DOCK TRUST.

Evening Star, Issue 8612, 4 September 1891, Page 2

DOCK TRUST.

The monthly meeting of the Trust, held yesterday, was attended by Messrs E, GK Allen (chairman), H. Gourley, J, Carroll, A. Thomson, and l)r Drysdale, The Finance Committee recommended that aocoants amounting to LI ,163 11s 9dbe passed for payment. They reported that there was a credit balance of Lm Ss lOd at Trust account, and they recommended that Li ,600 (placed in the bank on filed de- «, which falls dtte for collection on the ist>, bo placed to current account. The question of penalty on contractor for sheer* leg foundations, which was remitted to them, was duly considered, and, oh account of the members holding different views as to the amount (if any) that should be enforced, the subject Was referred to the Trtlst for disposal. The Committee submitted draft regulations and Charges for Uohsid&rauofi of the Trust, and tcdothfiiended that they be referltd to an expert and solicitor before being adopted,—The report was adopted. Mr W. Murray, the contractor for the foundation for the sheer-legs, wrote asking the Board to remit the peu&lty for noncompletion of, hlb bbfifcraot within the specified He stated that two days after getting the contract he made arrangements for a supply of piles, but there was great delay in their delivery owing to a variety of causes over which he had no Control. In the first place, owing to the strike, there was a delay in getting a suitable vessel tt) bring the piles from Newcastle, as the Union Steam Ship Company could not bring tbeni. Then the vessel that bronght the piles was delayed on the voyage by bad weather. She had also to remain in Lyttelton to have the necessary repairs effected, and the voyage from Lyttelton to Port Chalmers occupied fifteen days. In consequence of the delays be had incurred an outlay of T. 20() which Was hot contemplated when the contract Was entered into. =*Aftfet disclission (ip the course of which it was stated thut L3O of the amount Mr Murray claimed to have spent had been Incurred, by the Trust) it was resolved that tne penalty of Ll9B be reduced to LSO, that being the actual loss to the Trust, in consequence of the contract not being completed within the contract time.

The Chairman read a draft of regulations and charges for the sheer-legs, and it was decided to refer them to a solicitor in order to see tf they were framed in accordance with the Harbors Act.—The engineer was instructed to prepare plane for a road leading to the sheer-legs.