THE PORT OF WELLINGTON.
CONGESTION AT WHARVES.
PROGRAMME OF NEW WORKS.
For a long time there fas been serious congestion in the Wellington Harbour Board sheds at the wharf, and. the subject was mentioned again at the last meeting of the board.
The chairman, Mr. C. E. Daniell, admitted the great difficulty in handling cargo in Wellington at present. All tho stores were overcrowded, and there wag great delay in delivery and transhipment. The position was that with other cargoes coming in and being unloaded an earlier cargo became buried, and required excessive handling to reach it. The chairman outlined a number of works in progress or to be commenced which will make for improvement, and suggested that in the meantime business men and shipping companies should be asked to assist the board as far as possible. In reply to a remark by Mr. Cohen concerning the "burying" of cargo behind later shipments, theTohainaan said that Wellington was the central port, and the shipping companies had not enough vessels for coastal work. At present there was an enormous number of boxes of gloss at the wharf waiting to be sent to all parts of the country. The. board was not in a position to cope with the matter at present, and the position was going to be worse unless they had the co-opera-tion of the shipping companies and tho mercantile people. The following are the works in hand and to be put in hand by the board The figures quoted in each case are the prewar estimate of the cost:— Pipitea Wharf ~ „., ..„ ion*™* TeAro Wharf '.] .* ]* *' »M» Taraniki Street store " iS'SHx Repairs and maintenance supply store lo'ooo fc 01 ? iff uny «*» tw <>>* (widening), mm Remodelling sheds for electric overhead cranes and equipment .. 31000 Temporary Lambton store No. 1 mono Office accommodation (accountant's staff . etc '> .! 6,000 Total .. .. ,t , 11 t jog QflA A commencement has been made with some of Mima works, and the others, will be sterted when material and money are available. '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17100, 4 March 1919, Page 8
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332THE PORT OF WELLINGTON. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17100, 4 March 1919, Page 8
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