THE HARBOR BOARD.

Evening Star, Issue 12874, 25 July 1906, Page 4

THE HARBOR BOARD.

The engineer's report to ho presented at the meeting of the Harbor Board to-morrow contains the following-; . Dredging. Dredge°222 is working in the Victoria channel, between piles 24 and 25 0$ \ 5 . f 1 ' 1 16 ’ and to a depth of 22ft at low water. Dunng the month of 5 482^nV hfted i f ”Vr loadSj totalling 34,4ffi cnbm yards, which were deposited at the ulcan, and pumped on to the flat, at ° oSfc f °, r - store s. and repairs of bid per cubic yard. Prieshnan: The Pnestman is still engaged deepening the berthage at south side of George street pier, D K ring th , e month of Jnne .. c lifted 1,560 cubic yards, and deposited If' n s?® near , t . bo dock head, at a total coat ol ll|d per cubic yardHead Worlp.—The adverse weather of the month has interfered with the output of stene from the quarry. The wall extending from the quarry jetty has now been built up to within lift of low water mark in the deepest part. The works on the north spit are doing all that w'as expected of them, .between June 9 and July 7 650 cubic yards irero deposited at Harrington Point, and 1,104 cubic yiTTds on the quarry walL making a total output of 1,734 cubic yards at a cost of 2s 4|d per cubic yard. The increase of the cost over that of last report is duo to repairs to pontoons and cost of the blast of last month. Various Works.—The old wharf at Stuart street is being dismantled. Piles in the V ictona channel are being straightened and redriven where necessary. Tho discharge pipes of the Vulcan where worn through have been encased in cement and wirenetting. The docking of the wharf at the junction of cross one/* .Rattray wharves is hein^r extended, in order to give a better approach te the cross wharf. The water trough in Wharf street has been renewed-