their approval. But what of this ? Mr E. B. CargiU-did not approve of the site selected, seemed to give the north end of the town a chance .of scouring some share of the City’s business, and, therefore, it must be changed. There is most water at Pelichet Bay end of the harbor, the decks can be constructed on the site selected more cheaply, than at any other, but what of such indifferent considerations as these. The Cargill policy has always been to keep everything at the south end of the City. No matter at what cost or what inconvenience to the great bulk of the citizens, that policy must still’ be followed up, and in conformity therewith the docks must be moved south. The cost of cartage from the site fixed was the only practical objection urged against that site. Is this tenable? Certainly not. Take Cargill’s Monument as the business, centre of the City, and let anyone say what, advantage the site, suggested by the memorialista has over that fixed by the Board, The whole move is a manifestation of, intense selfishness, in which the Cargill influence is but tbo conspicuous, and it is to be hoped that the Harbor Board will not be induced for a moment to entertain a proposal to alter their already well-considered plans.—l am,, etc., Observer. Dnnedin, April 27.