THE GRAVING DOCK.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XV, Issue 5064, 8 February 1878, Page 3

THE GRAVING DOCK.

So>!E time h:ivii:g elapsed since we published any notice of the ::i.v,U- with the •'r- ;■'•->>• ii' ••-..■ of il./ni" s> a? the work is no.v i.i .-: : .ich an a iva:'c.d state, that .-. c!?ar in! .leiiuite id-.-a of what it will be in which i'l.tz taissuii g'it--- :■; to v.-m-k, ":as b-':n iiuishc-1. Thi : ; -.va-i virtion of the work whicii r».'j".ir-.l t',: , ; gr.v-.test exactuMS an;l ui.-ity, bi.-i:.g z\, ■ m -t particular part time -Mr. J.ru:!g: jii, t.ij i':.;!; has been liiu.-jt cireiV.l aiid in liis attendance on the '.vorl'.-i. It i< r.T.v riuisheil, and is a. orSiii; f> tile cngiuy-r, the o:i----riVctt..Tsa.viiowLa-;yn-.w,,rk, liitl.i'g toother tiie sections of the eii-stm. in !a-;t, the greater portio:i of it U nn.v riv..-*t-.-.l t >„" j'Jkt, aad only th-j upp':r porti'in of ii ha.-j i<, bu put on. Tlii-! work his, of course, been a rather difrL-ult o'i.-, and had it no; baen for the a!i[.li.un;ui avaikble for lifting the see-xio-s into th'-ir plscc-s ihe diiiijui'i'js v.'uul i be grjatly increased. Tiie foundations for the woodwork. Tiie whole of thy oati;isection of the duck is fini-Lliad, but the inner portion has not yet had V.i-i top tier of ures'.ed stou'j placed. Thi-j, however j-> a work which can be pu-ln-.l ahead v/hfcn re•jnired. There may be d.ll'Ton.'-s of opin-'-n to whether the positi->'i choseu !'■■!• the dock is the most sui'.ab!-; <in.j which could be selected, and :n to whether ii would not be v.-isur on thy i.art of the HarV.nr Board to have made it' .W. : , c r and more capacious, but with regard to the "'jiH-ru'jUon. of tiie dock itself therecsu, WKth:!.!:, be utily onn opinion, and that in, that it is i.-reditable iu the extreme. The IJaL?, sp-jjiiications, and designs of Mr. Krriijgton. tin- constructing engineer, showed that he was thoroughly and scientifically acquaiatei! with his business. He has also had tiie advantage of having the work carried out under his own eye, seeing it grow up, as it were, uuuur the hands of the contractors, to whom he has of course lent all the aid of his valuable advice. .Messrs. Jonc3 and V. are are entitled to credit for the perseverance and skill they have exhibited in carrying the work to its present advanced stage, and no doubt when it is completed they will have ijood reason to be proud of their work.