THE HARBOR WORKS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5646, 25 March 1880, Page 2

THE HARBOR WORKS.

Sib,— lt is wonderful how a drowning : man will grasp at straws. I think it more wondrous, to hear Mr. Weber assert, that the harbor works will lead to final sucess, and that he has had' the gratification of Beeing his hopes fully realised/- If seeing • the harbor so blocked lip that small fry cannot get in or but are his hopes, then I say his hopes ,have been fully realised. Mr Weber must know that larger vessels lpaded ? and unloaded inside the works commenced than there ' have been since. I don't think he is in his second childhood yet, but if he is, heis to be pitied, and I am the last man in the world to make game of any person so afflicted. I trust we- shall hear no more about the success of the harbor worker If we do, it will put me to the : trouble"' of goina into f octa and figures, to show the absurdity of such nonsence. — I, am, &c. } - „. : ■- •■ ...,,. ■ Akgus.

Sir, — In your leader to-day you say that the present liarbor works have turned out a complete faihire. I admit they aro a partial failure, but I think it would be foolish to give up all hope of making them useful, and I offer tho following suggestions : — Place six or eight timber groins extending into the sea between the harbor and tho Bluff ; they should be made with piles driven in the ground and roughly planked. Tho timber used could be white pine with the bark on. The groins should be placed so that the ends should point towards the Kidnappers, so as to split the" waves. The shingle would wash up between them and bo prevented from travelling towards the harbor. If the groins were placed ak right angles to the beach the sea would most likely wash them atvay. Of course when the spaces between were filled up with shingle the groins would have to be extended farther out ; perhaps some of the old timber could be re-used. The shingle inside the harbor could easily be removed by a dredge, and if the: Harbor Board have sufficient money or can borrow any, it vould bo advisable to extend the pier nearest Napier another two hundred feet and finish with a substantial head. If the above plan was . adopted the Harbor Board would in a' year o¥ two have a valuable property in the land reclaimed.—sianij &c., J. Sparrow. Napier, 24th March, 1880. .•;,