A DREDGING PROBLEM.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14971, 19 April 1912, Page 6

A DREDGING PROBLEM.

A LITTLE BILL FOR SILT. .WHERE DID IT COME FROM? 1 A pbdcuaii position has arisen be'.WKtl the City Council and the Harbour B*J-|j with regard to the silt which is washed J " down the city eewers into the harbour § near the Railway Wharf. As the matt**.; 1 was explained by the Mayor and the city, f ; engineer at last night's meeting of the 1 Council, an agreement exists between tliß ft two bodies so that the Board, has to giva | notice to tho City Council when the art. J needs removal, and, if necessary, to remove it at +he Council's expense. TO ■_ Council has at various limes paid smalt amounts for dredging that has been done* but some time ago it was mtw l w™. «J account from the Harbour Board for WJ g months' dredging, the amount being *U» I 12s. As this sum seemed excessive, wane | greater than the total for many years patt, ; f tbo Mayor went to tho Harbour Bows! «J :; investigate the matter, and willi »«■ j„ another bill for £1306 10s Id, Fhica ta ;■ was told represented work that had W |» been charged for. The city engineer, Mr. Bush, recommended that *0"» »-| : the amount charged seemed out of all p. - g portion to the amount of .which *•» 1 down the sewers, the Council should wy , to arrange to make a regular annua* ; payment. . The Works Committee ream* jJ mended that the lesser account should M ,: refused, and £300 be offered in full « W» ment of the other claim. ~.»,„ C Mr. Bush said, in reply to the- Mayor, that the amount of silt alleged to'-nwe | been dredged and to have come from * . drain serving a comparatively s^, o *?* ; during tho past ten months exceeded tw»\;- : total amount of metal and other materia put on tho whole of tho city streets dor- , ing the whole year. It was preposterous | to imagine "that the city was responsiow » for 30,000 cubic yards of. silt. He o*lieved that the building of the tide «* | flector, which checked the tidal stream, ~ had resulted in an increase in the *&<&&;■ I of silt deposited in the neighbourhood. t - To arrango for a yearly payment would j» the most satisfactory method until tfl» | J sewage was all diverted into the n»w, I drainage system. . ■'.-'■ 1 The committee's recommendation ■*-* adopted.