PROPOSED CARGO SHEDS

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14211, 28 May 1910, Page 2

PROPOSED CARGO SHEDS

AT -MAIN "WIiAKF

At the meeting of the Timaru Harbour board yestetday, tne chairman introduced tile subject ot the erection 01 receiving afiecls ior cargo 011 die -Viaiu Wharf, and spoke strongly in support. -Mr louug also spoke emuimticaiiy 0,1 ihe need ior such sheds here, an-.;'said that the Hoard should not bother about the ltadway Department in the matter. but go straight ahead with tho work wincu had already been too long de-

APLr". W. Clark-. Ite.ident Engineer buonntted to the .Hoard the following reooi t:—•

j in September of last year representations nere made to the .Uailway Department, urging the en clion of u.o .or i!i!. r o Jii'us alongside cho ilam ! V.hari t-o meditate the handiiny; oi : : and also t<> provide cart access , lor the removal oi town and other yoods. _ isuou afterwards t!ie Chief Engineer for Jiaiittays visited this port, and de- ! c.ded thai it would be better lor the Board to lormulate. a scheme, and submit same lor thti coiiiid-era-ion of the j -Railway Department. ! Ko aa to advance this matte- another ; f-tep. I now have the. honour to .submit ; tile iollowing proposal-:, a:s shown on j tlio accompanying plan, No. lid, for i the consideration of tiie Board, j The .Main Wharf is at pr tS ent the | most statable one for the erection of I floods sheds, but tile scheme is sonioj what costly owing to tlie limited space lat the puneipa! bertii, lioeessitaiiii" ■ considerable excavation and the voI moral of .some or the stonework at. i Si H'. root of the mole, m make room ir a. _n.adr.-i-y and the principal shed. . J-irieiiy stated it is proposed to erect two .sheds alongside, the -Uain Whan one at- the inner and one at the- outer berth. The sheds will be respecdroiv -'•jUit. and 300 ft liin long, bv oOit and X'Mt. din. from the face Or the wharf. so ;ls to fdve room for threo lines <>t railway in front of the- sh<'ds. Cart access will be -iron to the. back of the sheds by a road-.vav 02ft wide and ~-v-| | tending the full length of the wharf. r lhe road will ho two feet below tho level of the shed floor, the latter beiuou, llle - siimo '"'el as the wharf deck"! The formation of this roadway will necessitate the removal of the present tramway to tho E.E. Mofc, and a deviation at tho root of this mole. ! The excavated material from the road- | way will fill a portion of the shin-le ! pit, and six new- sections on the seaI ward side of Fraser Street will then be available.

The tramway to servo the E.E. Mol« will be relaid along the beach as shown and the locomotive shed removed from its present location to the seaward side of Fraser Street.

Provision is made for a double siding along the proposed road for railway connection with the sheds, and this siding will be connected vvitb. the Hayes and Fraser Street sidings. The estimated cost of the proposed works exclusive of railway sidings along "Wharf Street, is £13,500, made up as follows :

l-ai-jro Shock 5800 0 0 Dec-kin,, Jhtin Wharf flush -with rails (II 00ft x 32ft) 1830 0 0 Removiiiy; and relaying K.K. Mule tramway, removal and re-erect ion of loco, sheds, etc., and extra .stone required at root of mule. ... 1500 0 0 Sidmjr* .south of Frafcor Street 500 0 0 Excavation for sheds and r<,adway 1500 0 0 Formation, balia-st-iny. and metalling roadway. inc-lutling concrete retaining wall 1700 0 0 Contingencies 670 0 0 Total £13i,500 0 0 Tho annual interest charges on this amount at 4\ percent, would be TO.s. The completion of this scheme would add seven new sections, and make 18 available for lease, and these when h-t. taking the lowest rental now received, would return £6ll annually. _ A--, to the probable revenue to he derived from the two shock, it is difficult to estimate saine until th e Board has decided how the proposed sheds shall be worked. If it -were desired to lease them thev would, no doubt return a very good rental. As the railway Department now deal

I with all exports and imports, a 0i.;,, lowing Iho.v p-onnsals org!:! i,.. '. : - : >- | lilil.Lffi 1.0 LIU Hi I'dl- tltClV IVIM:.!fi"I-i!. j ti.'U. as .11 whether t!i ■ scheme would I suit their re H uireiiieii!.s, and wjutb ar- : rangcmonts liu-v would ,-;igge=t. iW [working ike sheds if erected, "mi that, I dire,-b cart access ivonld lift' provided ■ !<ir town and other goods, without the | n-aiai charge o>' railway haulage. I li the proposals, were, eventually car-

ried out, ihey will no doubt add mat.rmlly tci tiie revenue of the Board, :il1 " g'vo increased facilities for ''aling ...it!, imports and exports, and will also relieve the shortage of trucks dil'iieidt.v. in addition to providing direct, cart access for the delivery and reception of goods. The Chairman thought tiiev should consult the Railway Department, and see to what extent it would work' with the Board—whether it would help with the -initial cost, or pay rent fur the use of the sheds if the Board erected them.

Mr Young said the Railway Department had already -said that it the Boiii-d erected sheds from which goods could be carted by hor-:ed vehicles, itwould refuse to work the wharves at all. Pie thought the Hoard paid too much attention to the Uailwav Department. Those sheds had mitiiinp- to do with the Department. and'the Board should not consult the Department at all.

The Chairman .said that the Board and the Department had to work together to a certain extent. Mr Manchester thought they should not be in too great a hurry. ]i' each member took home with him a copy of the engineer's report <m the matter, and studied it, they would be in a position to take some definite action at. next meeting of the Board. The expense was going to be heavy, and the proposal recniivoi! earoiu! c'Ji'.slderaLioii. Mr 'fnrnbiill agreed that the matter was a- very important one. and that the time had arrived when something definite should he done: receiving sheds were certainlv a :i< iv-sitv. Mr (layman spoke to similar effect, and said he saw no reason why such s!:cd< should no! be made to pay "here as ni other peris. After :i iiitl? further d'-cussion the matter was deferred until next meeting.