WELLINGTON DOCK [Per United Press Association.]
Wellington, April 23. In a report submitted to the Harbor Board, Mr Ferguson, the Euginear, reported against the idea of making the dock bigger than any in the colonies. He showed the tendency was to reduce the length of steamers rather than increase them, and it was absurd to have to pump a-huge deck every time a moderate sized steamer wanted it. fllr Ferguaou considered the circumstances of the colony do not warrant the construction of a third large dock at all, though a small dock was desirable here. If a large dock is to be constracted he suggested it should not be larger than 550 by .80ft with a depth of 28 teet, also that particulars should be obtained of floating d cks, a*large number of which were now in use. The Board instructed him to prepare plans for a dock a& above, but providing for an additional hundred feet in length at a future time, also to obtain details of floating docks suitable for 3000 ton steamers.
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West Coast Times, Issue 10552, 24 April 1897, Page 4
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175WELLINGTON DOCK [Per United Press Association.] West Coast Times, Issue 10552, 24 April 1897, Page 4
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