OTAGO HARBOUR BOARD.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19836, 8 July 1926, Page 3

OTAGO HARBOUR BOARD.

A special meeting of the Otago Harbour Board was held yesterday afternoon, and was attended by Messrs J. Loudon (in the chair), H. M. Driver, A. Cable, H. C. Campbell, D. F. H. Sharpe, W. Wilkinson, T. Anderson, K. S. Ramsay, W. Gow, J. E. MacManus, D. Larnach, and Captain Coll M‘Donald. TENDERS. The following tenders were accepted: Supply of ironbark piles for Fraser and Co. (£698 14s 9d); hewn ironbark timber, A. J. Allen and Co. (£967 Is sd); sawn jarrah timber, Millar’s West Australian Hardwoods Company (£421 6s 3d); electrical gear for crane extensions, Turnbull and Jones (£73 10s); hewn ironbark for dock boom, Wallace and Co., Wellington (£613 14s 2d); ironbark piles for P Shed, Fraser and Co. (£628). Mr Gow asked if the tenders were the lowest. ~ Mr Cable said they were, with the exception of the tender for the electrical fittings. In this instance the lowest tender was not according to specifications. MUSSEL BAY RECLAMATION. The Secretary submitted lengthy correspondence between the board and the Marine Department, regarding the responsibility of the board in connection with the reclamation at Mussel Bay. The Chairman stated that the necessary Order-in-Council had already been gazetted. It provided that the board should be responsible for any effect the reclamation might have on the scour in the harbour. It was decided that the board would have no objection to the clause in the Order-in-Council so far as the effect of the scour of the harbour was concerned. COATES CRESCENT AND WILLIS STREET FORMATION. ■ The sub-committee of the board reported as follows: - t Your committee has to report that it has visited these streets, and has directed the secretary to express to the City Council regret at the proposal to construct a footpath on the centre of the roadway, also to request very specially that that portion of the footpath be eliminated opposite oui “T” shed, if the council will not eliminate the footpath for the full length. _ Your committee has instructed the engineer to carry out the work in Coates Crescent at an estimated cost of £650. Tlie report was adopted. AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. The Otago Expansion League wrote advising that it was holding a meeting on Tuesday night to discuss the proposed College of Agriculture in the North Island. The aim of the meeting was to conserve the South Island interest in regard to Lincoln College. The league invited the board to send two delegates to the meeting.— Messrs Anderson and Sharpe were instructed to attend.