THE BREAKWATER

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 10629, 7 June 1897, Page 4

THE BREAKWATER

Slß.— Considerable discussion baa already appeared in yonr eolutuus relative to tbU moat vital subject, aud every resident at Hawke's Bay having the interests of ton dUtrlot at heart oannot bnt read with Interest and thongbifalness tbe various ichemei, criticisms, &0,, which are than propounded. I have thug porused \vl !i interest pretty veil all aud every letter appearing in yonr columns having any 'oonoectlon ot all with the question, for a leut nix months pait, and It li wit a pmwement that $, find not on any ocoa.i

slon has the slightest referenoe been made to the only fact whioh Is oaloulated to raise the hopes of a deipondent people and a despairing Harbor Board. I allude to the faot that, thanks oblefly to tho foresight of oar preaeut engineer, the method now being carried oat in the protection of the present Btr'notnre by concrete blocks has alrendy been proved to be a complete Buccesa In resisting one of the fisrocst gales experienced In the dhtilot for some time past I have 'had the opportunity of studying the effect of the various storum experienced hero dnrlng the last 12 months, and navo uotloed that bo far as the block protective system was then oompleted at the bend of the structure, bo far the forco of the Waves dnrlng the last storm had little or no effect, whilst farther on the absence of the protection permitted of tenifio blows being dealt tbs monoliths, and which caneed further gaps in tho already broken line.

Are the pnblio of Hawke's Bay going to allow tho proposed destroctlon of their cherinhed hopes wbci success lo reody to their hands; to grasp which requires a very ellght it determined effort ?

Lst them lafist on a continuance of the block system, and protect at least the present wharf and shads, and tben later on, whan time has shown that tbe work as now being oarried out Is a permanent and tffident plan, I venture to predict thnt tho same energy whioh hao been shown by our citizens and country Mends dnriug the recent calamity will speedily brlog abont a reaction and, if necessary, even acquiesce in n further loan to complete the works.— l am, &0,, Nil DesperanduM:

Jnne, 5 th, 1897.