HARBOR DREDGING

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17174, 3 February 1930, Page 11

HARBOR DREDGING

PROVIDING FOR SHIPPING

MAINTENACB OF DEPTH Discussing 11)0 roporl of tho engineer, Mr. C. F. Marshall Smith, at the meeting ol' the Harbor Hoard lo day, the chairman, Mr. .T. Tombleson, iik ntioned that some dredging was necessary at the coal berth, am! it had been suggested that this work should be attended to the last, thing prior to Hie departure of the dredge for survey at Auckland. Under that arrangement, if ;Aiy damage or breakdown occurred lo The dredge, it. would not' mean an untimely cessation of the work.

The 'engineer. Mr. C. F. Marshall Smith, stated that the work could'be attended to in due course. In reply j to further questions, the engineer stated j that there would be no time for fur- j ther dredging in the "narrows" before , the dredge left for Auckland, and the _ only thing to do was to get the dredge ■ overhauled as quickly as possible and back in work again. The, time required . for the overhaul could not be gauged. j Mr. T. Corson urged that something ' be done, if possible, to ensure that the Waipahi should be able to berth j larly. The engineer reminded the board that the berthing of the Waipahi hau been , due to the system of dredging followed. If the wishes of some critics ■ had been followed, the Waipahi could' not have entered yet. The harbor was not completed yet. declared the ongi- ; neer, and the 'shipping company was working right up to the limit of water ) available. | Respecting the leakage through the wall, the engineer assured the board that this was decreasing as the con- j tractor was getting more stone into the wall. The effect was not apparent on , the surface, but it was, nevertheless, being achieved. Mr. A. J. Nicol raised a question as to ; the design of the sheet piling on the sea wall The engineer stated that tho i sheet piling at the back of the wall J was merely"bolted to the stringers, and, not driven to the bottom, the object being to allow the rubble filling to pro- j ject at the hack of the wall. > Mr. A. Wade asked who had designed the wall thus, and was informed that j it was the design of the consulting en- j gineer. Mr. Leslie 11. Reynolds. i