TIMARU HARBOUR BOARD

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14658, 27 January 1912, Page 2

TIMARU HARBOUR BOARD

MONTHLY MEETING. ( TJia monthly meeting of tha Timaru ! 1 Harbour Board war. ho d •> estorday. : 1 Present: Messrs D. O. Turnbull (chair- 1 man), C. N. Orbeli, J S. Rutherford, jf T. p. Young, E. G. Sticking*. F. J. i i RoUeston, JT Witholl, J. J. Mc- , s Keown, G. W. Armitage, 11. Thsw, 11. Slcinnor, and J. Black. An apoiopy : for absence was received from Mr N. Frantis owing to indisposition. MOTIONS OF SYMPATHY. 1 Mr Thow made feeling reference to " tho death of tho late Mrs Turnbull. ' mother of tho chairman of the Hoard, ! and he proposed the following milion which was seconded by Mr Skinner \ and carried, in Silence", all numbers l standing:—"That the Board place en v record its regret it tho demise of Mrs ' R. Turnbull and desires to express its sympathy with vur chairman and the members of tho family in their bereave- ] nient." ( Mr Turnbull acknowledged die voce 1 and said ho would have pleasure in ( conveying tho sentiments expressed to the other members of tho family. t Tho chairman then referred to the '; death of tho late Mr P. O'Neil, cue t of the Board's employees, who was is killed as the revu'.t" of a blastbig i cci- i dent at the quarries. He proposed: f "That this Board place on :ocord its s sympathy with the widow and family 1 of tho lato Mr P. O'Neil in their dis- 1 tressme; bereavenmnt, consequent on i tho re.ent accident in the Hoard's ' quarries." 1 Tho motion v.*,is carried in silence, J all members standing. ' A taction of sympathy with the iosi- ' dent engineer in his serious accident • was uaan:raoiis!y pr.sscd by tho Ho'ird and tho hope ra expressed that Mr J Clark would inak.> a speedv ra-.v.vory- ! CHAIRMAN'S STATKMRN'T. ' then totalled £7339. Tho credit bal- ' aneo ac bur, meeting i,l)\.v.. --) w us ' £837 ISs od, and the i-eeeipts i.nco '■ then totalled £7330. Tho credit bal- ! anco inter paving the accounts that day would be £MW ?s Del. He siig- '. gestcd that the quarries should be ' closed down until after harvest. Th 8 ' would mako more, men avail.ib!o lor harvest work, and would yve U,o • quarry hands a chance to get uii.ro work later on when ot'uer vork (ins not available. Mr Win. Evans had suggested to him to get an option over Fyfe's quarry at Gleniti in <-a.-e there should not be sufficient stone u. tho Board's quarries. Mr Fyt'o had '."■ r.t.f-u olfering to iea:e his ,u,irry to tlie Board for a ttrra of years. * The trade returns of the port f<.r r'.c \c.ir were published and they showed a e.a.isi'aetoiy state of affairs, i'e.ords Lad been established in several connections. The year started with •, e'ebit * ba:;.nce. „i i'olL'U. and closed witli a [debit of £1624. In addition lo 1 his. £3l-10 was spent or the new i oad that was being made at the foot 'A Strathnllan street. This had been j paid out of revenue. Tho frozen meat [ returns for the year showed Tnu.-.ru j to hold third position in the matter 1 of exports for the year, both as reSards number of carcases and w«if.ht ■n pounds of mutton, lamb and Kef. i'lha Railway Department had sent i their cheque for £OOOO for the iO-..;-re | b'ti-k. Tin's monev practically teloog- | ed to the bondholders, and the Board should put it out on mortgage or invest it in gilt-edged securities. "he iwsition in regard to the Hayes and Frazer street siduigs was practically the sane as at the previous mooting. The Board had agreed to the conditions of tlie Railway Dopertmc.nt si biect to certain amendments requ'-ed bv the Board. Those who had ?»en the fire of J. Kdmends store on the Board's property in Hayes street, should bo oonv'nerd from the f»-i<-o way in which 'be hu-'Wing r,..-,.<,<! that corrugated iron stores" were a danger to the block. !■. future I,'iis n the 80-ird should liroliibit wood ced iron bnildings and insist on structures of brick. CORRESPONDENCE. Tho Commissioner of Crown lands for Canterbury advised that the Land Board would shortly be disposing of tlie Sherwood Downs estate and ju»u 15 adjoining. It would bo n.veessi'.ry to know what the rates would amount to on the area re f orred to. The secretary had replied tnat -i-he Geraldine County Council would give this information. An enquiry was received from the New Plymouth Harbour Board relative to wharfage and other charges at i the port of Timaru.—Replied to. I The secretary to the Caroline Bay Asso<.'iation wrote thanking the Braid for their handsome dbnafon <,t £l5O. [ The Shipwreck Relief Society asked ! the Board to renew its annual sub- | scription of £3 3s to the Soviet-.-. Agreed to. I The Caroline Bay Association ad- j vised that they proposed to open the j now marine parade on Feb. H, and ! they invited members of tho Board to be present. Mr Turnbull said that this wan i.ow one of the most popular parades in Timaru, and he licpeo' as many members as could possibly be therej would attend the opening "ceremony. Mr Mark Saunders applied for permission to drive six or eight piles r.n the southern side of the eastern extension near the spot he was working at about 20ft. distant from the soulh track and' braced to it. By this ' means ho could greatly increase the power obtainable from "the o-e.nn. The work would cost about £250. — J he Standing Committee cf the Board had j no recommendation to make, and the j Board approved of tliis course. Mr Mark Higgins, president of the Timaru Defence Rifle Club, advised that the Club had received permission to construct a, rifle range in quairy i gully and the Defence authorities had I approved of the site. Tho Beards 1 tramline ran besido the site, vn<] tlie Club wotrld like tho permission of the Board to shoot from the oiilf overlooking tho tramline near tho luidge. Tho Club would also like to bo allowed to use the telephone posts which ac at present standing unused in Ibe grflly, as it would be very convenient to have the telephone laid on , from the mounds- to tho trench. Tho Club furthor offered £5 for the unused iron shed standing on tho ground. The Standing Committee recommended that permission bo granted, to the Timaru Defetre Riflo Club to shoot from tho Board's pTopeiiy, on condition that rn approved wscjurity be given by five members of the Ch.b, securing the Board against any liabiliiiy in tie event of aai occidont to any of its employees; also that tho carpenter's shed be offered at £lO iiid permission ho granted to use the telephone poles at the Board's pleasure. The Board adopted this recommendation. Mr D. Fyfe wrote offering to 'et the Board have stone from his Gleniti quarry. He would lease tho quarry to the Board for a term of years, subject to certain stated conditions, the Board to pay a royalty of throe lialfpenco per ton monthly for all srone taken, the sum of £lO to l.e jsi& should the quarry remain idle for suy One year during the lease. I It was decided to arrange for an eight years' lease of Mr Fyfe's qxifcny in terms of his offer. STANDING COMJEITTEE'S REPORT. The Standing Committee made tlie following recommendations : "That when the work is completed in connection with tlie road approach the quarries be closed down until after | harvest time. That £3 3s be voted , to the Ambulance Brigade in recogni- | Ltion of its services in connection with i

the recent accident at the quarries. . That offers be invited for the iSoO-M' :• received from the. New Zealand Railway Department, for five years, on epproved security. (A committee | consisting of the obainnaii and Messrs Orboil and Rolleston was appointed to arrange for lending the money out an the best terms possible.) Th.it_ £2 2s bs voted to the Fire Brigade in connection with the recent lire in Hay€ 3 Street. That tenders be extended for a period of ibrec mouths for coal supplies and dredge repairs. The recommendations were all adopted. HARBOUR MASTER. The Harbour -Master reported the ; total arrival's during the month were 23 steam and 1 sailing vessel, with an aggregate of 42,-150 tons, and the de- ! partures 24 steamers and 1 sailing i vessel, of 38.807 tons. The weather during the month had been change- ' able, -strong easterly and northerly w : nds with occasional heavy seas being experienced. ENGINEER'S REPORT. * Tho resident engineer reported that ■ IS loads (13,000 tons) had been discharged from inside the harbour from December 18th to January 20th inchisivo. The Christmas ' and New Year holidays had been kept, henco the dredging period had been limited. The weather had not been favourable to work in the uuter channel. AYhile shifting the moorings outside on the 3rd in-t., the after-moorings carried away and though two days had been spent by Dredge No. 350, so far they ' had not been recovered, the weather being unfavourable since the last attempt to recover them. Dredge No. ' 350 would proceed to Port Chalmers on the 31st inst. for overhaul. The Tauiivha had been engaged almost entirely in the vicinity of the fish jetty. A ' blast was fired at the quarry on tho o*h ; -ust. Tho blast dislodged some ' 14,000 to 15,000 tons of stone. Tho Inspector of Mine; v'sitej the quarry , since the acc : dcnt and ypnke favourably of the genera! workmic :-ml c-ndit'on of the quarries. Sin :e last meeting the ba'.m-e of th" n'.les bad been driven, for tho fish jetty near No. 3 wharf, two half-caps fixed and the wabngs.. braces and girders for the first three pers finished. In the road approach to Nos. 2 and 3 wharves. 19,G01 ton* of material had been tipped. Since last Board meeting. :;3o tons of large Gtune had been t : ->e.- .1 on the mole. ir.alrinK a tot.nl of 2025 tons since .1.-.ne hi~f. In the Fraser Street rcc'nmat'on r.<yj tub'c yard; t'rom the theatre hid been tiu-ed. and 3f1f51 cubic yards from Stafford Street. work had been done to Nos. 1 and 2 whirves The Wei-"r-c*,-.rj at the vindm-t at the South Bolt bad b-en extended. ACCOUNTS. amounting to £4177 ?s lid v.erc oa.-sinl lor pavnient. and the Hoard" re*«. After lunch several members of the Board risit-exl the quarries.