&ARBOUR BOARD REPORT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13886, 25 April 1907, Page 11

&ARBOUR BOARD REPORT.

,Tho follcming is tbo report of tho Eecro- ; ; iuty of tlio Otago Ilarboui Board, which will j ] bo submitted nt to-day's meeting of tho 1 beard: -r- j ' •Dredging: Dredge 222 is engaged straighten- I i ing and deepening tho entrance to Victoria | i .channel near Kilgcur's Point and m -the vicinity •: of Jetty street wharf and steamers' basin. '■ : Buring tho month of SfAjcb eho lifted 14 j loads, itofaffing 12,395 cnMo yards from tho : j Victoria channel, and 31 loads, totalling ■ ' 21,G8G cubic yards from the steamers'' basin, or a total of 68 loads, equal to 47,081 yards, ] ■which wore. deposited at tho Vitlctm and ) pumped on to tho flat at a combined cost of - 4J'l per cubic yard. ■ Heads Works: Tho groin on the north tpifc ! J is doing excellent work in building up tlio j beach Tioithwards towards -tlio mole. Between . j tho 10th Jlarch and tho 13tti April 1500 etibio < °j yards of stono wero deposited between Nos. j • 1 and 2 piles and the beach at a total cost ' •] ;5f 2s 2{d per cubio yard. ,•: Various Works: Tho open shed, Victoria i t'harf, is practically comploled, nnd' now j J available for storago of goods. The stay nnd 1 J guide piles for tho sheet piling to ho placed ; j along tho frontagei of Kitchoner stroet tiro } being driven, and tho leolanmtion of tho " street is proceeding as material offers. ; Arrangements havo boon undo tfi fill up tho gaps in. tho wall on tho east side of Victorip, ehanncl with stono to bo punted from tho leads quarry ,as •circumstances may permit. .— .