TEMPORARY BUILDING

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23996, 20 June 1941, Page 5

TEMPORARY BUILDING

INCREASED SIZE SOUGHT COOL STORAGE REQUIREMENTS A proposal to raise the height of a temporary cold storage building which is being erected on the waterfront for the Auckland Farmers' Freezing Company. Limited, from two storeys to three was made to the City Council last night by the .Minister of Agriculture, the Hon. J. G. Barclay The Minister's letter stated, that, owing to increasing transport difficulties, particularly with regard to butter, it was most desirable to have the additional storage which the proposal would provide. Reports supplied to him were that the foundations which had been put in would safely carry three storeys. The Cabinet, had approved the pi'o|>os;il subject to tbe City Council's consent The cit\ engineer, Mr. .) lyler, staled that permission for the erection of n two-storev wooden building had been given in January on an undertaking that it would bo removed not later than three years after the termination of the war. Earthquake restrictions had been waived, and permission given to erect the building on clusters of wooden piles with concrete raps. An examination showed that, quite apart from earthquake considerations the interim clusters ol piles would he loaded t«> th" limit ii a third storey were added and the owrload- ol others would range troni to per cent. I'ndei the circumstances. Ml lyler could not recommend the council to waive the earthquake provisions of the by-laws for a three-storey building. The matter was referred to the Works Committee