MR TAYLOR’S SHIP CANAL SCHEME

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 4 May 1931, Page 2

MR TAYLOR’S SHIP CANAL SCHEME

(To the Editor) Sir, —The harbour improvement scheme proposed by Mr Joseph Taylor, would certainly prove if adopted and carried out, a very great boon to everybody both in the city and throughout the whole district. The ship canal scheme is not only original, but also practical and desirable from many points of view, and it would, as Mr Taylor claims in his published uddress to the electors, completely solve for all time Nelson’s most important harbour and industrial problem, fitting our harbour to fully meet all local shipping requirements, and to be a first and last port of call for the most modern types of trading vessels. It will afford to the money lenders the most reliable form edged security, and would only follow the example of Dunedin in making all reclamations and harbour improvements more than pay for themselves by creating valuable building sites and providing employment for all workers. The ship canal scheme has been for years thoroughly thought out even from an engineering point of view, I would not detract one iota from the present value of our port, but would leave it where it now is, to serve as a sort of standby for the next few years, until the new and better scheme is carried out. By that time probably an outlet for the Midland Railway will be in great demand, and things in Nelson would soon begin to hum. Nelson would commence to expand in all directions, even as Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Bluff have done. In spite of the present financial stringency throughout both this country and others there is plenty of money available where good security is offering, and the present is the very best time. I am etc., PROGRESS. Nelson, 4th May.