HARBOUR ACCOMMODATION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 100, 9 March 1864, Page 3

HARBOUR ACCOMMODATION.

T: r r; i;:: is iiotliiiiir el' inniv i in j n >rt :i! ! i" i!h> prom-ess and [n'lism-rit v of [lie p"ct ul', Aivkhiihi lli:'n tlic iui]inni-nu'iil :i ;i<i c.\ 11-iiNioii nf iivi' li;iri'i'l!f i>'Jatioll. ] Tuwn ;iiui cuir.ilrv nimut i-ijimliv fur of. tiicsc. 'I'll sjH'.'ili ii; !.■ t>lii J I-i <-;i) ] V, sli i ps lii- so i U'lil; ..n t]\.' luuk mil !'ur:i b'.'rl !i. ili.ti ; llicv i'uj] tin: risk of l."f<>iui< 1 i:iLC «ni riioir !>crf ! Im.ii.'s, Qilvcii-s; rcc; \\'!i:irf is sli!! ti:r milv jihuv in winch to lu;iil una ili~t-!i:ii\'(■. i'dr yc;srs i( li.'i-i neither liecii irn_;tln'in-il. wiii- ; cm'.!, nor mi'ii f'liniislii ii witli iinl1*!i ncc-ili'd sii;»j>ioiii(-ir.nrv TV. At i itc d.tle tiic wiiarf ' v.;i> .-iii-rifl «>ul (<> its |.iv:iftii point of lenuin;ii ion it wns nSx<>i;oi ii'.'r ill:>■ li*<pi:iiin meet !:u* 11; i«• >: I :■ lt i icerssil irs of liir pi.rt ; unii now. iifuT u liiiisi- oi'i'oui'o." livt- vt'iirs. v.'lh-ii ■ tiIOMJ I!"JC(".'Jr-;it II.IVO I'Kll'i.' tiI,III (!i >T I! 11 I'll. unit wiii'ii trails,' i:- so I'aimily and \asl]vi>ii tin- ini-rca-i". with no aiiditions 11n\ iii<_; in tin.' inU'i'un Ijl-vii inade. tlic i'iL'ti:)ition o! snijis, . t'le iiroci-astimilioii of I'lisincss. tlic lilockini; u|i of tlic wliarf, and tlic piiiirUiclv i stvh- in v.liii-li trailic ;s carried on. arc alike as ilit-'.-ri'ditaldi..' as detriiia'Utai to the chanic'cr of i he |iorf. 'i'he Superintendent of > he I'ro-, inee. it is true, has invited tenders lor the erect ion of j a'l' at the end of the wharf, to lie .sent ; in. in the. course of the ne.\L ten days, i This T is no duiiiit wry desirable as I far as it L'oes; but what. a. miserable j co.'.'ihiercia] driblcT it will be. lnusl be ; obvious to every one who may take the j trouble to east a fiance at tlie magnificent , arrav of luei'i.-i'iaittmen (from lO.DDDid I'i.Oti!) tons a month") now eu'.ttimialiy in the stream. ; and eontinttally in number and capacity. A\"iil one T, ho\*"ever extensive, be siiiiieient to aeeominodate such lleets;And it' not, why should not; ample accommodation be provided, so that their earnoes ;nav be landed on the quays, instead of iieinu; discharged iti(<) lighters '1 Would merchants, ship-masters, and ship-owner? lie unwilling to pav iiif and expeditious mean.s of shipment and discharge.':' Would the cost of tlio.si; means be a. dead loss or a decided to the port?' We fi.*el a perleet I'onviefifiii that ihose out lays.—-a ml t hey are riaiiv becoming more and more impcra-i\\e.--wotil(i quickly repay l!ieuiselves---aud even supposing'' that, they failed to do so directlv, i.liey could hardly fail of accomplishing 1 hat end ill tin indirect way, that is bv the increased faciliiios they would confer upon the port and province. Our intercourse v.it'ii ever}' ipjarter is enlaru r in-,'. T'sie loir,laue owned ill, ami t radium from. Auc!;land is »ryw to a size, style. ! and ehaia.-ter liolh Ibr eondnct, spee.i, and ]>assen-_" r accomiuoilation such as would relied credit upon til,.: best ports ol Ureal. Britain; and still the harbour appliances are inferior to tho.-e of third rate Australian ; lia\eus. Three years since, steam was a raritv in the waters of the Waitemata ; now ; it is a medium in daily operation, with every : indication of speedy employment in our in- | land 'avers, coastal, and ferry inidos. Where i are. the. berths, tiie slips, the docks lor lites.' ; and sea- ;;oine' steamers i And, it these be j uot. provided, must- it not. immediately follow | that Auckland will be passed by, and more j accommodating ports HOlUj'nfc after'r It. is positively suiei.lal thai fuelian extraordinary ! degree of maritime and mercantile apathy ! they 'd ei.tntinue t/> urevai! C?f what beuelit

j that l'ort Waikato, Tauranga. Italian, ; ]N1 ;ti mlf;in, Kawliia, and other ouiports ' should he springing into importance, and j looking up vi, Auckland as their common ; centre, il Auckland .sleep" on and makes but ,• litlle eti'ort to command the situation l'or i which nature designed her? j \V o repeat that a more 'I' at: the end of | the. Qneen-si reel Wharf, will he hut a bc;;j ijarly instalment. There if a good half-do/en I f s required. no! only lor the use of sh.ppin;: \ hni, to impart strength and stability to that invaluable but failing ami great!'.- over- ' worked structure. i Nor will T'm alone sufiice. W'e require a harbour in the irne intent and mean in;: of ! the word —nor a mngle .jetty runhim; out I into deep water, and left witliout any collaj teral protect ion ; hut a luuhour forming at ; least three sides of a square. each side a ■ a source of protection to the other, and j wiilnn whose circuit vesr-el.s niav bring up | in safety. I Such a harbour be easily, quickly, in - : expensively, and most advantageously con- < structed. Two sides of the square.-—Queen : street Wharf ami Custom House-afreet—are already formed. The third and great pro- i ! tecting side should be taken in hand without ; d"lay. The plan is to continue Custom : House-street, under Fort Britomnrt. and j throw out a break-wnter from that point to : low water at neap tides. By thi.s the area i i within the (Jut'Cii Street T and the liritu-! mart point would he rendered sheltered and j secure in all weathers. Another extensive ' mercantile am! maritime wharf. with abun- : dant berthage for vessels of light draught j would be obtained—a pier of piles he ! driven beyond low water mark" ai the point." from whence the wharf or roadway might be pushed onwards so as to unite Commercial and Ollicial Hays by one mairnitieent esplanade. on which warehouses, building slips, and oilier important structures iniu'ht readily be erected.