CORRESPONDENCE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 11315, 6 September 1898, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

nh oJpreiasd:c%iicdriespDjffllentflLT Tie wr,fterja^ as l ag^araatee.ofigQod { ffaitJi,: t mnßJi ; "beenc|o^ayjft )^.l,ejter.3-; tt . ? f > baa *tnl ,in»7li> eri) -» oTP!^PP ( ,BDITOR.. , j rtsd £j£,«rJtjs. rather i,odd fan so renowned iqtMVo jfMitfewb^oto -^he .-dubbfid among amaten.rß.jo33hiferemindS)'me-o[f the old \h BayJDgtTtget'ihQina'me<and'go t<| bed and •jfßjteepjpnitdv- Worthy-Ken seema to think parapets and bull-noses, keep the n ißjand. clear.; this, is • the-bi^gest -blunder ever he wrote. No doubt he baa baH bik njJ Gyfiß ppena.totijthe.variotus breakwaterti r> /, constructed ..in 1 New • Zealand waters,* j to' ; .can he point' (j- out a single instance where one tiasi proved jucpesß.? n I ( ijeUeffS'one-out.of the many, ai?d that .can, scarce, he ; . termed a euccesa^ j, joamelyj.th.ei^fltPPrt, inithe construction ""of which 10 to 15 cranes, were, at work.; t) '^ach .cran;e, was turning oqt 10 trucks a .',','i-da.y» aRd ;every v truck contained from 10 ({j to,^o,tonß, some over. But as fast as the > oa< gjbjoe; T?^nt in for the first half-mile the sand followed out. I believe the- break- ■' i;i water liß1 i 8' Ibntl bnt nearly two miles into the I ticcan, and they have reclaimed. nearlyta. --:niile of foreßhore. Ihis objictoleßSon

iou'§ht to prove the necessity of h\vingan >»! -opening. Ndw, sir,' I want the Worthy » Ken to test the truth of the ab>ve t And, 1 here' let 1 me draw the attention ' of the v New Plymouth Harbour Board. P-reviPus •'"ibj'going'to the expense of- paking an; operiingy* the following i B; a* ; eimpje - fl hd, »-anexpensive-testi: fet'Btakes be.drivenCso^ i.n^hafc -they -stand' r Wb- feet above floodl4BßMikn& -from' high wat i er- i to ( lo;qr"i3Q' ■ feet, below low ■ water 'nf ariif stay.' wfell on the north aide, and board close the 'south side. In 21 days Band will baye collected --Msoffioient to pr6«e'a*test;i Then removal i "i the ' beards '/fPbT'bigtf water | down to a . point -near-low watermark;' inj a)uthe sandt'willbe gone ! frpm yojir hoafdipgi >o iid^tieDeaohj'a'nd prbv&'asUcceßß^i.iEheni 01ft gay, delay uotime^d makingian opening wie: 'thV'breakwateiV and before.' twelve months, let me repeat, (no. more dredging, i Now, my Worthy.Ken, » ; workers; butter, -'eggs* ! bacon, b'&heese, "&o.i bd carried i!away ,by jhixoeean-'going steaniers direct from:thej n^Jtfreaktfater witbbut'all' tSis transhipment^ »'< and We' will able to enlarge our wharf •ijofcy building' at 1 'right arigles when,;the: nij Utgesb vessels can 'lie in safety: - '/I hops o.u^henJJyoriihave tested- the above, syou Mynll me'fco'd'w the result. If I haTei^etHafowhed'-too^muchjj^please. .- r exedoe. frl^ta^&o,, ,.; >jT .n»-. 1