OTAGO HARBOUR BOARD.

Otago Witness, Issue 3774, 13 July 1926, Page 55

OTAGO HARBOUR BOARD.

A special meeting of the Otago Harbour Board was held on the afternoon of July 7, 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. (£O9B 148 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 (£Ol3 14s 2d): ironbark piles for P Shed, Fraser and Co. (£028). 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-Counci 1 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-Counci 1 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 Your committee has to report that it has visited these streets, and has directed the secretary to express to the City Council regret at tne 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 lepgth. Your committee has instructed the engineer 10 carry out the work in Coates Crescent at an estimated cost of £650. The 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. PROPOSED STREET CONSTRUCTION. On July 7 the question of providing work for the unemployed was discussed with reference to the completion of Halsey and Bauchop streets. At the special meeting of the Otago Harbour Board yesterday the question of providing work for unemployed was discussed with reference to the completion of Halsey and Bauchop streets. The sub-committee of the board reported as follows:—Your committee, after inspecting Coates crescent and Willis street, examined Halsey and Bauchop streets. It was given no authority in this matter, but ventures, with a view to assisting the unemployment scheme, to suggest that these streets be completed, at an estimated cost to the board of approximately £7OOO. Before this work can be proceeded with provision will require to be made for sewage and stormwater, the estimated cost of which is approximately £7OOO. The Treasurer reports that by encroaching on reserves the money can he found, consequently your committee begs to suggest that the City Council be requested to carry out these works. The expenditure of the £14,000 on this work was approved. .W RA,&,W,a)sy,ufk MUh vCIOOOO 00, art